From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rupert Evans
Rupert Evans
Rupert Evans Television
Born Rupert Evans • The Little House (2010) as Patrick
March 30, 1977 (1977-03-30) • Emma (2009) as Frank Churchill
Staffordshire, England • The Palace (2008) as King Richard IV
Occupation Actor • Fingersmith (2005) as Richard Rivers
• Sons and Lovers (2003) as Paul
Years active 2001-present • Paradise Heights (2002) as Toby Edwards
• Rockface (2002) as Jamie Doughan
Rupert Evans (Born 30 March 1977) is an English actor, • Lexx (2002) season 4, episode 14 as Cleasby
who is well known in the United Kingdom for his televi- • Shakespeare Retold - A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005)
sion career. as Xander
Evans was born in Staffordshire, England. He attend- • North and South (2004) as Frederick Hale
ed Milton Abbey School, in Dorset, and went on to train • My Family (2001) as Tom
at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He has
secured a variety of television credits in the UK, includ-
ing the BBC sitcom My Family, the drama Crime and Pun- References
ishment starring John Simm and North and South. He also [1] The Stage / News / Asher and Evans to star in ITV1
starred in ITV’s High Stakes sitcom with Richard Wilson, royal drama
and Paradise Heights, the BBC drama starring Neil Morris-
sey.
His first major film role was as FBI Agent John Myers External links
in director Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 adaptation of the • Rupert Evans at the Internet Movie Database
Mike Mignola comic book Hellboy. Evans appeared as King Persondata
Richard IV, the head of a fictional royal family, in the
Name Evans, Rupert
short-lived The Palace.[1] He also appeared in Agora,
filmed in Malta with Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella. Alternative names
Short description
Credits Date of birth 1977-03-30
Place of birth Staffordshire, England
Theatre Date of death
• Life Is a Dream - Donmar Warehouse (2009) Place of death
• 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
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Categories:
• 1977 births
• Living people
• Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
• English film actors
• English television actors
• English stage actors
• English video game actors
• Shakespearean actors
• Royal Shakespeare Company members
• Actors from London
• People educated at Milton Abbey School
• People educated at Bilton Grange
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