Aneirin Hughes (born Aneurin Hughes, 8 May 1958) is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the
BBC4
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Welsh police drama ''
Hinterland
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''. He won a Best Actor
BAFTA Cymru
BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA in Wales or WAFTA) is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.
(or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in '' Cameleon'' (1997), a
Welsh language
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film.
Education
Hughes was born in
Aberystwyth
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, where he studied music at the
University College of Wales
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, established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'')
, former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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under Professor
Ian Parrott
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and singing with the
soprano
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Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
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winning the Baritone Prize and both the Hugh S. Robertson Prize for Conducting and Vocal Ensemble. He was also a founder member of the Academy Strings and a recipient of the Leach Foundation Prize.
Acting career
Hughes began his acting career in 1994 in the
BBC Wales
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It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is ...
soap opera ''
Pobol y Cwm
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''. He went on to appear in ''Blood on the Dole'', ''
Casualty
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'', ''
Family Affairs
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EastEnders
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BAFTA Cymru
BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA in Wales or WAFTA) is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.
(or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in '' Cameleon'' (1997), a
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut P ...
film. He appeared regularly in ''
Judge John Deed
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'' as Neil Haughton and in '' Young Dracula'' as Graham Branagh. He played Harper in the TV movie ''Harper and Isles'' with
Hywel Bennett
Hywel Thomas Bennett (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in ''The Family Way'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom '' Shelley'' (1 ...
and appeared in the 1998 film ''
The Theory of Flight
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It premiered at the 23rd Toronto International Film Fest ...
S4C
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drama ''
Pen Talar
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'' and in ''
Holby City
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BBC Wales
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It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is ...
soap opera ''
Pobol y Cwm
''Pobol y Cwm'' (''People of the Valley''; ) is a Welsh-language soap opera produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, ''Pobol y Cwm'' was originally transmitted on BBC One Wales and l ...
'' as a new character, Morgan 'Moc' Thomas, whom he played from 2012 to 2013. He reprised the role in 2017. In 2012, he portrayed the politician and Welsh-language campaigner
Gwynfor Evans
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in an S4C docu-drama, titled ''Gwynfor Evans: Y Penderfyniad?'' (''The Decision?'').
In 2013, Hughes appeared in the S4C film ''Y Syrcas (The Circus).'' He held a major role throughout the bilingually-filmed detective programme ''
Y Gwyll
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(Hinterland)'', appearing as Detective Superintendent Brian Prosser in all three series from 2013 to 2016. In May 2014 he appeared as Organ Morgan with
Tom Jones
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* Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist
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and
Katherine Jenkins
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centenary production of ''
Under Milk Wood
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'' by
Dylan Thomas
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BBC One
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website – 5 May 2014 Hughes has also appeared as Tom Howells in the Welsh
thriller
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** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre
Comics
* ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...
Coronation Street
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Origi ...
'' (2018).
In 2022 Hughes appeared in the video game '' Elden Ring'' as the giant blacksmith Iji.
Personal life
Hughes has run several marathons for charity, including for Bloodwise.
He is a founding member of the Monmouth Male Voice Choir.