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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-10-29 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Twickenham, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Scoop as Prince Andrew

2023

Kaleidoscope as Roger Salas
The Diplomat as Hal Wyler

2021

Old as Charles

2020

The Father as Paul
The Pale Horse as Mark Easterbrook

2019

2016

Gods of Egypt as Urshu
Victoria as Lord Melbourne

2015

Killing Jesus as Caiaphas
Blinky Bill the Movie as The Cat (voice)

2014

Hercules as Autolycus
The Devil's Hand as Jacob Brown
Dangerous Liaisons as Philip Fitzgerald Julien

2013

The Sea as Carlo Grace
I'll Follow You Down as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte

2012

2011

Zen as Aurelio Zen

2010

The Tourist as The Englishman

2008

Vinyan as Paul Belhmer
Downloading Nancy as Albert Stockwell
Eleventh Hour as Dr. Jacob Hood
John Adams as Alexander Hamilton

2006

The Illusionist as Crown Prince Leopold
The Holiday as Jasper
Paris Je T'aime as William (Père-Lachaise)
Amazing Grace as Thomas Clarkson
Out of the Blue as English Trader

2005

2003

Victoria Station as The Cabbie
Helen of Troy as King Agamemnon of Mycenae

2002

2001

2000

Bless the Child as Eric Stark
Arabian Nights as Ali Baba

1999

In a Savage Land as Mick Carpenter

1998

Dark City as John Murdoch
Dangerous Beauty as Marco Venier
Illuminata as Dominique
The Woodlanders as Giles Winterbourne

1996

Victory as Martin Ricardo
Hamlet as Fortinbras

1995

Cold Comfort Farm as Seth Starkadder
Henry IV as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
Carrington as Mark Gertler

1994

Citizen Locke as Midshipman Clarke
Middlemarch as Will Ladislaw

1993

1992

The Last Romantics as Mike Costain
Gone to Seed as Billy Brooker

1991

Twenty-one as Bobby

1985

Screen Two as Mike Costain

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

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