Jason Hughes is a Welsh actor born in Porthcawl on 15 December (sources vary between 1970 and 1971 for the year). He is of Welsh and Italian descent and first found fame playing the trainee lawyer Warren Jones in the BBC drama This Life (1996-1997), a role that helped define British television drama for a generation of viewers.
He went on to star as the cheeky bingo caller Gavin in the Wales-set comedy film House! (2000), alongside Kelly Macdonald, Freddie Jones and Miriam Margolyes, and appeared in numerous other television series and stage productions through the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Hughes is perhaps now best known for playing Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Ben Jones in the long-running ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders, a role he held from 2005 to 2013 opposite John Nettles and later Neil Dudgeon.
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Best known for This Life, the film House! and his long run as DS/DI Ben Jones in Midsomer Murders.
Jason Hughes
Actor from Porthcawl
Born and raised in Porthcawl, South Wales
House! (2000) was filmed in Wales, and of its main cast, Hughes was the only Welsh actor in the leading roles, playing a bingo caller in a comedy about a struggling seaside bingo hall.
Career Highlights
Played Warren Jones in the BBC drama This Life (1996-1997)
Played bingo caller Gavin in the film House! (2000), shot in Wales
Played DS/DI Ben Jones in Midsomer Murders (2005-2013)
ℹ️ Born 15 December (sources give either 1970 or 1971), Porthcawl, Wales.