Rupert Everett

**Rupert Everett** (Rupert James Hector Everett, born 29 May 1959) is an English actor, singer and writer. He became famous when he appeared in Julian Mitchell's play and movie _Another Country_ playing an openly homosexual student at an English public school in the 1930s.  He has since appeared in many other works, including _My Best Friend's Wedding_, _The Next Best Thing_ and the _Shrek_ sequels.

Everett left school at 16 and ran away to London to become an actor. In order to support himself, he worked as a prostitute for drugs and money—he disclosed this information in an interview for _US_ magazine in 1997. After being dismissed from the Central School of Speech and Drama, he travelled to Scotland and got a job at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.

In the 21st century, Everett has been writing. He has been a _Vanity Fair_ contributing editor, has written for _The Guardian_ and wrote a film screenplay on playwright Oscar Wilde's final years.

In 2006 Everett published a memoir, _Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins_, in which he reveals his six-year affair with British television presenter Paula Yates. Although he is sometimes described as bisexual, as opposed to homosexual, he described his heterosexual affairs during a radio show with Jonathan Ross as the result of adventurousness: "I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything".

Everett criticised the introduction of same-sex marriage, claiming, "I find it personally beyond tragic that we want to ape this institution that is so clearly a disaster".

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1982|_A Shocking Accident_|Jerome and Mr. Weathersby|Short film||
|1983|_Princess Daisy_|Ram Valenski|TV miniseries||
|1984|_Another Country_|Guy Bennett|based on the young Guy Burgess Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer||
|1985|_Dance with a Stranger_|David Blakeley|||
|1986|_Duet for One_|Constantine Kassanis|||
|1987|_The Gold Rimmed Glasses_|Davide Lattes|aka _Gli occhiali d'oro_||
|1987|_Hearts of Fire_|James Colt|||
|1987|_Chronicle of a Death Foretold_|Bayardo San Román|||
|1987|_The Right-Hand Man_|Lord Harry Ironminster|Australian film, based on the book of the same name||
|1990|_The Comfort of Strangers_|Colin|||
|1994|_Prêt-à-Porter_|Jack Lowenthal|aka _Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)_||
|1994|_The Madness of King George_|George, Prince of Wales|||
|1994|_Cemetery Man_|Francesco Dellamorte|aka _Dellamorte Dellamore_||
|1996|_Dunston Checks In_|Lord Rutledge|||
|1997|_My Best Friend's Wedding_|George Downes|American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor||
|1998|_Shakespeare in Love_|Christopher Marlowe|Uncredited||
|1998|_B. Monkey_|Paul Neville|||
|1999|_An Ideal Husband_|Lord Goring|Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy||
|1999|_Inspector Gadget_|Sanford Scolex/Dr. Claw|||
|1999|_A Midsummer Night's Dream_|Oberon|||
|2000|_Paragraph 175_|Narrator|Documentary film||
|2000|_The Next Best Thing_|Robert Whittaker|||
|2002|_The Importance of Being Earnest_|Algernon / "Bunbury"|||
|2002|_The Wild Thornberrys Movie_|Sloan Blackburn|voice role||
|2003|_Unconditional Love_|Dirk Simpson|||
|2003|_To Kill a King_|King Charles I|||
|2004|_Stage Beauty_|King Charles II|||
|2004|_Shrek 2_|Prince Charming|voice role||
|2004|_A Different Loyalty_|Leo Cauffield|||
|2005|_Separate Lies_|William "Bill" Bule|||
|2005|_The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_|Mr. Fox|voice role||
|2007|_Stardust_|Prince Secundus|||
|2007|_Shrek the Third_|Prince Charming|voice role||
|2007|_St. Trinian's_|Headmistress Camilla Fritton/Carnaby Fritton|||
|2009|_St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold_|Headmistress Camilla Fritton|||
|2010|_Wild Target_|Ferguson|||
|2011|_Hysteria_|Lord Edmund St. John-Smythe|||
|2013|_Justin and the Knights of Valour_|Sota|voice role||
|2015|_A Royal Night Out_|King George VI|||
|2016|_Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children_|John Lamont/Mr. Barron|||
|2018|_The Happy Prince_|Oscar Wilde|Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction||
|2019|_ Swords and Sceptres_|Sir Hugh Rose|_Post-production_||
|TBA|_Warning_||_Filming_||
|2022|my policeman|older patrick|||

## Other websites

- In-depth biography with many quotes from Everett and friends
- Interview and review of Everett's memoir
- Rupert fires himself on Celebrity Apprentice

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Rupert Everett
- **image**: Rupert Everett in July 2007.jpg
- **caption**: Everett in July 2007
- **birth name**: Rupert James Hector Everett
- **birth place**: Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **credits**: * "Guy Bennett" in _Another Country_
* "George Downes" in _My Best Friend's Wedding_
* "Robert Whittaker" in _The Next Best Thing_
* "Prince Charming" in the _Shrek_ sequels
- **parents**: Anthony Everett (deceased)
Sara (née Maclean)
- **nationality**: British people, British
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1982–present