Cast & creator
Rufus Sewell
Best known for Tony Awards, Screen Two, Screen Two
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
Also known as: Rufus Frederik Sewell
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film credits
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television credits
86
1956–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (86)
Showing 86 of 86 credits
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Screen Two
Mike Costain
1985Screen Two
Clive
1985Screen Two
Robbie Fay
1985
The Man in the High Castle
John Smith
2015
The Sandman
Time
2022
The Diplomat
Hal Wyler
2023
Performance
Hotspur
1991
Parade's End
Reverend Duchemin, Edith's husband
2012
Victoria
Lord Melbourne
2016
Eleventh Hour
Jacob Hood
2008
The Pillars of the Earth
Tom Builder
2010
Hercules
Autolycus
2014
A Knight's Tale
Count Adhemar
2001
Gods of Egypt
Urshu
2016
The Tourist
The Englishman
2010
The Father
Paul
2020
The Holiday
Jasper
2006
Kaleidoscope
Roger Salas
2023
The Legend of Zorro
Armand
2005
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
2008
Old
Charles
2021
Dark City
John Murdoch
1998
The Illusionist
Crown Prince Leopold
2006
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Adam
2012
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Charles II
2003
Helen of Troy
King Agamemnon of Mycenae
2003
Tristan & Isolde
Marke
2006
The Pale Horse
Mark Easterbrook
2020
Middlemarch
Will Ladislaw
1994
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Arabian Nights
Ali Baba
2000
British Film Forever
2007
Paris Je T'aime
William (Père-Lachaise)
2006
Restless
Lucas Romer
2012
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Bennet
2026
Dangerous Beauty
Marco Venier
1998
Scoop
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
2024
Zen
Aurelio Zen
2011
Judy
Sid Luft
2019
The Uninvited
Gerald
2025
Blinky Bill the Movie
The Cat (voice)
2015
Hamlet
Fortinbras
1996
Bless the Child
Eric Stark
2000
The Trouble with Jessica
Richard
2024
Gone to Seed
Billy Brooker
1992
Extreme Ops
Ian
2002
Rise
2016
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
Angus
2001
All Things To All Men
Parker
2013
Hotel Noir
Felix
2012
Amazing Grace
Thomas Clarkson
2007
I'll Follow You Down
Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
2013
Vinyan
Paul Belhmer
2008
The Devil's Hand
Jacob Brown
2014
The Very Thought of You
Frank
1998
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
Tom
2019
Cold Comfort Farm
Seth Starkadder
1995
Killing Jesus
Caiaphas
2015
A Man of No Importance
Robbie Fay
1994
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
2025
Twenty-One
Bobby
1991
All That I Am
The Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio
2005
A Knight's Tale: Making Of
Self
2002
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
Self
2008
The Woodlanders
Giles Winterbourne
1998
Carrington
Mark Gertler
1995
In a Savage Land
Mick Carpenter
1999
Victory
Martin Ricardo
1996
Downloading Nancy
Albert Stockwell
2008
Dirtysomething
Clive
1994
Out of the Blue
English Trader
2006
The Last Romantics
Mike Costain
1992
Victoria Station
The Cabbie
2003
The Sea
Carlo Grace
2013
Billion Dollar Spy
Gus Hathaway
Illuminata
Dominique
1998
Dirty Weekend
Tim
1993Mr. Sunny Sky
Return to Dark City
Self
2025Queenstown
The Brunchers
Tom
2013
Higher Love
Ross
2001
Henry IV
Harry Percy (Hotspur)
1995Citizen Locke
Midshipman Clarke
1994