Rupert Degas
| Rupert Degas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Rupert Joel Degas 17 August 1970 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Rupert Joel Degas (born 17 August 1970 in London) is an English actor[1] and voice actor.[2] He now resides in Sydney, Australia.
Filmography
Film and television
- Hold the Back Page
- Reunion
- Dead Romantic
- Van der Valk
- Lovejoy
- EastEnders
- Waiting for God
- Lycée Alpin
- Cousin William
- Premiers Baisers
- Passport to Murder
- Venus in Furs
- The Short Walk
- Over Here
- Fatherland
- A Touch of Frost
- Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
- Holby City
- Coma Girl: The State of Grace
- Sam Jackson's Secret Video Diary
- Exorcist: The Beginning
- Nathan Barley
- Love Soup
- Shoot the Messenger
- Dark Corners
- Dead Man Running
- Pope Joan
- Starsuckers
- Red Dwarf
- A Place to Call Home
- Paper Giants – Magazine Wars
- Evil Dead
- Super Awesome
- #7 Days Later
He also impersonates many celebrities in the BAFTA Award winning CBBC children's satirical show, Hedz.
Stage
- Tom Jones – Latchmere Theatre (London)
- Newsrevue – Canal Café Theatre (London) and in Edinburgh Fringe
- Restless Farewell – Battersea Arts Centre (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) / New Ambassador's (London) / Grand Opera House (Belfast) / Gaiety Theatre (Dublin)
- The 39 Steps – Tricycle Theatre (London) / Criterion Theatre (London)[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
- Asterix Conquers America
- The Animated Odyssey
- Global Bears Rescue
- Toby the Square Boy
- Skipper & Skeeto
- Mr. Bean
- Storm Hawks
- The Spooky Sisters
- Skatoony
- Bob the Builder
- Badgered (Academy Award Nomination – Best Animated Short Film 2007)
- Robotboy
- Chop Socky Chooks
- Little Rikke
- World Leaders
- Planet 51
- Cherry on the Cake
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Thomas & Friends
- Lucky Fred
- Groove High
Video games
- Simon the Sorcerer II
- Three Skulls of the Toltecs
- The Feeble Files
- Martian Gothic: Unification
- Hostile Waters
- Headhunter
- Headhunter: Redemption
- Dragon Quest VIII
- Genji
- Spartan: Total Warrior
- Kameo: Elements of Power
- Rogue Trooper
- Heavenly Sword
- Haze
- So Blonde
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Venetica
- Dragon Age
- Singstar
- So Blonde 2
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Driver: San Francisco
- James Bond 007: Bloodstone
- Goldeneye
- Anno 2070
- Michael Phelps Push the Limit
- Deponia
- Risen 2: Dark Waters
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- Deponia 2
- Risen 3
- Martian Gothic
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
- The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Other voiceover work
He has recorded over fifty radio productions for the BBC including The Gemini Apes, The Glittering Prizes, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, The Brightonomicon, Dirk Gently and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Degas is also a prolific audiobook narrator, with well over 150 titles to his name, having recorded the likes of Philip Pullman, Peter Carey, Haruki Murakami, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, HP Lovecraft, Rose Tremain, Darren Shan, Mervyn Peake, Bram Stoker, Cormac McCarthy, Malla Nunn, Sven Hassel, Michael Pryor, Chris Wooding and Anthony Horowitz. He has received particular critical acclaim for his performances of The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss and for Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy.
Over the years he has become one of the most sought after voices in the UK and Australia, working on thousands of campaigns with the world's top advertising agencies as well as voicing over 5000 TV and radio promos. He also performs characters such as Father Cormac O'Leary, Dempster Trickett and Jacques Le Coq on Mansize Radio.
Production
In 1995, he produced the 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. In 2001, he produced and starred as King Henry II in Becket at The Southwark Playhouse.
References
- ↑ Cavendish, Dominic (23 July 2003). "Cash Cow With a Rare Kick". London: telegraph.co.uk The Telegraph July 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ↑ Bremner, Charles; Robertson, David. "The Essential Kipling". London: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ↑ Matt Wolf (26 September 2006). "Hitchcock's '39 Steps' Gets Mirthful London Staging: Matt Wolf". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
External links
- 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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