Aneirin Hughes

Aneirin Hughes (born Aneurin Hughes) is a Welsh actor and singer. Born in Aberystwyth in Wales, Hughes studied Music at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth under Professor Ian Parrott. As a student Hughes's first acting experience was gained when he appeared in performances of Gilbert and Sullivan operas conducted by David Russell Hulme. Hughes also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Aberystwyth (IPA: , South Welsh: ) (in English: Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... The University of Wales is a federal university founded in 1893. ... Aberystwyth (IPA: , South Welsh: ) (in English: Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. ... Professor Ian Parrott (born 1916), who retired from the Gregynog Chair of Music at Aberystwyth in 1983, is a prolific Anglo-Welsh composer and writer on music. ... W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan Librettist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900) collaborated on a series of fourteen comic operas in Victorian England between 1871 and 1896. ... The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), founded in 1845 as the Scottish National Academy of Music, is a university of music and drama in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Hughes began his acting career in the 1980s in the BBC Wales soap opera Pobol Y Cwm. He went on to appear in Blood on the Dole, Family Affairs, Spooks, and Take Me with Robson Green. BBC Wales (Welsh: ) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley) is a Welsh language television soap opera produced by the BBC since October 1974. ... Family Affairs was a British soap opera. ... For the Three Stooges film, see Spooks!. Spooks is a British television drama series, produced by the independent production company Kudos for BBC One. ... Robson Green with Francesca Annis as pictured on the DVD release of Reckless Robson Green (born December 18, 1964) is a British actor who first came to prominence in the BBC series Casualty, but made his name as Fusilier Dave Tucker of the Kings Fusiliers in Soldier Soldier. ...

Hughes won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon [1998], a Welsh language film. He appears regularly in Judge John Deed as Neil Haughton, Young Dracula as Graham Branaugh, and was Harper in 'Harper and Isles' with Hywel Bennett. He also appeared in the 1998 film 'The Theory of Flight'. BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) is the regional organisation for Wales of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. ... Atomic Betty is a Canadian animated television series, produced by Atomic Cartoons & Breakthrough (Canada), and Tele Images Kids (France). ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Judge John Deed is a BBC television drama series about a high court judge, created, written and produced by G. F. Newman. ... Young Dracula is a humorous and somewhat popular British childrens television series appearing on CBBC and which is directed by Joss Agnew. ... Hywel Thomas Bennett (born 8 April 1944) is a Welsh actor, born in Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales. ... The Theory of Flight is a 1998 film directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter, who plays a woman with motor neurone disease. ...

External links

Hughes's TV and film CV

Hughes on IDMb

Hughes in the New York Times Movies page

Judge John Deed Cast List

Yahoo! Movies Guide

BAFTA Cymru Best Actor Award 1998