Rupert Penry-Jones 'tired of posh roles'

Rupert Penry-Jones has admitted that he is keen to play less "posh" characters in the future.

The actor told TV Choice that he would like to play a character who is "a bit more street".

"I understand why I don't get those sorts of roles," he said. "It's not so much the way I sound, but the way I look. I just look like someone who went to public school. Even if I shaved my head I would!"

However, Penry-Jones added that he was happy with his career so far.

"You can't play everything," he reasoned. "To be honest, I like the niche that I've found."

The former Spooks star also revealed that he would like to appear in more period dramas.

"That would be my ideal," he claimed. "I'd love to do another Jane Austen. I loved being in [ITV adaptation] Persuasion. It was wonderful to play someone so romantic and heroic."

Penry-Jones will next be seen in BBC One legal drama Silk.