Iwan Rheon
| Iwan Rheon | |
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Rheon in 2012. | |
| Born |
13 May 1985 Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, musician |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Iwan Rheon (born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for portraying Simon Bellamy in the E4 series Misfits and Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Early life
Rheon was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. When he was five years old, his family moved to Cardiff, South Glamorgan.[1] He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf where he began acting in school drama productions at age 17. He was later spotted at a National Eisteddfod of Wales, before studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[1]
Career
Acting
At age 17 Rheon joined Welsh language soap Pobol Y Cwm, in which he played Macsen White, but he later left to train at LAMDA.[1] His first notable stage part came in Eight Miles High, which was staged in 2008 at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool.
Later in 2008 he was cast as the haunted Moritz Stiefel in the London production of the Tony Award-winning rock-musical, Spring Awakening.[1] He played this role from January 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith, and continued when the show was transferred to the Novello Theatre, until it closed in May 2009, five months earlier than planned. He earned a What's on Stage Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, which was eventually won by Oliver Thornton (Priscilla Queen of the Desert). For his performance he won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical at the 2010 Olivier Awards.[1]
Immediately after Spring Awakening, Rheon was cast in the E4 channel's Misfits, a BAFTA winning programme, a show described by 247 Magazine as "a mix of Skins and Heroes". He plays nervous, shy Simon Bellamy who gains the superpower of invisibility and precognition in season 3.[2] On 20 December 2011, Rheon announced via Twitter that he had left the show, along with fellow cast member Antonia Thomas.[3]
In 2011 he also appeared in the final episode of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. In 2011, he was nominated for a Golden Nymph in the "Outstanding Actor – Drama Series" category for his role in Misfits as Simon Bellamy.[4] Rheon also made two guest appearances as the character Ben Theodore in Simon Amstell's comedy Grandma's House.[2]
In early 2012, Rheon filmed the crime heist drama Wasteland. In spring 2012, he began shooting Libertador in Venezuela and Spain. He plays Daniel O'Leary. In May 2012, it was announced that he had signed on to the gritty drama Driven.
He portrays Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Lord Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious.
In 2013, Rheon played a lead role in the radio play Darkside.[5]
In September 2014, Rheon joined the cast of BBC One's Our Girl as Dylan "Smurf" Smith.
Music
Songwriting and singing since the age of 16, he was lead singer in The Convictions until leaving the band to pursue his acting career. In 2010, he recorded his first solo work, Tongue Tied EP, at RAK Studios in London,[6] produced by Jonathan Quarmby and Kevin Bacon.[7] A 4 track release with acoustic guitar and voice, the EP was released digitally in June 2010.
He returned to RAK Studios, in April 2011, to record his second EP Changing Times, again produced by Quarmby and Bacon, with the addition of 3 backing musicians. Changing Times was released on 10 October 2011.[8]
On 7 April 2013, Rheon released his third EP Bang! Bang! and on 9 April 2013, released the music video for the title track.
Rheon recently finished recording his first album Dinard at RAK Studios in London and Tŷ Cerdd Studios in Wales. The CD will be available direct to fans on his mailing list in December 2014, with general release scheduled for April 20th 2015.
Personal life
Rheon is fluent in English and Welsh, with the latter being his native language.[9]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Resistance | George | |
| 2011 | Wild Bill | Pill | |
| 2012 | Back of Beyond, TheThe Back of Beyond | Petesy | Short film |
| 2012 | Wasteland | Dempsey | |
| 2013 | Libertador | Daniel O'Leary | |
| 2014 | Residue | Jonas Flak |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2004 | Pobol y Cwm | Macsen White | |
| 2009–2011 | Misfits | Simon Bellamy | 21 episodes |
| 2010 | Coming Up | Luka | 1 episode |
| 2010–2012 | Grandma's House | Ben Theodore | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Lewis | 1 episode |
| 2013— | Game of Thrones | Ramsay Snow/Bolton | 10 episodes |
| Vicious | Ash Weston | 7 episodes | |
| 2014 | Our Girl | Dylan "Smurf" Smith | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Residue | Jonas Flak | TV, 3 episodes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Game of Thrones | Ramsay Snow/Bolton | Voice and likeness |
Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Darkside | The Boy | Voice |
Discography
- 2010: Tongue Tied EP
- 2011: Changing Times EP
- 2013: Bang Bang! EP
- 2015: Dinard LP
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ben Bryant (11 May 2010). "Iwan Rheon Interview". Buzz.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keith Watson (9 November 2010). "Misfits' Iwan Rheon: ‘If I were invisible, I’d spy on David Cameron.’". Metro.
- ↑ "Thanks for all the comments and support. I'm so grateful for the opportunity that MisFits gave me and all the fun that i had with the cast... http://fb.me/Uy1VCt2W". Iwan Rheon, via Twitter. 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Awards for Iwan Rheon". IMDb.
- ↑ "Pink Floyd album inspires Sir Tom Stoppard radio play". BBC. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Live Music". The Bedford. 29 December 2010.
- ↑ "BACON & QUARMBY". Alan Cowderoy Management. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Iwan Rheon". The Monto. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ "Misfits:Iwan Rheon plays Simon". Channel4.com.
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