Film and television
In addition to his NBA career, Davis has had an increasing role in the film industry, with the intention of making it a full-time career when his playing days are over. His first appearance as an actor was in a TV commercial for the Charlotte Hornets prior to starting his rookie season https://vimeo.com/71988862. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, having earned membership by appearing in movies such as The Cookout and guest-starring on the ABC Family show Lincoln Heights and ABC's The Forgotten. He has made appearances both as himself and fictional characters in movies and on television, and has also been involved in producing a number of films, ranging from The Pool Boys to Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Davis and high school friend, Cash Warren, formed a production company called Verso Entertainment in 2005.
Davis appeared on the DVD commentary track of the 2008 film Step Brothers alongside Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, and appears as himself during season three of Hot In Cleveland. He appeared in the 2012 film That's My Boy as a gym teacher, and in 2015, he appeared in Yahoo! Screen's Sin City Saints, playing the role of Billy Crane. He also played himself in the 2015 film The Night Before, and portrayed a doctor in Joe Dirt 2.
On November 12, 2015, Davis co-starred alongside Kyrie Irving, Ray Allen and J. B. Smoove as Louis in the fourth episode of "Uncle Drew", a series of Pepsi Max advertisements written and directed by Irving.
In Mozart in the Jungle's last three episodes of the third season, Davis made a special guest appearance as Kevin Majors, an injured NBA player.
Davis appeared in the 2017 Chinese film My Other Home starring Stephon Marbury.
He stars in the scripted television sitcom WTF, Baron Davis on the Fuse channel, premiering January 20, 2019.
In 2019, Davis was able to work with the director Kelly Blatz as an executive producer for the film Senior Love Triangle.
Baron Davis the basketball player should not be confused with Baron Davis the voice actor, who did additional voices in Tarzan II and The Jungle Book 2. However, Davis the basketball player did some voiceover work for the series TripTank, as Stedmund the horse.
In 2023, Davis starred as himself in Joy Ride, appearing as a player in the Chinese Basketball Association.
In 2025, Davis appeared in season 34 of Dancing with the Stars, but was eliminated after the second episode.
In April 2026, Davis made an appearance as a fictionalized version of himself on an episode of Beef.
