Who is Matthew Rhys?
Matthew Rhys Evans is a Welsh actor. He is known for playing Kevin Walker in Brothers & Sisters (2006) and Philip Jennings in The Americans (2013), for which he received two Golden Globe Award nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award. In film, he appeared as Dylan Thomas in the film The Edge of Love (2008) and as Daniel Ellsberg in the film The Post (2017) and starred in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). In 2020, he starred in the lead role on the HBO period series Perry Mason (2020), for which he received his third Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor - Television Series Drama.
Overview
- Nicknames
- Matthew Rhys Evans
Trivia
- Lived with fellow Welsh actor and friend Michael Sheen for some time in Los Angeles. They had previously shared a flat when living in London.
- First language is Welsh.
- Credits Sally Field as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
- He played Justin Price in Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003) and is therefore the final actor to play a murderer who was investigated by Peter Falk's Lt. Columbo.
- He was educated in the Welsh language at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd, Whitchurch, Cardiff.