Rupert Evans

{{Infobox person

| name = Rupert Evans

| caption =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|03|09|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Staffordshire, England

| alma_mater = Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1994–present

| children = 2

}}

Rupert Evans (born 9 March 1977{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/H9POk7qLSV/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/H9POk7qLSV |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Rupert Evans' B-day sandwich cake!🍼|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2012-03-09}}{{cbignore}}) is a British actor.

Early life

Rupert Evans was born on March 9, 1977, in Staffordshire, England and was brought up on a farm in the same area.{{cite web|last1=Bishop|first1=Caroline|title=RUPERT EVANS|url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/backstage-pass/article/item107726/rupert-evans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208055107/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/backstage-pass/article/item107726/rupert-evans/|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2015|website=Official London Theatre|publisher=Society of London Theatre|access-date=10 April 2016|date=30 September 2009}} Evans was educated at Bilton Grange School, followed by Milton Abbey School.{{cite news|last1=Eyre|first1=Hermione|title=The Dreamboat: Rupert Evans|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/the-dreamboat-rupert-evans-6765198.html|access-date=10 April 2016|work=London Evening Standard|date=2 October 2009}}{{cite web|title=Tatler Schools Guide 2013>Milton Abbey School — Alumni|url=http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2013/public/milton-abbey-school|website=Tatler|publisher=Condé Nast Publications|access-date=10 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007012321/http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2013/public/milton-abbey-school|archive-date=7 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}

He studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 2001.{{Cite web |last=Ramsden |first=Same |date=2022-03-29 |title=You've Definitely Seen Viscount Edmund Bridgerton Before |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/who-is-rupert-evans |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Bustle |language=en}}

Career

Early in his career, Evans appeared in the drama Crime and Punishment starring John Simm, and North and South starring Richard Armitage.

Evans' first major film role was as FBI Agent John Myers in director Guillermo del Toro's 2004 adaptation of the Mike Mignola comic book Hellboy.{{Cite news |last=Espinoza |first=Javier |date=29 Nov 2012 |title=Friday Night, Saturday Morning: English Actor Rupert Evans Revs Things Up a Notch |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324352004578136991851129384 |access-date=2024-03-08 |work=WSJ |language=en-US}} He also appeared in Agora, which was filmed in Malta with Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella.

Evans has starred as Edmund Allingham in the BBC's The Village;{{cite web|title=The Village> Characters> Edmund Allingham|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5wW9Pr5vsxMFSptdgLtdnFQ/edmund-allingham|website=BBC|access-date=10 April 2016}} as Elliot Howe in Rogue; as Peter Fleming in Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond;{{cite magazine |first=Kyle |last=Goodwin |title=Rupert Evans Interview |date=February 2014 |magazine=Drafted |url=http://www.draftedmagazine.com/rupert-evans-interview/ |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419163051/http://www.draftedmagazine.com/rupert-evans-interview/ |archive-date=19 April 2015}} and as Brother Godwyn in World Without End.{{cite news|last1=Espinoza|first1=Javier|title=Rupert Evans Revs Things Up a Notch|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324352004578136991851129384|access-date=11 April 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=29 November 2012}} He also guest-starred in ITV's High Stakes sitcom with Richard Wilson, and Paradise Heights, the BBC drama starring Neil Morrissey. Evans was a lead in the Amazon Prime original series The Man in the High Castle.{{cite news|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|last2=Andreeva|first2=Nellie|title=Amazon Orders 5 Original Series Including Man In The High Castle, Mad Dogs|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/amazon-orders-original-series-man-in-the-high-castle-mad-dogs-video-1201375797/|access-date=11 April 2016|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=18 February 2015}}{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Jessica |date=2018-10-04 |title="It's hard being rejected." How Rupert Evans became king of the Castle |url=https://squaremile.com/culture/rupert-evans-man-in-the-high-castle/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Square Mile |language=en}}

In 2014, Evans starred in the horror film The Canal, and in 2016 had a supporting role in the horror film The Boy.{{Cite magazine |last=Losgar |first=Maxwell |date=2016-01-25 |title=How Rupert Evans Bonded with His Creepy Co-star in The Boy |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/01/rupert-evans-interview |access-date=2024-03-08 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}} He played the role of Jerry Levov in Ewan McGregor's 2016 feature directorial debut American Pastoral.{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2015-10-15 |title=Rupert Evans Joins Ewan McGregor's 'American Pastoral' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/rupert-evans-american-pastoral-ewan-mcgregor-1201619037/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

In February 2018, Evans was cast in a regular role for The CW's fantasy drama series Charmed, a reboot of the 1998 series of the same name. Evans plays Harry Greenwood, a college professor and the sisters' whitelighter – a guardian angel who protects and guides witches. The show ran for four seasons, until 2022.{{cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=February 28, 2018 |title=Charmed Reboot: Rupert Evans Joins CW Pilot as the New (Spoiler) |url=http://tvline.com/2018/02/28/charmed-reboot-rupert-evans-cast-harry-professor-the-cw/ |access-date=March 1, 2018 |publisher=TVLine}}

