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Mike Gwilym (born 5 March 1949) is a Welsh actor.


Early life

Born in Neath, Gwilym is the brother of actor
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, son of Arthur Aubrey Remington Gwilym and Renée Mathilde Eugénie Léonce Dupont. His parents were the proprietors of a women's clothing chain in Wales and his maternal grandfather was the Belgian oil industrialist Edmond Jules Dupont from Liège. Mike Gwilym's interest in acting began while at Wycliffe Preparatory School, but he began his acting career while at university at Oxford with the
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, and went on to join the
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Citizens' Theatre before becoming an associate actor of the Royal Shakespeare Company


Career

His stage debut was as 'Prince Hal' in '' Henry IV, Part 1'' at the Playhouse Theatre, Sheffield, UK in 1969. Gwilym joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974; his debut in London was with that company in that year as 'Vlass' in ''
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'', at the
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. He starred in many of their productions during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
Troilus and Cressida ''Troilus and Cressida'' ( or ) is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602. At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwh ...
'', and '' Love's Labour's Lost''. He made his television debut in the
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's 1975 adaptation of ''
How Green Was My Valley ''How Green Was My Valley'' is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, narrated by Huw Morgan, the main character, about his Welsh family and the mining community in which they live. The author had claimed that he based the book on his own persona ...
''. His most high-profile role was as jockey-turned-detective
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in ''The Racing Game'', a six-part
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series based on
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's 1965 novel ''Odds Against'', and his film credits include roles in ''
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'' (1980), ''
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'' (1981), ''
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'' (1981), ''
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'' (1985), and '' Peter the Great'' (1986). He subsequently returned to playing classical roles on stage and screen. In the
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series, he starred in ''
Coriolanus ''Coriolanus'' ( or ) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same yea ...
'' (as Aufidius), in '' Love's Labour's Lost'' (as Berowne), and ''
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'' in the title role. Gwilym retired from the professional stage to the South of Spain (province of Malaga), where his parents had a summer home. From the year 2001 he has shared a home with his partner in
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in the province of Cadiz.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gwilym, Mike 1949 births Living people Welsh male stage actors Welsh male television actors People from Neath British people of Belgian descent Royal Shakespeare Company members