Gwilym Lee

Gwilym Lee

40 · Born: Nov 24, 1983

Personal Details

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Born Nov 24, 1983 Bristol, England, UK
Parents
  • Ceinwen Lee
  • Tom Lee
Relatives
  • Geraint (Sibling)
  • Owen (Sibling)
  • Rhiannon (Sibling)

Biography

Gwilym Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his film roles in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Top End Wedding (2019). He is also known for his TV roles in Midsomer Murders (2013-2015), Jamestown (2017), and The Great (2020). His first starring role was in the 1997-1998 television adaptation of the Animal Ark books. Aged 16, he started working on Richard III with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in a leading role in the final series of Land Girls (2011) and had several guest roles on television (including Ashes to Ashes (2009), Henry V (2012), Fresh Meat (2012), and Monroe (2012)). He was commended in the 2008 Ian Charleson Awards for his appearance in the National Theatre's production of Oedipus and in 2009 played Laertes in the Donmar West End season. He won the first prize of the 2011 Ian Charleson Award for his role as Edgar in the 2010 King Lear production at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2012, he starred in Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise, and, in 2013, he began a television starring role as DCI Barnaby's new sergeant, DS Charlie Nelson, in the 16th series of Midsomer Murders. He played guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Gwilym Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2024
Oddity
Oddity as Ted Timmis
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2023
Tall Dark and Handsome
Tall Dark and Handsome as James
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2020
The Great
The Great as Grigor Dymov
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2019
Top End Wedding
Top End Wedding as Ned
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Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
The Man
The Man as Mark Baxter
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2018
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody as Brian May
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The Last Witness
The Last Witness as Captain John Underwood
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2017
The Agency
The Agency as Alistair
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Jamestown
Jamestown as Samuel Castell
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The Royal House of Windsor
The Royal House of Windsor as Narrator (voice)
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2015
A Song for Jenny
A Song for Jenny
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2013
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders as DS Charlie Nelson
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2012
Restless
Restless as Sean Gilmartin
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Fresh Meat
Fresh Meat as Giles
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2011
Land Girls
Land Girls as Reverend Henry Jameson
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2010
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs as D.C. Block
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