Jonny Owen | |
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| Born | Jonathan Tudor Owen (1971-07-04)4 July 1971 (age 53) Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Other names | Jonathan Lewis Owen Lewis Owen |
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| Years active | 1991–2001 (as musician) 2001–present (as actor) |
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| Children | 1 |
Jonathan Tudor Owen (born 4 July 1971 inMerthyr Tydfil,Mid Glamorgan) is a Welsh producer, actor and writer who has appeared in TV shows includingShameless,Murphy's Law andMy Family. Owen won a Welsh BAFTA in 2007 for the documentaryThe Aberfan Disaster, which he co-produced with Judith Davies.[1]
In his later teens he was in the 1990sindie band The Pocket Devils as bass player and lead singer/songwriter.[2] Signed toSanctuary Records in the UK and Pop Music Records in the US, they split after Sanctuary Records and The Pocket Devils came to a mutual termination.
Owen landed the part of Richey in the Welsh drama seriesNuts and Bolts in 1999. FromNuts and Bolts he landed parts in UK Network series includingMurphy's Law andDirty Work.
His meeting withIrvine Welsh when filming theGene video "Is it over?" led to Owen working with Welsh (and his writing partnerDean Cavanagh) on several dramas includingDose for theBBC,Wedding Belles forC4 andGood Arrows forITV (which Owen also produced).
His 2006 filmLittle White Lies[3] won several film festival awards and was featured at theMoscow Film Festival. He played aBNP thug. In 2007 he appeared as Banana Boat inTorchwood.
Owen has also worked extensively as a writer and producer forITV Wales, including winning the Gwyn Alf Williams Award[4] at the Welsh BAFTAs for the 40th anniversary documentary of theAberfan disaster.[5] It was revealed during shooting that Owen's father had been one of the first Welsh miners on the scene in the recovery operation.
Owen also did a piece forCardiff City F.C.'s appearance in theFA Cup final forMatch of the Day in 2008. It received positive reviews in the media, includingThe Guardian calling it the best part of the day's coverage apart from the football.[6]
In 2009 Owen appeared as regular character Ady in Channel 4'sShameless,[7] and continued in the role in 2010.
2009 also saw the release of the independent filmA Bit of Tom Jones?,[8] with Owen in the lead role. The film spread from a limited release in Wales to being shown in selected markets throughout the UK byVue.
He is the writer and creator ofSvengali,[9] a cult internet series which theEvening Standard and NME called 'the best series on the net'. The series, in which he plays the manager of an up-and-coming band, is based on his experiences in the music industry; he named one character 'Choop' after the manager of his own band. FormerCreation Records headAlan McGee plays the Svengali whom character 'Dixie' pursues in an effort to get the band he manages signed. The work was adapted into the 2013 feature filmSvengali, the debut release from Root Films. It was selected to show at the 67thEdinburgh International Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Michael Powell Award, a prize which honours the best British feature film.
Owen has written forThe Guardian,Telegraph,Metro andWestern Mail. He also was the voice for ITV Wales'sSoccer Sunday programme from 2002 to 2008 and did weekly reports from France for ITV during the2007 Rugby World Cup.[citation needed]
In 2014 he played in the seriesGlue onE4.
On 10 March 2018, Owen was appointed as a director atNottingham Forest F.C. to control the club's media output and video production, having previously directed the 2015 filmI Believe In Miracles chronicling Forest's glory years underBrian Clough in the 1970s and 80s.[10]
When Owen was a teenager, he was a Welsh Boys Club Boxing champion.[11]
Owen and his wife, actressVicky McClure, live in Nottingham, where they relocated to live nearer her family.[12][13] As of 2017 they were engaged.[14] On 11 August 2023, they married in Nottingham.[15]
He is a director of Nottingham Forest Football Club and investor inMerthyr Town F.C., the town in which he was born.[16]
He has one child from his first marriage.[17]
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