Mark Lewis Jones

He also played First Order Captain Moden Canady in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). He has also had many stage roles, and is a voice actor on radio and video games.

• Birthplace — Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham County Borough, Wales • Education — Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1985–present • Awards — BAFTA Cymru award for Best Actor in The Passing / Yr Ymadawiad

Mark Lewis Jones was born in in Rhosllannerchrugog, near Wrexham in Wales. He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Jones has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. In the 1990s, he was given roles in TV series The Bill, Casualty, Soldier Soldier, and A Mind to Kill. Other television roles include appearances in This Life, Holby City, Spooks, Murphy's Law, Waking the Dead, Torchwood. He played Detective Inspector Russell Bing in the police drama 55 Degrees North (2004). Jones played Detective Sergeant Ray Lloyd in police drama Murder Prevention in 2004. 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. From 2005 until 2008 he played Irfon in S4C's Con Passionate. In 2006 he played Josi Evans in Stan Barstow and Diana Griffiths' film adaptation of the novel by Sian James, Calon Gaeth (Small country), shot in Welsh and English, and filmed on location in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecon, Glamorgan, and Oxford. and, in 2007, Bryan Jones in Y Pris. In 2015, he had a lead role in The Passing (Yr Ymadawiad). Jones auditioned for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) but did not get the part. However, he was later offered the part of Captain Canady for the sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). He appears prominently in the opening sequences and says he played the part with "a posh Welsh accent". 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. He plays Caleb in the 2025 ITVX thriller Out There. Jones will voice the character Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, which is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time as the film prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2027.

