Rhys Ifans is a Welsh musician and actor. He was the frontman for the Welsh rock bands Peth and Super Furry Animals.
He is best known as an actor for his roles in Notting Hill (1999), Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), and Enduring Love (2004), as well as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), the supervillain Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Grigori Rasputin in The King’s Man (2021).
He also played Hector DeJean in the Epix thriller series Berlin Station and Mycroft Holmes in the CBS series Elementary among his other roles.
Are Rhys and Llyr Ifans twins
Llyr Ifans is the younger brother of Rhys.
Rhys and Llyr were born to nursery school teacher Beti-Wyn Davies and primary school teacher Eurwyn Evans. Llr Ifans is also an actor. The 2 siblings were both raised in Ruthin.
Ifans collaborated with Shelter Cymru on a campaign called “7 Ways to End Homelessness” in 2017. In 2017, he also supported the community purchase of Tafarn Sinc, a pub in his hometown of Pembrokeshire that was about to close.
