# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gruff-rhys
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:48:57.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gruff-rhys"
name: "Gruff Rhys"
slug: "gruff-rhys"
description: "Gruffudd Maredudd Bowen Rhys is a Welsh musician, composer, producer, filmmaker and author. He performs solo and with several bands, including Super Furry Animals, which obtained mainstream success in the 1990s. He formed the electro-pop outfit Neon Neon with Boom Bip. Their album Stainless Style was nominated for the 2008 Nationwide Mercury Prize. He won the 2011 Welsh Music Prize for his album Hotel Shampoo, which was followed up by American Interior in 2014, accompanied by a film, a book and a mobile app. His most recent album, Dim Probs, was released in 2025. He is considered a figurehead of the era known as Cool Cymru."
tagline: "Welsh musician and filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Turning_Tides_Festival_Gruffest_Rhys_(48292037606).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.59
  momentum:             10.63897763578275
  historical:           14.65285866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gruffingtonpost"
    handle:    "gruffingtonpost"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gruffingtonpost/"
    handle:    "gruffingtonpost"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gruffingtonpost"
    handle:    "gruffingtonpost"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1797636/"
    handle:    "nm1797636"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gruffrhys.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جروف ريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A3_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "גריף ריס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "グリフ・リース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys"
    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9F_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA"
    title: "กริฟ ริส"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3050590"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Gruff Rhys"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump