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 · Return to Dark City as Self
- 2024 · The Trouble with Jessica as Richard
- 2023 · The Diplomat as Hal Wyler
- 2022 · The Sandman as Time
- 2021 · Old as Charles
- 2020 · The Father as Paul
- 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 · The Man in the High Castle as John Smith
- 2014 · The Devil's Hand as Jacob Brown
- 2014 · Hercules as Autolycus
- 2014 · Dangerous Liaisons as Philip Fitzgerald Julien
- 2013 · The Sea as Carlo Grace
- 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 · The Illusionist as Crown Prince Leopold
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as William (Père-Lachaise)
- 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 · Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature as Angus
- 2001 · A Knight's Tale as Count Adhemar
- 1999 · In a Savage Land as Mick Carpenter
- 1998 · Dark City as John Murdoch
- 1998 · Dangerous Beauty as Marco Venier
- 1996 · Hamlet as Fortinbras
- 1996 · Victory as Martin Ricardo
- 1995 · Carrington as Mark Gertler
- 1994 · Middlemarch as Will Ladislaw
- 1991 · Performance as Hotspur
- 1985 · Screen Two as Mike Costain
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Billion Dollar Spy as Gus Hathaway
- 2025 · The Uninvited as Gerald
- 2024 · Scoop as Prince Andrew
- 2023 · Kaleidoscope as Roger Salas
- 2020 · The Pale Horse as Mark Easterbrook
- 2019 · Modern/Love in 7 Short Films as Tom
- 2016 · Rise as
- 2015 · Killing Jesus as Caiaphas
- 2014 · The Brunchers as Tom
- 2013 · I'll Follow You Down as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
- 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 · Amazing Grace as Thomas Clarkson
- 2006 · Out of the Blue as English Trader
- 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 · Higher Love as Ross
- 2000 · Bless the Child as Eric Stark
- 2000 · Arabian Nights as Ali Baba
- 1998 · Illuminata as Dominique
- 1998 · The Very Thought of You as Frank
- 1998 · The Woodlanders as Giles Winterbourne
- 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 · Dirtysomething as Clive
- 1992 · The Last Romantics as Mike Costain
- Future · All That I Am as
- 1993 · Dirty Weekend as Tim
- Future · Mr. Sunny Sky as
- 1992 · Gone to Seed as Billy Brooker
- Future · Pride & Prejudice as Mr Bennet
- 1991 · Twenty-one as Bobby