Rupert James Hector Everett (/ˈɛvərɪt/; born 29 May 1959) is an English actor and writer. 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 homosexual pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination. He went on to receive a second BAFTA Award nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in My Best Friend\'s Wedding (1997), followed by a second Golden Globe nomination for An Ideal Husband (1999).\n', '

Everett has performed in many other prominent films, including The Madness of King George (1994), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), A Midsummer Night\'s Dream (1999), The Next Best Thing (2000), Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004), Stardust (2007) and the Shrek sequels. He co-starred with Eva Green in Tim Burton\'s film Miss Peregrine\'s Home for Peculiar Children (2016).\n', '

Everett was born in Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, to Major Anthony Michael Everett (1921–2009), who worked in business and served in the British Army, and wife Sara (née Maclean). He has a brother, Simon Anthony Cunningham Everett (born 1956). His maternal grandfather, Vice Admiral Sir Hector Charles Donald MacLean, was a nephew of Scottish military man Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean, who received the Victoria Cross.\n', '

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