Rufus Sewell
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1967-10-29 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (22)
The Man in the High Castle
2015
as John Smith
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
The Sandman
2022
as Time
Screen Two
1985
as Mike Costain / Clive / Robbie Fay
The Diplomat
2023
as Hal Wyler
Victoria
2016
as Lord Melbourne
Performance
1991
as Hotspur
John Adams
2008
as Alexander Hamilton
Eleventh Hour
2008
as Dr. Jacob Hood
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Tom Builder
Kaleidoscope
2023
as Roger Salas
Arabian Nights
2000
as Ali Baba
Middlemarch
1994
as Will Ladislaw
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
as Charles II
Helen of Troy
2003
as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
Zen
2011
as Aurelio Zen
The Pale Horse
2020
as Mark Easterbrook
Parade's End
2012
as Reverend Duchemin, Edith's husband
Restless
2012
as Lucas Romer
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr Bennet
Gone to Seed
1992
as Billy Brooker
Movies (61)
Hercules
2014
as Autolycus
Old
2021
as Charles
Gods of Egypt
2016
as Urshu
The Holiday
2006
as Jasper
Dark City
1998
as John Murdoch
A Knight's Tale
2001
as Count Adhemar
The Tourist
2010
as The Englishman
The Illusionist
2006
as Crown Prince Leopold
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012
as Adam
The Legend of Zorro
2005
as Armand
The Father
2020
as Paul
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Marke
Judy
2019
as Sid Luft
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as William (Père-Lachaise)
Hamlet
1996
as Fortinbras
Dangerous Beauty
1998
as Marco Venier
Scoop
2024
as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Amazing Grace
2006
as Thomas Clarkson
Vinyan
2008
as Paul Belhmer
Bless the Child
2000
as Eric Stark
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Seth Starkadder
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
2001
as Angus
Killing Jesus
2015
as Caiaphas
Extreme Ops
2002
as Ian
Carrington
1995
as Mark Gertler
The Trouble with Jessica
2024
as Richard
The Uninvited
2025
as Gerald
The Devil's Hand
2014
as Jacob Brown
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015
as The Cat (voice)
Illuminata
1998
as Dominique
Hotel Noir
2012
as Felix
The Very Thought of You
1998
as Frank
A Man of No Importance
1994
as Robbie Fay
All Things To All Men
2013
as Parker
Higher Love
2001
as Ross
I'll Follow You Down
2013
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
Dirty Weekend
1993
as Tim
Downloading Nancy
2008
as Albert Stockwell
The Sea
2013
as Carlo Grace
Billion Dollar Spy
as Gus Hathaway
The Woodlanders
1998
as Giles Winterbourne
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
2019
as Tom
The Last Romantics
1992
as Mike Costain
Helen of Troy
2003
as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
Victory
1996
as Martin Ricardo
Mr. Sunny Sky
A Knight's Tale: Making Of
2002
as Self
In a Savage Land
1999
as Mick Carpenter
Twenty-One
1991
as Bobby
Rise
2016
Citizen Locke
1994
as Midshipman Clarke
All That I Am
The Taming of the Shrew
2005
as Petruchio
Henry IV
1995
as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
Dirtysomething
1994
as Clive
Out of the Blue
2006
as English Trader
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2008
as Self
Return to Dark City
2025
as Self
Victoria Station
2003
as The Cabbie
The Brunchers
2013
as Tom
About 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 cancel… With 83 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Rufus Sewell has appeared in 61 films and 22 TV shows.
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- Hercules (2014) — as Autolycus
- Old (2021) — as Charles
- Gods of Egypt (2016) — as Urshu
- The Holiday (2006) — as Jasper
- Dark City (1998) — as John Murdoch
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