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