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Mark Lewis Jones 
Mark Lewis Jones at Clywd Theatr Cymru, October 2, 2009Born 1964 (age 46–47)
Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, WalesOccupation Actor Years active 1985-Present Mark Lewis Jones (born 1964) is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a police inspector in BBC drama series, 55 Degrees North, a whaler in the movie, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Tecton, a soldier in Troy.
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Life and career
Mark Lewis Jones was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, Wales. He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre[1] and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.[2] He has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company,[3] and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
Lewis Jones has made notable appearances in a number of television productions including This Life, Holby City, Spooks, Murphy's Law, Waking the Dead and Torchwood. Perhaps his most significant role for BBC television, howewer, has been as Detective Inspector Russell Bing in the police drama 55 Degrees North in which role he played an outspoken, opinionated, and at times humorous police officer, in a complex and intricately crafted series.
He also played Detective Sergeant Ray Lloyd in police drama, Murder Prevention.[4] His two most renowned appearances in Hollywood blockbusters were as Hogg the Whaler in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and Tecton, a soldier in Troy.[5]
In 2001 he also portrayed Igraine's second husband Uther Pendragon in the American TV mini series The Mists of Avalon. He played Irfon in S4C's Con Passionate, Josi in Sian James' Calon Gaeth,[6] and Bryan Jones in Y Pris.[7]
In 2009 he was a special guest in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, broadcast on 11 June on BBC Two (Wales only).
On 28 July 2009 he was the workshop leader at The Actors Cut in Cardiff.
Roles
Mark Lewis Jones has appeared in theatrical productions:
- Godfrey in Morons from Outer Space (1985)
- Guto in The Angry Earth (1989)
- Dr. Lloyd in Paper Mask (1991)
- Mopsus in Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
- Crad Rees in Solomon and Gaenor (1999)
- Mr. Hogg in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
- Tecton in Troy (2004)
- Brandon in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
- Alan Williams in Caught in the Act (2008)[8]
Mark Lewis Jones has appeared as police officers in a number of productions:
- Police Constable Terry Gilzean in Between The Lines (1992)
- Detective Inspector Dicky Sutton in Dangerfield (1996)
- Detective Constable Huw Morgan in Lenny Blue (2002)
- Detective Sergeant Ray Lloyd in Murder Prevention (2004)
- Detective Inspector Russell Bing in 55 Degrees North (2004–2005)
- Chief Constable, Bryan Jones in Y Pris[9]
- Detective Inspector Doug James in The Commander (2008)[10]
- Detective Inspector Frank Skippper in Silent Witness (2011)
Mark Lewis Jones has played the role of a doctor in a few productions:
- Dr. Lloyd in Paper Mask (1990)
- Dr. James in Little White Lies (2006)
- Mike Hill, an A&E Consultant at the Hospital in Crash (2009)
Mark Lewis Jones has made three appearances as an army officer, at various ranks:
- Royal Marine Major Reggie Ingleton in Heroes II: The Return (1992)
- Captain Jonathan Bell in Soldier Soldier (1995)
- Sergeant Gary Jennings in Redcap (2003)
Others
- Voice of Odin in Valhalla (1986)
- Des Davies, a solicitor, in BBC Wales drama The Bench (2001)
- Arthur Brownlow in The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)
- King Uther Pendragon in The Mists of Avalon (2001)
- Josi Evans, a farmer, in Calon Gaeth (2006)
- In March 2009, he examined the life of Welsh actor and writer Emlyn Williams in a BBC One (Wales only) broadcast]
- Paul Carmichael, the protective father, in Zig Zag Love (2009)
- Voice of Master Pallas in the video game Risen (2009)
- Daffyd Hughes in Framed (2009)
- Mark Powell, the heartbroken father, in Law & Order: UK - "Love and Loss" (2009)
- King Olaf for BBC Wales in Merlin (2009)
- Dad in A Child's Christmases in Wales (2009)
- Thomas Longstride, Robin Hood's father in Robin Hood (2010)
- Shagga in HBO's Game of Thrones (2010)
He is also Nias dads best friend. And that is good.
Stage
- Lord Grey and Henry (Earl of Richmond), Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1993
- Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Globe Theatre, London, 1997
- Milantius, The Maid's Tragedy, Globe Theatre, 1997
- Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Globe Theatre, 1999
- Taurus, Diomedes, and Sextus Pompeius, Antony and Cleopatra, Globe Theatre, 1999
- Appeared as Billy, Cardiff East, as Willy Nilly, Under Milk Wood, and as Bonario, Volpone, all National Theatre, London; as Costard, Love's Labour's Lost, as Lorenzo, The Merchant of Venice, and as Ferdinand, The Tempest, all Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; as Tristram, Morte d'Arthur, and as Florizel and Antigonas, The Winter's Tale, both Lyric Theatre, London; as a pioneer, Ingolstadt, Gate Theatre; and as Danton and father, Snow Palace, Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, Yorkshire, England
- Aston, The Caretaker, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 1990
- JB Feller in The Man Who Had All the Luck by Arthur Miller at The Donmar Warehouse,[11] Feb 28 - Apr 5, 2008
Radio
- Appeared in radio broadcasts of Cadfael and Cocaine.
