
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Acting • Born 1977-07-27
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.
Filmography
82 credits
Bend It Like Beckham
Movie • 2002
Joe

Mission: Impossible III
Movie • 2006
Declan

Velvet Goldmine
Movie • 1998
Brian Slade

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Movie • 2003
Davey

Alexander
Movie • 2004
Cassander

B. Monkey
Movie • 1999
Bruno

August Rush
Movie • 2007
Louis Connelly

97 Minutes
Movie • 2023
Alex

Operation Blood Hunt
Movie • 2024
Murphy

Ride with the Devil
Movie • 1999
Pitt Mackeson

Vanity Fair
Movie • 2004
George Osborne

From Paris with Love
Movie • 2010
James Reece

The Tesseract
Movie • 2005
Sean

Titus
Movie • 1999
Chiron

The Good Neighbor
Movie • 2022
Robert

The Children of Huang Shi
Movie • 2008
George Hogg

6 Souls
Movie • 2010
David / Adam / Wesley

The Emperor's Wife
Movie • 2003
Chamberlain

The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Movie • 1999
Nic, aged 16

Mercy
Movie • 2023
Sean Quinn

Prozac Nation
Movie • 2003
Noah

Tangled
Movie • 2001
Alan Hammond

The Maker
Movie • 1997
Josh Minnell

The Governess
Movie • 1998
Henry Cavendish

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Movie • 2013
Valentine

Belle du Seigneur
Movie • 2012
Solal

The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie • 2002
George Amberson Minafer

Another Me
Movie • 2013
John

Match Point
Movie • 2005
Chris Wilton

Stonewall
Movie • 2015
Trevor

Wifelike
Movie • 2022
William

The Tribe
Movie • 1998
Adam

The Clean Up Crew
Movie • 2024
Alex

Octane
Movie • 2003
The Father

Telling Lies in America
Movie • 1997
Kevin Boyle

Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
Movie • 2022
Kyle

Albert Nobbs
Movie • 2011
Viscount Yarrell

A Film with Me in It
Movie • 2008
Pierce 2

Damascus Cover
Movie • 2017
Ari Ben-Sion / Hans Hoffmann

Disquiet
Movie • 2023
Sam

Ambush
Movie • 2023
Miller

The Rising: 1916
Movie
P. H. Pearse

The Shadow Effect
Movie • 2017
Reese

London Town
Movie • 2017
Joe Strummer

The Disappearance of Finbar
Movie • 1997
Finbar Flynn

The Paralytic
Movie
Carpenter

Michael Collins
Movie • 1996
Collin's Assassin

Killer Tongue
Movie • 1996
Rudolph

Eternal Return
Movie • 2013
Narrator

Eyes in the Trees
Movie
Vince Henway

The 12th Man
Movie • 2017
Kurt Stage

Black Butterfly
Movie • 2017
Jack

The Lion in Winter
Movie • 2003
Philip

A Man of No Importance
Movie • 1994
First Young Man

The Aspern Papers
Movie • 2019
Morton Vint

Holy Lands
Movie • 2019
David

Happy Now
Movie • 2001
Mark Wraith

Awake
Movie • 2019
John Doe

Yakuza Princess
Movie • 2021
Shirô

American Night
Movie • 2021
John Kaplan

Tracking 'The Lion in Winter'
Movie • 2004
Self

The Survivalist
Movie • 2021
Ben

Hide and Seek
Movie • 2021
Noah Blackwell

Edge of the World
Movie • 2021
Sir James Brooke

The Room Below
Movie

Viper
Movie
Trey 'Wolf' Johnson

The Catch
Movie

Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Movie • 2025
Self

Wilde VS England
Movie • 2028
Oscar Wilde

Blood and Dust
Movie

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self

Today
TV • 1952
Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self

The View
TV • 1997
Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992

The Tudors
TV • 2007
Henry VIII of England

Gormenghast
TV • 2000
Steerpike

Elvis
TV • 2005
Elvis Presley

Dracula
TV • 2013
Dracula/Alexander Grayson/Vlad Tepes

Vikings
TV • 2013
Bishop Heahmund

Roots
TV • 2016
Tom Lea

Samson and Delilah
TV • 1996
14-Year-Old Samson