Gareth David-Lloyd

Last updated 09 January 2020

Acting Credits	expand all 4 roles
Ianto Jones: Everything Changes[TW]; Day One[TW]; Ghost Machine[TW]; Cyberwoman[TW]; Small Worlds[TW]; Countrycide[TW]; Greeks Bearing Gifts[TW]; They Keep Killing Suzie[TW]; Random Shoes[TW]; Out of Time[TW]; Combat[TW]; Captain Jack Harkness[TW]; End of Days[TW]; Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang[TW]; Sleeper[TW]; To the Last Man[TW]; Meat[TW]; Adam[TW]; Reset[TW]; Dead Man Walking[TW]; A Day in the Death[TW]; Something Borrowed[TW]; From Out of the Rain[TW]; Adrift[TW]; Fragments[TW]; Exit Wounds[TW]; The Stolen Earth / Journey's End; Lost Souls[TW]; Asylum[TW]; Golden Age[TW]; The Dead Line[TW]; Children Of Earth: Day One[TW]; Children Of Earth: Day Two[TW]; Children Of Earth: Day Three[TW]; Children Of Earth: Day Four[TW]; The Devil and Miss Carew[TW]; Submission[TW]; The House of the Dead[TW]; Fall to Earth[BF]; Broken[BF]; The Torchwood Archive[BF]; Outbreak[BF]; Torchwood One: Before the Fall[BF]; The Office Of Never Was[BF]; The Death Of Captain Jack[BF]; Torchwood: Believe[BF]; Torchwood One: Machines[BF]; Serenity[BF]; Torchwood One - Latter Days[BF]; Expectant[BF]; Dinner and a Show; Ex Machina; Rhys and Ianto's Excellent Barbecue; Coffee; The Great Sontaran War; The Grey Mare; Torchwood One: Nightmares; Restricted Items Archive Entries 031-049; SUV; The Lincolnshire Poacher; Launch Date; Tube Strike; Missing Molly; Disco; Torchwood One: I Hate Mondays; Ianto's Inferno; The Last Beacon[BF]	78 credits in 67 entries
Self: Welcome to Torchwood[Factual]	1 credit in 1 entry
Production Credits
Writer: Torchwood One - Latter Days[BF]; Torchwood One: Machines[BF]	2 credits in 2 entries
Written by: Dinner and a Show; Tube Strike; Missing Molly; Disco	4 credits in 4 entries

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Gareth David-Lloyd

Born: Saturday 28th March 1981 (age: 44)

Gareth David-Lloyd is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Ianto Jones in Torchwood.

He was born Gareth David Lloyd in Bettws, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom. David-Lloyd's first acting role was as a robot in a junior school play. As a teenager, he joined the Gwent Young People's Theatre in Abergavenny and The Dolman Youth Theatre in Newport, where he was a contemporary of the actor Matthew Woodyatt and the singer Nia Lynn. While there, he appeared in several plays, including Macbeth, The Threepenny Opera and Henry V, in which he played the title role. Gareth studied Performing Arts at Crosskeys College in South Wales. When former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock saw the young David-Lloyd performing at Monmouth Castle, he sent him £250 to use towards his acting career.

While studying at Coleg Gwent, Crosskeys, Gareth David-Lloyd appeared in various local stage productions at the Dolman Theatre in Newport and the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. David-Lloyd went on to train at the National Youth Theatre, before moving to Reading to pursue his acting career with The Rep College. David-Lloyd's parts have included Sebastian in Twelfth Night on stage.[3]

In the 2004 comedy/drama Mine All Mine, written by Torchwood creator Russell T Davies, he played a character named Ianto Jones. In 2005, David-Lloyd began a part-time degree in philosophy and psychological studies with the Open University.[3] Gareth David-Lloyd returned to Wales for the filming of his first regular television role in 2006 for Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, in which he played Ianto Jones, a member of the fictional Torchwood Institute. Lloyd has appeared in three of four series of Torchwood. His character, Ianto, was killed off in the fourth episode of Series 3. His character Ianto also made an appearance in the Doctor Who series 4 finale episodes "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End". David-Lloyd has also recorded a Torchwood audio book, The Sin Eaters, and appeared in the Torchwood audio dramas Lost Souls, Asylum, Golden Age, The Dead Line and The Lost Files.

David-Lloyd has recorded a number of M.R. James Ghost Stories entitled Tales of the Supernatural

In 2009 he appeared the short comedy film A Very British Cover-up, whislt also appearing as a police detective in Internet crime thriller, Girl Number Nine, also starring Tracy Ann Oberman, premiering online on 30 October 2009.

In 2010 David-Lloyd starred in an episode of the long-running ITV1 series The Bill first aired on 21 January 2010 and also appeared as Dr. John Watson in 2010 direct-to-DVD film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum.

David-Lloyd will also be appearing in a short film entitled Casimir Effect, an independent short feature, starring as Dr Robert Cameron. This film will begin shooting in early 2010. The production company has said this is a proof of concept which will see Casimir Effect developed in to a TV series.

In June 2011, Gareth appeared as a main character in the Syfy movie Red Faction: Origins based on the video games.

David-Lloyd appeared in 2011 in an episode of SyFy television show Warehouse 13 in Season 3 titled "3...2...1..." as an agent of Warehouse 12 in the 1890's, partnered with H. G. Wells.

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