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Ieuan Rhys

Ieuan Rhys
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Rhys in 2009
Born Ieuan Rhys Evans
(1961-12-24) 24 December 1961 (age 55)
Trecynon, South Wales, UK
Alma mater Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Occupation Actor
Children 2
Website www.ieuanrhys.com

Ieuan Rhys (24 December 1961) is a Welsh actor. His television work has included thirteen years in the BBC Cymru soap opera Pobol y Cwm, Seargent Tom Swann in the last series of A Mind to Kill (for Fiction Factory/Channel 5) and six series of the Welsh-language version of Mr. & Mrs. - Sion a Sian for HTV. He can be seen these days playing Mr Eurig Bell - 'not to be messed with' Deputy Headmaster in S4C's Gwaith Cartref.

Ieuan Rhys was born Ieuan Rhys Evans in the village of Trecynon, near Aberdare, South Wales on 24 December 1961. He attended Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Aberdar primary school, and Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen secondary school near Pontypridd, both Welsh language schools. His father, Gethin Evans, was a music teacher at the nearby comprehensive school.

Rhys trained as an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. His theatre work has included working for the National Theatre in London playing the part of Bruce in People by Alan Bennett and touring major theatres in England (July – November 2013), Dobchinsky in UK tour of The Government Inspector for Communicado Theatre Company, A Provincial Life National Theatre Wales – an adaptation by Peter Gill of a short story by Chekhov, Elwyn – (Elling) – directed by Michael Bogdanov, Whose Coat Is That Jacket? – touring Wales alongside Hollyoaks star Terri Dwyer.


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