---
name: "Ceri Dupree"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ceri-dupree"
fi1m_id: "ceri-dupree"
imdb_id: "nm4254907"
tmdb_id: 1891828
wikidata_id: "Q20564992"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:00:29.856935+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ceri Dupree

## Identity

Ceri Dupree

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ceri-dupree
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ceri-dupree
- **IMDb ID:** nm4254907
- **TMDB ID:** 1891828
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20564992
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20564992, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4254907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1891828

Actor. Born 1 January 1967 in Llansamlet, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1967, Llansamlet, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- **Also known as:** Ceri R Jones 
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20564992, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4254907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1891828

## Biography

Ceri Dupree, also credited as Ceri R Jones, is a Welsh actor and female impersonator. He was born in 1967 in Swansea, Wales.

He is best known for portraying Danny La Rue in the 2014 ITV mini-series *Cilla* and in the 2010 documentary *The Unforgettable Danny La Rue*. Dupree created and starred in the four-part ITV series *Ceri Dupree Unfrocked* (2001). His other screen credits include a 1992 appearance in *EastEnders* as Arlene.

Dupree has maintained a long career in cabaret, pantomime and live performance, often impersonating well-known female figures.

*Sources: imdb.com, bbc.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cilla* (2014), Fi1m 68, as Danny La Rue — [page](https://film.one/tv/cilla-2014.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cilla* (2014), series, as Danny La Rue — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/cilla-2014.md)

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