He is best known for playing Bobby Gittins in the Sky One series Stella, and Gerwyn Parri in the long-running Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm.

Pugh first came to prominence in 1990, playing school-child Rhys in the Welsh comedy-drama Hapus Dyrfa.

[3] He later attended Ysgol Gyfun Maes yr Yrfa secondary school.

Pugh lives in Llangynwyd with his wife Emily whom he married in summer 2014.

His brother is Welsh rugby player Dylan Pugh who represented Wales at under-21 level.