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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 29, 1967
Place of Birth:
Twickenham, England, UK
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Rufus Sewell
Biography
Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. In film, he has appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred in the 2010 mini-series The Pillars of the Earth. Earlier he played the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. In 2003, he appeared in the lead role in Charles II: The Power and The Passion. He starred in the CBS drama Eleventh Hour which was cancelled in April 2009. On stage, he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, which earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination for the latter performance.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Uninvited | Gerald |
| 2025 | Return to Dark City | Self |
| 2024 | Scoop | Prince Andrew |
| 2024 | The Trouble with Jessica | Richard |
| 2021 | Old | Charles |
| 2020 | The Father | Paul |
| 2019 | Judy | Sid Luft |
| 2019 | Modern/Love in 7 Short Films | Tom |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt | Urshu |
| 2016 | Rise | |
| 2015 | Killing Jesus | Caiaphas |
| 2015 | Blinky Bill the Movie | The Cat (voice) |
| 2014 | Hercules | Autolycus |
| 2014 | The Devil's Hand | Jacob Brown |
| 2014 | The Brunchers | Tom |
| 2014 | Dangerous Liaisons | Philip Fitzgerald Julien |
| 2013 | All Things To All Men | Parker |
| 2013 | The Sea | Carlo Grace |
| 2013 | I'll Follow You Down | Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte |
| 2012 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Adam |
| 2012 | Hotel Noir | Felix |
| 2010 | The Tourist | The Englishman |
| 2008 | Vinyan | Paul Belhmer |
| 2008 | Downloading Nancy | Albert Stockwell |
| 2006 | The Illusionist | Crown Prince Leopold |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Jasper |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aime | William (Père-Lachaise) |
| 2006 | Tristan & Isolde | Marke |
| 2006 | Amazing Grace | Thomas Clarkson |
| 2006 | Out of the Blue | English Trader |
| 2005 | The Legend of Zorro | Armand |
| 2005 | The Taming of the Shrew | Tim Agnew |
| 2003 | Victoria Station | The Cabbie |
| 2002 | Extreme Ops | Ian |
| 2002 | A Knight's Tale: Making Of | Self |
| 2001 | Higher Love | Ross |
| 2001 | A Knight's Tale | Count Adhemar |
| 2001 | Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature | Angus |
| 2000 | Bless the Child | Eric Stark |
| 1999 | In a Savage Land | Mick Carpenter |
| 1998 | Dark City | John Murdoch |
| 1998 | The Very Thought of You | Frank |
| 1998 | Dangerous Beauty | Marco Venier |
| 1998 | Illuminata | Dominique |
| 1998 | The Woodlanders | Giles Winterbourne |
| 1996 | Victory | Martin Ricardo |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Fortinbras |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm | Seth Starkadder |
| 1995 | Henry IV | Harry Percy (Hotspur) |
| 1995 | Carrington | Mark Gertler |
| 1994 | A Man of No Importance | Robbie Fay |
| 1994 | Dirtysomething | Clive |
| 1994 | Citizen Locke | Midshipman Clarke |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Tim |
| 1992 | The Last Romantics | Mike Costain |
| 1991 | Twenty-one | Bobby |
| All That I Am | ||
| Mr. Sunny Sky | ||
| Billion Dollar Spy | Gus Hathaway |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kaleidoscope | Roger Salas |
| 2023 | The Diplomat | Hal Wyler |
| 2020 | The Pale Horse | Mark Easterbrook |
| 2016 | Victoria | Lord Melbourne |
| 2015 | The Man in the High Castle | John Smith |
| 2012 | Restless | Lucas Romer |
| 2011 | Zen | Aurelio Zen |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Tom Builder |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | Dr. Jacob Hood |
| 2008 | John Adams | Alexander Hamilton |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told | |
| 2003 | Helen of Troy | King Agamemnon of Mycenae |
| 2003 | Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Charles II |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Ali Baba |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | Will Ladislaw |
| 1992 | Gone to Seed | Billy Brooker |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Mike Costain |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |