---
name: "Iwan Rheon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iwan-rheon"
fi1m_id: "iwan-rheon"
imdb_id: "nm3701064"
tmdb_id: 221978
wikidata_id: "Q1148937"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 May 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-12T19:56:34.046335+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."
---

# Iwan Rheon

## Identity

Iwan Rheon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/iwan-rheon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** iwan-rheon
- **IMDb ID:** nm3701064
- **TMDB ID:** 221978
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1148937
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Rheon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148937, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221978

Actor. Born 13 May 1985 in Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 May 1985, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** 이완 리온, 伊万·瑞恩, ایوان ریان, ایوان ر یون
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Rheon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148937, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3701064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221978

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Misfits*](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) (80)

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## Fi1m on Iwan Rheon

> Iwan Rheon makes shyness worth watching and cruelty uncomfortably believable. We rate the quieter work in *Misfits* particularly highly; the danger is that his success with ruthless characters keeps him playing variations on the same part.

Simon Bellamy's shyness matters in *Misfits* (2009): Rheon gives a quiet character enough substance to hold his place in disagreeable company. Howard Overman's superhero comedy depends on actors who can make unlikely material believable, and he does that without making Simon merely a plea for sympathy. We laughed at these characters because the cast played their faults with conviction, even when we had no wish to defend them. Rheon's quieter contribution leaves room for the discomfort that helps the darker comedy work.

Lauren Socha, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Antonia Thomas and Robert Sheehan are essential to that effect too; our enthusiasm for *Misfits* is for an ensemble, not a solo display. Within it, Simon gives Rheon room for the gradual character development that suits his subtlety. The characters can become wearing, and the acting cannot entirely prevent that. Nor is Rheon always as persuasive when asked for exaggerated authority: the effort can show after the quieter work. We would rather see him given time to develop a character than required to establish importance immediately.

His work as Ramsay Bolton in *Game of Thrones* (2013–2016) brought wider recognition and made his capacity for menace harder to overlook. He makes sadistic behaviour convincing, but we would hesitate to treat that as his chief qualification. Too many subsequent roles have called on that intensity. Tenax, the pragmatic crime boss in *Those About to Die* (2024), continues that line of work; our concern is how often he is being asked for something we already know he can do.

The sitcom *Vicious* (2013–2016) and his performance as Mick Mars in the biopic *The Dirt* (2019) at least point to other possibilities. Comedy need not be a detour for an actor whose early success depended on making awkwardness engaging. We would like casting directors to remember the funny, uncomfortable ensemble work before reaching for another ruthless part. Start with *Misfits*, if dark comedy and difficult company sound like a reasonable evening.

## Biography

Iwan Rheon is a Welsh actor, singer and musician. Born in Carmarthen, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after early work in Welsh-language television, including the soap *Pobol y Cwm*.

