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