Simon Pengelly

Simon Pengelly is an actor from Brecon who came to performing after earlier years in rugby, an electrician's apprenticeship, and travel. He played rugby to a regional standard in New Zealand and Australia, then spent three years with Neath RFC at a semi-professional level while training in stone masonry. After completing that training, he began acting in 2009 with relatively small roles and soon appeared in the BBC series Casualty, Merlin, and Being Human. He went on to act in a number of short films, including Alderwood Plain, Defiant in death, Lex Tallionis, Intruder, The Hellraiser Chronicles, and Kamakazi, several of which won awards and received critical acclaim. His credits also include The Antwerp Dolls (2015).