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in the British

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Early life

He was born in Bettws, Newport. David-Lloyd's first acting role was as a robot in a junior school play. As a teenager, he joined the Gwent Young People's Theatre in Abergavenny and The Dolman Youth Theatre in Newport. While there, he appeared in several plays, including '' Macbeth'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', in which he played the title role. Gareth studied Performing Arts at Crosskeys College in South Wales. When former Labour Party leader

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saw the young David-Lloyd performing at

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, he sent him £250 to use towards his acting career.

Career

Music

David-Lloyd fronts the

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band Blue Gillespie, previously known as A Breath of Blue Fire. The band participated in Sex, Wales, and Anarchy on 20 April 2008, and Orgee on 3 May 2008, at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. Their first EP, ''Cave Country'', was released in December 2008 which was followed by ''Cave Country Part 2'' which was released in August 2009. Their debut album, ''Synesthesia'', was released in May 2010. Their second album ''Seven Rages of Man'' was released in May 2012.

Acting

While studying at

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, David-Lloyd appeared in various local stage productions at the

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in Newport and the

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. David-Lloyd went on to train at the National Youth Theatre, before moving to

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to pursue his acting career with The Rep College. David-Lloyd's parts have included Sebastian in ''

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'' on stage. In the 2004 comedy/drama ''

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'', written by ''Torchwood'' creator

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, he played a character named Yanto Jones. In 2005, David-Lloyd began a part-time degree in philosophy and psychological studies with the

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''Torchwood''

David-Lloyd returned to Wales for the filming of his first regular television role in 2006 for Doctor Who spin-off ''

'', in which he played

, a member of the fictional

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. David-Lloyd appeared in three of four series of Torchwood and even made an appearance in the '' Doctor Who'' series 4 finale episodes "

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" and "

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". David-Lloyd has also recorded a ''Torchwood'' audio book, ''

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'', and appeared in the ''Torchwood'' audio dramas '' Lost Souls'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Dead Line'', '' The Lost Files'', and ''The House of the Dead''. David-Lloyd has recorded a number of

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ghost stories titled ''Tales of the Supernatural''. Since 2015, he has reprised the role of ''Ianto Jones'' in several ''Torchwood'' audio plays for Big Finish Productions and has also written some of the scripts for those releases.

After Torchwood

In 2009 he appeared in the short comedy film '' A Very British Cover-up'', while also appearing as a police detective in Internet crime thriller, ''Girl Number Nine'', also starring

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, premiering online on 30 October 2009. In 2010 David-Lloyd starred in an episode of the long-running

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'' first aired on 21 January 2010 and also appeared as Dr. John Watson in 2010 direct-to-DVD film ''Sherlock Holmes'' by

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. He also appeared in the pantomime Cinderella at the Charter Theatre Preston playing the character of Prince Charming. David-Lloyd also appeared in ''

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'', an independent short feature, starring as Dr Robert Cameron. This film began shooting in early 2010 and was released on 12 December 2011. The production company has said this is a proof of concept which will see Casimir Effect developed into a TV series. In June 2011, Gareth appeared as a main character in the Syfy movie '' Red Faction: Origins'' based on the video games. Later in 2011, David-Lloyd appeared in a season 3 episode of the SyFy show '' Warehouse 13'' titled "3...2...1...", as an agent of Warehouse 12 in the 1890s, partnered with H. G. Wells. On 30 October 2012, David-Lloyd began appearing on '' Holby City'' as Rhys Hopkins, a role he played until January 2013. In November 2018, David-Lloyd began appearing on

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medical drama ''Casualty'' as Joshua Bowers.

Personal life

David-Lloyd married Gemma James in 2010. The couple have a daughter, Lily, and a son, Eli. Gareth goes by "he/him and they/them" pronouns according to his Twitter.

Filmography

Video games

References

External links

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