Rufus Sewell
Born: 1967-10-29 in Twickenham, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2025
- This Ordinary Thing as Voice
- The Uninvited as Gerald
- Return to Dark City as Self
2024
- Scoop as Prince Andrew
- The Trouble with Jessica as Richard
2023
- The Diplomat as Hal Wyler
- Kaleidoscope as Roger Salas
2022
- The Sandman as Time
2021
- Old as Charles
2020
- The Father as Paul
- The Pale Horse as Mark Easterbrook
2019
- Judy as Sid Luft
- Modern/Love in 7 Short Films as Tom
2016
- Victoria as Lord Melbourne
- Gods of Egypt as Urshu
- Rise
2015
- The Man in the High Castle as John Smith
- Killing Jesus as Caiaphas
- Blinky Bill the Movie as The Cat (voice)
2014
- Hercules as Autolycus
- Dangerous Liaisons as Philip Fitzgerald Julien
- The Brunchers as Tom
- The Devil's Hand as Jacob Brown
2013
- The Sea as Carlo Grace
- All Things To All Men as Parker
- I'll Follow You Down as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
2012
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as Adam
- Restless as Lucas Romer
- Hotel Noir as Felix
2011
- Zen as Aurelio Zen
2010
- The Pillars of the Earth as Tom Builder
- The Tourist as The Englishman
2008
- Eleventh Hour as Dr. Jacob Hood
- John Adams as Alexander Hamilton
- Vinyan as Paul Belhmer
- Downloading Nancy as Albert Stockwell
2006
- The Holiday as Jasper Bloom
- The Illusionist as Crown Prince Leopold
- Amazing Grace as Thomas Clarkson
- Tristan & Isolde as Marke
- Paris Je T'aime as William (Père-Lachaise)
- Out of the Blue as English Trader
2005
- The Legend of Zorro as Armand
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- The Taming of the Shrew as Tim Agnew
2003
- Helen of Troy as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
- Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Charles II
- Victoria Station as The Cabbie
2002
- Extreme Ops as Ian
- A Knight's Tale: Making Of as Self
2001
- A Knight's Tale as Count Adhemar
- Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature as Angus
- Higher Love as Ross
2000
- Arabian Nights as Ali Baba
- Bless the Child as Eric Stark
1999
- In a Savage Land as Mick Carpenter
1998
- Dark City as John Murdoch
- Dangerous Beauty as Marco Venier
- The Woodlanders as Giles Winterbourne
- Illuminata as Dominique
- The Very Thought of You as Frank
1995
- Carrington as Mark Gertler
- Henry IV as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
- Cold Comfort Farm as Seth Starkadder
1994
- Citizen Locke as Midshipman Clarke
- Middlemarch as Will Ladislaw
- A Man of No Importance as Robbie Fay
- Dirtysomething as Clive
1993
- Dirty Weekend as Tim
1992
- The Last Romantics as Mike Costain
- Gone to Seed as Billy Brooker
1991
- Performance as Hotspur
- Twenty-one as Bobby
1985
- Screen Two as Mike Costain
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee