Rupert Everett
Known for acting · Born 29 May 1959 · 67 · Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England, UK
138 credits
Rupert James Hector Everett (born May 29, 1959) is an English actor, director and producer. Everett first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country (1984) as a gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination. He received a second BAFTA nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), followed by a second Golden Globe nomination for An Ideal Husband (1999).
Known for
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Inspector Gadget
1999
My Policeman
2022
Napoleon
2023
Cemetery Man
1994
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
St Trinian's
2007
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
An Ideal Husband
1999
Hysteria
2011
Acting (132)
2028The Resurrection of the Christ: Part TwoAbrahamFilm
2027The Resurrection of the Christ: Part OneAbrahamFilm
2026MadfabulousGelertFilm
2026AncestorsMauriceFilm
2025Juliet & RomeoLord CapuletFilm
2025Judas' GospelCaiaphasFilm
2025Legend Has ItZhalFilm
2024RivalsMalise Gordon · 2 episodesSeries
2023NapoleonDuke of WellingtonFilm
2023Funny WomanBrian Debehnam · 10 episodesSeries
2023GrayTagg · 8 episodesSeries
2023Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward StoryNoël Coward (voice)Film
2022My PolicemanPatrickFilm
2022She WillTiradorFilm
2021WarningCharlieFilm
2021Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line UpSelf - GuestSeries
2020Emily in ParisGiorgio BarbieriSeries
2020Adult MaterialCarroll Quinn · 4 episodesSeries
2019The Name of the RoseBernardo Gui · 8 episodesSeries
2019The Warrior Queen of JhansiSir Hugh RoseFilm
2019MuseDemonFilm
2018The Happy PrinceOscar WildeFilm
2017QuacksDr. Hendrick · 6 episodesSeries
2017Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for LizardsSelfFilm
2017Love, CecilNarrator (voice)Film
201750 Shades of GayFilm
2017And the Winner Isn'tSelfFilm
2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenOrnithologistFilm
2016Finding AltamiraMonseñorFilm
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...SelfSeries
2016There's Something About RomcomsSelfFilm
2015A Royal Night OutKing GeorgeFilm
2014The MusketeersGovernor Feron · 10 episodesSeries
2014Love for Sale with Rupert EverettNarrator · 2 episodesSeries
2014RosennLewis LafolyFilm
2014The KumarsSelfSeries
2013Justin and the Knights of ValourSota (voice)Film
2012Parade's EndMark Tietjens · 5 episodesSeries
2012Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other WifeMartin Kendall · 2 episodesSeries
2011Black MirrorJudge HopeSeries
2011HysteriaLord Edmund St. John-SmytheFilm
2011Shrek: Once Upon a TimeSelfFilm
2010Wild TargetFergusonFilm
2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldCamilla Fritton / Captain Archibald Fritton / Fortnam FrittonFilm
2009Alan Carr: Chatty ManSelfSeries
2009Chris Moyles' Quiz NightSelfSeries
2009The Scandalous Adventures of Lord ByronFilm
2009Hi Society: The Wonderful World of Nicky HaslamFilm
2008Victorian Sex ExplorerNarratorFilm
2007Shrek the ThirdPrince Charming (voice)Film
2007StardustSecundusFilm
2007St Trinian'sCamilla Fritton / Carnaby FrittonFilm
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2007Comic Relief Does The ApprenticeSeries
2006Quiet Flows The DonGrigoryFilm
2006Quiet Flows the DonGregor Melekhov · 7 episodesSeries
2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeMr. Fox (voice)Film
2005Separate LiesBill BuleFilm
2005The Friday Night ProjectSelf - Guest Host, Self - HostSeries
2005Graham Norton's Bigger PictureSeries
2004Shrek 2Prince Charming (voice)Film
2004Boston LegalMalcolm Holmes · 2 episodesSeries
2004Stage BeautyKing Charles IIFilm
2004People : Jet Set 2Charles de PoulignacFilm
2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk StockingSherlock HolmesFilm
2004A Different LoyaltyLeo CauffieldFilm
2004Who Do You Think You Are?SelfSeries
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SelfSeries
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelfSeries
2003To Kill a KingKing Charles IFilm
2003Dangerous LiaisonsVicomte Sébastien de Valmont · 3 episodesSeries
2003The Sharon Osbourne ShowSeries
2002The Importance of Being EarnestAlgernon “Algy” MoncrieffFilm
2002The Wild Thornberrys MovieSloan Blackburn (voice)Film
2002Unconditional LoveDirk SimpsonFilm
2002V Graham NortonSelfSeries
2002Forever EalingSelfFilm
2001South KensingtonNickFilm
2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - GuestSeries
2001Richard & JudySelfSeries
2000The Next Best ThingRobert WhittakerFilm
2000Paragraph 175Narrator (voice)Film
1999Inspector GadgetSanford ScolexFilm
1999A Midsummer Night's DreamOberonFilm
1999An Ideal HusbandLord Arthur GoringFilm
1999B. MonkeyPaul NevilleFilm
1998Shakespeare in LoveChristopher MarloweFilm
1997My Best Friend's WeddingGeorge DownesFilm
1997The ViewSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1997Pierre and Gilles, Love StoriesSelfFilm
1997RubySelfSeries
1996Dunston Checks InLord RutledgeFilm
1994Cemetery ManFrancesco DellamorteFilm
1994The Madness of King GeorgePrince of WalesFilm
1994Prêt-à-PorterJack LowenthalFilm
1994Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual LiesFilm
1994Shooting AngelsFilm
1992Inside Monkey ZetterlandSashaFilm
1990The Comfort of StrangersColinFilm
1990The WordSeries
1989ToléranceAssuerus, aka Horace WalopFilm
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1988This MorningSelfSeries
1987Chronicle of a Death ForetoldBayardo San RomanFilm
1987The Gold Rimmed GlassesDavid LattesFilm
1987Hearts of FireJames ColtFilm
1987The Right Hand ManLord Harry IronminsterFilm
1987Getting to DylanSelfFilm
1986Duet for OneConstantine KassanisFilm
1985Dance with a StrangerDavid BlakeleyFilm
1985Arthur the KingLancelotFilm
1984Another CountryGuy BennettFilm
1984The Far PavilionsGeorge GarforthSeries
1984Real LifeTimFilm
1983Dead on TimeBank Customer / Blind ManFilm
1983Princess DaisyRam Valensky · 2 episodesSeries
1983The Bloody ChamberFilm
1982The Agatha Christie HourGuySeries
1982A Shocking AccidentJerome WeathersbyFilm
1982WoganSelfSeries
1982Soft TargetsBoy at PartyFilm
1978StrangersLord PluralSeries
1971Film '72Self · 2 episodesSeries
1970Play for TodaySeries
1962The Late Late ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
—Lost and Found in ParisGary Saint LazareFilm
—The IvyNarratorFilm
—Out LateEdmondFilm
—Lead HeadsFilm
—The LiarHumphrey BiffenFilm
—The Light FantasticReynoldsFilm
—The Making of Shrek 2SelfFilm
Directing (2)
2018The Happy PrinceDirector, ScreenplayFilm
—Lost and Found in ParisDirector, WriterFilm
Production (3)
2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldExecutive ProducerFilm
2007St Trinian'sExecutive ProducerFilm
2004A Different LoyaltyExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (1)
2008Victorian Sex ExplorerWriterFilm