Rhys Ifans

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Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans AKA Rhys Evans

Born: 22-Jul-1968
Birthplace: Ruthin, Wales

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: Wales
Executive summary: Notting Hill

Born Rhys Evans, he changed his last name to the Welsh spelling, Ifans, "just to be difficult". He began performing in youth theater at 13. In his later teens, he sang lead vocals with neighborhood friends who became the rock band Super Furry Animals. At 22, Ifans had a supporting role on the British sitcom Spatz, running from 1990-92. But he is best known in the U.K. as a bong-breather and glue-sniffer in Twin Town (1997), costarring his brother, Llyr Evans.

Stateside, Ifans was first recognized playing Hugh Grant's unkempt and scurrilous roommate in Notting Hill. He has also played an English twerp in The Shipping News, a cross-dressing weapons dealer in Formula 51, an ape man in Human Nature, and a son of Satan in Little Nicky.

Father: Eirwyn Evans (teacher)
Mother: Beti Evans (teacher)
Brother: Llyr Ifans (actor, Twin Town)
Girlfriend: Jess Morris (owns Magnolia PR firm, cohabiting 2001)
Girlfriend: Sienna Miller (actress, dated 2006-08, engaged 2008)

High School: Ysgol Maes Garmon, Mold, Wales
University: Guildhall School of Music and Drama

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (9-Sep-2007)
Hannibal Rising (7-Feb-2007)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (15-Jun-2006) [VOICE]
Chromophobia (21-May-2005)
Not Only But Always (30-Dec-2004)
Enduring Love (4-Sep-2004)
Vanity Fair (01-Sep-2004)
Danny Deckchair (16-May-2003)
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (20-May-2002)
The Shipping News (18-Dec-2001)
Formula 51 (7-Dec-2001)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (15-Sep-2001) [VOICE]
Hotel (12-Sep-2001)
Human Nature (18-May-2001)
Little Nicky (2-Nov-2000)
Love, Honour and Obey (5-Oct-2000)
The Replacements (7-Aug-2000)
Kevin & Perry Go Large (21-Apr-2000)
Rancid Aluminum (21-Jan-2000)
You're Dead... (1-Oct-1999)
Janice Beard: 45 Words Per Minute (13-Sep-1999)
Notting Hill (13-May-1999)
Heart (6-May-1999)
Dancing at Lughnasa (12-Sep-1998)
Twin Town (11-Apr-1997)
August (16-Feb-1996)

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