Iwan Rheon (born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer and musician,
best known for portraying Simon Bellamy in the E4 series Misfits (2009–11), Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–present) and Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious(2013–2016).
Rheon was
born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. When he was five years old, his family moved to Cardiff. He
attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf where he began acting in school drama
productions at age 17. He was later spotted at a National Eisteddfod of Wales, before studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Arts.
At age 17, Rheon joined Welsh language soap Pobol Y Cwm, in which he originated the
role of Macsen White, but later left to train at LAMDA. His
first notable stage part came in Eight Miles High, which was staged in
2008 at the Royal Court
Theatre in Liverpool.
Also in 2008, he
was cast as the haunted Moritz
Stiefel in the London
production of the Tony Award-winning rock-musical, Spring
Awakening. He played this role from
January 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith and continued when the show was transferred to
the Novello Theatre, until it closed in May 2009,
five months earlier than planned. He earned a What's on Stage Award nomination
for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, which was eventually won by Oliver Thornton (Priscilla Queen of the Desert). For his
performance he won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical at the 2010 Olivier
Awards.
Immediately after Spring
Awakening, Rheon was cast in the E4channel's Misfits, a BAFTA winning programme
that was described by 247 Magazine as "a mix of Skins and Heroes". He plays
nervous, shy Simon Bellamy, who gains the superpower of invisibility and precognition in season 3. On 20 December
2011, Rheon announced via Twitter that he had left the show, along with fellow
cast member Antonia Thomas.
In 2011 he also
appeared in the final episode of Secret Diary
of a Call Girl. In 2011, he was nominated for a Golden Nymph in the
"Outstanding Actor – Drama Series" category for his role in Misfits
as Simon Bellamy. Rheon also made
two guest appearances as the character Ben Theodore in Simon Amstell's comedy Grandma's House.
In early 2012,
Rheon filmed the crime heist drama The Rise. In spring 2012, he began
shooting Libertador in
Venezuela and Spain. He plays Daniel
O'Leary. In May 2012, it was announced that he had signed on to the gritty
drama Driven.
In 2013, Rheon was
cast as the villainous psychopath Ramsay Snow in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the DVD commentary for
the series' third season, producers David Beni and D.B. Weiss mentioned
that Rheon previously auditioned for the role of Jon Snow in the first season, but lost to Kit Harington, with whom Rheon maintains a
close friendship. He also portrayed Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious.
In 2013, Rheon
played a lead role in the philosophical radio play, Darkside, based on the
themes of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side
of the Moon album.
Songwriting and singing since
the age of 16, Rheon was lead singer in The Convictions until leaving the band
to pursue his acting career. In 2010, he recorded his first solo work, Tongue
Tied EP, at RAK Studios in London, produced by Jonathan Quarmby and Kevin Bacon. The EP, a four
track release with acoustic guitar and voice, was released digitally in June
2010.
He returned to RAK
Studios, in April 2011, to record his second EPC hanging Times, again produced by Quarmby and Bacon, with the
addition of three backing musicians. Changing Times was released on 10 October 2011.
On 7 April 2013,
Rheon released his third EP Bang! Bang! and on 9 April 2013, released the
music video for the title track.
Rheon recorded his
first album Dinard at RAK Studios in
London and Tŷ Cerdd Studios in Wales. The
album was released in April 2015.
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