Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

1967-10-29 Twickenham, England, UK 59 Credits

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 starre...

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Return to Dark City

Return to Dark City

2025

as Self

Acting

Documentary about Dark City featuring interviews with director Alex Proyas, producer Andrew Mason, production designers Patrick Tatopoulos and George ...

The Uninvited

The Uninvited

2025

as Gerald

5.8
Acting

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...

The Trouble with Jessica

The Trouble with Jessica

2024

as Richard

6.2
Acting

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...

Scoop

Scoop

2024

as Prince Andrew

6.3
Acting

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous intervie...

Old

Old

2021

as Charles

6.3
Acting

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...

The Father

The Father

2020

as Paul

8.1
Acting

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...

Judy

Judy

2019

as Sid Luft

6.7
Acting

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 ...

Modern/Love in 7 Short Films

Modern/Love in 7 Short Films

2019

as Tom

7.3
Acting

Seven romantic comedies from the UK, Australia, and the US explore our modern romantic entanglements in all their hilarious, mundane, sexy and nerve-w...

Gods of Egypt

Gods of Egypt

2016

as Urshu

5.7
Acting

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

Rise

Rise

2016

5.8
Acting

In the near future, sentient robots are targeted for elimination after they develop emotional symmetry to humans and a revolutionary war for their sur...

Blinky Bill the Movie

Blinky Bill the Movie

2015

as The Cat (voice)

5.6
Acting

Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his...

Killing Jesus

Killing Jesus

2015

as Caiaphas

6.3
Acting

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.

The Devil's Hand

The Devil's Hand

2014

as Jacob Brown

5.2
Acting

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...

Hercules

Hercules

2014

as Autolycus

5.8
Acting

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

The Brunchers

The Brunchers

2014

as Tom

6.8
Acting

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...

Dangerous Liaisons

2014

as Philip Fitzgerald Julien

Acting
I'll Follow You Down

I'll Follow You Down

2013

as Gabriel 'Gabe' Whyte

6.0
Acting

After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one...

The Sea

The Sea

2013

as Carlo Grace

5.8
Acting

A man returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers in search of peace following the death of his wife.

All Things To All Men

All Things To All Men

2013

as Parker

4.3
Acting

A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.

Hotel Noir

Hotel Noir

2012

as Felix

5.8
Acting

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...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

2012

as Adam

5.8
Acting

President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

The Tourist

The Tourist

2010

as The Englishman

6.2
Acting

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

Vinyan

Vinyan

2008

as Paul Belhmer

5.1
Acting

Six months after losing her only child in the Southeast Asia tsunami, Jeanne is convinced she sees him in a film about orphans living in the jungles.

Downloading Nancy

Downloading Nancy

2008

as Albert Stockwell

5.3
Acting

When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting...

The Holiday

The Holiday

2006

as Jasper

7.1
Acting

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes th...

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

2006

as Thomas Clarkson

6.9
Acting

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, bu...

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

2006

as English Trader

Acting

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 ...

The Illusionist

The Illusionist

2006

as Crown Prince Leopold

7.3
Acting

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...

Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

2006

as William (Père-Lachaise)

6.8
Acting

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,...

Tristan & Isolde

Tristan & Isolde

2006

as Marke

6.7
Acting

An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

2005

as Tim Agnew

8.0
Acting

A young harridan MP marries a title in order to advance towards her goal of becoming party leader.

The Legend of Zorro

The Legend of Zorro

2005

as Armand

6.1
Acting

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega...

Victoria Station

Victoria Station

2003

as The Cabbie

Acting

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...

Extreme Ops

Extreme Ops

2002

as Ian

4.7
Acting

While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.

A Knight's Tale: Making Of

A Knight's Tale: Making Of

2002

as Self

Acting

A closer look into the filmmaking of Brian Helgeland's "A Knight's Tale".

Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature

Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature

2001

as Angus

5.7
Acting

Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads...

A Knight's Tale

A Knight's Tale

2001

as Count Adhemar

6.9
Acting

William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, Will...

Higher Love

Higher Love

2001

as Ross

6.2
Acting

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...

Bless the Child

Bless the Child

2000

as Eric Stark

5.3
Acting

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed f...

In a Savage Land

In a Savage Land

1999

as Mick Carpenter

5.2
Acting

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...

Illuminata

Illuminata

1998

as Dominique

5.5
Acting

It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Ill...

The Very Thought of You

The Very Thought of You

1998

as Frank

5.7
Acting

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independent...

Dark City

Dark City

1998

as John Murdoch

7.3
Acting

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 ...

Dangerous Beauty

Dangerous Beauty

1998

as Marco Venier

7.1
Acting

Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of que...

The Woodlanders

The Woodlanders

1998

as Giles Winterbourne

5.1
Acting

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...

Hamlet

Hamlet

1996

as Fortinbras

7.3
Acting

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Victory

Victory

1996

as Martin Ricardo

5.1
Acting

Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya circa 1913. Staying in a German hotel there, He...

Henry IV

1995

as Harry Percy (Hotspur)

8.0
Acting

Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed '...

Carrington

Carrington

1995

as Mark Gertler

6.2
Acting

Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by...

Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm

1995

as Seth Starkadder

6.8
Acting

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...

A Man of No Importance

A Man of No Importance

1994

as Robbie Fay

6.3
Acting

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 ...

Citizen Locke

1994

as Midshipman Clarke

Acting

Story of John Locke...

Dirtysomething

Dirtysomething

1994

as Clive

5.0
Acting

Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternativ...

Dirty Weekend

Dirty Weekend

1993

as Tim

5.0
Acting

Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Final...

The Last Romantics

The Last Romantics

1992

as Mike Costain

Acting

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.

Twenty-one

Twenty-one

1991

as Bobby

4.8
Acting

Katie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old. The film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life. Along the way we meet her drug...

All That I Am

N/A

Acting

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...

Mr. Sunny Sky

N/A

Acting

Leonard Moore is a once chart-topping pop star now lounge singer at a mid-budget Canary Island hotel. One night he meets Shirley, another lost soul wi...

Billion Dollar Spy

Billion Dollar Spy

N/A

as Gus Hathaway

Acting

Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the late Cold War, Adolf Tolkachev, an ordinary man who risks everything to pass thousands of pages of top-sec...