I'm a gay man who came from the last years of illegality. That focused my whole character. I think it focused everyone's character in a way. You saw yourself as outside of the main structure.

Filmography


Cinema


Television (selection)
The Manhood of Edward Robinson (1981) – guy
Soft Targets (1982) – Actor
Princess Daisy (1983) – Ram Valenski
The Far Pavilions (1984) – George Garforth
Arthur the King (1985) – Lancelot
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2001) – Host
Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) – Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Mr. 2000s

For the 21st century Everett has decided to write again. His maternal grandmother Opre Vyvyan was a descendant of the baronets Vyvyan of Trelowarren and the German Freiherren (Barons) von Schmiedern.

He has since appeared in many other films including My Best Friend's Wedding An Ideal Husband The Next Best Thing and the Shrek sequels. He first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country (1984) as an openly gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s. Rupert James Hector Everett (/ˈɛvərɪt/; born 29 May 1959) is an English actor.