Rupert Penry-Jones

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Photographed on location for the 2007 TV movie Persuasion with Sally Hawkins

Rupert Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970 in London), sometimes credited as Rupert Penry Jones, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in BBC television dramas such as Spooks, Casanova and Cambridge Spies.

His father is Peter Penry-Jones, his mother is actress Angela Thorne and his brother Laurence Penry-Jones is also an actor.

In 1995 he appeared with his mother on television in Cold Comfort Farm. He attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His performance in "Don Carlos" with the Royal Shakespeare Company earned him the Ian Charleson Award. In 1998 he created the role of The Boy in Edward Albee's play The Play About the Baby.

He has dated singer Kylie Minogue. His current partner is actress Dervla Kirwan who gave birth to their daughter Florence on May 1st, 2004. Their son Peter was born April 8th, 2006.

He and Kirwan both appeared in Casanova in 2005, although they did not share any scenes.

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Persuasion (TV) (2007) – Captain Wentworth
Krakatoa - The Last Days (TV) (2006) – Willem Beijerinck
Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, Lord Arthur Saville, March 2006, Radio 4 dramatisation in the Classic Serial slot of the short story by Oscar Wilde
Match Point (2005) – Henry
Casanova (TV) – Grimani (2005)
Spooks (TV) – Adam Carter (2004 –present)
Agatha Christie's Poirot: Sad Cypress (2003) (TV) – Roddy Winter
Cambridge Spies (2003) (TV) – Donald Maclean
A Family Man (2002) – Tarquin
The Four Feathers (2002) – Willoughby
Charlotte Gray (2001) – Peter Gregory
North Square (2000) TV Series – Alex Hay
Virtual Sexuality (1999) – Jake
Still Crazy (1998) – Young Ray
Hilary and Jackie (1998) – Piers du Pré
The Tribe (1998) (TV) – Dietrich
Food of Love (1997) – Head office
Bent (1997) – Guard on road
Jane Eyre (1997) (TV) – St John Rivers
The Moth (1997) (TV) – Stanley Thorman
The Student Prince (1997) (TV) – The Prince
The Ring (1996) (TV) – Gerhard von Gotthard
Kavanagh QC (1996 - Portsmouth episode, with Ray Winstone [1]) – Lt. Ralph Kinross
Cold Lazarus (1996) (TV) – Police Officer/Militiaman
Cold Comfort Farm (1995) – Dick Hawk-Monitor
Fatherland (1994) (TV) – SS Cadet Hermann Jost
Black Beauty (1994) – Wild-looking Young Man