In the sensational TV series “The Mentalist”, the special agent Wayne Rigsby, played by the English actor Owain Yeomen, was a very prominent figure among the star cast. A tall handsome brunette perfectly set off the main character - that same mentalist.
Biography
Owain Yeomen was born in Chelstow in 1978. His parents still live in their home in Wales. His father is a physicist by profession, and his mother is a housewife.
The boy was diversified: he was interested in both the humanities and the exact sciences. He also seriously engaged in sports: he was a member of the national hockey team of Wales.
From an early age, Owain showed an interest in literature, read a lot. Parents dreamed that their capable son would become a doctor of science, would be engaged in research.
Therefore, after school, Own entered Oxford. At the university, he was seriously interested in theater and participated in student productions, was a member of the Oxford acting community.
After receiving a master’s education, he planned to become a scientist and applied for a grant to continue his studies to pursue a doctorate. However, the grant was not given to him for an unknown reason, and he got a job at the bank.
The Bank of London is an official place where there is no creativity, where imagination and imagination are not needed. There are only numbers, calculations and graphs. And Yomen really lacked a creative component.
Then the future actor makes a move with the horse - he enters the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. And only here he understands what he lacked at Oxford and at work at the bank: the opportunity to transform into different people.
Actor's career
After graduating from the academy, Yomen began to try on different roles, to undergo castings, and now in 2004 he gets the role of Lysander in the film "Troy". The film was nominated for an Oscar, it was publicly known, and all the actors were in sight.
The director of the series Generation of Assassins (2008) noticed an almost two-meter-tall brunette and invited him to the role of a sergeant. Then there was the interesting role of the terminator in the series Terminator: The Battle for the Future (2008). However, all this was preparation for a more serious work.
The next stage in Yomen’s life is six years of filming in the psychological thriller Mentalist (2008-2015). This series with intricate plot moves, personal connections and intense dynamics of development chained millions of viewers around the world to TV screens. The actors created such an atmosphere in the series that it was impossible not to watch the next series.
Then Ioman got a role in a similar series called "Elementary" (2012) - he played Julian Kent there. This is also an outstanding series of its kind: a free arrangement of stories about Sherlock Holmes, and it’s very interesting and exciting.
Currently, the actor continues to star in the series.
