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Nationality
  
Irish

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Jonathan Meyers


Years active
  
1994–present

Occupation
  
Actor, producer

Height
  
1.78 m

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Full Name
  
Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe

Born
  
27 July 1977 (age 47) (
1977-07-27
)
Dublin, Ireland

Residence
  
Los Angeles, Callifornia, U.S.London, England

Siblings
  
Ali O'Keefe, Jamie O'Keeffe, Paul O'Keefe

Parents
  
Mary Geraldine Myers, John O'Keeffe

Albums
  
August Rush: Original Score From the Motion Picture

Movies and TV shows
  
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Henry Cavill, Freddie High, Natalie Dormer, Keri Russell, Parminder Nagra

Profiles

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Velvet Goldmine (1998), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Match Point (2005), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis (2005), which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, and as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors (2007–10). He has been the face model for several Hugo Boss fragrances advertising campaigns.

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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. He also starred in the NBC drama series Dracula (2013–14) as the title character. Meyers appeared in the 2015 film Stonewall, directed by Roland Emmerich.

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Early life

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Meyers was born 27 July 1977 in Dublin, Ireland, to Geraldine (née Myers; 1957–2007) and folk musician John O'Keeffe, and brought up in County Cork, possibly in the city of Cork (sources are unclear). His family is Roman Catholic. His three brothers are all professional musicians. He attended North Monastery Christian Brothers School.

Career

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After being expelled from North Monastery at 14 for truancy, he spent much of his time working and socialising in pool halls. Casting agents looking for Irish boys to appear in War of the Buttons spotted him at a Cork pool hall, the Victoria Sporting Club, and invited him to audition. Although passed over for War of the Buttons, the casting agents encouraged him to pursue a career in acting. His first film role came in A Man of No Importance (1994). In 1996, he appeared in Michael Collins, as the title character's ambusher. In 1999, he appeared in Ride with the Devil as psychopathic guerrilla fighter Pitt Mackeson.

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Meyers has starred in television series including Gormenghast (2000) and in the CBS 4-hour mini-series Elvis (2005) as Elvis Presley alongside Randy Quaid as Colonel Tom Parker, but didn't sing for his role in the miniseries. The latter earned him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win. He starred in the CBC/Showtime co-production The Tudors (2007) as Henry VIII. He was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama in 2007 for the role.

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He played a David Bowie-inspired glam rock star in Velvet Goldmine (1998), a dedicated girls' football coach in Bend It Like Beckham (2002), in Vanity Fair (2004) opposite Reese Witherspoon. He co-starred in 2004 in Oliver Stone's epic Alexander. The following year he starred in Woody Allen's drama Match Point (2005), for which he received a Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, he appeared in Mission: Impossible III. Subsequent projects include August Rush (2007) and The Children of Huang Shi (2008), Shelter and From Paris with Love (2010)

In 2011, he starred in Belle du Seigneur (an English language film adaptation of Albert Cohen's novel) as Solal des Solal. The film was released in Russia on 29 November 2012 and in France on 19 June 2013 after premiering at the Champs Elysees Film Festival. A self-taught singer and guitarist, he has appeared in a number of musical roles. His first such role was as "Brian Slade" in Velvet Goldmine; two of the songs he sang ("Baby's on Fire" and "Tumbling Down") are on the film's soundtrack. He sang briefly in the TV miniseries version of The Magnificent Ambersons, performed in studio scenes of the miniseries Elvis and played the flute in Gormenghast.

In the 2007 music drama August Rush, he performed on-screen as singer-songwriter Louis Connelly and is credited for four songs on the soundtrack – "Break", "Moondance", "Something Inside" and "This Time". Of the four, "This Time" and "Break" were considered in the Best Original Song category of the 80th Academy Awards. "This Time" was not released as a single but peaked at number 84 in the Canadian Hot 100.

Besides acting, Jonathan has also modelled for several clothing companies. He modelled for Club Monaco in 2001 and was chosen as the face for the Versace men's collection of Autumn/Winter 2006 and Spring 2007, and he was the face of the Hugo Boss men's fragrance range from 2006 until he was replaced with Jared Leto in 2011. He is signed to Independent Models in London. In February 2008, he became a celebrity ambassador for the Cork-based charitable organisation The Hope Foundation. On 5 October 2008, Rhys Meyers received an Honorary Patronage from the Trinity College Philosophical Society in Dublin.

In 2013, Meyers was cast as Dracula, in NBC's television series Dracula alongside Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jessica De Gouw. It was also announced in May 2013 that Jonathan was to participate in the recording of his brothers' album entitled "Blossom" which was released on 21 April 2014.

On 23 October 2014, he received The Irish Post Legend Award at the London Hilton on Park Lane in recognition of his remarkable achievements in Film & Television over the previous twenty years.

Meyers played the lead in the spy thriller Damascus Cover, based on the novel by Howard Kaplan. It is scheduled to premiere September 23, 2017, at the Boston Film Festival.

Meyers will portray Patrick Pearse, a political activist and one of the leaders of the bloody 1916 Irish Easter Rising, in the centennial commemoration biopic film The Rising, written and produced by Kevin McCann.

Personal life

From 2004 until 2012, Meyers was in a relationship with Reena Hammer, daughter of makeup artist Ruby Hammer.

In 2007, Meyers' representative, Meredith O'Sullivan, confirmed that, "After a non-stop succession of filming, Jonathan Rhys Meyers has entered an alcohol-treatment programme." His representative confirmed Meyers was again receiving treatment in 2010. In November 2011, Meyers was ordered by a French court to pay a restitution of €1,000 and was given a judgment of a suspended sentence for public intoxication 24 months earlier.

On 20 November 2007, his mother, Mary Geraldine "Geri" O'Keeffe, died at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, aged 51, following a short, undisclosed illness.

Rhys Meyers and Mara Lane, who married sometime in 2016, had a son, Wolf Rhys Meyers, in December 2016. Lane said in September 2017 that she had miscarried a second child.

