Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on July 27th, 1977 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 47, Jonathan Rhys Meyers biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael O'Keeffe, 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor.
He is best known for his appearances in the films Velvet Goldmine (1998), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Match Point (2005), Impossible III (2004), and in the historical drama The Tudors (2007–10).
Meyers appeared in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, based on Cassandra Clare's book City of Bones, as the villain Valentine Morgenstern.
He appeared in the NBC drama series Dracula (2013–14) as the title character, as well as in Roland Emmerich's 2015 film Stonewall.
Early life
Meyers was born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 27th, 1977, the first of four boys for Geraldine (née Myers, 1957-2007) and folk singer John O'Keeffe, and he was brought up in County Cork. His family is Catholic, and his three younger brothers are professional musicians. He attended North Monastery Christian Brothers School.
He spent a substantial portion of his time in pool halls after being barred from North Monastery for truancy. Casting agents looking for Irish boys to appear in War of the Buttons discovered him at a Cork pool hall, the Victoria Sporting Club, and invited him to audition. Despite being postponed for the Battle of the Buttons, the casting agents encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.
Personal life
Rhys Meyers dated Toni Collette, his Velvet Goldmine co-star, for a year in the late 1990s.
He was in a friendship with Reena Hammer, the daughter of makeup artist Ruby Hammer, from 2004 to 2012.
Mary Geraldine "Geri" O'Keeffe's mother died at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, aged 51, after a brief, undisclosed illness.
It was announced on June 30th that he was admitted by ambulance after a suspected suicide attempt.
In 2016, he attempted suicide for the second time. He was discovered slumped on the ground after paracops responding to an emergency call. Since he refused medical attention at the hospital for more than 30 minutes, they called police. Mara Lane was married later in 2016. Wolf Rhys Meyers Meyers' son was born in December 2016. Lane admitted in September 2017 that she had miscarried a second child.
Rhys Meyers praised his family and fatherhood in particular for making him the happiest he's ever been: "Once you have your first child, you are the past." We're all busy giving out to ourselves and pushing ourselves forward. A child gives you a fresh perspective on life."
He listed his Nichols Canyon Los Angeles home for auction in 2022. The home, which is located in the Hollywood Hills, had been listed for purchase and was made available as a rental property until 2012 when it was listed for $1.6 million, and then again in 2018 it was auctioned for $1.795 million. The home is listed on the new website for $1.85 million.
Meyers had entered an alcohol-treatment program in 2007, according to Rhys Meyers' representative, Meredith O'Sullivan.
He was arrested at Dublin Airport in November 2007 for intoxication and disturbing the peace.
He was arrested in Paris by French police in 2009 for allegedly assaulting an airport lounge employee while inebriated.
He verbally abused and used racist words against airline employees and officials, who had refused him entry to the boarding area after being inebriated in the first-class lounge in 2010. As a result, United Airlines had barred him from flying.
Meyers' rep confirmed that he was getting medical attention again in 2010. He was ordered by a French court to pay restitution of €1,000 and was given a suspended term for public intoxication 24 months earlier.
Rhys Meyers relapsed at Dublin Airport after his wife suffered a miscarriage in 2017.
He broke his sobriety on a flight, resulting in a fight with his wife at Los Angeles International Airport in 2018. Meyers addressed the incident in a Larry King interview later this year, saying, "...... errand you can relate." I should not drink alcohol. It doesn't look good on me, and it's been sober for a long time." He maintained that he had learned his lesson and was now sober.
In November 2020, Rhys Meyers crashed his car in Malibu, California. After a field test was conducted and he was charged with two inebriated driving charges, responding police discovered he was intoxicated. According to court papers obtained by TMZ, he was fined $500 and a promise to attend alcohol and counseling services as part of his court participation agreement. He was also ordered to complete a 12-month summary probation with no jail time if he did not break the rules during that time.
Career
Rhys Meyers, because he felt his real name O'Keeffe was boring, appeared in his first acting role in the film A Man of No Importance (1994). In 1996, he appeared in Michael Collins as the Anti-Treaty IRA sniper who kills the title character. In Velvet Goldmine (1998), he appeared as a David Bowie-inspired glam rock actor. Pitt Mackeson, a psychopathic Bushwhacker, appeared in Ride with the Devil in 1999. He appeared in Gormenghast, a BBC youth football coach in Bend It Like Beckham (2002), and co-starred in Oliver Stone's epic Alexander in which he played Cassander in 2004.
Meyers appeared in Woody Allen's drama Match Point (2005), for which he received the Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival, and as Elvis Presley in the CBS 4-hour mini-series Elvis (2005), but did not appear in the miniseries. The former received an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award. He appeared in Mission: Impossible III in 2006.
Henry VIII appeared in the CBC/Showtime co-production The Tudors (2007). In 2007, he was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama for the role.
August Rush (2007) was one of the subpoenas. He appeared in The Children of Huang Shifang in 2008, and in 2010, Shelter and Love in Paris.
In 2011, he appeared in Belle du Seigneur, Albert Cohen's English language film version of his book Belle du Seigneur. After premiering at the Champs Elysees Film Festival in Russia on 29 November 2012 and in France on June 19, 2013.
Meyers appeared in NBC's television series Dracula as Dracula, alongside Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jessica De Gouw. Meyers would also be involved in the recording of his brothers' album Blossom, which was released on April 21, 2014.
On October 23, 2014, he received the Irish Post Legend Award at the London Hilton on Park Lane in honor of his contributions in Film & Television over the past 20 years.
He appeared in the film Black Butterfly in 2017 and was nominated for Best Support Actor at the Madrid International Festival. Meyes reunited with Michael Hirst and appeared as Bishop Heahmund in the television series Vikings.
Meyers was the lead in the spy drama Damascus Cover, which was based on Howard Kaplan's book. On September 23, 2017, it premiered at the Boston Film Festival, where it received the best actor award at Boston and Manchester International Festival.
In the centennial commemoration biopic film The Rising, written and produced by Kevin McCann, Meyers portrays Patrick Pearse, a political activist and one of the 1916 Irish Easter Rising's leaders.
Meyers appeared in Edge of the World, a biographical portrait of British explorer Sir James Brooke, as well as the lead role in the film American Nights, a neo-noir thriller co-starring Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, and Jeremy Piven.
He debuted as Shiro in Yakuza Princess, a Brazilian action thriller film based on Danilo Beyrath's graphic novel Samurai Shiro. He appeared in Hide and Seek, a horror film.
He appeared in The Good Neighbour and Wifelike in 2022.
It was revealed in 2022 that he would be assisting the cast of the film Altitude in 2022.
Meyers will appear in Timo Vuorensola's forthcoming hijacking thriller film 97 Minutes.
Meyers, a self-taught singer and guitarist, has appeared in a variety of musical genres. His first film appearance was as "Brian Slade" in Velvet Goldmine; two of the songs he performed ("Baby's On Fire") and "Tumbling Down") are included in the film's soundtrack; He appeared in the television miniseries version of The Magnificent Ambersons, appeared in studio scenes of the miniseries Elvis, and played the flute in Gormenghast.
Louis Connelly, a singer-songwriter, appeared on screen in the 2007 music drama "Break," "Moondance," "Something Inside," and "This Time." The Best Original Song category of the 80th Academy Awards was judged on two of the four categories, "This Time" and "Break." This Time" was not announced as a single, but it reached number 84 in the Canadian Hot 100.