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Tom Ellis is a Welsh actor from Cardiff, Wales. He is best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar in the American television series Lucifer (2016-2021).

Ellis was born in Cardiff. He studied BA Dramatic Studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (previously the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama).

Ellis' notable roles include Hollywood physician in the USA Network series Rush, Mark Etches in the British supernatural drama The Fades and Gary Preston in the hit TV show Miranda which aired on the BBC from November 9, 2009 to January 1, 2015.

In February 2015, it was announced that Ellis was cast as Lucifer Morningstar in the Fox television drama Lucifer, based on the comic of the same name, which premiered on 25 January 2016. The show was continued by Netflix from its fourth to sixth season, later was released on the 10th of September 2021.

Matthew Rhys Evans is a Welsh actor. He is known for playing Kevin Walker in Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011) and Philip Jennings in The Americans (2013-2018), for which he received two Golden Globe Award nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award. In film, he appeared as Dylan Thomas in the film The Edge of Love (2008) and as Daniel Ellsberg in the film The Post (2017) and starred in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). In 2020, he starred in the lead role on the HBO period series Perry Mason, for which he received his third Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor - Television Series Drama.

Perdita Rose Weeks is a British actress who plays Juliet Higgins in the CBS-turned-NBC reboot series Magnum P.I. Weeks was born in South Glamorgan, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks, was educated at Roedean School in East Sussex, and studied art history at the Courtauld Institute in London. She is the younger sister of Honeysuckle Weeks and the older sister of Rollo Weeks, both actors.

Ioan Gruffudd was born on October 6, 1973 in Cardiff, Wales, UK to educators Gillian (James) and Peter Gruffudd. He has a brother, Alun, who is two years younger and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger. He got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (1974). He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1992 to 1995, and was then cast as the title role of the television remake Poldark (1996). After playing Oscar Wilde's lover John Gray in Wilde (1997) and Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in Titanic (1997), Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series of television movies between 1998 and 2003. He then played Pip in the big budget BBC production of Great Expectations (1999). Other film roles include 102 Dalmatians (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), King Arthur (2004), Amazing Grace (2006), Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).

He resides in Los Angeles, California.

Katy Wix was born on 28 February 1980 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Torchwood (2006), Big Boys (2022) and The Windsors (2016).

Honeysuckle Weeks was born on 1 August 1979 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Foyle's War (2002), The Wicker Tree (2011) and The Five (2016). She has been married to Lorne Stormonth-Darling since July 2007. They have one child.

Born in Cardiff, Wales, and living in Los Angeles, Andrew Howard is known mostly for his turn as Gennady in Limitless and Bad Frank Philips in Hatfields and McCoys. Stage roles included Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt, Orestes in Electra at theatres, including The Royal National Theatre (London) and The Donmar Warehouse (London). Howard has made notable appearances in several major productions, including the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and the Guy Ritchie caper Revolver, as well as costarring alongside Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close in the 2003 TV movie The Lion in Winter. In 2001, Howard was awarded best actor at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his portrayal of Jon in Mr In-Between. He co-wrote the screenplay for Shooters, a 2002 British crime drama in which he also starred. In 2009, he played Thomas Luster in the thriller film Luster under the direction from Adam Mason. In 2009, he was also in the film Blood River, for which Howard won the Best Actor Award at the Honolulu Film Festival and the Jack Nance Break-through performance award at the NYC Film Festival, Tribeca.

Dino Fetscher was born on 9 June 1988 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor, known for Foundation (2021), Years and Years (2019) and Humans (2015).

Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He made a forced landing in the Libyan Desert and was severely injured. As a result, he spent five months in a Royal Navy hospital in Alexandria. Dahl is noted for how he relates suspenseful and sometimes horrific events in a simple tone.

Rakie Ayola was born on 11 May 1968 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Been So Long (2018), Twelfth Night (2018) and No Offence (2015). She is married to Adam Smethurst. They have two children.

