Rupert Everett

Rupert Everett

1959-05-29 Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England, UK 91 Credits

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...

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Judas' Gospel

2025

as Caiaphas

Acting

An innovative approach in retelling the tale of Judas Iscariot, known for his biblical betrayal of Jesus when he disclosed his whereabouts for 30 piec...

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

2025

as Lord Capulet

6.4
Acting

Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as the...

Legend Has It

Legend Has It

2025

as Zhal

Acting

After his mother disappeared when he was a child, Daruosh, has always struggled to find his place in the world. But when this misfit teenager, stumble...

Napoleon

Napoleon

2023

as Duke of Wellington

6.3
Acting

An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his add...

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

2023

as Noël Coward (voice)

6.4
Acting

The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose from poverty to stardom while keeping his sexuality ...

My Policeman

My Policeman

2022

as Patrick

7.6
Acting

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous...

She Will

She Will

2022

as Tirador

5.5
Acting

Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious f...

Warning

Warning

2021

as Charlie

4.7
Acting

Loneliness, death and the meaning of life, explored through vastly separate lives colliding in interweaving short stories set in future Earth.

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

2019

as Sir Hugh Rose

5.7
Acting

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India ...

Muse

Muse

2019

as Demon

Acting

Luca is the pre-eminent artist of his generation and at the peak of his career, lauded, feted and collected by all. He is the ultimate showman however...

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018

as Oscar Wilde

6.3
Acting

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover....

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

2018

Screenplay, Director

6.3
Writing Directing

In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover....

And the Winner Isn't

And the Winner Isn't

2017

as Self

5.7
Acting

A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, as the pair track down celebrities and industry in...

Love, Cecil

Love, Cecil

2017

as Narrator (voice)

6.4
Acting

A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known for...

50 Shades of Gay

50 Shades of Gay

2017

3.9
Acting

50 years after decriminalization of homosexuality in Great Britain, actor Rupert Everett explores the way both the gay community and public attitude t...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016

as Ornithologist

6.8
Acting

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroyin...

There's Something About Romcoms

There's Something About Romcoms

2016

as Self

6.0
Acting

The inside story of the best modern romcoms with Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Dermot Mulrooney, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander, Stephen Merc...

Finding Altamira

Finding Altamira

2016

as Monseñor

5.8
Acting

The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira c...

A Royal Night Out

A Royal Night Out

2015

as King George

6.5
Acting

The re-imagining of VE Day in 1945, when Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Margaret were allowed out from Buckingham Palace for the night to join in ...

Rosenn

Rosenn

2014

as Lewis Lafoly

Acting

A famous English writer, Lewis Lafoly, forty and languidly elegant, meets Rosennn Auroch, a young and radiant woman on Bourbon Island in the Indian Oc...

The Return

The Return

2013

as Journalist

7.9
Acting

In December 1953, Coco Chanel began her incredible return to center stage. The designer reopens her Haute Couture house after fifteen years of absence...

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Justin and the Knights of Valour

2013

as Sota (voice)

5.9
Acting

A heart-warming tale about friendship, honor & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

2011

as Self

7.5
Acting

A making-of for the Shrek series.

Hysteria

Hysteria

2011

as Lord Edmund St. John-Smythe

6.7
Acting

Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

Wild Target

Wild Target

2010

as Ferguson

6.4
Acting

Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficienc...

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

2009

as Camilla Fritton / Captain Archibald Fritton / Fortnam Fritton

5.6
Acting

After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle, Miss Fritton explains that she's descended from a...

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

2009

Executive Producer

5.6
Producing

After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle, Miss Fritton explains that she's descended from a...

Hi Society: The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam

2009

Acting

Nicky Haslam, renowned socialite, bon viveur, wit and best friend to all is also one of the world's most respected and highly paid interior designers,...

The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron

The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron

2009

Acting

“The first rockstar”, “Crazy, evil and dangerous”. This is how Rupert Everett introduces us to the British romantic poet Lord Byron. Between 1809 and ...

Victorian Sex Explorer

Victorian Sex Explorer

2008

as Narrator

Acting

Part history, part travelogue, Victorian Sex Explorer is a revealing, witty journey through Queen Victoria’s Empire, from the late 1830s to the turn o...

