Iwan Rheon Biography
Iwan Rheon is a Welsh actor and musician famous for playing the role of Simon Bellamy in E4’s Misfits, Ramsay Bolton in HBO’s Game of Thrones, and Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars in The Dirt. He has also starred in TV series like Vicious, Riviera, Inhumans, and Those About to Die.
Iwan Rheon Age
Rheon was born on May 13, 1985, in Carmarthen, Dyfed, Wales. He is 40 years old as of 2025. Rheon celebrates his birthday on May 13th. His name is a Welsh variant of “John.”
Iwan Rheon Height
Rheon stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 8 inches.
Iwan Rheon Family
Rheon was born to Einir and Rheon Tomos in Carmarthen. His family relocated to Cardiff when he was 5 years old. He has an older brother named Aled, a musician. Aled and Rheod performed together on the 2015 single Rhodd.
Iwan Rheon Wife/Relationship
Rheon is fluent in Welsh and English, with Welsh being his first language. He is very private about his personal life, therefore, it is not known if he is in any relationship.
Rheon lives in London and has a son with Zoë Grisedale. His son was born in August 2018 and is 6 years old as of 2024. Zoë is an actress known for her roles in Super-Man, The Rabbi and the Tooth, and Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1. He met Zoë in Dinard, a town in Brittany, France.
Iwan Rheon Gay
Rheon has not commented on his sexuality. However, it can be concluded that he is straight as he was in a relationship with a woman and has a son.
Iwan Rheon Net Worth
Rheon has an estimated net worth of between $1 million-$5 million, which he has earned through his successful career as an actor and musician.
Iwan Rheon Misfits
Rheon joined the cast of E4’s Misfits as the nervous and shy Simon Bellamy. He starred in the role from 2009 to 2011. Simon is a socially awkward and introverted teen who struggles with bullying. While doing his community service sentence, he gains the superpower of invisibility after he is caught up in a strange electrical storm.
On December 20, 2011, he shared news of his departure from the show via Twitter. That same year, he won a nomination for a Golden Nymph Outstanding Actor Drama Series Award for his performance in Misfits. He was also nominated for a 2012 SFX Best Actor Award.
Iwan Rheon Game of Thrones
Rheon played the role of the villainous psychopath Ramsay Bolton in Game of Thrones from 2013 to 2016. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss mentioned that he had previously auditioned for the role of Jon Snow, but lost to Kit Harington.
Known as the Bastard of Bolton, King Tommen Baratheon legitimizes him as the son of Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort. He manipulates those around him to gain power and recognition from his father. He is known for his sadistic behavior and brutal tactics, including the torture of Theon Greyjoy and the violent sack of Winterfell.
Rheon’s performance in the series won him nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Award in 2014, IGN Best TV Villain Award in 2015, IGN People’s Choice Best TV Villain Award in 2015, and a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Award in 2016. Additionally, he won a 2020 CinEuphoria Merit – Honorary Award.
Iwan Rheon The Dirt
Rheon played the role of Mick Mars/Robert Alan Deal in The Dirt in 2019. Mick works as the guitarist for Mötley Crüe. He suffers from Ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic inflammatory form of arthritis that mainly affects the spine and pelvis. The film shows his journey from struggling on the California club circuit to becoming part of Mötley Crüe, one of the most influential heavy metal bands of the 1980s.
Iwan Rheon Those About to Die
Rheon played the role of Tenax in Those About to Die for 10 episodes. Tenax is a crime boss in the Roman underworld and the owner of Rome’s largest betting tavern. He oversees gambling operations linked to gladiatorial games and chariot races. Further, he works as a faction leader and protector of orphans.
Iwan Rheon Education
Rheon studied at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, a Welsh-speaking school. During his time there, he started acting in school drama productions at age 17. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Iwan Rheon Career
A talent scout spotted him at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. When he was 17, he joined Pobol Y Cwm, where he originated the role of Macsen White. Later, he left the show to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Rheon had his first notable stage part in 2008 at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool in Eight Miles High. That same year, he joined the cast of Spring Awakening as the haunted Moritz Stiefel. He played the role from January 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith until it closed in May 2009. His performance won him a nomination for a What’s on Stage Best Supporting Actor in a Musical Award. He also won a Best Supporting Actor in a Musical Award at the Olivier Awards in 2010.
2009 to present;
Following his time in Spring Awakening, Rheon joined the cast of E4’s Misfits as the nervous and shy Simon Bellamy. On December 20, 2011, he shared news of his departure from the show via Twitter. In 2011, he starred in the final episode of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. That same year, he won a nomination for a Golden Nymph Outstanding Actor Drama Series Award for his performance in Misfits.
Rheon made two guest appearances as Ben Theodore in Simon Amstell’s comedy Grandma’s House. He filmed The Rise in early 2012. He started filming Libertador in Venezuela and Spain in spring 2012. A May 2012 announcement revealed that he had signed on to Driven. The following year, he joined the cast of HBO’s Game of Thrones as Ramsay Bolton. He starred as Ash Weston in ITV’s Vicious from 2013 until 2016.
Rheon starred in a leading role in Darkside in 2013. In September of the following year, he joined the cast of BBC One’s Our Girl as Dylan “Smurf” Smith. He joined the cast of ABC’s Inhumans in 2017. In 2019, he played the role of Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars in The Dirt. He appeared in Sky Cinema’s A Christmas Number One in 2021. He shot BBC’s Men Up in 2023, which follows the first clinical trials for the drug Viagra that took place in Swansea in 1994.
Music
Rheon has been a songwriter and singer since he was 16 years old. His singing voice is baritone (bottom G to Top Ab). He plays the piano, guitar, and bass guitar. Further, he played in a punk band at age 15. He worked as a wedding singer with the band “Classic Soul Dogs” circa 2003/04.
Rheon served as the lead singer in The Convictions until his departure to pursue an acting career. In 2010, he recorded his first solo work, Tongue Tied EP, at RAK Studios in London. Tongue Tied EP has four tracks released with acoustic guitar and voice.
In April 2011, Rheon returned to RAK Studios to record his second EP, Changing Times, which was released on October 10, 2011. He released his third EP, Bang! Bang! on April 7, 2013. He released the music video for the title track on April 9, 2013. Further, he recorded Dinard, his first album, at RAK Studios in London and Tŷ Cerdd Studios in Wales. The album’s title refers to a town in Brittany, France, where he met Zoë Grisedale, his girlfriend at the time of the album’s release.
Iwan Rheon Movies and TV Shows
Rheon has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as
- Pobol y Cwm
- Caerdydd
- Coming Up
- Grandma’s House
- Our Girl
- Resistance
- Residue
- The Rise
- Riviera
- Libertador
- Alien Invasion: S.U.M.1
- Daisy Winters
- A Christmas Number One
- American Gods
- Berlin, I Love You
- The Toll
- Wolf
- The Magic Flute
- Men Up
- Suppression
- Those About to Die
Iwan Rheon Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and often posts on his Instagram and X(formerly known as Twitter). He has over 780K followers on her Instagram account and over 222K on X.