About Aneirin Hughes

Aneirin Hughes (born Aneurin Hughes on May 8 1958) is a Welsh actor and singer. Born in Aberystwyth in Wales, Hughes studied Music at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth under Professor Ian Parrott. As a student Hughes\s first acting experience was gained when he appeared in performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Hughes also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Hughes began his acting career in the 1980s in the BBC Wales soap opera Pobol Y Cwm. He went on to appear in Blood on the Dole, Casualty, Family Affairs as DI Patrick Grenham , Spooks, Take Me with Robson Green and EastEnders in January and April 2009 as Andy Jones, the adoptive father of Danielle Jones.[1] Hughes won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance as Delme in Cameleon (1998), a Welsh language film.[2][3] He appears regularly in Judge John Deed as Neil