Rufus Sewell
Rufus Sewell
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
77
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-10-29 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Twickenham, England, UK
Acting

2025

The Uninvited as Gerald

2025

Return to Dark City as Self

2024

Scoop as Prince Andrew

2024

The Trouble with Jessica as Richard

2023

The Diplomat as Hal Wyler

2023

Kaleidoscope as Roger Salas

2021

Old as Charles

2020

The Pale Horse as Mark Easterbrook

2020

The Father as Paul

2019

Judy as Sid Luft

2016

Victoria as Lord Melbourne

2016

Gods of Egypt as Urshu

2016

Rise as Not available

2015

The Man in the High Castle as John Smith

2015

Killing Jesus as Caiaphas

2015

Blinky Bill the Movie as The Cat (voice)

2014

Hercules as Autolycus

2014

The Devil's Hand as Jacob Brown

2014

Dangerous Liaisons as Philip Fitzgerald Julien

2014

The Brunchers as Tom

2013

I'll Follow You Down as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte

2013

All Things To All Men as Parker

2013

The Sea as Carlo Grace

2012

Restless as Lucas Romer

2012

Hotel Noir as Felix

2011

Zen as Aurelio Zen

2010

The Pillars of the Earth as Tom Builder

2010

The Tourist as The Englishman

2008

John Adams as Alexander Hamilton

2008

Eleventh Hour as Dr. Jacob Hood

2008

Vinyan as Paul Belhmer

2008

Downloading Nancy as Albert Stockwell

2006

The Holiday as Jasper

2006

The Illusionist as Crown Prince Leopold

2006

Tristan & Isolde as Marke

2006

Paris Je T'aime as William (Père-Lachaise)

2006

Amazing Grace as Thomas Clarkson

2006

Out of the Blue as English Trader

2005

The Legend of Zorro as Armand

2005

ShakespeaRe-Told as Not available

2005

The Taming of the Shrew as Tim Agnew

2003

Helen of Troy as King Agamemnon of Mycenae

2003

Victoria Station as The Cabbie

2002

Extreme Ops as Ian

2001

A Knight's Tale as Count Adhemar

2001

Higher Love as Ross

2000

Arabian Nights as Ali Baba

2000

Bless the Child as Eric Stark

1999

In a Savage Land as Mick Carpenter

1998

Dark City as John Murdoch

1998

Dangerous Beauty as Marco Venier

1998

Illuminata as Dominique

1998

The Woodlanders as Giles Winterbourne

1996

Hamlet as Fortinbras

1996

Victory as Martin Ricardo

1995

Carrington as Mark Gertler

1995

Cold Comfort Farm as Seth Starkadder

1994

A Man of No Importance as Robbie Fay

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Billion Dollar Spy as Gus Hathaway

1995

Henry IV as Harry Percy (Hotspur)

1994

Middlemarch as Will Ladislaw

1994

Dirtysomething as Clive

1994

Citizen Locke as Midshipman Clarke

1993

Dirty Weekend as Tim

1992

Gone to Seed as Billy Brooker

1992

The Last Romantics as Mike Costain

1991

Twenty-one as Bobby

1985

Screen Two as Mike Costain

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

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All That I Am as Not available

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Mr. Sunny Sky as Not available