Rupert Penry-Jones

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Actor

Birth Date: September 22, 1970

Age: 53 years old

Birth Place: London, England, UK

Born into a family in which both parents had substantial film and television careers, British actor Rupert Penry-Jones attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School on his way to becoming a steady theatrical presence in London as well as in towns such as Stratford-upon-Avon, where he performed Shakespeare. He made his way onto the screen in 1994, appearing in bit parts in film and on television until 1998, when he landed a more significant role as Piers Du Pré, a brother of the title characters in the critically-acclaimed music biopic "Hilary and Jackie." In 2000, Penry-Jones began a string of recurring television roles, starting with the drama "North Square" and culminating in 2004 with a central part on the popular BBC intelligence thriller, "MI-5" (aka "Spooks"), Britain's equivalent of the C.I.A. Over the course of his four-year run on the show, he also appeared in Woody Allen's crime-romance "Match Point" and starred as Captain Wentworth in the TV production of Jane Austen's "Persuasion," opposite Sally Hawkins. Also during that time, he married and had two children with Irish-born actress Derlva Kirwan, whom he had performed with in a play in 2001. The tall, sandy-blond-haired Penry-Jones rounded out the 2000s with lead TV roles on crime thrillers, first as Richard Hannay in "The 39 Steps" in 2008, and then as Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler in the Jack-the-Ripper-like mystery, "Whitechapel."

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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears

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First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse
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2022

Our House

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Toby/Mike
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2022

The BatmanStream

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Mayor Don Mitchell Jr.
Movie
2022
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The DrowningStream

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Mark
Miniseries
2021
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The Drowning: Extras

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Mark
Show
2021

Love Sarah

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Matthew
Movie
2020

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of TearsStream

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First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse
Movie
2020
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Getting to Know You

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2020

The Commons

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Dom Boulay
Miniseries
2019
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The Commons: Extras

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Dom Boulay
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2019

Vita & Virginia

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Harold Nicolson
Movie
2018

Stan Lee's Lucky Man

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Samuel Blake
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2016

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King Maximillian
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2015

Danielle Steel's The Ring

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2014

The StrainStream

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Mr. Quinlan
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2014
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A Little Chaos

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Antoine Lauzun
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2014

The Last Weekend

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2012

Blackout

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2012

Treasure Island

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2012

Treasure Island

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Squire Trelawney
Movie
2012

L'Île au trésor

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Squire Trelawney
Movie
2012

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Clive Reader
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2011

The Great British Bake OffStream

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Reality
2010
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WhitechapelStream

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Joseph Chandler
Series
2009
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Masterpiece Mystery!

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2008

Burn Up

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Tom
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2008

Masterpiece Classic

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2008

The 39 Steps

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Richard Hannay
Movie
2008

Persuasion

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Captain Wentworth
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2007

Persuasion

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Captain Wentworth
Movie
2007

Joe's Palace

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Richard Reece
Movie
2007

Casanova

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2006

Krakatoa: The Last Days

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Willem Beijerinck
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2006

Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction

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Willem Beijerinck
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2006

Casanova

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2005

Match PointStream

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Henry
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2005
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Who Do You Think You Are?

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2004

Cambridge Spies

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2003

Je ne suis pas coupable

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2003

Cambridge SpiesStream

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Donald Maclean
Series
2003

Poirot: Sad Cypress

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Roddy Winter
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2003

Poirot: Je ne suis pas coupable

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2003

Top GearStream

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2002

Top GearStream

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2002

SpooksStream

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Adam Carter
Series
2002

Charlotte Gray

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Peter Gregory
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2001

North Square

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Alex Hay
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2000

Virtual Sexuality

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Jake
Movie
1999

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Piers du Pré
Movie
1998
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The Tribe

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Dietrich
Movie
1998

The Moth

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1997

Jane Eyre

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St John Rivers
Movie
1997

The Student Prince

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The Prince
Movie
1997

The Ring

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Gerhard von Gotthard
Movie
1996

Faith in the Future

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1995

Fatherland

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SS Cadet Hermann Jost
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1994

Agatha Christie's PoirotStream

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Roddy Winter
Series
1989

Agatha Christie's PoirotStream

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Roddy Winter
Series
1989

Masterpiece

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Franchise
1971

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