Jonathan Reese Myers is a talented actor of Irish descent. He is the winner of the Golden Globe Award for Andrei Konchalovsky’s film “The Lion in Winter”. In addition, the young man sings beautifully, and his singles sound in several films.
Childhood. Youth
The future actor was born in the capital of Ireland, Dublin. This happened in July 1977. He is now thirty-eight years old.
Reese Myers mother - Mary Geraldine - was a housewife and raised children. In addition to Jonathan, she had three more sons: Paul, Alan and Jamie.
Father was John O'Keefe. Because of his work, the family moved to County Cork.
Jonathan was born with a heart defect. Doctors did not give almost any chance of life, let alone recovery. Frightened by the news, the parents baptized the baby on the same day. To the surprise of doctors, the treatment had the desired effect quite quickly. By the age of eight months, the boy caught up with his peers in both weight and development.
When the baby was three years old, his parents divorced. And the brothers were separated. Jonathan and Alan stayed with their mother, and the other two began to live with their grandmother on the father's side.
Perhaps this family drama influenced the further development of the young man. At school, he studied very badly, constantly missed classes and was a real bully. As a result, he was expelled from school.
Who knows how the life of Reese Myers would have happened if the producer David Patnom hadn’t noticed him once in a store. Jonathan came to the test and liked the commission, but the role was given to another. But he still starred in a small commercial. Having received decent money in just a day of work, Jonathan decided to become an actor.
Carier start
The debut of the aspiring actor took place in the film "Love Without a Name", he did not go on a wide rental, but it was a good experience for Jonathan, given his seventeen-year-old age.
After a year, the young man gets his first major role in the Finbar Disappearance project. Here he will face the first difficulties and the first serious successes. In between filming, the actor takes part in two more films - “Collins Killer” and “Killer Tongue”.
For the first working year, Jonathan manages to visit Lapland, Spain and Morocco. In the same 1996, he was visited by the first depression and an irresistible feeling of loneliness.
The first popularity comes to the actor after the picture "Velvet Goldmine", where he plays the bisexual Slade. His partners were Ewan McGregor and Christian Bale. The game in this film was marked by the British Screen Actors Guild, nominating Jonathan for the award.
Despite the fact that Reese-Myers was noticed by both the audience and the directors, he has not yet gained real fame. During this period he had a lot of work, but the same one, ready to reveal its potential, had not yet happened.
In 2005, the series "Elvis" was released, where Jonathan plays the main role. He successfully passed the test, bypassing about two hundred applicants for the role of Elvis Presley. For this work he receives the Golden Globe.
In the same year, Jonathan was invited to his film by none other than Woody Allen.
Success
Jonathan Reese Myers, whose films were good anyway, was keen to develop and happily seized on the opportunity to work with a master like Allen. It was the movie "Match Point." After its premiere, the actor truly woke up famous.
This success was followed by others. Here are just a few of the actor’s most famous works:
- "August Rush." An independent film where he plays a rock musician.
- "From Paris with love". A film by Luc Besson, where Travolta became Jonathan's partner.
- "Shelter". Thriller, where the actor played the role of a person with multiple personalities.
Jonathan Reese Myers, whose films are quite popular around the world, also starred in TV shows. Probably the most successful can be called the Tudors. There he plays the role of King Henry the Eighth. The series covers almost the entire period of the reign of the monarch, but the emphasis is not on political aspects, but rather on personal ones. In more detail, from a historical point of view, the period of reign in the fourth, final, season is shown.
In 2016, four more films with Reese Myers appeared on the screens, and he continues to star in the TV series Roots.
Personal life
For eight years, Reese Myers, whose personal life is not hidden from the attention of the press, met with the heiress of the cosmetology company Rita Hammer. Their relationship can be compared with a swing, they either flew up to heaven, then stood motionless in place. As a result, the lovers broke up in 2012, although a year earlier there were rumors about the upcoming wedding.
For some time, the actor was in a relationship with model Victoria Keon-Cohen, but they quickly ended.
Now his girlfriend is actress Mara Lane.
I must say that the future wife of Jonathan Reese-Myers should have remarkable patience, because it is known that the actor is a big lover of booze and high-profile parties.
Interesting Facts
- In 2011, he tried to take his own life by taking a lethal dose of medication. At that moment, the actor was intoxicated. Miraculously managed to save him.
- Known for its brawls at airports, where he often arrives in inappropriate condition. Several times he was removed from the flight due to severe intoxication.
- Loves to read. He loves the works of Mark Twain, Cormack McCarthy, Hunter Thompson.