Biography
Celyn Jones is a Welsh actor, writer and director. He was born on 4 June 1979 in Holyhead, Anglesey. He trained at the Manchester Youth Theatre and won a scholarship to the Oxford School of Drama.
Jones is known for his role as Corporal Willis, which he also wrote, in the film Six Minutes to Midnight (2020). He played Hugh in the series Leaving (2012). He wrote the screenplays for Set Fire to the Stars (2014) and The Vanishing (2018), and directed and starred in The Almond and the Seahorse (2022). In 2019 he won a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor for his performance in Manhunt. He founded the production company Mad as Birds in 2013.
