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).
Known For
| Birth Location | Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England, UK |
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| Born | 1959-05-29 |
Movies
KRYP: The Final Project
as Prince Charming/C.H.A.R.M.I.N.G. (voice) (archive footage)
2025
Napoleon
as Duke of Wellington
2023
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
as Noël Coward (voice)
2023
My Policeman
as Older Patrick
2022
She Will
as Tirador
2022
Warning
as Charlie
2021
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Sir Hugh Rose
2019
Muse
as Demon
2019
The Happy Prince
as Oscar Wilde
2018
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017
Love, Cecil
as Narrator (voice)
2017
2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Ornithologist
2016
There's Something About Romcoms
as Self
2016
Finding Altamira
as Monseñor
2016
A Royal Night Out
as King George
2015
Rosenn
as Lewis Lafoly
2014
The Return
as Journalist
2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Sota (voice)
2013
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
as Self
2011
Hysteria
as Lord Edmund St. John-Smythe
2011
Wild Target
as Ferguson
2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Camilla Fritton / Captain Archibald Fritton / Fortnam Fritton
2009
St. Trinian's
as Camilla Fritton / Carnaby Fritton
2007
Stardust
as Secundus
2007
Shrek the Third
as Prince Charming (voice)
2007
Quiet Flows The Don
as Grigory
2006
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Mr. Fox (voice)
2005
Separate Lies
as Bill Bule
2005
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
as Sherlock Holmes
2004
Stage Beauty
as King Charles II
2004
People - Jet set 2
as Charles de Poulignac
2004
Shrek 2
as Prince Charming (voice)
2004
A Different Loyalty
as Leo Cauffield
2004
To Kill a King
as King Charles I
2003
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Sloan Blackburn (voice)
2002
Forever Ealing
as Self
2002
Unconditional Love
as Dirk Simpson
2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff
2002
South Kensington
as Nick
2001
The Next Best Thing
as Robert Whittaker
2000
Paragraph 175
as Narrator (voice)
2000
Inspector Gadget
as Sanford Scolex / Dr. Claw
1999
B. Monkey
as Paul Neville
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Oberon
1999
An Ideal Husband
as Lord Arthur Goring
1999
Shakespeare in Love
as Christopher Marlowe
1998
My Best Friend's Wedding
as George Downes
1997
Dunston Checks In
as Lord Rutledge
1996
The Madness of King George
as Prince of Wales
1994
Ready to Wear
as Jack Lowenthal
1994
1994
Cemetery Man
as Francesco Dellamorte
1994
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Sasha
1992
The Comfort of Strangers
as Colin
1990
Tolérance
as Assuerus, aka Horace Walop
1989
Hearts of Fire
as James Colt
1987
The Right Hand Man
as Lord Harry Ironminster
1987
The Gold Rimmed Glasses
as David Lattes
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Bayardo San Roman
1987
Duet for One
as Constantine Kassanis
1986
Arthur the King
as Lancelot
1985
Dance with a Stranger
as David Blakeley
1985
Real Life
as Tim
1984
Another Country
as Guy Bennett
1984
Dead on Time
as Bank Customer/Blind Man
1983
Soft Targets
as Boy at Party
1982
A Shocking Accident
as Jerome Weathersby
1982
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The Liar
as Humphrey Biffen
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The Ivy
as Narrator
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Movies
The Happy Prince
Screenplay
2018
The Happy Prince
Director
2018
St. Trinian's
Executive Producer
2007
A Different Loyalty
Executive Producer
2004
Lost and Found in Paris
Director
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