Dylan John Llewellyn (born 10 September 1992) is an English actor, known for portraying Martin "Jono" Johnson in ''

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'', James Maguire in the

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sitcom ''

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'' and Jack in ''

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''.

Early life

Llewellyn was born in

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, the youngest of three boys born to English parents. He attended More House School in

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, a specialist school for children with

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developmental language disorder Developmental language disorder (DLD) is identified when a child has problems with language development that continue into school age and beyond. The language problems have a significant impact on everyday social interactions or educational progre ...

and

dyslexia Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...

. Llewellyn attended

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doing a foundation in Acting. Llewellyn has dyslexia, and found the support at a specialist school helpful.

Career

Acting

Llewellyn appeared in the short film ''Travel Bag'' in 2009 and in 2010 he played Adam Wilcock in an episode of the television series ''

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''. In 2011, Llewellyn began playing Martin "Jono" Johnson in the

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'' and in the spin-off ''

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''. He made his last appearance in ''

'' on 16 November 2012 after his character was killed off. Since leaving ''Hollyoaks'', Llewellyn has made appearances in ''

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'' (2013) and in the films ''

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'' (2013) and ''Down Dog'' (2014). Llewellyn was struggling with acting jobs and was close to giving up acting whilst working part-time in a deli. This is when he got the call that he was cast on

. From 2018 to 2022, Llewelyn played the role of James Maguire in the

sitcom ''

''. In 2020, Llewellyn played Stewart Irmsby in an episode of series 9 of ''

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''. Since 2022 Llewellyn has played main character Jack in the

series ''

''. Jack is a quiet teen who is coming to terms with both the death of his father and his own sexuality. The role is a fictionalised version of creator Jack Rooke.

Other television

On 6 July 2018, Llewellyn appeared on an episode of the game show ''

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'' alongside his ''Derry Girls'' co-stars. On 1 January 2019, Llewellyn made a guest appearance on '' The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited''. In March 2019, he made guest appearances on ''

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'' and ''

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''. On 31 December 2019, Llewellyn appeared on an episode of ''

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''. On 1 January 2020, Llewellyn appeared on a ''Derry Girls'' edition of ''

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''. On 26 June 2020, Llewellyn performed a sketch with his ''Derry Girls'' co-stars alongside

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for the

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fundraising special ''

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''. All proceeds from the night went towards those affected by the

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Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellyn, Dylan 21st-century English male actors English male film actors English male television actors Living people Male actors from Surrey 1992 births