Rhodri Meilir | |
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![]() Rhodri Meilir in 2013 | |
Born |
Pontypool, Wales,
United Kingdom | 18 November 1978
Alma mater | Aberystwyth University |
Years active | 2000–present |
Rhodri Meilir (born 18 November 1978) [1] is a Welsh actor. In 2018, he began portraying the role of Dilwyn in the BBC Three series In My Skin. [2]
Meilir was born in Pontypool. He was educated at Ysgol Maes Garmon in Mold, [3] and Aberystwyth University's Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies. [1]
Best known for playing Alfie Butts in the BBC sitcom My Family, Meilir has also appeared in a number of popular television shows such as Afterlife and Terry Pratchett's Hogfather on Sky One. He has also featured in a number of films, including the 2007 film The Baker and the 2014 film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus. In 2006, he appeared in the Doctor Who episode " The Runaway Bride".
He is well known on Welsh television for his roles in an extensive range of shows including Y Pris, Caerdydd, Teulu, Tipyn o Stad, Cyw and Y Gwyll. He played the lead role of Trefor the taxi driver in Gwlad yr Astra Gwyn, for which he received a BAFTA Cymru nomination as best actor in 2013, and was the original Rapsgaliwn. In 2016-2017 he appeared in a regular role in the drama Byw Celwydd.
Meilir has toured with numerous theatre companies including Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Theatr Fran Wen and Bara Caws.
In 2018, Meilir starred in Craith, a crime thriller about abduction and murder, broadcast on S4C in the Welsh language. The series is set in Wales and ran in January-February 2018, later being shown on BBC One Wales as Hidden. He said of his role: "He’s a complicated character; the result of mistreatment and violence at the hands of his own mother." [4]
In 2023, he starred in the black comedy Pren ar y Bryn on S4C, later shown in English on BBC One as Tree on a Hill. [5]
Meilir is the Ambassador for the Children and Young People's Assembly for Wales, Funky Dragon. [6]