Born in Cardiff, Peter trained as a doctor at Brasenose College, Oxford and St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, but chose an acting career just prior to graduation. Peter caught the acting bug as a teenager at the National Youth Theatre in Wales and his drama training was at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. On leaving drama school in 1990, Peter made his television debut in Beeban Kidron's Screen Two production of "Antonia and Jane" before going on to play lead roles in three television drama series: "Alex" in Granada TV's Medics; "Lt. Nick Pasco" in "Soldier Soldier" for Central TV; and "Tom Walton" in "The Men's Room" (1991), a five-part series directed by Antonia Bird for BBC TV.

For the next few years, Peter worked steadily in the UK doing several noteworthy productions, such as Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author", "Alun Lewis" in "Alun Lewis: Death and Beauty" for the BBC Wales and "Martin Chuzzlewit" for the BBC, as well as the movie "Uncovered", directed by Jim McBride. In 1995, Peter did a guest shot on "Highlander the Series" playing Methos, a 5000 year old Immortal, which led to a recurring role on the series and changed the theater of his work from the UK to America. He moved to Canada during the filming of "Highlander", then returned to the UK to play Tom Kirby in the Granada Television series "Noah's Ark." Back in Canada, he did two seasons of "Cold Squad" as Inspector Simon Ross and had roles in "X-Men 2- X-Men United" and "Catwoman". He received a Gemini Award nomination and a Christian TV Excellence nomination for best actor for his work in "The Miracle of the Cards". In 2006, Peter appeared on the BBC series, "Dalziel and Pascoe." Peter and his family relocated to Los Angeles in the fall of 2005 where he did guest shots on the series "Charmed," and "Medium" as well as "The Collector" for CTV in Canada. He revisited the character of Methos for the new Highlander movie, "The Source" and also played the title role in "The Last Sin Eater" directed by Michael Landon Jr. for Fox Faith Pictures. In the summer of 2006, Peter returned to the UK to join the cast of the popular medical drama "Holby City" for at least one year as Medical Consultant Daniel Clifford.

Peter holds an Advanced Level Stage fighting certificate, is a former National Trampoline Champion and his personal best time for running the London Marathon is 3 hours exactly. Peter is married and he and his wife have a son.

As of August, 2011, Peter has returned to medical school, attending the University of Vermont, to become a doctor. He graduated in May 2015.

Suzanne Packer was born on 26 November 1962 in Cardiff, South Wales, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Casualty (1986), Casualty @ Holby City (2005) and Holby City (1999). She was previously married to Jesse Newman.

Griff Rhys Jones was born on 16 November 1953 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Alas Smith & Jones (1984), Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) and The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt (1989). He is married to Jo Jones. They have two children.

Sion Daniel Young was born in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He is known for Slow Horses (2022), Private Peaceful (2012) and Deceit (2021).

Hannah Daniel was born on 20 January 1986 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Hinterland (2013), Black Mountain Poets (2015) and Dad (2005).

Born in Cardiff, Chris Addison grew up in Manchester where he attended the Manchester Grammar School before going on to study at the University of Birmingham. Following his graduation in 1994, he put ambitions to direct theatre on hold and "drifted into stand-up comedy" which became his full-time job in 1996. He wrote and performed eight one-man shows at the Edinburgh Festival, gaining two Perrier Award nominations and going on to turn two of the shows ('The Ape That Got Lucky' and 'Civilization') into series for BBC Radio.

He moved into acting in 2005, with the role of Ollie Reeder in Armando Iannucci's BBC sitcom The Thick of It (2005). Subsequent roles have included the Cameron-esque evil headmaster David Blood in three series of Skins (2007), Seb in Doctor Who (2005) and the hard-living porn Svengali Tony Power in Michael Winterbottom's movie The Look of Love (2013). In 2016 he took and co-wrote the spoken role of Smith in Emanuel Chabrier's opera 'L'Étoile' at The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

During the final series of The Thick of It (2005), he made his directorial debut and subsequently went on to direct many episodes of HBO's Veep (2012), for which he won the Directors Guild of America Award in 2016 as well as an Emmy nomination. In 2015 he won an Emmy for his work as Executive Producer on the show.

He has co-created two sitcoms, Lab Rats (2008) (with Carl Cooper) and Trying Again (2014) (with Simon Blackwell), both of which he starred in.

Chris has written two books, 'Cautionary Tales for Grown-Ups' (a book of comic verse) and 'It Wasn't Me' (a book of grumpy complaint).

Jo Osmond was born on 14 April 1987 in Cardiff, South Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for Dumbo (2019), Doctor Who (2005) and The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016). She has been married to Josh Morris since 9 May 2013.

Jennifer Leak was born on 28 September 1947 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), Eye of the Cat (1969) and The Incubus (1981). She was married to James Peter D'Auria and Tim Matheson. She died on 18 March 2024 in Jupiter, Florida, USA.

Richard Marquand was born on 22 September 1937 in Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Nowhere to Run (1993) and Jagged Edge (1985). He was married to Carol Bell and Josephine Marquand. He died on 4 September 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.

Mali Harries was born in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is known for Hinterland (2013), Leap Year (2010) and Elden Ring (2022). She is married to Matthew Gravelle. They have two children.

While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera.

Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1893, he was the son of a tax-collector father and a well-known singing teacher mother. His prodigious musical skills were evident fairly early. Trained at the Magdalen College Choir School on a soprano scholarship, he soon began writing songs under the name Ivor Novello. In his overall career, Novello would write over 250 songs, a large percentage of them uplifting, touchingly sentimental and war-inspired morale boosters. He moved with his family to London in 1914, and became an overnight celebrity after composing the patriotic World War I standard "Keep the Home Fires Burning," which was introduced much later in the film The Lost Squadron (1932).

Novello then switched to pursue acting and debuted with a role in The Call of the Blood (1919) [The Call of the Blood], a French romantic melodrama which earned him promising notices. Other roles that ensured his status as a screen idol followed, including The Man Without Desire (1923), which he produced. He wrote and appeared in the successful 1924 play "The Rat," which transferred quite well to film the following year (The Rat (1925)). This also inspired two sequels -- The Triumph of the Rat (1926) and The Return of the Rat (1929).

The actor's film peak occurred headlining two of Alfred Hitchcock's early suspense thrillers, serving as the put-upon protagonist in both the silent classic The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) and the lesser-received Downhill (1927). Novello had a fine, well-modulated speaking voice that transferred easily to talkies. Into the 1930s, he wrote and starred in Symphony in Two Flats (1930) and went on to remake The Phantom Fiend (1932) successfully. During this time he also wrote the dialogue for Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), the first of the jungle series to star Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Novello's last film was Autumn Crocus (1934), after which he decided to devote himself full time to music and theater.

He went on to earn rave reviews for his opulent, romantically melodramatic stagings of "Glamorous Night" (1935), "The Dancing Years" (1939) and "Perchance to Dream" (1945). He wrote eight musicals in all and appeared in six of them, all of them non-singing parts.

His longtime companion of 35 years, actor Robert Andrews, was with Novello when Novello died suddenly on March 6, 1951 of a coronary thrombosis only hours after performing in his own play "The King's Rhapsody." Hugely popular in his time (though virtually unknown in America), Novello's lasting influence on film, theater and especially music cannot be denied.

Sophie Stanton was born in 1971 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. She is an actress, known for How I Live Now (2013), Beautiful Thing (1996) and Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012).

Kate was born in Wales and grew up in the seaside town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire. When she was 16 she attended Waterford Kamhlaba United World College in Swaziland where she studied the International Baccalaureate. She studied at Bristol University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She lives in London.

