Kyle Rees (born 9 July 1988,

Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which dominates the south ...

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) is a Welsh actor, best known for playing the role of Carl in the BAFTA-award winning movie, ''

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''. Rees had a love for theatre from a young age. After attending Sandfields Comprehensive school, he studied at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, from which he graduated in 2010. He first found television fame on ''

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'' where he landed the recurring role of Blue, a character which allowed him to explore the darker side of human nature. Further television success awaited on the hit soap ''

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'', but it was his role in the 2014 critically acclaimed film ''

'' that gave him international fame. His character, Carl, is pivotal to turning the entire mind frame of a small Welsh town, and in doing so opens doors for two very different communities to come together. In 2015 he played the role of Calo Caine in

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's medieval drama series ''

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'', written by

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. He also had a role in Outlander playing the character John Quincy Myers

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Kyle 1988 births Welsh male actors People from Port Talbot Living people