Rupert Penry-Jones
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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Rupert Penry-Jones
Filmography
Movies
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85% |
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The Batman | Mayor Don Mitchell Jr. (Character) | $369.3M | 2022 |
62% |
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Love Sarah | Matthew (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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Getting to Know You | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
67% |
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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears | First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse (Character) | $51.0K | 2020 |
41% |
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Vita & Virginia | Harold Nicolson (Character) | $32.8K | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Crown for Christmas | King Maximillian (Character) | - | 2015 |
49% |
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A Little Chaos | Antoine Lauzun (Character) | $551.6K | 2014 |
56% |
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Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The 39 Steps | Richard Hannay (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Joe's Palace | Richard Reece (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Persuasion | Captain Wentworth (Character) | - | 2007 |
77% |
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Match Point | Henry (Character) | $23.1M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Cambridge Spies | Donald Maclean (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sad Cypress | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poirot: Sad Cypress | Roddy Winter (Character) | - | 2003 |
33% |
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Charlotte Gray | Peter Gregory (Character) | $668.1K | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Virtual Sexuality | Jake (Character) | $43.9K | 1999 |
88% |
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Hilary and Jackie | Piers du Pré (Character) | $4.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Tribe | Dietrich (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Student Prince | The Prince (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Jane Eyre | St John Rivers (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ring | Gerhard von Gotthard (Character) | - | 1996 |
50% |
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Fatherland | SS Cadet Hermann Jost (Character) | - | 1994 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 33% | Our House |
Toby/ |
2022 |
80% | 33% | The Drowning | Mark (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney (Character) | 2012 2020 |
100% | 80% | The Commons | Dom Boulay (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Samuel Blake (Character) | 2018 |
79% | 79% | The Strain | Mr. Quinlan (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Silk on Masterpiece | Clive Reader (Character) | 2011-2012 2014 |
75% | 84% | Whitechapel | Joseph Chandler (Character) | 2009-2010 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Mystery! | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Classic | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Top Gear | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spooks | Adam Carter (Character) | 2004-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1998 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Casanova | Unknown (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North Square | Alex Hay (Character) | 2000 |