Kyle Rees

{{Short description|Welsh actor}}

{{Distinguish|Kyle Reese}}

{{Notability|biography|date=April 2015}}

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| name = Kyle Rees

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|07|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Port Talbot, Wales

| alma_mater = The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

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Kyle Rees (born 9 July 1988, Port Talbot, Wales) is a Welsh actor, best known for playing the role of Carl in the BAFTA-award winning movie, Pride.

Rees had a love for theatre from a young age. After attending Sandfields Comprehensive school, he studied at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, from which he graduated in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Actors-Pride-love-jazz/story-22857867-detail/story.html|title=Port Talbot star bonds on set with actor Bill Nighy|publisher=South Wales Evening Post|date=2014-09-01 |access-date=2015-04-23}}

He first found television fame on Hollyoaks where he landed the recurring role of Blue, a character which allowed him to explore the darker side of human nature.{{sfn|Woodrow|2010}} Further television success awaited on the hit soap Emmerdale, but it was his role in the 2014 critically acclaimed film Pride that gave him international fame. {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2939655/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm|title=Kyle Rees|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=2015-04-24}} His character, Carl, is pivotal to turning the entire mind frame of a small Welsh town, and in doing so opens doors for two very different communities to come together.{{cite web|url=http://cbsfilms.com/pride/ |title=Pride |publisher=CBS Films |date= |access-date=2015-04-23}}

In 2015 he played the role of Calo Caine in FX Network's medieval drama series The Bastard Executioner, written by Kurt Sutter.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2939655/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm|title=Kyle Rees|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=2016-10-10}}

He also had a role in Outlander playing the character John Quincy Myers