About Rupert Penry-Jones
Rupert William Penry-Jones is an English actor from London. He is known for his performances as Adam Carter in Spooks, Clive Reader in Silk, DI Joseph Chandler in Whitechapel, and Mr. Quinlan in the American horror series The Strain. Penry-Jones also discovered that he had Indian ancestry from the early 19th century. In 1998 he created the role of the Boy in Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby at the Almeida Theatre. Both productions transferred to the Barbican Centre in London, where his performance as Don Carlos won the 1999 Ian Charleson Award. in 2001 he was cast as Robert Caplan in J.B.
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