Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Born As: Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keefe
Birthdate/place: July 27, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland
Claim to Fame: As a sympathetic football coach Joe in Gurinder Chadha's hit comedy Bend It Like Beckham (2003)
Bio: A personal quote from Rhys Meyers, "I think I'd really like to be someone who would be known for being a nice guy."
Rhys Meyers has starred in television series including Gormenghast (2000) and in the CBS 4-hour mini-series Elvis (2005) as Elvis Presley. The role as Elvis Presley earned him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win. He landed a role in the Showtime cable series The Tudors (2007) as young King Henry VIII. He was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama in 2007 for the role.
His film roles range from a David Bowie-inspired glam rock star in Velvet Goldmine (1998) to a dedicated girls' football coach in Bend It Like Beckham (2002). He was in Vanity Fair (2004). In 2005, Rhys Meyers starred in Woody Allen's film Match Point, for which he received a Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, he appeared in Mission: Impossible III. Other projects include August Rush (2007) and "The Children of Huang Shi" (2008). It is rumored that he will be appearing in Danny Glover's Haitian epic Toussaint (2008) and signed on star as Lee Falk's comic strip hero Mandrake the Magician in an upcoming movie directed by Chuck Russell. Other upcoming projects include Shelter, and From Paris With Love.
He just wants to be known as a nice guy? Not fantastically hunky?
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