Celyn Jones

Acting · Directing · Production · Writing

Born June 4, 1979, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Celyn Jones is a Welsh actor born and raised in Holyhead on the island of Anglesey. His father was a sailor and mother a baker. Aged 15 Celyn attended the Manchester Youth Theatre where he gained life long creative & personal relationships. At 18 he won a scholarship to the prestigious Oxford School of Drama where he received a strong classical training. Since graduating he has secured a reputation as a very talented and versatile character actor. On TV & Film he has worked with some of the most talented and respected Directors & Actors around. Throughout his career he's returned to the Theatre and achieved critical success with each performance be it playing a "Definitive" Tony Lumpkin in "She Stoops to Conquer" or in cutting edge new plays like Gary Owen's "Ghost City" which played in Cardiff, London and New York or in Kaite O'Reilly's powerful "The Almond and the Seahorse" where his performance was described as "Superb" "Brilliant" "Captivating and Masterful".

Filmography

• 2026Black Church Bay — Andrews
• 2026Madfabulous — Director, Executive Producer
• 2025On the Sea — Dyfan
• The Librarians: The Next Chapter — Cupid
• 2024Chuck Chuck Baby — Gary
• 2024Swede Caroline — Willy
• 2022The Almond and the Seahorse — Joe, Director, Writer
• 2022Venice at Dawn — Detective Symonds
• 2021The Last Bus — Dr Martin
• 2020A Christmas Gift from Bob — Mick
• 2020Acrimonious — Shaun
• 2020Six Minutes to Midnight — Corporal Willis, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2019Born a King — Winston Churchill
• Manhunt — Levi Bellfield
• 2019Mr. Jones — Matthew
• 2019Poms — Producer
• 2019The Vanishing — Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 2018Say My Name — Kipper Jones
• 2018Submergence — Thumbs
• 2018The Current War — Sherman Quincy
• 2015Chasing Robert Barker — Blonde man
• 2014A Poet in New York — Felix Gertsman
• 2014Castles in the Sky — Edward 'Taffy' Bowen
• 2014Set Fire to the Stars — Dylan Thomas, Writer
• 2014The Red Line
• Endeavour — Jenkins
• Jo — Normand
• A Touch of Cloth — Villager 2
• Leaving — Hugh
• Above Suspicion — Paul Barolli
• Law & Order: UK — Ellis Bevan
• 2007Joe's Palace — Whittle
• Torchwood — Gary
• 2005Lassie — Snickers
• Shameless — Joss
• 2003Hearts of Gold — Trevor Lewis
• Shackleton — Perce Blackborow
• The Bench — Rowan Kelly
• Casualty — Rob Hamley
• A Visit to Grandpa’s — Mr. Griff
• In Hope of Nothing — Lenard
• Mine for a Moment — Darren
• Mountain — Director, Writer
• The White Room — Father Marcus