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American Actor Hans Obma Joins Welsh Soap After Learning Welsh

4/27/2026

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Hans Obma will join the Welsh-language soap Pobol y Cwm after learning Welsh.
He is an American actor from Wisconsin known for roles in Better Call Saul, The Vampire Diaries and Criminal Minds.
He was inspired by his Welsh grandmother from Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, who emigrated to the U.S. after World War Two.
He will split his time between Wales and Wisconsin and attend the Eisteddfod in August, his third visit.

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Hans Obma will join the Welsh-language soap Pobol y Cwm after learning Welsh.
He is an American actor from Wisconsin known for roles in Better Call Saul, The Vampire Diaries and Criminal Minds.
He was inspired by his Welsh grandmother from Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, who emigrated to the U.S. after World War Two.
He will split his time between Wales and Wisconsin and attend the Eisteddfod in August, his third visit.