Siôn Daniel Young is a Welsh stage, television and film actor.
Siôn Daniel Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010- |
| Television | Lost Boys and Fairies |
Early life
editBorn in Cardiff, Young began performing at a Welsh language festival in Cardiff called Eisteddfod in which he described "schools actively encourage their pupils to perform, be it music, singing or acting".[1] He trained as an actor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[2]
Career
editStage
editHis first professional role was appearing in Daf James play Llwyth (Tribe), which was the first play about gay characters written by a queer person on a Welsh-language stage. He played the role of Albert Narracott in War Horse at the Royal National Theatre, London in 2013.[3][2][1]
In 2015, he had the lead role of Christopher Boone in the stage play adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud Theatre in London.[4]
In 2018, he appeared in the World Premiere production of Barney Norris’s play Nightfall at the Bridge Theatre, London, alongside Claire Skinner and Ophelia Lovibond.[5][6]
Film & Televsion
editHe appeared in the 2012 war film Private Peaceful.[1] In 2014, he appeared in World War One-centenary series Our World War alongside Theo Barklem-Biggs.[7][8]
He had the lead role in 2019 television film drama The Left Behind.[9] For the role he was nominate for Best Actor at the 2020 BAFTA Cymru awards.[10] The film won BAFTA and Royal Television Society awards for Best Single Drama.[11][12]
In 2020, he appeared as Gareth in the third series of S4C drama Keeping Faith. He also had a role in Aberystwyth-set crime noir Hinterland. In 2021, he could be seen in Channel 4 miniseries Deceit playing real-life character Colin Stagg, a man wrongly accused of murder in 1992, described as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.[2][13]
In series three of Apple TV+ espionage thriller Slow Horses, he played Douglas, an MI5 records keeper.[3] He also appeared in Channel 5 crime thriller Witness Number 3.[14]
In 2024, he had a lead role in BBC One drama Lost Boys and Fairies. Written by Daf James, it was BBC One’s first primetime gay adoption drama.[2] That year, he was cast in Cardiff-set BBC One series The Guest.[15][16]
Personal life
editHe is a first-language Welsh speaker.[3][2] He was a long-time flatmate of fellow actor Jack Lowden.[17]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Pete Bovey | |
| 2014 | Our World War | Slapper Neary | |
| 2019 | The Left Behind | Gethin | Television film |
| 2019 | Doc Martin | George | 1 episode |
| 2020-2021 | Keeping Faith | Gareth | 5 episodes |
| 2021 | Deceit | Colin Stagg | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Life and Death in the Warehouse | Sean | Television film |
| 2022 | Witness Number 3 | Ivan Barkas | 4 episodes |
| 2023 | Slow Horses | Douglas | 3 episodes |
| 2024 | Lost Boys and Fairies | Gabriel | 3 episodes |
| TBA | The Guest |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Q&A: Siôn Daniel Young". Official London Theatre. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Spencer-Elliott, Lydia (3 June 2024). "Sion Daniel Young: 'I can't believe it's taken until 2024 for a Welsh bilingual drama on primetime'". The Independent. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ a b c Maskell, Emily (June 3, 2024). "Everything you need to know about Lost Boys and Fairies star Sion Daniel Young". The Pink News. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Cheesman, Neil (June 23, 2015). "Production images for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time". LondonTheatre1. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Billington, Michael (8 May 2018). "Nightfall review - poignant study of rural decay and desperation". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Ophelia Lovibond & Sion Daniel Young cast in Nightfall". West End Theatre. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Hegarty, Tasha (12 May 2015). "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time casts Sion Daniel Young as Christopher". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Jones, Ellen E. (7 August 2014). "One World War, TV review: Jarring modern touches mean Great War story badly misfires". The Independent. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Glynn, Paul (10 July 2023). "The Left Behind: TV drama shows the face of the far right". BBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Nominations announced for the British Academy Cymru Awards 2020". BAFTA.org. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "WINNER The Left Behind". Bafta winner, Best Single Drama 2020.
- ^ "2020 WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY PROGRAMME AWARDS". UK Screen Alliance. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (13 August 2021). "'A great responsibility': Sion Daniel Young on playing the man wrongly accused of killing Rachel Nickell". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Moss, Molly (28 July 2023). "Meet the cast of Witness No. 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Hibbs, James (23 September 2024). "Torchwood and Operation Mincemeat stars lead new BBC thriller The Guest". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Sarrubba, Steffania (21 September 2024). "BBC announces Cardiff-set thriller from Fool Me Once producers". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ @Jack Lowden (24 December 2023). "Sion Daniel Young and I went to drama school together, lived together as students, and then lived together for years in London when we were on stage…" – via Instagram.