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Iwan Rheon (born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer and musician, best known for portraying Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Simon Bellamy in the E4 series Misfits (2009) and Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious (2013).
Rheon was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. When he was five years old, his family moved to Cardiff. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf where he began acting in school drama productions at age 17. He was later spotted at a National Eisteddfod of Wales, before studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
At age 17, Rheon joined Welsh language soap Pobol Y Cwm, in which he originated the role of Macsen White, but later left to train at LAMDA. His first notable stage part came in Eight Miles High, which was staged in 2008 at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool.
Also in 2008, he was cast as the haunted Moritz Stiefel in the London production of the Tony Award-winning rock-musical, Spring Awakening. He played this role from January 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith and continued when the show was transferred to the Novello Theatre, until it closed in May 2009, five months earlier than planned. He earned a What's on Stage Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, which was eventually won by Oliver Thornton (Priscilla Queen of the Desert). For his performance he won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical at the 2010 Olivier Awards. Immediately after Spring Awakening, Rheon was cast in the E4 channel's Misfits, a BAFTA winning program that was described by 247 Magazine as "a mix of Skins and Heroes". He plays nervous, shy Simon Bellamy, who gains the superpower of invisibility and precognition in season 3. On 20 December 2011, Rheon announced via Twitter that he had left the show, along with fellow cast member Antonia Thomas.
In 2011 he also appeared in the final episode of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. In 2011, he was nominated for a Golden Nymph in the "Outstanding Actor - Drama Series" category for his role in Misfits as Simon Bellamy. Rheon also made two guest appearances as the character Ben Theodore in Simon Amstell's comedy Grandma's House.
In early 2012, Rheon filmed the crime heist drama The Rise. In spring 2012, he began shooting Libertador in Venezuela and Spain. He plays Daniel O'Leary. In May 2012, it was announced that he had signed on to the gritty drama Driven.
In 2013, Rheon was cast as the villainous psychopath Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the DVD commentary for the series' third season, producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss mentioned that Rheon previously auditioned for the role of Jon Snow in the first season, but lost to Kit Harington, with whom Rheon maintains a close friendship. Due to the vile nature of Bolton's character Rheon said that Bolton deserved his gruesome death in the series, in which he was eaten alive by dogs. He also portrays Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious.
In 2013, Rheon played a lead role in the philosophical radio play, Darkside, based on the themes of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album.
In September 2014, Rheon joined the cast of BBC One's Our Girl as Dylan "Smurf" Smith.
Songwriting and singing since the age of 16, Rheon was lead singer in The Convictions until leaving the band to pursue his acting career. In 2010, he recorded his first solo work, Tongue Tied EP, at RAK Studios in London, produced by Jonathan Quarmby and Kevin Bacon. The EP, a four track release with acoustic guitar and voice, was released digitally in June 2010.
He returned to RAK Studios, in April 2011, to record his second EP Changing Times, again produced by Quarmby and Bacon, with the addition of three backing musicians. Changing Times was released on 10 October 2011.
On 7 April 2013, Rheon released his third EP Bang! Bang! and on 9 April 2013, released the music video for the title track.
Rheon recorded his first album Dinard at RAK Studios in London and Ty Cerdd Studios in Wales. The album was released in April 2015.
Rheon is fluent in Welsh and English, with the former being his first language. His older brother, Aled is a musician; the two performed together on the 2015 single "Rhodd".- Actress
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Alexandra Roach was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire in Wales and was already a veteran of the Welsh television soap 'Pobol Y Cwm' by her early teens. In 2003 whilst studying for her GCSE exams at the local comprehensive school she learned that she had beaten out players in national soaps to win the award for the best juvenile actor in a soap at the Children in Entertainment Awards. Leaving 'Pobl Y Cwm' in 2005 she spent time with the National Youth Theatre of Wales before going on to R.A.D.A. from where she graduated with a B.A, in acting in 2010. A number of high profile roles followed including television series and the role of the younger Margaret Thatcher in the biopic 'The Iron Lady' with Meryl Streep.- Writer
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Rhod Gilbert was born on 18 October 1968 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience (2010), NeckFace (2018) and Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains (2021). He has been married to Sian Harries since 16 August 2013.- Alex Jones was born on 18 March 1977 in Ammanford, Carmarthen, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), Ten Percent (2022) and The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (2014). She has been married to Charlie Thomson since 31 December 2015. They have one child.
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Classically trained (viola and piano) and well-educated, Welsh-born John Cale became interested in both the experimental side of classical music (including artists like John Cage), and American rock-n-roll. When offered a chance to study music in New York in the early 1960s, Cale accepted, and along with school became an apprentice of Cage's, including performing a relay piano piece with him ("Vexations") onstage.
Needing some quick cash away from his studies during 1964, Cale next became the bass guitarist for a band called the Primitives, put together around a song (called "The Ostrich") by Lou Reed, who was then a staff writer for a small record label. The record bombed, but Cale and Reed became musical partners and co-writers.
Forming The Velvet Underground the next year with Reed's old college classmate Sterling Morrison, a cornerstone of the band was the camaraderie of Reed and Cale, and the way they worked together. Cale's classical touches gave the streetwise rock group's sound a unique, refined edge, and an added intellectual appeal.
