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 nomination for An Ideal Husband (1999).

Filmography

• 2028The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two — Abraham
• 2027The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One — Abraham
• 2026Ancestors — Maurice
• 2026Madfabulous — Gelert
• 2025Judas' Gospel — Caiaphas
• 2025Juliet & Romeo — Lord Capulet
• 2025Legend Has It — Zhal
• Rivals — Malise Gordon
• Funny Woman — Brian Debehnam
• Gray — Tagg
• 2023Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story — Noël Coward (voice)
• 2023Napoleon — Duke of Wellington
• 2022My Policeman — Patrick
• 2022She Will — Tirador
• 2021Warning — Charlie
• Adult Material — Carroll Quinn
• Emily in Paris — Giorgio Barbieri
• 2019Muse — Demon
• The Name of the Rose — Bernardo Gui
• 2019The Warrior Queen of Jhansi — Sir Hugh Rose
• 2018The Happy Prince — Oscar Wilde, Screenplay, Director
• 201750 Shades of Gay
• 2017Love, Cecil — Narrator (voice)
• Quacks — Dr. Hendrick
• 2016Finding Altamira — Monseñor
• 2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children — Ornithologist
• 2015A Royal Night Out — King George
• Love for Sale with Rupert Everett — Narrator
• 2014Rosenn — Lewis Lafoly
• The Musketeers — Governor Feron
• 2013Justin and the Knights of Valour — Sota (voice)
• Parade's End — Mark Tietjens
• Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife — Martin Kendall
• Black Mirror — Judge Hope
• 2011Hysteria — Lord Edmund St. John-Smythe
• 2010Wild Target — Ferguson
• 2009Hi Society: The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam
• 2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold — Camilla Fritton / Captain Archibald Fritton / Fortnam Fritton, Executive Producer
• 2009The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron
• 2008Victorian Sex Explorer — Narrator, Writer
• Comic Relief Does The Apprentice
• 2007Shrek the Third — Prince Charming (voice)
• 2007St Trinian's — Camilla Fritton / Carnaby Fritton, Executive Producer
• 2007Stardust — Secundus
• 2006Quiet Flows The Don — Grigory
• Quiet Flows the Don — Gregor Melekhov
• Graham Norton's Bigger Picture
• 2005Separate Lies — Bill Bule
• 2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Mr. Fox (voice)
• 2004A Different Loyalty — Leo Cauffield, Executive Producer
• Boston Legal — Malcolm Holmes
• 2004People : Jet Set 2 — Charles de Poulignac
• 2004Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking — Sherlock Holmes
• 2004Shrek 2 — Prince Charming (voice)
• 2004Stage Beauty — King Charles II
• Dangerous Liaisons — Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
• The Sharon Osbourne Show
• 2003To Kill a King — King Charles I
• 2002The Importance of Being Earnest — Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff
• 2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie — Sloan Blackburn (voice)
• 2002Unconditional Love — Dirk Simpson
• 2001South Kensington — Nick
• 2000Paragraph 175 — Narrator (voice)
• 2000The Next Best Thing — Robert Whittaker
• 1999A Midsummer Night's Dream — Oberon
• 1999An Ideal Husband — Lord Arthur Goring
• 1999B. Monkey — Paul Neville
• 1999Inspector Gadget — Sanford Scolex
• 1998Shakespeare in Love — Christopher Marlowe
• 1997My Best Friend's Wedding — George Downes
• 1996Dunston Checks In — Lord Rutledge
• 1994Cemetery Man — Francesco Dellamorte
• 1994Prêt-à-Porter — Jack Lowenthal
• 1994Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
• 1994Shooting Angels
• 1994The Madness of King George — Prince of Wales
• 1992Inside Monkey Zetterland — Sasha
• 1990The Comfort of Strangers — Colin
• The Word
• 1989Tolérance — Assuerus, aka Horace Walop
• 1987Chronicle of a Death Foretold — Bayardo San Roman
• 1987Hearts of Fire — James Colt
• 1987The Gold Rimmed Glasses — David Lattes
• 1987The Right Hand Man — Lord Harry Ironminster
• 1986Duet for One — Constantine Kassanis
• 1985Arthur the King — Lancelot
• 1985Dance with a Stranger — David Blakeley
• 1984Another Country — Guy Bennett
• 1984Real Life — Tim
• The Far Pavilions — George Garforth
• 1983Dead on Time — Bank Customer / Blind Man
• Princess Daisy — Ram Valensky
• 1983The Bloody Chamber
• 1982A Shocking Accident — Jerome Weathersby
• 1982Soft Targets — Boy at Party
• The Agatha Christie Hour — Guy
• Strangers — Lord Plural
• Play for Today
• Lead Heads
• Lost and Found in Paris — Gary Saint Lazare, Director, Writer
• Out Late — Edmond
• The Ivy — Narrator
• The Liar — Humphrey Biffen
• The Light Fantastic — Reynolds

Appearances as themselves (28)

• Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up — Self - Guest
• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
• 2017Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards — Self
• John Bishop: In Conversation with... — Self
• 2016There's Something About Romcoms — Self
• The Kumars — Self
• 2011Shrek: Once Upon a Time — Self
• Alan Carr: Chatty Man — Self
• Chris Moyles' Quiz Night — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self - Guest Host, Self - Host
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Forever Ealing — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self - Guest
• Richard & Judy — Self
• 1997Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories — Self
• Ruby — Self
• The View — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• This Morning — Self
• 1987Getting to Dylan — Self
• Wogan — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Late Late Show — Self
• The Making of Shrek 2 — Self