- Born
- Died
- Birth nameIan David Karslake Watkins
- Nicknames
- The Tsunami of Swagger
- The Godfather of Emo
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Ian Watkins was born on July 30, 1977 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, South Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Chalet Girl (2011), Need for Speed: Underground (2003) and Forza Horizon (2012). He died on October 11, 2025 in HM Prison Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
- December 18, 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years in prison for child sex offences.
- On the morning of 5 August 2023, Watkins was taken hostage by three inmates at HM Prison Wakefield and stabbed, before being freed by prison officers six hours later. Police later confirmed his injuries were not life-threatening.
- Former lead singer and lyricist of emo rock band Lostprophets.
- He gained a first-class honours degree in graphic design from the University of Wales, Newport.
- Ian Watkins was also featured on the Blackout's song "It's High Tide Baby!" from their debut studio album We Are the Dynamite (2007), and accompanied them on tour.
- [on being convicted of attempting to rape a baby] It was megalolz, I don't know what everybody's getting so freaked out about.
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