Owain Yeoman

Age: 31
Height: 6' 4

Birth Place: Wales, UK
Born: Jul. 2nd, 1978

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Owain Yeoman's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Mentalist	Wayne Rigsby
The Nine	Lucas Dalton
Kitchen Confidential	Steven Daed…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Owain Yeoman (born July 2, 1978, Chepstow, Wales, UK) is a Welsh actor. His credits include the American series, The Nine, Kitchen Confidential and the critically acclaimed HBO series Generation Kill. He currently appears as Agent Wayne Rigsby in The Mentalist.

Yeoman made his film debut as Lysander in the film Troy. He also had a small part in Broken Lizard's film, Beerfest, and made a guest appearance on an episode of Midsomer Murders.

He played the major villain, a T-888 model cyborg Terminator, in the pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The role was taken by Garret Dillahunt in the series of the same name.

Yeoman studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He holds a degree in English Literature from Brasenose College, Oxford University.
On 9 December 2006, he married actress Lucy Davis at St Paul's Cathedral, London. The couple lives in Los Angeles.

Owain Yeoman is also a vegetarian and was photographed[4] for PETA's campaign for the Vegetarianism.

TRIVIA:

His heroes are his wife, Lucy, because of her subtlety to acting and Edward Norton because of his ability to change roles, which Owain has said to be what acting is all about.
Met his wife, Lucy Davis, through Patrick Baladi, a co-star in The Office with Lucy. After knowing each other for six months, Owain went to visit Davis' father, Jasper Carrott, in June 2006, to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage.
Philip Winchester was initially cast as the lead role in "Commando Nanny" (a show that was produced but did not air) however, he broke his foot after filming the pilot episode and Owain Yeoman replaced him.
He studied English Literature & Language at Oxford University in England.
His first audition was for the film Troy and he was cast as Lysander, captain of the Trojan Army.
Although Owain was passionate about acting, he never intended it be his profession.
Used to work as a banker in Canary Wharf, London.
His father, Mike Yeoman, is a nuclear physicist. His mother is Hilary Yeoman.