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Rupert Penry-Jones
Birth at
22 September 1970
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Rupert Penry-Jones is an English actor of theatre and cinema. Rupert was born in September 1970 to Peter Penry-Jones and Angela Thorne. Together with his brother Lawrence, Rupert followed in the footsteps of his father, who is also an actor.
Rupert studied at Dulwich College in London, as well as at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Rupert's first appearance on the stage took place in 1995 at the Hackney Empire Theatre, when he played Fortinbras in a production of Hamlet. A year later, on the
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Rupert Penry-Jones is an English actor of theatre and cinema.
Rupert was born in September 1970 to Peter Penry-Jones and Angela Thorne. Together with his brother Lawrence, Rupert followed in the footsteps of his father, who is also an actor.
Rupert studied at Dulwich College in London, as well as at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Rupert's first appearance on the stage took place in 1995 at the Hackney Empire Theatre, when he played Fortinbras in a production of Hamlet. A year later, on the stage of the same theater, Rupert played the role of Richard in the production of Steven Poliacoff's Sweet Panic. Further, the stage career of the young actor went up, he played many roles on the theatrical London stage.
Other than onstage roles. Rupert Penry-Jones played many roles in movies. He began his film career with the minor role of Roddy Winter in the series.
Poirot . Then there was a role in the film “Ring” based on the novel by Daniela Steele, as well as one of the main roles in the youth film “Virtual sexuality”. Rupert's character in this film, Jake, is the virtual embodiment of his creator Justin's perfect boyfriend. As a result of the program failure, the model created on the computer takes on real shape, and Jake appears on the street instead of Justin.
No less significant for Rupert were roles in films
Four feathers" Shekhara Kapuro and
Match Point Woody Allen, where his partners on the site were Jonathan Reese Myers, Scarlett Johansson and Emily Mortimer.
In 2007, the actor married Dervla Kirowen, who is also an actress. The couple has two children.
Continuing his career as an actor, Rupert Penry-Jones replenished his list of films and TV series with projects such as Reason, Casanova, Silk, Red Tails, as well as Last Weekend, Modern Ripper and Treasure Island by Steve Barron, released in 2012.