Rufus Sewell
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-10-29
Place of Birth
Twickenham, England, UK
Rufus Sewell
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 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 For
The Illusionist
Aug 18, 2006
The Holiday
Dec 05, 2006
The Legend of Zorro
Oct 24, 2005
Paris Je T'aime
Jun 21, 2006
Dark City
Feb 27, 1998
Bless the Child
Aug 11, 2000
Scoop
Mar 27, 2024
Higher Love
May 02, 2001
The Very Thought of You
May 08, 1998
Dangerous Beauty
Feb 20, 1998
Cold Comfort Farm
Jan 01, 1995
Tristan & Isolde
Apr 07, 2006
A Knight's Tale
May 11, 2001
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
Dec 20, 2001
Amazing Grace
Sep 16, 2006
Extreme Ops
Nov 27, 2002
The Tourist
Dec 08, 2010
Vinyan
Aug 30, 2008
Victory
Dec 13, 1996
The Uninvited
Apr 11, 2025
Downloading Nancy
Jan 21, 2008
A Man of No Importance
Dec 24, 1994
Dirty Weekend
Oct 29, 1993
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Jun 20, 2012
All That I Am
Illuminata
May 21, 1998
The Woodlanders
Feb 06, 1998
Hotel Noir
Oct 09, 2012
Twenty-one
Oct 04, 1991
All Things To All Men
Apr 05, 2013
Hercules
Jul 23, 2014
In a Savage Land
Oct 21, 1999
The Sea
Jun 23, 2013
The Devil's Hand
Oct 10, 2014
The Last Romantics
Mar 29, 1992
Victoria Station
Nov 02, 2003
Henry IV
Oct 27, 1995
Hamlet
Dec 25, 1996
I'll Follow You Down
Jul 28, 2013
Out of the Blue
Sep 11, 2006
Dirtysomething
Apr 06, 1994
Killing Jesus
Apr 05, 2015
Gods of Egypt
Feb 25, 2016
The Trouble with Jessica
Apr 05, 2024
Citizen Locke
Apr 30, 1994
Blinky Bill the Movie
Aug 21, 2015
Rise
Feb 19, 2016
The Brunchers
Apr 12, 2014
Carrington
May 25, 1995
Judy
Sep 27, 2019
The Taming of the Shrew
Nov 21, 2005
The Father
Dec 23, 2020
Old
Jul 21, 2021
A Knight's Tale: Making Of
Jun 04, 2002
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
Jun 18, 2019
Mr. Sunny Sky
Dangerous Liaisons
Jan 01, 2014
Return to Dark City
Jun 24, 2025
Billion Dollar Spy
This Ordinary Thing
Dec 05, 2025
Helen of Troy
Apr 20, 2003
Eleventh Hour
Oct 09, 2008
ShakespeaRe-Told
Nov 07, 2005
Middlemarch
Jan 12, 1994
Victoria
Aug 28, 2016
John Adams
Mar 16, 2008
Zen
Jan 02, 2011
The Pillars of the Earth
Jul 23, 2010
The Man in the High Castle
Jan 15, 2015
Kaleidoscope
Jan 01, 2023
Restless
Dec 27, 2012
Arabian Nights
Apr 30, 2000
The Diplomat
Apr 20, 2023
Gone to Seed
Nov 13, 1992
The Pale Horse
Feb 09, 2020
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
The Sandman
Aug 05, 2022
Pride & Prejudice
