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Matthew Rhys
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Born: Nov 4, 1974
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Matthew was born and raised in the historic city of Cardiff, South
Wales. He was educated at primary and secondary school through the
Welsh medium, which still remains his first language. At the age of
seventeen, he realised that a career in farming or the armed forces
were not for him, after playing the lead role of Elvis in a school
musical. As a result he decided to apply for drama college,
auditioned and was accepted at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Upon his application and acceptance to RADA, he was forwarded by
the college to apply for the Patricia Rothermere Scholarship'
adjudicated by Sir Richard Eyre and Dame Diana Rigg. To his great
surprise and joy he won and was presented with the scholarship at
the 1993 Evening Standard Awards. Approaching the end of his third
year at RADA, Matthew auditioned for a film called _House Of
America (1997)_ (qv) (with 'Sian Phillips' (qv) and 'Steven
Macintosh' (qv)) and landed the part of Boyo, the son of a
dysfunctional family living in the South Wales Valleys. Afterwards
he returned to finish his course at RADA, only having to leave
again to appear in _"Backup" (1995)_ (qv), the BBC police series
about the operational support units also known as Hooli Vans. After
three months filming in Birmingham in and out of police vans, he
had a chance to return to Cardiff and act in his own language in
the Wels...[MORE]
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Matthew Rhys Nude and Sexy
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