Rufus Sewell

Actor Oct 29 (age 58) Twickenham, England, UK 1985–2025 (40 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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

Film

The Father

Paul

Film

The Illusionist

Crown Prince Leopold

Film

The Holiday

Jasper Bloom

Film

Dark City

John Murdoch

Film

A Knight's Tale

Count Adhemar

Film

The Man in the High Castle

John Smith

Film

The Tourist

The Englishman

Film

Old

Charles

Filmography

Acting (85)

Movies (63)

The Uninvited

2025

as Gerald

5.7

Return to Dark City

2025

as Self

This Ordinary Thing

2025

as Self (voice)

Scoop

2024

as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

6.3

The Trouble with Jessica

as Richard

Old

as Charles

The Father

as Paul

Judy

as Sid Luft

Modern/Love in 7 Short Films

as Tom

Gods of Egypt

as Urshu

Rise

Killing Jesus

as Caiaphas

Blinky Bill the Movie

as The Cat (voice)

Hercules

as Autolycus

The Devil's Hand

as Jacob Brown

Dangerous Liaisons

as Philip Fitzgerald Julien

The Brunchers

2014

as Tom

6.8

I'll Follow You Down

2013

as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte

6.0

The Sea

2013

as Carlo Grace

5.4

All Things To All Men

2013

as Parker

4.3

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

as Adam

Hotel Noir

as Felix

The Tourist

as The Englishman

Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach

2008

as Self

Vinyan

as Paul Belhmer

Downloading Nancy

as Albert Stockwell

The Holiday

as Jasper Bloom

Paris Je T'aime

as William (Père-Lachaise)

6.8

The Illusionist

2006

as Crown Prince Leopold

Tristan & Isolde

as Marke

Amazing Grace

as Thomas Clarkson

Out of the Blue

as English Trader

The Legend of Zorro

2005

as Armand

6.1

The Taming of the Shrew

2005

as Petruchio

8.0

Victoria Station

2003

as The Cabbie

Helen of Troy

2003

as King Agamemnon of Mycenae

Extreme Ops

2002

as Ian

4.7

A Knight's Tale: Making Of

2002

as Self

A Knight's Tale

2001

as Count Adhemar

6.9

Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature

as Angus

Higher Love

as Ross

Bless the Child

as Eric Stark

In a Savage Land

as Mick Carpenter

Dark City

as John Murdoch

Dangerous Beauty

as Marco Venier

The Woodlanders

as Giles Winterbourne

4.9

The Very Thought of You

as Frank

Illuminata

as Dominique

Hamlet

as Fortinbras

Victory

as Martin Ricardo

Henry IV

as Harry Percy (Hotspur)

Carrington

as Mark Gertler

Cold Comfort Farm

as Seth Starkadder

Dirtysomething

as Clive

Citizen Locke

as Midshipman Clarke

A Man of No Importance

as Robbie Fay

Dirty Weekend

as Tim

The Last Romantics

as Mike Costain

Twenty-One

1991

as Bobby

4.5

Mr. Sunny Sky

Billion Dollar Spy

as Gus Hathaway

All That I Am

Dark City Director's Cut

Television (22)

The Diplomat

as Hal Wyler

Kaleidoscope

as Roger Salas

The Sandman

as Time

The Pale Horse

as Mark Easterbrook

Victoria

as Lord Melbourne

The Man in the High Castle

as John Smith

Restless

as Lucas Romer

Zen

as Aurelio Zen

The Pillars of the Earth

as Tom Builder

Eleventh Hour

as Dr. Jacob Hood

John Adams

as Alexander Hamilton

7.7

John Adams

2008

as Alexander Hamilton

ShakespeaRe-Told

Helen of Troy

as King Agamemnon of Mycenae

6.2

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Charles II

Arabian Nights

as Ali Baba

Middlemarch

as Will Ladislaw

Gone to Seed

as Billy Brooker

Performance

as Hotspur

Screen Two

as Mike Costain

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Pride and Prejudice

as Mr Bennet