His brother, Laurence Penry-Jones, is an actor turned ambulance driver who is married to actress Polly Walker. He recently finished filming the highly anticipated Stan/Playmaker Media's new series, The Commons, which will air in 2020. He was scheduled to appear alongside other celebrities in Soccer Aid 2010, but broke a bone in his knee during training, putting him in a plaster cast and ruling him out of the final match on 6 June 2010. Rupert is of English nationality and Welsh-English ethnicity. [1] His brother Laurence Penry-Jones is an actor turned ambulance driver while his sister-in-law is actress Polly Walker. In 1998, he created the role of the Boy in Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby at the Almeida Theatre. On television, he has played barrister Alex Hay in C4's ten-part serial North Square in 2000; Donald McLean in the BBC's four-part production of Cambridge Spies in 2003; and Grimani in Russell T. Davies' production of Casanova in 2005. Penry-Jones also discovered that he had Anglo-Indian ancestry from the early 19th century. He played the lead role of section leader Adam Carter for four series before leaving the show in 2008. Penry-Jones was born in London, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne. Penry-Jones was educated at Dulwich College in Dulwich, London, until age 17 when he was enrolled at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, only to be expelled in his second year for being a bad influence. Series 2 aired in 2012 and Series 3 premiered on 24 February 2014. Penry-Jones was apparently devastated and proceeded to give a number of interviews in the UK in which he attacked the US television industry. In 2009, he was cast as the lead in the unaired ABC pilot The Forgotten but was unceremoniously replaced when the pilot was picked up and replaced by Christian Slater. Early life. He also went on to play the role of Captain Wentworth in ITV’s adaptation of Persuasion. From July to October 2003 at the National’s Cottesloe Theatre he played the leading role of Louis XIV in Nick Dear’s historical drama Power. The following year he appeared in both The Paper Husband at Hampstead Theatre and as the upper-class Pip Thompson in a revival of Arnold Wesker's Chips with Everything on the Lyttelton stage at the Royal National Theatre. B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner. He was scheduled to appear alongside other celebrities in Soccer Aid 2010, but broke a bone in his knee during training, putting him in a plaster cast and ruling him out of the final match on 6 June 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Penry-Jones&oldid=984994509, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2013, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 October 2020, at 09:42. He made his London stage debut at the Hackney Empire theatre in 1995 playing Fortinbras to Ralph Fiennes's Hamlet in an Almeida production of Hamlet. Whitechapel was the highest-performing new drama in 2009. From July to October 2003 at the National's Cottesloe Theatre he played the leading role of Louis XIV in Nick Dear's historical drama Power. Try Us and See Why Over 1,000,000 People Choose Us! [8], Penry-Jones on the set of the 2007 television film, "Rupert Penry-Jones: 'It's nice not to be chasing a bad guy, "Rankin and P. D. James pick up ITV3 awards", http://www.candidmagazine.com/little-chaos-bfi-london-film-festival-2014/, "Who Do You Think You Are, Series 7, Rupert Penry-Jones", Rupert Penry-Jones interview: Sunday Times 15 June 2008, Maxine Peake to star in BBC1 legal drama Silk at guardian.co.uk, TV series (1 episode: "The Burning Deck"), TV series (3 series, 18 episodes, 2011, 2012, 2014). The production then transferred for a four-month run at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. A second series of the show based around the Kray twins was broadcast in autumn 2010; the third series began in January 2012. On television, he has played barrister Alex Hay in C4's ten-part serial North Square in 2000; Donald Maclean in the BBC's four-part production of Cambridge Spies in 2003; and Grimani in Russell T. Davies' production of Casanova in 2005. He returned to the theatre at the end of 2009 playing the role of Carl in Michael Wynne's new play The Priory at the Royal Court Theatre, London, from 19 November 2009 to 16 January 2010. His brother Laurence Penry-Jones is an actor turned ambulance driver while his sister-in-law is actress Polly Walker. Penry-Jones was born in London, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne. He also joined the cast of the film A Little Chaos with Kate Winslet as Antoine. He was cast as Richard in the premiere staging of Stephen Poliakoff's Sweet Panic at Hampstead Theatre in 1996. In 1995 he appeared with his mother on television in Cold Comfort Farm. He played Richard Hannay in the BBC adaptation of The 39 Steps which was screened at Christmas 2008. He was cast as Richard in the premiere staging of Stephen Poliakoff’s Sweet Panic at Hampstead Theatre in 1996. Penry-Jones was also cast opposite Maxine Peake in a legal drama Silk created by Peter Moffat. Penry-Jones also discovered that he had Anglo-Indian ancestry from the early 19th century. Series 2 aired in 2012 and Series 3 premiered on 24 February 2014. Penry-Jones was apparently devastated and proceeded to give a number of interviews in the UK in which he attacked the US television industry. [6], Penry-Jones is known to be very critical of the British television and film industry. Both productions transferred to the Barbican Centre in London in 2000, where his performance as Don Carlos won the Ian Charleson Award. Penry-Jones was born in London, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne. His brother, Laurence Penry-Jones, is an actor turned ambulance driver who is married to actress Polly Walker. Control your personal reputation & learn the truth about people you deal with every day. Penry-Jones married Irish actress Dervla Kirwan in August 2007, following a three-year engagement. [1] He was educated at Dulwich College in south-east London, until age 17 when he was enrolled at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School , only to be expelled in his second year for being a … In 2008, he starred with Bradley Whitford and Neve Campbell in Burn Up playing an oil executive who becomes embroiled in the politics surrounding global warming and oil stocks.

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