Gareth Thomas (actor)

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Gareth Thomas (born February 12, 1945) is a Welsh actor.

Thomas is best known for the part of Roj Blake in the SF dystopia Blake's 7, but has taken roles in many other films and television programmes, including Adam Brake in Children of the Stones.

Thomas trained at RADA and is now an Associate Member. He has been twice nominated for a BAFTA for his performances in Stocker's Copper (BBC Play for Today) (1972) and Morgan's Boy (1984).

Other TV appearances include: The Avengers, Coronation Street, Z Cars, Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, Public Eye, Star Maidens, Who Pays the Ferryman?, Bergerac, By the Sword Divided, Knights of God, Boon, London's Burning, Casualty, Taggart, Heartbeat, Sherlock Holmes, How Green Was My Valley and Torchwood.

In 2001 he appeared in Storm Warning - an audio drama based on Doctor Who by Big Finish Productions.

Thomas has also appeared on stage in many productions. Notable appearances include RSC productions of Twelfth Night, Othello & Anna Christie; English Shakespeare Company (ESC) productions of Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 & Henry V; and King Lear, Educating Rita, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Crucible, Equus & Déjà Vu.

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