Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the films Velvet Goldmine, Bend It Like Beckham, Woody Allen’s Match Point and his television role as Elvis Presley in the biographical mini-series Elvis, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor. In two of his films, Velvet Goldmine and August Rush, he also took over singing parts.

Known For

Vikings Not in library

Vikings

2013

Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible III

2006

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Not in library

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013

Match Point Not in library

Match Point

2005

Alexander Not in library

Alexander

2004

August Rush Not in library

August Rush

2007

From Paris with Love Not in library

From Paris with Love

2010

Bend It Like Beckham Not in library

Bend It Like Beckham

2002

The Tudors Not in library

The Tudors

2007

6 Souls Not in library

6 Souls

2010

Acting

2028 Wilde VS England as Oscar Wilde
2025 Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
2024 Operation Blood Hunt as Murphy
2024 The Clean Up Crew as Alex
2023 97 Minutes as Alex
2023 Mercy as Sean Quinn
2023 Disquiet as Sam
2023 Ambush as Miller
2022 The Good Neighbor as Robert
2022 Wifelike as William
2022 Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders as Kyle
2021 Yakuza Princess as Shirô
2021 American Night as John Kaplan
2021 The Survivalist as Ben
2021 Hide and Seek as Noah Blackwell
2021 Edge of the World as Sir James Brooke
2019 The Aspern Papers as Morton Vint
2019 Holy Lands as David
2019 Awake as John Doe
2017 Damascus Cover as Ari Ben-Sion / Hans Hoffmann
2017 The Shadow Effect as Reese
2017 London Town as Joe Strummer
2017 The 12th Man as Kurt Stage
2017 Black Butterfly as Jack
2016 Roots as Tom Lea (4 episodes)
2015 Stonewall as Trevor
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones as Valentine
2013 Another Me as John
2013 Eternal Return as Narrator
2013 Dracula as Dracula/Alexander Grayson/Vlad Tepes (10 episodes)
2013 Vikings as Bishop Heahmund (17 episodes)
2012 Belle du Seigneur as Solal
2011 Albert Nobbs as Viscount Yarrell
2010 From Paris with Love as James Reece
2010 6 Souls as David / Adam / Wesley
2008 The Children of Huang Shi as George Hogg
2008 A Film with Me in It as Pierce 2
2007 August Rush as Louis Connelly
2007 The Tudors as Henry VIII of England (38 episodes)
2006 Mission: Impossible III as Declan In Library
2005 The Tesseract as Sean
2005 Match Point as Chris Wilton
2005 Elvis as Elvis Presley (2 episodes)
2004 Alexander as Cassander
2004 Vanity Fair as George Osborne
2004 Tracking 'The Lion in Winter' as Self
2003 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead as Davey
2003 The Emperor's Wife as Chamberlain
2003 Prozac Nation as Noah
2003 Octane as The Father
2003 The Lion in Winter as Philip
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002 Bend It Like Beckham as Joe
2002 The Magnificent Ambersons as George Amberson Minafer
2001 Tangled as Alan Hammond
2001 Happy Now as Mark Wraith
2000 Gormenghast as Steerpike (4 episodes)
1999 B. Monkey as Bruno
1999 Ride with the Devil as Pitt Mackeson
1999 Titus as Chiron
1999 The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Nic, aged 16
1998 Velvet Goldmine as Brian Slade
1998 The Governess as Henry Cavendish
1998 The Tribe as Adam
1997 The Maker as Josh Minnell
1997 Telling Lies in America as Kevin Boyle
1997 The Disappearance of Finbar as Finbar Flynn
1997 The View as Self (6 episodes)
1996 Michael Collins as Collin's Assassin
1996 Killer Tongue as Rudolph
1996 Samson and Delilah as 14-Year-Old Samson (2 episodes)
1994 A Man of No Importance as First Young Man
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self (1 episode)
1952 Today as Self (1 episode)
The Rising: 1916 as P. H. Pearse
The Paralytic as Carpenter
Eyes in the Trees as Vince Henway
The Room Below
Viper as Trey 'Wolf' Johnson
The Catch
Blood and Dust

Production

2019 The Aspern Papers Executive Producer
2017 Damascus Cover Producer
2017 The 12th Man Executive Producer