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Rhys Hayden
Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh given name (usually male) that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr. It is pronounced in North Wales, in South Wales, and in English. Anglicised forms of the name include Reece, Rees, Reese and Rice. People with the given name History * Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132–1197), 12th-century ruler of southern Wales * Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd (died 1356), 14th-century Welsh nobleman * Rhys ap Gruffydd (rebel) (1508–1531), executed 16th-century Welsh landowner * Rhys ap Tewdwr (died 1093), 11th-century prince of southern Wales * Rhys ap Thomas (1449–1525), a Welsh soldier and landholder who was instrumental in the victory of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field * Rhys Lewis (born 1532), MP for New Radnor Boroughs October 1553 and 1558 * Rhys Hooe (c. 1599 – after 1655), Virginia colonist from Wales 20th an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are ''de jure'' official languages of the Senedd (the Welsh parliament), with Welsh being the only ''de jure'' official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely ''de facto'' official. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Bobridge
Rhys Bobridge, also known as Rhys, is an Australian pop singer, dancer and make-up artist based in Sydney. Early life Bobridge started gymnastics at seven years of age, which led him to attending classes at Johnny Young Talent School, alongside ''Australian Idol'' winner Wes Carr. In grade 10, Bobridge left Brighton Secondary School to attend Victorian College of the Arts, then went to work in a Taiwan theme park. Career Bobridge appeared on the ABC TV and Seven Network's children's television program '' The Fairies'' as Elf from 2000 to 2007 and performed as a drag queen named "Regime Dettol". He was runner up on Network 10's inaugural season of '' So You Think You Can Dance Australia'' in April 2008, and performed at the 18th Drag Industry Variety Awards (DIVAs) in August. On 24 November, after signing with Warner Music Australia, Bobridge released an altered cover version of the dance track "Hot Summer", originally performed by German pop band Monrose. "Hot Summer" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Hanbury
Rhys Hanbury (born 27 August 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Widnes Vikings in the Super League. He previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). Hanbury primarily plays at and can also operate as a . He played junior football with Illawarra Wests. Although he was expected to make his début for Crusaders against Wigan Warriors on 5 February at the DW Stadium, visa issues made him unavailable until 11 April match versus Wakefield Trinity. South Sydney Rabbitohs Rhys made his first grade début for the South Sydney Rabbitohs against Penrith Panthers. He made just two appearances for the club, partaking in a loss and a draw. He was released and transferred to Wests Tigers in NRL 2008. Wests Tigers Rhys made his Wests Tigers début in a Round 2 fixture against North Queensland Cowboys. Star Benji Marshall was injured the round before but Hanbury nevertheless helped the Tigers to an emphati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Gemmell
Rice Thomas Hopkins Gemmell (1896–1972) was an Australian tennis player. Born in Caulfield, Victoria, by 1916 he was living in Claremont, Western Australia and was enlisted in World War I as a bombardier. Gemmell is best known for winning the 1921 Australasian Championships men's singles title, held at Perth, where he beat Alf Hedeman in the final. In the same year, he also won the men's doubles title, partnering Stanley Eaton. Gemmell was Western Australia's top player during the 1920s. In 1924 Gemmell opened a store which sold sports equipment with fellow player Keith McDougall. Gemmell turned professional in 1927. In 1932 he became a gold miner and in 1940 he survived a car crash in which the driver of the car died. He died in 1972 and is interred in Tewantin, Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly (FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 in music, 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. FLA has developed its own sound incorporating elements of electronic body music and electro-industrial. The band's membership has rotated through the years, including Michael Balch, Rhys Fulber, and Chris Peterson (producer), Chris Peterson, all of whom are associated with several other acts. Since their inception, the group have produced over a dozen studio albums and EPs, several of which have charted on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboards Top Dance/Electronic Album chart. The albums ''Tactical Neural Implant'' and ''Hard Wired'' are two of the group's most successful records, the former being considered a classic among industrial music fans. They have also produced soundtracks for video games such as ''Quake III: Team Arena'' (a collaboration with Sonic Mayhem) and ''AirMech''. Over the years, the band's name has sometimes been published as "Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Fulber
Nowell Rhys Fulber (born October 10, 1970) is a Canadian electronic musician and producer. He is a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, along with Bill Leeb. He also records under his own name and under the name Conjure One. Biography Fulber was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 10, 1970. His father, a musician, was born in Germany and his mother was from Great Britain. His father introduced him to the music of Led Zeppelin and Kraftwerk; they both attended a Kraftwerk concert in 1975. Fulber became interested in music and started drumming on his father's instruments at a very early age. Along with Kraftwerk, Fulber's electronic influences included Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Jean-Michel Jarre, SPK (band), SPK, and Pete Shelley's ''Homosapien (album), Homosapien'' (1981). He has cited OMD as his favourite band in his youth. His father later built and ran a recording studio, catering toward the local punk rock scene. As a youth, Fulber spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Rhys Frake-Waterfield (born ) is a British filmmaker who became known for his 2023 independent horror film '' Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey'' and its 2024 sequel. It was the first theatrical film of his career, as well as the first for his company Jagged Edge Productions. Early life Frake-Waterfield is from Essex, where he also studied at the University of Essex. Career In 2021, Frake-Waterfield left his corporate strategy job at EDF Energy to create low-budget horror films. After entering the film industry, he produced 36 feature films in two years. On 1 January 2022, the 1926 ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' book entered the public domain in the United States. Shortly after this, Jagged Edge Productions announced a ''Winnie-the-Pooh''-based slasher film called '' Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey'', with Frake-Waterfield serving as the director, writer, and co-producer with Scott Jeffrey. There was much controversy among both the general public and ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' fans, with Frak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Evans
Rhys Karl Evans (born 27 January 1982) is an English former professional footballer and goalkeeper coach. He played as a goalkeeper, who won two England under-21 caps. Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, he began his career with Chelsea, where he stayed five years without playing a game, but had loan spells at three other clubs. In 2003, he moved to his hometown club Swindon Town, where he ended up playing more than 100 games in three seasons. In his final season at Swindon, he won all the club's player of the season awards, but following their relegation to Football League Two, he turned down a new contract offer and instead signed for Blackpool. However, he fell out of favour after less than a year with Blackpool, and initially moved to Bradford City on loan, before he returned to London, with Millwall on a short-term contract. After his contract was not extended, he returned to Bradford City. Despite keeping 17 clean sheets, he left at the end of his first season and moved o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Day
Rhys Day (born 31 August 1982) is a Welsh former professional footballer who last played as a central defender for Conference North side Hyde. He was capped several times for the Wales under-21 team and played for Blackpool, Mansfield Town, Aldershot Town and Oxford United. Club career Born in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Day began his career at Manchester City, but never broke through to City's first team. He joined Mansfield Town in November 2002, initially on loan, and the move was made permanent in January 2003. A knee injury kept Day out of action for more than four months in the 2004–05 season, and he also missed large portions of the 2005–06 season with various injuries. Mansfield did not offer Day a new contract at the end of the season, making him a free agent. He signed for Aldershot Town on a two-year contract in July 2006 and was named as captain by new manager Gary Waddock for the 2007–08 campaign. Day signed a new one-year contract following Aldershot's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Davies (golfer)
Rhys Davies (born 28 May 1985) is a Welsh former professional golfer. He is currently the player development manager in Europe for Excel Sports Management. Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life. He played collegiate golf in the United States at East Tennessee State University where he won ten times and was a first team All-American in 2005, 2006, and 2007. He played on two Walker Cup teams (2005 and 2007), and for Europe in four Palmer Cup teams (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007). Davies was second in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (May 2007), before turning pro in September 2007. Davies successfully came through the Asian Tour's qualifying school in 2007 allowing him to play on that tour for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Davies won twice on the Challenge Tour in 2009 and finished fourth on that Tour's Rankings to earn his European Tour card for 2010. He won his first European Tour title at the 2010 Trophée Hassan II in Morocco. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Darby
Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian. He is known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime, and sound effects of things such as machinery and animals. He was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2001 and 2002 and won the 2012 Fred Award, Fred (Dagg) Award for best NZ show at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Darby is best known for playing Flight of the Conchords (TV series)#Cast, Murray Hewitt, the band manager of Flight of the Conchords in the Flight of the Conchords (TV series), television series, a role he originally played in the Flight of the Conchords (radio series), BBC radio series under the name Brian Nesbit. He has appeared in films such as ''Yes Man (film), Yes Man'' (2008), ''The Boat That Rocked'' (2009), ''Love Birds (2011 film), Love Birds'' (2011), ''What We Do in the Shadows'' (2014), ''Trolls (film), Trolls'' (2016), ''Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle'' (2017), ''Guns Aki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Dakin
Rhys Dakin (born 7 December 2004) is an Australian gridiron football punter for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Early life and high school Dakin attended high school at Mazenod College located in Mulgrave, Victoria. Coming out of high school, he attended ProKick Australia, where he committed to play college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes. College football Dakin entered the 2024 season the team's starting punter as a true freshman. In week four of the 2024 season, he landed three punts inside the 20 yard-line, where for his performance Ina victory over Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ..., he was named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week. Dakin finished the 2024 season, punting 64 times with an average of 44.1 yards per punt, with 29 being inside the opponents 20- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
