Personal Info
Birth date
1983-11-24 (41 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bristol, England, UK
Also known as
-Gwilym Lee
Biography
Gwilym Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his film roles in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Top End Wedding (2019). He is also known for his TV roles in Midsomer Murders (2013-2015), Jamestown (2017), and The Great (2020). His first starring role was in the 1997-1998 television adaptation of the Animal Ark books. Aged 16, he started working on Richard III with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in a leading role in the final series of Land Girls (2011) and had several guest roles on television (including Ashes to Ashes (2009), Henry V (2012), Fresh Meat (2012), and Monroe (2012)). He was commended in the 2008 Ian Charleson Awards for his appearance in the National Theatre's production of Oedipus and in 2009 played Laertes in the Donmar West End season. He won the first prize of the 2011 Ian Charleson Award for his role as Edgar in the 2010 King Lear production at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2012, he starred in Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise, and, in 2013, he began a television starring role as DCI Barnaby's new sergeant, DS Charlie Nelson, in the 16th series of Midsomer Murders. He played guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), for which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Gwilym Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
7.5
Overview:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.The View
4.298
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.The Great
8.1
Overview:
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.Oddity
6.716
Overview:
After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.SAS Rogue Heroes
7.615
Overview:
The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.The Tourist
6.185
Overview:
American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.Bohemian Rhapsody
7.966
Overview:
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.The Hollow Crown
7.4
Overview:
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.Midsomer Murders Holiday Pop-Up Collectible
NYR
Overview:
DS Charlie Nelson arrives in Midsomer to be DCI Barnaby's new partner. His first case involves a stabbing death during a ghost-hunting party at the Morton Shallows manor house. Barnaby and Nelson investigate the true motives behind the villagers' paranormal proclivities.Fresh Meat
7.1
Overview:
A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!National Theatre Live: King Lear
7
Overview:
An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.Here
6.58
Overview:
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie
6
Overview:
This is the iTunes Documentary which shows Rami Malek on the journey to standing in the shoes so Freddie Mercury for the Bohemian Rhapsody movie.Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
9
Overview:
This piece offers interviews with the real life May and Taylor, who reminisce about the concert, along with other interviews and behind the scenes footage.Jamestown
7.3
Overview:
The early 17th Century story of three courageous, dynamic women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America.Land Girls
7.8
Overview:
The lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.Harvest Moon
NYR
Overview:
Short promotional film released for the fashion brand Tod's for their newest men and women's clothing line.Restless
7.2
Overview:
A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.The Last Witness
6
Overview:
An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.Tall Dark and Handsome
6
Overview:
Varun discovers his girlfriend has a history of dating Indian men and can't shake it off.Top End Bub
1
Overview:
Lauren is a dynamic Indigenous lawyer ticking off life goals in Adelaide. She's married to Ned, a handsome husband who makes fresh croissants. What else could a person need? After Lauren's eight-year-old niece is orphaned, the couple reluctantly abandons their big-city goals and move to the Top End to raise the child. While Lauren and Ned juggle the responsibility of becoming unexpected parents and try to keep their marriage together, Lauren must come to terms with her responsibilities within her culture as she transforms from an individualist to the linchpin of her family.The Agency
10
Overview:
Adapted from the acclaimed short story by Man Brooker Prize Nominee Sarah Hall. The Agency is a modern and stylish take on middle class female empowerment, amidst the social sub-culture, described collectively as "ladies who lunch". Disillusioned with a decade of domesticity, housewife Hannah Baines (Ania Sowinski), is befriended by an enigmatic older woman Anthea (Lesley Manville,) who introduces a select and seductive inner circle of women. In confidence, Anthea recommends a private and reliable company who "can set up something marvellous" for her. Hannah contemplates the implications of attending her initial consultation, at The Agency.A Song for Jenny
6.5
Overview:
A Song For Jenny is the true story of Julie Nicholson's response to her daughter Jenny’s murder in the July 7th bombing at Edgware Road tube station. Starring Emily Watson as Julie, A Song For Jenny details the dramatic and profound impact of violence on one woman and a family.Catching a Killer: Crocodile Tears
6
Overview:
An examination of the recent trend in criminal cases of the guilty parties performing crocodile tears for the police, the press, and the public.The Royal House of Windsor
7.7
Overview:
Drawing on newly available evidence, this epic series explores the Windsor dynasty's gripping family saga, providing fresh insights into how our royal family have survived four generations of crisis.Sticks and Stones
6.4
Overview:
After badly bungling a pitch meeting, middle manager Thomas Benson is determined to win back the client but feels undermined by his team. Is someone really out to get him? And can Bartlett create the same paranoid intensity from workplace bullying as he did with a betrayal in the home?Acting
2025Top End Bub (8 Episodes) as Ned
2024Here as John Harter
2024Oddity as Ted Timmis
2023Tall Dark and Handsome as James
2022SAS Rogue Heroes (6 Episodes) as Bill Stirling
2020The Great (30 Episodes) as Grigor Dymov
2019Sticks and Stones (3 Episodes) as Mark Baxter
2019Midsomer Murders Holiday Pop-Up Collectible as DS Charlie Nelson
2019Top End Wedding as Ned
2019Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid as Self
2019The Look and Sound of Queen as Self
2019Rami Malek: Becoming Freddie as Self / Brian May
2018Bohemian Rhapsody as Brian May
2018The Last Witness as Captain John Underwood
2017The Agency as Alistair
2017Harvest Moon as Tom
2017Jamestown (24 Episodes) as Samuel Castell
2017The Royal House of Windsor (6 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2015A Song for Jenny as James
2013Catching a Killer: Crocodile Tears as Voice
2012Restless (2 Episodes) as Sean Gilmartin
2012The Hollow Crown (1 Episode) as Williams
2011Fresh Meat (1 Episode) as Giles
2011National Theatre Live: King Lear as Edgar
2010The Tourist as Senior Technician Mountain
2009Land Girls (5 Episodes) as Reverend Henry Jameson
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self
1997Midsomer Murders (0, 15 Episode) as Sgt Charlie Nelson, DS Charlie Nelson