Rupert Degas
| Rupert Degas | |
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| Born | Rupert Joel Degas 17 August 1970 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1985-present |
Rupert Joel Degas (born 17 August 1970 in London) is an English actor[1] and voice artist.[2] He now resides in Sydney, Australia.
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Film & TV [edit]
Rupert has appeared in the following films and television productions:
- Hold the Back Page
- Reunion
- Dead Romantic
- Van der Valk
- Lovejoy
- EastEnders
- Waiting for God
- Lycee Alpin
- Cousin William
- Premiers Baisers
- Passport to Murder
- The Short Walk
- Over Here
- Fatherland
- A Touch of Frost
- Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
- Holby City
- Exorcist: The Beginning
- Nathan Barley
- Love Soup
- Shoot the Messenger
- Dark Corners
- Dead Man Running
- Red Dwarf
- A Place to Call Home
- Evil Dead
He also impersonates many celebrities in the CBBC children's satirical show, Hedz.
Theatre [edit]
- Tom Jones - Latchmere Theatre (London)
- Newsrevue - Canal Café Theatre (London) and in Edinburgh Fringe
- Restless Farewell - BAC (London)
- The Boys Next Door - Latchmere Theatre (London)
- The International Cafe - Latchmere Theatre (London)
- Are We There Yet? - Latchmere Theatre (London)
- Becket - Southwark Playhouse (London)
- Stones in His Pockets - Duke of York's (London West End) / New Ambassador's (London West End) / Grand Opera House (Belfast) / Gaiety (Dublin)
- The 39 Steps - Tricycle Theatre (London) / Criterion (London West End) [3] for which he and his fellow cast members won the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Royal Festival Hall (London)
Animation [edit]
Rupert has lent his voice to numerous animated films and series including the following:
- Asterix Conquers America
- The Animated Odyssey
- Global Bears Rescue
- Toby the Square Boy
- Skipper & Skeeto
- Mr. Bean
- The Spooky Sisters
- Skatoony
- Bob the Builder (Scrambler, Zoomer, Dickie Olivier, Brad Rad, Tumbler, Flex, Bristle and Sandy Beach)
- Badgered (Academy Award Nomination - Best Animated Short Film 2007)
- Robotboy (Gus, Constantine and Kurt)
- Chop Socky Chooks (Bubba)
- Little Rikke
- World Leaders (Tony Blair, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
- Planet 51 (Chief Gorlock)
- Cherry on the Cake
- The Amazing World of Gumball (Mr. Robinson, Larry, Banana Joe, Alan and Tobias)
- Thomas & Friends (Butch, Dart, Bertie and Flynn)
- Lucky Fred (Fred, Supercommander and Wally K)
- Groove High (Duke Kincaid and Dr Khan)
Games [edit]
He is also known for his voice acting performances in numerous video-games. Among others, his voice appears in these games:
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I & II
- Risen 2: Dark Waters
- Deponia
- Anno 2070
- Goldeneye
- James Bond 007: Bloodstone
- Driver: San Francisco
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Singstar
- Dragon Age
- Venetica
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- So Blonde I & II
- Haze
- Heavenly Sword
- Rogue Trooper
- Kameo: Elements of Power
- Spartan: Total Warrior
- Genji
- Dragon Quest VIII
- Headhunter I & II
- Hostile Waters
- Martian Gothic: Unification
- The Feeble Files
- Three Skulls of the Toltecs
- Simon the Sorcerer II
Other Voiceover Work [edit]
He has recorded over fifty radio productions including The Gemini Apes, The Glittering Prizes, This Sceptered Isle, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, The Brightonomicon and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and is also a prolific audiobook narrator, having recorded the likes of Peter Carey, Haruki Murakami, Andy McNab, Rose Tremain, Darren Shan, Mervyn Peake, Derek Landy, Sebastian Faulks and Patrick Rothfuss.
Over the years he has become one of the most sought after retail voiceovers in the UK and Australia, working on hundreds of campaigns with the world's top advertising agencies. He has also voiced over 5000 TV and radio promos - and for a laugh, you can catch some of his crazy characters every day on the only comedy radio station on the airwaves - Mansize Radio.
Production [edit]
In 1995, he produced his first short film, Police Procedure, which was followed by co-producing French short film Tattoo in 1998. In 2000, Rupert produced two more short films - Just the Ticket and Last Orders.
References [edit]
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (2003-07-23). "Cash Cow With a Rare Kick". London: telegraph.co.uk The Telegraph July 2003. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ^ Bremner, Charles; Robertson, David. "The Essential Kipling". London: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ^ Matt Wolf (2006-09-26). "Hitchcock's `39 Steps' Gets Mirthful London Staging: Matt Wolf". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
External links [edit]
- Rupert Degas at the Internet Movie Database
- 20 Questions With...Rupert Degas (Whatsonstage.com -- 25 August 2003)
- Rupert Degas at Naxos
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