Rhys Ifans

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“Otto is an astute, high-functioning political creature. a black belt in statecraft, a pragmatist and a manipulator… He knows the machinations of this court better than anyone. He's kind of his own CCTV system, in terms of knowledge of what's going on at any place with whom at any time. otto is ruthless, but he struggles with some of the decisions he is forced to make as the Hand of the king.”

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ALSO KNOWN FOR

The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

Notting Hill (1999)

Snowden (2016)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Rhys Ifans, born Rhys Owain Evans, is a Welsh actor and musician who was born on the 22nd of July, 1967 in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was the frontman of Welsh rock music bands the Peth and Super Furry Animals. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Notting Hill (1999), Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) and Enduring Love (2004) as well as his portrayals of Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), the supervillain Dr. Curt Connors in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and as Grigori Rasputin in The King's Man (2021). Ifans attended acting classes at Theatr Clwyd and after leaving school, he presented Welsh-language television programmes on S4C. He then studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he graduated in 1997.

Ifans' early stage work included Hamlet at Theatr Clwyd, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Regent's Park Theatre, and Under Milk Wood and Volpone at the National Theatre. He appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in 2003's Accidental Death of an Anarchist. In 2006, he returned to the London stage in Michael Grandage's production of Don Juan in Soho at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2016, Ifans played Fool alongside Glenda Jackson in Deborah Warner's production of King Lear, at The Old Vic. He later returned to The Old Vic to play Ebenezer Scrooge in Matthew Warchus' production of A Christmas Carol (adapted by Jack Thorne) in 2017, and in 2018 returned to the National Theatre to play King Berenger in Patrick Marber's new adaptation of Eugene Ionesco's Exit the King. Ifans was given the role of Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin's To Kill A Mockingbird to begin at London's Gielgud Theatre on 21 May 2020. The play was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic but was rescheduled for May 2021. The role of Atticus Finch was later given to Rafe Spall due to scheduling conflicts.

Ifans gained international exposure in his role as the slovenly housemate Spike in the British film Notting Hill (1999). He played Jed Parry in the 2004 film version of Ian McEwan's Enduring Love, and the lead role in Danny Deckchair (2003) as Danny Morgan. Other film roles include: Eyeball Paul in Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), Nigel in The Replacements (2000), Iki in The 51st State (2001), William Dobbin in Vanity Fair (2004), Vladis Grutas in Hannibal Rising (2007), Uncle Phil in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Corbin O'Brian in Snowden (2016) and as journalist Ed Vulliamy in Official Secrets (2019). In 2010, Ifans appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and followed from one blockbuster franchise to another as The Lizard/Dr. Curt Conners in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). More recently, he appeared as Grigori Rasputin in the spy film The King's Man, which was released in December 2021. It was announced in 2021, that Ifans had joined the cast of HBO’s House of the Dragon, the prequel spinoff of the hit fantasy series Game of Thrones. He will portray the Hand of the King, Ser Otto Hightower.