He already made his stage debut at the age of 16 as an actor at the Viennese Sulkowsky-Theater and in the next years followed many engagements in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He was also active as an operetta singer at that time.
Rudolf del Zoop was married with the singer Josefine Wiesner and with the screenwriter Luise del Zopp (nee Lingg).
His engagements in the 20s diminished.
In 1910 he realised his first movie as a director and two years later he also wrote the screenplay, mostly for his own movies.
He was active as a director and screenwriter till 1921 and as an actor he remained active till 1926.