Bart Ruspoli

Bartolomeo Sebastian "Bart" Ruspoli (b. London, November 8, 1976 –) is an Italian and English actor, great-grandson of Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa, great-great-nephew of Bartolomeo Ruspoli, and wife Pauline Marie Palma de Talleyrand-Périgord, great-great-great-niece of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. He is 6' 1" (1.85 m).

He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated in 1998. He was also the writer and the director of two of the films he was in.

He is the only and natural son or child of Costantino Filippo Maria dei Principi Ruspoli dei Principi di Poggio Suasa, born in New York City, New York on April 23, 1947, by Maria Consuelo (Lily) Child-Villiers of the Earls of Jersey, born on August 21, 1953, a former niece by marriage of Virginia Cherrill and paternal granddaughter of George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey, who despite their equal aristocratic birth never married to each other nor to anyone else.

His second cousin (first cousin once removed) is actor, writer and producer William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey.

He is also a fifth cousin of occasional actor Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri and once removed of his son director Tao Ruspoli, son of actress Debra Berger and married to actress Olivia Wilde.

Filmography

• 2point4 Children (1 episode, "The Italian Job", 1998) .... Fabrizio
• Heartbeat (1 episode, "Wise Guys", 2000) .... Marco Mazzetti
• Fish (1 episode, "Another Shade of White", 2000) .... Antonio - pizza delivery boy
• Jack Brown and the Curse of the Crown (2001) .... Malook
• Dead Creatures (2001) (V) .... Christian
• Band of Brothers (3 episodes, "Carentan", "Currahee" and "Day of Days", 2001) TV mini-series .... Pvt. Edward Tipper
• The Long Night (2002) (V) .... Joe (also Writer and Producer)
• Four (2002) (TV) .... Nick (also Writer and Producer)
• Ghost Master (2003) (VG) .... Ghostmaster (Italian version)
• Venus Drowning (2005) .... John
• Empire (2005) TV mini-series .... Principe
• Rome (2 episodes, "The Stolen Eagle" and "How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic", 2005) .... Antony's Tribune
• Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (2006) (TV) .... Doctor
• I Said So Little (2006) (V) .... Postman
• EastEnders (5 episodes, 2007) .... Marco
• Mixed Up (2009) .... Mike (post-production)

External links

• Bart Ruspoli at IMDb
• Ruspoli Genealogy

See also

• Ruspoli