Tom Rhys Harries

Tom Rhys Harries was born in Cardiff, Wales, to his mother, a scriptwriter, and his father, a head teacher. He has two sisters. Rhys Harries took a course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, for which he was made an Honorary Associate in 2020.

His mother tongue is Welsh. For his work in the theatre, Rhys Harries was named as one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow in 2012. In the theatre, Rhys Harries made his West End stage debut in 2013 in Jez Butterworth's Mojo alongside Colin Morgan, Rupert Grint, and Ben Whishaw at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

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

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

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. 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.