Celyn Jones is a Welsh actor, director and writer. He trained as an actor at the Manchester Youth Theatre where he won a scholarship to the Oxford School of Drama. In 2019, Jones won a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor, for his performance of a real life serial Killer in Manhunt. In 2013, Jones founded the UK based independent Film and TV Production Company, Mad as Birds.
Filmography YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes2014Set Fire to the StarsNoYesYes2018The VanishingNoYesYes2019PomsNoNoYes2020Six Minutes to MidnightNoYesYes2022The Almond and the SeahorseYesNoYes2026MadfabulousYesNoYes
Acting roles Television YearTitleRoleNotes2002ShackletonPerce BlacborowTV Mini series2002The BenchRowan Kelly2004Grange HillMr. Green13 Episodes2006TorchwoodGary2007Joe`s PlaceWhittleTV Movie2010The BillNigel Wren2010Law & Order: UKEllis Bevan2007-2001CasualtyMultiple2010-2012Above SuspicionDS Paul Barolli2010-20122012LeavingHughTV Mini Series2013JoNick Normand2013ShamelessJoss2013MarpleSergeant Keene2014Inspector George Gently Francis Walsh2014EndeavorJenkins2013-2014Da Vinci`s DemonsFabrizio2014A Touch of ClothVillager2014-2015StellaBrother Alan2017CatastropheAeron2019ManhuntLevi BellfieldWon a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor 2025The Librarians: The Next ChapterCupid
Film YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes2003Hearts of GoldTrevor LewisRichard LaxtonTV Movie2005LassieSnickersCharles Sturridge2007Honey and Razor BladeMarkTinge Krishnan2014Set Fire to The StarsDylan ThomasAndy Goddard2015Chasing Robert BarkerBlonde ManDaniel FlorencioThe White RoomFather MarcusJames Erskine2017MarylineJacky ConwellGuillaume Gallienne2017The Current WarSherman QuinceyAlfonso Gomez-Rejon2017SubmergenceThumbsWim Wenders2018Say My NameKipperJay Stern2019Mr JonesMatthewAgnieszka Holland2019Born A KingWinston ChurchillAgustí Villaronga2020In Hope of NothingLenardPeter Hamblin2020Six Minutes to MidnightCorporal WillisAndy Goddard2020A Christmas Gift From BobMickCharles Martin Smith2021The Last BusDr MartinGillies McKinnon2022Venice at DawnDetective SymondsJamie Adams2022The Almond and the SeahorseJoeCelyn Jones2023Chuch Chuck BabyGaryJanis Pugh2024Swede CarolineWillyFinn Bruce & Brook Driver2025On the SeaDyfanHelen WalshMarcel et Monsieur PagnolFernandelSylvain ChometBlack Church BayAndrewsRhys Marc JonesA Visit to Grandpa`sMr. GriffD.J. Caruso
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