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Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans made a big impression on both critics and audiences worldwide with his performance as ‘Spike', Hugh Grant's untidy roommate, in the smash hit romantic comedy NOTTING HILL, also starring Julia Roberts.

Ifans most recent credits include HUMAN NATURE, directed by Michel Gondry and written by Charlie Kaufman of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH fame; ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS directed by Shane Meadows; THE SHIPPING NEWS with Kevin Spacey directed by Lasse Hallstrom; LITTLE NICKY for New Line Cinema and THE REPLACEMENTS starring Keanu Reeves.

Other film credits include Anthony Hopkins' AUGUST; STREETLIFE; THE SIN EATER; TWIN TOWN; DANCING AT LUGHNASA; YOU'RE DEAD, LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY and KEVIN AND PERRY GO LARGE.

Ifans' extensive theatre work includes The Government Inspector and Hamlet at Theatre Clwyd in his hometown, and then on to such British productions as A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Regent Park, Poison Pen and Smoke at the Royal Exchange, Thyestes at the Royal Court, Beautiful Thing, at the Duke of York's, Under Milk Wood and Volpone at the Royal National and Bad Finger, at Donmar Warehouse. His television appearances both in England and Wales have included Shakespeare Shorts, The Two Franks, Judas and the Gimp and Spatz. He was a series regular on both Night Shift and Review.

A native of Clwyd, Wales, Ifans, to whom Welsh is a first language, studied at the Guildhall School.


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Rhys Ifans Facts

Birth NameRhys Evans
OccupationActor
BirthdayJuly 22, 1968 (41)
SignCancer
BirthplaceRuthin, Wales, United Kingdom
Height6' 2" (1m88)

Selected Filmography

Notting Hill
Little Nicky
Hannibal Rising
The Shipping News
Christmas Carol
Danny Deckchair
Dancing at Lughnasa
Enduring Love
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