The famous Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor, model, and musician. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins, Velvet Goldmine, Titus, Bend It Like Beckham, Alexander, Match Point, and Mission\ Impossible.
Taking on the name Rhys Meyers because he thought his real name O’Keeffe was boring, his first acting role came in the film, A Man of No Importance (1994). In 1996, he appeared in Michael Collins, as the Anti-Treaty IRA sniper who kills the title character. He played a David Bowie-inspired glam rock star in Velvet Goldmine (1998).
In 1999, he appeared in Ride with the Devil as psychopathic Bushwhacker Pitt Mackeson. He starred as Steerpike in the BBC’s Gormenghast (2000); played a dedicated girls’ football coach in Bend It Like Beckham (2002); played in Vanity Fair (2004) opposite Reese Witherspoon; and co-starred in 2004 in Oliver Stone’s epic Alexander in which he played Cassander.
Where did Jonathan Rhys Meyers go to high school?
Jonathan Rhys Meyers attended The North Monastery. The North Monastery, commonly known as The Mon, is an education campus comprising Scoil Mhuire Fatima Primary School, North Monastery Secondary School, and Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG located at Our Lady’s Mount, Cork, Ireland.
