Rufus Sewell



First NameRufus
Last NameSewell
Full Name at BirthRufus Frederick Sewell
Age44
Date of BirthOctober 29, 1967
BirthplaceTwickenham, Middlesex, England
Height6' (183 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorBrown - Dark
Star SignScorpio
EthnicityWhite
NationalityEnglish
High SchoolCentral School of Speech and Drama, London (three years)
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameDark City

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.


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Filmography

Selected Rufus Sewell film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2011
Zen
Aurelio Zen

2011
The Sea
Carlo Grace

2010
The Englishman

2010
Tom Builder

2008
Albert Stockwell

2008
Paul Bellmer

2008
Eleventh Hour
Dr. Jacob Hood

2008
Alexander Hamilton

2006
Thomas Clarkson

2006
William

2006
Jasper Bloom

2006
Crown Prince Leopold

2006
Marke

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
Petruchio

2004
Taste
Michael Kuhleman

2003
Victoria Station
The cabbie

2003
Charles II

2002
Ian

2001
Count Adhemar

2000
Eric Stark

2000
Ali Baba

1999
Mick Carpenter

1998
Ross

1998
Marco Venier

1998
Dominique

1997
The Woodlanders
Giles Winterbourne

1996
Fortinbras

1995
Mark Gertler

1995
Martin Ricardo

1995
Seth Starkadder

1994
Robbie Fay

1994
Will Ladislaw

1994
Citizen Locke
Midshipman Clarke

1994
A Night with a Woman, a Day with Charlie
Charlie

1993
Tim

1992
Performance
Harry Percy

1992
Gone to Seed
Billy

1991
Bobby

1985
Screen Two
Clive, Mike Costain

1980
Masterpiece Mystery
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