1. Aneirin Hughes was born on Aneurin Hughes, 8 May 1958 and is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama Hinterland.
13 Facts About Aneirin Hughes
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Aneirin Hughes won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon, a Welsh language film.
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Aneirin Hughes was a founder member of the Academy Strings and a recipient of the Leach Foundation Prize.
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Aneirin Hughes began his acting career in 1994 in the BBC Wales soap opera Pobol y Cwm.
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Aneirin Hughes went on to appear in Blood on the Dole, Casualty, Family Affairs as DI Patrick Grenham, Spooks, Take Me with Robson Green and EastEnders in January and April 2009 as Andy Jones, the adoptive father of Danielle Jones.
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Aneirin Hughes won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon, a Welsh language film.
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Aneirin Hughes appeared regularly in Judge John Deed as Neil Haughton and in Young Dracula as Graham Branagh.
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Aneirin Hughes played Harper in the TV movie Harper and Isles with Hywel Bennett and appeared in the 1998 film The Theory of Flight with Kenneth Branagh.
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In 2013, Aneirin Hughes appeared in the S4C film Y Syrcas.
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Aneirin Hughes held a major role throughout the bilingually-filmed detective programme Y Gwyll, appearing as Detective Superintendent Brian Prosser in all three series from 2013 to 2016.
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In 2022 Aneirin Hughes appeared in the video game Elden Ring as the giant blacksmith Iji.
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Aneirin Hughes has run several marathons for charity, including for Bloodwise.
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Aneirin Hughes is a founding member of the Monmouth Male Voice Choir.