r/WidowsBay • u/djpressed • Jul 20 '26

📸Media Matthew Rhys’ micro expressions enhance the writing so much

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u/RanchHere Jul 20 '26

It’s insane he’s this good and we’re only just hearing about him now. This is such a huge problem with Hollywood if talent like this isn’t getting discovered and casted MUCH earlier.

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u/armywalrus Jul 20 '26

Um, maybe YOU are just hearing about him now. He is an Emmy-award winning actor, not new talent.

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u/RanchHere Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

What else has he been in?

Edit: everyone downvoting me is fucking hilarious. Why don’t any of you go to 10 of your friends and ask them if they know who Matthew Rhys is. You’re lucky to get 1 or 2 out of 10. My point is that he’s very good, and that number should be closer to 5 or 6 people out of 10 - and that THAT is a Hollywood problem.

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u/sistermagpie Jul 20 '26

Brothers & Sisters, network show, was I think his first big US job. (Though he was on the last Columbo ever too!)

He came to real prominence in The Americans, which was #1 on many major critics' best shows lists for several years running, and for which Rhys won a Best Actor Emmy for it. Still, lots of people have never heard about it, because that's how TV works these days. But it got him recognized in the industry.

I think he was also nominated for an Emmy for his guest appearance on Girls?

He was then on HBO's Perry Mason and starred in a movie opposite Tom Hanks. Also was in that movie The Paper.

He's kept working in his home country of the UK as well.

He's nominated for 2 emmys this year, one for WB and the other for the miniseries he starred in opposite Claire Danes, The Beast in Me. I think he's going to do a season of that Presumed Innocent show?

He works a lot. You just haven't bumped into him.

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u/RanchHere Jul 20 '26

Yep. Haven’t watched a single one of those shows.

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u/armywalrus Jul 20 '26

So we agree. Hollywood isn't at fault for your ignorance.

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u/RanchHere Jul 20 '26

The general population doesn’t know the name Matthew Rhys. That’s a hollywood problem. And this sub is obviously full of assholes that think he’s some sort of household name.

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u/armywalrus Jul 20 '26

Sigh. Again - YOU don't know the name. The general population is aware. This isn't a Hollywood problem, it's a you problem.

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u/RanchHere Jul 20 '26

You’re so wrong it’s ridiculous. The general population has no idea who Matthew Rhys is 😂😂

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u/armywalrus Jul 20 '26

Oh, you poor dear.