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Matthew Rhys

Actor | * 11/08/1974 (49) | Cardiff, Wales (United Kingdom (UK))
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Matthew Rhys Evans ( REESS; born 8 November 1974) is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series The Americans (2013–2018). For his performance in The Americans, he received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. He received further Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for playing the title role in the period series Perry Mason (2020–2023). In film, Rhys appeared as Dylan Thomas in The Edge of Love (2008) and as Daniel Ellsberg in The Post (2017) and starred as a cynical journalist in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also voiced several characters in animated series, including ()
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Matthew Rhys Evans, known professionally as Matthew Rhys, is a Welsh actor, best-known as Kevin Walker on the U.S. ABC family drama "Brothers & Sisters", and as Dylan Thomas in "The Edge of Love".

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michel ...

Burnt

FSK: 6+ years

2015 | 3.3/5 | 1h 40min
Drama
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A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired ...

The Post

FSK: 6+ years

2017 | 3.5/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, History
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An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Voge ...

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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2019 | 3.5/5 | 1h 49min
Drama, History
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Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. ...

The Americans

FSK: 16+ years

2013 | 3.9/5 | 48min per episode
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Matthew Rhys

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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Movies with Matthew Rhys as Actor(35)

as Thornton2023 Cocaine Bear
as (voice)2023 Heart of Darkness
as Narrator2022 Inside High Noon Revisited
as Grimes (voice)2021 Seal Team
as Lloyd Vogel2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
as New York Times Reporter2019 The Report
as Lockwood2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Daniel Ellsberg2017 The Post
as Percy2015 Come What May
as Reece2015 Burnt
as himself2015 Mr. Calzaghe
as New York Voice2014 Under Milk Wood
as John / Johnny2012 The Scapegoat
as Mateo2010 Patagonia
as Joseph Miller2010 Luster
as Dylan Thomas2008 The Edge of Love
as The Old Man (voice)2008 A Child's Christmas
as Count Dzerzhinsky2007 Virgin Territory
as Lord Byron2006 Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
as Peter Simon2006 Love and Other Disasters
2004 Fakers
as Eddie2002 Shooters
as Jonathon2002 Taliesin Jones
as Cpl. Doc Fairweather2002 Deathwatch
as James Strang2002 The Abduction Club
as Edward Malone2001 The Lost World
as Nob2001 Very Annie Mary
as Darren Daniels2001 Tabloid
as Frank2000 Peaches
as Carl2000 Sorted
as Shaun McCardle1999 Heart
as Sean McCardle1999 Heart
as Demetrius1999 Titus
as (uncredited)1998 Elizabeth
as Boyo1997 House of America

TV Shows/Series with Matthew Rhys as Actor(21)

as Alfie Harris2024 P.O.W.
as Riley Greene (voice)2023 Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
as Junior2023 Extrapolations
as (voice)2022 The U.S. and the Holocaust
as Perry Mason2020 Perry Mason
as Emperor Belos (voice)2020 The Owl House
as Aloysius (voice)2019 Infinity Train
as Alrick (voice)2019 Infinity Train
as Billy Winters2018 Death and Nightingales
as himself2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Justin Kenyon (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as himself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Phillip Jennings2013 The Americans
as John Jasper2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Kevin Walker2006 Brothers and Sisters
2006 Rachael Ray
as himself2001 Richard & Judy
as PC Steve 'Hiccup' Higson1995 Backup
as himself1993 GMTV
as Justin Price??? Columbo

TV Shows/Series with Matthew Rhys as Crew(4)

Production/Producer2020 Perry Mason
Production/Executive Producer2020 Perry Mason
Directing/Director2013 The Americans
Directing/Director2006 Brothers and Sisters

Full Name: Matthew Rhys Rhys
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 11/08 1974 (November) in Cardiff, Wales (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 49 years + 163 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Welsh (CY, native language), English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
Spouses (current/former): Keri Russell
Other names for Matthew Rhys (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Matthew Rhys Evans"
"매튜 리즈"
Matthew Rhys frequently works together with these people:
Owen Dennis (12x, Crew)
Adam Conover (11x, Actor)
Patton Oswalt (10x, Actor)
Raphael Bob-Waksberg (9x, Crew)
Mike Hollingsworth (9x, Crew)
Dana Terrace (8x, Crew)
John P. Finnegan (8x, Actor)
Ashley Johnson (7x, Actress)
Kevin Bigley (7x, Actor)
Shera Danese (6x, Actress)
Lisa Hanawalt (6x, Crew)
Andy Serkis (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3549, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/18/2024