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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The Devil's Hand
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Hercules
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Hotel Noir
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2008
Downloading Nancy
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Paris Je T'aime
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Tristan & Isolde
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The Legend of Zorro
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Victoria Station
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Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
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2001
A Knight's Tale
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Higher Love
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Bless the Child
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2000
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Illuminata
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1998
The Very Thought of You
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1998
Dark City
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1998
Dangerous Beauty
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The Woodlanders
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1998
Hamlet
Fortinbras
1996
Victory
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1996
Henry IV
Harry Percy (Hotspur)
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
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1995
A Man of No Importance
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1994
Dirty Weekend
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1993
All That I Am
Return to Dark City
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The Trouble with Jessica
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2024
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2023
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2019
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2016
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2016
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2014
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Philip Fitzgerald Julien
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2012
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Aurelio Zen · (3 episodes)
2011
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2008
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2003
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King Agamemnon of Mycenae · (2 episodes)
2003
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2000
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1995
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1994
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Clive
1994
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Gus Hathaway
Dark City Director's Cut
Middlemarch
Will Ladislaw · (6 episodes)
1994
Gone to Seed
Billy Brooker · (6 episodes)
1992
The Last Romantics
Mike Costain
1992
Performance
Hotspur · (1 episode)
1991
Twenty-one
Bobby
1991
Screen Two
Mike Costain · (1 episode)
1985
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1956