---
name: "Celyn Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/celyn-jones"
fi1m_id: "celyn-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0427714"
tmdb_id: 206161
wikidata_id: "Q17159675"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 June 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T08:16:24.691896+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Celyn Jones

## Identity

Celyn Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/celyn-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** celyn-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0427714
- **TMDB ID:** 206161
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17159675
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celyn_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17159675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/206161

Actor. Born 4 June 1979 in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 June 1979, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, UK
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Cel Jones
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celyn_Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17159675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/206161

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Six Minutes to Midnight*](https://film.one/film/six-minutes-to-midnight.md) (47)

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## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, walesonline.co.uk, oxforddrama.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Six Minutes to Midnight* (2020), Fi1m 47, as Corporal Willis — [page](https://film.one/film/six-minutes-to-midnight.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Black Church Bay* (2026), Actor
- *On the Sea* (2026), as Dyfan
- *Madfabulous* (2026), Director, Executive Producer
- *The Librarians: The Next Chapter* (2025), series, as Cupid
- *Chuck Chuck Baby* (2024), as Gary
- *Swede Caroline* (2024), as Willy
- *The Almond and the Seahorse* (2022), as Joe · Director, Writer
- *Venice at Dawn* (2022), as Detective Symonds
- *The Last Bus* (2021), as Dr Martin
- *A Christmas Gift from Bob* (2020), as Mick
- *Six Minutes to Midnight* (2020), as Corporal Willis · Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/six-minutes-to-midnight.md)
- *Acrimonious* (2020), as Shaun
- *Mr. Jones* (2019), as Matthew
- *Poms* (2019), Producer
- *Born a King* (2019), as Winston Churchill
- *Manhunt* (2019), series, as Levi Bellfield
- *The Vanishing* (2019), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Say My Name* (2018), as Kipper Jones
- *Submergence* (2018), as Thumbs
- *The Current War* (2018), as Sherman Quincy
- *Chasing Robert Barker* (2015), as Blonde man
- *Set Fire to the Stars* (2014), as Dylan Thomas · Writer
- *The Red Line* (2014), Actor
- *Castles in the Sky* (2014), as Edward 'Taffy' Bowen
- *A Poet in New York* (2014), as Felix Gertsman
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, as Jenkins — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Jo* (2013), series, as Normand
- *Leaving* (2012), series, as Hugh
- *A Touch of Cloth* (2012), series, as Villager 2
- *Law & Order: UK* (2009), series, as Ellis Bevan
- *Above Suspicion* (2009), series, as Paul Barolli
- *Joe's Palace* (2007), as Whittle
- *Torchwood* (2006), series, as Gary — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Lassie* (2005), as Snickers
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Joss — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Hearts of Gold* (2003), as Trevor Lewis
- *Shackleton* (2002), series, as Perce Blackborow
- *The Bench* (2001), series, as Rowan Kelly
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Rob Hamley
- *Mine for a Moment*, as Darren
- *The White Room*, as Father Marcus
- *A Visit to Grandpa’s*, as Mr. Griff
- *Mountain*, Director, Writer
- *In Hope of Nothing*, as Lenard

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