Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Goodwill Ambassador
Adding another trophy to his collection, Jonathan Rhys Meyers was dubbed “Best Actor” in Dublin on Sunday night as part of the Irish Film and Television Awards.
The actor won the acclaim for his work on the Showtime series The Tudors, which is about the young King Henry VIII.
Meanwhile, the show and it’s contributors racked up a record seven IFTAs, more than any other in the award ceremony’s 5-year history, according to Variety reports.
Besides winning awards, the 31-year-old actor announced on Monday that “he will work as an international goodwill ambassador with the Hope Foundation. His role will be to highlight the plight of street children in India,” the Irish Independent reports.
“He is committed to visit Calcutta and to do a documentary in Calcutta with the children. He is terribly interested in children’s rights so he has spoken very positively about trying to highlight the problems with child trafficking and child labor. He is going to be in Ireland for the next four months so he has also said he wants to work with us as closely as possible,” an organizational rep told press.
Enjoy the pictures of Jonathan at the Irish Film and Television awards (February 17).
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