Matthew Rhys

Matthew Rhys: Biography in Details

Who is Matthew Rhys?

Matthew Rhys is a Welsh actor. Matthew Rhys is popular for the role of Philip Jennings on the FX drama series The Americans.

He has starred as Kevin Walker on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters, and as Dylan Thomas in The Edge of Love.

Matthew Rhys: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings

He was born on  8 November 1974 as Matthew Rhys Evans in Cardiff, Wales, UK. His ancestry is Welsh.

Matthew is the son of Glyn (father), a headmaster, and Helen Evans (mother), a teacher. He has an older sister Rachel, a BBC broadcast journalist.

Matthew Rhys grew up in Cardiff. His childhood celebrity crush was Audrey Hepburn.

In which school did Matthew Rhys attend?

An actor attended Welsh-medium schools. Matthew Rhys applied to and got accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London at age 17.

Matthew Rhys: Early Life Profession and Career

Rhys went to New Zealand to star in Greenstone, a colonial costume drama for television in January 1998. After that, he landed a role in Titus, Julie Taymor’s adaptation of Titus Andronicus. As well, he played the lead role in Metropolis, a drama series for Granada TV in 2000, about the lives of six twenty-somethings living in London.

A popular actor traveled to Ireland to star in the 18th-century swashbuckling adventure, The Abduction Club. He played Justin Price, the murderer in the final episode of the long-running television series Column in 2003.

Rhys appeared in a BBC Two two-part drama adaptation of Charles Dickens’s last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood,  in January 2012, left unfinished at his death in 1870. Rhys was scheduled to reprise Sir Alec Guinness’s 1959 double role of John Barratt/Jacques DeGué in a new adaptation of The Scapegoat in 2012.

Moreover, Matthew Rhys took to the stage with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales as part of the National Eisteddfod in August 2009.

Achievement and Awards

Matthew Rhys has received awards for the role of Philip Jennings on the FX drama series The Americans. He was honored by Aberystwyth University as a Fellow on 15 July 2008.

Besides, Matthew Rhys was honored at the Welsh National Eisteddfod by being accepted as a member of the druidic order of the Gorsedd of the Bards, for his contributions to the Welsh language and Wales on 8 August 2008.

Matthew Rhys: Controversy and Rumor

Once he became part of controversy due to the “Burnt” scene. But at present, this actor is not surrounded by any desperate rumors.

Matthew Rhys: Salary and Net Worth

Matthew Rhys earns a decent amount of money but has been hiding the information from the media.

His estimated net worth is about $12 million as of 2023. But along with his wife, Keri, he shares a net worth of $10 million.

How tall is Matthew Rhys?

Matthew Rhys has an average body with black hair and brown eyes. Furthermore, he is 5 feet 11 inches tall with a body mass of 76 kg.

Social Media

Matthew Rhys is active on Facebook with more than 3.8k followers, Twitter with more than 51.2k followers, and rather than Instagram.

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