Rufus Sewell
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Uninvited as Gerald
- 2024 · Scoop as Prince Andrew
- 2023 · The Diplomat as Hal Wyler
- 2023 · Kaleidoscope as Roger Salas
- 2022 · The Sandman as Time
- 2021 · Old as Charles
- 2020 · The Father as Paul
- 2020 · The Pale Horse as Mark Easterbrook
- 2019 · Judy as Sid Luft
- 2016 · Victoria as Lord Melbourne
- 2016 · Gods of Egypt as Urshu
- 2015 · The Man in the High Castle as John Smith
- 2014 · Hercules as Autolycus
- 2012 · Restless as Lucas Romer
- 2012 · Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as Adam
- 2011 · Zen as Aurelio Zen
- 2010 · The Tourist as The Englishman
- 2010 · The Pillars of the Earth as Tom Builder
- 2008 · Eleventh Hour as Dr. Jacob Hood
- 2008 · John Adams as Alexander Hamilton
- 2006 · The Holiday as Jasper
- 2006 · Amazing Grace as Thomas Clarkson
- 2006 · The Illusionist as Crown Prince Leopold
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as William (Père-Lachaise)
- 2006 · Tristan & Isolde as Marke
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
- 2005 · The Legend of Zorro as Armand
- 2003 · Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Charles II
- 2003 · Helen of Troy as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
- 2001 · A Knight's Tale as Count Adhemar
- 2000 · Bless the Child as Eric Stark
- 2000 · Arabian Nights as Ali Baba
- 1998 · Dark City as John Murdoch
- 1998 · Dangerous Beauty as Marco Venier
- 1996 · Hamlet as Fortinbras
- 1994 · Middlemarch as Will Ladislaw
- 1991 · Performance as Hotspur
- 1985 · Screen Two as Mike Costain
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Bennet
- 2025 · Return to Dark City as Self
- 2024 · The Trouble with Jessica as Richard
- 2019 · Modern/Love in 7 Short Films as Tom
- 2016 · Rise as
- 2015 · Blinky Bill the Movie as The Cat (voice)
- 2015 · Killing Jesus as Caiaphas
- 2014 · The Devil's Hand as Jacob Brown
- 2014 · The Brunchers as Tom
- 2014 · Dangerous Liaisons as Philip Fitzgerald Julien
- 2013 · I'll Follow You Down as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
- 2013 · The Sea as Carlo Grace
- 2013 · All Things To All Men as Parker
- 2012 · Hotel Noir as Felix
- 2008 · Vinyan as Paul Belhmer
- 2008 · Downloading Nancy as Albert Stockwell
- 2006 · Out of the Blue as English Trader
- 2005 · The Taming of the Shrew as Tim Agnew
- 2003 · Victoria Station as The Cabbie
- 2002 · Extreme Ops as Ian
- 2002 · A Knight's Tale: Making Of as Self
- 2001 · Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature as Angus
- 2001 · Higher Love as Ross
- 1999 · In a Savage Land as Mick Carpenter
- 1998 · Illuminata as Dominique
- 1998 · The Very Thought of You as Frank
- 1998 · The Woodlanders as Giles Winterbourne
- 1996 · Victory as Martin Ricardo
- 1995 · Henry IV as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
- 1995 · Carrington as Mark Gertler
- 1994 · Citizen Locke as Midshipman Clarke
- 1994 · Dirtysomething as Clive
- 1993 · Dirty Weekend as Tim
- 1992 · Gone to Seed as Billy Brooker
- Future · Billion Dollar Spy as Gus Hathaway
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Seth Starkadder
- 1994 · A Man of No Importance as Robbie Fay
- Future · Mr. Sunny Sky as
- Future · All That I Am as
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Mike Costain
- 1991 · Twenty-one as Bobby