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Matthew Rhys (/riːs/ ⓘ REESS; born 8 November 1974) is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series The Americans (2013–2018). For his performance in The Americans, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2019. He was also nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for his guest role in Girls (2017) and for playing the title role in the period series Perry Mason (2020–2023). In 2025, he appeared as Nile Jarvis in the psychological thriller miniseries The Beast in Me.

In film, Rhys appeared as Demetrius in Titus (1999), Doc Fairweather in Deathwatch (2002), Dylan Thomas in The Edge of Love (2008), Daniel Ellsberg in The Post (2017), and Lloyd Vogel in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also voiced several characters in animated series, including Aloysius in Infinity Train (2019), Emperor Belos in The Owl House (2020–2023), and Riley Greene in Gremlins (2023).

Early life and education

Matthew Rhys was born in Cardiff, Wales,[1] on 8 November 1974.[2][a][4] He grew up in Cardiff and attended Welsh-medium schools, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd (in Whitchurch, Cardiff) and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (in Llandaff North, Cardiff). In 1993, he was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Scholarship.[5]

At age 17, after playing Elvis Presley in a school musical, he applied to and was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London.[6] During Rhys’s time at RADA, he appeared in the BBC police series Backup and in House of America. He returned to Cardiff to act in his own language in the Welsh film Bydd yn Wrol (Be Brave),[7] for which he won Best Actor at the BAFTA Cymru (Welsh BAFTAs).

Career

Rhys at the 2007 GLAAD Awards

In January 1998, Rhys went to New Zealand to star in Greenstone, a colonial costume drama for television. He then landed a role in Titus, Julie Taymor’s adaptation of Titus Andronicus, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange. Next he played Ray in Peter Hewitt‘s comedy film Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? After returning to Wales, he did two consecutive films with Jonathan Pryce: The Testimony of Taliesin Jones, a film about a dysfunctional single-parent family in which he played the elder son, and Sara Sugarman‘s comedy Very Annie Mary, in which he played the role of Nob. Rhys would later reunite with Very Annie Mary star Rachel Griffiths on Brothers & Sisters.[8]

In 2000, Rhys played the lead role in Metropolis, a drama series for Granada TV about the lives of six twenty-somethings living in London.[6] Next he starred in Peaches, the film of the play written and directed by Nick Grosso.[9][10] Rhys starred as Benjamin in the 2000 world premiere of the stage adaptation of The Graduate, alongside Kathleen Turner at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End.[11] Rhys travelled to Ireland to star in the 18th-century swashbuckling adventure The Abduction Club.[12] He played the lead role of Darren Daniels in Tabloid and then returned to New Zealand to shoot the epic drama The Lost World for the BBC. His other film credits include the independent horror film Deathwatch in Prague and Fakers, a comic crime caper.

In 2003, he played Justin Price in the final episode of the long-running television series Columbo.[13] He appeared in the independent feature Love and Other Disasters, in Virgin Territory, and as poet Dylan Thomas in the love quadrangle biographical film The Edge of Love.[14] He moved to Santa Monica after being cast in ABC‘s show Brothers & Sisters as gay lawyer Kevin Walker. The show had a five-season run, coming to an end in 2011.[11]

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood premiere, Toronto Film Festival, 2019

In January 2012, Rhys appeared in a BBC Two two-part drama adaptation of Charles Dickens‘s last, unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood.[15] The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired it in the United States as one feature-length episode on 15 April 2012. In 2012, Rhys reprised Sir Alec Guinness‘s 1959 double role of John Barratt / Jacques DeGué in a new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier‘s The Scapegoat.[16] That same year, Rhys was cast as Jimmy in the Roundabout Theatre Company‘s Off-Broadway revival of John Osborne‘s play, Look Back in Anger, at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The production played a limited engagement through 8 April 2012.[17] In 2013, Rhys starred in the television adaptation of the P. D. James novel Death Comes to Pemberley as Jane Austen hero Fitzwilliam Darcy.[18]

He starred opposite Keri Russell in the FX series The Americans, a 1980s Cold War spy drama about Russian KGB sleeper agents. The show debuted in January 2013,[19] and aired its sixth and final season in 2018. Rhys received a Primetime Emmy Award for his acting in the sixth season.[20]

In 2025, Rhys starred as one of the lead characters, Nile Jarvis, in Netflix’s eight-part miniseries The Beast in Me.[21] From 16 to 28 November 2025, he returned to the Welsh stage to play Richard Burton in the one-man play Playing Burton, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Burton’s birth and raising funds for the inaugural season of Michael Sheen‘s new Welsh National Theatre.[22][23][24] He received positive reviews from critics for his performance as Burton.[25][26]

In 2026, Rhys voiced the character of Dinosaurus in the fourth season of Invincible[27] and starred in the Apple TV horror-comedy series Widow’s Bay.[28]

