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Julian Lewis Jones is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his work in '' Invictus'' and the ''
In January 2018, Jones called for more investment in local Welsh film and television projects. The same year, Jones addressed the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee to reiterate that call. Jones is a supporter of Welsh independence, joining YesCymru in June 2020.
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Career
Originally fromAnglesey
Anglesey ( ; ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the Principal areas of Wales, county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island () and some islets and Skerry, sker ...
, Jones lives in Nantgaredig. A fluent Welsh speaker, he has appeared on various productions on the Welsh-language channel S4C
S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speakin ...
, including as a presenter of a popular fishing programme ''Sgota''.
In 2010, he appeared in an episode of the TV series ''The Tudors
''The Tudors'' is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime. The series was a collaboration among ...
''. Also in 2010 he appeared on British TV series '' Spooks'' (US title ''MI-5'') as Russian spy Viktor Barenshik in Season 9, Episode 3. From 2012 to 2016 he appeared in the Sky One
Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non- terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, ...
drama-comedy series '' Stella'' as Karl Morris, and in an episode of the BBC Two drama-comedy series ''Ambassadors
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...
'' in 2012. In 2012, he played a CIA operative in the Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ''Time'' magazine named her one of the 100 most i ...
film '' Zero Dark Thirty''.
Jones portrayed Atlan, King of Atlantis, in the superhero film ''Justice League
The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived the ...
'' (2017) and the director's cut ''Zack Snyder's Justice League
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'' (2021).
In April 2022, it was announced that he had been cast as Bayle Domon in the second season of ''The Wheel of Time
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to ...
''. The same year, Jones appeared as Boremund Baratheon in the HBO series '' House of the Dragon''.
In 2024, it was announced that Jones had been cast in the four-part BBC One thriller ''The Guest''. He will also appear in the upcoming Sky television series '' Under Salt Marsh''.
Political views
In January 2018, Jones called for more investment in local Welsh film and television projects. The same year, Jones addressed the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee to reiterate that call. Jones is a supporter of Welsh independence, joining YesCymru in June 2020.
Filmography
Film
TV
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Julian Lewis 1968 births Living people Actors from Anglesey Welsh-speaking actors Welsh male television actors 20th-century Welsh male actors 21st-century Welsh male actors Welsh male film actors Welsh nationalists