He first gained wider attention for his stage role as Moritz Stiefel in the London production of *Spring Awakening* (2008–2009), winning a Laurence Olivier Award. On screen, Rheon is known for playing Simon Bellamy in the E4 series *Misfits* (2009–2011), Ramsay Bolton in *Game of Thrones* (2013–2016), and Mick Mars in the film *The Dirt* (2019). Other credits include *Vicious*, *Inhumans* and *Those About to Die*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Ramsay Snow — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Wild Bill* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Pill — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-bill.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Simon Bellamy — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *Out There* (2026), as Lew
- *The Rapture* (2026), series, as Dick Carwyn
- *Men Up* (2024), as Meurig Jenkins
- *Wet Look* (2024), as Rob
- *Those About to Die* (2024), series, as Tenax
- *Wolf* (2023), series, as Molina
- *The Magic Flute* (2022), as Papageno
- *The Light in the Hall* (2022), series, as Joe Pritchard
- *A Christmas Number One* (2021), as Blake Cutter
- *Barbarians* (2021), as Adam
- *The Toll* (2021), as Dom
- *The Prince* (2021), series, as Prince William (voice)
- *Four* (2020), as The Hitman
- *The Existential Hotline* (2020), as Fred
- *Berlin, I Love You* (2019), as Greg
- *The Dirt* (2019), as Mick Mars
- *Hurricane* (2018), as Jan Zumbach
- *On the Edge* (2018), series, as Rob
- *Daisy Winters* (2017), as Doug
- *Marvel's Inhumans* (2017), series, as Maximus Boltagon
- *Inhumans: The First Chapter* (2017), as Maximus
- *Riviera* (2017), series, as Adam Clios
- *American Gods* (2017), series, as Doyle
- *Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1* (2017), as S.U.M. 1
- *Urban Myths* (2017), series, as Adolf Hitler
- *Aberfan: The Green Hollow* (2016), Actor
- *Charlotte's Song* (2015), as Randall
- *Residue* (2015), series, as Jonas Flack
- *Residue* (2015), as Jonas
- *Our Girl* (2014), series, as Smurf
- *Under Milk Wood* (2014), as Drowned / Evans the Death
- *The Liberator* (2013), as Daniel O'Leary
- *Vicious* (2013), series, as Ash Weston
- *The Rise* (2012), as Dempsey
- *Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia* (2012), as Luka (segment "I Don't Care")
- *The Back of Beyond* (2012), as Petesy
- *Resistance* (2011), as George
- *Wild Bill* (2011), as Pill — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-bill.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Ramsay Snow — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Misfits Christmas Special* (2010), as Simon Bellamy
- *I Don't Care* (2010), as Luka
- *Grandma's House* (2010), series, as Ben Theodore
- *Misfits* (2009), series, as Simon Bellamy — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2007), series, as Lewis
- *Caerdydd* (2006), series, as Daniel
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as George Harrison / John Lennon / Ring Announcer (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Triptych*, Actor
- *Mountain*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Iwan Rheon](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-f97bad98cf1e.jpg) Iwan Rheon — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Iwan_Rheon_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Hannah Panek, Iwan Rheon and Zack Luye speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Pleas](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-3f5176994398.jpg) Hannah Panek, Iwan Rheon and Zack Luye speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Pleas — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Hannah_Panek%2C_Iwan_Rheon_%26_Zack_Luye_%2835329206180%29.jpg/1280px-Hannah_Panek%2C_Iwan_Rheon_%26_Zack_Luye_%2835329206180%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hannah Panek, Iwan Rheon and Zack Luye speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Pleas](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-650d3076b98e.jpg) Hannah Panek, Iwan Rheon and Zack Luye speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Pleas — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hannah_Panek%2C_Iwan_Rheon_%26_Zack_Luye_%2835584913181%29.jpg/1280px-Hannah_Panek%2C_Iwan_Rheon_%26_Zack_Luye_%2835584913181%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hannah Panek, Iwan Rheon and Zack Luye speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Pleas](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-ca3597315094.jpg) Hannah Panek, Iwan Rheon and Zack Luye speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Pleas — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Hannah_Panek%2C_Iwan_Rheon_%26_Zack_Luye_%2835716184065%29.jpg/1280px-Hannah_Panek%2C_Iwan_Rheon_%26_Zack_Luye_%2835716184065%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Iwan Rheon](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-034710381d31.jpg) Iwan Rheon — Image via TMDB
- ![Iwan Rheon](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-0ad2ef484acd.jpg) Iwan Rheon — Image via TMDB
- ![Hannah Panek and Iwan Rheon speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Please attribute](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-154439124498.jpg) Hannah Panek and Iwan Rheon speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Please attribute — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Hannah_Panek_%26_Iwan_Rheon_%2834874614484%29.jpg/1280px-Hannah_Panek_%26_Iwan_Rheon_%2834874614484%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hannah Panek and Iwan Rheon speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Please attribute](https://film.one/media/person/102013/gallery-9704169dec93.jpg) Hannah Panek and Iwan Rheon speaking at the 2017 Con of Thrones at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Please attribute — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Hannah_Panek_%26_Iwan_Rheon_%2835547128132%29.jpg/1280px-Hannah_Panek_%26_Iwan_Rheon_%2835547128132%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (nominated), for *Game of Thrones*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical 2010: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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