Victorian Sex Explorer

Victorian Sex Explorer

2008

Writer

Writing

Part history, part travelogue, Victorian Sex Explorer is a revealing, witty journey through Queen Victoria’s Empire, from the late 1830s to the turn o...

St Trinian's

St Trinian's

2007

as Camilla Fritton / Carnaby Fritton

5.9
Acting

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless p...

St Trinian's

St Trinian's

2007

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless p...

Stardust

Stardust

2007

as Secundus

7.3
Acting

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the ...

Shrek the Third

Shrek the Third

2007

as Prince Charming (voice)

6.3
Acting

The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace a...

Quiet Flows The Don

Quiet Flows The Don

2006

as Grigory

3.8
Acting

With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthl...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005

as Mr. Fox (voice)

7.1
Acting

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kin...

Separate Lies

Separate Lies

2005

as Bill Bule

5.8
Acting

Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

2004

as Sherlock Holmes

6.4
Acting

The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr....

A Different Loyalty

A Different Loyalty

2004

as Leo Cauffield

4.6
Acting

In January 1963, British journalist Leo Cauffield suddenly disappears from his home in Beirut. His wife Sally knew that he was working part-time for B...

A Different Loyalty

A Different Loyalty

2004

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

In January 1963, British journalist Leo Cauffield suddenly disappears from his home in Beirut. His wife Sally knew that he was working part-time for B...

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

2004

as King Charles II

6.7
Acting

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because th...

Shrek 2

Shrek 2

2004

as Prince Charming (voice)

7.3
Acting

Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek...

People - Jet set 2

People - Jet set 2

2004

as Charles de Poulignac

3.5
Acting

John-John is the best party promoter in Ibiza. He's responsible for the wildest parties ever. A party fixed by John-John is bound to be a success, and...

To Kill a King

To Kill a King

2003

as King Charles I

5.7
Acting

A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

2002

as Sloan Blackburn (voice)

6.3
Acting

Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don't always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie's life is in danger, and Eliza migh...

Forever Ealing

Forever Ealing

2002

as Self

6.8
Acting

This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War I...

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

2002

as Dirk Simpson

5.9
Acting

After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the l...

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

2002

as Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff

6.9
Acting

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using ...

South Kensington

South Kensington

2001

as Nick

5.1
Acting

A London aristocrat (Rupert Everett) rents out rooms in his posh estate to a pair of Italians who are wooing two wealthy British gals (Elle Macpherson...

The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

2000

as Robert Whittaker

5.3
Acting

A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, ...

Paragraph 175

Paragraph 175

2000

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code. Tho...

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

1999

as Sanford Scolex / Dr. Claw

4.5
Acting

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a labo...

B. Monkey

B. Monkey

1999

as Paul Neville

5.8
Acting

When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999

as Oberon

6.4
Acting

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic enta...

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

1999

as Lord Arthur Goring

6.5
Acting

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London w...

Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare in Love

1998

as Christopher Marlowe

6.9
Acting

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman a...

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

as George Downes

6.6
Acting

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...

Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories

Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories

1997

1.0
Acting

Pierre's the photographer, Gilles is the painter. This video follows the pair of French artists for one year as they team to concoct their patented bi...

Dunston Checks In

Dunston Checks In

1996

as Lord Rutledge

5.4
Acting

Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a vil...

The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George

1994

as Prince of Wales

6.8
Acting

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confu...

Prêt-à-Porter

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

as Jack Lowenthal

5.2
Acting

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

1994

1.0
Acting

Remembrance of Things Fast represents the culmination of Maybury's work in video, which has developed alongside the technology itself. Starring Tilda ...

Shooting Angels

Shooting Angels

1994

10.0
Acting

Once upon a time there lived a crazy sculptor who tried to make a sculpture of God, but the statue lacked something. As it turned out, it lacked a mag...

Cemetery Man

Cemetery Man

1994

as Francesco Dellamorte

6.9
Acting

Cemetery watchman, Francesco Dellamorte, is tasked with dispatching the recently deceased when they rise from their graves.

