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
0Tony Awards
1956
Screen Two
1985
Screen Two
1985
Screen Two
1985
The Sandman
2022
The Man in the High Castle
2015
The Diplomat
2023
Parade's End
2012
Victoria
2016
Performance
1991
A Knight's Tale
2001
The Holiday
2006
Filmography
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1956
Screen Two
as Mike Costain · 1985
Screen Two
as Clive · 1985
Screen Two
as Robbie Fay · 1985
The Sandman
as Time · 2022
The Man in the High Castle
as John Smith · 2015
The Diplomat
as Hal Wyler · 2023
Parade's End
as Reverend Duchemin, Edith's husband · 2012
Victoria
as Lord Melbourne · 2016
Performance
as Hotspur · 1991
A Knight's Tale
as Count Adhemar · 2001
The Holiday
as Jasper · 2006
Hercules
as Autolycus · 2014
Gods of Egypt
as Urshu · 2016
The Father
as Paul · 2020
Eleventh Hour
as Jacob Hood · 2008
The Pillars of the Earth
as Tom Builder · 2010
The Tourist
as The Englishman · 2010
Old
as Charles · 2021
Kaleidoscope
as Roger Salas · 2023
The Legend of Zorro
as Armand · 2005
John Adams
as Alexander Hamilton · 2008
Dark City
as John Murdoch · 1998
The Illusionist
as Crown Prince Leopold · 2006
Tristan & Isolde
as Marke · 2006
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
as Adam · 2012
Helen of Troy
as King Agamemnon of Mycenae · 2003
Arabian Nights
as Ali Baba · 2000
The Pale Horse
as Mark Easterbrook · 2020
Paris Je T'aime
as William (Père-Lachaise) · 2006
Dangerous Beauty
as Marco Venier · 1998
Middlemarch
as Will Ladislaw · 1994
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as Charles II · 2003
ShakespeaRe-Told
· 2005
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet · 2026
Restless
as Lucas Romer · 2012
Zen
as Aurelio Zen · 2011
Scoop
as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor · 2024
British Film Forever
· 2007
Judy
as Sid Luft · 2019
Hamlet
as Fortinbras · 1996
Bless the Child
as Eric Stark · 2000
The Uninvited
as Gerald · 2025
Blinky Bill the Movie
as The Cat (voice) · 2015
Gone to Seed
as Billy Brooker · 1992
Amazing Grace
as Thomas Clarkson · 2007
Extreme Ops
as Ian · 2002
The Devil's Hand
as Jacob Brown · 2014
I'll Follow You Down
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte · 2013
The Trouble with Jessica
as Richard · 2024
All Things To All Men
as Parker · 2013
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
as Angus · 2001
Hotel Noir
as Felix · 2012
Cold Comfort Farm
as Seth Starkadder · 1995
Killing Jesus
as Caiaphas · 2015
The Very Thought of You
as Frank · 1998
Vinyan
as Paul Belhmer · 2008
Out of the Blue
as English Trader · 2006
Queenstown
A Man of No Importance
as Robbie Fay · 1994
Billion Dollar Spy
as Gus Hathaway
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
as Self · 2008
Downloading Nancy
as Albert Stockwell · 2008
All That I Am
Victory
as Martin Ricardo · 1996
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
as Tom · 2019
A Knight's Tale: Making Of
as Self · 2002
Twenty-One
as Bobby · 1991
The Sea
as Carlo Grace · 2013
Carrington
as Mark Gertler · 1995
In a Savage Land
as Mick Carpenter · 1999
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice) · 2025
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio · 2005
Rise
· 2016
The Woodlanders
as Giles Winterbourne · 1998
Dirty Weekend
as Tim · 1993
The Last Romantics
as Mike Costain · 1992
The Brunchers
as Tom · 2013
Illuminata
as Dominique · 1998
Higher Love
as Ross · 2001
Dirtysomething
as Clive · 1994
Victoria Station
as The Cabbie · 2003
Return to Dark City
as Self · 2025
Mr. Sunny Sky
Henry IV
as Harry Percy (Hotspur) · 1995
Citizen Locke
as Midshipman Clarke · 1994