Rufus Sewell
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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
Credits
Hercules (2014)
as Autolycus
Gods of Egypt (2016)
as Urshu
The Tourist (2010)
as The Englishman
Dark City (1998)
as John Murdoch
Old (2021)
as Charles
A Knight's Tale (2001)
as Count Adhemar
The Holiday (2006)
as Jasper
The Father (2020)
as Paul
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
as Adam
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
as Armand
Scoop (2024)
as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
The Illusionist (2006)
as Crown Prince Leopold
Judy (2019)
as Sid Luft
Hotel Noir (2012)
as Felix
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
as William (Père-Lachaise)
Tristan & Isolde (2006)
as Marke
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
as Marco Venier
Dirtysomething (1994)
as Clive
Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
as The Cat (voice)
Victoria Station (2003)
as The Cabbie
Hamlet (1996)
as Fortinbras
Twenty-One (1991)
as Bobby
I'll Follow You Down (2013)
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
Vinyan (2008)
as Paul Belhmer
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach (2008)
as Self
Amazing Grace (2007)
as Thomas Clarkson
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films (2019)
as Tom
The Uninvited (2025)
as Gerald
Bless the Child (2000)
as Eric Stark
All Things To All Men (2013)
as Parker
The Devil's Hand (2014)
as Jacob Brown
The Trouble with Jessica (2024)
as Richard
Carrington (1995)
as Mark Gertler
Extreme Ops (2002)
as Ian
Killing Jesus (2015)
as Caiaphas
The Very Thought of You (1998)
as Frank
The Last Romantics (1992)
as Mike Costain
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature (2001)
as Angus
Out of the Blue (2006)
as English Trader
Mr. Sunny Sky (—)
Actor
The Taming of the Shrew (2005)
as Petruchio
Downloading Nancy (2008)
as Albert Stockwell
Illuminata (1998)
as Dominique
In a Savage Land (1999)
as Mick Carpenter
Victory (1996)
as Martin Ricardo
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
as Seth Starkadder
This Ordinary Thing (2025)
as Self (voice)
A Knight's Tale: Making Of (2002)
as Self
The Sea (2013)
as Carlo Grace
The Woodlanders (1998)
as Giles Winterbourne
Billion Dollar Spy (—)
as Gus Hathaway
Dirty Weekend (1993)
as Tim
Henry IV (1995)
as Harry Percy (Hotspur)
A Man of No Importance (1994)
as Robbie Fay
All That I Am (—)
Actor
Higher Love (2001)
as Ross
Rise (2016)
Actor
The Brunchers (2013)
as Tom
Return to Dark City (2025)
as Self
Citizen Locke (1994)
as Midshipman Clarke