Gwilym Lee

Gwilym Lee (born 24 November 1983) is a Welsh actor known for his roles in film and television. He appeared in *Bohemian Rhapsody* (2018) and *Top End Wedding* (2019), and had television roles in *Midsomer Murders* (2013–2015), *Jamestown* (2017), and *The Great* (2020).

Lee's first starring role was in the 1997–1998 television adaptation of the *Animal Ark* books. At age 16, he began working on *Richard III* with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in a leading role in the final series of *Land Girls* (2011) and had several guest roles on television, including *Ashes to Ashes* (2009), *Henry V* (2012), *Fresh Meat* (2012), and *Monroe* (2012).

Lee was commended in the 2008 Ian Charleson Awards for his performance in the National Theatre's production of *Oedipus*, and in 2009 played Laertes in the Donmar West End season. He won the first prize of the 2011 Ian Charleson Award for his role as Edgar in the 2010 *King Lear* production at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2012, he starred in Aleksei Arbuzov's *The Promise*, and in 2013 began a television starring role as DCI Barnaby's new sergeant, DS Charlie Nelson, in the 16th series of *Midsomer Murders*.

In 2018, Lee portrayed guitarist Brian May in the Queen biopic *Bohemian Rhapsody*, for which he received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards.