Editing Rupert Everett (section)

==Career==

===1980s===
Everett's break came in 1981 at the [[Greenwich Theatre]] and later [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Another Country (play)|Another Country]]'', playing a gay schoolboy opposite [[Kenneth Branagh]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D03E2DD1539F93AA15755C0A962948260 | work= The New York Times| title= The Screen: 'Another Country' |last= Canby | first= Vincent | date= 29 June 1984| accessdate= 18 March 2023}}</ref>

His first film was the Academy Award-winning short ''[[A Shocking Accident]]'' (1982), directed by [[James Scott (filmmaker)|James Scott]] and based on a [[Graham Greene]] story. This was followed by [[Another Country (1984 film)|a film version]] of ''Another Country'' in 1984 with [[Cary Elwes]] and [[Colin Firth]]. Following on with ''[[Dance With a Stranger]]'' (1985), Everett began to develop a promising film career until he co-starred with [[Bob Dylan]] in the unsuccessful ''[[Hearts of Fire]]'' (1987). Around the same time, Everett recorded and released an album of pop songs entitled ''Generation of Loneliness''.

Despite being managed by [[Simon Napier-Bell]] (who had steered [[Wham!]] to prominence), the public didn't take to his change in direction. The shift was short-lived, and he only returned to pop indirectly by providing backing vocals for [[Madonna]] many years later, on her cover of "[[American Pie (song)#Madonna version|American Pie]]" and on the track "[[They Can't Take That Away from Me]]" on [[Robbie Williams]]' ''[[Swing When You're Winning]]'' in 2001.

===1990s===
[[File:Rupert Everett Cannes.jpg|thumb|upright|Everett at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 1989, Everett moved to Paris, writing a novel, ''Hello, Darling, Are You Working?'', and [[coming out]] as gay, a disclosure which he has said may well have damaged his career.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/29/rupert-everett-madonna-carole-cadwalladr | first= Carole | last= Cadwalladr | work = The Guardian | date= 29 November 2009| accessdate = 18 March 2023| title = I wouldn't advise any actor thinking of his career to come out.}}</ref> Returning to the public eye in ''[[The Comfort of Strangers (film)|The Comfort of Strangers]]'' (1990), several films of variable success followed. The [[Italian comics]] character [[Dylan Dog]], created by [[Tiziano Sclavi]] in 1986, is graphically inspired by him. Everett, in turn, appeared in ''[[Cemetery Man]]'' (1994), an adaptation of Sclavi's novel ''Dellamorte Dellamore''. In 1995 Everett published a second novel, ''The Hairdressers of St. Tropez''.

His career was revitalised by his award-winning performance in ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]'' (1997), playing [[Julia Roberts]]'s character's gay friend, followed by a role as [[Madonna]]'s character's gay best friend in ''[[The Next Best Thing]]'' (2000). (Everett was a backup vocalist on her cover of "[[The Next Best Thing (soundtrack)|American Pie]]", which is on the film's soundtrack.) Around the same time, he starred as the sadistic Sanford Scolex/Dr. Claw in [[Disney]]'s ''[[Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget]]'' (also 1999) with [[Matthew Broderick]].

===2000s===
[[File:Rupert Everett in July 2007.jpg|thumb|upright|Everett at a speed dating event with ''When The Music Stops'', for Channel 4's [[The Friday Night Project]] in July 2007]]
For the 21st century, Everett decided to write again. He has been a ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' contributing editor, written for ''The Guardian'', and he wrote a film screenplay on playwright [[Oscar Wilde]]'s final years, for which he sought funding.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a94038/everett-needs-funds-for-wilde-movie.html|title=Everett needs funds for Wilde movie |work=Digital Spy |date=17 April 2008 |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-rupert-everett-oscar-wilde-327201 |title=Cannes 2012: Rupert Everett to Make Directorial Debut With Oscar Wilde Biopic |work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=29 May 2012 |date=21 May 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, Everett published a memoir, ''Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins'', in which he reveals his six-year affair with British television presenter [[Paula Yates]].<ref>{{cite news| first=Jan | last= Moir |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3655414/Rupert---unleashed-and-unloved.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090711201400/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3655414/Rupert---unleashed-and-unloved.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2009 |title= Rupert unleashed and unloved |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2 October 2006 |access-date= 24 August 2011}}</ref> Although he is sometimes described as [[bisexual]], as opposed to gay, during a radio show with [[Jonathan Ross]], he described his heterosexual affairs as the result of adventurousness: "I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything".<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5352284.stm | title= Ross apologises for swearing star| publisher= BBC| date = 16 September 2006| accessdate = 18 March 2023}}</ref>

[[File:RupertEverett cropped-2.jpg|thumb|upright|Everett at the 2007 [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]]]
Since the revelation of his sexuality, Everett has participated in public activities (leading the 2007 [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]), played a double role in the film ''[[St Trinian's (film)|St. Trinian's]]'', and has appeared on TV several times (as a contestant in the special ''[[Comic Relief Does The Apprentice]]''; as a presenter for [[Live Earth]]; and as a guest host on the [[Channel 4]] show ''[[The Friday Night Project]]'', among others). He has also garnered media attention for his vitriolic quips and forthright opinions during interviews that have caused public outrage.<ref>{{cite web| first = Vicky  | last = Shaw |url= http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/actor-everett-shuns-blobby-whiny-usa-1396556.html |title=Actor Everett shuns 'blobby, whiny' USA | date= 3 June 2008 | work = Herald.ie |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref><ref name= Rich /><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2099885/Rupert-Everett-apologises-for-calling-soldiers-%27wimps%27.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080610175350/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2099885/Rupert-Everett-apologises-for-calling-soldiers-%27wimps%27.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2008 |title=Rupert Everett apologises for calling soldiers 'wimps' |work=The Daily Telegraph  |date=9 June 2008 |access-date=24 August 2011 |first= Stephen |last=Adams}}</ref>

In May 2007, he delivered one of the [[eulogies]] at the funeral of fashion director [[Isabella Blow]], his friend since they were teenagers, who had died by suicide. He asked as part of his speech: "Have you gotten what you wanted, Issie? Life was a relationship that you rejected."<ref>{{cite web| title=The Sad Hatter| url= http://nymag.com/news/features/34732/index5.html|work=New York| publisher= New York Media LLC| access-date=13 March 2014|  first=Amy | last= Larocca|date=15 July 2007}}</ref> During this time he also voiced the nefarious, but handsome villain [[List of Shrek characters#Prince Charming|Prince Charming]] in the first two ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'' sequels.

Everett's documentary entitled ''The Victorian Sex Explorer'' on Sir [[Richard Francis Burton]] (1821–1890) in which he retraces the travels of Burton through countries such as India and Egypt, aired on the BBC in 2008.<ref name= "Rich">{{cite news|title=Actor Rupert Everett shows his nasty side| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2091158/Actor-Rupert-Everett-shows-his-nasty-side.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2091158/Actor-Rupert-Everett-shows-his-nasty-side.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status= live| access-date=13 March 2014| work = The Telegraph|date=7 June 2008| first=Nigel | last=Farndale}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2009, Everett suggested, in an interview with the British newspaper ''[[The Observer]]'', that coming out was not the best career move for a young actor.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/29/rupert-everett-madonna-carole-cadwalladr |title=I wouldn't advise any actor thinking of his career to come out |work=The Observer |date=29 November 2009 |first=Carole |last=Cadwalladr |accessdate=22 October 2023}}</ref>

Also in 2009, Everett presented two [[Channel 4]] documentaries: one on the travels of [[Lord Byron]], the Romantic poet, broadcast in July 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/uk_national_entertainment/3744876.Everett_plays_Byron_in_documentary/ |title=Everett plays Byron in documentary |work=Times-series.co.uk |date=9 October 2008 |access-date= 24 August 2011 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190327134353/https://www.times-series.co.uk/uk_national_entertainment/3744876.Everett_plays_Byron_in_documentary/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-639459 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120701114649/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-639459 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=Lord Byron by Rupert Everett |work=Hürriyet Daily News |access-date=24 August 2011 }}</ref> and another on British explorer Sir Richard Burton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-victorian-sex-explorer |title=The Victorian Sex Explorer |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=24 August 2011 |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201041335/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-victorian-sex-explorer |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/17/g2-interview-rupert-everett | title= Rupert Everett: 'If I'd been straight? I'd be doing what Hugh Grant and Colin Firth do, I suppose | work = The Guardian| last= Brocke | first= Emma| date= 20 July 2009}}</ref>

