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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus Sewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Tony Awards

The Sandman

The Man in the High Castle

Screen Two

Screen Two

Screen Two

The Diplomat

Victoria

All Movies (61)

• This Ordinary Thing2025 · as Self (voice)
• Return to Dark City2025 · as Self
• The Uninvited2025 · as Gerald
• The Trouble with Jessica2024 · as Richard
• Scoop2024 · as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
• Old2021 · as Charles
• The Father2020 · as Paul
• Judy2019 · as Sid Luft
• Modern/Love in 7 Short Films2019 · as Tom
• Gods of Egypt2016 · as Urshu
• Rise2016
• Blinky Bill the Movie2015 · as The Cat (voice)
• Killing Jesus2015 · as Caiaphas
• The Devil's Hand2014 · as Jacob Brown
• Hercules2014 · as Autolycus
• The Brunchers2013 · as Tom
• I'll Follow You Down2013 · as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
• The Sea2013 · as Carlo Grace
• All Things To All Men2013 · as Parker
• Hotel Noir2012 · as Felix
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter2012 · as Adam
• The Tourist2010 · as The Englishman
• Vinyan2008 · as Paul Belhmer
• Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach2008 · as Self
• Downloading Nancy2008 · as Albert Stockwell
• The Holiday2006 · as Jasper
• Amazing Grace2006 · as Thomas Clarkson
• Out of the Blue2006 · as English Trader
• The Illusionist2006 · as Crown Prince Leopold
• Paris Je T'aime2006 · as William (Père-Lachaise)
• Tristan & Isolde2006 · as Marke
• The Taming of the Shrew2005 · as Petruchio
• The Legend of Zorro2005 · as Armand
• Victoria Station2003 · as The Cabbie
• Helen of Troy2003 · as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
• Extreme Ops2002 · as Ian
• A Knight's Tale: Making Of2002 · as Self
• Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature2001 · as Angus
• A Knight's Tale2001 · as Count Adhemar
• Higher Love2001 · as Ross
• Bless the Child2000 · as Eric Stark
• In a Savage Land1999 · as Mick Carpenter
• Illuminata1998 · as Dominique
• The Very Thought of You1998 · as Frank
• Dark City1998 · as John Murdoch
• Dangerous Beauty1998 · as Marco Venier
• The Woodlanders1998 · as Giles Winterbourne
• Hamlet1996 · as Fortinbras
• Victory1996 · as Martin Ricardo
• Henry IV1995 · as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
• Carrington1995 · as Mark Gertler
• Cold Comfort Farm1995 · as Seth Starkadder
• A Man of No Importance1994 · as Robbie Fay
• Citizen Locke1994 · as Midshipman Clarke
• Dirtysomething1994 · as Clive
• Dirty Weekend1993 · as Tim
• The Last Romantics1992 · as Mike Costain
• Twenty-One1991 · as Bobby
• All That I Am—
• Mr. Sunny Sky—
• Billion Dollar Spy— · as Gus Hathaway

All TV Shows (25)

• The Diplomat2023 · as Hal Wyler
• Kaleidoscope2023 · as Roger Salas
• The Sandman2022 · as Time
• The Pale Horse2020 · as Mark Easterbrook
• Victoria2016 · as Lord Melbourne
• The Man in the High Castle2015 · as John Smith
• Restless2012 · as Lucas Romer
• Parade's End2012 · as Reverend Duchemin, Edith's husband
• Zen2011 · as Aurelio Zen
• The Pillars of the Earth2010 · as Tom Builder
• Eleventh Hour2008 · as Dr. Jacob Hood
• John Adams2008 · as Alexander Hamilton
• British Film Forever2007
• ShakespeaRe-Told2005
• Charles II: The Power and The Passion2003 · as Charles II
• Helen of Troy2003 · as King Agamemnon of Mycenae
• Arabian Nights2000 · as Ali Baba
• Middlemarch1994 · as Will Ladislaw
• Gone to Seed1992 · as Billy Brooker
• Performance1991 · as Hotspur
• Screen Two1985 · as Mike Costain
• Screen Two1985 · as Clive
• Screen Two1985 · as Robbie Fay
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Pride and Prejudice— · as Mr Bennet