Sion Daniel Young (born in 1989)[1] is a Welsh stage, television and film actor.
Siôn Daniel Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 36–37) |
| Education | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Television | Lost Boys and Fairies |
Early life and education
editSiôn Daniel Young was born in Cardiff, Wales.[2]
He trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[1]
Career
editStage
editYoung's first professional role was appearing in Daf James play Llwyth (Tribe), which was the first play about gay characters written by a queer person on a Welsh-language stage.
He played the role of Albert Narracott in War Horse at the Royal National Theatre, London in 2013.[3][1][2]
In 2015, he had the lead role of Christopher Boone in the stage play adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud Theatre in London.[4]
In 2017, he played Davey in Gary Owen’s Olivier award winning play ‘Killology’ at The Royal Court Theatre.
In 2018, he led the world premiere production of Barney Norris’s play Nightfall at the Bridge Theatre, London, alongside Claire Skinner and Ophelia Lovibond.[5][6]
In 2019, Sion performed in Ben Weatherill’s play‘Jellyfish’ at the National Theatre.
He then returned to the Royal Court theatre in London to perform in Ed Thomas’ ‘On Bear Ridge’ alongside Rhys Ifans.
Film and television
editYoung appeared in the 2012 war film Private Peaceful.[2] In 2014, he appeared in World War One-centenary series Our World War
He had the lead role in 2019 television drama film The Left Behind.[7] For the role he was nominated for Best Actor at the 2020 BAFTA Cymru Awards.[8] The film won BAFTA and Royal Television Society awards for Best Single Drama.[9][10]
In 2021, he played Colin Stagg in Channel 4 miniseries Deceit. A true story based on a man wrongly accused of murder in 1992, described as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.[1][11] . Sion was nominated for Best Actor at the 2022 BAFTA Cymru awards for his performance.
In series three of Apple TV+ espionage thriller Slow Horses, he played Douglas, an MI5 records keeper. For this, Sion received his third Best Actor BAFTA Cymru nomination in 2024. [3]
He also appeared in Channel 5 crime thriller Witness Number 3.[12]
In 2024, Sion played the lead role of Gabriel in BBC One drama Lost Boys and Fairies. Written by Daf James, it was BBC One’s first primetime gay adoption drama.[1] For his role in the series he won Best Actor at the BAFTA Cymru Awards in 2025.[13]
The show also won ‘Best Mini Series’ at the 2025 International Emmy’s.
That year, Sion could be seen in Cardiff-set BBC One series The Guest alongside Gabrielle Creevy.[14][15]
Personal life
editFilmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Pete Bovey | |
| 2013 | Another Me | Joe, The Hooded Youth | |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: War Horse | Albert Narracott | Live broadcast from Season 5 |
| 2017 | Stump | Danny | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Casualty | Isaac Flack | Series 26; episode 36: "Teenage Dreams" |
| 2014 | Our World War | Sapper Neary | Mini-series; episode 1: "The First Day" |
| 2015 | Hinterland | Morgan Hopkins | Series 2; episode 1: "Ceredigion" |
| 2019 | The Left Behind | Gethin | Television film |
| Doc Martin | George Pendrick | Series 9; episode 4: "Paint It Black" | |
| 2020–2021 | Keeping Faith | Gareth | Series 3; episodes 1–5 |
| 2021 | Deceit | Colin Stagg | Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| 2022 | Life and Death in the Warehouse | Sean | Television film |
| Witness Number 3 | PC Ivan Barkas | Episodes 1–4 | |
| 2023 | Slow Horses | Douglas | Series 3; episodes 1, 4 & 5 |
| 2024 | Lost Boys and Fairies | Gabriel | Mini-series; episodes 1–3 |
| 2025 | The Guest | Lee Mace | Episodes 1–4 |
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Spencer-Elliott, Lydia (3 June 2024). "Sion Daniel Young: 'I can't believe it's taken until 2024 for a Welsh bilingual drama on primetime'". The Independent. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Q&A: Siôn Daniel Young". Official London Theatre. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- 1 2 3 Maskell, Emily (June 3, 2024). "Everything you need to know about Lost Boys and Fairies star Sion Daniel Young". The Pink News. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ Cheesman, Neil (June 23, 2015). "Production images for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time". LondonTheatre1. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ Billington, Michael (8 May 2018). "Nightfall review - poignant study of rural decay and desperation". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ "Ophelia Lovibond & Sion Daniel Young cast in Nightfall". West End Theatre. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ Glynn, Paul (10 July 2023). "The Left Behind: TV drama shows the face of the far right". BBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ "Nominations announced for the British Academy Cymru Awards 2020". BAFTA.org. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ "WINNER The Left Behind". Bafta winner, Best Single Drama 2020.
- ↑ "2020 WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY PROGRAMME AWARDS". UK Screen Alliance. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ Jeffries, Stuart (13 August 2021). "'A great responsibility': Sion Daniel Young on playing the man wrongly accused of killing Rachel Nickell". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ Moss, Molly (28 July 2023). "Meet the cast of Witness No. 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ Matthews, Antonia (6 October 2025). "Bafta Cymru: Lost Boys and Fairies wins five awards". BBC News. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ↑ Hibbs, James (23 September 2024). "Torchwood and Operation Mincemeat stars lead new BBC thriller The Guest". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ↑ Sarrubba, Steffania (21 September 2024). "BBC announces Cardiff-set thriller from Fool Me Once producers". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 October 2024.