About Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys ( REESS; born 8 November 1974) is a Welsh actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Actor Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Rhys 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), the latter of which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2018. He was further Emmy-nominated for his roles in the HBO comedy series Girls (2017), the HBO mystery series Perry Mason (2020–2023), the Netflix crime thriller miniseries The Beast in Me (2025) and the Apple TV+ comedy-horror series Widow's Bay (2026). In film, Rhys appeared as Demetrius in Titus (1999), Doc Fairweather in Deathwatch (2002), Dylan Thomas in The Edge of Love (2008), Daniel Ellsberg in The Post (2017), and Lloyd Vogel in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also voiced several characters in animated series, including Aloysius in Infinity Train (2019), Emperor Belos in The Owl House (2020–2023), Riley Greene in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2023), and Gammon Felda / the Florid Sword in The Wingfeather Saga (2024–present). For his performance in The Americans, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2019. In 1993, he was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Scholarship. He returned to Cardiff to act in his own language in the Welsh film Bydd yn Wrol (Be Brave), for which he won Best Actor at the BAFTA Cymru (Welsh BAFTAs). He was also nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for his guest role in Girls (2017) and for playing the title role in the period series Perry Mason (2020–2023).
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