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 | 19.077 |
| 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, روفوس سیول, |
2006
The Illusionist
7.294/4933
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2006
The Holiday
7.093/5206
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2005
The Legend of Zorro
6.121/2899
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2006
Paris Je T'aime
6.76/759
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Paris Je T'aime
1998
Dark City
7.3/2853
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Dark City
2000
Bless the Child
5.3/282
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Scoop
6.374/190
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Scoop
2001
Higher Love
6.091/12
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Higher Love
1998
The Very Thought of You
5.7/43
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The Very Thought of You
1998
Dangerous Beauty
7.1/271
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Dangerous Beauty
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
6.7/71
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2006
Tristan & Isolde
6.669/791
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2001
A Knight's Tale
6.857/3082
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A Knight's Tale
2001
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
5.8/94
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2006
Amazing Grace
6.9/295
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Amazing Grace
2002
Extreme Ops
4.8/95
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Extreme Ops
2010
The Tourist
6.184/5439
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The Tourist
2008
Vinyan
5.106/123
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Vinyan
1996
Victory
5.1/11
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Victory
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The Uninvited
8/1
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The Uninvited
2008
Downloading Nancy
5.4/68
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Downloading Nancy
1994
A Man of No Importance
6.3/16
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A Man of No Importance
1993
Dirty Weekend
5.5/13
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Dirty Weekend
2012
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
5.747/3346
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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
1998
Illuminata
5.5/20
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Illuminata
1998
The Woodlanders
5.1/13
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The Woodlanders
2012
Hotel Noir
5.927/48
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
4.727/11
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Twenty-one
2013
All Things To All Men
4.3/61
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All Things To All Men
2014
Hercules
5.783/4106
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Hercules
1999
In a Savage Land
5.1/9
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In a Savage Land
2013
The Sea
6.1/13
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The Sea
2014
The Devil's Hand
5.192/138
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The Devil's Hand
1992
The Last Romantics
0/0
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The Last Romantics
2003
Victoria Station
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Victoria Station
1995
Henry IV
8/1
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed '...
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Henry IV
1996
Hamlet
7.342/477
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Hamlet
2013
I'll Follow You Down
6/171
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I'll Follow You Down
2006
Out of the Blue
0/0
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Out of the Blue
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
6.3/83
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
2016
Gods of Egypt
5.661/4091
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
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2024
The Trouble with Jessica
6.073/41
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The Trouble with Jessica
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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
Rise
5.8/24
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Rise
2014
The Brunchers
6.8/4
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The Brunchers
1995
Carrington
6.2/64
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Carrington
2019
Judy
6.715/1183
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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
8.116/3244
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2021
Old
6.334/4506
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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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