Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Rufus Sewell
Acting
Career Snapshot
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3.9
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Movies: 58Series: 23
TMDB ID: 17328
IMDb ID: nm0001722
Known for: Acting
Born: October 29, 1967
Age: 58
Place of birth: Twickenham, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2026
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q299217
Also known as
Rufus Frederik 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rufus Sewell.
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025 Movie
Return to Dark City
as Self
2025 Movie
The Uninvited
as Gerald
2025 Movie
The Trouble with Jessica
as Richard
2024 Movie
Scoop
as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
2024 Movie
Old
as Charles
2021 Movie
The Father
as Paul
2020 Movie
Judy
as Sid Luft
2019 Movie
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
as Tom
2019 Movie
Gods of Egypt
as Urshu
2016 Movie
Rise
2016 Movie
Blinky Bill the Movie
as The Cat (voice)
2015 Movie
Killing Jesus
as Caiaphas
2015 Movie
The Devil's Hand
as Jacob Brown
2014 Movie
Hercules
as Autolycus
2014 Movie
The Brunchers
as Tom
2013 Movie
I'll Follow You Down
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte
2013 Movie
The Sea
as Carlo Grace
2013 Movie
All Things To All Men
as Parker
2013 Movie
Hotel Noir
as Felix
2012 Movie
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
as Adam
2012 Movie
The Tourist
as The Englishman
2010 Movie
Vinyan
as Paul Belhmer
2008 Movie
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
as Self
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rufus Sewell.
Dec 3
Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Bennet • 6 eps
2026 Series
The Diplomat
as Hal Wyler • 30 eps
2023 Series
Kaleidoscope
as Roger Salas • 9 eps
2023 Series
The Sandman
as Time • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Pale Horse
as Mark Easterbrook • 2 eps
2020 Series
Victoria
as Lord Melbourne • 7 eps
2016 Series
The Man in the High Castle
as John Smith • 40 eps
2015 Series
Restless
as Lucas Romer • 2 eps
2012 Series
Parade's End
as Reverend Duchemin, Edith's husband • 1 eps
2012 Series
Zen
as Aurelio Zen • 3 eps
2011 Series
The Pillars of the Earth
as Tom Builder • 8 eps
2010 Series
Eleventh Hour
as Jacob Hood • 18 eps
2008 Series
John Adams
as Alexander Hamilton • 2 eps
2008 Series
British Film Forever
1 eps
2007 Series
ShakespeaRe-Told
1 eps
2005 Series
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as Charles II • 4 eps
2003 Series
Helen of Troy
as King Agamemnon of Mycenae • 2 eps
2003 Series
Arabian Nights
as Ali Baba • 2 eps
2000 Series
Middlemarch
as Will Ladislaw • 6 eps
1994 Series
Gone to Seed
as Billy Brooker • 6 eps
1992 Series
Performance
as Hotspur • 1 eps
1991 Series
Screen Two
as Mike Costain • 1 eps
1985 Series
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
1956 Series