Acting
Bryn Fôn
Born 1954-08-27
Bryn Fôn was born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire. He attended Ysgol Gynradd Llanllyfni and Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle before going on to study physical exercise and environmental studies at college. He began his career in entertainment by taking part in the opera Dic Penderyn in 1977. He formed the musical group Crysbas after leaving college, and Sobin a'r Smaeliaid in 1988. He was voted the hunk of the month in She magazine during the 1980s. He began releasing albums with his band under his own name in 1994. He and his band later performed under the name Bryn Fôn a'r Band, releasing music under their own label laBelaBel. He won the song contest Cân i Gymru in 1997, with Un Funud Fach. In his later career, Fôn has concentrated on appearing on stage and also adapted the play Blackbird for a production by Theatr Bara Caws in which he starred in 2010. At present, he performs with his own band. He is involved with numerous gigs yearly all over Wales, most particularly the Royal Welsh Show and the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
Acting credits
A quirky, TV quasi-Western set in Patagonia.
Gaucho
1983
6.0Early one winter morning in the town of Ruthin in North Wales, three men are called upon once again to carry out a terrible assignment on the Bwlch Pen Barras mountain pass.
The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras
2023
7.4A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
The Corn Is Green
1979
The epic plot saw Sandra fall into a coma, prompting the rest of the original team (joined by George and Sandra’s children) to set off to Azerbaijan to fulfill her dream of helping an orphanage there.
C'mon Midffîld and Rasbrijam
2004
Why is Arthur Picton standing naked outside his house and why is he facing Christmas alone?
Midffîld: The Movie
1992
A festive special of the series which follows the ups and downs of the Bryncoch United football team.
C’Mon Midffild: Merry Christmas?
1999
NRDuring the 1980s the cottage arson campaign claimed the headlines and confused Welsh police forces for years. But who were the Sons of Glyndŵr, the group who claimed to be responsible? And why was Bryn Fôn wrongly charged and remanded in custody? The singer and actor is determined to find out the truth.
Bryn Fon: Search for the Sons of Glyndwr
2021
NRDrama based on the life of Owen Morgan Edwards, one of the main benefactors and campaigners for the Welsh language and Welsh culture in a period of time when the Welsh language was banned in schools and public places.
O.M.
1990