Rufus Sewell
Highest Rated: 100% The Uninvited (2024)
Lowest Rated: 4% Bless the Child (2000)
Birthday: Oct 29, 1967
Birthplace: Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
A mainstay in British costume dramas and historic biopics, actor Rufus Sewell was active on London stages before landing his screen breakthrough in the British television adaptation of George Eliot's "Middlemarch" in 1995. From there, the actor was tapped to ride many a horse and deliver many a velvet-clad smoldering look in a string of well-received films including "A Knight's Tale" (2001) and "The Illusionist" (2006). While Sewell successfully transitioned to American productions, he remained typecast in period pieces as villainous rulers, brooding noblemen and romantic leads. Eventually the actor's protestations led him to prove his versatility in the critically-acclaimed Tom Stoppard play "Rock 'n' Roll" and the American television series "Eleventh Hour" (CBS, 2008-09), where he proved a very suitable choice to play a handsome criminal investigator whose preferred method of transportation was a car and who was never called upon to engage in a sword fight. The series' demise would, at least temporarily, return Sewell to period dramas, although the charismatic actor would manage to keep at least one foot firmly planted in the modern day for his many projects to come.
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Filmography
Movies
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76% |
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Scoop | Prince Andrew (Character) | - | 2024 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Uninvited | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
75% |
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The Trouble with Jessica | Richard (Character) | - | 2023 |
50% |
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Old | Charles (Character) | $48.2M | 2021 |
98% |
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The Father | Paul (Character) | $2.1M | 2020 |
82% |
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Judy | Sid Luft (Character) | $24.3M | 2019 |
14% |
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Gods of Egypt | Urshu (Character) | $31.1M | 2016 |
73% |
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Blinky Bill the Movie | The Cat (Voice) | - | 2015 |
43% |
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Killing Jesus | Caiaphas (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Where the Devil Hides | Jacob Brown (Character) | $4.2K | 2014 |
58% |
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Hercules | Autolycus (Character) | $72.7M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Brunchers | Tom (Character) | - | 2013 |
52% |
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The Sea | Carlo Grace (Character) | - | 2013 |
33% |
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I'll Follow You Down | Gabe (Character) | - | 2013 |
24% |
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All Things to All Men | Jonathan Parker (Character) | - | 2012 |
13% |
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Hotel Noir | Felix (Character) | - | 2012 |
34% |
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Adam (Character) | $37.5M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Restless | Lucas Romer (Character) | - | 2012 |
21% |
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The Tourist | The Englishman (Character) | $67.6M | 2010 |
18% |
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Downloading Nancy | Albert Stockwell (Character) | $22.2K | 2008 |
53% |
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Vinyan | Paul Belhmer (Character) | - | 2008 |
68% |
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Amazing Grace | Thomas Clarkson (Character) | $21.2M | 2006 |
51% |
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The Holiday | Jasper (Character) | $63.2M | 2006 |
73% |
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The Illusionist | Crown Prince Leopold (Character) | $39.8M | 2006 |
32% |
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Tristan & Isolde | Lord Marke (Character) | $14.7M | 2006 |
28% |
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The Legend of Zorro | Armand (Character) | $45.4M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Taming of the Shrew | Petruchio (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last King | Charles II (Character) | - | 2004 |
7% |
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Extreme Ops | Ian (Character) | $4.8M | 2002 |
38% |
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She Creature | Angus (Character) | - | 2001 |
59% |
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A Knight's Tale | Count Adhemar (Character) | $56.1M | 2001 |
4% |
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Bless the Child | Eric Stark (Character) | $29.4M | 2000 |
40% |
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The Very Thought of You | Frank (Character) | $94.2K | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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In a Savage Land | Mick Carpenter (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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At Sachem Farm | Ross (Character) | - | 1998 |
46% |
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Illuminata | Dominique (Character) | $836.6K | 1998 |
76% |
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Dark City | John Murdoch (Character) | $14.3M | 1998 |
70% |
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Dangerous Beauty | Marco Venier (Character) | $4.6M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trade Winds | Ross (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Woodlanders | Giles Winterbourne (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Victory | Martin Ricardo (Character) | - | 1997 |
95% |
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Hamlet | Fortinbras (Character) | $4.4M | 1996 |
83% |
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Cold Comfort Farm | Seth Starkadder (Character) | $5.6M | 1995 |
54% |
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Carrington | Mark Gertler (Character) | $2.3M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King Henry IV | Harry Percy (Character) | - | 1995 |
82% |
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A Man of No Importance | Robbie Fay (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Dirty Weekend | Tim (Character) | - | 1993 |
50% |
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Twenty-One | Bobby (Character) | $46.2K | 1991 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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84% | 54% | The Diplomat | Hal Wyler (Character) | 2023-2024 |
49% | 45% | Kaleidoscope | Roger Salas (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pale Horse | Mark Easterbrook (Character) | 2020 |
79% | 44% | The Pale Horse | Unknown (Character) | 2020 |
84% | 80% | The Man in the High Castle | John Smith (Character) | 2015-2016 2018-2019 |
87% | 84% | Victoria on Masterpiece | Lord Melbourne (Character) | 2016-2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Spy | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Parade's End | Reverend Duchemin (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Mystery! | Unknown (Character) | 2011 |
95% | 92% | Zen | Unknown (Character) | 2011 |
77% | 86% | The Pillars of the Earth | Tom Builder (Character) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pillars of the Earth | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
35% | 80% | Eleventh Hour | Jacob Hood (Character) | 2008-2009 |
82% | 85% | John Adams | Alexander Hamilton (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ShakespeaRe-told | Petruchio (Character) | 2005 |