Iwan Rheon is best known for his roles as Simon Bellamy in the E4 series Misfits, Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars in the film The Dirt.
26 Facts About Iwan Rheon
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Iwan Rheon has appeared in the series Vicious, Riviera, and Inhumans.
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Iwan Rheon's older brother, Aled, is a musician; the two performed together on the 2015 single "Rhodd".
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Iwan Rheon attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, a Welsh-speaking school, where he began acting in school drama productions at age 17.
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Iwan Rheon was later spotted by a talent scout at a National Eisteddfod of Wales.
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At age 17, Iwan Rheon joined the Welsh language soap Pobol Y Cwm, in which he originated the role of Macsen White, but later left to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Iwan Rheon 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.
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Iwan Rheon earned a What's on Stage Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, which was eventually won by Oliver Thornton.
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Immediately after Spring Awakening, Iwan Rheon was cast in the E4 channel's Misfits, a BAFTA winning programme that was described by 247 Magazine as "a mix of Skins and Heroes".
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Iwan Rheon plays nervous, shy Simon Bellamy, who gains the superpower of invisibility and precognition in season 3.
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On 20 December 2011, Iwan Rheon announced via Twitter that he had left the show, along with fellow cast member Antonia Thomas.
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Iwan Rheon made two guest appearances as the character Ben Theodore in Simon Amstell's comedy Grandma's House.
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In early 2012, Iwan Rheon filmed the crime heist drama The Rise.
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In 2013, Iwan Rheon was cast as the villainous psychopath Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
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Weiss mentioned that Iwan Rheon previously auditioned for the role of Jon Snow, but lost to Kit Harington, with whom Iwan Rheon maintains a close friendship.
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Iwan Rheon portrayed Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious from 2013 until 2016.
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In 2013, Iwan 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.
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In September 2014, Iwan Rheon joined the cast of BBC One's Our Girl as Dylan "Smurf" Smith.
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In 2017, it was announced that Iwan Rheon had been cast in ABC's Inhumans series.
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Iwan Rheon played Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars in the 2019 film The Dirt.
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Songwriting and singing since the age of 16, Iwan Rheon was lead singer in The Convictions until leaving the band to pursue his acting career.
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Iwan Rheon returned to RAK Studios, in April 2011, to record his second EP Changing Times, again produced by Quarmby and Bacon, with the addition of three backing musicians.
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Iwan Rheon recorded his first album, Dinard, at RAK Studios in London and Ty Cerdd Studios in Wales.
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Music journalist Neil McCormick described the album as "an absorbing collection of moody, introspective songs, all written by Iwan Rheon, who plays acoustic guitar with a deft touch and sings in an expressive, gritty voice".
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Iwan Rheon is fluent in both Welsh and English, with Welsh being his first language.
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Iwan Rheon lives in London and has a son, born in August 2018.