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Rupert Everett

British actor

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Also known as Rupert Hector Everett

Born: May 29, 1959
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Burnham Deepdale
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: actor
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, film actor
, novelist
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Education: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
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, Ampleforth College
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, Farleigh School
Height: 193 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Notable work: Shrek 2
, Shrek the Third

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Rupert James Hector Everett is an English actor. He 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). He voiced Prince Charming in the animated films Shrek 2 (2004) and Shrek the Third (2007). He also played John Lamont/Mr. Barron in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).

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Appears in

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Gulp(2011)
Wild Target(2010)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold(2009)
Stardust(2007)
Here's Looking at You, Boy(2007)
St Trinian's(2007)
Quiet Flows the Don(2006)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(2005)
Separate Lies(2005)
Who Do You Think You Are?(2004)
People(2004)
A Different Loyalty(2004)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking(2004)
Stage Beauty(2004)
To Kill a King(2003)
The Importance of Being Earnest(2002)
Unconditional Love(2002)
South Kensington(2001)
Paragraph 175(2000)
The Next Best Thing(2000)
Inspector Gadget(1999)
An Ideal Husband(1999)
A Midsummer Night's Dream(1999)
Shakespeare in Love(1998)
B. Monkey(1998)
My Best Friend's Wedding(1997)
Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories(1997)
Dunston Checks In(1996)
Cemetery Man(1994)
The Madness of King George(1994)
Prêt-à-Porter(1994)
Inside Monkey Zetterland(1992)
The Comfort of Strangers(1990)
The Right-Hand Man(1987)
Hearts of Fire(1987)
The Gold Rimmed Glasses(1987)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold(1987)
Duet for One(1986)
Dance with a Stranger(1985)
Merlin and the Sword(1985)
The Far Pavillions(1984)
Another Country(1984)
Dead on Time(1983)
Princess Daisy(1983)
A Shocking Accident(1982)
Inspector Gadget film poster

Directed

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TThe Happy Prince2018 · 2018 film by Rupert Everett

Wrote

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TThe Happy Prince2018 · 2018 film by Rupert Everett

Produced

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AA Different Loyalty2004 · 2004 film by Marek Kanievska

Performed

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All data

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Sex or gender: male
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Given name: Rupert
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-08-13
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James
Hector
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Start of work period: 1982
Family name: Everett
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Birth name: Rupert James Hector Everett
Genre: Shakespearean comedy
Nominations: European Film Award for Best Actor(2018) statement is subject of: 31st European Film Awards · for work: The Happy Prince
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/Nominations-2018.833.0.htmlRetrieved 2020-02-25
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European Film Award for Best Actor(1999) statement is subject of: 12th European Film Awards · for work: An Ideal Husband
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/1999.97.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-13
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Father: Anthony Michael Everett
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Mother: Sara MacLean
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Name in native language: Rupert Everett
Notable role: Prince Charming

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