Dylan Llewellyn
{{short description|English actor (born 1992)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dylan Llewellyn
| image = Dylan Llewellyn.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Llewellyn in June 2010
| birth_name = Dylan John Llewellyn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|9|10}}
| birth_place = Reigate, Surrey, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2009–present
}}
Dylan John Llewellyn (born 10 September 1992) is an English actor, known for portraying Martin "Jono" Johnson in Hollyoaks, James Maguire in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls, Jack in Big Boys and PC Kelby Hartford in Beyond Paradise.
Early life
Llewellyn was born and raised in Reigate, Surrey, the youngest of three boys born to English parents.{{Cite news |last=Segalov |first=Michael |date=2024-02-01 |title=Big Boys star Dylan Llewellyn: ‘I’d quite like to play a right horrible git’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/01/big-boys-dylan-llewellyn-interview |access-date=2024-12-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} He attended More House School in Farnham, a specialist school for children with autism, developmental language disorder and dyslexia. Llewellyn has dyslexia and found the support at a specialist school helpful. He studied media, photography, and drama as GCSEs. Llewellyn attended RADA, where he did a foundation in acting.
Career
Llewellyn appeared in the short film Travel Bag in 2009 and in 2010 he played Adam Wilcock in an episode of the television series The Bill. In 2011, Llewellyn began playing Martin "Jono" Johnson in the soap opera Hollyoaks and in the spin-off Hollyoaks Later. He made his last appearance in Hollyoaks on 16 November 2012 after his character was killed off. Since leaving Hollyoaks, Llewellyn has made appearances in Holby City (2013) and in the films Frequencies (2013) and Down Dog (2014). Llewellyn was struggling with acting jobs and was close to giving up acting whilst working part-time in a deli. This is when he got the call that he was cast on Derry Girls.
From 2018 to 2022, Llewelyn played the role of James Maguire in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls. In 2020, Llewellyn played Stewart Irmsby in an episode of series 9 of Call the Midwife. Since 2022 Llewellyn has played main character Jack in the Channel 4 series Big Boys. Jack is a quiet teen who is coming to terms with both the death of his father and his own sexuality. The role is a fictionalised version of creator Jack Rooke.
On 6 July 2018, Llewellyn appeared in an episode of the game show The Crystal Maze alongside his Derry Girls co-stars. On 1 January 2019, Llewellyn made a guest appearance on The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited.{{Cite news |date=2019-01-02 |title=Derry Girls cast make guest appearance on Inbetweeners reunion show |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/derry-girls-cast-make-guest-appearance-on-inbetweeners-reunion-show/37674944.html |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} In March 2019, he made guest appearances on The One Show and Lorraine.{{Cite web |title=Programmes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/m001xgp8#:~:text=Kris%20Marshall,%20Dylan%20Llewellyn,%20Ben%20Elton%20and,and%20Roman%20Kemp%20on%20The%20One%20Show. |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=BBC Food |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Laura |date=2022-04-12 |title=Derry Girls star admits knowing nothing about the Troubles |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/channel-4-derry-girls-star-23666021 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Birmingham Live |language=en}} On 31 December 2019, Llewellyn appeared in an episode of Celebrity Mastermind. On 1 January 2020, Llewellyn appeared in a Derry Girls edition of The Great British Bake Off. On 26 June 2020, Llewellyn performed a sketch with his Derry Girls co-stars alongside Saoirse Ronan for the RTÉ fundraising special RTÉ Does Comic Relief. All proceeds from the night went towards those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since February 2023, he has starred as PC Kelby Hartford in Beyond Paradise, a spin-off of the hit show Death In Paradise. The show focuses on DI Humphrey Goodman, who has returned home to England as Detective Inspector in a small village in Devon.{{Cite web |title=Beyond Paradise - Meet the cast, characters and creative team behind the Death in Paradise spin-off series |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/beyond-paradise |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}
Personal life
Llewellyn still lives near his hometown of Reigate.{{Cite news |last=Segalov |first=Michael |date=2024-02-01 |title=Big Boys star Dylan Llewellyn: ‘I’d quite like to play a right horrible git’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/01/big-boys-dylan-llewellyn-interview |access-date=2024-12-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Travel Bag | Ricky | rowspan="2" | Short films |
| 2010
| Cubicle Two | Jake |
| 2013
| Teen Zak Midgeley | |
| 2014
| Down Dog | Sam | |
| 2021
| Finger Prick | Alexi | rowspan="2" | Short films |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Reavey Brothers | Anthony Reavey |
| A Grand Romantic Gesture
| Jeremy |
| 2024
| 10 Lives | Larry (voice) | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Bill, The"| The Bill | Adam Wilcock | Episode: "Keep Her Talking" |
| 2011–2012
| rowspan="2" | Martin "Jono" Johnson | 94 episodes |
| 2012
| 5 episodes |
| 2013
| Seb Channing | 4 episodes |
| 2018–2022
| James Maguire | Main role |
| 2020
| Stewart Irmsby | 1 episode |
