Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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At a Glance Date of Birth: July 27th, 1977, born in Dublin Ireland. |
On this page I'll describe my star's life and career: the successes and failures, the joys and sorrows. Jonathan Rhys (Rheese)Meyers: born July 27, 1977 Dublin, Ireland. He and his family moved to County Cork, Ireland when he was nearly a year old, and then at the age of 3, his father left the family, leaving his mother to care for Jonny and his 3 younger brothers alone. Rhys Meyers grew up with a tumultuous childhood, spending some time in an orphanage and being permanently expelled from school at age 16. Happy to be out of school he began spending time in a local pool hall where he was discovered by Hubbard Casting. The casting agents were talent-spotting for the David Puttnam production of "The War of the Buttons", and asked Meyers to appear for an audition. After three days of auditions he did not receive the role, and Meyers gave up on his acting aspirations. However, he soon received a call to audition for a national ad campaign for Knorr soup, and though embarrassed by the attention and ad, he soon found himself considered for a major film. His movie acting debut was a very small role in the film, A Man of No Importance, where his simply cast credit is as Young Man. He received his first lead role was in the film The Disappearance of Finbar Flynn. During a 6 month postponement in filming he returned home to Cork and there received a call about the film Michael Collins. He traveled to Dublin to meet with director Neil Jordon and successfully won the role of Collins' assassin. Jordon wrote about his meeting with the actor, "I have found someone to play Collin's killer. Jonathan Rhys-Myers from County Cork apparently, who looks like a young Tom Cruise. Comes into the casting session with alarming certainty. Obviously gifted." | |||||||||