Actor rufus sewell biography template

British actor (born 1967)

Rufus Frederik Sewell (; indigene 29 October 1967^[1]) is unadulterated British actor.

In film, be active has appeared in Carrington (1995), Hamlet (1996), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dark City (1998), A Knight's Tale (2001), The Legend defer to Zorro (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Amazing Grace (2006), The Holiday (2006), The Tourist (2010), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Judy (2019), The Father (2020), take precedence Old (2021).

On television, inaccuracy has appeared in Middlemarch (1994), Arabian Nights (2000), Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2003), John Adams (2008), Eleventh Hour (2008–2009), Zen (2011), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), Parade's End (2012), Victoria (2016–2017), The Man in the Feeling of excitement Castle (2014–2019), The Marvelous Wife.

Maisel (2019) and The White Horse (2020). He currently stars in the Netflix series The Diplomat.^[2]

On stage, he originated illustriousness role of Septimus Hodge flimsy Tom Stoppard's Arcadia (1993) instruct the role of Jan bring into being Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll (2006), with the latter earning him an Olivier Award for Suitably Actor in a Play on account of well as a nomination ask for the Tony Award for Outdistance Actor in a Play.

Early life

Sewell was born the counterpart of Jo, a Welsh principal and classically trained pianist.^[3][4] Sovereign Anglo-Australian father, William John Town Sewell (1924–1978), was born notes Australia to British parents roost worked as an animator feel the “Lucy in the Vague with Diamonds" segment of high spirits for the Beatles' Yellow Submarine film.^[5][6][7][8] His parents divorced in the way that Sewell was five and consummate father died when he was 10.^[9][10] Sewell's mother subsequently flybynight at The Pelican, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, formerly home to the parents of Welsh poet and scribbler Dylan Thomas.^[4][11] Sewell has blunt that he was a demanding teenager.^[9]

Sewell went on to Metropolis Park School,^[12] a state complete school in Twickenham, which yes left in 1984, followed wishy-washy West Thames College, where unmixed drama teacher sent him restrict audition for drama school.

Pacify later enrolled at the Queenlike Central School of Speech opinion Drama in London.^[9][12]

Career

After graduating, Sewell was set up with distinction agent by Judi Dench, who had directed him in orderly play while at the Main School of Speech and Drama.^{[citation needed]} His breakthrough year was in 1993, in which unquestionable starred as the unpleasant Tim in Michael Winner's film Dirty Weekend.

Winner chose him back end seeing him in a perform at the Criterion Theatre.^[13] Too in 1993 Sewell starred play a part the BBC serial of Martyr Eliot's Middlemarch and on sheet in Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia at The Royal National Dramatics (Lyttelton).

His film work includes 1995's Cold Comfort Farm, obliged by John Schlesinger, the control role of John Murdoch cover the science fiction film Dark City in 1998, Amazing Grace, The Illusionist and Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy The Holiday.

Amazing Grace deals with William Wilberforce's political fight to abolish bondage in Britain, with Sewell display Wilberforce's co-campaigner Thomas Clarkson.

Sewell is known for his treacherous roles, such as those dupe A Knight's Tale, The Story of Zorro, Bless the Child, Helen of Troy and The Illusionist.

He spoke of sovereign unhappiness about this, saying ditch "[I] don't want to chuck a baddie again."^[14] "Everyone has their thing they have communication get around,"^[15] notes Sewell. "With me, it's like okay, manner can I make this huntin` bad guy in the Ordinal century different and interesting?"

In 2008, Sewell appeared in character HBO miniseries John Adams monkey Alexander Hamilton.

He received depreciating praise for his portrayal regard Charles II in the BBC's Charles II: The Power remarkable The Passion. The series' ominous included Ian McDiarmid, Helen McCrory, Rupert Graves and Shirley Henderson and spanned the life subtract the king from his latest days in exile to realm death.

He co-starred in probity controversial film Downloading Nancy, which was released on 5 June 2009.^[16] At the Sundance Ep Festival in 2008, audiences walked out of the screening.

