Rufus Sewell
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 29.696 |
| Birthday | 1967-10-29 |
| Place of Birth | Twickenham, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Руфус Сьюэлл, ルーファス・シーウェル, Rufus Frederik Sewell, |
2006
The Illusionist
7.3/4747
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eise...
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The Illusionist
2006
The Holiday
7.1/4881
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each wom...
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The Holiday
2005
The Legend of Zorro
6.1/2789
Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has th...
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The Legend of Zorro
2006
Paris Je T'aime
6.786/728
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,...
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Paris Je T'aime
1998
Dark City
7.3/2708
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic...
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Dark City
2000
Bless the Child
5.333/269
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Bless the Child
1998
The Very Thought of You
5.6/41
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The Very Thought of You
2001
Higher Love
6.1/11
Ross, who lives with his eccentric Uncle Cullen, is desperately trying to become a successful businessman. When he attempts to sell the family wine co...
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Higher Love
1998
Dangerous Beauty
7.1/258
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Dangerous Beauty
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
6.627/63
In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough rela...
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Cold Comfort Farm
2006
Tristan & Isolde
6.7/770
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
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Tristan & Isolde
2001
A Knight's Tale
6.9/2922
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A Knight's Tale
2002
Extreme Ops
4.8/89
While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.
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Extreme Ops
2001
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
5.758/91
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Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
2006
Amazing Grace
6.905/280
The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, bu...
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Amazing Grace
2010
The Tourist
6.181/5284
American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elsie on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.
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The Tourist
2008
Vinyan
5.068/118
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Vinyan
1996
Victory
5.1/11
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Victory
1994
A Man of No Importance
6.2/15
Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and...
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A Man of No Importance
1993
Dirty Weekend
5.4/12
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Dirty Weekend
2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
5.725/3232
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
1998
Illuminata
5.5/20
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Illuminata
1998
The Woodlanders
5.1/13
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishi...
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The Woodlanders
2012
Hotel Noir
5.9/46
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occu...
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Hotel Noir
1991
Twenty-one
4.6/10
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Twenty-one
2013
All Things To All Men
4.445/55
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
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All Things To All Men
2014
Hercules
5.8/3966
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
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Hercules
2014
The Devil's Hand
5.205/129
Five young Amish girls accused of being Satan's children must fight for their lives when their devout community elders insist they be "cleansed" befor...
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The Devil's Hand
1995
Henry IV
8/1
An adaptation of the two parts of Henry IV.
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Henry IV
1996
Hamlet
7.377/452
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Hamlet
2013
I'll Follow You Down
6/165
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I'll Follow You Down
2008
Downloading Nancy
5.385/65
Sick of her life, housewife Nancy just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do t...
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Downloading Nancy
1994
Dirtysomething
5/2
Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternativ...
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Dirtysomething
2015
Killing Jesus
6.3/81
Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry were subject to seismic social and political events that led to his execution and changed the world forever.
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Killing Jesus
1999
In a Savage Land
5.1/9
Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research in pre-World War II. Eventually the war breaks ou...
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In a Savage Land
1994
Citizen Locke
0/0
Story of John Locke...
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Citizen Locke
2015
Blinky Bill the Movie
5.4/38
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Blinky Bill the Movie
2016
Gods of Egypt
5.652/3962
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
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Gods of Egypt
2016
Rise
5.674/22
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Rise
2014
The Brunchers
6.8/4
A thirty something couple, concerned that they're out of touch and no longer fashionable, decide to rectify the situation by dragging themselves to th...
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The Brunchers
1995
Carrington
6.2/62
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Carrington
2013
The Sea
6.1/13
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The Sea
2019
Judy
6.7/1142
Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of...
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Judy
2005
The Taming of the Shrew
8/2
A young harridan MP marries a title in order to advance towards her goal of becoming party leader.
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The Taming of the Shrew
2020
The Father
8.1/3051
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved o...
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The Father
2021
Old
6.357/4212
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing th...
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Old
2002
A Knight's Tale: Making Of
0/0
A closer look into the filmmaking of Brian Helgeland's "A Knight's Tale".
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A Knight's Tale: Making Of
2019
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
7.3/3
Seven romantic comedies from the UK, Australia, and the US explore our modern romantic entanglements in all their hilarious, mundane, sexy and nerve-w...
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All That I Am
0/0
A heroic true story about four German-Jewish literati-turned-anti-Nazi activists who are forced to flee to London following the rise of Adolf Hitler’s...
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All That I Am
1992
The Last Romantics
0/0
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.
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The Last Romantics
2024
The Trouble with Jessica
4.8/4
Sarah and Tom are in terrible financial trouble. On the brink of losing everything, they’ve managed to find a buyer for their stylish London home. Whe...
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The Trouble with Jessica
2024
Scoop
6.447/123
Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous intervie...
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Scoop
2024
The Uninvited
0/0
Rose and Sammy enjoy an idyllic life with love, a Hollywood Hills home, and a curious son. During a party, Sammy assigns unusual significance to it, w...
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The Uninvited
2003
Helen of Troy
4.5/4
The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.
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Helen of Troy
2003
Victoria Station
0/0
A controller in a London cab office looks for a driver to pick up a fare from Victoria Station. The driver who answers has never heard of Victoria Sta...
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Victoria Station
2006
Out of the Blue
0/0
Told from the point of view of an English trader working in the North Tower of the World Trade Centre, the poem-film Out Of The Blue was commissioned...
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