Rufus Sewell has acted on stage, television and screen, and has appeared in a number of period pieces such as Charles II: The Power and the Passion. He began acting in 1993 when he appeared in a BBC presentation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. He has since appeared in numerous films such as Dark City, A Knight's Tale, Tristan and Isolde and The Illusionist. He was recently cast for the lead in the CBS drama Eleventh Hour and portrays Alexander Hamilton in the HBO miniseries John Adams. He is a versatile actor, with the ability to sink into the roles he is cast in, however early in his career he was often cast in the role of antagonist.
Rufus Sewell Timeline
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1998: Dark City | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
1999: In a Savage Land: IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2000: Arabian Nights | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
2000: Bless the Child | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
2001: A Knight's Tale | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
2003: Helen of Troy | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
2005: The Legend of Zorro | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
2006: Tristan and Isolde | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
2006: The Illusionist | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
2006: The Holiday | IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Wikipedia
2008: John Adams HBO | IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
2008: Eleventh Hour | IMDb Listing
References
Fast Facts
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Born
October 29, 1967
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Full Name
Rufus Frederick Sewell
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Birthplace
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Attended [http
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama Central School of Speech and Drama]
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Nickname
"Roof"
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Fact:
Father passed away when he was ten
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Fact:
Father, William Sewell, animator on the Beatles' Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
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Won [http
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Awards Olivier Award] for his performance in John Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll
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Fact:
Has one son
