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- Ieuan Rhys (born Ieuan Rhys Evans in the village of Trecynon, near Aberdare, South Wales December 24 1961) is an actor. 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. He now lives in Cardiff with his North Walian wife Manon and their two sons Cai and Llew. He was trained as an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. His theatre work includes a recent UK tour as Montague in Michael Bogdanov's latest production of Romeo & Juliet, Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady at Aberystwyth Arts Centre (2008), Burberry for Sherman Cymru, Cocks & Tales for Cwmni 3D, Pennington in The Hired Man at The Torch Theatre - Milford Haven The Servant Of Two Masters, Contender, A Christmas Carol with Ron Moody as Scrooge, A Child's Christmas In Wales, Fiddler On The Roof (Aberystwyth Arts Centre 2006) Hamlet, Amazing Grace- The Musical, Cymbeline, The Merchant Of Venice, Twelfth Night (Wales Theatre Company), The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant Of Venice, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline (The Ludlow Festival 2002-04), the award winning production of Amdani (Sgript Cymru), Cwm Glo (Theatr Gwynedd),Seithenyn A'r Twrw Tanllyd Tanddwr (Canol Y Ffordd). Many pantomimes including Snow White at The Coliseum, Aberdare and tours with Stan Stennett in Cinderella and Owen Money in two productions of Aladdin, Jack and The Beanstalk and Cinderella (Directed by Michael Bogdanov). Rhys's television work includes thirteen years in the role of Sgt Glyn James in the BBC soap opera Pobol Y Cwm, Sgt Tom Swann in the last series of Mind To Kill (Fiction Factory/Channel 5) and presented six series of the Welsh language version of Mr & Mrs - Sion a Sian for HTV. Other TV work include Crabtree in Doctor Who (The Idiot's Lantern) BBC Wales, High Hopes (TV series) BBC Wales,Rocket Man (Coastal/BBC),Diamond Geezer with David Jason (Yorkshire TV), Bomber (Zenith TV),Rhinoceros (Granada), Jara (HTV), Tracey Beaker - The Movie' Of Me (BBC), Mortimer's Law (BBC) Nice Girl (BBC- Screen 2),The Welsh In Shakespeare (BBC), Y Delyn, Cameo (Opus tv),Dihirod Dyfed, Llafur Cariad (Taliseyn),Rough Justice (BBC),Crimewatch:Wanted (BBC),Aladdin (BBC) and the first episode of Bowen A'i Bartner (BBC). Most recently Ieuan has been working on Opus TV's new series for S4C - Cowbois Ac Injans. His film work includes Goldfish In A Blender and What? (Screengems), Ringfinger (Fiction Factory), Darklands (Lluniau Lliw) and the evergreen Hugh Grant film The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain. As well as being MC at Cardiff Castle's Welsh Banquets, Ieuan has also presented many radio shows including the Welsh language radio show Showbusnesan for BBC Radio Cymru. This coming Spring Rhys will start work on a UK tour of a new musical based on the Australian classic The Thornbirds.
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- Ieuan Rhys (born Ieuan Rhys Evans in the village of Trecynon, near Aberdare, South Wales December 24 1961) is an actor. 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. He now lives in Cardiff with his North Walian wife Manon and their two sons Cai and Llew.
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