Rupert Graves
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Rupert S. Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View (1985), Maurice (1987), The Madness of King George (1984), and The Forsyte Saga (2002). Since 2010, he has starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series Sherlock. Graves first came to prominence in costume-drama adaptations of E. M. Forster's novels A Room with a View (1985), and Maurice (1987), before going on to appear in films including A Handful of Dust (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Different for Girls (1996), and Intimate Relations (1996). Graves's role in Intimate Relations won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal World Film Festival. He was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Young Jolyon Forsyte in the television miniseries The Forsyte Saga. Later, he appeared in films such as V for Vendetta (2005), Death at a Funeral (2007), Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019), and Emma (2020), and in TV series such as Charles II: The Power & the Passion (2003), A Waste of Shame (2005), Sherlock (2010–), The Crimson Field (2014), and The Family (2016).
Known for
Credits
V for Vendetta (2006)
as Dominic
Emma. (2020)
as Mr. Weston
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
as DI Lestrade
Maurice (1987)
as Alec Scudder
Silencio (2018)
as Peter
Death at a Funeral (2007)
as Robert
A Room with a View (1986)
as Freddy Honeychurch
Damage (1992)
as Martyn Fleming
Dalíland (2022)
as Captain Moore
Juliet & Romeo (2025)
as Prince Escalaus
Doomsday Gun (1994)
as Jones
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
Swimming with Men (2018)
as Luke
Fast Girls (2012)
as David Temple
Made in Dagenham (2010)
as Peter Hopkins
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans (2019)
as Paulinus
The Madness of King George (1994)
as Greville
Lie of You (2019)
as Eddie
Sessions (2026)
Actor
A Handful of Dust (1988)
as John Beaver
Different for Girls (1997)
as Paul Prentice
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
as Philip Herriton
Bent (1997)
as Officer on Train
Extreme Ops (2002)
as Jeffrey
Room to Rent (2001)
as Mark
Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
as Septimus Warren Smith
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Stirling Rogers
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
as Axel von dem Bussche
Seacole (—)
as Major Harvey
Smyrna (2021)
as George Horton
Pride (2004)
as Linus (voice)
Mona (1982)
as Jim Atkins
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Stirling Rogers
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
as Joseph Lees
Wolves of War (2023)
as Professor Hopper
God on Trial (2008)
as Mordechai
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock (2016)
as Himself
Ultimate Tutankhamun (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Una questione privata (1993)
as Milton
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
as Oliver Knightly
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)
as William Shakespeare
The Break (2025)
as Ben's Friend
Sacrifice (2016)
as Duncan Guthrie
The Dinner Party (2007)
as Roger
Security (—)
Actor
The Waiting Room (2007)
as George
Underwater Okavango (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Clapham Junction (2007)
as Robin Cape
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns (2013)
as Greg Lestrade
Intimate Relations (1996)
as Harold
All My Loved Ones (1999)
as Nicholas Winton
Intervention (2007)
as Mark
What Destroyed the Hindenburg? (—)
as Self - Narrator
The Children (1990)
as Gerald Ormerod
Bone in the Throat (2015)
as Rupert
Special Couple (2019)
Actor
The Innocent Sleep (1996)
as Alan Terry
Native (2018)
as Cane
The Good Times Are Killing Me (2009)
as Lexy
Puccini (1984)
as Tonio
The Sheltering Desert (1991)
Actor
Seven Ages of Starlight (2012)
Actor
Open Fire (1994)
as David Martin
Good and Bad at Games (1983)
Actor
Rag Tale (2005)
as Eddy Taylor
Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Predator Coast (2012)
Actor
Royal Celebration (1993)
as Neil
To Be First (2007)
Actor
St. Ursula's in Danger (1983)
as Teddt