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

Jones has four children. As of 2025 he is living in Cardiff. In 2014, Jones took part in the Marathon des Sables, in the Sahara Desert, with fellow Welsh actor Richard Harrington. 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.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989 — The Shell Seekers — Danus — TV film • 1989, 1991 — The Play on One — Constable Davies / Ieuan — Two roles • 1991 — The Bill — Doctor — 1 episode • Heroes II: The Return — Royal Marine Maj. • 1992 — Between the Lines — P.C. Terry Gilzean • 1995 — Casualty — Allsop • A Mind to Kill — Geraint Humphries • 1996 — Soldier Soldier — Capt. Jonathan Bell • Dangerfield — DI Dicky Sutton • 1996–1997 — This Life — Dale Jones — Recurring role • 1997 — Bride of War — Platoon Commander — 1 episode • 1999 — The Knock — David Ancrom — 4th series; main role • 2000 — Where the Heart Is — Brian Price • Jason and the Argonauts — Mopsus — Mini-series • 2001 — The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells — Arthur Brownlow — Main role • Tales from Pleasure Beach — Dunk — Mini-series • The Mists of Avalon — King Uther Pendragon • Score — Tony — TV film • 2001–2002 — The Bench — Des Davies — Series regular • 2002 — A Mind to Kill — Gethin Purse • Y Tŷ — Jim — Series regular • Holby City — Reece King • Lenny Blue — DC Huw Morgan — TV film • 2003 — Spooks — Mark Whooley • Red Cap — Sgt. Gary Jennings • Triongl — Dewi — S4C drama • 2004 — Murder Prevention — DS Ray Lloyd • Lie with Me — Paul Stebbings — TV film • Murphy's Law — Simpson • The Welsh in Shakespeare — Various — TV film • 2005 — Waking the Dead — Tom McQueen • 55 Degrees North — DI Russell Bing — Main role • 2005–2008 — Con Passionate — Irfon — Series regular • 2006 — Torchwood — John Ellis — Episode "Out of Time" • Torchwood Declassified — Self / John Ellis — TV series • Cravings — Eisner • Calon Gaeth — Josi Evans • Stick or Twist — Russ — Series regular • Little White Lies — Dr. James — Series regular • 2007–2008 — The Commander — DI/DCI Doug James — 4 episodes • 2007–2009 — Y Pris — Chief Constable Bryan Jones — Main role • 2008 — The Passion — Apostle Marcus • 2009 — Zig Zag Love — Paul Carmichael — TV film • Law and Order UK — Mark Powell — Episode: "Love and Loss" • Framed — Dafydd Hughes — TV film • Crash — Mr. Hill — Episode: #1.6 • Merlin — King Olaf — 1 episode • A Child's Christmases in Wales — Geraint Rhys — TV film • Welsh Greats — Himself - Presenter • Top of the Cops — Himself / DCI Doug James — TV film • Merlin: Secrets & Magic — Himself — TV series • 2010 — Pen Talar — Max — Episode: #1.6 • Bouquet of Barbed Wire — Simon Clark • 2011 — Baker Boys — Pete — Series regular; 2 series • Game of Thrones — Shagga — 2 episodes • Making of Game of Thrones — Shagga — Video • Being Human — Richard Hargreaves • Silent Witness — D.I. Frank Skipper • 2012 — Silk — Sergeant Major Chris Pierce — 1 episode • Casualty — Caleb Flack • Titanic — David Evans • Sinbad — Azdi — Episode: "Eye of the Tiger" • 2012–2013, 2015–2017 — Stella — Rob Morgan — Main role; series 1–2, 4–6 • 2013 — Talking to the Dead — DCI Owen Jackson • Atlantis — Mac — 1 episode • 2014 — 37 Days — David Lloyd George • Under Milk Wood — Neighbour — TV film • Puppy Love — Dave Wilson • 2015 — Hinterland — John Bell — 1 episode • Father Brown — Arnold Francis • 2016 — National Treasure — Gerry — Series regular • 2016–2018 — Byw Celwydd — Dylan Williams — Series regular; 3 series • 2017 — The Machine — Thompson — TV film • 2017–2020 — Keeping Faith — Steve Baldini — 3 series • 2018 — Hidden — Endaf Elwy — 2 episodes • Flex Lewis: Superstar Bodybuilder — Himself - Narrator — TV film • 2019 — Chernobyl — General Vladimir Pikalov — Mini-series; 2 episodes • Carnival Row — Magistrate Flute — Recurring role; series 1 • The Accident — Iwan Bevan — 4 episodes • The Crown — Dr. Edward Millward — "Tywysog Cymru" episode 6 • 2020 — Gangs of London — Kinney Edwards — Main role; 5 episodes • Cyswllt (Mewn COVID) — Daf — S4C drama • The Third Day — Jason — Mini-series; 6 episodes & 1 special • 2021 — It's My Shout (I Am One) — Ron — Short Films from Wales • The Pact — Father Martin — 3 episodes • 2022 — The Tuckers — Mad Malcom — Series 3, episode 1: "Hard Man" • Henry House — Dafydd Roberts — Pilot episode • 2022–2023 — Outlander — Tom Christie — Season 6 & 7: 9 episodes • 2022, 2026 — Dal Y Mellt — Mici — S4C drama - aka Rough Cut. Series 1 & 2; 8 episodes • 2023 — Men Up — Eddie O'Connor — TV film • The Cleaner — Richard — Series 2, episode 6: "The Dead End" • The Reckoning — Charles Hullighan — 3 episodes • Bodies — Andrew Morley — 3 episodes • Men Up — Eddie O'Connor — TV film • 2024 — The Way — Glynn — 3 episodes • Baby Reindeer — Gerald Dunn — Mini-series; 3 episodes • The Red King — Gruffudd Prosser — 5 episodes • 2025 — Out There — Caleb Williams — Mini-series; 6 episodes • In the Room — General Livingston — Mini-series; 4 episodes • The Light in the Hall — Rhys — Series 2; 6 episodes • 2026 — Waiting for the Out — Matthew Hall — Episode: #1.6 • Agatha Christie's Seven Dials — Sir Oswald Coote — Mini-series; 3 episodes • Death Valley — Gareth Merwin — Episode: #2.2

• 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

• Year — Title — Role (voice) — Notes • 2009 — Risen — Master Pallas / Alvaro / Cormac / Ilumar / Nelson — English version • 2011 — 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

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

Mark Lewis Jones is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom. Established in Library of Congress under no2003047800.