Anecdotes

Left school at the age of 15; he ran away from his hometown of Weston-super-Mare to join the circus as a clown. His stage name was Tomato, later changed to Otto.

He has five children with wife Susie Lewis; Josef, Ella, Noah, Iggy and Zoë.

He has starred alongside actress Helena Bonham Carter a total of five times: Chambre avec vue... (1985), Maurice (1987), L'amour en larmes (1991), Amour, vengeance et trahison (1998), and Turks & Caicos (2014).

Worked odd jobs including in a shoe factory, a fish-and-chip shop and as a holiday camp entertainer prior to 1986.

He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 1997 season for his performance in "HurlyBurly" at the Queen's Theatre.

Best Actor Award, 1996 Montreal Film Festival - for De particulier à particulière (1996).

Attributes his name for his Merchant Ivory success.

Good friends with Una Stubbs.

Rupert is good at football.