Award winning Welsh actor, writer and director Tom Cullen was born in Aberystwyth and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.

Tom is currently filming on the Amazon series Life Is Strange, having recently wrapped on the screen adaptation of Walk The Blue Fields, starring opposite Emily Blunt, Andrew Scott and Ciarán Hinds. He’s just appeared in House of the Dragon S3 and is due to star opposite Luke Evans in series The Party.

He gained international recognition for his breakthrough role in Andrew Haigh’s acclaimed LGBTQ+ drama Weekend (2011). Other notable credits include Trespasses, The Gold, Downton Abbey, Black Mirror and Becoming Elizabeth.

Tom joins the Iris Prize Student Jury in 2026, marking his first involvement with the festival.

Ganwyd yr actor, awdur a chyfarwyddwr Cymreig arobryn Tom Cullen yn Aberystwyth a hyfforddodd yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru yng Nghaerdydd.

Ar hyn o bryd mae Tom yn ffilmio ar y gyfres Amazon Life Is Strange, ar ôl cwblhau addasiad sgrin o Walk The Blue Fields yn ddiweddar, gan serennu gyferbyn ag Emily Blunt, Andrew Scott a Ciarán Hinds. Mae newydd ymddangos yn House of the Dragon S3 ac mae i serennu gyferbyn â Luke Evans yn y gyfres The Party.

Enillodd gydnabyddiaeth ryngwladol am ei rôl arloesol yn nrama LHDTQ+ clodwiw Andrew Haigh, Weekend (2011). Mae credydau nodedig eraill yn cynnwys Trespasses, The Gold, Downton Abbey, Black Mirror a Becoming Elizabeth.

Ymunodd Tom â Rheithgor Myfyrwyr Gwobr Iris yn 2026, gan nodi ei ymwneud cyntaf â’r ŵyl.