Mark Lewis Jones
Quick Facts
Biography
Mark Lewis Jones (born 1964) is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a police inspector in BBC drama series 55 Degrees North, a whaler in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, soldier Tecton in Troy and Rob Morgan in the series Stella.
Life and career
Mark Lewis Jones was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, Wales. He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. He has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
Lewis Jones has made notable appearances in a number of television productions including This Life, Holby City, Spooks, Murphy's Law, Waking the Dead and Torchwood. Perhaps his most significant role for BBC television, however, has been as Detective Inspector Russell Bing in the police drama 55 Degrees North in which he played an outspoken, opinionated and at times humorous police officer, in a complex and intricately crafted series.
He also played Detective Sergeant Ray Lloyd in police drama Murder Prevention. His two most renowned appearances in Hollywood blockbusters were as Hogg the Whaler in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and Tecton, a soldier in Troy.
In 2001 he also portrayed Igraine's second husband Uther Pendragon in the American TV miniseries The Mists of Avalon. He played Irfon in S4C's Con Passionate, Josi in Sian James' Calon Gaeth, and Bryan Jones in Y Pris.
In 2009 he was a special guest in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, broadcast on 11 June on BBC Two (Wales only).
On 28 July 2009 he was the workshop leader at the Actors' Cut in Cardiff.
On 11 September 2016 he took part in the Great North Run to raise funds for Bloodwise.
Stage
- Lord Grey and Henry (Earl of Richmond), Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1993
- Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Globe Theatre, London, 1997
- Milantius, The Maid's Tragedy, Globe Theatre, 1997
- Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Globe Theatre, 1999
- Taurus, Diomedes, and Sextus Pompeius, Antony and Cleopatra, Globe Theatre, 1999
- Appeared as Billy, Cardiff East, as Willy Nilly, Under Milk Wood, and as Bonario, Volpone, all National Theatre, London; as Costard, Love's Labour's Lost, as Lorenzo, The Merchant of Venice, and as Ferdinand, The Tempest, all Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; as Tristram, Morte d'Arthur, and as Florizel and Antigonas, The Winter's Tale, both Lyric Theatre, London; as a pioneer, Ingolstadt, Gate Theatre; and as Danton and father, Snow Palace, Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, Yorkshire, England
- Aston, The Caretaker, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 1990
- JB Feller in The Man Who Had All the Luck by Arthur Miller at The Donmar Warehouse, Feb 28 - Apr 5, 2008
- Sergeant-Major Reg Drummond in Privates on Parade by Peter Nichols at Noël Coward Theatre, Dec 1, 2012 - March 2, 2013
Radio
- Appeared in radio broadcasts of Cadfael and Cocaine.
- Samson in Julian Simpson's The Listener
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | National Treasure | Gerry | Series Regular |
Byw Celwydd | Dylan Williams | Series Regular | |
2015 | Y Gwyll / Hinterland | John Bell | Series 2, 1 episode |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Letho of Gulet | Video Game | |
Queen of the Desert | Frank Lascelles | Theatrical - Currently filming | |
Stella | Rob Morgan | Series 4, 1 episode | |
Father Brown | Arnold Francis | Episode 3.11 "The Time Machine" | |
2014 | Child 44 | Tortoise | TV Series - In Post-Production |
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | Guido/Cleric/Scientist | Voice | |
37 Days | David Lloyd George | ||
2013 | Atlantis | Mac | 1 Episode: "The Earth Bull |
Puppeteer | General Dog | Voice | |
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day | Aethelwulf | ||
2012 | Silk | Sgt-Major Pierce | 1 Episode |
Casualty | Caleb Flack | 1 Episode: "Teenage Dreams" | |
Titanic | David Evans | 3 Episodes: 1, 2 & 3 | |
Stella | Rob Morgan | Regular, Series 1 | |
Sinbad | Azdi | Episode: Eye of the Tiger | |
2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Additional Voices | Video Game |
Baker Boys | Pete | Series Regular | |
Ni no Kuni | Kublai | English version, voice | |
