Julian Lewis Jones

Originally from Anglesey,^[2] Jones lives in Nantgaredig.^[3] A fluent Welsh speaker, he has appeared on various productions on the Welsh-language channel S4C, including as a presenter of a popular fishing programme Sgota.^[4]

In 2010, he appeared in an episode of the TV series The Tudors.^[5] Also in 2010 he appeared on British TV series Spooks (US title MI-5) as Russian spy Viktor Barenshik in Season 9, Episode 3.^[6] From 2012 to 2016 he appeared in the Sky One drama-comedy series Stella as Karl Morris, and in an episode of the BBC Two drama-comedy series Ambassadors in 2012.^[7] In 2012, he played a CIA operative in the Kathryn Bigelow film Zero Dark Thirty.^[8]

Jones portrayed Atlan, King of Atlantis, in the superhero film Justice League (2017)^[9][10][11] and the director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).^[12]

In April 2022, it was announced that he had been cast as Bayle Domon in the second season of The Wheel of Time.^[13] The same year, Jones appeared as Boremund Baratheon in the HBO series House of the Dragon.^[14][15]

In 2024, it was announced that Jones had been cast in the four-part BBC One thriller The Guest.^[16] He will also appear in the upcoming Sky television series Under Salt Marsh.^[17]

In January 2018, Jones called for more investment in local Welsh film and television projects.^[18] The same year, Jones addressed the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee to reiterate that call.^[19] Jones is a supporter of Welsh independence, joining YesCymru in June 2020.^[20]