Defend the Indefensible: Rhys Ifans

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Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s)

1. Ecstasy (2006) (pre-production) .... Nukes
2. Young Hannibal: Behind the Mask (2006) (filming)
3. Four Last Songs (2006) (post-production) .... Dickie

4. The Undertaker (2005/I) .... The Undertaker
5. Sueño de una noche de San Juan, El (2005) (voice: English version) .... Lysander
... aka Midsummer Dream (International: English title)
6. Chromophobia (2005) .... Colin
7. Not Only But Always (2004) (TV) .... Peter Cook
8. Essential Poems for Christmas (2004) (TV) .... Reader
9. Enduring Love (2004) .... Jed
10. Vanity Fair (2004) .... William Dobbin
11. Danny Deckchair (2003) .... Danny Morgan
12. Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) .... Dek
13. The Shipping News (2001) .... Beaufield Nutbeem
... aka Noeuds et dénouements (Canada: French title)
14. The 51st State (2001) .... Iki
... aka Formula 51 (USA)
... aka Formule 51 (Canada: French title)
15. Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice) .... Bob Cratchit
... aka Weihnachtsmärchen, Ein (Germany)
16. Hotel (2001) .... Trent Stoken
17. Human Nature (2001) .... Puff
... aka Human Nature (France) (USA)
18. Little Nicky (2000) .... Adrian
19. Love, Honour and Obey (2000) .... Matthew
... aka Love, Honor and Obey (USA)
... aka Love, Honour & Obey (UK)
20. The Replacements (2000) .... Nigel 'The Leg' Gruff
21. Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) .... Eyeball Paul
22. Rancid Aluminium (2000) .... Pete Thompson
... aka Rancid Aluminum (USA)

23. Hooves of Fire (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Head Elf
... aka Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire
24. You're Dead... (1999) .... Eddie
... aka You Are Dead (Germany)
25. Janice Beard 45 wpm (1999) .... Sean
... aka Janice Beard (USA)
26. Notting Hill (1999) .... Spike
27. Heart (1999) .... Alex Madden
28. Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) .... Gerry Evans
29. Trial & Retribution (1997) (TV) .... Michael Dunn
30. The Sin Eater (1997) (TV) .... The Sin Eater
31. Twin Town (1997) .... Jeremy Lewis
32. August (1996) .... Griffiths
33. Streetlife (1995) .... Kevin
34. "Nightshift" (1993) TV Series
35. "Spatz" (1990) TV Series .... Dave

Himself - filmography
(2000s) (1990s)

1. "Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot"
- Episode #1.6 (2005) TV Episode .... Himself
2. "Richard & Judy"
- Episode dated 19 January 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Himself
3. "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"
- Episode #7.12 (2004) TV Episode .... Himself
4. "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
- Episode dated 8 November 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Himself
5. Dal: Yma/Nawr (2004)
... aka Still: Here/Now
6. The ELLE Style Awards (2002) (TV) .... Himself
7. "Johnny Vaughan Tonight"
- Episode dated 9 September 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Himself
8. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
- Episode dated 3 April 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Himself
9. The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2002) (TV) .... Himself
10. Against the Dying of the Light (2001) .... Himself
11. Adam Sandler Goes to Hell (2001) (V) .... Himself
12. "TFI Friday"
... aka Thank Four It's Friday
- Episode dated 21 April 2000 (2000) TV Episode .... Himself
13. The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2000) (TV) .... Himself

14. "Shakespeare Shorts"
- Macbeth - The King Is Dead/To Kill the King (????) TV Episode .... Himself - Presenter/Macbeth

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

didn't realise he was in spatz

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link

14. The 51st State (2001)

this has still got to be the worst film of this decade.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link

22. Rancid Aluminium (2000)
... aka Rancid Aluminum (USA)

I find the ever-so-slightly-different titles far more amusing than the film itself.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link

omg 'young hannibal'!

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:06 (eighteen years ago) link

the Yahoo Serious comeback

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link

He's been himself a lot

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:10 (eighteen years ago) link

he was good in 'enduring love' but that's a hell of shite brit-flicks there.

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

I like him as him. He's great on the first Super Furry Animals album, clearly tripping his tits off. Fucking awful career though.

― The Man in the Iron-On Mask (noodle vague), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link

"The importance of being Idle" ?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

He's probably a much better The Undertaker than The Undertaker himself.

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link

I quite liked Twin Town

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Twin Town was good. He was great in Danny Deckchair, even though it was a semi-mediocre movie.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link

He was great in Enduring Love. The rest of the movie, not so much, though the opening bit was pretty stunning.

― Floyd the Barber (Floyd), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link

He's great on the first Super Furry Animals album, clearly tripping his tits off.

Whuh-huh?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link

he's fucking funny in human nature

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, he's the best thing in that.

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link

why was he not in "blunkett and doubloon" i wonder?

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link

or whatever that movie was called about the britishers in pirate boots

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link

he's fucking funny in human nature

-- s1ocki (slytus...), January 31st, 2006.

yeah, i was 'bout to say, he was hilarious in that!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

TS: Rhys Ifans in the Oasis video for 'The Importance Of Being Idle' vs the Oasis song 'The Importance Of Being Idle'

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link

he kinda reminds me of the smart gremlin from gremlins 2: the new batch

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

hahah otm, otm!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Good as Peter Cook the other Christmas, too, wasn't he?

― lesgeorges, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link

in a fair world, rhys ifans would be allowed to ascend to a peter sellers level of recognition, and then i would remake fellini's city of women, with rhys ifans in the marcello mastroainimpossibletospelllastname role.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

I have seen exactly none of these films

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Ned: The answerphone message on "Long Gone" is Rhys Ifans and another bloke.

― The Man in the Iron-On Mask (noodle vague), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link

However much you hate Harry Enfield, Ifans was funny as the manc DJ "Eyeball Paul" in Kevin and Perry go Large. Them tunes ain't spaggage!!"

― Paul Kelly (kelly), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 07:03 (eighteen years ago) link

He was at a friend's wedding last year and I chatted to him a bit. Nice enough guy, and I loved the way he played Peter Cook.

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 09:20 (eighteen years ago) link

seen him in the movies

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 09:25 (eighteen years ago) link

I forgot Peter Cook. He was v. good, even if I didn't like the programme much. Can't really imagine anybody else doing as good a job. Hell, I even like him in Little Nicky.

― The Man in the Iron-On Mask (noodle vague), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 09:34 (eighteen years ago) link

I saw the 'making of' docu about the 'importance' video. The bit where Rhyss knocks off work and drives home. That's the point where I said "bollocks to 'being in Oasis', he's the cool dude there"!

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 09:40 (eighteen years ago) link

why is he meant to be indefensible?

― emsk ( emsk), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, emsk, I was wondering that. While he's done some ropey films, his performance in Enduring Love was outstanding.

― Daniel Giraffe (Daniel Giraffe), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 10:36 (eighteen years ago) link

he's fucking funny in human nature
-- s1ocki (slytus...), January 31st, 2006 4:28 PM. (slutsky) (link) (admin) (userip)
yeah, he's the best thing in that.

-- The Man Without Shadow (miltonpinsk...), January 31st, 2006 4:30 PM. (Enrique)

MIRANDA OTTO (oh ok you're right)

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 10:37 (eighteen years ago) link

i saw him in the accidental death of an anarchist at the donmar, and he was really good in that, it seemed a role that fitted him without getting irritating. maybe it was sort of good that you couldnt really see his face so clearly as in close up on a film. dunno why i think that

― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Stevem OTM about 51st State. Utterly abysmal. Ruined my theory that Samuel L Jackson could redeem any shit film as well.

More love for "Not Only But Always" please. For that alone, I'd defend him.

Mandee, do you mean "Plunkett and MacLeane"? He's not in it because yer "comedy bloke" roles were taken by David Walliams and Matt Lucas. Why did I still think of Rhys Ifans as a comedy person, even though the only time he's any good is when he's not being annoying-wacky-dude. He's the Welsh Jim Carrey, come to think of it!

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link

He was good in his non-wacky understated role in Vanity Fair and more watchable than the twits in Notting Hill .

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link

also Ned: Ifans actually OG singer in SFA inna Duffy/Duran stylee

He was in a local pub one night during Deckchair filming or thereabouts (one of the co-stars was doing a support slot as singer-type person) and looked and acted exactly like wot he does in the movies. so "been himself a lot" = OTM!

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 23:03 (eighteen years ago) link

also Ned: Ifans actually OG singer in SFA inna Duffy/Duran stylee

Hahah, that's an amazing bit of trivia.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link

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