Filmography

Actor
-
Altitude (pre-production)
-
Run (pre-production) as
Orson Reed
2024
Food Fight (pre-production) as
Charlie
-
Clean Up Crew (post-production) as
Alex
-
Operation Blood Hunt (post-production) as
Murphy
2023
97 Minutes as
Alex
2023
Mercy as
Sean Quinn
2023
Ambush as
Miller
2023
Disquiet as
Sam
2022
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders as
Kyle
2022
Wifelike as
William Bradwell
2022
The Good Neighbor as
Robert
2021
Hide and Seek as
Noah Blackwell
2021
The Survivalist as
Ben [Hodges]
2021
American Night as
John Kaplan
2021
Yakuza Princess as
Shiro
2021
Edge of the World as
Sir James Brooke
2019
Awake as
John Doe
2017
Vikings (TV Series) as
Bishop Heahmund
- The Buddha (2019) - Bishop Heahmund (uncredited)
- Hell (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Lost Moment (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- A New God (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- Murder Most Foul (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Revelation (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- Moments of Vision (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- A Simple Story (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Joke (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- Full Moon (2018) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Message (2017) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Prisoner (2017) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Plan (2017) - Bishop Heahmund
- Homeland (2017) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Departed, Part 2 (2017) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Departed Part 1 (2017) - Bishop Heahmund
- The Reckoning (2017) - Bishop Heahmund
2018
The Aspern Papers as
Morton Vint
2017
The 12th Man as
Kurt Stage
2017
Damascus Cover as
Ari Ben-Sion (Hans Hoffmann)
2017
Holy Lands as
David
2017
Black Butterfly as
Jack
2017
The Shadow Effect as
Reese
2016
London Town as
Joe Strummer
2016
Roots (TV Mini Series) as
Tom Lea
- Part 4 (2016) - Tom Lea
- Part 3 (2016) - Tom Lea
- Part 2 (2016) - Tom Lea
2015
Stonewall as
Trevor
2013
Dracula (TV Series) as
Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- Let There Be Light (2014) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- Four Roses (2014) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- Come to Die (2013) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- Servant to Two Masters (2013) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- Of Monsters and Men (2013) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- The Devil's Waltz (2013) - Alexander Grayson / Dracula / Vlad Tepes
- From Darkness to Light (2013) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- Goblin Merchant Men (2013) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- A Whiff of Sulfur (2013) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
- The Blood Is the Life (2013) - Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
2013
Eternal Return (Short) as
Narrator
2013
Another Me as
John Moffat
2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones as
Valentine
2012
Belle Du Seigneur as
Solal
2011
Albert Nobbs as
Viscount Yarrell
2007
The Tudors (TV Series) as
King Henry VIII
- Death of a Monarchy (2010) - King Henry VIII
- Secrets of the Heart (2010) - King Henry VIII
- As It Should Be (2010) - King Henry VIII
- Sixth and the Final Wife (2010) - King Henry VIII
- You Have My Permission (2010) - King Henry VIII
- Bottom of the Pot (2010) - King Henry VIII
- Natural Ally (2010) - King Henry VIII
- Something for You (2010) - King Henry VIII
- Sister (2010) - King Henry VIII
- Moment of Nostalgia (2010) - King Henry VIII
- The Undoing of Cromwell (2009) - King Henry VIII
- Protestant Anne of Cleves (2009) - King Henry VIII
- Search for a New Queen (2009) - King Henry VIII
- Problems in the Reformation (2009) - King Henry VIII
- The Death of a Queen (2009) - King Henry VIII
- Dissension and Punishment (2009) - King Henry VIII
- The Northern Uprising (2009) - King Henry VIII
- Civil Unrest (2009) - King Henry VIII
- Destiny and Fortune (2008) - King Henry VIII
- The Act of Treason (2008) - King Henry VIII
- Lady in Waiting (2008) - King Henry VIII
- Matters of State (2008) - King Henry VIII
- The Definition of Love (2008) - King Henry VIII
- His Majesty's Pleasure (2008) - King Henry VIII
- The Act of Succession (2008) - King Henry VIII
- Checkmate (2008) - King Henry VIII
- Tears of Blood (2008) - King Henry VIII
- Everything Is Beautiful (2008) - King Henry VIII
- The Death of Wolsey (2007) - King Henry VIII
- Look to God First (2007) - King Henry VIII
- Truth and Justice (2007) - King Henry VIII
- Message to the Emperor (2007) - King Henry VIII
- True Love (2007) - King Henry VIII
- Arise, My Lord (2007) - King Henry VIII
- His Majesty, the King (2007) - King Henry VIII
- Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey! (2007) - King Henry VIII
- Simply Henry (2007) - King Henry VIII
- In Cold Blood (2007) - King Henry VIII
2010
6 Souls as
David / Adam / Wesley
2010
From Paris with Love as
James Reese
2008
A Film with Me in It as
Pierce 2
2008
The Children of Huang Shi as
George Hogg
2007
August Rush as
Louis Connelly
2006
Mission: Impossible III as
Declan
2005
Match Point as
Chris Wilton
2005
Elvis (TV Mini Series) as
Elvis Presley
- Episode #1.2 (2005) - Elvis Presley
- Episode #1.1 (2005) - Elvis Presley
2004
Alexander as
Cassander
2004
Vanity Fair as
George Osborne
2003
The Lion in Winter (TV Movie) as
Phillip
2003
The Emperor's Wife as
Chamberlain
2003
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead as
Davey
2003
Octane as
The Father
2003
The Tesseract as
Sean
2002
Bend It Like Beckham as
Joe
2002
The Magnificent Ambersons (TV Movie) as
George Amberson Minafer
2001
Tangled as
Alan Hammond (as Jonathan Rhys-Meyers)
2001
Prozac Nation as
Noah (as Jonathan Rhys-Meyers)
2001
Happy Now as
Mark Wraith (as Jonathan Rhys Myers)
2000
Gormenghast (TV Mini Series) as
Steerpike
- Episode #1.4 (2000) - Steerpike
- Episode #1.3 (2000) - Steerpike
- Episode #1.2 (2000) - Steerpike
- Episode #1.1 (2000) - Steerpike
1999
Titus as
Chiron
1999
Ride with the Devil as
Pitt Mackeson
1998
B. Monkey as
Bruno
1998
The Loss of Sexual Innocence as
Nic, aged 16
1998
The Tribe as
Adam
1998
The Governess as
Henry Cavendish
1998
Velvet Goldmine as
Brian Slade
1997
Telling Lies in America as
Kevin Boyle
1997
The Maker as
Josh Minnell
1996
Samson and Delilah (TV Mini Series) as
Sansone a 14 anni
1996
The Disappearance of Finbar as
Finbar Flynn
1996
Killer Tongue as
Rudolph
1996
Michael Collins as
Collins' Assassin (as Jonathan Rhys Myers)
1994
A Man of No Importance as
First Young Man (as Jonathan Rhys-Myer)
Producer
2021
The Survivalist (executive producer)
2018
The Aspern Papers (executive producer)
2017
The 12th Man (executive producer)
2017
Damascus Cover (producer)
2013
Dracula (TV Series) (producer - 10 episodes)
- Let There Be Light (2014) - (producer)
- Four Roses (2014) - (producer)
- Come to Die (2013) - (producer)
- Servant to Two Masters (2013) - (producer)
- Of Monsters and Men (2013) - (producer)
- The Devil's Waltz (2013) - (producer)
- From Darkness to Light (2013) - (producer)
- Goblin Merchant Men (2013) - (producer)
- A Whiff of Sulfur (2013) - (producer)
- The Blood Is the Life (2013) - (producer)
2013
Eternal Return (Short) (executive producer)
2011
Pass the Salt, Please (Short) (executive producer)
1996
Familia Zaragoza (TV Series) (executive producer - 67 episodes)
Soundtrack
2007
August Rush (performer: "Break", "Moondance", "This Time", "Something Inside")
1998
Velvet Goldmine ("Sebastian", "The Ballad of Maxwell Demon", "Baby's On Fire", "Tumbling Down")
Self
2021
Hollywood First Look (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.71 (2021) - Self
2018
Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) as
Self
- Martha Stewart/Jonathan Rhys Meyers/Nate Smith (2018) - Self
2007
Live with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers/Lauren Cohan (2018) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 19 May 2008 (2008) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 9 November 2007 (2007) - Self - Guest
2018
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (2018) - Self
2018
Larry King Now (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- If You Only Knew: Jonathan Rhys Meyers (2018) - Self - Guest
2018
Good Morning Britain (TV Series) as
Self - Golden Globe-Winning Actor
- Episode dated 2 March 2018 (2018) - Self - Golden Globe-Winning Actor
2017
Dagsrevyen (TV Series) as
Self - (segment "12th Man") / Self - Interviewee (segment "Den 12. mann")
- Episode dated 14 December 2017 (2017) - Self - (segment "12th Man") (uncredited)
- Episode dated 28 August 2017 (2017) - Self - Interviewee (segment "Den 12. mann")
2017
Access Daily (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 May 2017 (2017) - Self
2017
Movie Trivia Schmoedown (TV Series) as
Self
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers Vs Brian Goodman (2017) - Self
2016
Roots: A New Vision (TV Special) as
Tom Lea
2016
Roots: A History Revealed (TV Special) as
Tom Lea
2016
Good Morning America (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 30 May 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
2014
Ladies of London (TV Series) as
Self
- Mad as a Hatter (2014) - Self
2013
The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Steve Coogan, Paul Hollywood, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Pet Shop Boys (2013) - Self - Guest
2012
Evening Urgant (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Ivan Okhlobystin/Jonathan Rhys Meyers/Leningrad (2012) - Self - Guest
2010
The Making of 'from Paris with Love' (Video documentary short)
2010
