Rupert Boneham

Rupert Fredrick Boneham was born on January 27, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Survivor (2000), Broken Bones - Shattered Dreams, a Story of Hope (2014) and Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011). At age three, he moved to Kokomo, Indiana, USA, where he grew up on James Street. His father, Roger F. Boneham, was a Professor of Geology at Indiana University. His mother, Georgette Boneham (of Syrian descent), grew up in foster care and taught Chemistry at Lewis Cass High School in Cass County, IN and eventually got her Master's Degree in Social Work. He has one brother, Christopher. His youth was difficult. As an overweight asthmatic and Dyslexic, bullying and abuse were common. In January of 1982, he graduated from High School and moved to Abilene, Texas, USA. He delivered pizzas until he enrolled in oil-rigging school. After a few years the jobs dried up, and he found himself homeless, living in his car with his pet snakes. He worked as a day laborer unt