Steffan Rhodri

Steffan Rhodri (born 1967, in Morriston, Swansea) is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the BBC comedy series Gavin & Stacey.

Steffan Rhodri
Born	(1967-01-03) 3 January 1967 (age 58) Morriston, Swansea, Wales
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Notable work	Gavin & Stacey Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Early and personal life

Steffan Rhodri was born in 1967, in Morriston, Swansea, and is the cousin of novelist Mark Ellis.^[1][2]

He is well known as a fan of Swansea City F.C., for whom he made a DVD called The Golden Year.^[3]

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".^[4]

On stage, he played Banquo alongside Ralph Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of Macbeth.^[5]

Rhodri is best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the comedy series Gavin & Stacey.^[6]

Filmography

• Twin Town (1997) – Hunky
• Solomon and Gaenor (1999) – Noah Jones
• Ali G Indahouse (2002) – School Teacher
• Cymru Fach (2008)
• The Big I Am (2010) – DS Moseley
• Submarine (2010) – Mr. Davey
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) – Reg Cattermole^[7]
• Ironclad (2011) – Cooper
• Under Milk Wood (2015) – Mog Edwards
• Wonder Woman (2017) – Colonel Darnell
• Last Summer (2018) – Sgt Morgan
• Don't Breathe 2 (2021)^[8] – The Surgeon / Dr. Thomas Hanniman
• Mr Burton (2025) – Dic Jenkins

Television

• Pobol y Cwm (1995–1996, 1998, BBC) – Jon Markham
• A Mind to Kill (1997, S4C/Channel 5) – Young Sir Isaac Gwillym
• Tales from Pleasure Beach (2001, BBC) – Wes
• Con Passionate (2005, S4C) – Andy
• Wire in the Blood (2005, ITV) – Bill Denton
• Heartbeat (2007, ITV) – Frank Jepson
• Belonging (2008) – Ed
• Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off.... to Glastonbury (2007, TV movie)
• Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2024, BBC) – Dave Coaches^[4]
• Doctors (2010, BBC) – Gerry Cutler
• Pen Talar (2010, S4C) – Phillip Harrison
• Teulu (2010)
• 4Music (2011–present, Channel 4) – Narrator
• Father Brown (2013, BBC) – Christy Nolan
• Hinterland (2013, S4C/BBC) – Herbert Rees
• Under Milk Wood (2014, BBC) – Mr. Waldo
• A Touch of Cloth (2014, SKY) – Eddie Huffway
• Cara Fi (2014) – Vic Reed
• Cucumber (2015, Channel 4) – Don Baxter
• The Hollow Crown (2016, BBC) – Oxford
• Apple Tree Yard (2017, BBC) – DI Cleveland
• Shorts: The Pines (2017, by Gary Owen) (starring Steffan Rhodri)
• Three Girls (2017, BBC) – Fraser Lavery
• Keeping Faith (2017–2019, BBC) – Judge Gwyn Daniels
• A Very English Scandal (2018, BBC) – DCS Michael Challes
• Manhunt (2019, ITV) – DC Neil Jones
• Temple (2019, SKY) – Jeremy
• Wild Bill (2019, ITV) – DS Alex Blair
• The Last Kingdom (2020, Netflix) – King Hywel
• We Hunt Together (2020, Alibi) – Larry
• In My Skin (2021, BBC) – Perry^{[citation needed]}
• Yr Amgueddfa (2021, S4C) – Alun Howells
• House of the Dragon (2022) – Hobert Hightower
• Steeltown Murders (2023) – DCI Bach Rees^[9]
• Men Up (2023) – Colin White
• Das Boot (2023) – Admiral Kenton
• The Way (2024) – Geoff Driscoll^[10]
• Death Valley (2025) – DCI Barry Clarke

Theatre

• Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh – Hampstead Theatre, London, 2002–2003
• The Birthday Party – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2006
• The Father – Chichester, 2006
• Great Expectations – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009^[11]
• Mary Stuart – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009^[11]
• Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – Royal Court Theatre, London, 2010
• The Kitchen Sink by Tom Wells – Bush Theatre, 2011
• Absent Friends by Alan Ayckborn – West End, 2012
• Posh by Laura Wade – West End, 2012
• It's a Mad World My Masters – Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013
• Candide by Mark Ravenhill – Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013
• I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole by Federico Garcia – Gate Theatre, 2014
• The Mentalists by Richard Bean – West End, 2015
• The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill – The Old Vic, 2015^[12]
• Walter Harrison in This House by James Graham – Garrick Theatre, 2016–2017^[13]
• Killer Joe by Tracy Letts – Trafalgar Studios, 2018
• Banquo in Macbeth by William Shakespeare – 2023-24^[5]

Video games

• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2013) – Drippy (voice)^[14]

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.