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Gwilym Lee

Gwilym Lee

Acting1983Bristol, England, UK

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.

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Acting History

2025
SAS Rogue Heroes
TVas Bill Stirling6 eps
2024
Oddity
as Ted Timmis
Here
as John Harter
2020
The Great
TVas Grigor Dymov30 eps
2018
The Last Witness
as Captain John Underwood
Bohemian Rhapsody
as Brian May
2017
The Agency
as Alistair
Jamestown
TVas Samuel Castell24 eps
The Royal House of Windsor
TVas Narrator (voice)
2015
2013
Midsomer Murders
TVas DS Charlie Nelson15 eps
2012
Restless
TVas Sean Gilmartin
The Hollow Crown
TVas Williams1 eps
2010
The Tourist
as Senior Technician Mountain
2009
Waterloo Road
TVas Steven1 eps
Land Girls
TVas Reverend Henry Jameson
1997
The View
TVas Self

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/24/1983(42 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK