Nicholas McGaughey is a Welsh television actor best known for playing the character of Brandon Monk in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm. He has appeared on a number of top English television programmes such as Casualty in 1998. He also appeared as Praetorian Officer in the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster, Gladiator, among actors such as Russel Crowe and Oliver Reed.
His character, Brandon Monk was killed off on the 23rd of September 2011 after suffering a heart attack in hospital following the fire in the flat above the chip shop (Y Sosban Chips.)