Name: Rupert Everett
Date of Birth: 29 May 1959 He boarded at Farleigh House prep school in Basingstoke from the age of seven before going to Ampleforth College, the prestigious Roman Catholic public school in Yorkshire at thirteen, but dropped out 16. Turned down the Daniel Day-Lewis role in A Room with a View (1985). 1999 VH1 Vogue Fashion Award for most fashionable male celebrity. At his suggestion, Madonna re-recorded Don McLean's classic "American Pie". Was expelled from London's Central School of Speech and Drama for insubordination. ... Plays the piano. Writes for "Vanity Fair". Former, successful model in Milan. Speaks English, French & Italian. Lives in London, New York, Paris & Miami. Owns a Black Lab, named Moise. Bought a home in Los Angeles for his dog's sake. His black Lab, Moise, was suffering from painful arthritis, so the actor relocated to the city in order for his beloved pet to heal. Everett even turned down a role on the London stage, because it meant having to have his dog quarantined for six months. [May 1999] Showed his musical talents on two remakes: singing backup on Madonna's remake of "American Pie" and by dueting with Brit pop star Robbie Williams on a version of the classic "They Can't Take That Away from Me". He has become an icon in Italy since the late 1980s, mostly because Tiziano Sclavi, the author of the popular comic "Dylan Dog", chose his face for the protagonist. "Dellamorte Dellamore" is based upon a novel by Sclavi as well, so Everett was the natural choice for the Italian audience. He was awarded the 1981 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Awards) for Most Promising New Actor of 1980 for his performance in "Another Country". Attended the wedding of Joan Collins and Percy Gibson. In Stage Beauty (2004), plays King Charles II, the son of King Charles I, whom he played in To Kill a King (2003). They are both his ancestors. In the Independent on Sunday [UK] 2006 Pink LIst - a list of the most influential gay men and women - Everett came in at #71, down from #50. He is the favorite actor of actress Amber Benson. Works out at Crunch Fitness in New York City. Has an older brother, Simon Anthony Cunningham Everett (b. 1956). Son of Major Anthony Michael Everett, who worked in business and served in the military, and wife (married 7 May 1955) Sara MacLean (born 19 September 1934), who was Scottish, and descended from the baronets Vyvyan of Trelowarren and the German Schmiedern Barons. Is a descendant from Charles II Stuart, King of England and Scotland, and through him a distant relative of Rachael Stirling. In Another Country (1984), Rupert Everett plays "Guy Bennett", a character based on the double agent "Guy Burgess". Everett, however, is related to another of the Cambridge Five, upper-class British diplomats who were Cambridge University men who later secretly spied for the Soviet Union for decades. Everett is the great-nephew of Donald Maclean, who escaped to the Soviet Union in 1951 on his 38th birthday. Maclean was bisexual. (Everett announced in 1989 that he was gay). Godfather of Madonna's and Guy Ritchie's son David. Read more Rupert Everett movies (actor)User Comments |
