Bart Ruspoli
Bartolomeo Sebastian "Bart" Ruspoli (b. London, November 8, 1976 –) is an Italian and English actor.
Career
From a young age he felt destined to be in the spotlight. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated in 1998. He was also the writer and the Producer and the star of two of the films he was in.
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
- The Devil's Playground (2010) .... Matt
Personal life
He is the 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). Ruspoli 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 used to be married to actress Olivia Wilde. He is the oldest son 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. Bart married Dr Vanessa Schjelderup in June 2012.
His second cousin (first cousin once removed) is actor, writer and producer William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey.