Wells has written five original plays: The Winter Room (RSC fringe festival), Cold Enough, The Tin Horizon (Theatre 503), The Woodcutter's Tale (developed with NT Studio), and Four Days in Hong Kong (about
Glenn Greenwald's and
Laura Poitras's first meeting with
Edward Snowden), produced as part of the
Orange Tree Theatre Festival 2014.
He was a series-writer for the animated children programs Xolight and Noksu. He has written the full-length feature Bait the Hook, and a short film, Shrike, longlisted for Channel 4's Coming Up.
Personal life
He is the son of actress
Susannah York and Michael Wells, and is married with four children.
Selected credits
Theatre
Abigail's Party (2022) as Lawrence Moss (Watford Palace Theatre).
This House (2016 - 2018 stage play, Chichester Festival Theatre, the Garrick Theatre, London, and tour) as an ensemble cast member playing various characters including
John Stonehouse and
Alan Clark
Noises Off (2016, ETT, Nottingham Playhouse) as Lloyd Dallas, the director
Tonight at 8.30 (2014, stage play, ETT/ Nuffield) as Christian in The Astonished Heart, Jasper in Family Album, Mr Wadhurst in Hands Across the Sea, Murdoch in Ways and Means, Stanley in Still Life, George in Shadow Play and Major Blake in We Were Dancing