Ian Watkins

Acting

30 Jul 1977

† 11 Oct 2025

Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Biography

Ian David Karslake Watkins (30 July 1977 – 11 October 2025) was a Welsh singer and child sex offender who was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. His career ended after he was sentenced to 29 years' imprisonment in 2013 for multiple sex offences, including the sexual assault of young children and infants, and the possession of child and animal sexual abuse material, a sentence later increased by ten months for having a mobile phone in prison. His bandmates disbanded Lost...