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