Business ventures

Patagonia productions

Rhys set up his own production company, Patagonia, in 2011. It has two projects in development. One of them involves an adaptation of a book titled Operation Julie, written by Lyn Ebenezer,[29] about the biggest LSD busts in Wales’s history; Rhys bought the film rights in December 2010.[30][31] In 2023, Rhys spoke on a podcast about how he has been working on a potential film about Owain Glyndŵr‘s life and his rebellion, begun in 1400, against the Kingdom of England.[32]

Pubs

With the help of fellow Welsh actor Rhys Ifans, Rhys supported fundraising for the Vale of Aeron pub in Ystrad Aeron.[33][34] Rhys also invested in another pub in Pennal, a town in Gwynedd, North Wales, where his father grew up and Rhys would spend summers and Easters visiting. In 2019, the Glan Yr Afon (also Riverside) was put on the market without any buyers, but through a campaign supported by Rhys, there was a shares offering for the public which raised £450,000 to save the pub. The local community completed the purchase in December 2022.[35][36][37]

Charter yacht

In New York City, Rhys owns and rents out a charter boat named Rarebit. The Wheeler boat was constructed circa 1934; Rhys bought it from eBay in 2017. He rebuilt the boat himself with the advice of shipwrights.[38][39][40]

Personal life

Rhys has been in a relationship with his The Americans co-star Keri Russell since 2014.[41][42][43] They had their first child, a son, in 2016.[44][45] In interviews conducted in 2021, they referred to each other as husband and wife,[46][47] though Rhys stated in an interview in March 2025 that they “literally haven’t got round to marriage yet”.[48]

He is a supporter of Plaid Cymru[49] and has spoken out in favour of Welsh independence.[50][51] Rhys stated in November 2018 that he spoke to his son “only in Welsh“, adding that he wants his son to understand the language.[52]

On 15 July 2008, Aberystwyth University honoured Rhys as a fellow.[53] On 8 August 2008, he was honoured at the Welsh National Eisteddfod by being accepted as a member to the druidic order of the Gorsedd of the Bards[54] for his contributions to the Welsh language and Wales. His bardic name in the Gorsedd is Matthew Tâf. In August 2009, Rhys took to the stage with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales as part of the National Eisteddfod.[55]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Bydd yn Wrol N/A
1997 House of America Boyo
1999 Heart Sean McCardle
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Ray Smith
Titus Demetrius
2000 Sorted Carl
The Testimony of Taliesin Jones Jonathan
2001 Peaches Frank
Very Annie Mary Nob
Tabloid Darren Daniels
2002 Shooters Eddie
The Abduction Club James Strang
Deathwatch Doc Fairweather
2003 Y Mabinogi Lleu Llaw Gyffes
2004 Fakers Nick Edwards
2006 Love and Other Disasters Peter Simon
2007 Virgin Territory Count Dzerzhinsky
2008 The Edge of Love Dylan Thomas
2010 Luster Joseph Miller
Patagonia Mateo
2012 The Scapegoat John Standing / Johnny Spence
2015 Come What May Percy
Burnt Montgomery Reece
2017 The Post Daniel Ellsberg [56]
2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle John Lockwood [57]
2019 The Report New York Times reporter [58]
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Lloyd Vogel [59]
2021 Seal Team Grimes (voice) [60]
2023 Cocaine Bear Andrew C. Thornton II
2024 IF Ghost (voice) [60]
Watchmen Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl, additional voices Direct-to-video[61][60]
Saturday Night George Carlin [62]
2025 Hallow Road Frank [63]

Television

Key
† Denotes television productions that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Backup PC Steve “Hiccup” Higson Recurring role (season 2)
1999 Greenstone Sam Markham Unknown episodes
2000 A History of Britain N/A Unknown episodes
Metropolis Matthew Bishop Main role
2001 The Lost World Edward Malone 2 episodes
2003 Columbo Justin Price Episode: “Columbo Likes the Nightlife”
Partners and Crime N/A Television film
POW Alfie Harris Episode #1.5
2006 Beau Brummell: This Charming Man Lord Byron Television film
2006–2011 Brothers & Sisters Kevin Walker Main role
2010 Mr Hollywood — Producer; S4C-TV documentary[64]
2011 LA Phil Live Hamlet Episode: “Dudamel Conducts Tchiakovsky”
2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood John Jasper 2 episodes
2013 Death Comes to Pemberley Fitzwilliam Darcy 3 episodes
2013–2018 The Americans Philip Jennings Main role
2014 Under Milk Wood New York Voice Television film
2015 Archer Lloyd Llewellyn (voice) Episode: “Achub y Morfilod”; credited for episode’s story
The Bastard Executioner Gruffudd y Blaidd / the Wolf Special guest star
2016–2020 The Wine Show Himself (co-host) Main role
2017 Girls Chuck Palmer Episode: “American Bitch”
Snowdonia 1890 Narrator Main role
2018 Death and Nightingales Billy 3 episodes
Down the Caravan Dai Television film
2019 BoJack Horseman Justin Kenyon (voice) Episode: “A Quick One, While He’s Away”
Carpool Karaoke: The Series Himself (co-host) Season 2, episode 17
Infinity Train Aloysius, Alrick (voice) 2 episodes[60]
2020–2023 Perry Mason Perry Mason Main role; also executive producer[65]
The Owl House Emperor Belos (voice) Recurring role[66][60]
2022 Tuca & Bertie Figgy (voice) 6 episodes
2023 Extrapolations Junior Episode: “2037: A Raven Story”
Gremlins Riley Greene (voice) 10 episodes[67][60]
2024–2025 The Wingfeather Saga Gammon Felda / the Florid Sword (voice) Recurring role (season 2-3)[68]
2025 Towards Zero Inspector Leach Three-part miniseries
Family Guy (voice) Episode: “A Little Fright Music”
The Beast in Me Nile Jarvis Main role; miniseries[69]
The American Revolution Thomas Paine (voice) Six-part docuseries
2026 Invincible Dinosaurus / David Anders (voice) Episode: “Making the World a Better Place”[70]
Widow’s Bay Tom Loftis Main role; also executive producer[71][72]
TBA Silent River † TBA Main role; also executive producer[73]
Presumed Innocent † TBA Main role (season 2)[74]
Dragon Slayers † Harold Evans Main role; also executive producer[75]

