Career
Rupert Hill started with small roles on television He appeared in one episode of EastEnders as Robbie"s half-brother Kevin Bolton, and also played a part in a music video by the band Haven. Hill subsequently went into the ongoing role of Cameron Davenport in daily serial Family Affairs, a role he played from 2002 to 2004.
He was then cast in Coronation Street, originating the role of Jamie Baldwin in 2004.
Hill played guitar in the now defunct band Shepherd"s Pi which he formed with former Family Affairs co-stars Sam Stockman and Angela Hazeldine. He now leads a new group called Biederbeck, who have performed several gigs in Manchester, London and at Rambsbottom Festival and Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
In July 2008, Hill appeared in four episodes of The Bill, playing a small time criminal shot dead during an attempted revenge mission armed with a sub-machine gun. Hill is in a relationship with Jenny Platt who played his on-screen girlfriend Violet Wilson in Coronation Street.
The couple reside in Manchester, where Hill co-owns four pubs, the Castle Hotel and Gulliver"s, situated on Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter, the Parlour on Beech Road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and the Eagle Inn in Salford.
lieutenant was announced on This Morning that Rupert and Jenny were expecting a child together, 24 September 2009. Hill became a father to a baby girl named Matilda on Sunday 11 April 2010. She weighed in at 7 lbs 10oz.
In 2012 Hill appeared in the British horror film "Entity" starring alongside Dervla Kirwan and Charlotte Riley.
In September 2014, Hill will begin playing the role of Guy in the touring production of The Full Monty. Hill has directed two short films "Roll With the Punches" and "Molehills" (which he also wrote).