Rupert Vansittart
Acting
Biography
Rupert Nicholas Vansittart is an English character actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ITV drama Heartbeat and for playing Lord Yohn Royce in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Born: February 10, 1958
Place of Birth: Cranleigh, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
Unsinkable
A raw young officer and a handful of desperate men. A thousand miles of enemy infested ocean: and a ship that would not die.
World's Craziest Fools
World's Craziest Fools is a clip show made by Roughcut TV for BBC Three, presented by Mr. T. It showcases clips, sometimes viral, of people making themselves look like "Fools", often by accident. Many clips were from CCTV footage. The videos were shown in different categories such as "Parking Fools", "Drunk Fools", "Criminal Fools", and "Fools jumping off things they shouldn't be jumping off of". As would be expected, some categories see more entries than others, and the categories that feature episode-to-episode are not bound to a predetermined structure.
National Theatre Live: This House
It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority government by sending its whips out wheeling and dealing with the Liberals, Scottish Nationalists and Northern Irish politicians. But this fragile alliance lasts only until October, when another election is called. This time, Labour win with a tiny majority of just three. Now things get tougher as old cross-Party agreements break down and even sick and dying MPs are wheeled into the chamber to cast their votes! James Graham's acclaimed new play whisks us back to the days of the UK's previous hung Parliament, when politics got really dirty in the battle for power.
Game of Thrones
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
Andor
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
Pride and Prejudice
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
The Crown
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
Outlander
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Bridgerton
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
Black Books
Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.
Filmography
as Morris Hawkins
as Lord Netherbury
as Hoope
as Chief Hyne
as Patrick Blythe
as Lord Broughton
as Mr. Brookes
as Lord Bly
as Charles Lawton
as George the Boor
as Sherwood Runcie
as Sir Ian Fraser
as Cecil King
as Big Boss
as Lord William Dunsany
as Mr. Wattlesbrook
as Esher / Belfast West
as Arthur Le Broc
as Mr. Humpage
as Cabinet Minister
as Colin Campbell
as Bernard Barnard QC
as Derek
as Yohn Royce
as Peter Morrison
as Harrison
as Sir Leonard Plugge
as Roddy Hamilton
as General Asquith
as Dr Mantle
as Farmer
as Alisdair Robb
as Jonathan Mortimer-Howe
as Sir Alec Meyerson
as Sir Alec Myerson
as Sir Robert Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary)
as Headmaster
as Rich Guy
as Mr. Davis
as Bank Manager
as The Landlord
as Flashback Date #2
as Lord Godolphin
as Smith
as Fr Timothy
as Chef
as Desmond Harcourt
as Alistair Kingslake
as Jeremy
as Jeremy
as Captain Perkins
as Commander Crow
as Mr Hurst
as Lord Bottoms
as Timothy Ealand
as George the Boor at The Boatman - Wedding One
as Sir Geoffrey Wren
as Businessman
as Diner
as Lord Ashfordly
as Zemskov
as KGB Officer
as Hubert
as Guardsman
as Wayne
as Fairclough
as Rupert
as Kenneth Stair
as Alan Platts-Williams
as Jeremy
as Client's Asst.
as Jeremy