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Jonathan Rhys MeyersAdd to My CelebsAge 34 Birthday Jul. 27th, 1977 Born in Dublin, Ireland Height 5' 9 1/2" |
Jonathan Rhys Meyers' Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - From Paris With Love2008 - A Film With Me In It 2008 - The Children of Huang Shi 2007 - August Rush 2006 - Mission: Impossible III 2005 - Match Point 2004 - Vanity Fair 2004 - Alexander 2003 - Octane 2003 - The Emperor's Wife 2002 - Bend It Like Beckham 1999 - Titus 1999 - The Loss of Sexual Innocence 1999 - Ride with the Devil 1998 - B. Monkey 1998 - Velvet Goldmine 1996 - Michael Collins 1996 - La lengua asesina |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland. He and his family moved to County Cork, Ireland, when the actor was nearly a year old, and then, at the age of 3, his father left the family, leaving his mother to care for Jonny and his 3 younger brothers alone.
Rhys Meyers grew up with a tumultuous childhood, spending some time in an orphanage and being permanently expelled from school at age 16. Happy to be out of school, he began spending time in a local pool hall where he was discovered by Hubbard Casting. The casting agents were talent-spotting for the David Puttnam production of War of the Buttons (1994), and asked Rhys Meyers to appear for an audition. After three days of auditions, however, he did not get the role, and Rhys Meyers gave up on his acting aspirations. Soon afterward, he received a call to audition for a national ad campaign for Knorr soup, and though embarrassed by the attention from the ad, he soon found himself considered for a major film. His movie acting debut was a very small role in the film A Man of No Importance (1994), where his simple cast credit is as "First Young Man". His first lead role was in the film The Disappearance of Finbar (1996). During a 6-month postponement in production he returned home to Cork and there received a call about the film Michael Collins (1996). He traveled to Dublin to meet with director Neil Jordan (I) and successfully won the role of Collins's assassin. Jordan wrote about his meeting with the actor, "I have found someone to play Collin's (sic) killer. Jonathan Rees-Myers (sic), from County Cork, apparently, who looks like a young Tom Cruise. [He] Comes into the casting session with alarming certainty. Obviously gifted".
Rhys Meyers continued working constantly from that point and appeared in such films as The Maker (1997), Telling Lies in America (1997), and The Tribe (1998). Going on to film The Governess (1998), B. Monkey (1998), Titus (1999) and Ride with the Devil (1999/I), he has received critical acclaim for several performances, most notably as "Brian Slade" in Velvet Goldmine (1998), as "Steerpike" in the British mini-series _"Gormenghast" (2000)(mini)_, and as a sympathetic football coach in Bend It Like Beckham (2002). Rhys Meyers is also a talented singer and musician, having performed his own vocals in Velvet Goldmine (1998) and appearing on the film's soundtrack. Rhys Meyers still resides in County Cork, Ireland.
TRIVIA:
- Brother of 'Ali O'Keefe' (qv) and 'Jamie O'Keeffe' (qv).
- Idolizes 'Johnny Depp' (qv).
- Has been romantically linked to actresses 'Toni Collette' (qv), 'Asia Argento' (qv), 'Rachael Leigh Cook' (qv) and 'Estella Warren' (qv).
- Lived in Italy for a few years.
- Has played "The King" in several different roles starting with 'Elvis Presley' (qv) in the CBS mini-series _Elvis (2005) (TV)_ (qv) and later portraying "King Henry VIII" in the Showtime program _"The Tudors" (2007)_ (qv).
- He was born with a heart condition, and was baptized rather quickly for fear he would not live long.
- Face of the "Versace" men's collection of Autumn/Winter 2006 and Spring 2007 as well as of the new fragrance of "Hugo Boss".
- Has a nephew called Dylan, son of his brother, Alan.
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