Owain Yeoman

Owain Yeoman is a Welsh film and television actor. He has appeared in the films Troy, Beerfest and Traveling in Packs.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/ The majority of his work has been on television in such programs as Kitchen Confidential, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Generation Kill.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/

Another TV series on his resume is The Mentalist, which airs on the CBS network.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946/ The crime thriller made its debut on September 24, 2008.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946/ On the show, Yeoman plays law enforcement agent Wayne Rigsby.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946/ The Mentalist is the story of how the character Patrick Jane, the mentalist, helps Rigsby and his fellow officers solve crimes at the California Bureau of Investigation. Patrick Jane is played by Simon Baker.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946/

Yeoman was born in Wales on July 2, 1978.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/bio He received a degree in English from Brasenose College in Oxford.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/bio While attending school there, he performed in the play The Wizard of Oz.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/bio Yeoman also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/bio In 2006, he married the British actress Lucy Davis, who appeared in the British version of The Office.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205063/

His first role was in the 2004 TV series Commando Nanny.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/ In the show, he played Miles Ross.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466859/ Later that same year, he took on the role of Lysander in the action feature film Troy, which starred Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/

By 2005, he landed a role on the comedy Kitchen Confidential.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460654/ Yeoman played Steven Daedelus on the short-lived TV show.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460654/ Kitchen Confidential chronicled a formerly famous chef's attempt to succeed as a top New York chef again.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460654/ Bradley Cooper portrayed Jack Bourdain, the head chef.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460654/

• 2004: Commando Nanny

• 2004: Troy

• 2004: Midsomer Murders

• 2005-2006: Kitchen Confidential

• 2006: Beerfest

• 2007: Traveling in Packs

• 2006-2007: The Nine

• 2008: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

• 2008: Generation Kill

• 2008-2010: The Mentalist

"I had an audition once where my agent had said to me, just say you’re from Wisconsin, but make sure that you say “WisCANsun” and you’ll have everyone fooled! And then talk about how much you love the cheese. He said Wisconsin’s the kind of place where everyone knows where it is, but no one really comes from there. And I’m like, oh ok. So I went into this audition, and the director was like “Yeah, I’m from Wisconsin” and I was like “oh…”… And I’d done a bit of research and made up this village, and he went “Man! That’s my home town!” I was like “Oh, I have to get out of this audition room very quickly." - Owain Yeomanhttp://popculturezoo.com/archives/5456

"Y’know, back in the way-back-when, I used to have an academic degree before I gave it all up and my parents sort of held their heads in their hands and said what are you doing? And academic stuff was my first love, and I loved books, I loved reading and writing and was all set to have a career in academia. I do miss that. My wife and I have just started casually scribbling stuff down, and I have a new respect, because suddenly you realize all those scripts you read, the ones you thought were not very good, you actually go, “It’s a lot harder to write it.” It’s a very refined art." - Owain Yeomanhttp://popculturezoo.com/archives/5456