In 2021 Evans appeared in Bridgerton series 2, portraying Edmund Bridgerton, late husband to Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and father to the entire Bridgerton clan.{{Cite web |last=Jøhnk Christensen |first=Tina |date=2022-03-18 |title=Rupert Evans on his Role in "Bridgerton": "Lovely bringing this person to life." |url=https://goldenglobes.com/articles/rupert-evans-his-role-bridgerton-lovely-bringing-person-life/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Golden Globes |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Evans is married and has two children.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
1994 \| The Browning Version \| \| Uncredited
2004 \| Hellboy \| John Myers \|
2006 \| Guantanamero \| Ali/Jeb \|
2008 \| Sidney Turtlebaum \| Gabriel \|
2009 \| Agora \| Synesius \|
2011 \| Asylum Blackout \| George \|
2012 \| Elfie Hopkins \| Mr. Gammon \|
2014 \| The Canal \| David \|
2015 \| Tank 432 \| Reeves \|
rowspan=2\|2016 \| The Boy \| Malcolm \|
American Pastoral \| Jerry Levov \|
2020 \| The Doorman \| Jon Stanton \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

1994

| The Browning Version

| Uncredited

2004

| Hellboy

| John Myers

2006

| Guantanamero

| Ali/Jeb

2008

| Sidney Turtlebaum

| Gabriel

2009

| Agora

| Synesius

2011

| Asylum Blackout

| George

2012

| Elfie Hopkins

| Mr. Gammon

2014

| The Canal

| David

2015

| Tank 432

| Reeves

rowspan=2|2016

| The Boy

| Malcolm

American Pastoral

| Jerry Levov

2020

| The Doorman

| Jon Stanton

=Television=

Year	Title	Role	Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan="3" \| 2001	Band of Brothers	Paratrooper
High Stakes	Charlie	Episode: "Father Figure"
My Family	Tom	Episode: "All Roads Lead to Ramon"
rowspan="3" \| 2002 \| Crime and Punishment \| Student \| Miniseries
Lexx \| Cleasby \| Episode: "Prime Ridge"
The Eustace Bros.	Toby Edwards	6 episodes
2002–2003	Rockface	Jamie Doughan	7 episodes
2003	Sons and Lovers	Paul Morel
2004	North & South	Frederick Hale
rowspan="2"\|2005	Fingersmith	Richard Rivers
ShakespeaRe-Told — A Midsummer Night's Dream	Xander
2008	The Palace	King Richard IV
2009	Emma	Frank Churchill	Mini-Series, 3 episodes
2010	The Little House	Patrick	2 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 2012	Dark Matters: Twisted But True	Fritz Haber Dr. Goldberger	2 episodes
World Without End	Godwyn	Mini-Series
2013–2014	The Village	Edmund Allingham	12 episodes
rowspan=“2” \| 2013	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Harold Waring	Episode: "The Labours of Hercules"
2013	The Great Scott	Waverley	Mini-Series
rowspan="3" \| 2014	Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond	Peter Fleming	Mini-Series
Rogue	Elliott
The Secrets	Tom	Episode: "The Conversation"
2015–2018	The Man in the High Castle	Frank Frink	Series regular
2018–2022	Charmed	Harry Greenwood	Series regular Also director: 3 episodes{{efn\|Credited as Rupert E.C. Evans}}
2022 \|Bridgerton \| Edmund Bridgerton \|Episode: "A Bee in Your Bonnet”
2023 \|Black Cake \|James Evertt \|Episode: "Mother"
2024 \|Moonflower Murders \|John Spencer \|

= Video games =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2011

|Q.U.B.E.

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Theatre

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Director

!Venue

!Ref.

1999

|Venetian Heat

|Mario

|Phil Lea

|Barons Court Theatre

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Tour archive for Venetian Heat (Play). 11th March 1999-11th April 1999 [T1859593435] |url=https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/Tour/Play/Venetian-Heat/T1859593435/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=UK Theatre Web |language=en}}

2003- 2004

|Sweet Panic

|Richard

|Stephen Poliakoff

|Duke of York's Theatre

2005

|Breathing Corpses

|Charlie

|Anna Mackmin

|Royal Court Theatre

|{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Matt |date=2005-03-13 |title=Breathing Corpses |url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/reviews/breathing-corpses-1200527288/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |2006-2007

|Romeo & Juliet

|Romeo

|Nancy Meckler

| rowspan="2" |Royal Shakespeare Theatre

| rowspan="2" |Royal Shakespeare Company

|{{Cite web |title=RSC Performances {{!}} Romeo and Juliet {{!}} Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/rom200604/search/rsc_person:evans-rupert/page/1/view_as/grid |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=collections.shakespeare.org.uk}}

King John

|Lewis the Dauphin

|Josie Rourke

|{{Cite web |title=RSC Performances {{!}} King John {{!}} Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/kjo200608/search/rsc_person:evans-rupert/page/1/view_as/grid |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=collections.shakespeare.org.uk}}

2007

|Kiss of the Spider Woman

|Valentin

|Charlie Westenra

|Donmar Warehouse

|{{Cite web |last=Nathan |first=John |date=8 March 2007 |title=Iain Glen to Join Rupert Evans in Donmar Spider Woman |url=https://playbill.com/article/iain-glen-to-join-rupert-evans-in-donmar-spider-woman-com-139109 |access-date=7 March 2024 |website=Playbill}}

2012

|Fear

|Gerald

|Dominic Savage

|Bush Theatre

|{{cite web |title=Fear |url=https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/fear/ |access-date=11 April 2016 |publisher=Bush Theatre}}