Siôn Daniel Young is a Welsh stage, television and film actor.
Early life
Born in Cardiff, Young began performing at a Welsh language festival in Cardiff called Eisteddfod in which he described "schools actively encourage their pupils to perform, be it music, singing or acting".[1] He trained as an actor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[2]
Career
Stage
His first professional role was appearing in Daf James play Llwyth (Tribe), which was the first play about gay characters written by a queer person on a Welsh-language stage. He played the role of Albert Narracott in War Horse at the Royal National Theatre, London in 2013.[3][2][1]
In 2020, he appeared as Gareth in the third series of S4C drama Keeping Faith. He also had a role in Aberystwyth-set crime noir Hinterland. In 2021, he could be seen in Channel 4 miniseries Deceit playing real-life character Colin Stagg, a man wrongly accused of murder in 1992, described as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.[2][13]
In series three of Apple TV+ espionage thriller Slow Horses, he played Douglas, an MI5 records keeper.[3] He also appeared in Channel 5 crime thriller Witness Number 3.[14]
In 2024, he had a lead role in BBC One drama Lost Boys and Fairies. Written by Daf James, it was BBC One’s first primetime gay adoption drama.[2] That year, he was cast in Cardiff-set BBC One series The Guest.[15][16]
Personal life
He is a first-language Welsh speaker.[3][2] He was a long-time flatmate of fellow actor Jack Lowden.[17]