Steffan Rhodri (born 1967) is a Welsh film and television actor, best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the BBC comedy series Gavin & Stacey.
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Early and personal life
Steffan Rhodri was born in 1967 and grew up in Morriston, Swansea. He is the cousin of novelist Mark Ellis.
He is well known as a fan of Swansea City F.C., for whom he made a DVD called The Golden Year.
Career
Rhodri has appeared in both English-language and Welsh-language films, television and stage productions. He played Reg Cattermole in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and provided the voice of Drippy in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. He has been called "Wales' most prolific actor".
On stage, he played Banquo alongside Ralph Fiennes in Simon Godwin's production of Macbeth.
Rhodri is best known for portraying bus driver Dave Coaches in the comedy series Gavin & Stacey.
Filmography
Twin Town (1997) – Hunky
Solomon and Gaenor (1999) – Noah Jones
Ali G Indahouse (2002) – School Teacher
Cymru Fach (2008)
The Big I Am (2010) – DS Moseley
Submarine (2010) – Mr. Davey
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) – Reg Cattermole
Ironclad (2011) – Cooper
Under Milk Wood (2015) – Mog Edwards
Wonder Woman (2017) – Colonel Darnell
Last Summer (2018) – Sgt Morgan
Don't Breathe 2 (2021) – The Surgeon / Dr. Thomas Hanniman
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023) – Hywel Dda
Mr Burton (2025) – Dic Jenkins
Theatre
Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh – Hampstead Theatre, London, 2002–2003
The Birthday Party – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2006
The Father – Chichester, 2006
Great Expectations – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009
Mary Stuart – Clwyd Theatr Cymru, 2009
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – Royal Court Theatre, London, 2010
The Kitchen Sink by Tom Wells – Bush Theatre, 2011
Absent Friends by Alan Ayckborn – West End, 2012
Posh by Laura Wade – West End, 2012
It's a Mad World My Masters – Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013
Candide by Mark Ravenhill – Royal Shakespeare Company, 2013
I'd Rather Goya Robbed Me of My Sleep Than Some Other Arsehole by Federico Garcia – Gate Theatre, 2014
The Mentalists by Richard Bean – West End, 2015
The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill – The Old Vic, 2015
Walter Harrison in This House by James Graham – Garrick Theatre, 2016–2017
Killer Joe by Tracy Letts – Trafalgar Studios, 2018
Banquo in Macbeth by William Shakespeare – 2023-24
Video games
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2013) – Drippy (voice)
Audio drama
He also guest-starred in a number of Doctor Who spin-off audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. These include Dreamtime, The Bone of Contention and as the British Prime Minister in UNIT: The Longest Night and UNIT: The Wasting.