Rhys Ifans
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Biography
Born in Wales in 1967, Rhys Ifans was drawn to performing at an early age, attending youth acting schools as well as the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Ifans first taste of professional performing came in the early 1990's when he was part of the band Super Furry Animals, who toured Europe and were part of the Welsh music renaissance that included Manic Street Preachers and Stereophonic among others. His first on screen acting role came on the children's TV show "Spatz" (ITV, 1990-92), but his breakout role came in the film "Twin Town" (1997), playing opposite his younger brother Llyr Ifans in a story of down on their luck brothers who try to squeeze a local bar owner for compensation after their father breaks his arm working for the man. After the success, Ifans abandoned his music to focus on acting, and gained international recognition for his scene stealing supporting role in "Notting Hill" (1999) with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. Ifans continued to play quirky supporting characters, mainly in films such as "The Shipping News" (2001), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (2010), and "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) where he played the antagonist of the film, Dr. Curt Connors, also known as The Lizard. Ifans also found success on the small screen, playing Mycroft Holmes, a recurring role on the Sherlock Holmes series "Elementary" (CBS, 2012-), as well as a series regular role on the spy drama "Berlin Station" (Epix, 2016-).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1994
Had a featured role in the West End production of "Beautiful Thing"
1995
Starred in the dreary drama, "Streetlife" produced by BBC Wales
1996
Featured in Anthony Hopkins' directorial debut "August" (filmed in 1994)
1997
Starred in the film "Twin Town"
1998
Acted in the thriller "You're Dead" featuring John Hurt
1998
Played role of Gerry, the dreamer father of an illegitimate child in "Dancing at Lughnasa"
1999
Played a large supporting role in "Notting Hill"
2000
Appeared in "Love, Honour and Obey" with Sadie Frost, Jonny Lee Miller and Jude Law
2000
Played Adam Sandler's brother in "Little Nicky"
2000
Had a scene-stealing role as a Welsh star kicker and chain smoker in the football comedy "The Replacements"
2001
Portrayed a feral man raised in the woods by his unstable father in "Human Nature"; written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry
2001
Cast as the British foreign news editor of a local newspaper in "The Shipping News"
2002
Cast as Iki in the drug comedy feature "Formula 51"
2003
Co-starred in the feature "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands"
2004
Co-starred with Daniel Craig and Samantha Morton in "Enduring Love"
2004
Cast as an Aussie who becomes a national sensation when he lifts off in his deck chair tied to balloons in the comedy "Danny Deckchair"
2007
Joined Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
2007
Starred in "Hannibal Rising," the prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs"
2009
Played the 'king of the airwaves' in Richard Curtis' "Pirate Radio"
2010
Played Ben Stiller's old friend and former bandmate in Noah Baumbach's "Greenberg"
2010
Acted opposite Emma Thompson in the family comedy "Nanny McPhee Returns"
2010
Cast as Xenophilius Lovegood in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
2011
Played the Earl of Oxford opposite Vanessa Redgrave and David Thewlis in the drama "Anonymous"
2012
Cast opposite Jason Segel and Emily Blunt in romantic comedy "The Five-Year Engagement"
2012
Co-starred with Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man" as Peter Parker's nemesis The Lizard
2017
Costarred in espionage series "Berlin Station"
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