 His father, Gethin Evans, was a music teacher at the nearby comprehensive school.Rhys trained as an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.His theatre work has included working for the National Theatre in London playing the part of Bruce in "People" by Alan Bennett and touring major theatres in England (July – November 2013), Dobchinsky in UK tour of "The Government Inspector" for Communicado Theatre Company, "A Provincial Life" National Theatre Wales – an adaptation by Peter Gill of a short story by Chekhov, "Elwyn – (Elling)" – directed by Michael Bogdanov, "Whose Coat Is That Jacket?"