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
- 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
- 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
- 2013 · All Things To All Men as Parker
- 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 Bloom
- 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 · The Taming of the Shrew as Tim Agnew
- 2005 · The Legend of Zorro as Armand
- 2003 · Helen of Troy as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
- 2001 · Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature as Angus
- 2001 · A Knight's Tale as Count Adhemar
- 2001 · Higher Love as Ross
- 2000 · Bless the Child as Eric Stark
- 1998 · Dark City as John Murdoch
- 1998 · Dangerous Beauty as Marco Venier
- 1994 · A Man of No Importance as Robbie Fay
- 1994 · Middlemarch as Will Ladislaw
- 1991 · Performance as Hotspur
- 1985 · Screen Two as Mike Costain
- 1985 · Screen Two as Clive
- Future · Billion Dollar Spy as Gus Hathaway
- Future · All That I Am as
- 2025 · This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
- 2024 · Scoop as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
- 2020 · The Pale Horse as Mark Easterbrook
- 2019 · Modern/Love in 7 Short Films as Tom
- 2016 · Rise as
- 2014 · The Devil's Hand as Jacob Brown
- 2014 · Dangerous Liaisons as Philip Fitzgerald Julien
- 2013 · The Brunchers as Tom
- 2013 · I'll Follow You Down as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
- 2013 · The Sea as Carlo Grace
- 2012 · Restless as Lucas Romer
- 2012 · Hotel Noir as Felix
- 2011 · Zen as Aurelio Zen
- 2008 · Vinyan as Paul Belhmer
- 2008 · Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach as Self
- 2008 · Downloading Nancy as Albert Stockwell
- 2006 · Out of the Blue as English Trader
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
- 2003 · Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Charles II
- 2003 · Victoria Station as The Cabbie
- 2003 · Helen of Troy as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
- 2002 · Extreme Ops as Ian
- 2002 · A Knight's Tale: Making Of as Self
- 2000 · Arabian Nights as Ali Baba
- 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 · Hamlet as Fortinbras
- 1996 · Victory as Martin Ricardo
- 1995 · Henry IV as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
- 1995 · Carrington as Mark Gertler
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Seth Starkadder
- Future · Pride and Prejudice as Mr Bennet
- 1994 · Citizen Locke as Midshipman Clarke
- 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 · Mr. Sunny Sky as