Background
Bryn Fôn was born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire.
Bryn Fôn was born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire.
He attended Ysgol Gynradd Llanllyfni and Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle before going on to study physical exercise and environmental studies at college.
He began his career in entertainment by taking part in the opera Dic Penderyn in 1977. He formed the musical group Crysbas after leaving college, and in 1988. He began releasing albums with his band under his own name in 1994.
He and his band later performed under the name a"r Band, releasing music under their own label laBelaBel.
Fôn became the first ever artists to play live on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cymru in 1977 and was partly responsible for expanding the popularity of Welsh-language popular music amongst Wales" youth. He was "hunk of the month" in She magazine during the 1980s.
A campaign of protest linked to the Welsh language movement began in December 1979, which involved burning down holiday homes in Wales. Fôn wrote a song belittling the police"s unsuccessful attempts to catch those responsible.
In 1990, several detectives visited his home and he was arrested along with his partner, Anna, after they discovered a package hidden in a wall on his cottage"s land.
He was held at the police station in Dolgellau for 48 hours before being released without charge. His C"mon Midffild! co-cast member, Mei Jones, was arrested at the same time. In his later career, Fôn has concentrated on appearing on stage and also adapted the play Blackbird for a production by Theatr Bara Caws in which he starred in 2010.
In January 2011, it was announced that was one of a hundred people who had refused to pay their television licences as part of the Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg protests against plans to cut the budget of the Welsh-language television channel, S4C, and the plans to transfer control over the channel to the British Broadcasting Corporation. Fôn still lives in the Nantlle valley.
C"mon Midffild! Tecwyn 1979 The Corn Is Green (television movie) 1991 Outside Time (television series) Manawydanin Alternative Heroes and The Making of Arthur 2001–2002 "Year Heliwr/A Mind to Kill (television series filmed in both Welsh and English) District of Columbia Meic Challis in episodes The Inner Life of Strangers (2001), Blood and Water (2002) and The Little House in the Forest (2002) Talcen Called Tipyn o Stad Yma i Aros Ista"nbwl (2010) Gwaith/Cartref as Mr Brynmor Davies a Temporary Teacher drafted in to teach Mathematics