Penry-Jones, Rupert 1970–

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Penry-Jones, Rupert 1970–

(Rupert Penry Jones)

PERSONAL

Born September 22, 1970, in London, England; son of Peter Penry-Jones (an actor) and Angela Thorne (an actress); brother of Laurence Penry-Jones (an actor); children: (with Dervla Kirwan) Florence, Peter. Education: Attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Dulwich College.

Addresses: Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career: Actor.

Awards, Honors: Ian Charleson Award, 1999, for Don Carlos.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Wild-looking young man, Black Beauty, 1994.

Guard on road, Bent, Metromedia, 1997.

Head office, Food of Love, 1997.

Piers Du Pre, Hilary and Jackie, October Films, 1998.

Young Ray, Still Crazy, Columbia, 1998.

Dietrich, The Tribe, 1998.

Jake, Virtual Sexuality, Columbia, 1999.

Willoughby, The Four Feathers, Miramax, 2002.

Tarquin, A Family Man, 2002.

Henry, Match Point, DreamWorks, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Adam Carter, Spooks (also known as MI-5), BBC1 and Arts and Entertainment, 2004–2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Gerhard von Gotthard, The Ring (also known as Danielle Steel's "The Ring"), NBC, 1996.

Policeman, militiaman, Cold Lazarus, Bravo, BBC1, and Channel 4, 1996.

Donald Maclean, Cambridge Spies, BBC, 2003.

Grimani, Casanova, BBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

SS Cadet Hermann Jost, Fatherland, HBO, 1994.

Dick Hawk-Monitor, Cold Comfort Farm, BBC, 1995.

St John Rivers, Jane Eyre (also known as Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"), Arts and Entertainment, 1997.

The prince, The Student Prince (also known as The Prince of Hearts), BBC and PBS, 1997.

Stanley Thorman, The Moth (also known as Catherine Cookson's "The Moth"), 1997.

Willem Beijerinck, Krakatoa: The Last Days, BBC, 2006.

Captain Wentworth, Persuasion, ITV, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Prince, The Prince of Hearts, PBS, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Boy at party, "The End," Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab), BBC1, 1995.

Andrew Cadogan, "The Burning Deck," Kavanagh QC, ITV, 1996.

Sam, "The Big Test," Faith in the Future, ITV, 1996.

Sam, "A Knight Out," Faith in the Future, ITV, 1996.

Alex Hay, North Square, Channel 4, 2000.

Roddy Winter, "Sad Cypress," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's "Poirot"), ITV and Arts and Entertainment, 2003.

Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2004.

Breakfast, BBC, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

(American debut) Fortinbras/Hamlet, Hamlet, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1995.

Pip, Chips With Everything, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1997.

The Boy, The Play About the Boy, Almedia Theatre, London, 1998.

Title role, Don Carlos, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1999, then Pit Theatre, London, 2000, then Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, 2000.

Alcibiades, Timon of Athens, Barbican Theatre, London, 2000.

Louis XIV, Power, National Theatre, London, 2003.