---
name: "Rupert Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rupert-young"
fi1m_id: "rupert-young"
imdb_id: "nm1670962"
tmdb_id: 1017301
wikidata_id: "Q3453284"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 May 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:10:23.808446+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."
---

# Rupert Young

## Identity

Rupert Young

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rupert-young
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rupert-young
- **IMDb ID:** nm1670962
- **TMDB ID:** 1017301
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3453284
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3453284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1670962/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1017301

Actor. Born 16 May 1978 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 May 1978, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Young, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3453284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1670962/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1017301

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Dirty Filthy Love*](https://film.one/film/dirty-filthy-love.md) (74)

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## Biography

Rupert Young is an English actor born on 16 May 1978 in Lambeth, London. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Young is known for recurring roles as Sir Leon in the BBC series *Merlin* (2009–2012) and as Lord Jack Featherington in *Bridgerton* (2022). His early screen credit includes playing Josh in the 2004 television film *Dirty Filthy Love*. Other television appearances include *The White Queen* (2013), *Doc Martin*, *Foyle's War* (2006) and *Shameless* (2010).

On stage, he portrayed Larry Murphy in the West End production of *Dear Evan Hansen* (2019–2022) and received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Bridgerton* (2020), Fi1m 80, as Lord Jack Featherington — [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md)
- *People Just Do Nothing* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Joshua — [page](https://film.one/tv/people-just-do-nothing.md)
- *Dirty Filthy Love* (2005), Fi1m 74, as Josh — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-filthy-love.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *By the Throat* (2026), as Alex
- *The New Look* (2024), series, as Malcolm Muggeridge
- *Bridgerton* (2020), series, as Lord Jack Featherington — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md)
- *The Secret Garden* (2020), as Marcus
- *Will* (2017), series, as Sir Walter Raleigh
- *Writers Retreat* (2015), as Alisdair
- *People Just Do Nothing* (2014), series, as Joshua — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/people-just-do-nothing.md)
- *The White Queen* (2013), series, as William Herbert
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Callum Jones
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Sir Leon, Leon
- *Dirty Filthy Love* (2005), as Josh — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-filthy-love.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Marc Arlington — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Armed Guard — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Zak
- *Just Because You're Paranoid...*, as Derek

## Gallery

- ![Rupert Young](https://film.one/media/person/977226/gallery-8e1df2832305.jpg) Rupert Young — MissRockafella, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rupert_Young_at_Supernova.JPG/1280px-Rupert_Young_at_Supernova.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rupert Young](https://film.one/media/person/977226/gallery-5cf1072128a7.jpg) Rupert Young — Image via TMDB

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