Theatre

Year Play Role Playwright Venue Ref.
1997 Cardiff East Tommy Peter Gill Royal National Theatre [76]
Grace Note Nick Samuel Adamson The Old Vic [77]
One More Wasted Year Pierre Christophe Pellet Royal Court Theatre [78]
Stranger’s House (Fremdes Haus) Yanne Dea Loher Royal Court Theatre [79]
2000 The Graduate Benjamin Braddock Charles Webb Gielgud Theatre [80]
2002 The Associate Tiny Simon Bent Royal National Theatre [81]
2003 Under Milk Wood Mog Edwards Dylan Thomas New Theatre (Cardiff)
2004 King Lear Edmund William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Company [82]
Macbeth Macduff The Young Vic [83]
Romeo and Juliet Romeo Royal Shakespeare Company [84]
2012 Look Back in Anger Jimmy John Osborne Roundabout Theatre Company [85]
2025 Playing Burton Richard Burton Mark Jenkins Welsh National Theatre [23]

Awards and nominations

Award Year[b] Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Actor Awards 2019 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series The Americans Nominated [86]
2026 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie The Beast in Me Nominated [87]
Astra TV Awards 2021 Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama Perry Mason Nominated [88]
2026 Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie The Beast in Me Pending [89]
BAFTA Cymru Awards 2009 Best Actor The Edge of Love Nominated [90]
2011 Sian Phillips Award — Honored [91]
2019 Best Actor Death and Nightingales Nominated [92]
Critics’ Choice Television Awards 2013 Best Actor in a Drama Series The Americans Nominated [93]
2014 Best Actor in a Drama Series The Americans Nominated [94]
2015 Best Actor in a Drama Series The Americans Nominated [95]
2016 Best Actor in a Drama Series The Americans Nominated [96]
2019 Best Actor in a Drama Series The Americans Won [97]
2021 Best Actor in a Drama Series Perry Mason Nominated [98]
2026 Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television The Beast in Me Nominated [99]
Drama League Award 2012 Distinguished Performance Look Back in Anger Nominated [100]
Golden Globe Awards 2017 Best Actor – Television Series Drama The Americans Nominated [101]
2019 Best Actor – Television Series Drama The Americans Nominated [102]
2021 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Perry Mason Nominated [103]
2026 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film The Beast in Me Nominated [104]
Primetime Emmy Awards 2016 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series The Americans (episode: “The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears“) Nominated [105]
2017 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Girls (episode: “American Bitch“) Nominated [106]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series The Americans (episode: “Crossbreed“) Nominated
2018 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series The Americans (episode: “START“) Won [107]
2021 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Perry Mason (episode: “Chapter 8”) Nominated [108]
Satellite Awards 2017 Best Actor – Television Series Drama The Americans Nominated [109]
2019 Best Actor – Television Series Drama The Americans Nominated [110]
2021 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Perry Mason Nominated [111]
2026 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film The Beast in Me Nominated [112]
Television Critics Association Awards 2013 Individual Achievement in Drama The Americans Nominated [113]
2014 Individual Achievement in Drama The Americans Nominated [114]
2015 Individual Achievement in Drama The Americans Nominated [115]
2018 Individual Achievement in Drama The Americans Nominated [116]
2026 Individual Achievement in Comedy Widow’s Bay Pending [117]

Bibliography

  • Patagonia: Crossing the Plain (2010) – a photographic account of his month-long journey on horseback while filming a documentary on Patagonia, and the Welsh settlers who made it their home having journeyed from Wales in the late 19th century.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Allmovie says 4 November[3]
  2. ^ Indicates year ceremony took place. Where available, the year is linked to the article for the specific ceremony.

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