Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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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

Vikings

Bishop Heahmund

Mission: Impossible III

Declan

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Valentine

Match Point

Chris Wilton

Alexander

Cassander

August Rush

Louis Connelly

From Paris with Love

James Reece

Bend It Like Beckham

Joe

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2028	Wilde VS England MOVIE	Oscar Wilde
2025	Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich MOVIE	Self
2024	Operation Blood Hunt MOVIE	Murphy
2024	The Clean Up Crew MOVIE	Alex
2023	97 Minutes MOVIE	Alex
2023	Mercy MOVIE	Sean Quinn
2023	Ambush MOVIE	Miller
2023	Disquiet MOVIE	Sam
2022	Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders MOVIE	Kyle
2022	Wifelike MOVIE	William
2022	The Good Neighbor MOVIE	Robert
2021	The Survivalist MOVIE	Ben
2021	Hide and Seek MOVIE	Noah Blackwell
2021	American Night MOVIE	John Kaplan
2021	Edge of the World MOVIE	Sir James Brooke
2021	Yakuza Princess MOVIE	Shirô
2019	Awake MOVIE	John Doe
2019	Holy Lands MOVIE	David
2019	The Aspern Papers MOVIE	Morton Vint
2017	The 12th Man MOVIE	Kurt Stage
2017	Damascus Cover MOVIE	Ari Ben-Sion / Hans Hoffmann
2017	London Town MOVIE	Joe Strummer
2017	Black Butterfly MOVIE	Jack
2017	The Shadow Effect MOVIE	Reese
2016	Roots TV	Tom Lea
2015	Stonewall MOVIE	Trevor
2013	Eternal Return MOVIE	Narrator
2013	Another Me MOVIE	John
2013	Dracula TV	Dracula/Alexander Grayson/Vlad Tepes
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones MOVIE	Valentine
2013	Vikings TV	Bishop Heahmund
2012	Belle du Seigneur MOVIE	Solal
2011	Albert Nobbs MOVIE	Viscount Yarrell
2010	6 Souls MOVIE	David / Adam / Wesley
2010	From Paris with Love MOVIE	James Reece
2008	A Film with Me in It MOVIE	Pierce 2
2008	The Children of Huang Shi MOVIE	George Hogg
2007	August Rush MOVIE	Louis Connelly
2007	The Tudors TV	Henry VIII of England
2006	Mission: Impossible III MOVIE	Declan
2005	Match Point MOVIE	Chris Wilton
2005	The Tesseract MOVIE	Sean
2005	Elvis TV	Elvis Presley
2004	Alexander MOVIE	Cassander
2004	Vanity Fair MOVIE	George Osborne
2004	Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' MOVIE	Self
2003	The Lion in Winter MOVIE	Philip
2003	The Emperor's Wife MOVIE	Chamberlain
2003	Prozac Nation MOVIE	Noah
2003	Octane MOVIE	The Father
2003	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead MOVIE	Davey
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2002	Bend It Like Beckham MOVIE	Joe
2002	The Magnificent Ambersons MOVIE	George Amberson Minafer
2001	Tangled MOVIE	Alan Hammond
2001	Happy Now MOVIE	Mark Wraith
2000	Gormenghast TV	Steerpike
1999	Titus MOVIE	Chiron
1999	Ride with the Devil MOVIE	Pitt Mackeson
1999	B. Monkey MOVIE	Bruno
1999	The Loss of Sexual Innocence MOVIE	Nic, aged 16
1998	Velvet Goldmine MOVIE	Brian Slade
1998	The Governess MOVIE	Henry Cavendish
1998	The Tribe MOVIE	Adam
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	Telling Lies in America MOVIE	Kevin Boyle
1997	The Maker MOVIE	Josh Minnell
1997	The Disappearance of Finbar MOVIE	Finbar Flynn
1996	Samson and Delilah TV	14-Year-Old Samson
1996	Killer Tongue MOVIE	Rudolph
1996	Michael Collins MOVIE	Collin's Assassin
1994	A Man of No Importance MOVIE	First Young Man
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self
1952	Today TV	Self
	The Rising: 1916 MOVIE	P. H. Pearse
	The Paralytic MOVIE	Carpenter
	Eyes in the Trees MOVIE	Vince Henway
	The Room Below MOVIE	Self
	Viper MOVIE	Trey 'Wolf' Johnson
	The Catch MOVIE	Self
	Blood and Dust MOVIE	Self

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