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Rupert Penry-Jones

Acting

Born September 22, 1970 · London, England, UK

Also known as روپرت پنری-جونز

Biography

​Rupert William Penry-Jones  (born 22 September 1970) is an English actor, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne. He is best known for his role as Adam Carter in the BBC spy drama Spooks, as well as other television roles such as Silk, Whitechapel and Black Sails.

Awards & recognition

  • Ian Charleson Awards

Filmography42 titles

Wizards

2020as Lancelot (voice)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Roddy Winter

The Batman

2022as Mayor Don Mitchell, Jr.

Spooks

2002as Adam Carter

Black Sails

2014as Thomas Hamilton

Top Gear

2002as Self

The Strain

2014as Mr. Quinlan

Silk

2011as Clive Reader QC

Absolutely Fabulous

1992as Boy at Party

Those About to Die

2024as Marsus

Match Point

2005as Henry

Natural World

1983as Narrator

Horizon

1964as Himself - Narrator

Whitechapel

2009as DI Joseph Chandler

Kavanagh QC

1995as Lt. Ralph Kinross

Persuasion

2007as Captain Wentworth

Jane Eyre

1997as St John Rivers

Crown for Christmas

2015as Maximillian

The Moth

as Stanley Thorman

Lucky Man

2016as Samuel Blake

Bent

1997as Guard on Road

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Vita & Virginia

2018as Harold Nicolson

Still Crazy

1998as Young Ray

The Moth

1997as Stanley Thorman

Black Beauty

1994as Wild-Looking Young Man

Red Tails

2012as Campbell

The 39 Steps

2008as Richard Hannay

The Four Feathers

2002as Tom Willoughby

Hilary and Jackie

1998as Piers du Pré

Cambridge Spies

2003as Donald Maclean

Our House

2022as Toby

A Little Chaos

2014as Antoine Lauzun

Life In Squares

as Duncan Grant

Love Sarah

2020as Matthew

Charlotte Gray

2001as Peter Gregory

Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears

2020as First Lieutenant Jonathon Lofthouse

Robson Green's Weekend Escapes

2023

Joe's Palace

2007as Richard Reece

The Drowning

2021as Mark

Getting to Know You

2020as Luke

The Feud

2025as John Barnett