Matthew Rhys Evans (born on 8 November 1974) and known professionally as Matthew Rhys, is a Welsh actor, best-known as Kevin Walker, Sally Field's gay lawyer son, Calista Flockhart's and Rachel Griffiths's brother on the U.S. ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters.
Born and raised in the city of Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, Rhys was educated through the Welsh language at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd, and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf. At s...
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Matthew Rhys Evans (born on 8 November 1974) and known professionally as Matthew Rhys, is a Welsh actor, best-known as Kevin Walker, Sally Field's gay lawyer son, Calista Flockhart's and Rachel Griffiths's brother on the U.S. ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters.
Born and raised in the city of Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, Rhys was educated through the Welsh language at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd, and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf. At seventeen, after playing the lead role of Elvis Presley in a school musical, he applied to, and was accepted at, the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA). Shortly thereafter, in 1993, he was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Scholarship. During his time at RADA, Rhys appeared in Back-Up, the BBC police series about the operational support units Hooli Vans, as well as in House of America. He then returned to Cardiff to act in his own language in the Welsh film Bydd yn Wrol (Be Brave), for which he won Best Actor at the Welsh...
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