Rupert Everett Scroll down for movie list. Height 6' 4" Mini biography British born Rupert Everett grew up in privileged circumstances, butthe wry, sometimes arrogant intellectual was a rebel from the verybeginning. At the age of 7, he was placed into the care of Benedictinemonks at Ampleforth College where he trained classically on the piano.He was expelled from the Central School of Speech and Drama in Londonfor clashing with his teachers and instead apprenticed himself at the avant-garde Glasgow Citizen's Theater in Scotland, performing in suchproductions as ÔDon JuanÕ and ÔHeartbreak HouseÕ. In 1984, hesuccessfully transferred another stage role, Another Country (1984), to film, andbecame England's hottest new international star. But, again, the rebeldoused his own career by clashing with the press and even with his ownfans. In 1989, Everett announced his own homosexuality -- an announcement that could have mortally wounded his film career. Instead,over time, it has had the opposite effect. His career revitalized asJulia Roberts gay confidante in My Best Friends Wedding (1995), and has continued to bloom insuch films as Shakespeare in Love (1998) playing Christopher Marlowe, An Ideal Husband (1999) and Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999)as Oberon. |  |