As a child he was a talented footballer and was admitted to a Welsh under-18 squad while still a school pupil.
He played for teams in Beaumaris, Amlwch, Bangor and was a goalkeeper for Llanrug.
[3] He played for the Pontrhydfendigaid football club during his college days in Aberystwyth.
[4] Along with co-writer Alun Ffred Jones he won the BAFTA Cymru for best "Drama Series/Serial" for C'mon Midffild!
cast-member, Bryn Fôn were detained in 1990 along with 2 other people following the investigation into the campaign of holiday home fires set by the Welsh nationalist movement Meibion Glyndŵr.