
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the films Velvet Goldmine, Bend It Like Beckham, Woody Allen's Match Point and his television role as Elvis Presley in the biographical mini-series Elvis, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor. In two of his films, Velvet Goldmine and August Rush, he also took over singing parts.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 27, 1977 (49)
- Cork, Ireland
- Actor, also producer
- 61 on MovieCove · 77 credits in all
What are Jonathan Rhys Meyers' films like?
Across their 56 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 2 · Earnest 49
A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 19 · Dark 25
A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 8
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 23 · Intense 26
Steady 19 · Shifting 28 · Whiplash 6
Straight-faced 39 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 1
Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 29 · Relentless 7
Casual 9 · Engaged 34 · Full focus 10
Easy watch 9 · Affecting 25 · Heavy 19
A split, not a type: Resolved 22 · Open-ended 19 · Ambiguous 12
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 19 of 45 analyzed roles.
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- Shapeshifteras Finbar Flynn in The Disappearance of Finbar (1996)
- Shadowas Henry Cavendish in The Governess (1998)
- Shapeshifteras Brian Slade in Velvet Goldmine (1998)
- Shadowas Alan Hammond in Tangled (2001)
- Mentoras Joe in Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
- Shadowas The Father in Octane (2003)
- Heraldas Davey in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
- Heraldas Phillip in The Lion in Winter (2003)
- Heraldas Chamberlain in The Emperor's Wife (2003)
- Shapeshifteras Sean in The Tesseract (2003)
- Heroas Chris Wilton in Match Point (2005)
- Shadowas Chris Wilton in Match Point (2005)
- Tricksteras Chris Wilton in Match Point (2005)
- Heroas King Henry VIII in The Tudors (2007)
- Heroas George Hogg in The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
- Heroas James Reese in From Paris with Love (2010)
- Shadowas David in 6 Souls (2010)
- Heroas Solal in Belle du Seigneur (2012)
- Shapeshifteras John Moffat in Another Me (2013)
- Heroas Alexander Grayson / Dracula in Dracula (2013)
- Shadowas Tom Lea in Roots (2016)
- Mentoras Joe Strummer in London Town (2016)
- Shadowas Jack in Black Butterfly (2017)
- Shadowas Kurt Stage in The 12th Man (2017)
- Heroas Ari Ben-Sion in Damascus Cover (2017)
- Heroas Reese in The Shadow Effect (2017)
- Threshold guardianas David in Holy Lands (2017)
- Heroas Morton Vint in The Aspern Papers (2018)
- Shadowas John Doe in Awake (2019)
- Heroas John Doe in Awake (2019)
- Heroas Shiro in Yakuza Princess (2021)
- Heroas Sir James Brooke in Edge of the World (2021)
- Heroas John Kaplan in American Night (2021)
- Heroas Noah Blackwell in Hide and Seek (2021)
- Heroas Ben [Hodges] in The Survivalist (2021)
- Tricksteras Robert in The Good Neighbor (2022)
- Heroas Kyle in Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)
- Shadowas William Bradwell in Wifelike (2022)
- Shadowas Robert in The Good Neighbor (2022)
- Heroas Alex in 97 Minutes (2023)
- Shadowas Sean Quinn in Mercy (2023)
- Heroas Sam in Disquiet (2023)
- Heraldas Murphy in Operation Blood Hunt (2024)
- Heroas Alex in The Clean Up Crew (2024)
- Shadowas John Perkins in The Room Below (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet26
- Tragic5
- Ambiguous19
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jonathan Rhys Meyers' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 40 of their 61 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (20).
- Match Point (2005) · actor · free
- Michael Collins (1996) · actor · free
- Roots (2016) · actor · free
- A Man of No Importance (1994) · actor · free
- The Good Neighbor (2022) · actor · free
- Prozac Nation (2001) · actor · free
- Holy Lands (2017) · actor · free
- American Night (2021) · actor · free
- Telling Lies in America (1997) · actor · free
- Black Butterfly (2017) · actor · free
- Yakuza Princess (2021) · actor · free
- 6 Souls (2010) · actor · free
- +8 more
- Match Point (2005) · actor
- The Tudors (2007) · actor
- Roots (2016) · actor
- The Good Neighbor (2022) · actor
- Yakuza Princess (2021) · actor
- 6 Souls (2010) · actor
- The Tribe (1998) · actor
- The Emperor's Wife (2003) · actor
- Edge of the World (2021) · actor
- Damascus Cover (2017) · actor, producer
- Awake (2019) · actor
- Operation Blood Hunt (2024) · actor
- +5 more
- Match Point (2005) · actor · free
- The Good Neighbor (2022) · actor · free
- Prozac Nation (2001) · actor · free
- Holy Lands (2017) · actor · free
- From Paris with Love (2010) · actor · free
- Telling Lies in America (1997) · actor · free
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) · actor · free
- Belle du Seigneur (2012) · actor · free
- Edge of the World (2021) · actor · free
- Cinemax, show their 2 titles on Cinemax
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- IndiePix Unlimited, show their 2 titles on IndiePix Unlimited
- Lionsgate+, show their 2 titles on Lionsgate+
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- Sundance Now, show their 2 titles on Sundance Now
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Cohen Media Channel, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- ViX, show their title on ViX
Subscription and free streaming for Jonathan Rhys Meyers' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
77 credits, 61 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Wilde VS England (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

