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'', '' Diddy TV'' and most notably, ''

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''. He also appeared as the guest lead in the final episodes of ''

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'' as well as groundbreaking interactive drama ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Mortell's debut short film as a writer and director, ''Peep Dish'' (2015), won the Best Experimental Short Film prize at the

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. His second, ''Donald Mohammed Trump'', starring

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and

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, garnered international praise and a screening at London's

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. In 2020, Darragh won 'Best European Fiction' at the Prix Europa Awards for his BBC Radio Wales / BBC Radio 4 afternoon play ''I am Kanye West''. The play explores the themes of identity, celebrity obsession and mental health, themes that arise often in Darragh's work. In the same year, he served as Second Unit Director for the

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-led feature film ''The Fantastic Flitcrofts'', slated for a 2021 release. Mortell is a proud Welshman of Irish and Zimbabwean heritage and cites the notion of existing between two worlds as inspiration for many of his works. He is represented by London-based talent agency

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mortell, Darragh 1989 births Living people Male actors from Newport, Wales 21st-century Welsh male actors Welsh film directors Welsh male child actors Welsh male film actors Welsh male television actors Welsh people of Irish descent Welsh people of Zimbabwean descent Welsh radio writers