22nd October 2005
The Lowdown on…
Rupert Penry Jones
Age: 35
Style: Blue-eyed boy
Significant others: Rupert lives with actress Dervla Kirwan. And the couple have one young daughter, Florence. Previously, he dated Kylie Minogue.
Attitude: At ease with himself. Rupert does not mind being naked n stage – In terms of effort, he can see the benefits ‘You don’t have to do anything to get the audience’s attention’.
Finest Hour: Cementing the fame that came with Cambridge Spies by taking over the male lead from Matthew MacFadyen in Spooks.
What Next? Appearing in Match Point, the Woody Allen thriller, which is due in cinemas in January.
And another thing: Rupert’s mother is Angela Thorne (of the 1980’s sitcom Three Up, Two Down) and his father is Peter Penry-Jones (of the soapy sailing drama Howards Way)