
Rhys Ifans
Birthday: 22 July 1967, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Birth Name: Rhys Evans
Height: 188 cm
Rhys Ifans was born and raised in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of teacher parents, Beti Wyn (Davies) and Eirwyn Evans. He was educated in two Welsh language schools - Ysgol Pentrecelyn ...Show More

[on whether he has reservations about Shakepeare's genius] I'm a British actor, so of course you suc Show more
[on whether he has reservations about Shakepeare's genius] I'm a British actor, so of course you suckle on the milk of William Shakespeare from the moment that you decide to act. But no, I'll say the body of evidence to prove that William Shakespeare from Stratford wrote all of these works is flimsy. Hide
[on working with a stellar cast in Anonymous (2011)] You'd think that a cast of that stature would b Show more
[on working with a stellar cast in Anonymous (2011)] You'd think that a cast of that stature would be intimidating, and it was quite the opposite. I felt so safe. And we all know each other. We know what it is to be underpaid and worked to the bone. So it was just a luxury from beginning to end. Hide
'I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of Show more
'I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me. Except I might turn up later and outstay my welcome. I really don't know why that interests anybody, given that most of the population behaves in exactly the same way. Hide
Notting Hill (1999) was at once a set of wings and a ball and chain.
Notting Hill (1999) was at once a set of wings and a ball and chain.
I'm a factory-floor actor. I learn the lines, I get there on time. I don't sit around with other act Show more
I'm a factory-floor actor. I learn the lines, I get there on time. I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting. I'd rather just go down the pub. That's where the real magic happens. That's often where the ideas take flight. Very underrated, the pub, in terms of the history of creativity. Hide
Rhys Ifans's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (79)


Spike

Lheureux

Iki

Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff

Vladis Grutas

Winton Childs
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