Rufus Sewell

Acting

Rufus Sewell

Born October 29, 1967Twickenham, England, UK84 credits

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

Filmography

This Ordinary Thing
2025This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)Movie
The Uninvited
2025The Uninvited
as GeraldMovie
Scoop
2024Scoop
as Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorMovie
The Diplomat
2023The Diplomat
as Hal WylerTV
Kaleidoscope
2023Kaleidoscope
as Roger SalasTV
Old
2021Old
as CharlesMovie
The Father
2020The Father
as PaulMovie
The Pale Horse
2020The Pale Horse
as Mark EasterbrookTV
Judy
2019Judy
as Sid LuftMovie
Victoria
2016Victoria
as Lord MelbourneTV
Gods of Egypt
2016Gods of Egypt
as UrshuMovie
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015Blinky Bill the Movie
as The Cat (voice)Movie
Killing Jesus
2015Killing Jesus
as CaiaphasMovie
The Devil's Hand
2014The Devil's Hand
as Jacob BrownMovie
Hercules
2014Hercules
as AutolycusMovie
D
2014Dangerous Liaisons
as Philip Fitzgerald JulienMovie
I'll Follow You Down
2013I'll Follow You Down
as Gabriel 'Gabe' WhyteMovie
The Sea
2013The Sea
as Carlo GraceMovie
Restless
2012Restless
as Lucas RomerTV
Hotel Noir
2012Hotel Noir
as FelixMovie
Parade's End
2012Parade's End
as Reverend Duchemin, Edith's husbandTV
Zen
2011Zen
as Aurelio ZenTV
The Tourist
2010The Tourist
as The EnglishmanMovie
Eleventh Hour
2008Eleventh Hour
as Dr. Jacob HoodTV
Vinyan
2008Vinyan
as Paul BelhmerMovie
John Adams
2008John Adams
as Alexander HamiltonTV
Downloading Nancy
2008Downloading Nancy
as Albert StockwellMovie
The Holiday
2006The Holiday
as Jasper BloomMovie
Amazing Grace
2006Amazing Grace
as Thomas ClarksonMovie
Out of the Blue
2006Out of the Blue
as English TraderMovie
The Illusionist
2006The Illusionist
as Crown Prince LeopoldMovie
Paris Je T'aime
2006Paris Je T'aime
as William (Père-Lachaise)Movie
Victoria Station
2003Victoria Station
as The CabbieMovie
H
2003Helen of Troy
as King Agamemnon of MycenaeMovie
Helen of Troy
2003Helen of Troy
as King Agamemnon of MycenaeTV
Extreme Ops
2002Extreme Ops
as IanMovie
A Knight's Tale
2001A Knight's Tale
as Count AdhemarMovie
Higher Love
2001Higher Love
as RossMovie
Bless the Child
2000Bless the Child
as Eric StarkMovie
Arabian Nights
2000Arabian Nights
as Ali BabaTV
In a Savage Land
1999In a Savage Land
as Mick CarpenterMovie
Illuminata
1998Illuminata
as DominiqueMovie
Dark City
1998Dark City
as John MurdochMovie
Dangerous Beauty
1998Dangerous Beauty
as Marco VenierMovie
The Woodlanders
1998The Woodlanders
as Giles WinterbourneMovie
Hamlet
1996Hamlet
as FortinbrasMovie
Victory
1996Victory
as Martin RicardoMovie
H
1995Henry IV
as Harry Percy (Hotspur)Movie
Carrington
1995Carrington
as Mark GertlerMovie
Cold Comfort Farm
1995Cold Comfort Farm
as Seth StarkadderMovie
A Man of No Importance
1994A Man of No Importance
as Robbie FayMovie
C
1994Citizen Locke
as Midshipman ClarkeMovie
Dirtysomething
1994Dirtysomething
as CliveMovie
Middlemarch
1994Middlemarch
as Will LadislawTV
Gone to Seed
1992Gone to Seed
as Billy BrookerTV
The Last Romantics
1992The Last Romantics
as Mike CostainMovie
Performance
1991Performance
as HotspurTV
Twenty-One
1991Twenty-One
as BobbyMovie
Screen Two
1985Screen Two
as Mike CostainTV
Tony Awards
1956Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeTV
Billion Dollar Spy
Billion Dollar Spy
as Gus HathawayMovie