Paul Rhys

Paul Rhys (born 19 December 1963) is a British television, film and theatre actor known for his intense and often volatile work .

Rhys was born in Neath and studied at RADA. While there, he obtained his first major screen role, in Absolute Beginners (1986). The following year he appeared in the BBC serialisation of My Family and Other Animals. Since then he has seldom been off UK television screens and his first US exposure was when legendary director Robert Altman cast him as Theo in Vincent and Theo when he was leaving RADA . A broad range of international film and theatre credits followed . In 1995, he portrayed Simon Templar (aka "The Saint") for a series of radio plays. In 1998 he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for his performance in King Lear. He played a sensational " Hamlet " at The Young Vic in London in 2000 for which he received several awards . He has won several other Film , Television and Theatre awards .

He had a relationship with Australian actress Arkie Whiteley, with whom he appeared in Gallowglass.

Films

• Absolute Beginners (1986)
• Lionheart (1987)
• Vincent & Theo (1990)
• Spirit (1990)
• Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
• Chaplin (1992)
• 102 Boulevard Hausman (1992}
• Becoming Colette (1993)
• Nina Takes a Lover (1995)
• From Hell (2001)
• Food of Love (2002)

Television

• The Heroes (1988)
• Tumbledown (1989)
• Heroes The Return (1990)
• Gallowglass (1992)
• Blood and Water (1995)
• A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
• King Lear (1998)
• Anna Karenina (2000)
• The Cazalets (2001)
• I Saw You (2002)
• The Deal (2003) (as Peter Mandelson)
• Beethoven (2005)
• The Ten Commandments (2006)
• Bonekickers (2008)
• Poirot (2008)
• Spooks (2008)

Theatre

• Hamlet (Young Vic)
• King Lear (as Edgar) (National Theatre)
• Long Day's Journey Into Night (Young Vic)
• Design for Living (Donmar Warehouse)
• Paul by Howard Brenton (National Theatre)
• Measure for Measure (National Theatre)
• The Invention of Love (National Theatre)

External links

• Paul Rhys at the Internet Movie Database