Steffan Rhodri

Welsh actor

Steffan Rhodri
Born	(1967-03-01) 1 March 1967 (age 57) Swansea, Wales
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Notable work	Gavin & Stacey Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Steffan Rhodri (born 1 March 1967) is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for portraying Dave Coaches in Gavin & Stacey. He has appeared in both English-language and Welsh-language films, television and stage productions. He played Reg Cattermole in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and as the voice of Drippy in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. He has been called "Wales' most prolific actor".^[1] On stage, he has played Banquo alongside Ralph Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of Macbeth.^[2]

Rhodri was born in Morriston, Swansea, and is the cousin of novelist Mark Ellis.^[3] Steffan Rhodri is well-known as a fan of Swansea City F.C., for whom he has made a DVD called The Golden Year.^[4]

Filmography

Film work

Twin Town (1997) – Hunky
Solomon and Gaenor (1999) – Noah Jones
Ali G Indahouse (2002) – School Teacher
Cymru Fach (2008)
The Big I Am (2010) – DS Moseley
Submarine (2010) – Mr. Davey
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) – Reg Cattermole^[5]
Ironclad (2011) – Cooper
Under Milk Wood (2015) – Mog Edwards
Wonder Woman (2017) – Colonel Darnell
Last Summer (2018) – Sgt Morgan
Don't Breathe 2 (2021)^[6] – The Surgeon / Dr. Thomas Hanniman

TV work

Pobol y Cwm (1995–1996, 1998, BBC) – Jon Markham
A Mind to Kill (1997, S4C/Channel 5) – Young Sir Isaac Gwillym
Tales from Pleasure Beach (2001, BBC) – Wes
Con Passionate (2005, S4C) – Andy
Wire in the Blood (2005, ITV) – Bill Denton
Heartbeat (2007, ITV) – Frank Jepson
Belonging (2008) – Ed
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off.... to Glastonbury (2007, TV Movie)
Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, BBC) – Dave Coaches^[1]
Doctors (2010, BBC) – Gerry Cutler
Pen Talar (2010, S4C) – Phillip Harrison
Teulu (2010)
4Music (2011–present, Channel 4) – Narrator
Father Brown (2012, BBC) – Christy Nolan
Hinterland (2013, S4C/BBC) – Herbert Rees
Under Milk Wood (2014, BBC) – Mr. Waldo
A Touch of Cloth (2014, SKY) – Eddie Huffway
Cara Fi (2014) – Vic Reed
Cucumber (2015, Channel 4) – Don Baxter
The Hollow Crown (2016, BBC) – Oxford
Apple Tree Yard (2017, BBC) – DI Cleveland
Shorts: The Pines (2017, by Gary Owen) (starring Steffan Rhodri)
Three Girls (2017, BBC) – Fraser Lavery
Keeping Faith (2017–2019, BBC) – Judge Gwyn Daniels
A Very English Scandal (2018, BBC) – D.C.S Michael Challes
Manhunt (2019, ITV) – DC Neil Jones
Temple (2019, SKY) – Jeremy
Wild Bill (2019, ITV) – DS Alex Blair
The Last Kingdom (2020, Netflix) – King Hywel
We Hunt Together (2020, Alibi) – Larry
In My Skin (2021, BBC) – Perry^{[citation needed]}
Yr Amgueddfa (2021, S4C) – Alun Howells
House of the Dragon (2022) – Hobert Hightower
Steeltown Murders (2023) – DCI Bach Rees^[7]
Men Up (2023) – Colin White
Das Boot (2023) – Admiral Kenton
The Way (2024) – Geoff Driscoll ^[8]

Theatre

Abigail's Party – play by Mike Leigh (Hampstead Theatre, London, England, UK); 2002–2003
The Birthday Party- Clwyd Theatr Cymru; 2006
The Father- Chichester; 2006
Great Expectations – Clwyd Theatr Cymru; 2009^[9]
Mary Stuart- Clwyd Theatr Cymru; 2009^[9]
Clybourne Park – Russ/Dan; by Bruce Norris; Royal Court Theatre, London; 2010
The Kitchen Sink- by Tom Wells; Bush Theatre; 2011
Absent Friends- by Alan Ayckborn; West End; 2012
Posh- by Laura Wade; West End; 2012
It's a Mad World My Masters ; Middleton; Royal Shakespeare Company; 2013
Candide- by Mark Ravenhill; Royal Shakespeare Company; 2013
I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me Of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole- by Federico Garcia; Gate Theatre; 2014
The Mentalists by Richard Bean; West End; 2015
The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill; The Old Vic; 2015^[10]
Walter Harrison in This House by James Graham; Garrick Theatre; 2016–2017^[11]
Killer Joe by Tracy Letts at Trafalgar Studios; 2018
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (as Banquo); 2023-24^[2]

Video games

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2013) – Drippy (voice)^[12]

Audio drama

He has also guest-starred in a number of Doctor Who spin-off audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. These include Dreamtime, The Bone of Contention and as the British Prime Minister in UNIT: The Longest Night and UNIT: The Wasting.

References

^ ^a ^b Kathryn Williams (13 May 2023). "Wales' most prolific actor Steffan Rhodri on the 'steeltown murders' next to his school, bringing back Swansea's Top Rank club and the real bus driver he based Dave Coaches on". WalesOnline. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Arifa Akbar (30 November 2023). "Macbeth review – Ralph Fiennes' monstrous monarch wages war in a warehouse". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "Swansea tycoon writes Merlin crime novel". North Wales Live. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ "Steffan supports Swans DVD". Swansea City. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ Karen Price (20 November 2009). "Steffan Rhodri: I'm a Jack of all trades". WalesOnline. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ Shanfeld, Ethan (30 June 2021). "'Don't Breathe 2' Trailer: Stephen Lang Returns as a Terrifying Blind Killer". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ Whittock, Jesse; Goldbart, Max (8 November 2022). "Philip Glenister And Steffan Rhodri To Lead BBC True-Crime Drama 'Steeltown Murders' From Writer Ed Whitmore". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Casting announced for The Way, the bold new BBC drama from Michael Sheen, James Graham and Adam Curtis". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b Price, Karen (20 November 2009). "Steffan Rhodri: I'm a Jack of all trades".
^ "The Hairy Ape". London Box Office. 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
^ "February 2017-publisher=London Garrick Theatre-year=2016".
^ "Re-imagining Ni no Kuni for the West".