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Rhys Ifans (born
22 July 1968) is an
Emmy-nominated,
BAFTA-winning
Welsh actor.
Biography
Early life
Ifans was born
Rhys Evans in
Haverfordwest,
Pembrokeshire,
Wales to Beti-Wyn, a nursery school teacher, and Eirwyn Evans, a
primary school teacher. He has adopted the Welsh spelling of his surname. Ifans grew up in
Ruthin, in
North Wales, and attended Ysgol Maes Garmon, a
Welsh language secondary school in
Mold, Flintshire, where he sat his O levels and A levels. He also attended youth acting schools at
Theatr Clwyd, Mold. His first language is
Welsh and he says that he began using the Welsh spelling of his surname, "just to be difficult". His brother,
Llŷr Evans, is also an actor. They starred together in the Welsh produced film,
Twin Town. Rhys is engaged to British actress,
Sienna Miller, and has a swallow tattoo on his left wrist to match hers.
Career
In 1990, Ifans presented
Sdwnsh (
Welsh for "Mash"), an anarchic children's quiz. In total 31 fifteen minute programmes were broadcast on
S4C.
Ifans appeared in many
Welsh language television programmes before embarking on his film career, as well as performing at the
Royal National Theatre,
London and the
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
He was briefly lead vocalist of the rock band
Super Furry Animals before they found national success.
His film roles include:
Eyeball Paul in
Kevin and Perry Go Large (
2000), Nigel in
The Replacements (
2000), Iki in
The 51st State (
2001), William Dobbin in
Vanity Fair (
2004) and Vladis Grutas in
Hannibal Rising (film) (
2007). He also played Jed Parry in the film version of
Ian McEwan's
Enduring Love (film) and the lead role in
Danny Deckchair (
2003) as Danny Morgan.
In 2005, Ifans picked up a
BAFTA for his critically acclaimed portrayal of iconic comedian
Peter Cook in the TV film
Not Only But Always. Later that year he made a guest appearance for the rock band
Oasis in the video for their single "
The Importance of Being Idle" for which he accepted their award for
Video Of the Year at the 2005/2006
NME Awards. This wasn't Ifans' first foray into the world of music videos: he's also made appearances in the music videos for "God! Show Me Magic" by the
Super Furry Animals, "Mulder & Scully" by
Catatonia, and "Mama Told Me Not To Come" by
Tom Jones and the
Stereophonics.
He is known to American viewers as "Adrian", the pompous, arrogant, eldest brother from
Little Nicky, as well as his "breakout" role as Spike in British film
Notting Hill (1999).
In December 2006, he returned to the London stage for the first time since 2003 in Michael Grandage's production 'Don Juan In Soho' at the
Donmar Warehouse (run ended 10th February 2007). He had appeared previously at the Donmar in 2003's 'Accidental Death Of An Anarchist'. Earlier stage work includes 'Hamlet' at Theatre Clwyd, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Regent's Park Theatre and 'Under Milk Wood' and 'Volpone' at the Royal National Theatre.
On 16th July 2007, he received an Honorary Fellowship from
Bangor University in North Wales, for services to the film industry. In 2002 he gained some controversy in the British media for his alleged support of Welsh nationalist group
Meibion Glyndwr, a militant group who support violence against English home owners in the Welsh heartlands. This was due mainly to some comments he made in an interview conducted by Mariella Frostrup for
The Observer newspaper.
Ifans gained further controversy in March 2007 when he cracked a joke at an anti-slavery benefit concert which many audience members found distasteful. The controversy came when Ifans told the crowd: "Why is paedophilia so popular? Because kids are so fucking sexy."
Filmography
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