RPJ is a DREADFUL actor. He brings the whole show down with his poor mannerisms, bland acting and lack of subtlety.
Rupert is an excellent (award winning) actor. He comes from an acting family. He was amazing in
"39 Steps"!
He is married to actress Dervla Kirwan, certainly rearing a third generation of actors.
His father was Peter Penry-Jones, a very talented actor; his mother is Angela Thorne (best known for playing the role of Marjorie Frobisher, the best friend of Audrey fforbes-Hamilton - in
"To the Manor Born."
His brother is actor Laurence Penry-Jones; married to actress Polly Walker.
Some folks just don't like others. But, his acting credentials are not at issue. He was "To the Manner Born."
He is to be admired for taking on the role of "rat" in
"Silk," because he is usually cast in the "Cary Grant" type "pretty-boy" roles (for obvious reasons; he is easy on the eyes). Clearly, the bluest eyes in the business.
In "Silk" he was a real stinker; Martha was pregnant with his baby and he was carrying on with Niamh (to his credit, he didn't know) but when he found out, he wasn't good for much more than the typical dead beat dads on Judge Judy. He said that "he would provide anything the baby needed," but I definitely had the idea that he meant showing up from time to time, with the occasional package of nappies (too small, so they would also be useless).
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Helena727
9 years ago
But, his acting credentials are not at issue. He was "To the Manner Born."
Being born to parents who are actors is no guarantee that one will be a decent actor; tens of thousands of artists of all kinds have children who didn't inherit their talent, and tens of thousands of artists have talent that far exceeds whatever their parents had.
And despite your little pun, his mother is, and his late father was, hardly "manor"-worthy. Neither is/was first-rate; both are ordinary, plebeian actors -- adequate but nothing special, and not much range. Which is exactly what RPJ is -- attractive, charismatic, a good reader of lines with reasonable emotion, but not an actor who really inhabits a role or who ever surprises viewers. Admittedly, the medicore writing of
Silk didn't help -- but RPJ is no great shakes as an actor.
And: Award-winning? Really? One insignificant, genre-based award? Not to mention that even big awards mean relatively little, as the Oscars wins routinely tell us.
He gives decent performances on decent TV shows. He's a mid-range actor whose charisma has carried him farther than his talent/skill could have.
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