Jason Hughes (actor)

For the English Academic of the same name, see Jason Hughes (academic). For the british racing driver of the same name, see Jason Hughes (auto racing).

Jason Hughes
Born	1971 (age 52–53) Porthcawl, Wales
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994-present
Spouse(s)	Natasha Dahlberg

Jason Hughes (born 1971) 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, 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.

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.

External links

• Jason Hughes at the Internet Movie Database