The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 12 May 2010 (2010) - Self - Guest
2010
Tavis Smiley (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 4 May 2010 (2010) - Self - Guest
2010
Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.2 (2010) - Self
2010
Xposé (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.123 (2010) - Self
- Episode #4.112 (2010) - Self
2005
Breakfast (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 4 March 2010 (2010) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 19 December 2005 (2005) - Self - Guest (as Jonathan Rhys Myers)
2010
The 7th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee & Presenter
2010
Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 11 February 2010 (2010) - Self
2009
On Set with the Tudors: Three Scenes in Production (Video short) as
Self
2009
Los Tudor: Rodarán cabezas (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2008
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 April 2009 (2009) - Self
- Episode dated 15 January 2009 (2009) - Self
- Episode dated 27 March 2008 (2008) - Self
- Episode dated 20 March 2008 (2008) - Self
2006
The View (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 31 March 2009 (2009) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 21 November 2007 (2007) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 19 January 2006 (2006) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 12 January 2006 (2006) - Self - Guest
2009
The 6th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2009
Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2008
Sexo en serie (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2008
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Denis Leary/Anthony Bourdain/Mates of State (2008) - Self - Guest
2008
Today (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 19 March 2008 (2008) - Self - Guest
2008
Brit Awards 2008 (TV Special) as
Self
2008
5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2007
Access Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 November 2007 (2007) - Self
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 21 November 2007 (2007) - Self - Guest
2007
CMT Hot 20 Countdown (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 15 November 2007 (2007) - Self
2007
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #15.197 (2007) - Self - Guest
- Episode #15.65 (2007) - Self - Guest
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #4.148 (2007) - Self - Guest
2007
The Tudors: Royal Stylemakers (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2006
M: I-3 Launching the Mission (Video documentary short) as
Self
2006
M:I-3 the Hunt Is On (Video documentary short) as
Self
2006
The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #4.176 (2006) - Self - Guest
2005
The Autograph Hunters (Short) as
Self
2005
The Death of 'Alexander' (Video documentary short) as
Self
2005
The Late Late Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 20 May 2005 (2005) - Self - Guest
2005
E! News Live (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 May 2005 (2005) - Self
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.70 (2005) - Self - Guest
2004
Tracking 'the Lion in Winter' (TV Movie) as
Self
2003
She Shoots, She Scores: The Making of 'Bend It Like Beckham' (Video documentary short) as
Self
2003
Cartaz Cultural (TV Series) as
Self
Archive Footage
2018
Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (Documentary short) as
Self
2015
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 May 2015 (2015) - Self
2015
Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Kitchen Hacks (2015) - Self
2010
Farewall to the King: Michael Hirst on the Tudors Finale (Video short) as
King Henry VIII (uncredited)
2010
Illicit Affairs: Secret Romance in Henry's Court (Video short) as
King Henry VIII (uncredited)
2010
The Tudors After Henry: The Royal Children of Henry VIII (Video short) as
King Henry VIII (uncredited)
2009
Henry's Magnificent Palace: An Exclusive Tour of Hampton Court (Video short) as
King Henry VIII (uncredited)
2009
Soul Queen Meets Tudor King: Joss Stone as Anne of Cleves (Video short) as
King Henry VIII (uncredited)
2008
Los 10 magníficos (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Woody Allen (2008) - Self (uncredited)
2008
Reinventando Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2006
Headline News (TV Series) as
Chris Wilton
- Episode dated 13 July 2006 (2006) - Chris Wilton (uncredited)
2006
50 premios Sant Jordi de cinematografía (TV Special) as
Chris Wilton (uncredited)
2005
Corazón de... (TV Series) as
Chris Wilton
- Episode dated 30 November 2005 (2005) - Chris Wilton (uncredited)
2005
Silenci? (TV Series) as
Chris Wilton
- Episode #5.8 (2005) - Chris Wilton
2005
Magacine (TV Series) as
Chris Wilton
- Episode dated 5 November 2005 (2005) - Chris Wilton

References

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