Steffan Rhodri

Steffan Rhodri
Born	(1967-01-03) 3 January 1967 (age 58) Morriston, Swansea, Wales
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Notable work	Gavin & Stacey Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Steffan Rhodri (born 1967, in Morriston, Swansea) is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the BBC comedy series Gavin & Stacey .

Early and personal life

Steffan Rhodri was born in 1967, in Morriston, Swansea, and is the cousin of novelist Mark Ellis. ^{[1] [2]}

He is well known as a fan of Swansea City F.C., for whom he made a DVD called The Golden Year. ^[3]

Career

Rhodri has appeared in both English-language and Welsh-language films, television and stage productions. He played Reg Cattermole in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and provided the voice of Drippy in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch . He has been called "Wales' most prolific actor". ^[4]

On stage, he played Banquo alongside Ralph Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of Macbeth . ^[5]

Rhodri is best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the comedy series Gavin & Stacey . ^[6]

Filmography

• Twin Town (1997) – Hunky
• Solomon and Gaenor (1999) – Noah Jones
• Ali G Indahouse (2002) – School Teacher
• Cymru Fach (2008)
• The Big I Am (2010) – DS Moseley
• Submarine (2010) – Mr. Davey
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) – Reg Cattermole ^[7]
• Ironclad (2011) – Cooper
• Under Milk Wood (2015) – Mog Edwards
• Wonder Woman (2017) – Colonel Darnell
• Last Summer (2018) – Sgt Morgan
• Don't Breathe 2 (2021) ^[8] – The Surgeon / Dr. Thomas Hanniman
• Mr Burton (2025) – Dic Jenkins

Television

• Pobol y Cwm (1995–1996, 1998, BBC) – Jon Markham
• A Mind to Kill (1997, S4C/Channel 5) – Young Sir Isaac Gwillym
• Tales from Pleasure Beach (2001, BBC) – Wes
• Con Passionate (2005, S4C) – Andy
• Wire in the Blood (2005, ITV) – Bill Denton
• Heartbeat (2007, ITV) – Frank Jepson
• Belonging (2008) – Ed
• Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off.... to Glastonbury (2007, TV movie)
• Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2024, BBC) – Dave Coaches ^[4]
• Doctors (2010, BBC) – Gerry Cutler
• Pen Talar (2010, S4C) – Phillip Harrison
• Teulu (2010)
• 4Music (2011–present, Channel 4) – Narrator
• Father Brown (2013, BBC) – Christy Nolan
• Hinterland (2013, S4C/BBC) – Herbert Rees
• Under Milk Wood (2014, BBC) – Mr. Waldo
• A Touch of Cloth (2014, SKY) – Eddie Huffway
• Cara Fi (2014) – Vic Reed
• Cucumber (2015, Channel 4) – Don Baxter
• The Hollow Crown (2016, BBC) – Oxford
• Apple Tree Yard (2017, BBC) – DI Cleveland
• Shorts: The Pines (2017, by Gary Owen) (starring Steffan Rhodri)
• Three Girls (2017, BBC) – Fraser Lavery
• Keeping Faith (2017–2019, BBC) – Judge Gwyn Daniels
• A Very English Scandal (2018, BBC) – DCS Michael Challes
• Manhunt (2019, ITV) – DC Neil Jones
• Temple (2019, SKY) – Jeremy
• Wild Bill (2019, ITV) – DS Alex Blair
• The Last Kingdom (2020, Netflix) – King Hywel
• We Hunt Together (2020, Alibi) – Larry
• In My Skin (2021, BBC) – Perry^{[ citation needed ]}
• Yr Amgueddfa (2021, S4C) – Alun Howells
• House of the Dragon (2022) – Hobert Hightower
• Steeltown Murders (2023) – DCI Bach Rees ^[9]
• Men Up (2023) – Colin White
• Das Boot (2023) – Admiral Kenton
• The Way (2024) – Geoff Driscoll ^[10]
• Death Valley (2025) – DCI Barry Clarke

Theatre

• Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh – Hampstead Theatre, London, 2002–2003
• The Birthday Party – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2006
• The Father – Chichester, 2006
• Great Expectations – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009 ^[11]
• Mary Stuart – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009 ^[11]
• Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – Royal Court Theatre, London, 2010
• The Kitchen Sink by Tom Wells – Bush Theatre, 2011
• Absent Friends by Alan Ayckborn – West End, 2012
• Posh by Laura Wade – West End, 2012
• It's a Mad World My Masters – Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013
• Candide by Mark Ravenhill – Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013
• I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole by Federico Garcia – Gate Theatre, 2014
• The Mentalists by Richard Bean – West End, 2015
• The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill – The Old Vic, 2015 ^[12]
• Walter Harrison in This House by James Graham – Garrick Theatre, 2016–2017 ^[13]
• Killer Joe by Tracy Letts – Trafalgar Studios, 2018
• Banquo in Macbeth by William Shakespeare – 2023-24 ^[5]

Video games

• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2013) – Drippy (voice) ^[14]

Audio drama

He also guest-starred in a number of Doctor Who spin-off audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. These include Dreamtime , The Bone of Contention and as the British Prime Minister in UNIT: The Longest Night and UNIT: The Wasting .

References

1. "Swansea tycoon writes Merlin crime novel". North Wales Live. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
2. "Wales' most prolific actor on the real bus driver he based Dave Coaches on". 13 May 2023.
3. "Steffan supports Swans DVD". Swansea City. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
4. Kathryn Williams (13 May 2023). "Wales' most prolific actor Steffan Rhodri on the 'steeltown murders' next to his school, bringing back Swansea's Top Rank club and the real bus driver he based Dave Coaches on". WalesOnline. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
5. Arifa Akbar (30 November 2023). "Macbeth review – Ralph Fiennes' monstrous monarch wages war in a warehouse". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
6. "Steffan Rhodri – Star Watch". West End Theatre. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
7. Karen Price (20 November 2009). "Steffan Rhodri: I'm a Jack of all trades". WalesOnline. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
8. Shanfeld, Ethan (30 June 2021). "'Don't Breathe 2' Trailer: Stephen Lang Returns as a Terrifying Blind Killer". Variety . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved 30 June 2021.
9. Whittock, Jesse; Goldbart, Max (8 November 2022). "Philip Glenister And Steffan Rhodri To Lead BBC True-Crime Drama 'Steeltown Murders' From Writer Ed Whitmore". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
10. "Casting announced for The Way, the bold new BBC drama from Michael Sheen, James Graham and Adam Curtis". BBC. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
11. Price, Karen (20 November 2009). "Steffan Rhodri: I'm a Jack of all trades".
12. "The Hairy Ape". London Box Office. 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
13. "February 2017-publisher=London Garrick Theatre-year=2016".
14. "Re-imagining Ni no Kuni for the West". MCV. 15 May 2019.

External links

• Steffan Rhodri at IMDb