Before ‘Widow’s Bay,’ Matthew Rhys’ 3-Part Mystery Gave a Literary Classic a Dark Twist

Matthew Rhys is having quite the 2026. The actor is back in the awards conversation thanks to Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as the genre-bending series heads into television’s biggest night with plenty of momentum. But long before Rhys was dealing with a cursed island as Mayor Tom Loftis, he stepped into one of literature’s most intimidating roles: Fitzwilliam Darcy. And for anyone looking to revisit another side of the actor, Death Comes to Pemberley gives Rhys a very different mystery to unravel.