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Matthew Rhys

Welsh actor

  • Fame74.0
  • Momentum10.5
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  • Age
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    Born 1974
  • Known for
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    2007
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Updated 2026-09-08

Matthew Rhys 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 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. 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). In 2025, he appeared as antagonist Nile Jarvis in the psychological thriller miniseries The Beast in Me. Rhys is currently playing the lead role in the comedy-horror series Widow's Bay (2026).

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  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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Momentum10.5
Historical43.4
Now attention19.5
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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