Gwilym Lee
Known For
Acting
Born
1983-11-24 in Bristol, 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. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Gwilym Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Sgt Charlie Nelson
Midsomer Murders
as DS Charlie Nelson
The View
as Self
The Great
as Grigor Dymov
Waterloo Road
as Steven
Bohemian Rhapsody
as Brian May
The Hollow Crown
as Williams
SAS Rogue Heroes
as Bill Stirling
Oddity
as Ted Timmis
Here
as John Harter
Jamestown
as Samuel Castell
The Tourist
as Senior Technician Mountain
Fresh Meat
as Giles
Restless
as Sean Gilmartin
Land Girls
as Reverend Henry Jameson
The Royal House of Windsor
as Narrator (voice)
Top End Bub
as Ned
Sticks and Stones
as Mark Baxter
The Last Witness
as Captain John Underwood
Top End Wedding
as Ned