Steffan Rhodri


Steffan Rhodri 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.
He is well known as a fan of Swansea City F.C., for whom he made a DVD called The Golden Year.

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".
On stage, he played Banquo alongside Ralph Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of Macbeth.
Rhodri is best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the comedy series Gavin & Stacey.

Filmography

Twin Town – HunkySolomon and GaenorNoah JonesAli G IndahouseSchool TeacherCymru Fach The Big I Am – DS MoseleySubmarine – Mr. DaveyHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Reg CattermoleIronclad – CooperUnder Milk Wood – Mog EdwardsWonder WomanColonel DarnellLast Summer – Sgt MorganDon't Breathe 2The Surgeon / Dr. Thomas HannimanMr Burton – Dic Jenkins

Television

Pobol y Cwm – Jon MarkhamA Mind to Kill – Young Sir Isaac GwillymTales from Pleasure Beach – WesCon Passionate – AndyWire in the Blood – Bill DentonHeartbeat – Frank JepsonBelonging – EdGiles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off.... to Glastonbury Gavin & Stacey – Dave CoachesDoctors – Gerry CutlerPen TalarPhillip HarrisonTeulu 4Music – NarratorFather Brown – Christy NolanHinterland – Herbert ReesUnder Milk Wood – Mr. WaldoA Touch of Cloth – Eddie HuffwayCara Fi – Vic ReedCucumber – Don BaxterThe Hollow Crown – OxfordApple Tree Yard – DI ClevelandShorts: The Pines Three Girls – Fraser LaveryKeeping Faith – Judge Gwyn DanielsA Very English Scandal – DCS Michael ChallesManhunt – DC Neil JonesTemple – JeremyWild Bill – DS Alex BlairThe Last Kingdom – King HywelWe Hunt Together – LarryIn My Skin – PerryYr Amgueddfa – Alun HowellsHouse of the DragonHobert HightowerSteeltown Murders – DCI Bach ReesMen Up – Colin WhiteDas Boot – Admiral KentonThe Way – Geoff DriscollDeath Valley – DCI Barry Clarke

Theatre

Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh – Hampstead Theatre, London, 2002–2003The Birthday PartyClwyd Theatr Cymru, 2006The Father Chichester, 2006Great Expectations – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009Mary Stuart – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009Clybourne Park by Bruce NorrisRoyal Court Theatre, London, 2010The Kitchen Sink by Tom WellsBush Theatre, 2011Absent Friends by Alan Ayckborn – West End, 2012Posh by Laura Wade – West End, 2012It's a Mad World My Masters Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013Candide by Mark Ravenhill – Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole by Federico Garcia – Gate Theatre, 2014The Mentalists by Richard Bean – West End, 2015The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'NeillThe Old Vic, 2015

Video games

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – Drippy

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.