Owain Sebastian Yeoman is a Welsh actor, best known for playing CBI Agent Wayne Rigsby in the CBS series The Mentalist.
15 Facts About Owain Yeoman
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Owain Yeoman attended Wantage CofE Primary School before attending school at Wyedean School in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, where he showed a keen interest in English language, English literature and was involved in the school's amateur dramatics productions.
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Owain Yeoman studied English literature at Oxford University as a member of Brasenose College, and graduated BA, which matured into an MA.
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Owain Yeoman had planned to continue doctoral studies but was not able to secure a grant.
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Owain Yeoman made his film debut as Lysander in the Oscar nominated film Troy.
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Owain Yeoman had a small part in Broken Lizard's film, Beerfest, and made a guest appearance on an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled "Dead in the Water".
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Owain Yeoman played the major villain, a T-888 model cyborg Terminator named "Cromartie", in the pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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Owain Yeoman starred in every episode to the sixth season, alongside Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Amanda Righetti and Tim Kang.
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Owain Yeoman guest-starred in episodes 10 and 11 of Extant in 2014.
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Owain Yeoman had a small role in the American drama American Sniper, his first major breakthrough on the big screen.
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Owain Yeoman portrayed Vartox on the pilot of DC Comics TV series Supergirl.
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Owain Yeoman was married to actress Lucy Davis from December 2006 to October 2011.
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Davis and Owain Yeoman were permitted to marry there as her father, Robert, had been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours in 2002.
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On 7 September 2013, Owain Yeoman married jewellery designer Gigi Yallouz at a private estate in Malibu, California.
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Owain Yeoman is a vegetarian and was photographed for PETA's vegetarianism campaign.