caption years_active alias birth_place birth_date article_title birth_name partner occupation
actor/producer/musician jonny owen 1991 present -lrb- as actor -rrb- -- 2001 -lrb- as musician -rrb- 2001 -- jonathan , jonny owen lewis owen , jonathan owen , lewis owen merthyr tydfil , wales 04 july 1971 jonny owen
 jonathan tudor owen vicky mcclure actor , musician , songwriter , producer , voice over artist , comedian
jonny owen

jonny owen -lrb- born jonathan tudor owen on 4 july 1971 -rrb- is a welsh producer , actor and writer who has appeared tv shows including shameless , murphys law and my family .
jonny won a welsh bafta for his documentary the aberfan disaster which he co-produced in 2006 .
as a teenager he was a welsh boys club boxing champion .
in his later teens he was in the 1990s indie band the pocket devils as bass player and lead singer/songwriter .
signed to sanctuary records in the uk and pop music records in the us they finally split after owen landed the part of richey in the welsh drama series `` nuts and bolts '' in 1999 .
from `` nuts and bolts '' he landed parts in uk network series including `` murphy 's law '' with james nesbitt and `` dirty work '' with neil pearson .
it was his meeting with irvine welsh when filming the gene video `` is it over ? ''
that proved pivotal in owen 's career .
he has since worked with welsh -lrb- and his writing partner dean cavanagh -rrb- on several dramas including `` dose '' for the bbc , `` wedding belles '' for c4 and `` good arrows '' for itv -lrb- owen was also producer -rrb- .
his 2006 film `` little white lies '' , won several film festival awards and was featured at the moscow film festival .
he played a bnp thug , receiving positive reviews .
in 2007 he appeared as banana boat in russell t davies 's `` torchwood '' .
owen has also worked extensively as a writer and producer for itv wales , including winning the ` gwyn alf williams award ' at the welsh bafta 's for the 40th anniversary documentary of the aberfan disaster .
it was revealed during shooting that owen 's father was one of the first welsh miners on the scene in the recovery operation .
owen also did a piece for cardiff city 's appearance in the fa cup final for `` match of the day '' in 2008 .
it received positive reviews in the broadsheets -lrb- `` the guardian '' saying it was the best part of the days coverage -rrb- and from football fans across the country .
in 2009 he appeared as regular character ady in channel 4 's `` shameless '' .
owen has continued in the role of ady in 2010 .
2009 also saw the release of the independent film `` a bit of tom jones ?
, '' with owen in the lead role .
the film spread from a limited release in wales to being shown in selected markets throughout the uk by `` vue '' .
he is the writer and creator of `` svengali '' the cult internet series which the evening standard and nme called ` the best series on the net ' .
he plays the manager of an up-and-coming band .
it is based on his own experiences in the music industry to the point he has named the character ` dixie ' after the manager of his own band .
the female lead is played by `` smack the pony '' 's sally phillips .
former `` creation records '' head alan mcgee plays the svengali ` dixie ' pursues in an effort to get the band he manages signed .
in 2013 svengali was turned into a feature-length film , directed by john hardwick and written by jonny owen .
the film stars owen , martin freeman , vicky mcclure , matt berry , michael socha , michael smiley and natasha o'keeffe and is the debut release from root films .
it has been selected to show at the 67th edinburgh international film festival .
it has also been nominated for the michael powell award , a prize which honours the best british feature film .
owen has written for `` the guardian '' , `` telegraph '' , `` metro '' and `` western mail '' .
he also was the voice for itv wales 's `` soccer sunday '' programme from 2002 -- 2008 and did weekly reports from france for itv during the 2007 rugby world cup .
in 2014 he plays in the new jack thornes ' series glue .
