Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor, model and musician. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins, Velvet Goldmine, Bend It Like Beckham, Alexander, Match Point and Mission: Impossible III. Meyers also starred as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis. In 2020, he was listed as number 44 on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s greatest film actors.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor, model and musician. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins, Velvet Goldmine, Bend It Like Beckham, Alexander, Match Point and Mission: Impossible III. Meyers also starred as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis. In 2013, Meyers appeared as the villain Valentine Morgenstern in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, based on Cassandra Clare’s novel, City Of Bones. In 2018, he won the Best Actor award at the Manchester Film Festival for his starring role in Damascus Cover. In 2020, he was listed as number 44 on The Irish Times list of Ireland’s greatest film actors. He has also been involved in several charitable causes, including the Hope Foundation, and the children’s charity, Barretstown. He and his wife Mara Lane have one son together. He will star in the film The Rising, written and directed by Kevin McCann, in commemoration of the centennial of the Irish Easter Rising, in the same year as the film Seek That Hide and Seek.
The Rising is due to be released by Park & Park on October 20, 2018, with Meyers playing Patrick Pearse, a political activist and one of the leaders of the bloody 1916 Easter Rising. He also stars as Bishop Heahmund in the History Channel television series Vikings, and in the NBC drama series Dracula as the title character. In 2011, he starred as Solal in Belle du Seigneur, an English language film adaptation of Albert Cohen’s novel Belle duSeigneur. On 23 October 2013 he was to participate in the recording of his brothers’ album entitled The Blossom, which was released on May 23, 2014. He received an Irish Post Legend Award at the London Hilton on 20 April 2014, in recognition of his remarkable achievements in Film & Television over the previous 20 years. He attended North Monastery Christian Brothers School.
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