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Inside Monkey Zetterland

1992

as Sasha

3.2
Acting

An off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay.

The Comfort of Strangers

The Comfort of Strangers

1990

as Colin

5.8
Acting

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.

Tolérance

Tolérance

1989

as Assuerus, aka Horace Walop

2.0
Acting

An English hermit Rupert Everett) has somehow been brought to France in the period following the French Revolution, and prior to the Napoleonic Era, a...

Hearts of Fire

Hearts of Fire

1987

as James Colt

3.8
Acting

A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her ...

The Right Hand Man

The Right Hand Man

1987

as Lord Harry Ironminster

2.5
Acting

A stagecoach driver goes to work for a dying, one-armed aristocrat in 1860s Australia.

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

1987

as David Lattes

6.2
Acting

A Jewish couple and a homosexual doctor fall to prejudice and scandal in 1938 Italy.

Getting to Dylan

Getting to Dylan

1987

as Self

Acting

In 1987, Christopher Sykes interviewed Bob Dylan. Their meeting revealed a side of Dylan that is rarely seen - direct, playful and fully engaged in th...

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1987

as Bayardo San Roman

7.4
Acting

This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by d...

Duet for One

Duet for One

1986

as Constantine Kassanis

5.5
Acting

When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her career ends, her husband leaves her for another wo...

Arthur the King

Arthur the King

1985

as Lancelot

3.3
Acting

Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunatel...

Dance with a Stranger

Dance with a Stranger

1985

as David Blakeley

6.0
Acting

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for Da...

Another Country

Another Country

1984

as Guy Bennett

6.5
Acting

In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contribut...

Real Life

Real Life

1984

as Tim

Acting

A comedy about a dreamer whose Walter Mitty-like fantasies turn his world of make-believe into a world of trouble.

The Bloody Chamber

The Bloody Chamber

1983

Acting

A beautiful teenage girl, marries an older, wealthy French Marquis, whom she does not love. He gifts her a choker made of rubies, warning her against ...

Dead on Time

Dead on Time

1983

as Bank Customer/Blind Man

6.5
Acting

Bernard Fripp is told by his doctor that he has only 30 minutes left to live. This sets Bernard bumbling off on a mission to live his final minutes to...

Soft Targets

Soft Targets

1982

as Boy at Party

Acting

Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that he is at the centre of a Foreign Office plot.

A Shocking Accident

A Shocking Accident

1982

as Jerome Weathersby

6.1
Acting

A Shocking Accident is a 1982 British short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. About a boy wh...

Lost and Found in Paris

Lost and Found in Paris

N/A

1.0
Acting

Follows an unruly teenager sent by his exasperated parents to live with a Parisian socialite family to learn French and grow up.

Out Late

N/A

as Edmond

Acting

Recent widower Angelo is forced to confront a deeply hidden personal truth when he meets and strikes up an unlikely friendship with openly gay dancer ...

The Temptation Of Gracie

N/A

Acting

Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to ...

The Ivy

The Ivy

N/A

as Narrator

10.0
Acting

At the heart of London’s theatreland, The Ivy’s renowned décor and dining experience has earned it a global fame on a par with its star-studded client...

Lead Heads

N/A

Acting

A drama about greed, the film will focus on a group of men corrupted by greed, who, in their desperation, are drawn together for one night to play a g...

The Liar

The Liar

N/A

as Humphrey Biffen

Acting

Adrian Healey is clever, charming and witty, but above all he is an expert liar. His unparalleled ability to consummately cheat and deceive is a skill...

Madfabulous

Madfabulous

N/A

Acting

Set in the late 19th century, Henry Cyril Paget is the flamboyant fifth Marquess of Anglesey whose behaviour and extravagance have modern echoes.

The Light Fantastic

N/A

as Reynolds

Acting

Jason, a 30-something gay firefighter who dreams of becoming a professional ballroom dancer. Set in the vibrant heart of the British seaside town of B...

Lost and Found in Paris

Lost and Found in Paris

N/A

Director

1.0
Directing

Follows an unruly teenager sent by his exasperated parents to live with a Parisian socialite family to learn French and grow up.