Aneirin Hughes (born Aneurin Hughes; 8 May 1958) is a Welsh actor and
singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the
BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru
(or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1997), a
Welsh language film.Hughes was born in Aberystwyth, where he studied
music at the University College of Wales under Professor Ian Parrott
and singing with the soprano Hazel Holt. While a music student he
conducted the university chamber choir, the Aberystwyth Elizabethan
Madrigal Singers, for several years. Hughes went on to study at the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama winning the Baritone Prize
and both the Hugh S. Robertson Prize for Conducting and Vocal
Ensemble. He was also a founder member of the Academy Strings and a
recipient of the Leach Foundation Prize.Hughes began his acting career
in 1994 in the BBC Wales soap opera Pobol y Cwm. He went on to appear
in Blood on the Dole, Casualty, Family Affairs as DI Patrick Grenham,
Spooks, Take Me with Robson Green and EastEnders in January and April
2009 as Andy Jones, the adoptive father of Danielle Jones. He reprised
the role in June 2016.
singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the
BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru
(or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1997), a
Welsh language film.Hughes was born in Aberystwyth, where he studied
music at the University College of Wales under Professor Ian Parrott
and singing with the soprano Hazel Holt. While a music student he
conducted the university chamber choir, the Aberystwyth Elizabethan
Madrigal Singers, for several years. Hughes went on to study at the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama winning the Baritone Prize
and both the Hugh S. Robertson Prize for Conducting and Vocal
Ensemble. He was also a founder member of the Academy Strings and a
recipient of the Leach Foundation Prize.Hughes began his acting career
in 1994 in the BBC Wales soap opera Pobol y Cwm. He went on to appear
in Blood on the Dole, Casualty, Family Affairs as DI Patrick Grenham,
Spooks, Take Me with Robson Green and EastEnders in January and April
2009 as Andy Jones, the adoptive father of Danielle Jones. He reprised
the role in June 2016.
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