Danny Grehan | |
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| Member of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council for Tonyrefail East | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2017 | |
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| Born | November 1965 (age 60) |
| Party | Plaid Cymru |
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Danny Grehan (born November 1965) is a Welsh actor and politician who has served as Member of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council for Tonyrefail East since May 2017. He has portrayed many characters on Welsh stages and television since the 1980s. He received his education at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Grehan has lived in Tonyrefail since the 1980s with his wife Helen Prosser and his family; their son is the noted Welsh-language poet Gwynfor Dafydd. In addition to his work as an actor, Grehan is a political worker for Plaid Cymru, and worked for Leanne Wood in the Rhondda. He is involved with the Welsh Language Society and is Community Engagement Officer for Plaid Cymru MS Heledd Fychan.
Grehan played Tony Morgan in the S4C/BBC soap opera Pobol y Cwm from 1994 to 1996. One of his most notable stage performances was in the first production of Meic Povey's controversial Welsh-language play, Wyneb a Wyneb (Face to Face) in 1993.
Grehan has represented Tonyrefail East on Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council since 5 May 2017. He stood as a Plaid Cymru candidate for Afan Ogwr Rhondda for the 2026 Senedd election.