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