My Take
I've always had a soft spot for Rupert Everett — there's something almost unfairly glamorous about him, this tall, sardonic Brit who oozed sophistication in every frame. His breakthrough in Another Country back in 1984 was genuinely striking: playing a gay student in repressed 1930s England with so much cool intelligence that you couldn't look away. My Best Friend's Wedding cemented him as the best friend everyone actually wanted on screen, upstaging the leads with effortless wit. And then there's the delicious irony of him voicing Prince Charming in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third — arch, preening, absurdly funny. What I admire most, though, is his candour off-screen: openly gay at a time when it cost careers, never pretending otherwise, and later channelling that outsider perspective into his writing. Underappreciated, under-awarded, always interesting.
Overview
Rupert James Hector Everett (; born 29 May 1959) is an English actor. He 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.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rupert Everett
- Name (Japanese)
- ルパート・エヴェレット
- Reading
- るぱーと・えゔぇれっと
- Born
- May 29, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
- Origin
- Burnham Deepdale, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / novelist / writer / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Ampleforth College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Shrek 2 | — | |
| Notable work | Shrek the Third | — |
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.