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Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Actor, also producer · Born July 27, 1977 (49) · Cork, Ireland

Golden Globe winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

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.

Born
July 27, 1977 (49)
From
Cork, Ireland
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
61 on MovieCove · 77 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 3% in 30 days

What are Jonathan Rhys Meyers' films like?

Across their 56 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 53 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

45 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 19 of 45 analyzed roles.

Hero
19 of 45
Shadow
13 of 45
Shapeshifter
4 of 45
Herald
4 of 45
Mentor
2 of 45
Trickster
2 of 45
Threshold guardian
1 of 45
Show the 45 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
42
Dread
23
Melancholic
25
Contemplative
13
Romantic
10
Other
34

How their films end · 15 with a twist

  • 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).

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)

    as Oscar Wilde

  • The Room Below(2026)

    Actor

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

    as Trey 'Wolf' Johnson

  • Operation Blood Hunt(2024)

    as Murphy

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • The Clean Up Crew(2024)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • 97 Minutes(2023)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Mercy(2023)

    as Sean Quinn

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Ambush(2023)

    as Miller

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Disquiet(2023)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Wifelike(2022)

    as William

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • The Good Neighbor(2022)

    as Robert

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • The Survivalist(2021)

    Producer · as Ben

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
  • Hide and Seek(2021)

    as Noah Blackwell

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • American Night(2021)

    as John Kaplan

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Edge of the World(2021)

    as Sir James Brooke

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Yakuza Princess(2021)

    as Shirô

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Awake(2019)

    as John Doe

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Holy Lands(2017)

    as David

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • The Aspern Papers(2018)

    Executive Producer · as Morton Vint

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • The 12th Man(2017)

    Executive Producer · as Kurt Stage

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Damascus Cover(2017)

    Producer · as Ari Ben-Sion / Hans Hoffmann

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • London Town(2016)

    as Joe Strummer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Black Butterfly(2017)

    as Jack

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • The Shadow Effect(2017)

    as Reese

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Roots(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · as Tom Lea

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
  • Stonewall(2015)

    as Trevor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Eternal Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Narrator

  • Another Me(2013)

    as John

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

    as Dracula

  • Dracula(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · as Dracula/Alexander Grayson/Vlad Tepes

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Vikings(2013)

    Show 17 episodes · as Bishop Heahmund

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Belle du Seigneur(2012)

    as Solal

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Albert Nobbs(2011)

    as Viscount Yarrell

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • 6 Souls(2010)

    as David / Adam / Wesley

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • From Paris with Love(2010)

    as James Reece

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • A Film with Me in It(2008)

    as Pierce 2

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Children of Huang Shi(2008)

    as George Hogg

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • August Rush(2007)

    as Louis Connelly

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Tudors(2007)

    Show 38 episodes · as Henry VIII of England

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Match Point(2005)

    as Chris Wilton

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Elvis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Elvis Presley

  • Alexander(2004)

    as Cassander

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Vanity Fair(2004)

    as George Osborne

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • The Tesseract(2003)

    as Sean

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • The Lion in Winter(2003)

    as Philip

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • The Emperor's Wife(2003)

    as Chamberlain

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Prozac Nation(2001)

    as Noah

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Octane(2003)

    as The Father

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • The Magnificent Ambersons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as George Amberson Minafer

  • Tangled(2001)

    as Alan Hammond

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

    as Mark Wraith

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

    Show 4 episodes · as Steerpike

  • Titus(1999)

    as Chiron

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Ride with the Devil(1999)

    as Pitt Mackeson

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • B. Monkey(1998)

    as Bruno

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • The Loss of Sexual Innocence(1998)

    as Nic, aged 16

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Velvet Goldmine(1998)

    as Brian Slade

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • The Governess(1998)

    as Henry Cavendish

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • The Tribe(1998)

    as Adam

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Telling Lies in America(1997)

    as Kevin Boyle

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Maker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Josh Minnell

  • The Disappearance of Finbar(1996)

    as Finbar Flynn

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Samson and Delilah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as 14-Year-Old Samson

  • Killer Tongue(1996)

    as Rudolph

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Michael Collins(1996)

    as Collin's Assassin

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • A Man of No Importance(1994)

    as First Young Man

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Blood and Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Eyes in the Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Vince Henway

  • The Catch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Paralytic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Carpenter

  • The Rising: 1916 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as P. H. Pearse

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.

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19922026

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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting77 of 77: 74 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rdProducing3 of 77: 0 only producing, 3 with another role

77 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s15 · acting2000s20 · acting2010s20 · 20 acting · 3 crew2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 32% of 50 roles
960106111621

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.

WinNomination
  1. 2009
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
  2. 2008
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
  3. 2006
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
  4. 2005
    • 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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Midcredits score across 61 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore19 titles36–89 · median 76 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity35 titles17–72 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity18 titles25–77 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs16 titles28–66 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense17 titles36–86 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles