Mark Lewis Jones

Mark Lewis Jones (born ) is a Welsh actor. He has played roles in a number of Welsh TV series, as well as other roles in a range of TV series and films. He is known for playing Rob Morgan in the comedy-drama series Stella (2012-2017), Steve Baldini in Keeping Faith (2017-2020) and King Charles III's Welsh teacher Edward Millward in the Netflix series The Crown. He also played First Order Captain Moden Canady in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. He has also had many stage roles, and is a voice actor on radio and video games.

Early life and education Mark Lewis Jones was born in in Rhosllannerchrugog, near Wrexham in Wales.

He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.

In 2001, Jones portrayed Uther Pendragon, father of King Arthur and second husband of Igraine, in the American TV miniseries The Mists of Avalon. In 2003 and 2004 he had roles in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Troy respectively. and, in 2007, Bryan Jones in Y Pris.

In 2015, he had a lead role in The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad).

He played Rob Morgan in the comedy-drama Stella (2012–2017), and Steve Baldini in the 2018 drama series Keeping Faith (2017–2020).

Jones played prominent 1960s Welsh nationalist activist Dr Edward Millward in The Crown; Iwan Bevan in Jack Thorne's 2019 drama miniseries The Accident; and Tom Christie in the 6th series of Outlander. He had roles in Chernobyl (2019), Game of Thrones, and BBC's Welsh drama made-for-TV film Men Up.

Other media appearances In 2009, Jones was a guest in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, broadcast on 11 June on BBC Two Wales.

Awards and nominations In 2016, Jones won a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Actor in the 2015 film The Passing / Yr Ymadawiad.

Personal life Jones has four children. he is living in Cardiff. In April 2018, he ran the inaugural Wales Marathon held in Newport.

Jones was one of the athletes taking part in IronMan Wales on 3 September 2023 to raise money for Head for Change, which will go direct to the education, care and support and potential treatments in rugby.

Jones is an ambassador for Believe Organ Donor Support, Marie Curie UK, and Cerebral Palsy Cymru.

Filmography Film

Theatre Aston, The Caretaker, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 1990 Lord Grey and Henry (Earl of Richmond), Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1993 Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Globe Theatre, London, 1997 Milantius, The Maid's Tragedy, Globe Theatre, 1997 Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Globe Theatre, 1999 Taurus, Diomedes, and Sextus Pompeius, Antony and Cleopatra, Globe Theatre, 1999 Appeared as Billy, Cardiff East, as Willy Nilly, Under Milk Wood, and as Bonario, Volpone, all National Theatre, London; as Costard, Love's Labour's Lost, as Lorenzo, The Merchant of Venice, and as Ferdinand, The Tempest, all Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; as Tristram, Morte d'Arthur, and as Florizel and Antigonas, The Winter's Tale, both Lyric Theatre, London; as a pioneer, Ingolstadt, Gate Theatre; and as Danton and father, Snow Palace, Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, Yorkshire, England JB Feller in The Man Who Had All the Luck by Arthur Miller at The Donmar Warehouse, 28 February – 5 April 2008 Sergeant-Major Reg Drummond in Privates on Parade by Peter Nichols at Noël Coward Theatre, 1 December 2012 – 2 March 2013

Video games Year Title Role (voice) Notes 2009 Risen Master Pallas / Alvaro / Cormac / Ilumar / Nelson English version2011 Dragon Age II Ser Emeric / Veld / Paivel / additional voices The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition Letho of Gulet English version Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Nemeroth / Thrax Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Kublai English version Star Wars: The Old Republic Colonel Vrain / Darth Andru / additional voices 2013 Puppeteer General Dog 2014 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Guido / Cleric / Scientist / Soldier 2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Letho of Gulet English version 2025 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition Nemeroth / Thrax

Radio Appeared in radio broadcasts of Cadfael and Cocaine Samson in Julian Simpson's The Listener