Gwilym Lee
Born: 1983-11-24 in Bristol, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gwilym Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his film roles in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Top End Wedding (2019). He is also known for his TV roles in Midsomer Murders (2013-2015), Jamestown (2017), and The Great (2020). His first starring role was in the 1997-1998 television adaptation of the Animal Ark books. Aged 16, he started working on Richard III with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in a leading role in the final series of Land Girls (2011) and had several guest roles on television (including Ashes to Ashes (2009), Henry V (2012), Fresh Meat (2012), and Monroe (2012)). He was commended in the 2008 Ian Charleson Awards for his appearance in the National Theatre's production of Oedipus and in 2009 played Laertes in the Donmar West End season. He won the first prize of the 2011 Ian Charleson Award for his role as Edgar in the 2010 King Lear production at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2012, he starred in Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise, and, in 2013, he began a television starring role as DCI Barnaby's new sergeant, DS Charlie Nelson, in the 16th series of Midsomer Murders. He played guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Gwilym Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Top End Bub as Ned
2023
- Tall Dark and Handsome as James
2022
- SAS Rogue Heroes as Bill Stirling
2020
- The Great as Grigor Dymov
2019
- Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid as Self
- Top End Wedding as Ned
- Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie as Self / Brian May
- Midsomer Murders Holiday Pop-Up Collectible as DS Charlie Nelson
- Sticks and Stones as Mark Baxter
- The Look and Sound of Queen as Self
2018
- Bohemian Rhapsody as Brian May
- The Last Witness as Captain John Underwood
2017
- Harvest Moon as Tom
- The Agency as Alistair
- Jamestown as Samuel Castell
- The Royal House of Windsor as Narrator (voice)
2015
- A Song for Jenny as James
2013
- Catching a Killer: Crocodile Tears as Voice
2012
- The Hollow Crown as Williams
- Restless as Sean Gilmartin
2011
- Fresh Meat as Giles
- National Theatre Live: King Lear as Edgar
2010
- The Tourist as Senior Technician Mountain
2009
- Land Girls as Reverend Henry Jameson
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Sgt Charlie Nelson
- The View as Self