Award-winning actor Rupert Everett was born in a Roman Catholic family, to his parents, Anthony Michael Everett and Sara Maclean Everett.

Anthony Michael Everett

Everett’s father, Anthony, served in the British Army, and rose through the ranks to become a Major. He died in 2009.

Sara Maclean Everett

Everett’s mother, Sara, is currently 88 years old

Her father, Vice Admiral Sir Hector Charles Donald MacLean DSO, “was a nephew of Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean, a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross.”

Her mother, Opre Vyvyan, “was a descendant of the baronets Vyvyan of Trelowarren and the German Freiherr (Baron) von Schmiedern.”

Who Is Rupert Everett?

Rupert Everett is an actor, writer, and singer, known for appearing in the 1984 film adaptation of “Another Country.”

Born on May 29, 1959, in Norfolk, England, Everett began his acting career in the theater, over four decades ago, acting in plays such as “Dance with a Stranger”, and other productions like “Pygmalion,” “The Judas Kiss,” and “Blithe Spirit.”

Everett had his breakthrough in 1984 in film came with his role in the film adaptation of “Another Country”, and went on to appear in several movies, including “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (1997), “An Ideal Husband” (1999), “The Importance of Being Earnest” (2002), “Muse” (2021), “She Will” (2021), “My Policeman” (2022), and “The Chronicles of Narnia” series.

Everett also starred in many TV series like “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking”, “The Musketeers”, “The Serpent Queen”, “Funny Woman”, and many others.

As a singer, Everett is known for the albums “Generation of Loneliness” and “The Hairless Diva.”

Everett has been nominated for various awards throughout his career, including two BAFTA nominations and two Golden Globe Award nominations. In 1997, he won a Satellite Award, and in 2022, he won a TIFF Tribute Award for the movie “My Policeman.”