Rupert Penry-Jones
Biography
Rupert Penry-Jones is an English actor who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He made his London stage debut in 1995 as Fortinbras in Hamlet, worked at the Hampstead Theatre, the Royal National Theatre and the Almeida. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1999, where his Don Carlos earned him the Ian Charleson Award. On television he played Alex Hay in North Square, and he later appeared as Donald Maclean in Cambridge Spies and Grimani in Casanova. In 1995 he appeared on television in Cold Comfort Farm. From 2004 to 2008 he was Adam Carter in Spooks, a role that won him an ITV3 Crime Thriller Award. He led Whitechapel as DI Joseph Chandler and Silk as Clive Reader, and played Mr. Quinlan in The Strain. He played Captain Wentworth in Persuasion (2007). In 2008 he took the role of Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps. He later appeared as Mayor Don Mitchell Jr. in The Batman (2022).
56years old
Turns 57 on September 22in 316 days
- Born London
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Rupert William Penry-Jones (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 28 years1994 to 2022
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Early training
Rupert Penry-Jones was thrown out of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, as he said in 2012, for having a bad attitude.
First role
Penry-Jones first appeared on the London stage in 1995 at the Hackney Empire theater, where he took the role of Fortinbras opposite Ralph Fiennes's Hamlet in an Almeida production.
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Awards
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| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Ian Charleson Awards | Won | ||
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