
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Biography
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the films Velvet Goldmine, Bend It Like Beckham, Woody Allen's Match Point and his television role as Elvis Presley in the biographical mini-series Elvis, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor. In two of his films, Velvet Goldmine and August Rush, he also took over singing parts.
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Known For
Acting History
2028
Wilde VS England as Oscar Wilde
2025Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
2024Operation Blood Hunt as Murphy
2024The Clean Up Crew as Alex
202397 Minutes as Alex
2023Mercy as Sean Quinn
2023Ambush as Miller
2023Disquiet as Sam
2022Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders as Kyle
2022Wifelike as William
2022The Good Neighbor as Robert
2021The Survivalist as Ben
2021Hide and Seek as Noah Blackwell
2021American Night as John Kaplan
2021Edge of the World as Sir James Brooke
2021Yakuza Princess as Shirô
2019Awake as John Doe
2019Holy Lands as David
2019The Aspern Papers as Morton Vint
2017The 12th Man as Kurt Stage
2017Damascus Cover as Ari Ben-Sion / Hans Hoffmann
2017London Town as Joe Strummer
2017Black Butterfly as Jack
2017The Shadow Effect as Reese
2016Roots as Tom Lea
2015Stonewall as Trevor
2013Eternal Return as Narrator
2013Another Me as John
2013Dracula as Dracula/Alexander Grayson/Vlad Tepes
2013The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones as Valentine
2013Vikings as Bishop Heahmund
2012Belle du Seigneur as Solal
2011Albert Nobbs as Viscount Yarrell
20106 Souls as David / Adam / Wesley
2010From Paris with Love as James Reece
2008A Film with Me in It as Pierce 2
2008The Children of Huang Shi as George Hogg
2007August Rush as Louis Connelly
2007The Tudors as Henry VIII of England
2006Mission: Impossible III as Declan
2005Match Point as Chris Wilton
2005The Tesseract as Sean
2005Elvis as Elvis Presley
2004Alexander as Cassander
2004Vanity Fair as George Osborne
2004Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' as Self
2003The Lion in Winter as Philip
2003The Emperor's Wife as Chamberlain
2003Octane as The Father
2003I'll Sleep When I'm Dead as Davey
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Bend It Like Beckham as Joe
2002The Magnificent Ambersons as George Amberson Minafer
2001Tangled as Alan Hammond
2001Prozac Nation as Noah
2001Happy Now as Mark Wraith
2000Gormenghast as Steerpike
1999Titus as Chiron
1999Ride with the Devil as Pitt Mackeson
1999B. Monkey as Bruno
1999The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Nic, aged 16
1998Velvet Goldmine as Brian Slade
1998The Governess as Henry Cavendish
1998The Tribe as Adam
1997The View as Self
1997Telling Lies in America as Kevin Boyle
1997The Maker as Josh Minnell
1997The Disappearance of Finbar as Finbar Flynn
1996Samson and Delilah as 14-Year-Old Samson
1996Killer Tongue as Rudolph
1996Michael Collins as Collin's Assassin
1994A Man of No Importance as First Young Man
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1952Today as Self
—Eyes in the Trees as Vince Henway
—The Paralytic as Carpenter
—Viper as Trey 'Wolf' Johnson
—The Room Below
—The Rising: 1916 as P. H. Pearse
—The Catch









