Rufus Sewell
- Acting
- October 29, 1967 · Twickenham, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus Sewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
- Pride and Prejudice · Mr. Bennet
- This Ordinary Thing · Self
- Return to Dark City · Self
- The Uninvited · Gerald
- The Trouble with Jessica · Richard
- Scoop · Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
- The Diplomat · Hal Wyler
- Kaleidoscope · Roger Salas
- The Sandman · Time
- Old · Charles
- The Father · Paul
- The Pale Horse · Mark Easterbrook
- Judy · Sid Luft
- Modern/Love in 7 Short Films · Tom
- Victoria · Lord Melbourne
- Gods of Egypt · Urshu
- Rise
- Blinky Bill the Movie · The Cat (Voice)
- Killing Jesus · Caiaphas
- The Man in the High Castle · John Smith
- The Devil's Hand · Jacob Brown
- Hercules · Autolycus
- The Brunchers · Tom
- I'll Follow You Down · Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
- The Sea · Carlo Grace
- All Things To All Men · Parker
- Restless · Lucas Romer
- Hotel Noir · Felix
- Parade's End · Reverend Duchemin, Edith's husband
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter · Adam
- Zen · Aurelio Zen
- The Tourist · The Englishman
- The Pillars of the Earth · Tom Builder
- Eleventh Hour · Jacob Hood
- Vinyan · Paul Belhmer
- Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach · Self
- John Adams · Alexander Hamilton
- Downloading Nancy · Albert Stockwell
- British Film Forever
- Amazing Grace · Thomas Clarkson
- The Holiday · Jasper
- Out of the Blue · English Trader
- The Illusionist · Crown Prince Leopold
- Paris Je T'aime · William (Père-Lachaise)
- Tristan & Isolde · Marke
- The Taming of the Shrew · Petruchio
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- The Legend of Zorro · Armand
- Charles II: The Power and The Passion · Charles II
- Victoria Station · The Cabbie
- Helen of Troy · King Agamemnon of Mycenae
- Extreme Ops · Ian
- A Knight's Tale: Making Of · Self
- Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature · Angus
- A Knight's Tale · Count Adhemar
- Higher Love · Ross
- Bless the Child · Eric Stark
- Arabian Nights · Ali Baba
- In a Savage Land · Mick Carpenter
- Illuminata · Dominique
- The Very Thought of You · Frank
- Dark City · John Murdoch
- Dangerous Beauty · Marco Venier
- The Woodlanders · Giles Winterbourne
- Hamlet · Fortinbras
- Victory · Martin Ricardo
- Henry IV · Harry Percy (Hotspur)
- Carrington · Mark Gertler
- Cold Comfort Farm · Seth Starkadder
- A Man of No Importance · Robbie Fay
- Citizen Locke · Midshipman Clarke
- Dirtysomething · Clive
- Middlemarch · Will Ladislaw
- Dirty Weekend · Tim
- Gone to Seed · Billy Brooker
- The Last Romantics · Mike Costain
- Performance · Hotspur
- Twenty-One · Bobby
- Screen Two · Mike Costain, Clive
- Tony Awards · Self