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Bartolomeo Sebastian "Bart" Ruspoli (born 8 November 1976 in London) is an Italian and English actor.
Bart Ruspoli trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated in 1998. He is also the writer and Producer of two of the films he was in.
In 2022, he was nominated for a BAFTA for Outstanding British Film for “Boiling Point” which he produced.
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 23 April 1947, by Maria Consuelo (Lily) Child-Villiers of the Earls of Jersey, born on 21 August 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.
George Francis William Child Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey, known professionally as William Villiers, is a British nobleman and peer of the Villiers family. He is a former film producer, actor and writer. He was the Director of Intellectual Property for HandMade Films.
The House of Ruspoli is historically one of the great aristocratic families of Rome, but is originally from Florence. Following World War II and the fall of Fascism, the newly established Italian Republic officially abolished titles and hereditary honours in its 1946 Constitution, with the exception of the papal nobility of Rome, as those titles had been created by papal authority.
Alessandro "Dado"Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri was an occasional actor and a playboy and eccentric aristocrat, the 9th Principe di Cerveteri, 9th Marchese di Riano, 14th Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Roman Papal States. Dado descends from a brother of Cardinal Bartolomeo Ruspoli.
Francesco, Principe Ruspoli was the 8th Principe di Cerveteri, 8th Marchese di Riano, 13th Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Alessandro Ruspoli, 7th Prince of Cerveteri and wife Marianita dei Duchi Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. His maternal grandmother was an American heiress from New York City, New York. His great-great-great-great-uncle was Bartolomeo Ruspoli and his great-great-great-great grandfather was Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. He later became a poet and fought in both World Wars.
Alessandro, Principe Ruspoli was the 4th Prince of Cerveteri, 4th Marquis of Riano, 9th Count of Vignanello and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife HSH Leopoldina Gräfin von Khevenhüller-Metsch. He had for brothers, among others, Camillo Ruspoli, Duke of Sueca, and Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Khevenhüller-Metsch. His granduncle was Bartolomeo Ruspoli.
Francesco, Prince Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri, 3rd Marquis of Riano, 8th Count of Vignanello was the 3rd Prince of Cerveteri, 3rd Marquis of Riano and 8th Count of Vignanello, son of Alessandro Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife and first cousin Prudenza dei Conti Marescotti-Capizucchi. His uncle was Bartolomeo Ruspoli.
Alessandro, Principe Ruspoli was the 2nd Principe di Cerveteri, 2nd Marchese di Riano and 7th Conte di Vignanello, son of Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri and wife Isabella Cesi dei Duchi di Acquasparta, maternal niece of Pope Innocent XIII. His brother was Bartolomeo Ruspoli.
Don Francesco Maria Marescotti, Principe Ruspoli was the ?th Marchese and 1st Principe di Cerveteri, 1st Marchese di Riano and 6th Conte di Vignanello.
Emanuele Francesco Maria dei Principi Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa was an Italian and a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire who twice served as the mayor of Rome.
Camillo dei Principi Ruspoli, was the 2nd and last Principe di Candriano and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa, and second wife Laura Caracciolo dei Principi di Torella, Duchi di Lavello, Marchesi di Bella.
Mario dei Principi Ruspoli was an Italian prince, son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa and first wife Princess Caterina Vogoride-Conachi. He was the 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Marcantonio Mario Dimitri dei Principi Ruspoli was the 3rd Principe di Poggio Suasa and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Costantino Ruspoli, and wife Elisabeth Catherine Adrienne Marie Anne Comtesse van der Noot d'Assche.
Costantino Mario dei Principi Ruspoli, son of Marcantonio Mario Dimitri Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Poggio Suasa, and his second wife Gleide Portela Chagas (1935–2002), is the 4th Principe di Poggio Suasa and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Don Francesco Alvaro Maria Giorgio dei Principi Ruspoli was an Italian nobleman, the 1st Duca di Morignano, Nobile di Viterbo e di Orvieto, Patrizio Romano and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Don Galeazzo Maria Alvise Emanuele dei Principi Ruspoli was the 2nd Duca di Morignano, Nobile di Viterbo e di Orvieto, Patrizio Romano and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, only son of Francesco Alvaro Maria Giorgio Ruspoli, 1st Duke of Morignano and wife Donna Josefa Giuseppina Pia dei Conti di Brazzà-Cergneu-Savorgnan, Nobile Romana and Patrizia Sabina. He was Doctor of Architecture of the University of Rome.
Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Khevenhüller-Metsch, dei principi Ruspoli was an Italian aristocrat, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife Leopoldina Countess von Khevenhüller-Metsch. He had four brothers, among others, Alessandro Ruspoli, 4th Prince of Cerveteri, and Camillo Ruspoli, Duke of Sueca. He was colonel of the Piedmontese army, in which he participates in the wars of the Italian resurgence. Paralyzed from below waist by the blast of a grenade, he continued to participate in wheelchair battles pushed by his assistant.
Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Dino, 2nd Marquis de Talleyrand was a French aristocrat, soldier, and author who married two different American heiresses.
Elizabeth Beers-Curtis de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquise de Talleyrand was an American heiress who married into the French aristocracy.
DonnaEsmeralda Giovanna Amelia Palma Maria dei Principi Ruspoli-Poggio Suasa was an Italian actress and noblewoman. A granddaughter of Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa, she was a member of the black nobility in Rome. Ruspoli is known for her portrayals of Mary, Queen of Scots in the 1962 film Seven Seas to Calais and as Lady Montague in the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet.