Craig Ryder

TRAINING: NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF WALES

LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (LIPA)



A former pupil of Ysgol Bro Gwydir and Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy, Craig is a multifaceted creative who has worked over the last 20 years as an actor, director, writer and producer. He has a wealth of experience across television, film and theatre, in both English and Welsh language.



Having trained as a performer at The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts (LIPA), Craig is currently in the original West End cast of Moulin Rouge - The Musical!



Craig has performed in many West End productions such as 'Bat Out of Hell', ‘We Will Rock You’ and the original West End cast of ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert'.

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Craig played Khashoggi in the UK touring production of ‘We Will Rock You’, and closed the UK and European touring production of ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ playing Tick at the Menora Arena in Tel Aviv.

Craig played Bill Austin in a new production of Mamma Mia in Cyprus and he has performed all over the world onboard Cruise ships.

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Alongside theatre, Craig has appeared in both film and television. This includes the welsh soap ‘Pobol Y Cwm’ where he played series regular Dylan. He played Dafydd in the welsh drama ‘Caerdydd’. He also appeared in two series of ‘Tim Talent’ and was a Guest Actor in Channel 4’s ‘Paradise Hotel’. More recently he played Sergeant Hill in We Hunt Together 2.



Feature films include galloping around the Welsh mountains as Sir Percival in Dragons of Camelot (Titan Global Entertainment). Other films also include David Redgrave in The Indian Bride (FFP New Media) and David in Five Days in August (JNP)

Over the years, Craig has also worked as a stunt horse-riding 'body-double' in film and television.



Craig’s voice can also be heard on a range of the ‘Talking Books’ for the RNIB and he has also enjoyed voicing projects for BBC Radio 4.

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As a writer, Craig has had his work produced in the West End, and has optioned his work to Michael Eisner's Vuguru studio in Los Angeles.

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Alongside Bill Kenwright, Craig co-produced and directed his own show 'Whingeing Women' at the Theatre Royal in Windsor.

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