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Rupert Evans Biography

Birth Name:Rupert Evans

Birth Place:Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession Actor, Director, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Trained as an actor at the Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
  • Worked as a bartender while he was in college training to become an actor
  • Made his screen acting debut in the TV series "High Stakes" in 2001
  • Worked as an assistant to an account manager for "My Little Pony․"
  • Did voice-over work on the video games "Haze," "Demon's Souls," and "Enslaved: Odyssey to the West․"
  • Appeared in several stage productions, including "Life is a Dream," "Kiss of the Spider Woman," and "Breathing Corpses․"
  • Best known for his role as John Myers in "Hellboy" and as Godwyn in "World Without End․"
  • Often works on period dramas like "Emma" and "Fingersmith․"

Awards

  • 2014Fright Meter Award-Best Actor: nominated
  • 2015International Fantasy Film Award-Best Actor: winner