Steffan Rhodri

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Steffan Rhodri
Born
Swansea, Wales, UK
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
Notable work Gavin & Stacey
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Steffan Rhodri is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the comedy series Gavin & Stacey .

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Early and personal life

Steffan Rhodri was born in Morriston, Swansea, and is the cousin of novelist Mark Ellis. [1]

He is well-known as a fan of Swansea City F.C., for whom he made a DVD called The Golden Year. [2]

Career

Rhodri has appeared in both English-language and Welsh-language films, television and stage productions. He played Reg Cattermole in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and provided the voice of Drippy in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch . He has been called "Wales' most prolific actor". [3]

On stage, he played Banquo alongside Ralph Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of Macbeth . [4]

Rhodri is best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the comedy series Gavin & Stacey .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Television

Theatre

Video games

Audio drama

He also guest-starred in a number of Doctor Who spin-off audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. These include Dreamtime , The Bone of Contention and as the British Prime Minister in UNIT: The Longest Night and UNIT: The Wasting .

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References

  1. ↑ "Swansea tycoon writes Merlin crime novel". North Wales Live. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Steffan supports Swans DVD". Swansea City. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Kathryn Williams (13 May 2023). "Wales' most prolific actor Steffan Rhodri on the 'steeltown murders' next to his school, bringing back Swansea's Top Rank club and the real bus driver he based Dave Coaches on". WalesOnline. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 Arifa Akbar (30 November 2023). "Macbeth review – Ralph Fiennes' monstrous monarch wages war in a warehouse". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Karen Price (20 November 2009). "Steffan Rhodri: I'm a Jack of all trades". WalesOnline. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Shanfeld, Ethan (30 June 2021). "'Don't Breathe 2' Trailer: Stephen Lang Returns as a Terrifying Blind Killer". Variety . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Whittock, Jesse; Goldbart, Max (8 November 2022). "Philip Glenister And Steffan Rhodri To Lead BBC True-Crime Drama 'Steeltown Murders' From Writer Ed Whitmore". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Casting announced for The Way, the bold new BBC drama from Michael Sheen, James Graham and Adam Curtis". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. 1 2 Price, Karen (20 November 2009). "Steffan Rhodri: I'm a Jack of all trades".
  10. ↑ "The Hairy Ape". London Box Office. 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "February 2017-publisher=London Garrick Theatre-year=2016".
  12. ↑ "Re-imagining Ni no Kuni for the West". MCV. 15 May 2019.
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