Rupert Penry-Jones

Rupert William Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970) 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.

Early life Penry-Jones was born in London on 22 September 1970, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne. Penry-Jones also discovered that he had Indian ancestry from the early 19th century.

Penry-Jones was educated at Dulwich College in Dulwich, London, until the age of 19 when he was enrolled at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 2012 he said that he was thrown out of Bristol Old Vic "for having a bad attitude".

Career In 1995 Penry-Jones appeared with his mother on television in Cold Comfort Farm.

Penry-Jones made his London stage debut at the Hackney Empire theatre in 1995 playing Fortinbras to Ralph Fiennes's Hamlet in an Almeida production of Hamlet. He was cast as Richard in the premiere staging of Stephen Poliakoff's Sweet Panic at Hampstead Theatre in 1996.

In 1998 he created the role of the Boy in Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby at the Almeida Theatre.

in 2001 he was cast as Robert Caplan in J.B. Priestley's thriller "time-play" Dangerous Corner opposite Dervla Kirwan, who played Olwen Peel at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. He also went on to play the role of Captain Wentworth in ITV's adaptation of Persuasion. A second series of the show based around the Kray twins was broadcast in autumn 2010; the third series began in January 2012. The fourth and last series aired in September 2013.

From 2012 to 2014 Penry-Jones was also cast opposite Maxine Peake in a legal drama Silk created by Peter Moffat. The show revolves around two barristers, played by Penry-Jones and Peake who are competing to become QCs. Series 2 aired in 2012 and Series 3 premiered on 24 February 2014. He also joined the cast of the film A Little Chaos with Kate Winslet as Antoine. The film was directed by Alan Rickman.

From 2014 to 2017 he joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's The Strain, playing a main role as Mr.Quinlan, a vampire-human hybrid (on the side of humans), intent on killing his father... The Master. Playing Mr.Quinlan involved wearing prosthetics and a lot of make-up, for 29 episodes over 3 seasons, something Penry-Jones admitted he would not consider again in television. later reported to be that of Gotham City Mayor Don Mitchell, Jr.

In 2022 Penry-Jones starred as Mike/Toby in ITV 1's drama Our House alongside Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton.

Personal life Penry-Jones married Irish actress Dervla Kirwan in August 2007, following a four-year engagement. They had met in 2001 at a production of J. B. Priestley Dangerous Corner.

Filmography +Key Denotes projects that have not yet been released

Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Black Beauty Wild-Looking Young Man 1997 Bent Guard on Road Food of Love Head office staff 1998 The Tribe Dietrich Hilary and Jackie Piers Du Pré Still Crazy Young Ray 1999 Virtual Sexuality Jake 2001 Charlotte Gray Peter Gregory 2002 The Four Feathers Tom Willoughby A Family Man Tarquin Short film 2005 Match Point Henry 2011 Manor Hunt Ball Laurence 2012 Red Tails Campbell 2014 A Little Chaos Antoine Nompar de Caumont 2015 In Vitro Max Short film 2017 Pegasus Bridge Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin 2018 Vita & Virginia Harold Nicolson 2020 Getting to Know You Luke Manning Love Sarah Matthew Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears Jonathon Lofthouse 2022 The Batman Mayor Don Mitchell, Jr. 2025 Ambleside George Huyton Post-production Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 Fatherland Hermann Jost Television film French and Saunders Stage Manager Episode: "French and Saunders' Christmas Carol" 1995 Cold Comfort Farm Dick Hawk-Monitor Television film Absolutely Fabulous Boy at Party Series 3; episode 6: "The End" 1996 Kavanagh QC Lt. Ralph Kinross Series 2; episode 3: "The Burning Deck" Cold Lazarus Policeman / Militiaman Mini-series; episodes 3 & 4 The Ring Gerhard von Gotthard Television film Faith in the Future Sam Series 2; episodes 3 & 4: "The Big Test" & "A Knight Out" 1997 The Moth Stanley Thorman (unknown episodes) Jane Eyre St. John Rivers Television film The Student Prince The Prince Television film 2000 North Square Alex Hay Episodes 1–10 2003 Cambridge Spies Donald Maclean Mini-series; episodes 1–4 Agatha Christie's Poirot Roddy Winter Series 9; episode 2: "Sad Cypress" 2004–2008 Spooks Adam Carter Series 3–7; 41 episodes. Known as MI-5 in some countries 2005 Casanova Grimani Mini-series; episodes 1–3 2006 Krakatoa: The Last Days Willem Beijerinck Television film 2007 Persuasion Captain Wentworth Television film Joe's Palace Richard Reece Television film 2008 Burn Up Tom Mini-series; episodes 1 & 2 The 39 Steps Richard Hannay Television film 2009–2013 Whitechapel DI Joseph Chandler Series 1–4; 18 episodes 2011–2014 Silk Clive Reader QC Series 1–3; 18 episodes 2012 Treasure Island Squire Trelawney Mini-series; episodes 1 & 2 The Last Weekend Ollie Mini-series; episodes 1–3 2014–2017 The Strain Mr. Quinlan Series 2–4; 29 episodes 2015 Life in Squares Duncan Grant (older) Mini-series; episodes 1–3 Crown for Christmas King Maximillian Television film 2015, 2017 Black Sails Thomas Hamilton Series 2; episodes 1–5, & series 4; episode 10 2018 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Samuel Blake Series 3; episodes 1–8 2019 The Commons Dom Boulay Mini-series; episodes 1–8 2020 Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Sir Lancelot (voice) Mini-series; episodes 1–3 & 5–7 2021 The Drowning Mark Main role; mini-series; episodes 1–4 2022 Our House Toby / Mike Episodes 2–4 2024 Those About to Die Marsus Episodes 1–10 2025 The Feud John Episodes 1–6