
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Mission: Impossible III
2006

Bend It Like Beckham
2002

Velvet Goldmine
1998

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003

Alexander
2004

B. Monkey
1999

August Rush
2007

97 Minutes
2023

Operation Blood Hunt
2024

Ride with the Devil
1999

Vanity Fair
2004

From Paris with Love
2010

The Tesseract
2005

Titus
1999

The Good Neighbor
2022

The Children of Huang Shi
2008

6 Souls
2010

The Emperor's Wife
2003

The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999

Mercy
2023

Prozac Nation
2003

Tangled
2001

The Maker
1997

The Governess
1998

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013

Belle du Seigneur
2012

The Magnificent Ambersons
2002

Another Me
2013

Match Point
2005

Stonewall
2015

Wifelike
2022

The Tribe
1998

The Clean Up Crew
2024

Octane
2003

Telling Lies in America
1997

Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
2022

Albert Nobbs
2011

A Film with Me in It
2008

Damascus Cover
2017

Disquiet
2023

Ambush
2023

The Rising: 1916
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The Shadow Effect
2017

London Town
2017

The Disappearance of Finbar
1997

The Paralytic
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Michael Collins
1996

Killer Tongue
1996

Eternal Return
2013

Eyes in the Trees
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The 12th Man
2017

Black Butterfly
2017

The Lion in Winter
2003

A Man of No Importance
1994

The Aspern Papers
2019

Holy Lands
2019

Happy Now
2001

Awake
2019

Yakuza Princess
2021

American Night
2021

Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
2004

The Survivalist
2021

Hide and Seek
2021

Edge of the World
2021

The Room Below
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Viper
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The Catch
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Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
2025

Wilde VS England
2028

Blood and Dust
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Today
1952

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The View
1997

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

The Tudors
2007

Elvis
2005

Dracula
2013

Vikings
2013

Roots
2016

Samson and Delilah
1996

Gormenghast
2000