Jason Hughes (actor)
| Jason Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Porthcawl, Wales |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) | Natasha Dahlberg |
Jason Hughes is a Welsh actor born in Porthcawl, Wales in 1971 best known for playing lawyer Warren Jones in the BBC TV series This Life from 1996 to 1997 (and the 2007 special), and as Detective Sergeant Ben Jones in Midsomer Murders between 2005 and 2013.
Hughes was a very good rugby player, but was persuaded to take up acting by a drama teacher at his school. He joined the National Youth Theatre as a teenager,[1] before going on to study drama at LAMDA, where he won the Alec Clunes Award for Best Actor. When he first moved to London, he shared a house with fellow Welsh actor Michael Sheen.[1] He reveals in 2013 he gave up Midsomer Murders because of the relentless commute he endured almost every day for ten months of the year and was beginning to affect his health.[2]
Film
- House! (2000)
- Phoenix Blue (2001)
- Shooters (2002)
- Tarot Mechanic (2002)
- Killing Me Softly (2002)
- Sorry (2004)
- Feeder (2005)
- Red Mercury (2005)
- Dead Long Enough (2006)
Television
- London's Burning (1994)
- The Bill (1995)
- Peak Practice (1995)
- Castles (1995)
- Casualty (1996)
- King Girl (1996)
- This Life (1996–1997) & (2007)
- Strangers in the Night (1995)
- Harry Enfield and Chums (1997)
- The Flint Street Nativity (1999)
- Plain Jane (2002)
- Waking the Dead (2003)
- Mine All Mine (2004)
- Dead Long Enough (2005)
- Midsomer Murders (2005–2013)
Theatre
- A Slice of Saturday Night (1992, Theater Auf Tournee, Germany – tour)
- Macbeth (1994, Theatre Clwyd)
- The Unexpected Guest (1994, Theatre Royal, Windsor)
- Nothing to Pay (1995, Thin Language)
- Phaedra's Love (1996, Royal Court Theatre – staged reading)
- Badfinger (1997, Donmar Warehouse)
- The Illusion (1997, Royal Exchange, Manchester)
- Snake in the Grass (1997, The Old Vic)
- The Herbal Bed (1998, Royal Shakespeare Company)
- A Real Classy Affair (1998, Royal Court Theatre)
- Look Back in Anger (1999, Lyttelton Theatre)
- In Flame (2000, New Ambassador’s Theatre)
- Kiss Me Like You Mean It (2001, Soho Theatre)
- A Wing and a Prayer (2002, Battersea Arts Centre Studio)
- Fight for Barbara (2003, Theatre Royal, Bath)
- Design for Living (2003, Theatre Royal, Bath)
- Caligula (2003, Donmar Warehouse)
- 4.48 Psychosis (2004, Royal Court Theatre and US tour)
- In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play (2013, St. James)
- Our Country's Good (2015, Olivier Theatre)
Radio
- Green Baize Dream (1995)
- Cadfael: "Dead Man’s Ransom" (1995)
- A Clockwork Orange (1998)
- Cold Calling (2003)
- Time for Mrs. Milliner (2003)
- Bubble (2004)
- The Guest Before You (2004)
- School Runs (2006)
- Inspector Steine (2007)
- Gite a la Mer (2007)
Personal life
Hughes and his wife Natasha Dahlberg, a jewellery designer, have three children (Molly-1999, Max-2005,and Carys-2010).[2]
References
- 1 2 "This Life star couldn't be more different in real life; Actor Jason Hughes finds his favourite job is being a househusband". 2 October 2001. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
- 1 2 Lampert, Nicole. (22 November 2013) Jason Hughes tells the real reason he left Midsomer Murders | Daily Mail Online. Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved on 2016-11-03.