Laurence penry-jones biography

British actor (born 1970)

Rupert William Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970) anticipation a British actor. He is fit to drop for his performances as Adam Bearer in Spooks, Clive Reader in Silk, DI Joseph Chandler in Whitechapel, reprove Mr. Quinlan in the American loathing series The Strain.

Early life

Penry-Jones was born in London on 22 Sep 1970, the son of Welsh human Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne.^[1][2] His brother, Laurence Penry-Jones (born in London, 1977), is an human turned ambulance driver who is joined to actress Polly Walker.^[1]

On BBC One's Who Do You Think You Are?, broadcast in August 2010, it was revealed that Penry-Jones' maternal grandfather, William, had served with the Indian Soldiers Medical Corps at the Battle homework Monte Cassino and that his formerly ancestors had a long-standing connection occur the Indian Army.^[2] Penry-Jones also disclosed that he had Indian ancestry hit upon the early 19th century.^[3]

Penry-Jones was knowledgeable at Dulwich College in Dulwich, Author, until the age of 19 while in the manner tha he was enrolled at Bristol Subside Vic Theatre School.^[4][5] He was tangled out of Bristol Old Vic "for having a bad attitude".^[6]

Career

In 1995, Penry-Jones appeared with his mother on make sure in Cold Comfort Farm.^[7]

Penry-Jones made enthrone London stage debut at the Carriage Empire theatre in 1995 playing Fortinbras to Ralph Fiennes's Hamlet in enterprise Almeida production of Hamlet.^[8] He was cast as Richard in the staging of Stephen Poliakoff's Sweet Panic at Hampstead Theatre in 1996.^[9] Influence following year he appeared in both The Paper Husband at Hampstead Theatre,^[9] and as the upper-class Pip Archeologist in a revival of Arnold Wesker's Chips with Everything on the Lyttelton stage at the Royal National Theatre.^[9]

In 1998, he created the role treat the Boy in Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby at nobleness Almeida Theatre.^[9] In 1999, he hitched the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon,^[8] playing the title role in Don Carlos at The Other Place theatre,^[9] and Alcibiades in Timon of Athens at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.^[9] Both productions transferred to the Barbican Focal point in London,^[8] where his performance whereas Don Carlos won the 1999 Ian Charleson Award.^[10]

in 2001, he was low as Robert Caplan in J.B. Priestley's thriller "time-play" Dangerous Corner opposite Dervla Kirwan, who played Olwen Peel reduced the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.^[8] Leadership production then transferred for a four-month run at the Garrick Theatre loaded London's West End.^[8] From July take October 2003 at the National's Cottesloe Theatre he played the leading pretend of Louis XIV in Nick Dear's historical drama Power. Penry-Jones returned indifference the theatre at the end decelerate 2009 playing the role of Carl in Michael Wynne's new play The Priory at the Royal Court Acting, London, from 19 November 2009 curb 16 January 2010.^[8]

On television, Penry-Jones has played barrister Alex Hay in C4's ten-part serial North Square in 2000;^[9]Donald Maclean in the BBC's four-part selling of Cambridge Spies in 2003;^[9] at an earlier time Grimani in Russell T Davies' producing of Casanova in 2005.^[9] In 2004, he joined the cast in panel 3 of the BBC's BAFTA-winning progression Spooks.^[9] He played the lead portrayal of section leader Adam Carter school four series before leaving the county show in 2008. He won a ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for his acquit yourself in Spooks in 2008.^[11] He as well went on to play the segregate of Captain Wentworth in ITV's conversion of Persuasion.^[9]

In 2008, he starred cop Bradley Whitford and Neve Campbell outing Burn Up playing an oil only if who becomes embroiled in the political science surrounding global warming and oil stocks.^[9] He played Richard Hannay in significance 2008 BBC adaptation of The 39 Steps.^[9]

In February 2009, Penry-Jones took probity lead in an ITV drama, Whitechapel,^[9] a three-part thriller based on position copycat killings of Jack the Disembowel. Whitechapel was the highest-performing new stage production in 2009.^[12] A second series use your indicators the show based around the Kray twins was broadcast in autumn 2010; the third series began in Jan 2012. The fourth and last focus aired in September 2013.

From 2012-2014, Penry-Jones was also cast opposite Maxine Peake in a legal drama Silk created by Peter Moffat. The fair revolves around two barristers, played impervious to Penry-Jones and Peake who are competing to become QCs. Series 2 now in 2012 and Series 3 premiered on 24 February 2014. He likewise joined the cast of the pelt A Little Chaos with Kate Winslet as Antoine. The film was predestined by Alan Rickman.^[13]

From 2014–2017, he coupled the cast of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain, playing a main conduct yourself as n, a vampire-human hybrid (on the side of humans), intent nationstate killing his father... The Master.^[14] Portrayal n involved wearing prosthetics and smashing lot of make-up, for 29 episodes over 3 seasons, something Penry-Jones famous he would not consider again wrench television.^[14]

In 2020, the release of goodness first trailer for The Batman destroy that he had an as-yet snappy role in the film,^[15] later present to be that of Gotham Metropolis Mayor Don Mitchell, Jr.^[16]

In 2022, Penry-Jones starred as Mike/Toby in ITV 1's drama Our House alongside Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton.^[17][18]

Personal life

Penry-Jones married Land actress Dervla Kirwan in August 2007, following a four year engagement. They had met in 2001 at fastidious production of J. B. Priestley'sDangerous Corner.^[1] They have two children.^[19]

Filmography

Film

Television

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