Rupert Penry-Jones

Rupert Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970, London) is an British actor, best known for his role as Adam Carter in the British television series Spooks. His father is actor Peter Penry-Jones, his mother is actress Angela Thorne. His brother Laurence Penry-Jones is also an actor. He was educated at Dulwich College in south-east London. In 1995 he appeared with his mother on television in Cold Comfort Farm. He married actress Dervla Kirwan in Augus... more

Rupert Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970, London) is an British actor, best known for his role as Adam Carter in the British television series Spooks. His father is actor Peter Penry-Jones, his mother is actress Angela Thorne. His brother Laurence Penry-Jones is also an actor. He was educated at Dulwich College in south-east London. In 1995 he appeared with his mother on television in Cold Comfort Farm. He married actress Dervla Kirwan in August 2007 after a three-year engagement. Kirwan had given birth to their daughter, Florence, on 1 May 2004. Their second child, Peter, was born 8 April 2006. He and Kirwan met in a theatre production, Dangerous Corner, in 2001. Both appeared in Casanova in 2005, although they did not share any scenes. Penry-Jones trained for the stage at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He made his London stage debut at the Hackney Empire in 1995 playing Fortinbras to Ralph Fiennes' Hamlet in an Almeida production of Hamlet. He was cast as Richard in the... less