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Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins (1996), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Titus (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Alexander (2004), Match Point (2005), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis (2005), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors (2007–10), which earned him two Golden Globe Award nominations, and in the NBC drama series Dracula (2013–14) as the title character. He also starred as Bishop Heahmund, a character inspired by the Catholic Saint of the same name, in the History Channel television series Vikings.Meyers has continued to star in other films, such as Albert Nobbs in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Rhys Meyers has received more than 10,601,061 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the 2,329th most popular actor (down from 2,164th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 105th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Irish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jonathan Rhys Meyers by language

Over the past year Jonathan Rhys Meyers has had the most page views in the with 1,307,673 views, followed by Italian (156,942), and Spanish (146,951). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (279.02%), Catalan (89.26%), and Simple English (65.39%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jonathan Rhys Meyers ranks 2,329 out of 13,578. Before him are David Cassidy, Timothy Hutton, Francesca Neri, Kevin Hagen, Barry Bostwick, and Claire Trevor. After him are Maryam d'Abo, Ita Rina, Pierre Étaix, David Chiang, Harris Yulin, and Michael Ansara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Jonathan Rhys Meyers ranks 43. Before him are Fabio Grosso, Maryam Mirzakhani, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Wan, Daddy Yankee, and Hasan Salihamidžić. After him are André Villas-Boas, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Luis Rubiales, Arash, Massimo Ambrosini, and Edward Furlong.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Jonathan Rhys Meyers ranks 111 out of 549. Before him are William Brown (1777), Edward Bransfield (1785), John Boland (1870), Roger Casement (1864), Richard Montgomery (1738), and G. E. M. Anscombe (1919). After him are Cornelius Ryan (1920), Colm Meaney (1953), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Douglas Hyde (1860), Grace O'Malley (1530), and George Abraham Grierson (1851).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Jonathan Rhys Meyers ranks 17. Before him are Brenda Fricker (1945), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), Liam Cunningham (1961), Edward Mulhare (1923), and Fiona Shaw (1958). After him are Colm Meaney (1953), Dan O'Herlihy (1919), Aidan Gillen (1968), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Dorothea Jordan (1761), and Ronan Keating (1977).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mission: Impossible III
Declan Gormley
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.
Apr 25o 20066.7 / 10
From Paris with Love
James Reece
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
Feb 4o 20106.272 / 10
Match Point
Chris Wilton
Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe fall in love with Chris. But Chris has his eye on Tom's fiancee Nola.
Oct 26o 20057.35 / 10