Rupert Evans

Rupert Evans
Born	Rupert Evans March 30, 1977 (1977-03-30) Staffordshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001-present

Rupert Evans (Born 30 March 1977) is an English actor, who is well known in the United Kingdom for his television career.

Evans was born in Staffordshire, England. He attended Milton Abbey School, in Dorset, and went on to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He has secured a variety of television credits in the UK, including the BBC sitcom My Family, the drama Crime and Punishment starring John Simm and North and South. He also starred in ITV's High Stakes sitcom with Richard Wilson, and Paradise Heights, the BBC drama starring Neil Morrissey.

His first major film role was as FBI Agent John Myers in director Guillermo del Toro's 2004 adaptation of the Mike Mignola comic book Hellboy. Evans appeared as King Richard IV, the head of a fictional royal family, in the short-lived The Palace. He also appeared in Agora, filmed in Malta with Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella.

Credits

Theatre

• Life Is a Dream - Donmar Warehouse (2009)
• Venetian Heat
• Romeo and Juliet (2006) as Romeo
• Macbeth
• Sweet Panic (2003)
• Breathing Corpses
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (2007) Donmar Warehouse, London & tour

Film

• The Browning Version (1994)
• Hellboy (2004) as FBI Agent John Myers
• Guantanamera (2006) as Ali/Jeb
• Sidney Turtlebaum (2008) as Gabriel
• Agora (2009) as Synesius

Television

• World Without End (2012) as Godwyn
• The Little House (2010) as Patrick
• Emma (2009) as Frank Churchill
• The Palace (2008) as King Richard IV
• Fingersmith (2005) as Richard Rivers
• Sons and Lovers (2003) as Paul
• Paradise Heights (2002) as Toby Edwards
• Rockface (2002) as Jamie Doughan
• Lexx (2002) season 4, episode 14 as Cleasby
• Shakespeare Retold - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005) as Xander
• North and South (2004) as Frederick Hale
• My Family (2001) as Tom

External links

• Rupert Evans at the Internet Movie Database