Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born July 27, 1977, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor.

He was innate '''Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe'''. He changed his title after he began acting, Meyers is his mother's maiden title. Shortly when Jonathan was natural his personal moved to County Cork, Ireland, where he however lives. Jonathan experienced the turbulent childhood. Fallowing his father left a personal while Jonathan was merely 3 years old, his mother raised Jonathan & his leash immature brothers in her have. At the age of Sixteen he was for good expelled from either school, however he was found by casting agencies shortly when at a Cork pool hall and began the career inside acting.

Rhys Meyers has starred inside tv show rather Gormenghast (2000) and hit films prefer Velvet Goldmine (1998) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002). He hwhen firmly established himself as one of Ireland's freshly forthcoming talents. Potentially though Rhys Meyers is however comparatively unknown he became a cult celebrity at the age of Nineteen by owning his role when Brian Slade within Velvet Goldmine.

Trivia
Was innate by having the heart disease & was baptized early away from fear that he may die Is besides the gifted singer & musician Sang a few of the songs noticed on the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack Was romantically coupled to Australian actress Toni Collette, his co-star in Velvet Goldmine His middle title, Rhys, is pronounced "Reese."

Selected filmography
A Man of No Importance (1994) Michael Collins (1996) The Disappearance of Finbar (1996) The Maker (1997) Telling Lies in America (1997) Velvet Goldmine (1998) The Governess (1998) The Tribe (1998) B. Monkey (1998) Ride with the Devil (1999) Titus (1999) Gormenghast (2000) Prozac Nation (2001) Tangled (2001) The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) Bend It Like Beckham (2002) ''I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) The Emperor's Wife (2003) The Lion in Winter (2003) Vanity Fair (2004) Alexander (2004) Match Point (2005) Mission: Impossible 3 (2006) The Last Unicorn'' (2006)