Rhodri Meilir (born 18 November 1978) is a Welsh actor. In 2018, he began portraying the role of Dilwyn in the
BBC Three
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Pontypool
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Locat ...
Aberystwyth University
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sitcom ''
My Family
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'', Meilir has also appeared in a number of popular television shows such as ''
Afterlife
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'' and ''
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'' on
Sky One
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. He has also featured in a number of films, including the 2007 film '' The Baker'' and the 2014 film ''Pride'', directed by
Matthew Warchus
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Early life and education
Warchus grew up in Selby, North Yorkshir ...
. In 2006, he appeared in the ''
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'' episode " The Runaway Bride".
He is well known on Welsh television for his roles in an extensive range of shows including ''
Y Pris
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'', '' Caerdydd'', ''Teulu'', ''Tipyn o Stad'', ''
Cyw
, ) is a Welsh-language children's television block from S4C, which launched on 23 June 2008.
Primarily aimed at children in the 3 to 6 age group, Cyw operates from Monday to Friday from 6am to 12pm, and includes programmes which have been ...
'' and ''
Y Gwyll
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''. He played the lead role of Trefor the taxi driver in ''Gwlad yr Astra Gwyn'', for which he received a
BAFTA Cymru
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Meilir has toured with numerous theatre companies including
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
, formerly , is the Welsh-language national theatre company of Wales, and was founded in 2003.
The company is known for regularly touring a diverse range of theatre across the length and breadth Wales, including new writing, musicals, site-sp ...
, Theatr Fran Wen and Bara Caws.
In 2018, Meilir starred in ''
Craith
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'', a crime thriller about abduction and murder, broadcast on S4C in the
Welsh language
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. The series is set in Wales and ran in January-February 2018, later being shown on BBC One Wales as '' Hidden''. He said of his role: "He’s a complicated character; the result of mistreatment and violence at the hands of his own mother."
In 2023, he starred in the black comedy ''Pren ar y Bryn'' on S4C, later shown in English on BBC One as ''Tree on a Hill''.
Selected theatre
* Jimmy in ''How My Light is Spent'' by Alan Harris. Directed by Liz Stevenson at the
Royal Exchange, Manchester
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, (May 2017)
Personal life
Meilir is the Ambassador for the Children and Young People's Assembly for Wales, Funky Dragon.