| 2021
| Dodo | Joe Connolly |
| 2022
| Pistol | rowspan="3" | Main role |
| 2022–2025
| Big Boys | Jack |
| 2023–present
| PC Kelby Hartford |
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Notes |
| 2009
| Specs | Royal National Theatre, London | |
| 2013
| The Fastest Clock in the Universe | Foxtrot Darling | Old Red Lion Theatre, London | |
| 2014
| Billy | New London Theatre, London & Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2015
| Henry | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London | also, UK Tour |
References
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{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Ben|date=2022-05-26|title=Dylan Llewellyn on Big Boys and the Derry Girls finale: "In my head, James is happily married with Erin"|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/dylan-llewellyn-derry-girls-big-boys-interview-2022|access-date=2022-06-04|work=GQ|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526105620/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/dylan-llewellyn-derry-girls-big-boys-interview-2022|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|title=BBC One – Celebrity Mastermind, 2019/2020, Episode 3|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ctfg|access-date=2020-06-19|publisher=BBC|archive-date=20 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620103951/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ctfg|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|title=Watch: First look as the Derry Girls prepare to take on the Crystal Maze|work=Belfast Telegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/watch-first-look-as-the-derry-girls-prepare-to-take-on-the-crystal-maze-37075999.html|access-date=2020-06-19|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=18 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618214231/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/watch-first-look-as-the-derry-girls-prepare-to-take-on-the-crystal-maze-37075999.html|url-status=live}}
{{Cite web|last=Datson|first=Andy|date=2017-12-30|title=Reigate actor to star in brand new Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/reigate-hollyoaks-actor-dylan-llewellyn-14086566|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Get Surrey|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192646/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/reigate-hollyoaks-actor-dylan-llewellyn-14086566|url-status=live}}
{{Cite web|last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=2022-04-24 |title=Derry Girl Dylan Llewellyn: 'I call things wee when they're not even small' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/24/dylan-llewellyn-james-derry-girls-series-three-interview |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=The Guardian}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a324590/hollyoaks-confirms-new-cast-abersoch-plot.html|title='Hollyoaks' confirms new cast, Abersoch plot|author=Daniel Kilkelly|website=Digital Spy|date=13 June 2011|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=6 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906002811/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a324590/hollyoaks-confirms-new-cast-abersoch-plot.html|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Laura|date=2020-01-01|title=The Great Festive Bake Off line-up: the Derry Girls cast members appearing on the show, and what time it's on Channel 4|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/the-great-festive-bake-off-line-up-derry-girls-cast-when-time-channel-4-new-years-day-377460|access-date=2020-06-19|work=i}}
{{cite web|last=Potts|first=Imy Brighty|date=2022-12-14|title=Dylan Llewellyn: Dyslexia made learning lines a challenge|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/celebrity-news/derry-girls-acting-surrey-big-boys-derry-b2244853.html?r=96888|access-date=2023-01-10|website=The Independent|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110205047/https://www.independent.co.uk/celebrity-news/derry-girls-acting-surrey-big-boys-derry-b2244853.html?r=96888|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=Derry Girls cast fangirl over Ronan in hilarious sketch|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0626/1149920-derry-girls-cast-fangirl-over-ronan-in-hilarious-sketch/|website=RTÉ.ie|access-date=3 July 2020|archive-date=30 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630161956/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0626/1149920-derry-girls-cast-fangirl-over-ronan-in-hilarious-sketch/|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/makeup/2019032671311/derry-girls-cast-in-real-life/|title=Derry Girls cast in real life: See Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Nicola Coughlan & Jamie-Lee O'Donnell out of character|date=26 March 2019|work=Hello!|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530202131/https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/makeup/2019032671311/derry-girls-cast-in-real-life/|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|last=Sutton|first=Megan|date=2020-02-17|title=Derry Girls star impresses in Call The Midwife – and Stephen McGann has a proposition for the cast|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a30960222/call-the-midwife-season-9-episode-7/|access-date=2020-06-19|work=Good Housekeeping|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806004839/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a30960222/call-the-midwife-season-9-episode-7/|url-status=live}}
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
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Category:Male actors from Surrey