- Samson in The Listener - Julian Simpson Radio Broadcast, August 22, 2008.
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes 2011 Baker Boys Pete TV Silent Witness: A Guilty Mind D.I. Frank Skipper TV 2010 HBO's The Game of Thrones Shagga TV Pen Talar Max TV The Cursed Mirror Sir Oswalt Short film Robin Hood Thomas Longstride Film 2009 A Bouquet of Barbed Wire Simon Clark TV - ITV A Child's Christmases in Wales Dad TV - BBC Four Merlin King Olaf TV - Series 2 - Episode 10 (Sweet Dreams) Crash UK Mr. Hill TV - Episode 1 through 6 Risen Master Pallas Video Game Framed Daffyd Hughes TV Law and Order: UK Mark Powell TV - Love and Loss Top of the Cops as himself - DCI Doug James TV Zig Zag Love Paul Carmichael TV Emlyn Williams Presenter - as himself TV 2008 The Commander DCI Doug James TV - Abduction The Passion Apostle Marcus TV - Episodes 1, 2 and 3 The Other Boleyn Girl Brandon Film Caught in the Act Alan Williams Film 2007 The Commander DCI Doug James TV - Fraudster Y Pris Chief Constable Bryan Jones TV - Parti yn y Parc (Party in the Park) Y Pris Chief Constable Bryan Jones TV - Gêm/Dêt (Game/Date) Y Pris Chief Constable Bryan Jones TV - Parch (Respect) Y Pris Chief Constable Bryan Jones TV - Y Fwled Gynta (The First Bullet) Y Pris Chief Constable Bryan Jones TV - Y Dechre (The Beginning) The Commander DCI Doug James TV - Windows of the Soul The Commander DCI Doug James TV - The Devil You Know 2006 Torchwood John Ellis TV - Out of Time Torchwood Declassified as himself TV - Out of Time Daddy's Girl Eisner TV - Cravings (DVD USA Title) Calon Gaeth Josi Evans TV - Small Country (USA Festival Title) Stick or Twist Russ TV Hydra Jones TV Little White Lies Dr. James TV 2005 Waking the Dead Tom McQueen TV - Cold Fusion 55 Degrees North DI Russell Bing TV - Season 2, Episodes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Con Passionate Irfon TV 2004 Murder Prevention DS Ray Lloyd TV - Judgement Day Murder Prevention DS Ray Lloyd TV - False Prophet Murder Prevention DS Ray Lloyd TV - Last Man Out Lie With Me Paul Stebbing TV Murphy's Law Simpson TV - Go Ask Alice Troy Tecton Film 2003 The Measure of My Days Escapee Short Film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Mr. Hogg, Whaler Film Spooks Mark Whooley TV - I Spy Apocalypse Red Cap Sgt. Gary Jennings TV - H-Hour 2002 A Mind To Kill Gethin Purse TV - The Little House in the Forest (2002) Y Ty Jim TV Holby City Reece King TV - Secrets and Lies Lenny blue DC Huw Morgan TV 2001 The Bench Des Davies TV The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells Arthur Brownlow TV Tales from Pleasure Beach Dunk TV The Mists of Avalon King Uther Pendragon TV Score Tony TV 2000 Where the Heart Is Brian Price TV - Getting Better Jason and the Argonauts Mopsus TV 1998-1999 Solomon & Gaenor Crad Rees Film The Knock David Ancrom TV - Season 4 - Episodes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 1996-1997 This Life Dale TV - He's Leaving Home (1997) This Life Dale TV - Unusual Suspect (1997) This Life Dale TV - Let's Get It On (1996) This Life Dale TV - Just Sext (1996) This Life Dale TV - Brief Encounter (1996) This Life Dale TV - Family Outing (1996) Soldier, Soldier Capt Jonathan Bell TV - Delayed Action Dangerfield DI Dicky Sutton TV - Trial 1995 Casualty Alison TV - Trials and Tribulations A Mind To Kill Geraint Humphries TV - Son of His Works (1995) 1992 Between the Lines P.C. Terry Gilzean TV - A Watch & Chain of Course 1991 Heros II: The Return Royal Marine Maj. Reggie Ingleton TV 1990 Paper Mask Dr. Lloyd TV 1989 The Shell Seekers Danus TV Heartland Ieuan TV The Angry Earth Guto TV 1986 Valhalla Voice of Odin TV 1985 Morons from Outer Space Godfrey (as Mark Jones) Film References
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Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Rhosllannerchrugog
- Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Welsh film actors
- Welsh stage actors
- Welsh-speaking people
- Welsh television actors
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