Jonathan Rhys Meyers Bio | Wiki
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor, model, and musician. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins, Velvet Goldmine, Titus, Bend It Like Beckham, Alexander, Match Point, and Mission: Impossible III.
Jonathan is also known for his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He has been the face of several Hugo Boss advertising campaigns. In 2020, he was listed as number 44 on The Irish Times’ list of Ireland’s greatest film actors.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Age
Jonathan was born on July 27, 1977, in Drimnagh, Dublin, Ireland. He is 45 years old.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx. 1.78 m).
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Family
He was born in Dublin, Ireland, to his parents Geraldine John O’Keeffe. Jonathan is the first of four boys and grew up in County Cork. His family is Catholic, and his three younger brothers Ali, Jamie, and Paul are professional musicians.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Wife
In 2016, Jonathan married Mara Lane. Their son, Wolf Rhys Meyers, was born in December 2016. In September 2017, Lane revealed that she had miscarried a second child. Jonathan lives in Hollywood Hills, California, U.S. Also he has a residence in London, U.K.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Education
He attended North Monastery Christian Brothers School. After being expelled from North Monastery for truancy, Jonathan spent much of his time working and socializing 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.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers As Elvis
Jonathan appeared in the CBS 4-hour mini-series Elvis (2005) as Elvis Presley alongside Randy Quaid as Colonel Tom Parker but did not sing for his role in the miniseries. He earned him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win.
Elvis was written by Patrick Sheane Duncan and directed by James Steven Sadwith. It chronicles the rise of American music icon Elvis Presley from his high school years to his international superstardom.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Vikings
He reunited with Michael Hirst and played the star bishop Heahmund in the television series Vikings, a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel, a Canadian network.
Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013, in Canada. The series concluded on December 30, 2020, when the second half of the sixth season was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video in Ireland.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers As Dracula
In 2013, Jonathan 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 he was to participate in the recording of his brothers’ album entitled Blossom, which was released on 21 April 2014.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Tudors
Jonathan 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. The Tudors is a historical fiction television series set primarily in 16th-century England, created and written by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime.
The series was a collaboration among American, British, and Canadian producers, and was filmed mostly in Ireland. While named after the Tudor dynasty as a whole, it is based specifically upon the reign of King Henry VIII.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Bend It Like Beckham
He played a dedicated girls’ football coach in Bend It Like Beckham, a 2002 sports comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, and Guljit Bindra.
The film stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan, Anupam Kher, Juliet Stevenson, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi. In Bend It Like Beckham, Jesminder Bhamra (Nagra) and Jules Paxton (Knightley) chase careers in professional football despite their parents’ wishes.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers This Time
In the 2007 music drama August Rush, Jonathan 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 on the Canadian Hot 100.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Net worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Jonathan’s estimated net worth is $8 million.
Who Is Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan is a 45-year-old Irish actor, model, and musician. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins, Velvet Goldmine, Titus, Bend It Like Beckham, Alexander, Match Point, and Mission: Impossible III. He is married to Mara Lane. Their son, Wolf Rhys Meyers, was born in December 2016.