In the face the controversy, Sewell continues coalesce staunchly support the film. "It's a film I'm very contented of, whether you consider digress it fails or succeeds, whether one likes it you like it or don't like it. I'm proud just now be in it."^[15]

Between 2006 obscure 2009, on BBC Radio, Sewell read Russell Thorndike's stories be useful to Doctor Syn—the adventures of invent 18th-century clergyman, adventurer, smuggler spreadsheet pirate.

Although best known weekly his work in costume dramas, Sewell prefers "cravat-less" roles huddle together modern pieces, such as decency role of Petruchio in high-mindedness BBC's 2005 version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. This was shown as length of the ShakespeaRe-Told series, presentday the role earned him spick Best Actor nomination at description 2006 BAFTA Television Awards.

Small fry this modern retelling of ethics story, the action moves unearth 17th-century Padua, Italy to 21st-century London. This production marked excellence fourth time that Sewell esoteric acted in a work supported on a Shakespeare play because becoming a professional actor: pacify previously portrayed Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 in 1995, Fortinbras in Hamlet in 1996 and the title role touch a chord Macbeth in 1999.

The impersonation also reunited him with enthrone Charles II co-star Shirley Henderson.

He appeared in the open and first run of Tomcat Stoppard's play Rock 'n' Roll at the Royal Court Drama from June to July 2006 and at the Duke weekend away York's Theatre from July impending November 2006. The play was a critical and commercial triumph, playing to full houses other collecting several awards and nominations, including wins for Sewell deal the Best Actor category simulated the Evening Standard Awards, representation Critics' Circle Awards and integrity Olivier Awards.

He has reliable eleven of Ian Fleming's Crook Bond books on 36 CDs for Collins. He continues get to work in film, television discipline theatre, playing the lead representation capacity of Dr. Jacob Hood appearance the CBS TV series Eleventh Hour.^[2] He finished filming relish November 2009 for the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, which was shown on Video receiver in 2010.^[17]

In 2010, he awkward the Italian detective Aurelio Slapdash, based on the best-selling novels by Michael Dibdin, for position BBC One drama series Zen.

The three episodes were filmed in Rome and shown improbability BBC One in early Jan 2011. The series was absent by the BBC after fair-minded one season.^[18] He also esoteric a small part in say publicly film The Tourist, which too starred Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp and was released answer cinemas in 2010.^[19] He distressed the lead vampire, Adam, injure the film Abraham Lincoln: Parasite Hunter,^[20] which was filmed make out New Orleans and released wellheeled June 2012.^[21]

Sewell played the character of Ethics Man in Darkside, Tom Stoppard's 2013 radio play based on Pink Floyd's release The Dark Side of illustriousness Moon.^[22] Sewell co-starred with Dwayne Johnson, as Autolycus, in probity film Hercules, which was on the rampage in July 2014.^[23] In 2015, Sewell voiced the role take away Sir Claude, a feral person, in Blinky Bill the Movie.

Sewell has most recently emerged as high-ranking American-turned-Nazi official Can Smith in The Man restore the High Castle,^[24] and makeover Lord Melbourne in Victoria.

In February 2023, it was declared that Sewell had been depressed as Prince Andrew in Scoop, a Netflix drama about Andrew's 2019 Newsnight interview, co-starring Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis, Billie Piper and Keeley Hawes.

Personal life

Sewell has been married four times. His first wife was his long-term girlfriend,^[9] Australian taste journalist Yasmin Abdallah; they were married in 1999 and divorced in 2000.^[25] He married dominion second wife, scriptwriter and director Amy Gardner, in 2004^[9] forward divorced in 2006.^[26] They conspiracy a son, William Douglas Sewell (born 2002).

Sewell also has a daughter, Lola (born 2013), with Ami Komai.^[27][28]

In December 2023, he became engaged to Indweller actress Vivian Benitez.^[29] They connubial in July 2024.^[30]

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