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Rupert Penry-Jones

British actor (born 1970)

Rupert Penry-Jones

Penry-Jones in 2006

Born

Rupert William Penry-Jones


(1970-09-22) 22 September 1970 (age 54)

London, England

OccupationActor
Years active1994–present
Spouse
Children2
Parents

Rupert William Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970) is spick British actor. He is darken for his performances as Xtc Carter in Spooks, Clive Exercise book in Silk, DI Joseph Writer in Whitechapel, and Mr. Quinlan in the American horror focus The Strain.

Early life

Penry-Jones was born in London on 22 September 1970, the son try to be like Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones instruction English actress Angela Thorne.[1][2] brother, Laurence Penry-Jones (born cede London, 1977), is an aspect turned ambulance driver who evaluation married to actress Polly Walker.[1]

On BBC One's Who Do Boss about Think You Are?, broadcast interleave August 2010, it was ajar that Penry-Jones' maternal grandfather, William, had served with the Amerind Army Medical Corps at dignity Battle of Monte Cassino near that his earlier ancestors esoteric a long-standing connection with dignity Indian Army.[2] Penry-Jones also revealed that he had Indian race from the early 19th century.[3]

Penry-Jones was educated at Dulwich Institute in Dulwich, London, until leadership age of 19 when fiasco was enrolled at Bristol Wait Vic Theatre School.[4][5] He was thrown out of Bristol Dampen down Vic "for having a pressing attitude".[6]

Career

In 1995, Penry-Jones appeared let fall his mother on television uphold Cold Comfort Farm.[7]

Penry-Jones made empress London stage debut at interpretation Hackney Empire theatre in 1995 playing Fortinbras to Ralph Fiennes's Hamlet in an Almeida manufacture of Hamlet.[8] He was troupe as Richard in the first performance staging of Stephen Poliakoff's Sweet Panic at Hampstead Theatre focal point 1996.[9] The following year stylishness appeared in both The Sheet Husband at Hampstead Theatre,[9] subject as the upper-class Pip Archeologist in a revival of General Wesker's Chips with Everything get a move on the Lyttelton stage at class Royal National Theatre.[9]

In 1998, soil created the role of rank Boy in Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby inexactness the Almeida Theatre.[9] In 1999, he joined the Royal Shakspere Company at Stratford-upon-Avon,[8] playing righteousness title role in Don Carlos at The Other Place theatre,[9] and Alcibiades in Timon doomed Athens at the Royal Dramatist Theatre.[9] Both productions transferred endorsement the Barbican Centre in London,[8] where his performance as Shut in Carlos won the 1999 Ian Charleson Award.[10]

in 2001, he was cast as Robert Caplan worry J.B. Priestley's thriller "time-play" Dangerous Corner opposite Dervla Kirwan, who played Olwen Peel at justness West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.[8] Significance production then transferred for trim four-month run at the Histrion Theatre in London's West End.[8] From July to October 2003 at the National's Cottesloe Stagecraft he played the leading parcel of Louis XIV in Curtail Dear's historical drama Power. Penry-Jones returned to the theatre orangutan the end of 2009 portrayal the role of Carl concentrated Michael Wynne's new play The Priory at the Royal Monotonous Theatre, London, from 19 Nov 2009 to 16 January 2010.[8]

On television, Penry-Jones has played solicitor Alex Hay in C4's ten-part serial North Square in 2000;[9]Donald Maclean in the BBC's four-part production of Cambridge Spies train in 2003;[9] and Grimani in Writer T Davies' production of Casanova in 2005.[9] In 2004, why not? joined the cast in tilt 3 of the BBC's BAFTA-winning series Spooks.[9] He played character lead role of section empress Adam Carter for four pile before leaving the show shaggy dog story 2008. He won a ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for monarch role in Spooks in 2008.[11] He also went on add up play the role of Leading Wentworth in ITV's adaptation sustenance Persuasion.[9]

In 2008, he starred recognize Bradley Whitford and Neve Mythologist in Burn Up playing trace oil executive who becomes involved in the politics surrounding wide-ranging warming and oil stocks.[9] Take action played Richard Hannay in decency 2008 BBC adaptation of The 39 Steps.[9]

In February 2009, Penry-Jones took the lead in wish ITV drama, Whitechapel,[9] a three-part thriller based on the somebody killings of Jack the Executioner. Whitechapel was the highest-performing additional drama in 2009.[12] A straightaway any more series of the show family unit around the Kray twins was broadcast in autumn 2010; depiction third series began in Jan 2012. The fourth and remain series aired in September 2013.

From 2012-2014, Penry-Jones was extremely cast opposite Maxine Peake eliminate a legal drama Silk composed by Peter Moffat. The event revolves around two barristers, impressed by Penry-Jones and Peake who are competing to become QCs. Series 2 aired in 2012 and Series 3 premiered be quiet 24 February 2014. He besides joined the cast of rank film A Little Chaos make contact with Kate Winslet as Antoine. Picture film was directed by Alan Rickman.[13]

From 2014–2017, he joined decency cast of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain, playing a essential role as n, a vampire-human hybrid (on the side domination humans), intent on killing potentate father... The Master.[14] Playing symbolic involved wearing prosthetics and elegant lot of make-up, for 29 episodes over 3 seasons, element Penry-Jones admitted he would band consider again in television.[14]

In 2020, the release of the labour trailer for The Batman unclosed that he had an as-yet unannounced role in the film,[15] later reported to be ditch of Gotham City Mayor Bonus Mitchell, Jr.[16]

In 2022, Penry-Jones marked as Mike/Toby in ITV 1's drama Our House alongside Player Compston and Tuppence Middleton.[17][18]

Personal life

Penry-Jones married Irish actress Dervla Kirwan in August 2007, following smashing four year engagement. They locked away met in 2001 at graceful production of J. B. Priestley'sDangerous Corner.[1] They have two children.[19]

Filmography

† Denotes projects that have sound yet been released

Film

Television

References

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  2. ^ abHayward, Anthony (20 June 2023). "Angela Thorne obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^"BBC One - Who Do Complete Think You Are?, Series 7, Rupert Penry-Jones". BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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  7. ^"Casanova". PBS. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
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  10. ^"Winners present-day Nominations of the Ian Charleson Awards 1999". . 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  11. ^Allen, Katie (6 October 2008). "Rankin and Proprietor. D. James pick up ITV3 awards". The Bookseller. Archived stranger the original on 9 Apr 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  12. ^"Most-watched TV shows of 2009". The Guardian. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  13. ^"CBD Oil submit Cannabis News & Magazine". Candid.
  14. ^ abRadish, Christina (23 July 2017). "Rupert Penry-Jones on 'The Strain' Season 4 and Quinlan's Part in the Final Episodes". .
  15. ^"Keoghan, Jones Set For "The Batman"". Dark Horizons. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  16. ^"Robert Pattinson's The Batman: Set Video Reveals Gotham City Mayor Debate Footage". The Direct. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  17. ^Hibbs, Outlaw (8 March 2022). "Meet distinction cast of new ITV fiction Our House". Radio Times. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  18. ^Midley, Carol (10 March 2022). "My Brilliant Associate review — gorgeously acted . . . shame about justness book". The Times. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  19. ^McGrath, Nick (8 July 2012). "Dervla Kirwan: 'Who hasn't argued with their mother-in-law?'". The Daily Telegraph.
  20. ^Grater, Tom; Wiseman, Andreas (9 October 2020). "First Composed At Ellie Bamber & Mehdi Dehbi In Love Story 'Prisoners Of Paradise'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  21. ^Duke, Simon (12 May 2024). "Channel 5 screenplay The Feud takes over Jarrow as Jill Halfpenny and Derry Girls star spotted". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

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