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Full Name:	Rhys Ifans
Birth Name:	Rhys Evans
Famous As:	Actor
Date of Birth:	July 22, 1968
Place of Birth:	Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
Height:	6' 2
Nationality:	Welsh

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Rhys Ifans
Born	Reece Evans 22 July 1968 (1968-07-22) (age 40) Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Rhys Ifans (Welsh pronunciation: [r̥ɨːs ˈivans] (born Reese Evans on 22 July 1968 in Haverfordwest, Wales) is a Welsh actor.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Personal life

Ifans was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of Beti-Wyn, a nursery school teacher at Ysgol Pentrecelyn, and Eurwyn Evans, a primary school teacher.¹ His first language is Welsh and he says that he began using the Welsh spelling of his name, "just to be difficult".

Ifans grew up in Ruthin, in North Wales,² and received his primary education at Ysgol Pentrecelyn where his mother worked, he then 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.

Ifans' brother, Llŷr Evans, is also an actor. They starred together in the Welsh produced film, Twin Town. Rhys was romantically linked to British actress, Sienna Miller,³ and has a swallow tattoo on his left wrist to match hers.⁴ In June 2008 it was reported that Miller ended the relationship with Ifans.⁵

Career

In 1990, Ifans presented Sdwnsh (Welsh for "Mash"), an anarchic children's quiz. In total 31 fifteen minute programmes were broadcast on S4C.⁶

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.⁷

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 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 was not Ifans' first foray into the world of music videos: he has also made appearances in the music videos for "God! Show Me Magic", and "Hometown unicorn" by the Super Furry Animals, "Mulder & Scully" by Catatonia, and "Mama Told Me Not To Come" by Tom Jones and the Stereophonics.

He gained further international exposure as "Adrian", the pompous, arrogant, eldest brother from Little Nicky, as well as his "breakout" role as Spike in British film Notting Hill (1999). According to the DVD's commentary, for the latter role, Ifans did not wash or brush his teeth, in preparation for the role.

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 10 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 16 July 2007, he received an Honorary Fellowship from Bangor University in North Wales, for services to the film industry.⁸ In 2002 he gained some controversy in the British media for his alleged support of Welsh nationalist group Meibion Glyndŵr, 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.⁹

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."¹⁰

Since 2007 Ifans has sung with Welsh psychedelic rock band The Peth (Peth is Welsh for `Thing'), featuring Super Furry Animals' Dafydd Ieuan, which played a number of concert dates in South Wales and in London in the autumn of 2008. The band played its first date outside London or Wales on 28 September 2008 at the Southampton Soul Cellar.

Ifans revealed on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, on 27 March 2009, that he is appearing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but he did not say who his character is in the film. It is rumored that he will play Xenophilius Lovegood. In that same interview he also stated that he would be playing Mr Nice which is a true story based on the life of Howard Marks who was released from prison for helping illiterate criminals to read and write so they could get an education behind bars. Mr Marks is currently on parole after serving a seven year sentence. Mr Ifans also taught Jonathan Ross to speak the 'poetic language' of Welsh much to the amusement of the audience.

He will also play a villain in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang with Emma Thompson.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1995	Streetlife	Kevin
1996	August	Griffiths
1997	Twin Town	Jeremy Lewis
1998	Dancing at Lughnasa	Gerry Evans
1999	Heart	Alex Madden
	Notting Hill	Spike	Nominated - BAFTA Award
	You're Dead	Eddie
2000	Rancid Aluminium	Pete Thompson
	Love, Honour and Obey	Matthew
	Kevin And Perry Go Large	Eyeball Paul
	The Replacements	Nigel Gruff
	Little Nicky	Adrian
2001	Hotel	Trent Stoken
	Christmas Carol: The Movie	Bob Cratchit	voice
	The Shipping News	Beaufield Nutbeem
	Human Nature	Puff
	The 51st State	Iki
2002	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands	Dek
2003	Danny Deckchair	Danny Morgan
2004	Vanity Fair	William Dobbin
	Enduring Love	Jed
2005	Midsummer Dream	Lysander	voice: English version
	Chromophobia	Colin
2006	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	McBunny	voice
2007	Four Last Songs	Dickie
	Hannibal Rising	Grutas
	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Robert Reston
2008	Come Here Today	Alex
2009	The Informers	Roger
	The Boat That Rocked	Gavin
	Mr. Nobody	TBA	post-production
	Mr. Nice	Howard Marks	filming
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I	Xenophilius Lovegood	filming
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II	Xenophilius Lovegood	filming

References

External links

• Rhys Ifans at the Internet Movie Database
• Rhys Ifans biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline

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