| Steven Meo | |
| Birth Name: | Steven James Meo |
| Birth Date: | 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Swansea, Wales |
| Known For: | Grownups |
| Alma Mater: | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |
| Years Active: | 2000–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Steven James Meo is a Welsh television actor from Coelbren in the Swansea Valley in Wales. He is best known for his roles in BBC Wales sitcom High Hopes (2002–2008), BBC Three series Grownups (2006–2009), and BBC Wales drama series Belonging (1999–2009).
Meo has portrayed the roles of Owain Hughes in the third series of Gavin & Stacey, Josh in the Torchwood episode "Random Shoes" (2006), and participated in The Big Welsh Challenge on BBC Wales.
He was the last Thénardier of the original Royal Shakespeare Company version of Les Misérables in London's West End, and is an Associate Artist at Clwyd Theatre Cymru.[1]
In February 2021, he appeared in the ITV drama The Pembrokeshire Murders alongside actors Luke Evans and Keith Allen. In April 2021, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.[2] He appears in the Sky Comedy "Code 404" as series regular DI Paul Stokes, alongside Stephen Graham and Daniel Mays.
Meo attended Maesydderwen Comprehensive School in Ystradgynlais in the Swansea Valley, in the year above actress Eve Myles.[3] Afterwards, he trained in Cardiff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Steven got engaged to actress Eleanor Howell in New York in 2010, whilst he was performing the play Pieces on Broadway, and they were married in Tetbury in 2012. They have two sons together.
| style = background#FFFFFF:" | Year | style = background#FFFFFF:" | Title | style = background#FFFFFF:" | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–2009 | Belonging | Owen | |||
| 2001 | Holby City | Tony Gadd | |||
| 2002–2008, 2015 | High Hopes | Duane Hoffman | |||
| 2005 | Twisted Tales | Simon | |||
| 2005 | The Afternoon Play | Finn | |||
| 2006 | Torchwood | Josh | |||
| 2006–2009 | Grownups | Grant | |||
| 2007 | Doctor Who | Pilot Kelvin | |||
| 2009 | Gavin & Stacey | Owain Hughes | |||
| 2009 | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | Grant Grant | |||
| 2011 | Baker Boys | Rich | |||
| 2012 | Doctors | Franklin | |||
| 2017 | Porridge | Owen | |||
| 2021 | The Pembrokeshire Murders | Detective Inspector Lyn Harries | |||
| 2021 | Doctors | Steven Hywel | |||
| 2021 | Code 404 | DI Paul Stokes | |||
| 2022 | Protein | Gavin | |||
| 2023 | Coronation Street | Rufus Donahue | |||
| 2023 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | Max Savage | |||
| 2024 | Father Brown | Robert Highbury |