Game of Thrones | Shagga | 2 Episodes: "Baelor" and "The Pointy End" | |
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | Letho of Gulet | Video Game | |
Dragon Age II | Ser Emeric/Veld/Additional Voices | Video Game | |
Being Human | Richard | 2 Episodes: "The Pack" and "Adam's Family" | |
Silent Witness | D.I. Frank Skipper | 2 Episodes: "A Guilty Mind: Part I" and "A Guilty Mind: Part 2" | |
2010 | Pen Talar | Max | Episode: "Episode No. 1.6" |
The Cursed Mirror | Sir Oswalt | Short film | |
Robin Hood | Thomas Longstride | Film | |
Bouquet of Barbed Wire | Simon Clark | TV - ITV | |
2009 | A Child's Christmases in Wales | Dad | Television film |
Merlin | King Olaf | Episode: "Sweet Dreams" | |
Crash (UK) | Mr. Hill | Episode: "Episode No. 1.6" | |
Risen | Master Pallas | Video Game (voice only) | |
Framed | Daffyd Hughes | Television film | |
Law and Order UK | Mark Powell | Episode: "Love and Loss" | |
Top of the Cops | as himself - DCI Doug James | TV | |
Zig Zag Love | Paul Carmichael | Television film | |
Welsh Greats | Presenter - as himself | Episode: "Emlyn Williams" | |
2008 | The Commander | DCI Doug James | Episode: "Abduction" |
The Passion | Apostle Marcus | 3 Episodes: "Episode No. 1.1," "Episode No. 1.2" and "Episode No. 1.3" | |
The Other Boleyn Girl | Brandon | Film | |
Caught in the Act | Alan Williams | Film | |
2007 | The Commander | DCI Doug James | 3 Episodes: "Fraudster," "Windows of the Soul" and "The Devil You Know" |
Y Pris | Chief Constable Bryan Jones | 5 Episodes: "Parti yn y Parc (Party in the Park)," "Gêm/Dêt (Game/Date)," "Parch (Respect)," "Y Fwled Gynta (The First Bullet)" and "Y Dechre (The Beginning) | |
2006 | Torchwood | John Ellis | Episode: "Out of Time" |
Cravings | Eisner | "Cravings" (DVD USA Title) | |
Calon Gaeth | Josi Evans | "Small Country" (USA Festival Title) | |
Stick or Twist | Russ | Series Regular | |
Hydra | Jones | Short film | |
Little White Lies | Dr. James | Series Regular | |
2005 | Waking the Dead | Tom McQueen | Episode: "Cold Fusion" |
55 Degrees North | DI Russell Bing | 7 Episodes: "Episode No. 2.2," "Episode No. 2.3," "Episode No. 2.4," "Episode No. 2.5," "Episode No. 2.6," "Episode No. 2.7" and "Episode No. 2.8" | |
Con Passionate | Irfon | Series Regular | |
2004 | Murder Prevention | DS Ray Lloyd | 3 Episodes: "Judgement Day," "False Prophet" and "Last Man Out" |
Lie with Me | Paul Stebbing | Television film | |
Murphy's Law | Simpson | Episode: "Go Ask Alice" | |
Troy | Tecton | Film | |
2003 | The Measure of My Days | Escapee | Short Film |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Mr. Hogg, Whaler | Film | |
Spooks | Mark Whooley | Episode: "I Spy Apocalypse" | |
Red Cap (TV series) | Sgt. Gary Jennings | Episode: "H-Hour" | |
2002 | A Mind to Kill | Gethin Purse | Episode: "The Little House in the Forest" |
Y Ty | Jim | Series Regular | |
Holby City | Reece King | Episode: "Secrets and Lies" | |
Lenny Blue | DC Huw Morgan | Television film | |
2001 | The Bench | Des Davies | Series Regular |
The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells | Arthur Brownlow | ||
Tales from Pleasure Beach | Dunk | ||
The Mists of Avalon | King Uther Pendragon | ||
Score | Tony | Television film | |
2000 | Where the Heart Is | Brian Price | Episode: "Getting Better" |
Jason and the Argonauts | Mopsus | Television film | |
1998-1999 | Solomon & Gaenor | Crad Rees | Film |
The Knock | David Ancrom | 6 Episodes: "Episode No. 4.1," "Episode No. 4.2," "Episode No. 4.3," "Episode No. 4.4," "Episode No. 4.5" and "Episode No. 4.6" | |
1996-1997 | This life | Dale | 6 Episodes: "He's Leaving Home," "Unusual Suspect, "Let's Get It On," "Just Sext," "Brief Encounter" and "Family Outing" |
Soldier Soldier | Capt Jonathan Bell | Episode: "Delayed Action" | |
Dangerfield | DI Dicky Sutton | Episode: "Trial" | |
1995 | Casualty | Alison | Episode: "Trials and Tribulations" |
A Mind to Kill | Geraint Humphries | Episode: "Son of His Works" | |
1992 | Between the Lines | P.C. Terry Gilzean | Episode: "A Watch & Chain of Course" |
1991 | Heroes II: The Return | Royal Marine Maj. Reggie Ingleton | |
1990 | Paper Mask | Dr. Lloyd | Film |
1989 | the Shell Seekers | Danus | Television film |
Heartland | Ieuan | Television film | |
The Angry Eart | Guto | TV | |
1986 | Valhalla | Voice of Odin | |
1985 | Morons from Outer Space | Godfrey (as Mark Jones) |