- Born
- Birth nameRupert William Penry-Jones
- Nickname
- Roo
- Height6′ 1¾″ (1.87 m)
- Rupert Penry-Jones was born on September 22, 1970 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for MI-5 (2002), Match Point (2005) and The Four Feathers (2002). He has been married to Dervla Kirwan since August 2007. They have two children.
- SpouseDervla Kirwan(August 2007 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenFlorence Penry-JonesPeter Penry-Jones
- Parents
- RelativesLaurence Penry-Jones(Sibling)
- On Who Do You Think You Are? (2004), he and his mother found that they had Indian ancestry, going back to an ancestor, working in India in the early 19th century, who married a woman of Indian or Anglo-Indian descent.
- Appeared with his mother in Cold Comfort Farm (1995).
- His performance in "Don Carlos" for the Royal Shakespeare Company earned him the Ian Charleson Award.
- He attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
- His partner actress Dervla Kirwan gave birth to their daughter Florence on May 1st, 2004. Son Peter was born April 8th, 2006.
- I've worked for years to get the career I have now, so to find I need a break is quite disappointing!
- I get very few nasty letters. A few from people who disapprove of the fact that I'm getting naked on television yet again. I don't know why - I suppose they don't like the idea that I'm doing that while I'm married with children.
- Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career.
- Our pool is outdoors, but it's heated, and I've got one of those machines that produces waves you have to swim against; like a jogging treadmill, really, only it's in water. Basically, it means you can have a small pool, swim for miles, and get nowhere.
- The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there's something really big going on.
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