Biography
Rhys Owain Evans (Welsh pronunciation: [r̥ɨːsˈivans]; born 22 July 1967), known as Rhys Ifans, is a Welsh actor. His portrayed roles in Notting Hill (1999), Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), and Enduring Love (2004), in addition to Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 1 (2010), Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Grigori Rasputin in The King's Man (2021). His television roles include Hector DeJean in the Epi...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Inheritance
2025
as Sam Welch
When Maya learns her father Sam was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. As she seeks answers, Maya he...

Ffa Coffi Pawb!
2024
30 years since they broke up, we follow the band's journey from the north - from the Welsh underground music scene of the 80s and 90s - to the Super F...

Venom: The Last Dance
2024
as Martin
Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will b...

Mother, Couch
2024
as Gruffudd
The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch suddenly refu...

NYAD
2023
as John Bartlett
Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean...

Fiona
2023
as Pianist
Ray does not know what he is doing at a party full of strangers.

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...

The Phantom of the Open
2022
as Keith Mackenzie
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently...

The King's Man
2021
as Grigori Rasputin
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop ...

Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
as Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor ...

La Cha Cha
2021
as Jeremiah
Solti Buttering is on a road trip to scatter his grandfathers ashes. Finding everywhere closed, he stumbles across La Cha Cha, a holiday park with a c...

Last Call
2020
as Dylan Thomas
Last Call is a fictional account of the final days of exuberant and notorious Welsh poet Dylan Thomas as he sets out on a final poetry tour of New Yor...

Misbehaviour
2020
as Eric Morley
A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World ...

Official Secrets
2019
as Ed Vulliamy
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint U...

The Parting Glass
2018
as Karl
A family dealing with their sister's death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.

Snowden
2016
as Corbin O'Brian
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Zanik Hightopp
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

Len and Company
2015
as Len
A successful music producer quits the industry and exiles himself in upstate New York, but the solitude he seeks is shattered when his estranged son a...

Under Milk Wood
2015
as Captain Cat
Two versions of Dylan Thomas' classic play "Under Milk Wood" were shot, with the same cast, one in Welsh, "Dan y Wenallt", and one in English. Direct...
The Marriage of Reason & Squalor
2015
as Helmut Mandragorass / Dr. Algernon Hertz
With a name like Chlamydia Love, it comes as no surprise that the young lady in question is considered to be the office slut. Her colleagues also do n...

Madame Bovary
2015
as Monsieur Lheureux
The classic story of Emma Bovary, the beautiful wife of a small-town doctor in 19th century France, who engages in extra marital affairs in an attempt...

She's Funny That Way
2015
as Seth Gilbert
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the productio...

Serena
2014
as Galloway
North Carolina mountains at the end of the 1920s – George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newly-weds, begin to build a timber empire. Serena soon pr...

Another Me
2013
as Don Delussey
A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.

Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
2012
as Self
A documentary on the making of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special
2012
A TV special of the Amazing Spider-Man Premiere.

The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
as The Lizard / Dr. Curt Connors
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenager...

The Five-Year Engagement
2012
as Winton Childs
Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever aft...

Anonymous
2011
as Edward de Vere
Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fac...

The Organ Grinder's Monkey
2011
as Rhys
A cockroach with artistic aspirations follows an angst-ridden and talentless artist from pub to studio in pursuit of his dream, and comes to a sticky ...

Passion Play
2011
as Sam
An angel under the thumb of a ruthless gangster is saved by a trumpet player down on his luck.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Xenophilius Lovegood
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

Mr. Nice
2010
as Howard Marks
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as le...

Greenberg
2010
as Ivan Schrank
Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother (...

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Phil Green
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arriv...

Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010
as Narrator
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the ...

Mr. Nobody
2009
as Nemo's Father
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Gavin
An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing ...

The Informers
2008
as Roger
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly ...

A Number
2008
as Salter's Sons
A father is confronted by the sons he had cloned decades earlier. Based on a play by Caryl Churchill.
The Last Word Monologues
2008
Three contemplative monologues about killing, written by Hugo Blick.

Come Here Today
2008
as Alex
Alex takes on a poignant journey that examines his relationships with lover, brother and mother on his way to an emotional reconciliation with his fat...

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Robert Reston
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard t...

Hannibal Rising
2007
as Vladis Grutas
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses...

Four Last Songs
2007
as Dickie
A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption.

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
as McBunny (voice)
Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by...

Chromophobia
2006
as Colin
Encouraged by his editor to seek 'sexy stories that sell', a reporter preys upon the private life of an erstwhile friend, with disastrous results.
The Undertaker
2005
as The Undertaker
An undertaker forms an awkward bond with the daughter of a man he has to bury.

Not Only But Always
2004
as Peter Cook
The story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely popular duo in the UK during the 1960s ...

Enduring Love
2004
as Jed
Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a...

Vanity Fair
2004
as William Dobbin
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a ...

Burst
2004
as Maxwell's Fan 11
A short film about fictional actor Maxwell McCourtney, featuring the cast and crew of 'Enduring Love'.
Still: Here/Now
2003
as Self
A search for the poetic soul of Wales - a feature documentary which explores poetic responses, historical & contemporary, to the issues of social & cu...

Danny Deckchair
2003
as Danny Morgan
Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trud...

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
2002
as Dek
Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her d...

The Shipping News
2001
as Beaufield Nutbeem
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

The 51st State
2001
as Iki
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of decei...

Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment i...

Human Nature
2001
as Puff
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the ...

Hotel
2001
as Trent Stoken
A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu.

Little Nicky
2000
as Adrian
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...

The Replacements
2000
as Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that im...

Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000
as Eye Ball Paul
When stubborn, spotty Kevin and his equally hopeless best friend Perry go on holiday to the party island Ibiza, they see it as their big chance to bec...

Love, Honour and Obey
2000
as Matthew
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his wa...

Rancid Aluminium
2000
as Pete Thompson
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is...

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
1999
as Head Elf (voice)
Robbie the Reindeer arrives at the North Pole, ready to take his place as navigator on Santa's Christmas sleigh team. However, Robbie is soon plagued ...

Janice Beard 45 WPM
1999
as Sean
Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design company and falls for the mailboy, but he is hiding s...

You're Dead...
1999
as Eddie
A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.

Notting Hill
1999
as Spike
London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romanc...

Heart
1999
as Alex Madden
A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.

Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
as Gerry Evans
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Twin Town
1997
as Jeremy Lewis
Jeremy and Julian Lewis, the "Lewis Twins", are two unruly brothers who terrorise the city of Swansea from the caravan park where they live with their...
The Deadness of Dad
1997
as Dad / Uncle Dai
A little boy who doesn't want to resign to his father's death believes that his father's twin brother is his dad....

August
1996
as Griffiths
Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who ...

Streetlife
1995
as Kevin
The rough urban life in a Welsh valley that focuses on Jo, a single mother who has just become pregnant by her married boyfriend Kevin.
Nuclear Bogeyheads
N/A
as The Caretaker
Lost direct-to-video action comedy

The Scurry
N/A
Chaos erupts at an eco-café when a horde of deranged squirrels seeks revenge on the staff and visitors, forcing two summoned pest controllers to face ...
Capsized
N/A
Nicole's discovery of an eviction notice shatters her family's houseboat vacation, forcing them to confront their patriarch's troubles, lost homes, an...
Lucia
N/A
as James Joyce
Based on the life of Lucia Joyce, the talented but troubled daughter of James Joyce. The film follows Lucia as she struggles to fulfil her personal am...