Siôn Daniel Young
Siôn Daniel Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Television | Lost Boys and Fairies |
Siôn Daniel Young is a Welsh stage, television and film actor.
Early life and education
Siôn Daniel Young was born in Cardiff, Wales.[1]
He began performing at Welsh language festivals in Cardiff called eisteddfodau, in which schools encourage their pupils to perform.[1]
He trained as an actor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[2]
Career
Stage
Young's first professional role was appearing in Daf James play Llwyth (Tribe), which was the first play about gay characters written by a queer person on a Welsh-language stage. He played the role of Albert Narracott in War Horse at the Royal National Theatre, London in 2013.[3][2][1]
In 2015, he had the lead role of Christopher Boone in the stage play adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud Theatre in London.[4]
In 2018, he appeared in the world premiere production of Barney Norris’s play Nightfall at the Bridge Theatre, London, alongside Claire Skinner and Ophelia Lovibond.[5][6]
Film and television
Young appeared in the 2012 war film Private Peaceful.[1] In 2014, he appeared in World War One-centenary series Our World War alongside Theo Barklem-Biggs.[7][8]
He had the lead role in 2019 television drama film The Left Behind.[9] For the role he was nominated for Best Actor at the 2020 BAFTA Cymru Awards.[10] The film won BAFTA and Royal Television Society awards for Best Single Drama.[11][12]
In 2020, he appeared as Gareth in the third series of S4C drama Keeping Faith. He also had a role in Aberystwyth-set crime noir Hinterland. In 2021, he could be seen in Channel 4 miniseries Deceit playing real-life character Colin Stagg, a man wrongly accused of murder in 1992, described as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.[2][13]
In series three of Apple TV+ espionage thriller Slow Horses, he played Douglas, an MI5 records keeper.[3] He also appeared in Channel 5 crime thriller Witness Number 3.[14]
In 2024, he had a lead role in BBC One drama Lost Boys and Fairies. Written by Daf James, it was BBC One’s first primetime gay adoption drama.[2] For his role in the series he won Best Actor at the BAFTA Cymru Awards in 2025.[15] That year, he could be seen in Cardiff-set BBC One series The Guest alongside Gabrielle Creevy.[16][17]
Personal life
He is a first-language Welsh speaker.[3][2] He was a long-time flatmate of fellow actor Jack Lowden.[18]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Pete Bovey | |
| 2013 | Another Me | Joe, The Hooded Youth | |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: War Horse | Albert Narracott | Live broadcast from Season 5 |
| 2017 | Stump | Danny | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Casualty | Isaac Flack | Series 26; episode 36: "Teenage Dreams" |
| 2014 | Our World War | Sapper Neary | Mini-series; episode 1: "The First Day" |
| 2015 | Hinterland | Morgan Hopkins | Series 2; episode 1: "Ceredigion" |
| 2019 | The Left Behind | Gethin | Television film |
| Doc Martin | George Pendrick | Series 9; episode 4: "Paint It Black" | |
| 2020 | Veganville | Himself - Narrator | Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| 2020–2021 | Keeping Faith | Gareth | Series 3; episodes 1–5 |
| 2021 | Deceit | Colin Stagg | Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| 2022 | Life and Death in the Warehouse | Sean | Television film |
| Witness Number 3 | PC Ivan Barkas | Episodes 1–4 | |
| 2023 | Slow Horses | Douglas | Series 3; episodes 1, 4 & 5 |
| 2023–2024 | Clean It, Fix It | Himself - Narrator | Series 2 & 3; 40 episodes |
| 2024 | Lost Boys and Fairies | Gabriel | Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| 2025 | The Guest | Lee Mace | Episodes 1–4 |
References
- ^ a b c d "Q&A: Siôn Daniel Young". Official London Theatre. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Spencer-Elliott, Lydia (3 June 2024). "Sion Daniel Young: 'I can't believe it's taken until 2024 for a Welsh bilingual drama on primetime'". The Independent. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ a b c Maskell, Emily (June 3, 2024). "Everything you need to know about Lost Boys and Fairies star Sion Daniel Young". The Pink News. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Cheesman, Neil (June 23, 2015). "Production images for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time". LondonTheatre1. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Billington, Michael (8 May 2018). "Nightfall review - poignant study of rural decay and desperation". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Ophelia Lovibond & Sion Daniel Young cast in Nightfall". West End Theatre. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Hegarty, Tasha (12 May 2015). "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time casts Sion Daniel Young as Christopher". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Jones, Ellen E. (7 August 2014). "One World War, TV review: Jarring modern touches mean Great War story badly misfires". The Independent. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Glynn, Paul (10 July 2023). "The Left Behind: TV drama shows the face of the far right". BBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Nominations announced for the British Academy Cymru Awards 2020". BAFTA.org. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "WINNER The Left Behind". Bafta winner, Best Single Drama 2020.
- ^ "2020 WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY PROGRAMME AWARDS". UK Screen Alliance. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (13 August 2021). "'A great responsibility': Sion Daniel Young on playing the man wrongly accused of killing Rachel Nickell". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Moss, Molly (28 July 2023). "Meet the cast of Witness No. 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Matthews, Antonia (6 October 2025). "Bafta Cymru: Lost Boys and Fairies wins five awards". BBC News. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Hibbs, James (23 September 2024). "Torchwood and Operation Mincemeat stars lead new BBC thriller The Guest". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ Sarrubba, Steffania (21 September 2024). "BBC announces Cardiff-set thriller from Fool Me Once producers". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ @Jack Lowden; (24 December 2023). "Sion Daniel Young and I went to drama school together, lived together as students, and then lived together for years in London when we were on stage…" – via Instagram.