Biography
Rupert James Hector Everett (born May 29, 1959) is an English actor, director and producer. Everett first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country (1984) as a gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination. He received a second BAFTA nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), followed by a second Golden Globe nomination for An Ideal Husband (1999).
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2018 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 1999 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Black Mirror
Boston Legal
My Policeman
Emily in Paris
The Far Pavilions
Rivals
Stardust
Shrek 2
The Graham Norton Show
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Name of the Rose
The Musketeers
Funny Woman
Cemetery Man
Who Do You Think You Are?
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The Importance of Being Earnest
Shakespeare in Love
The Madness of King George
The Agatha Christie Hour
Hysteria
Dead on Time
Stage Beauty
Paragraph 175
My Best Friend's Wedding
Adult Material
A Royal Night Out
An Ideal Husband
Another Country
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Love, Cecil
Parade's End
Wild Target
The Wild Thornberrys
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Napoleon
Shrek the Third
The Happy Prince
Juliet & Romeo
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Dance with a Stranger
Unconditional Love
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
St. Trinian's
Finding Altamira
Separate Lies
B. Monkey
The Comfort of Strangers
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold