Danny Grehan

Danny Grehan (born November 1965) is a Welsh actor and politician who has served as Member of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council for Tonyrefail East since May 2017. He has portrayed many characters on Welsh stages and television since the 1980s. He received his education at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Career Grehan has lived in Tonyrefail since the 1980s with his wife and his family; their son is the noted Welsh-language poet . In addition to his work as an actor, Grehan is a political worker for Plaid Cymru, and worked for Leanne Wood in the Rhondda. He is involved with the Welsh Language Society and is Community Engagement Officer for Plaid Cymru MS Heledd Fychan.

Grehan played Tony Morgan in the S4C/BBC soap opera Pobol y Cwm from 1994 to 1996. One of his most notable stage performances was in the first production of Meic Povey's controversial Welsh-language play, Wyneb a Wyneb (Face to Face) in 1993.

Grehan has represented Tonyrefail East on Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council since 5 May 2017. He stood as a Plaid Cymru candidate for Afan Ogwr Rhondda for the 2026 Senedd election.

Theatre

Aladdin - Imagine Theatre Harri'r VII - Mewn Cymeriad A Christmas Carol - Lighthouse Theatre The Good, Bad & Welsh - Frapetsus Return Journey - Lighthouse Theatre I’ll be there Now in a Minute - Frapetsus Sleeping Beauty - Imagine Theatre Guto Nyth Brân - Arad Goch Cinderella - Imagine Theatre Tylwyth - Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Llwyth (2011/12) - Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Aladdin - Martyn Geraint Llwyth - Sherman Cymru Beauty and the Beast - Imagine Theatre The Thorn Birds (2013) - Wales Theatre Company Romeo and Juliet - Wales Theatre Company My Fair Lady - Wales Theatre Company The Hired Man - Torch Theatre Contender - Wales Theatre Company A Child’s Christmas in Wales - Wales Theatre Company Amazing Grace - Wales Theatre Company Hamlet - Wales Theatre Company Calon Ci (1994) - Dalier Sylw Wyneb yn Wyneb (1990) - Dalier Sylw Hunllef Yng Nghymru Fydd - Dalier Sylw Y Gosb Ddi-Ddial - Cwmni Theatr Gwynedd Y Gelli Geirios - Cwmni Theatr Gwynedd Enoc Huws (1989) - Cwmni Theatr Gwynedd Croesi’r Bont - Theatr Powys Hualau - Cwmni Theatr Hwyl a Fflag Codi Stêm - Cwmni Theatr Hwyl a Fflag

Television and film

Rain - Tornado Films Cymer dy Siâr - Gaucho Yr Alltud - Bryngwyn Milwr Bychan - Cine Cymru Alys - Apollo Pobol y Cwm - BBC Teulu - Boomerang Y Pris - Fiction Factory Casualty - BBC Cowbois ac Injans - Opus Pentre Bach (2 & 3) - Sianco Belonging - BBC A470 - ITV Jara - HTV The Bench - BBC Iechyd Da (2,3,4) - Bracan Y Meicrosgôp Hud - Elidir Perthyn - Bracan Wyneb yn Wyneb - Bracan Fi Sy’n Magu’r Babi - Bracan Pobol Y Cwm - BBC Cwlwm Serch - Llifon Môrladron - Psycho. News Dim Cliw - Telesgôp Mae Gen i Achos - Map Glan Hafren - HTV Mwy na Phapur Newydd - Lluniau Lliw Tu Hwnt i’r Lloer - Grasshopper Productions