Everett then returned to his acting roots, appearing in several theatre productions: his Broadway debut in 2009 at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] received positive critical reviews; he performed in a [[Noël Coward]] play ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'', starring alongside [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Christine Ebersole]] and [[Jayne Atkinson]], under the direction of [[Michael Blakemore]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23662576-details/High+spirits+as+Rupert+Everett+becomes+the+ghostly+toast+of+Broadway/article.do |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912050740/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23662576-details/High+spirits+as+Rupert+Everett+becomes+the+ghostly+toast+of+Broadway/article.do |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=High spirits as Rupert Everett becomes the ghostly toast of Broadway| last= Teodorczuk| first= Tom |work= [[Evening Standard]] |location= London |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=24 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2009/03/blithe_spirit.php |title= Applause for Lansbury in 'Blithe Spirit' on Broadway| website = Newyorkology.com| date= 16 March 2009 |access-date=24 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231330/http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2009/03/blithe_spirit.php |archive-date=25 July 2011 }}</ref> and he was expected to tour several Italian cities during the 2008–09 winter season in another Coward play ''[[Private Lives]]'' (performed in Italian, which he speaks fluently)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcNcIcafME0 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140710143837/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcNcIcafME0| archive-date=10 July 2014 | url-status=dead|title=Rupert Everett interviewed by Fabio Fazio for 'Che tempo che fa', a RAI tv programme |via=YouTube |date=18 March 2010 |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref>—playing Elyot to Italian actress [[Asia Argento]]'s Amanda—but the production was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primoriccitelli.it/news.asp?azione=b&id=131&tipo= |title= Annullato lo spettacolo 'Vite private'  | website = Primoriccitelli.it |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref>

===2010s===
[[File:Rupert Everett 8988.jpg|thumb|upright|Everett at Munich Film Festival, 2015]]
During the summer of 2010, Everett performed as Professor Henry Higgins, with English actress [[Honeysuckle Weeks]] and [[Stephanie Cole]], in a revival of ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_details.asp?pid=368 |title= Chichester Festival Theatre webpage, announcing the production of Pygmalion | website = cft.org.uk |access-date=24 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718155852/http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_details.asp?pid=368 |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref> He reprised the role in May 2011 at the [[Garrick Theatre]] in London's West End, starring alongside [[Diana Rigg]] and [[Kara Tointon]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Pygmalion|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/pygmaliongarrick-rev| website= British Theatre Guide |access-date=13 March 2014| first=Philip | last= Fisher| year= 2011}}</ref>

In July 2010, Everett was featured in the  family history programme ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/jul/27/the-hospital-tv-review | title= TV review: The Hospital & Who do you think you are?| work = The Guardian| last= Mangan| first= Lucy| date = 27 July 2010}}</ref> Released in late 2010, the comedy film ''[[Wild Target]]'' features Everett as an art-loving gangster, and also starred [[Bill Nighy]] and [[Emily Blunt]].<ref name= "Wild">{{cite news|title=A Minute With: Rupert Everett talking 'Wild Target' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-everett-idUSTRE6AA51K20101111| access-date=13 March 2014 |work= Reuters.com |date=11 November 2010| first=Iain | last= Blair}}</ref>

In 2012, Everett starred in the television adaptation of ''[[Parade's End]]'' with [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]. The five-part drama was adapted by Sir [[Tom Stoppard]] from the novels of [[Ford Madox Ford]], and Everett appears as the brother of protagonist [[Christopher Tietjens]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.playbill.com/article/tom-stoppards-parades-end-adaptation-to-star-rupert-everett-miranda-richardson-adelaide-clemens-com-182799 |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |title=Tom Stoppard's 'Parade's End' Adaptation to Star Rupert Everett, Miranda Richardson, Adelaide Clemens |date=20 September 2011 |website= Playbill |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

