A mainstay in British costume dramas and historic biopics, actor Rufus Sewell was active on London stages... (Learn more)
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Rufus Sewell’s Milestones
| By his own admission, had a nomadic upbringing and characterized himself as "rebellious" | |
| Profesional stage debut in "As You Like It" in Sheffield | |
| Raised in Wales and London | |
| While in drama school, arrested for stealing food | |
| 1981 | At age 14, arrested on the mistaken belief he was a male escort |
| 1982 | Had first acting role in an amateur drama group; donned drag to portray a brothel madam |
| 1991 | Early TV credit, "The Last Romantics" |
| 1991 | Film debut in "Twenty-One" playing a junkie |
| 1992 | West End stage debut in "Making It Better" |
| 1993 | Originated role of the tutor Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" |
| 1994 | Breakthrough screen role as the young man who catches the eye of a bus conductor (Albert Finney) in "A Man of No Importance" |
| 1994 | TV debut in "Middlemarch" (broadcast first in England and subsequently in the USA) |
| 1995 | Acted on the British stage in "Rat in the Skull" |
| 1995 | Had featured role as lusty son Seth in "Cold Comfort Farm" (aired on British TV) |
| 1995 | US stage debut in Broadway production of "Translations" |
| 1996 | Portrayed Fortinbras in Kenneth Branagh's full-length version of "Hamlet" |
| 1997 | Starred opposite Catherine McCormack in "Dangerous Beauty" |
| 1998 | Cast as Frank, an out-of-work actor, in "The Very Thought of You/Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel & Laurence" |
| 1998 | Had lead role of an amnesiac who may or may not have committed a crime in the sci-fi thriller "Dark City" |
| 1999 | Co-starred as a local merchant who threatens the marriage of Australian anthropologists in New Guinea in "In a Savage Land" |
| 1999 | Portrayed Ali Baba in the ABC miniseries "Arabian Nights" |
| 1999 | Returned to London stage in title role of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" |
| 2000 | Offered a villainous turn as a former child star turned Satanist cult leader in "Bless the Child" |
| 2001 | Had featured role in the medieval epic "A Knight's Tale" starring Heath Ledger |
| 2001 | Returned to the London stage in "Luther" |
| 2002 | Cast in the action adventure feature "Extreme Ops" |
| 2005 | Co-starred in the "Legend of Zorro" opposite Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| 2006 | Cast in Tom Stoppard's play "Rock 'n' Roll" at the Royal Court Theatre; reprised role on Broadway in 2007; earned a Tony award nomination for Best Actor in a Play |
| 2006 | Cast opposite Edward Norton in Neil Burger's "The Illusionist" |
| 2007 | Cast in "Amazing Grace," Michael Apted's film about the slave trade in 19th century Britain |
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