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Tom Rhys Harries

Welsh actor (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Tom Rhys Harries (born 8 October 1990) is a Welsh actor, best known for his roles as Manchester DJ Axel Collins in the Netflix series White Lines (2020) and Eddie Walker in the Apple TV+ series Suspicion (2022). Harries has also acted in recurring roles in the television series Jekyll and Hyde (2015), Unforgotten (2018), and Britannia (2019). In film, Harries has appeared in Hunky Dory (2011), Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018), The Gentlemen (2019), Sisi & I (2023), Kandahar (2023), and How Kids Roll (2024). He had a guest lead role in the Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble" (2024). He will play the title character in the DC Universe film Clayface.

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Early life

Tom Rhys Harries was born in Cardiff, Wales, to his mother, a secondary school English teacher, and his father, a head teacher. He is the oldest of three, and has a younger brother and sister.[1] Harries took a course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, for which he was made an Honorary Associate in 2020.[2]

His mother tongue is Welsh.[3]

Career

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For his work in the theatre, Rhys Harries was named one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow in 2012.[4] In the theatre, Rhys Harries made his West End stage debut in 2014 in Jez Butterworth's Mojo alongside Colin Morgan, Rupert Grint, and Ben Whishaw at the Harold Pinter Theatre.[5]

Rhys Harries starred in the Guy Ritchie action comedy The Gentlemen,[6] alongside Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant, and Matthew McConaughey. In 2020 Rhys Harries starred as Manchester DJ Axel Collins[7] in the Netflix series White Lines, set on the island of Ibiza in the 1990s.[8] The series' storyline revolved around his character Axel's death.[9]

In 2022 Rhys Harries appeared as Walker in the Chris Long directed Apple TV+ series Suspicion, alongside co-stars Uma Thurman and Kunal Nayyar.[10]

In 2023 he appeared in Sisi & I as Captain Smythe, and in Kandahar as Oliver Altman.

In 2024 he starred in Loris Lai's feature directorial debut How Kids Roll.[11] In the same year, he starred in the fifth episode of the fourteenth series of Doctor Who "Dot and Bubble", as Ricky September, a friend of another character, Lindy, and a resident of Finetime.[12]

In June 2025, Harries was cast as Matt Hagen / Clayface in the DC Universe.[13]

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Filmography

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