Everett then starred as [[Oscar Wilde]] in ''[[The Judas Kiss (play)|The Judas Kiss]]'', a stage play which was revived at London's [[Hampstead Theatre]]<ref name="grdn"/> beginning 6 September 2012, co-starring [[Freddie Fox (actor)|Freddie Fox]] as Bosie, and directed by [[Neil Armfield]]. It ran at the Hampstead through 13 October 2012,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2012/the-judas-kiss/ | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121115041518/http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2012/the-judas-kiss/ | title = The Judas Kiss | website = HampsteadTheatre.com| archivedate= 15 November 2012}}</ref> toured the UK and Dublin,<ref>{{cite web | last = Maxwell | first= Barbara | url= http://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/reviews/10-2012/the-judas-kiss-bath-tour_2302.html | title= ''The Judas Kiss'' (Bath – tour)| website = [[WhatsOnStage.com]] | date= 22 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/news/2012/09/the-judas-kiss-to-tour-the-uk-dates-for-your-diary/ | title =  ''The Judas Kiss'' To Tour The UK: Dates For Your Diary | website= HampsteadTheatre.com | date= 13 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/index.php/whats-on-buy-tickets/calendar/the-judas-kiss/433| title = ''The Judas Kiss'': 15 October 2012 – 20 October 2012 | website = GaietyTheatre.ie| accessdate = }}</ref> then transferred to the West End at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] on 9 January 2013, in a limited run through 6 April 2013.<ref>Gilbert, Ryan. [http://www.theatre.com/buzz/164695/rupert-everett-to-star-as-oscar-wilde-in-the-judas-kiss-at-the-west-ends-duke-of-york-theatre "Rupert Everett to Star as Oscar Wilde in ''The Judas Kiss'' at the West End's Duke of York Theatre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814093751/http://www.theatre.com/buzz/164695/rupert-everett-to-star-as-oscar-wilde-in-the-judas-kiss-at-the-west-ends-duke-of-york-theatre/ |date=14 August 2016 }}. ''Theatre.com''. 12 October 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/london-shows/show/item158594/the-judas-kiss/ ''The Judas Kiss'']. ''OfficialLondonTheatre.co.uk''. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.cheaptheatretickets.com/the-judas-kiss/ ''The Judas Kiss'' by David Hare]. ''CheapTheatreTickets.com''. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref>

Everett won the [[WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play]],<ref>[http://awards.whatsonstage.com/archive/2013-results/ 2013 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120000737/http://awards.whatsonstage.com/archive/2013-results/ |date=20 January 2016 }}. ''Awards.WhatsOnStage.com''.</ref> and was nominated for the [[Olivier Award for Best Actor]].<ref>Szalai, Georg. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/helen-mirren-rupert-everett-james-430947 "Helen Mirren, Rupert Everett, James McAvoy Among Olivier Awards Nominees"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. 26 March 2013.</ref> In 2016 the production, still starring Everett and with [[Charlie Rowe]] as Bosie, ran in North America for seven weeks in Toronto<ref>[http://toronto.eventful.com/events/judas-kiss-/E0-001-087271385-0 ''The Judas Kiss'' in Toronto]. ''Toronto.Eventful.com''. 22 March 2016 – 1 May 2016.</ref> and five weeks at [[Brooklyn Academy of Music|BAM]] in New York City.<ref>[https://www.bam.org/media/6231921/Judas_Kiss.pdf ''The Judas Kiss''] (theatre program). [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]. 11 May – 12 June 2016.</ref>

In early 2013, Everett began working on a film portraying the final period of Wilde's life, stating in the media that he has had a fascination with the playwright since he was a child, as his mother read him Wilde's children's story ''[[The Happy Prince and Other Tales|The Happy Prince]]'' before he slept.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news| title=The bedtime story that gave Rupert Everett a lifelong fascination with Oscar Wilde| url= http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/440580/The-bedtime-story-that-gave-Rupert-Everett-a-lifelong-fascination-with-Oscar-Wilde|access-date=13 March 2014| newspaper= Daily Express |date=1 November 2013| first=Luisa | last= Metcalfe}}</ref> The subsequent film ''[[The Happy Prince (2018 film)|The Happy Prince]]'', written and directed by Everett, was released in 2018.<ref name="grdn">{{cite news |last1=Thorpe |first1= Vanessa |title=The importance of being Oscar: how Rupert Everett found a cause |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/10/rupert-everett-oscar-wilde-film-the-happy-prince |access-date=10 June 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/the-happy-prince-review-1202671527/ |last=Lodge |first=Guy |title=Film Review: 'The Happy Prince' |website=Variety |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

In 2015, it was announced that he would play the part of Philippe Achille, Marquis de Feron, the corrupt Governor of Paris, Head of the Red Guard and illegitimate brother to [[Louis XIII]] in the third series of the [[BBC One]] drama ''[[The Musketeers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/rupert-everett-musketeers |title=BBC – Rupert Everett and Matthew McNulty to join The Musketeers series three |publisher= BBC|access-date=13 July 2016}}</ref>

In 2017, Everett appeared as a recurring character in the [[BBC 2]] comedy ''[[Quacks (TV series)|Quacks]]''. He plays Dr Hendricks, the [[Neurosis|neurotic]] principal of the medical school.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/tv-review-quacks-bbc-2-rupert-everetts-animated-hernia-a7944311.html|title=TV review, Quacks (BBC2): Rupert Everett's animated hernia|date=9 May 2019| website=The Independent|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref>