Rufus Sewell
Acting
- Born:
- 1967-10-29
- Place of birth:
- Twickenham, England, UK
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
Filmography
Pride and Prejudice
This Ordinary Thing
Return to Dark City
The Uninvited
The Trouble with Jessica
Scoop
The Diplomat
Kaleidoscope
The Sandman
Old
The Father
The Pale Horse
Judy
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
Victoria
Gods of Egypt
Rise
Blinky Bill the Movie
Killing Jesus
The Man in the High Castle
The Devil's Hand
Hercules
The Brunchers
I'll Follow You Down
The Sea
All Things To All Men
Restless
Hotel Noir
Parade's End
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Zen
The Tourist
The Pillars of the Earth
Eleventh Hour
Vinyan
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
John Adams
Downloading Nancy
British Film Forever
Amazing Grace
The Holiday
Out of the Blue
The Illusionist
Paris Je T'aime
Tristan & Isolde
The Taming of the Shrew
ShakespeaRe-Told
The Legend of Zorro
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Victoria Station
Helen of Troy
Extreme Ops
A Knight's Tale: Making Of
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
A Knight's Tale
Higher Love
Bless the Child
Arabian Nights
In a Savage Land
Illuminata
The Very Thought of You
Dark City
Dangerous Beauty
The Woodlanders
Hamlet
Victory
Henry IV
Carrington
Cold Comfort Farm
A Man of No Importance
Citizen Locke
Dirtysomething
Middlemarch
Dirty Weekend
Gone to Seed
The Last Romantics
Performance
Twenty-One
Screen Two
Tony Awards
All That I Am
Mr. Sunny Sky
Billion Dollar Spy
Queenstown