The Room Below(2026)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Viper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Operation Blood Hunt(2024)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Clean Up Crew(2024)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
97 Minutes(2023)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Mercy(2023)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Ambush(2023)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Disquiet(2023)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Wifelike(2022)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Good Neighbor(2022)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Survivalist(2021)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Hide and Seek(2021)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
American Night(2021)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Edge of the World(2021)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Yakuza Princess(2021)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Awake(2019)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Holy Lands(2017)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Aspern Papers(2018)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The 12th Man(2017)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Damascus Cover(2017)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
London Town(2016)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Black Butterfly(2017)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Shadow Effect(2017)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Roots(2016)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Stonewall(2015)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all filmsEternal Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Another Me(2013)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Dracula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Dracula(2013)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Vikings(2013)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Belle du Seigneur(2012)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Albert Nobbs(2011)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
6 Souls(2010)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
From Paris with Love(2010)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
A Film with Me in It(2008)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
August Rush(2007)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Tudors(2007)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Mission: Impossible III(2006)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Match Point(2005)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Elvis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Alexander(2004)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Vanity Fair(2004)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Tesseract(2003)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Lion in Winter(2003)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Emperor's Wife(2003)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Prozac Nation(2001)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Octane(2003)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead(2003)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Bend It Like Beckham(2002)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Magnificent Ambersons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Tangled(2001)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Happy Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Gormenghast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Titus(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Ride with the Devil(1999)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
B. Monkey(1998)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Velvet Goldmine(1998)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Governess(1998)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Tribe(1998)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Telling Lies in America(1997)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Maker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Samson and Delilah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Killer Tongue(1996)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Michael Collins(1996)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
A Man of No Importance(1994)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Blood and Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Eyes in the Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Catch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Paralytic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Rising: 1916 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 77 titles, 71 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office
Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Highest rated
Match Point (2005)

Most popular right now
The Tudors (2007)
Film career
Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 30 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1996Screen debut· Michael Collins
- 2005First top-billed film· Match Point
- 2005Career best· Match Point
- 2007Golden Globe nomination· The Tudors
- 2013Career best· Dracula
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
a Golden Globe and 1 other major award from 5 major nominations, 2005–2009.
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
- Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Cannes award, won · Male Revelation
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jonathan Rhys Meyers' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 57; across their 53 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th14
- 25th to 49th17
- Below 25th19
Shape of the crowd
20 of their 61 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Universally Panned8
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic4
- Crowd Pleaser20
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed19
Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 53 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jonathan Rhys Meyers' work okay for kids?
Across up to 35 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jonathan Rhys Meyers work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jonathan Rhys Meyers' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Luke Taylor shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Jon KeeyesShared titles: The Clean Up Crew (2024), The Survivalist (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Keeyes

- Harald ZwartShared titles: The 12th Man (2017), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Harald Zwart

Writers
- Matthew RogersShared titles: The Clean Up Crew (2024), The Survivalist (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Rogers
Actors
- Antonio BanderasShared titles: The Clean Up Crew (2024), Black Butterfly (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Antonio Banderas

- Bradley StrykerShared titles: Disquiet (2023), Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Bradley Stryker

- Connor PaoloShared titles: Ambush (2023), Alexander (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Connor Paolo

- Jon VoightShared titles: Mercy (2023), Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Voight

Composers and cinematographers
- Adam SliwinskiShared titles: Disquiet (2023), Mercy (2023), Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Adam Sliwinski

- Austin F. SchmidtShared titles: The Clean Up Crew (2024), The Survivalist (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Austin F. Schmidt
- Matthew RogersShared titles: Mercy (2023), Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Rogers

- Rich WaltersShared titles: Disquiet (2023), Wifelike (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Rich Walters

Producers
- Luke TaylorShared titles: The Clean Up Crew (2024), 97 Minutes (2023), Awake (2019), The Aspern Papers (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Luke Taylor

- Matthew HeldermanShared titles: The Clean Up Crew (2024), 97 Minutes (2023), Awake (2019), The Aspern Papers (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Matthew Helderman

- Charles CooperShared titles: Disquiet (2023), Mercy (2023), Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022), Wifelike (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Charles Cooper

- Scott KarolShared titles: Disquiet (2023), Mercy (2023), Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022), Wifelike (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Scott Karol

Mixed roles
- Tony Dean SmithShared titles: Mercy (2023), Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Dean Smith

- Kirsten SheridanShared titles: London Town (2016), August Rush (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Kirsten Sheridan