Welsh screenwriter, playwright and novelist Andrew Wynford Davies is acclaimed as being second to none when it comes to adapting literary classics for the screen. Davies was born in Rhibwina, a suburb of Cardiff, the son of educators. He went to school in his home town and subsequently studied at University College in London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1957. He then worked as a school teacher until 1963, before taking up a position as English lecturer at the Coventry College of Education (later to become Warwick University). While there, he began sidelining as a writer-most often for the BBC-- producing radio dramas, one-off anthology TV scripts and plays. Two of his plays made it to Broadway: Fearless Frank in 1980, and Rose the following year. Though critical reception for these was decidedly mixed, Davies soon found popular success with his TV adaptations of The Legend of King Arthur (1979) and R.F. Delderfield's post-World War I novel To Serve Them All My Days (1980). Moreover, towards the end of his academic tenure, he penned another hit: the quirky, surreal university satire A Very Peculiar Practice (1986), inspired in part by his own experiences. Now able to concentrate on writing full-time, Davies went on to deliver his biggest blockbuster yet, the political thriller House of Cards (1990). It starred Ian Richardson in his most famous role as the corrupt Conservative Whip Francis Urquhart, who rises to the position of UK Prime Minister through a series of ruthless Macchiavellian schemes. House of Cards spawned an equally successful American adaptation of that name and won Davies a 1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special.

Even greater recognition came by way of his adaption of Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice (1995) for BBC TV. This six-part miniseries made Davies a household name and elevated Colin Firth to heartthrob status. Davies was later quoted saying "It changed my life really; changed my career. It made me famous, in a modest sort of way. Nobody had really ever heard of me before Pride and Prejudice, and now people do know my name, and it's all to do with the success of that show." In fact, that success was a least partly due to the writer's predilection for 'sexing up' his period dramas, thereby making them more accessible to a contemporary audience. In his own words: "When you're adapting period novels the sexual imperative is one of the clearest links between us and them."

In 1998, then ITV drama boss Nick Elliott declared that "he always knew a classic serial would be wonderful if Davies writes the script". Being highly regarded and much in demand allowed Davies to eventually command fees in excess of £200,000 for a six part serial. Dubbed 'the king of the adaptors', Davies has re-imagined literary classics like Middlemarch (1994), The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), Vanity Fair (1998), Daniel Deronda (2002), Sense & Sensibility (2008) and War & Peace (2016). Arguably, the best-ever filmed versions of any works by Charles Dickens have been Davies's BBC screenplays for Bleak House (2005) and Little Dorrit (2008). The former was nominated for ten Primetime Emmys and won the 2006 BAFTA for best drama serial. A reviewer for the Radio Times declared "Watching this extraordinary version of Dickens's novel feels less like watching a TV drama and more like sampling a strange other world....each frame is composed to perfection, each face lit like an oil painting, and the acting is out of this world." Little Dorrit, likewise, attracted much praise, especially in the United States. The reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle described it as "terrific entertainment... in some ways, perhaps even better than its source material." The series garnered multiple BAFTA TV Award and Primetime Emmy nominations, including an Emmy win for Davies for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. Six years earlier, Davies had been awarded a BAFTA fellowship for Lifetime Achievement.

In addition to his work for television, Davies has co-scripted the first two Bridget Jones movies and the espionage drama The Tailor of Panama (2001), starring Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush. He has authored radio plays since 1964 and is also noted as a writer of children's novels, beginning with 'Conrad's War' (published 1978).

Andrew Davies has been married to Diana Lennox Huntley since 1960. His hobbies are said to be tennis, food and alcohol. Age does not appear to have diminished his prodigious literary output.

Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, and raised in the nearby working class neighborhood of Splott. Her mother was originally from Yorkshire, and her father was a Nigerian seaman who left the family when she was less than two. She later helped to support her family by working in an Enamelware factory. She made her professional debut at 16 appearing in a touring revue "Memories of Al Jolson". Her first major hit was "The Banana Boat Song," and she later sang "Goldfinger" in the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964). Her younger daughter died of drowning in 1985. She currently lives in Monte Carlo.