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Date Role Production and more information
7 October 2013 Miner Pride 
7 October 2013 Miner Pride 
27 February 2014 Mud runner Casualty
18 June 2014 Port Worker Wolf Hall - Series 1 - Atlantic College, St Donat's
15 July 2014 Canterbury Crowd Wolf Hall - Series 1 - Wells Cathedral
16 July 2014 Spectator/Canterbury Crowd Wolf Hall - Series 1 - Wells Cathedral
21 July 2014

Executioner

(1500s)

Wolf Hall - Series 1 

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22 July 2014 MP/Lord/Jury Wolf Hall - Series 1 - Winchester
11 June 2015 Patient/Visitor Stella series 5
28 July 2015 Rugby Fan Guinness commercial - Gareth Thomas at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
21 September 2015 Southend Resident Their Finest Hour and a Half
22 September 2015 Southend Resident Their Finest Hour and a Half
15 December 2015 Llama handler The Living and the Dead
24 February 2016 Market Trader The Collection
29 February 2016 Market Trader The Collection
11 April 2016 Butcher The Collection
2016 Pub Punter Casualty
2016 Soldier Journeys End Third Wednesday Films Ltd
2016 Patient Casualty
2016 Prisoner Decline and Fall - Tiger Aspect Productions
2016 Prison Guard Sherlock - Hartswood Films Ltd 
2017 Visitor/Relative Casualty
2018 Messenger Jerusalem 
2018 Counseling Patient Casualty 
2018 Local Defence Volunteer Six Minutes to Midnight Mad as Birds Films
2018 Porter

Hand double for police inspector

Father Brown
2019 Dating Man Dating Britain Lime Pictures
15 May 2019 mechanic

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Dream horse  - I spent the day in Blaenavon pretending to be a mechanic, I was ready to go under a car but the previous scene went over time and production ran out of light so I wasn't used. The good news was that the production team had a heart and wanted everyone local who auditioned to appear in the film so I got booked for another day. 
17 May 2019 punter Dream Horse. - I was upgraded to a walk on as a (horse) punter and had an interaction with Steffan ? (Dave of Dave's Buses, Gavin and Stacey). Also in the scene were Dame Sian Phillips, Damien Lewis, and Stacey herself. I had to take money off Dave the Bus and sing along to Bread of Heaven with the crowd. I was over enthusiastic with my initial actions and got slowed down at every opportunity by the directors and ADs.
23-26/6/2019 pressman

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aired on Channel 4 - November 2019 - There was good camera time for Dai the Actor on Channel 4's "The Accident" - I'm the pressman in the background of the photo. This is episode 4 of a 4 part series and its the only episode I'm in but it's worth the wait. The real actor in the foreground is Jade Croot who was playing Leona Bevan. What we don't see on the tele is the eight to ten times that we did this scene and the incredible amount of emotion that Jade put into this role. At the end of the day I was drained just watching how this young girl embraced this difficult role. It was an outstanding performance and I won't be at all upset if she beats me to that oscar.

CHANNEL 4 - THE ACCIDENT - CLICK HERE

imdb  -  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9145372/

10 July 2019 parent

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SEX EDUCATION - SERIES 2 - I did one day in July 2020 filming for the Netflix production Sex Education, Series 2, Episode 1. We spent all day filming the one scene in a theatre in Penarth, south Wales. I can be seen talking to my on-screen partner as the lady a couple of rows behind gets up to speak.  aired on Netflix, January 2020

 

24 July 2019 Boxing Manager

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BBC - CASUALTY - SERIES 34 EPISODE 14 - filmed on 24 July 2019 at Elite Fitness Gym, Fairwater, Cardiff. My role is a Boxing Manager and I'm now going to be known as Dai 'in the corner' Richards. During filming, I'm wearing all my own clobber apart from the gold necklace & ring. This was my first booked walk-on appearance. A walk-on in the industry is an extra (supporting artist) who has been upgraded from the background to a featured part within a production. Although I have appeared as a walk-on several times previously, I had always been upgraded from background during production, picked out from the crowd to be a star. So this was the first time that I was actually booked as a walk-on which makes me think that  I'm almost a real actor now. The storyline was that the girl on the right in black is sick with a rare illness and she has just left the hospital to A&E department (Casualty) for the fight. One of the doctors who examined her followed her to the fight and was on hand when she collapsed in the ring following an amazing knock out blow from my girl Emily. A nurse and another doctor in 'Casulaty' are streaming the fight live which is why in one of the photos it looks like the scene is being viewed on a phone.
August 2020

aired on Sky 1 24/12/2020

Cyclist

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ROALD & BEATRIX: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (sky1) - A one off Christmas Eve special about when Roald Dahl meets Beatrix Potter. I'm on a bike so should be included in the background shots when the film is aired.

This is the first time I've worked with my son Simon on a production so its great that we are both seen in the same scene. I'm on the bike and Simon is by the lorry. 

Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and his idol Beatrix Potter. A magical story of what really can happen when you are brave enough to follow your dreams. Joining Dawn French who plays Beatrix, the cast includes Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nina Sosanya, Bill Bailey and Nick Mohammed. - CLICK HERE

18 May 2020 policeman

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We've a little bit of family camera time in the BBC drama "The Pact". Both Simon and myself are playing police crime scene investigators, we can be seen entering into a room in episode 3

THE PACT - BBC DRAMA  -  IMDB

11 January 2023 65.jpg (225142 bytes) The Light in the Hall - I appeared as a desk sergeant in the Channel 4 series "The Light in the Hall". I created my own lines "can I see some identification please" in the series but they dubbed me and its somebody else speaking.
     

 

8 July 2024   Working as an extra, a miner in the Richard Burton film Mr Burton. Filmed at the Corbett Arms in Ogmore Vale.

 

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