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Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

Acting1967Twickenham, England, UK

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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Acting History

2025
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
The Uninvited
as Gerald
The Sandman
TVas Time1 eps
2024
Scoop
as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
2023
Kaleidoscope
TVas Roger Salas9 eps
The Diplomat
TVas Hal Wyler22 eps
2021
Old
as Charles
2020
The Father
as Paul
The Pale Horse
TVas Mark Easterbrook
2016
Victoria
TVas Lord Melbourne7 eps
2015
Killing Jesus
as Caiaphas
Blinky Bill the Movie
as The Cat (voice)
The Man in the High Castle
TVas John Smith40 eps
2014
Dangerous Liaisons
as Philip Fitzgerald Julien
The Devil's Hand
as Jacob Brown
Hercules
as Autolycus
2013
The Sea
as Carlo Grace
I'll Follow You Down
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
2012
2011
Zen
TVas Aurelio Zen
2010
The Tourist
as The Englishman
The Pillars of the Earth
TVas Tom Builder8 eps
2008
Vinyan
as Paul Belhmer
Downloading Nancy
as Albert Stockwell
John Adams
TVas Alexander Hamilton2 eps
Eleventh Hour
TVas Dr. Jacob Hood18 eps
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Nominee1 eps
2006
The Holiday
as Jasper Bloom
Paris Je T'aime
as William (Père-Lachaise)
Amazing Grace
as Thomas Clarkson
The Illusionist
as Crown Prince Leopold
Out of the Blue
as English Trader
2003
Helen of Troy
as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
Victoria Station
as The Cabbie
Helen of Troy
TVas King Agamemnon of Mycenae
2000
Bless the Child
as Eric Stark
Arabian Nights
TVas Ali Baba2 eps
1999
In a Savage Land
as Mick Carpenter
1998
Dangerous Beauty
as Marco Venier
The Woodlanders
as Giles Winterbourne
Illuminata
as Dominique
Dark City
as John Murdoch
1996
Hamlet
as Fortinbras
Victory
as Martin Ricardo
1995
Henry IV
as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
Cold Comfort Farm
as Seth Starkadder
Carrington
as Mark Gertler
Performance
TVas Hotspur1 eps
1994
Citizen Locke
as Midshipman Clarke
Middlemarch
TVas Will Ladislaw
1993
1992
The Last Romantics
as Mike Costain
Screen Two
TVas Mike Costain / Clive1 eps
Gone to Seed
TVas Billy Brooker
1991
Twenty-one
as Bobby

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/29/1967(58 years old)
Place of Birth
Twickenham, England, UK