Paul Rhys
Actor
Born December 19, 1963 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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.
Filmography
Madfabulous
Lord Penrhyn
Tip Toe
Melba
"Wuthering Heights"
Heathcliff's Father
Men Up
Tommy Cadogan
Widow Clicquot
Droite
The Way
Akela
Napoleon
Talleyrand
Saltburn
Duncan
The Sandman
Hippogriff (voice)
A Discovery of Witches
Andrew Hubbard
Lore
Philip Smith
Rellik
Patrick Barker
Victoria
Sir John Conroy
Casanova
Comte De St Germain
Casanova
Comte De St Germain
The Assets
Aldrich Ames
Great Expectations
Compeyson
Borgia
Eliminate: Archie Cookson
Archie Cookson
When Harvey Met Bob
Paul McCartney
Luther
Lucien Burgess
The Queen
Moving On
Andy
Being Human
Ivan
Bonekickers
Murdoch Mysteries
Dr. Llewllyn Francis
The Ten Commandments
Ramses
Hellraiser: Deader
Winter
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Murder in Rome
Cicero
This World
New Tricks
Sebastian Carter
The Deal
Peter Mandelson
Otherworld
Lord Pwyll (voice)
Spooks
Alexis Meynell
Food of Love
Richard Kennington
The Cazalets
Rupert Cazalet
Murder in Mind
Matthew Hopkins
From Hell
Dr. Ferral
Anna Karenina
Nikolai
Love Lies Bleeding
Jonathan
The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
Chopin
King Lear
Edgar
A Dance to the Music of Time
Charles Stringham
The Haunting of Helen Walker
Edward Goffe
Nina Takes a Lover
Photographer
Ghosts
Captain Peter Buckle
The Last Machine
Kavanagh Q.C.
Sam Wicks
The Healer
Dr. John Lassiter
Gallowglass
Sandor
Chaplin
Sydney Chaplin
Rebecca's Daughters
Anthony Raine
Becoming Colette
Chapo
Performance
Edgar
Vincent & Theo
Theodore 'Theo' Van Gogh
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Amable Massis
Vincent & Theo
Theo Van Gogh
Chillers
Adam Marshall
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Robin Upward
Tumbledown
Hugh MacKessac
The Heroes
Ivan Lyon
My Family and Other Animals
George
Lionheart
Mayor of the Underground City
The Spirit
Absolute Beginners
Dean Swift
Timewatch
Cicero