Starred in the thriller "Disquiet" with Rachelle Goulding
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins (1996), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Titus (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Alexander (2004), Match Point (2005), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis (2005), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and earned a Primetime Emmy Award no…
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entertainment · Irish actor (born 1977) · actor · singer · film actor · television actor · also Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe, Meyers
Born 27 July 1977 · Q213567
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2023· 1 entry
2022· 3 entries
Starred in The Good Neighbour and Wifelike
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Myers listed his Nichols Canyon home in Los Angeles for sale
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It was revealed that he would be joining the cast of the thriller Altitude
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2021· 1 entry
Starred as Shiro in Yakuza Princess, a Brazilian action thriller film directed by Vicente Amorim based on the graphic novel Samurai Shiro by Danilo Beyruth
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2020· 2 entries
Was listed as number 44 on The Irish Times’ list of Ireland's greatest film actors
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Meyers played in Edge of the World, a biographical picture of the British explorer Sir James Brooke, as well as the lead role in the movie American Night, a neo-noir thriller co-starring Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, and Jerem
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2019· 1 entry
And fellow actor Aidan Gillen helped launch Barretstown's new Press Play campaign which aimed to raise additional funds to serve more children and their families
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2018· 2 entries
Won the Best Actor award at the Manchester Film Festival for his starring role in Damascus Cover
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Broke his sobriety on a flight, resulting in a dispute with his wife at Los Angeles International Airport
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2017· 2 entries
Starred in the movie Black Butterfly and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Madrid International Festival
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Meyers relapsed at Dublin Airport
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2016· 1 entry
A second attempt was suspected when paramedics, responding to an emergency call, found him slumped on the floor
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2014· 1 entry
Was honoured at The Irish Post Awards by the presentation of the Legend Award for his contributions to the film and entertainment industry
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2013· 2 entries
Meyers was cast as Dracula in NBC's television series Dracula alongside Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jessica De Gouw
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Meyers appeared as the villain Valentine Morgenstern in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, based on Cassandra Clare's novel, City of Bones; he appeared in the 2015 film Stonewall, directed by Roland Emmerich; in 2017
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2011· 1 entry
Starred as Solal in Belle du Seigneur, an English language film adaptation of Albert Cohen's novel Belle du Seigneur
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2009· 1 entry
Was detained in Paris by police for allegedly assaulting an airport lounge employee while drunk
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2008· 1 entry
Appeared in The Children of Huang Shi, and in 2010, Shelter and From Paris with Love
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2007· 1 entry
Meyers' representative confirmed that Meyers had entered an alcohol-treatment programme
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2006· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for Elvis (2006).
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2004· 1 entry
In Oliver Stone's epic Alexander in which he played Cassander
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1999· 1 entry
Appeared in Ride with the Devil as psychopathic Bushwhacker Pitt Mackeson, and in Titus as the sadistic Goth prince Chiron
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1996· 1 entry
Appeared in Michael Collins, as the Anti-Treaty IRA sniper who kills the title character
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1977· 1 entry
Born 1977-07-27.
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