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Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys

Oyuncu · d. 1963 · 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. 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.

Filmler24

  • Film6.7

    “Wuthering Heights”

    “Uğultulu Tepeler”

    2026 · 1.4K votes

  • Film6.3

    Napoleon

    Napolyon

    2023 · 3.3K votes

  • Film6.9

    Saltburn

    2023 · 3.1K votes

  • Film6.7

    From Hell

    Cehennemden Gelen

    2001 · 3.1K votes

  • Film7.4

    Chaplin

    1992 · 1.3K votes

  • Film4.6

    Hellraiser: Deader

    2005 · 393 votes

  • Film6.6

    Widow Clicquot

    2024 · 109 votes

  • Film5.5

    Absolute Beginners

    1986 · 72 votes

  • Film6.3

    Men Up

    2024 · 9 votes

  • Film6.0

    Madfabulous

    2026 · 2 votes

  • Film
  • Film8.2

    Casanova

    2015 · 4 votes

  • Film5.7

    Menja d’amor

    Food of Love

    2002 · 24 votes

  • Film5.6
  • Film5.6

    Lionheart

    Kahraman Şövalye

    1987 · 19 votes

  • Film8.5

    King Lear

    1998 · 2 votes

  • Film6.8

    The Deal

    2003 · 27 votes

  • Film6.7

    When Harvey Met Bob

    2010 · 6 votes

  • Film5.7

    Tumbledown

    1988 · 17 votes

  • Film7.5
  • Film4.3

    Becoming Colette

    1991 · 12 votes

  • Film5.6

    Nina Takes a Lover

    1995 · 15 votes

  • Film5.7

    Love Lies Bleeding

    1999 · 6 votes

  • Film6.5

    Rebecca's Daughters

    1992 · 2 votes

Diziler24

  • Dizi8.2

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Herkül Puaro

    1989 · 584 votes

  • Dizi7.7

    Murdoch Mysteries

    Murdoch Gizemleri

    2008 · 304 votes

  • Dizi7.8

    The Sandman

    2022 · 2.7K votes

  • Dizi7.7

    Spooks

    2002 · 147 votes

  • Dizi7.3

    New Tricks

    2004 · 67 votes

  • Dizi7.8

    A Discovery of Witches

    Cadılar ve İblisler

    2018 · 895 votes

  • Dizi6.3

    Performance

    1991 · 2 votes

  • Dizi7.9

    Luther

    2010 · 1.3K votes

  • Dizi7.1

    Being Human

    2009 · 237 votes

  • Dizi7.4

    Victoria

    2016 · 291 votes

  • Dizi6.9

    Timewatch

    1982 · 9 votes

  • Dizi7.3

    Moving On

    2009 · 10 votes

  • Dizi6.9

    Lore

    Masal

    2017 · 416 votes

  • Dizi8.3

    Murder in Mind

    2001 · 11 votes

  • Dizi7.3

    Borgia

    2011 · 93 votes

  • Dizi7.3

    Kavanagh Q.C.

    1995 · 11 votes

  • Dizi6.7

    Tip Toe

    2026 · 35 votes

  • Dizi6.0

    This World

    2004 · 5 votes

  • Dizi6.8
  • Dizi7.3

    Great Expectations

    2011 · 111 votes

  • Dizi5.9
  • Dizi6.7

    Chillers

    1990 · 6 votes

  • Dizi5.7

    The Ten Commandments

    2006 · 20 votes

  • Dizi6.0

    The Way

    2024 · 10 votes