From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Rupert Evans Born 9 March 1977 is an English actor who is well known in the United Kingdom for his television career Evans was born in Staffordshire England He attended Milton Abbey School in Dorset and went on to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art He has secured a variety of television credits in the UK including the BBC sitcom My Family the drama Crime and Punishment starring John Simm and North and South He also starred in ITVs High Stakes sitcom with Richard Wilson and Paradise Heights the BBC drama starring Neil Morrissey His first major film role was as FBI Agent John Myers in director Guillermo del Toros 2004 adaptation of the Mike Mignola comic book Hellboy Evans appeared as King Richard IV the head of a fictional royal family in the shortlived The PalaceHe also appeared in Agora filmed in Malta with Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella Description above from the Wikipedia article Rupert Evans licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia