Gwilym Lee
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Here as John Harter
- 2024 · Oddity as Ted Timmis
- 2023 · Tall Dark and Handsome as James
- 2020 · The Great as Grigor Dymov
- 2019 · Sticks and Stones as Mark Baxter
- 2019 · Midsomer Murders Holiday Pop-Up Collectible as DS Charlie Nelson
- 2019 · Top End Wedding as Ned
- 2019 · Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid as Brian May
- 2019 · Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie as Brian May/Himself
- 2018 · Bohemian Rhapsody as Brian May
- 2018 · The Last Witness as Captain John Underwood
- 2017 · The Agency as Alistair
- 2017 · Harvest Moon as Tom
- 2017 · Jamestown as Samuel Castell
- 2017 · The Royal House of Windsor as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · A Song for Jenny as James
- 2013 · Catching a Killer: Crocodile Tears as Voice
- 2012 · Restless as Sean Gilmartin
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Williams
- 2011 · Fresh Meat as Giles
- 2011 · National Theatre Live: King Lear as Edgar
- 2010 · The Tourist as Senior Technician Mountain
- 2009 · Land Girls as Reverend Henry Jameson
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Sgt Charlie Nelson
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as DS Charlie Nelson
- Future · Top End Bub as Ned