BIOGRAPHY FILMOGRAPHY
Birthday: March, 28, 1981 Born in: Bettws, Newport, South Wales - his first role was a robot in a junior school play - was a member of the Gwent Young People's Theatre in Abergavenny, had roles in several plays (Macbeth, The Threepenny Opera, Henry V) - Neil Kinnock became his patron aftr seeing him perform at Monmouth Castle - studied at Coleg Gwent, Crosskeys and appeared in various local stage productions at the Dolman Theatre in Newport and the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff during that time - trained at National Youth Theatre - went to London to pursue his carrer but returned to Wales for Torchwood - is doing a part time degree in philosophy from the Open University since october 2006 - currently dates Sara Lloyd Gregory (she played Carys in the Torchwood episode "Day One"
[Filmography] TV "Torchwood" as Ianto Jones (2006) "The Bill" as Carl Pritchard (1 episode "367", 2005) "Rosemary & Thyme" as Zack (1 episode "The Gongoozlers", 2004) "Mine All Mine" as Yanto Jones (2004) "Casualty" as Darrell Kemner (1 episode "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", 2003) "Absolute Power" as Terry Pine (1 episode "Pope Idol", 2003) "I met Gareth when he was 14 and playing Henry V in a Gwent Young People's Theatre performance. The following year he played Macbeth. Then, in his first term at college, he played Faustus, while at the same time doing Macheath from Brecht's Threepenny Opera. By the time he was just 16, he'd played four of the major roles most actors would give their right arm to play in their lifetime. You just knew he was going to be something special and that it was only a matter of when. We've become great friends. I've been on the Torchwood set twice. He loves it and I think he'll start to get some valuable roles out of all this. He was asked by Newport borough to turn on their Christmas lights this year - that's when you know you've made it!" Peter Williams, lecturer and retired head of drama, recalls - Coleg Gwent All information from imdb and wikipedia.
TV "Torchwood" as Ianto Jones (2006) "The Bill" as Carl Pritchard (1 episode "367", 2005) "Rosemary & Thyme" as Zack (1 episode "The Gongoozlers", 2004) "Mine All Mine" as Yanto Jones (2004) "Casualty" as Darrell Kemner (1 episode "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", 2003) "Absolute Power" as Terry Pine (1 episode "Pope Idol", 2003)
"I met Gareth when he was 14 and playing Henry V in a Gwent Young People's Theatre performance. The following year he played Macbeth. Then, in his first term at college, he played Faustus, while at the same time doing Macheath from Brecht's Threepenny Opera. By the time he was just 16, he'd played four of the major roles most actors would give their right arm to play in their lifetime. You just knew he was going to be something special and that it was only a matter of when. We've become great friends. I've been on the Torchwood set twice. He loves it and I think he'll start to get some valuable roles out of all this. He was asked by Newport borough to turn on their Christmas lights this year - that's when you know you've made it!" Peter Williams, lecturer and retired head of drama, recalls - Coleg Gwent