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Paul Rhys
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Paul Rhys
Homepage
https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Paul_Rhys
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-12-19,Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Paul Rhys (born 19 December 1963) is a Welsh actor with an extensive career in theatre, radio, television and film. Rhys was born in Neath to working-class Catholic parents, Kathryn Ivory and Richard Charles Rhys, a labourer. He is of part-Irish descent on his mother's side. From the age of ten, he bred and trained horses, becoming a highly accomplished rider. A committed punk during his youth, Rhys sang in several bands. His first acting job was playing Liverpudlian judo expert Ralph in John Godber's hit play Bouncers, before leaving for London, where he qualified for his Equity card by singing jazz standards at lunchtime for Peter Boizot's Pizza Express and Kettners. Rhys received a Bernard Shaw Scholarship to study at RADA. In the first term he was spotted by Philip Prowse and was invited to perform in Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, playing the illegitimate son, Gerald. He also appeared as Dean Swift in Julien Temple's film Absolute Beginners. Rhys completed his education at RADA by winning the William Pole prize and the Bancroft Gold Medal. His next film role was in Franklin J. Schaffner's Lionheart. After a brief spell at the Royal Shakespeare Company he played opposite Colin Firth in Richard Eyre's award-winning film Tumbledown. Soon after this, he appeared in Vincent & Theo, directed by American film director Robert Altman, as Vincent van Gogh's younger brother Theo van Gogh. Continuing the theme of famous brothers, Paul then played Sydney Chaplin opposite Robert Downey Jr.'s Charlie Chaplin in Richard Attenborough's Chaplin. He went on to play Massis in Alan Bennett's 102 Boulevard Haussmann. He then appeared opposite Peter O'Toole in Rebecca's Daughters. A series of films then followed including From Hell, Food of Love, Love Lies Bleeding, Becoming Colette and Hellraiser: Deader. He appears as Talleyrand in Ridley Scott's 2023 epic Napoleon, and as Duncan in Emerald Fennell's Saltburn. Running parallel to Rhys's film work has been a diverse and notable television career, working in leading roles with directors such as Mike Hodges, Stephen Frears, Sir Richard Eyre, Philip Martin, Christopher Morahan, Tom Vaughan, Edward Hall, Harry Bradbeer in productions including Tumbledown, A Dance to the Music of Time, The Heroes, Ghosts, Gallowglass, The Healer, Anna Karenina, The Deal, Beethoven, The Ten Commandments, Borgia, Luther and Spooks. In 2008 Rhys appeared in the series Agatha Christie's Poirot. In 2014, he played the lead as traitor Aldrich Ames, in The Assets miniseries, then as King George III in Turn: Washington's Spies and as Sir John Conroy in Victoria. He has made a minor industry out of playing vampires: Being Human (as Ivan); as Vlad, the Prince of Wallachia aka Dracula in seasons 1–3 of the 2015 series Da Vinci's Demons; and as Andrew Hubbard in two seasons of the 2020–2021 hit, A Discovery of Witches. In 2023, he appears as Tommy in the BBC film, Men Up.

Filmography

6.695

From Hell
2001-02-08

5.522

Food of Love
2002-02-08

6.665

Widow Clicquot
2024-07-18

Hellraiser: Deader

4.598

Hellraiser: Deader
2005-06-07

5.071

The Heroes
1988-01-01

6.4

Vincent & Theo
1990-12-02

Rebecca's Daughters

6.5

Rebecca's Daughters
1992-03-05

Eliminate: Archie Cookson

4

Eliminate: Archie Cookson
2011-03-13

5.75

Otherworld
2003-06-26

Nina Takes a Lover

5.567

Nina Takes a Lover
1995-03-03

6.333

Men Up
2024-10-18

Love Lies Bleeding

6.75

Love Lies Bleeding
1999-06-23

8.5

King Lear
1998-03-21

6.31

Napoleon
2023-11-22

7.41

Chaplin
1992-12-17

6.956

Saltburn
2023-11-16

7

Murder in Rome
2005-03-04

6.778

The Deal
2003-09-28

Absolute Beginners

5.486

Absolute Beginners
1986-04-04

8

The Healer
1994-04-01

5.735

Tumbledown
1988-05-29

When Harvey Met Bob

6.7

When Harvey Met Bob
2010-12-26

8.2

Casanova
2015-08-01

5.605

Lionheart
1987-08-14

102 Boulevard Haussmann

7.5

102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990-11-09

Becoming Colette

4.3

Becoming Colette
1991-10-17

7

The Innocent
2001-01-07

The Haunting of Helen Walker

5.6

The Haunting of Helen Walker
1995-12-03

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

10

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
1999-01-01

7

Madfabulous
2026-06-05

The Lives of Animals

7

The Lives of Animals

4.929

The Spirit
1987-07-31

6.667

"Wuthering Heights"
2026-02-11

7.854

Luther
2010-05-04

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

6.818

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000-03-18

5.6

Bonekickers
2008-07-08

Murdoch Mysteries

7.676

Murdoch Mysteries
2008-01-24

7.367

Victoria
2016-08-28

A Dance to the Music of Time

4.8

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997-10-09

The Last Machine

8

The Last Machine
1995-01-07

6.75

Anna Karenina
2000-05-09

8.5

The Cazalets
2001-06-22

6.87

The Assets
2014-01-02

6.875

Timewatch
1982-09-29

7.1

Moving On
2009-05-18

7.349

New Tricks
2004-01-01

7.267

Borgia
2011-10-10

6

The Way
2024-02-19

5.9

Casanova
2015-08-07

7.273

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995-01-03

6.027

Rellik
2017-09-11

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.18

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989-01-08

7

The Queen
2009-11-29

The Ten Commandments

5.65

The Ten Commandments
2006-04-10

6

This World
2004-01-04

6.571

Gallowglass
1993-01-10

6

Vincent & Theo
1990-04-26

My Family and Other Animals

5.833

My Family and Other Animals
1987-10-17

Great Expectations

7.317

Great Expectations
2011-12-27

Great Expectations

7.317

Great Expectations
2011-12-27

7.7

Spooks
2002-05-13

8

Beethoven
2005-06-03

7.089

Being Human
2009-01-25

A Discovery of Witches

7.827

A Discovery of Witches
2018-09-14

A Discovery of Witches

7.827

A Discovery of Witches
2018-09-14

8.273

Murder in Mind
2001-04-22

Great Expectations

7.317

Great Expectations
2011-12-27

6.333

Performance
1991-10-05

6.333

Performance
1991-10-05

6.7

Chillers
1990-01-05

6

Ghosts
1995-01-21

6.877

Lore
2017-10-13

7.873

The Sandman
2022-08-05