1. Kai Owen was born on 4 September 1975 and is a Welsh actor of stage and screen, known to Welsh audiences for his numerous roles on Welsh language television and to worldwide audiences for his portrayal of Rhys Williams in Torchwood and Pete Buchanan in Hollyoaks.
Kai Owen's father Mark is a GMB union official and his mother Yvonne is a cleaner at the British Legion Club.
Kai Owen was educated at Watling Street Primary School, Llanrwst and Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy.
Kai Owen attended Mountview Theatre School, London for three years, graduating in 1998.
Kai Owen lived with his actor fiancee Sarah Wilson in East Finchley, London and in 2010 moved with son Bobby to Warwickshire.
Kai Owen ran the 2009 London Marathon for the children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent, and ran the Virgin London Marathon on 25 April 2010.
Kai Owen is a patron of Llandudno Youth Musical Theatre.
Kai Owen became first known as Kev, a gay roofer in Tipyn O Stad, shown on Welsh-language channel S4C.
Kai Owen was a regular in several series of this popular gritty Welsh television programme; he appeared in S4C's Treflan as character Bob Lewis.
Kai Owen was elevated to star billing for the third series, broadcast on BBC One in summer 2009, reflecting his growing role in the series.
Kai Owen reprised his role in the fourth series of Torchwood - Torchwood: Miracle Day, broadcast during summer 2011.
Kai Owen appeared in an episode of Celebrity Ready Steady Cook with Torchwood co-star Tom Price.
In 2011, Kai Owen appeared in the first episode of the third series of Being Human as Bob, leader of a dogging pack.
Kai Owen appears in the 14th episode of the seventh series of long running BBC school drama Waterloo Road as former rugby pro Ken Watling.
Kai Owen appeared in an episode of the 2012 Kay Mellor drama The Syndicate, broadcast on BBC One.
In 2015, Kai Owen joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks playing Pete Buchanan, the ex-partner of Reenie McQueen and a perpetrator of child abuse.