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 â€" Sion a Sian for HTV. For the last four series he portrayed
Eurig Bell, the "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
â€" November 2013), Dobchinsky in UK tour of The Government Inspector
for Communicado Theatre Company, A Provincial Life National Theatre
Wales â€" an adaptation by Peter Gill of a short story by Chekhov,
Elwyn â€" (Elling) â€" directed by Michael Bogdanov, Whose Coat Is
That Jacket? â€" touring Wales alongside Hollyoaks star Terri Dwyer.
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 â€" Sion a Sian for HTV. For the last four series he portrayed
Eurig Bell, the "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
â€" November 2013), Dobchinsky in UK tour of The Government Inspector
for Communicado Theatre Company, A Provincial Life National Theatre
Wales â€" an adaptation by Peter Gill of a short story by Chekhov,
Elwyn â€" (Elling) â€" directed by Michael Bogdanov, Whose Coat Is
That Jacket? â€" touring Wales alongside Hollyoaks star Terri Dwyer.
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