Craig Roberts

Craig Haydn Roberts (born 21 January 1991) is a Welsh actor and director. He is best known for lead roles as Oliver Tate in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film Submarine, David Meyers in the series Red Oaks (2014–2017) and as Rio Wellard in the television series The Story of Tracy Beaker (2004–2006).

Early life and education Craig Haydn Roberts was born on 21 January 1991, the son of Alison Bishop and Haydn Roberts. He was raised in Maesycwmmer, Caerphilly, and attended Lewis School, Pengam.

Career Roberts began his television career in the dramas Care (2000) and Little Pudding (2003). After these he was given roles in the series The Story of Tracy Beaker (2004–2006) and Casualty (2005–2008), and played vampire fanatic Robin Branagh in Young Dracula (2006–2008). He also appeared in the dramas Kiddo (2005) and Scratching (2006).

On stage, Roberts toured Britain in 2008 with Y Touring Theatre Company, playing young Ryan in Full Time, a play that explores racism, sexism, and homophobia in football. In January 2009 he played the evil queen's sidekick Drax in the pantomime Snow White at Worthing.

In 2010, Roberts had worldwide success with the teenage lead role in the film Submarine, based on the 2008 novel by Joe Dunthorne. It was directed by Richard Ayoade and also starred Paddy Considine and Yasmin Paige.

Since then Roberts has appeared in the BBC Three television show Being Human (2011, 2012) and in the online spin-off series Becoming Human (2011) as Adam.

In 2012, he starred in The Killers' music video for "Here with Me" with Winona Ryder, directed by Tim Burton. He also starred in Kassidy's music video for "One Man Army" in 2012.

In late 2012, Roberts started working on a short television comedy he wrote and directed, entitled The Sheepish Approach. In 2014, he starred in the film Jolene: The Indie Folk Star alongside Charlotte Ritchie and Rosamund Hanson. He played the role of Dom in the seventh series of the TV show Skins, and "Assjuice" in the 2014 film Neighbors. He also appeared in the Manic Street Preachers video for "Show Me the Wonder" and directed the music video for the Los Campesinos! single "Avocado, Baby" from their album No Blues.

In 2015, Roberts made his feature-director debut with Just Jim, which he also wrote and starred in.

On 9 October 2015, Amazon Studios released season 1 of Red Oaks, an original comedy series where Roberts stars alongside Paul Reiser. Season 2 was released in late 2016, after which the show was renewed for a third and final season.

Roberts starred in the 2016 film The Fundamentals of Caring alongside Paul Rudd. He played Trevor, a quick-witted 18-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The film premièred at the Sundance Film Festival in January and was released on Netflix in June.

In 2019, Roberts appeared in the film Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans as Emperor Nero.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Scratching Mike Short film 2010 Submarine Oliver Tate 2011 Jane Eyre John Reed 2012 Red Lights Ben The First Time Simon Daldry Comes a Bright Day Sam Smith 2013 Benny & Jolene Benny The Power Inside Neil The Double Detective 2014 Neighbors Gary "Assjuice" 22 Jump Street Spencer TEOTFW James Short film Premature Stanley Sunday Roast Arthur Bird Short film 2015 Kill Your Friends Darren Just Jim Jim Also writer and director 2016 The Fundamentals of Caring Trevor 2017 The Current War Robert Lane 2019 Tolkien Sam Hodges Bittersweet Symphony BobbyHorrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Emperor Nero Eternal Beauty Writer and director 2021 The Phantom of the Open Director 2026 Let's Love TBA The Scurry Director

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Care Craig, Pauline's Child Television film 2003 Little Pudding Television film 2005–2006 The Story of Tracy Beaker Rio Wellard 36 episodes 2005 Kiddo Jay Television film 2005, 2008 Casualty Darren Smith / Jordan Philpot 2 episodes 2006–2008 Young Dracula Robin Branagh 27 episodes 2011 Being Human Adam 2 episodes 2013 Skins Dominic 2 episodes 2013 Playhouse Presents Carl Episode: "Cargese" 2014 Under Milk Wood Nogood Boyo Television film 2014–2017 Red Oaks David Myers 26 episodes 2015 Hoff the Record Josh Brooke-Webb Episode: "The Movie" 2023 Still Up DannyMain role 2026 Can You Keep a Secret? Harry FendonMain role

Music videos Year Title Role Artist Notes 2012 "Here with Me" Wax Boy The Killers 2012 "One Man Army" Kassidy 2013 "Avocado, Baby" N/A Los Campesinos! Director 2013 "Show Me the Wonder" N/A Manic Street Preachers 2019 "Rom-Com Gone Wrong" N/A Matt Maltese Director

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