About
Rhys Ifans
Overview
Rhys Owain Ifans (born 22 July 1967) is a Welsh actor and musician. He was formerly the frontman of Welsh rock music bands Super Furry Animals and The Peth. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Notting Hill (1999), Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), and Enduring Love (2004) as well as his portrayals of Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), supervillain Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Grigori Rasputin in The King's Man (2021). Other roles include Hector DeJean in the Epix thriller series Berlin Station, Mycroft Holmes in the CBS series Elementary, and Ser Otto Hightower in the HBO television series House of the Dragon.
He was briefly lead vocalist of the rock band Super Furry Animals before they released any records. Starting in 2007, Ifans has sung with the psychedelic rock band The Peth ("peth" is Welsh for "thing"), featuring Super Furry Animals' Dafydd Ieuan, which played a number of concert dates in south Wales and in London in the autumn of 2008. In 2009, the band supported Oasis at a concert in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Known for
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| 2024 | Venom: The Last Dance | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | Mother, Couch! | Actor | Gruffudd | 58 Average |
| 2023 | NYAD | Actor | John Bartlett | 64 Fair |
| 2023 | Fiona | Actor | Pianist | 59 Average |
| 2022 | House of the Dragon: The House That Dragons Built | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | The Phantom of the Open | Actor | Keith Mackenzie | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Actor | Grigori Rasputin | 66 Fair |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Actor | Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard | 79 Good |
| 2021 | La Cha Cha | Actor | Jeremiah | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Last Call | Actor | Dylan Thomas | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Misbehaviour | Actor | Eric Morley | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Actor | Ed Vulliamy | 67 Fair |
| 2018 | The Parting Glass | Actor | Karl | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Berlin Station | Actor | Hector DeJean | 71 Good |
| 2016 | Snowden | Actor | Corbin O'Brian | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Actor | Zanik Hightopp | 65 Fair |
| 2015 | Len and Company | Actor | Len | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Under Milk Wood | Actor | Captain Cat | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Marriage of Reason & Squalor | Actor | Helmut Mandragorass / Dr. Algernon Hertz | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Madame Bovary | Actor | Monsieur Lheureux | 58 Average |
| 2015 | She's Funny That Way | Actor | Seth Gilbert | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Serena | Actor | Galloway | 57 Average |
| 2013 | HAPPYish | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2013 | Another Me | Actor | Don Delussey | 57 Average |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Actor | The Lizard / Dr. Curt Connors | 66 Fair |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Actor | Winton Childs | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Neverland | Actor | Jimmy Hook | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Neverland | Actor | James Hook | 63 Fair |
| 2011 | Neverland | Actor | Capitan Uncino | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Anonymous | Actor | Edward de Vere | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | The Organ Grinder's Monkey | Actor | Rhys | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Passion Play | Actor | Sam | 57 Average |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Actor | Xenophilius Lovegood | 77 Good |
| 2010 | Mr. Nice | Actor | Howard Marks | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Greenberg | Actor | Ivan Schrank | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Actor | Phil Green | 62 Fair |
| 2010 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | Actor | Narrator | 69 Fair |
| 2009 | Mr. Nobody | Actor | Nemo's Father | 76 Good |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Actor | Gavin | 69 Fair |
| 2008 | The Informers | Actor | Roger | 55 Average |
| 2008 | A Number | Actor | Salter's Sons | 58 Average |
| 2008 | The Last Word Monologues | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2008 | Come Here Today | Actor | Alex | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Actor | Robert Reston | 64 Fair |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Actor | Vladis Grutas | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | Four Last Songs | Actor | Dickie | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Actor | McBunny (voice) | 56 Average |
| 2006 | Chromophobia | Actor | Colin | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Undertaker | Actor | The Undertaker | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Not Only But Always | Actor | Peter Cook | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Enduring Love | Actor | Jed | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Actor | William Dobbin | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Burst | Actor | Maxwell's Fan 11 | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Still: Here/Now | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Danny Deckchair | Actor | Danny Morgan | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire | Actor | Head Elf (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | Actor | Dek | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Actor | Beaufield Nutbeem | 61 Fair |
| 2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | Actor | Bob Cratchit (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The 51st State | Actor | Iki | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Actor | Puff | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Hotel | Actor | Trent Stoken | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Little Nicky | Actor | Adrian | 58 Average |
| 2000 | The Replacements | Actor | Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff | 63 Fair |
| 2000 | Kevin & Perry Go Large | Actor | Eye Ball Paul | 56 Average |
| 2000 | Love, Honour and Obey | Actor | Matthew | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Rancid Aluminium | Actor | Pete Thompson | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Janice Beard 45 WPM | Actor | Sean | 59 Average |
| 1999 | You're Dead... | Actor | Eddie | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Actor | Spike | 71 Good |
| 1999 | Heart | Actor | Alex Madden | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Actor | Gerry Evans | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Twin Town | Actor | Jeremy Lewis | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Deadness of Dad | Actor | Dad / Uncle Dai | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | August | Actor | Griffiths | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Streetlife | Actor | Kevin | N/A N/A |
| The Scurry | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Inheritance | Actor | Sam | N/A N/A |
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