ACTOR

Matthew Rhys

1974 - Today

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Matthew Rhys Evans ( REESS; born 8 November 1974) is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series The Americans (2013–2018). For his performance in The Americans, he received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Rhys has received more than 12,426,240 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Matthew Rhys is the 7,212th most popular actor (down from 6,146th in 2019), the 5,170th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,532nd in 2019) and the 810th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Matthew Rhys by language

Over the past year Matthew Rhys has had the most page views in the with 1,777,159 views, followed by Spanish (63,896), and German (63,321). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (231.33%), Simple English (109.61%), and Korean (91.40%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Matthew Rhys ranks 7,212 out of 13,578. Before him are Geeta Dutt, Joanna Going, Currie Graham, Sean Pertwee, Jérémie Renier, and Lynn Fontanne. After him are Joe Cornish, Vanessa Brown, Justin Hartley, Randall Park, Pelin Karahan, and Mónica Spear.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Matthew Rhys ranks 260. Before him are Nelly, Alexander Zickler, Kenichi Suzumura, Shahab Hosseini, Sonya Walger, and Jesper Blomqvist. After him are Randall Park, Stephen Merchant, Maggie Siff, Marley Shelton, Mark Hunt, and Elvir Baljić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matthew Rhys ranks 5,170 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Baines (1820), Peter Glenville (1913), Charles James Napier (1782), Annie Lorrain Smith (1854), Alan Hollinghurst (1954), and Lynn Fontanne (1887). After him are Joe Cornish (1968), Brian Cox (1968), Stephen Merchant (1974), Alan Garner (1934), Judd Trump (1989), and Donald Campbell (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Matthew Rhys ranks 810. Before him are Pip Torrens (1960), Antonia Thomas (1986), John Lynch (1961), Gracie Fields (1898), Sean Pertwee (1964), and Lynn Fontanne (1887). After him are Joe Cornish (1968), Harry Lloyd (1983), Vanessa Angel (1966), Joan Greenwood (1921), Tony Robinson (1946), and Montagu Love (1877).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Lloyd Vogel
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Sep 7o 20196.994 / 10
The Americans
Phillip Jennings
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
7.9 / 10
The Post
Daniel Ellsberg
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Dec 22o 20176.998 / 10