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Rufus Sewell

Birth name: Rufus Frederick Sewell

Birth date: 29.10.1967

Rufus Sewell was born on the 29th of October 1967 in Twickenham, England. His father, Bill was an Australian animator, who died when Rufus was 10. He has one brother, Caspar. He attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama and left in June of 1989 after completing three years of training. He made his London Stage debut in "Making It Better" for which he won the "Best Newcomer Award", he also originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppards "Arcadia", and was nominated for an Oliver Award. On the Broadway stage, he debuted in "Translations" and received the Broadway Theater World Award. His film work has been has been equally varied and acclaimed from the junkie in "Twenty-One", the sweet bus driver in "A Man Of No Importance", The volatile artist in "Carrington" and the lustful son in "Cold Comfort Farm." The protagonist hounded Dostoevsky-like in "Dark City", the star-crossed sutor in "Dangerous Beauty", to the the bitter, acidic, alcoholic cokehead of "Martha Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence", he has appeared in some of the most acclaimed theatre, film and television productions.

Filmography

# The Holiday (2006) (post-production) .... Jasper # Amazing Grace (2006) (post-production) .... Thomas Clarkson # Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... William (segment 'Père-Lachaise') # The Illusionist (2006) .... Crown Prince Leopold # Tristan + Isolde (2006) .... Marke ... aka Tristan And Isolde (USA: promotional title) # The Taming of the Shrew (2005) (TV) .... Petruchio # The Legend of Zorro (2005) .... Armand ... aka Z (USA: poster title) # "Charles II: The Power & the Passion" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... King Charles II ... aka Charles II (UK: short title) ... aka The Last King (USA) # Victoria Station (2003) .... The cabbie # Helen of Troy (2003) (TV) .... Agamemnon # Extreme Ops (2002) .... Ian ... aka Extremist (Philippines: English title) # Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature (2001) (TV) .... Angus ... aka She Creature (USA) # A Knight's Tale (2001) .... Count Adhemar of Anjou # Bless the Child (2000) .... Eric Stark ... aka Prophezeiung, Die (Germany) # Arabian Nights (2000) (TV) .... Ali Baba # In a Savage Land (1999) .... Mick Carpenter # At Sachem Farm (1998) .... Ross ... aka Higher Love (USA: cable TV title) ... aka Trade Winds ... aka Uncorked (USA: video title) # Illuminata (1998) .... Dominique ... aka Illuminata (Spain) # Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) .... Frank ... aka The Very Thought of You (USA) # Dark City (1998) .... John Murdoch # Dangerous Beauty (1998) .... Marco Venier ... aka The Honest Courtesan (UK) (USA: working title) ... aka A Destiny of Her Own (Australia) # The Woodlanders (1997) .... Giles Winterbourne # Hamlet (1996) .... Fortinbras ... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet # Henry IV (1995) (TV) .... Harry Percy, 'Hotspur' # Carrington (1995) .... Mark Gertler # Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) .... Seth Starkadder # Victory (1995) .... Martin Ricardo ... aka Victory (France) # A Man of No Importance (1994) .... Robbie Fay # Citizen Locke (1994) (TV) .... Midshipman Clarke # "Middlemarch" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Will Ladislaw # A Night with a Woman, a Day with Charlie (1994) (TV) .... Charlie # Dirty Weekend (1993) .... Tim # Dirtysomething (1993) (TV) .... Clive # "Gone to Seed" (1992) TV Series .... Billy # Twenty-One (1991) .... Bobby # The Last Romantics (1991) (TV) .... Mike Costain