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Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

Actor · Born October 29, 1967 · Twickenham, England, UK

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Highest rated as cast or director

Rufus Sewell's 7 titles from the 2020s have a median Balasaur Score of 67, led by The Father (86) and The Diplomat (79), against 59 for those from the 2000s.

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

Acted in 76

2000s

  1. 2008

    Eleventh Hour

    Jacob Hood · 18 episodes

    70

  2. Vinyan

    Paul Belhmer

    53

  3. John Adams

    Alexander Hamilton · 2 episodes

    82

  4. Downloading Nancy

    Albert Stockwell

    40
  5. 2007

    British Film Forever

    TV

  6. Amazing Grace

    Thomas Clarkson

    70
  7. 2006

    The Holiday

    Jasper

    62

  8. Out of the Blue

    English Trader

  9. The Illusionist

    Crown Prince Leopold

    73

  10. Paris Je T'aime

    William (Père-Lachaise)

    73

  11. Tristan & Isolde

    Marke

    56
  12. 2005

    The Taming of the Shrew

    Petruchio

  13. ShakespeaRe-Told

    TV

  14. The Legend of Zorro

    Armand

    51
  15. 2003

    Charles II: The Power and The Passion

    Charles II · 4 episodes

  16. Victoria Station

    The Cabbie

  17. Helen of Troy

    King Agamemnon of Mycenae · 2 episodes

    62
  18. 2002

    Extreme Ops

    Ian

    31
  19. 2001

    Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature

    Angus

  20. A Knight's Tale

    Count Adhemar

    65

  21. Higher Love

    Ross

  22. 2000

    Bless the Child

    Eric Stark

    35

  23. Arabian Nights

    Ali Baba · 2 episodes

1990s

  1. 1999

    In a Savage Land

    Mick Carpenter

  2. 1998

    Illuminata

    Dominique

  3. The Very Thought of You

    Frank

  4. Dark City

    John Murdoch

    72

  5. Dangerous Beauty

    Marco Venier

    66

  6. The Woodlanders

    Giles Winterbourne

  7. 1996

    Hamlet

    Fortinbras

    81

  8. Victory

    Martin Ricardo

  9. 1995

    Henry IV

    Harry Percy (Hotspur)

  10. Carrington

    Mark Gertler

  11. Cold Comfort Farm

    Seth Starkadder

  12. 1994

    A Man of No Importance

    Robbie Fay

    68

  13. Dirtysomething

    Clive

  14. Middlemarch

    Will Ladislaw · 6 episodes

    76
  15. 1993

    Dirty Weekend

    Tim

    51
  16. 1992

    Gone to Seed

    Billy Brooker · 6 episodes

  17. The Last Romantics

    Mike Costain

  18. 1991

    Performance

    Hotspur · 1 episode

  19. Twenty-One

    Bobby

No release date

  1. All That I Am

    Movie

  2. Billion Dollar Spy

    Gus Hathaway

Appearances5

2020s

  1. 2025

    This Ordinary Thing

    Self (voice)

  2. Return to Dark City

    Self

2000s

  1. 2008

    Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach

    Self

  2. 2002

    A Knight's Tale: Making Of

    Self