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Rufus Sewell

Acting

Born October 29, 1967 · Twickenham, England, UK

Also known as Rufus Frederik 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

Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1995
  • Laurence Olivier Awards
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 2008 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Father

2020as Paul

The Sandman

2022as Time

Middlemarch

1994as Will Ladislaw

The Pillars of the Earth

as Tom Builder

The Diplomat

2023as Hal Wyler

The Man in the High Castle

2015as John Smith

Victoria

2016as Lord Melbourne

ShakespeaRe-Told

2005

The Illusionist

2006as Crown Prince Leopold

Dark City

1998as John Murdoch

Hamlet

1996as Fortinbras

Zen

2011as Aurelio Zen

The Holiday

2006as Jasper

Restless

as Lucas Romer

Dangerous Beauty

1998as Marco Venier

Amazing Grace

2006as Thomas Clarkson

A Knight's Tale

2001as Count Adhemar

Kaleidoscope

2023as Roger Salas

Paris, Je T'aime

2006as William (Père-Lachaise)

Arabian Nights

2000as Ali Baba

Judy

2019as Sid Luft

Tristan + Isolde

2006as Marke

Eleventh Hour

2008as Dr. Jacob Hood

Higher Love

2001as Ross

Scoop

2024as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Old

2021as Charles

Killing Jesus

2015as Caiaphas

The Last King

2003as Charles II

The Tourist

2010as The Englishman

Carrington

1995as Mark Gertler

A Man of No Importance

1994as Robbie Fay

The Legend of Zorro

2005as Armand

The Trouble with Jessica

2023as Richard

I'll Follow You Down

2013as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte

The Pale Horse

2020as Mark Easterbrook

Hercules

2014as Autolycus

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

2012as Adam

The Uninvited

2024as Gerald

Gods of Egypt

2016as Urshu

Hotel Noir

2012as Felix

The Very Thought of You

1998as Frank

Blinky Bill the Movie

2015as The Cat (voice)

Illuminata

1998as Dominique

The Sea

2013as Carlo Grace

Bless the Child

2000as Eric Stark

The Devil's Hand

2014as Jacob Brown

Vinyan

2008as Paul Belhmer

Extreme Ops

2002as Ian

All Things to All Men

2013as Parker

This Ordinary Thing

2025as Self (voice)