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11 Facts About Jonny Owen

1.

Jonny Owen won a Welsh BAFTA in 2007 for the documentary The Aberfan Disaster, which he co-produced with Judith Davies.

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Jonny Owen landed the part of Richey in the Welsh drama series Nuts and Bolts in 1999.

3.

Jonny Owen has worked extensively as a writer and producer for ITV Wales, including winning the Gwyn Alf Williams Award at the Welsh BAFTAs for the 40th anniversary documentary of the Aberfan disaster.

4.

Jonny Owen did a piece for Cardiff City FC's appearance in the FA Cup final for Match of the Day in 2008.

5.

In 2009 Jonny Owen appeared as regular character Ady in Channel 4's Shameless, and continued in the role in 2010.

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Jonny Owen is the writer and creator of Svengali, a cult internet series which the Evening Standard and NME called 'the best series on the net'.

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Jonny Owen has written for The Guardian, Telegraph, Metro and Western Mail.

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8.

Jonny Owen was the voice for ITV Wales's Soccer Sunday programme from 2002 to 2008 and did weekly reports from France for ITV during the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

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On 10 March 2018, Jonny Owen was appointed as a director at Nottingham Forest FC to control the club's media output and video production, having previously directed the 2015 film I Believe In Miracles chronicling Forest's glory years under Brian Clough in the 1970s and 80s.

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When Jonny Owen was a teenager, he was a Welsh Boys Club Boxing champion.

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Jonny Owen is a director of Nottingham Forest Football Club and investor in Merthyr Town FC, the town in which he was born.