Making slow progress as a rock band, though, and Cale's missing the British Isles, had nearly persuaded the Velvets to pack up and try their luck in England, before their fateful meeting with artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol at the end of 1965. Acting as their manager and producer, Warhol put the band to work the next year, performing live at his shows, providing soundtracks for his films, and even appearing in the films occasionally. He also teamed up actress and "chanteuse" Nico with the Velvets, and secured them the recording contract (for MGM's Verve label) they'd wanted. Besides their working relationship, Cale and Reed each formed close personal ties with Warhol.
A falling-out between Cale and Reed during 1968 led to his exit from the Velvet Underground (not long after Nico's, and the band's firing of Warhol). With all the experience he'd gained, Cale became a writer and producer in his own right, making solo albums ("Vintage Violence", "The Academy In Peril", "Music For A New Society") and producing records for other artists (including Nico's "The Marble Index"). He and Lou Reed mended their friendship during the 1970s, but never worked together again until 1988, after Andy Warhol's death. The tributes each had been working on separately turned into the joint album "Songs For Drella" (a nickname for Warhol), which became a surprise hit in 1989.
Cale continued his solo writing and producing, but reunited with the Velvet Underground in 1992 for a tour, and a live album. With admirers in both the rock and classical worlds, Cale has secured a place for himself in popular music.- Ella Peel was born on the leap year February 29, 1996 in Carmarthen, Wales. She is an actress, known for roles in Tracy Beaker Returns (2013), Hinterland (2013) and Ordinary Lies (2015). She is bilingual, speaking Welsh and English, and has worked extensively on both Welsh and English television. Most recently she played series regular Hannah Francis in popular Welsh soap opera Pobol Y Cwm (1974).
- Gillian Elisa was born on 10 August 1953 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Sherlock (2010), A Mind to Kill (1994) and Gogs (1995).
- Operatic tenor Wynne Evans was born on January 27th 1972. A native of Carmarthen in South Wales he studied singing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera School. Since graduation he has performed with the leading British opera companies and appeared at the Royal Opera House,Covent Garden in the contemporary piece 'Anna Nicole',based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith. He was also in the twenty-fifth anniversary celebratory performances of 'The Phantom of the Opera' at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011. For all that he is probably best known to people who have never been to an opera - as excitable singer ("he's only a tenner") Gio Comparo in a whole series of amusing and imaginative television commercials for a certain insurance company.
- Steve Elias was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. He is known for Grandpa in My Pocket (2009), Mid Life Christmas (2009) and Save the Cinema (2022).
- Emyr Wyn was born in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He is known for Solomon & Gaenor (1999), Cymer Dy Siâr (1999) and The District Nurse (1984). He has been married to Llinor ap Gwynedd since 1 March 2017.
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Gareth Morgan was born on 15 February 1940 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Dramarama (1983), Children's Ward (1989) and September Song (1993).- Writer
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Allison Pearson was born in 1960 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. She is a writer and producer, known for I Don't Know How She Does It (2011), How Hard Can It Be? and Planet Normal (2020).- Debbie Jones was born in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. She is known for Colletti bianchi (1988) and Pobol y Cwm (1974).
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Dewi Rhys Williams was born in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He is known for Ironclad (2011), Cymer Dy Siâr (1999) and King Arthur: Excalibur Rising (2017).- Sarah Hendy was born Sarah Jane Hendy in 1978 between October and December that year Her mothers maiden name is Wilcox. Sarah Jane Hendy has been a presenter on Price Drop TV. She also presented on Freshly Squeezed on Vhannel 4, hosted the E4 Music Zone and appeared on Destination Three on BBC3 in 2005 with Radica Anikpe, Justin Lee Collins, Rufus Hound, Tom Price and Anita Rani
- Mike Doyle was born in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He is known for Let Them All Talk (2020), Stella (2012) and Something for the Weekend (1989).
- Rishi Gupta was born on 17 April 1995 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for Boogie Man (2018), Extra Time (2015) and The Hedge Fund (2019).
- Georgia Theodoulou was born on 17 August 1995 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for This Isn't Me (2023), To Be (2022) and ExHumans (2018).
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Patricia Llewellyn was born on 7 February 1962 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. She was a producer and director, known for The Naked Chef (1999), Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2004) and Two Fat Ladies (1996). She was married to Ben Adler. She died on 22 October 2017 in the UK.- Sean Robinson was born on 6 October 1988 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Amityville Asylum (2013) and Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming (2013). He died on 31 March 2019 in Bridgend, Wales, UK.
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Entered BBC as a General Trainee in 1962, resigned in 1978 over censorship of programmes he directed in Northern Ireland. Founder member of Teliesyn cooperative. Produced/directed "The Dragon Has Two Tongues" for HTV/C4 and "Excalibur - the Search for Arthur" for BBC and many other documentaries and drama/documentaries. Three times winner of BAFTA Cymru Best Documentary, Jury Award at Celtic Film Festival and a Prix Europa. Author of "Dreaming A City" book, "The Dragon and the Eagle/Y Ddraig a'r Eryr" app and co-author with Iola Baines of "Picturing Our Past/Fframio'n Gorfennol" app.- Nicky Stevens was born on 3 December 1951 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK.
- Catrin Arwel was born on 4 January 1981 in Ammanford, Carmarthen, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Cravings (2006), Hinterland (2013) and Good Arrows (2009).
- Thomas Job was born on 10 August 1901 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947), Escape in the Desert (1945) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He was married to Edith Anne Robinson and Eunice Lairnia Larson. He died on 31 July 1947 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Andrew Teilo was born in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. He is known for Baker Boys (2011), Pobol y Cwm (1974) and Grand Designs (1999).