Rhys Ifans lives in Deià in Mallorca, Spain and in a recent interview Fabien Frankel said that he would like to go to Mallorca with Tom Glynn-Carney to see Rhys there.
“I'd recently seen him in a couple of extraordinary stage roles. His voice had matured remarkably over the last decade or so. His well-documented wilder days behind him, Rhys now lives a calm, focused and sober life in Deia, a small, artistic enclave on Mallorca.
Friel dated actor Rhys Ifans from 2011 to 2014. In August 2025, a 71-year-old man was handed a lifelong restraining order when he pleaded guilty to stalking Friel over a spell of almost three years, regularly turning up at her home and leaving unwanted gifts.
Ifans has just completed filming the second series, 'House of the Dragon' playing Hand of the King, Otto Hightower shortly after filming 'Inheritance' a Miramax feature film starring alongside Bridgerton's Phoebe Dynevor.
Rhys has been in a relationship with his The Americans co-star Keri Russell since 2014. They had their first child, a son, in 2016. In interviews conducted in 2021, they referred to each other as husband and wife. although in an interview in 2025, Rhys said "we literally haven't got round to marriage yet."
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Why did Rhys Ifans change his name?
Ifans grew up in Ruthin, Denbighshire. He went to Ysgol Pentrececleyn and Ysgol Maes Garmon. A Welsh speaker, he later claimed he adopted the Welsh spelling of his surname at the age of 13 "just to be difficult". He took part in acting classes at Theatr Clwyd, Mold.
Both speak Welsh and English. Llŷr is married to BBC Radio Cymru DJ and television presenter Lisa Gwilym and they live in Y Felinheli. Ifans is a supporter of Welsh independence. "Our industry, culture and economy have suffered greatly – but there is no point looking back at the injustices of the past," he said.
Rhys Ifans (born Rhys Owain Evans; 22 July 1968) is a Welsh actor who portrays Xenophilius Lovegood, Luna Lovegood's eccentric father and editor of The Quibbler, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
"We didn't really have access to Rhys Ifans or Thomas Hayden Church, so we actually ended up using footage from the previous films and manipulating it. So, Rhys Ifans, when he's healing, we actually used an outtake and that was shot on film, scanned at high resolution, tracked, body tracked, everything.
Rhys' highest ranking in the U.S. was in 2021, when it ranked No. 413. Anglicized spellings, though, are more popular in the U.S.: Reece has intermittently appeared in the top 1,000 boys' names since 1903, peaking at No.
An earlier incarnation of the band featured actor Rhys Ifans on lead vocals. The band are considered to be part of the renaissance of Welsh culture which emerged in the 1990s: other Welsh bands of the time include the Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Catatonia and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Ifans made his small screen debut as the host of Welsh children's TV show, Stwnsh. Various roles in theater and Welsh language television also followed. His breakthrough on the big screen came in the British hit Twin Town (1997), where he acting alongside his younger brother Llyr Ifans.
The film was written and directed by Kelly Marcel. It stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and Venom, alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, and Alanna Ubach. In the film, Eddie and Venom are on the run from both of their worlds.
