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Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 30, 1963 (62)
Birthplace Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Rupert S. Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View (1985), Maurice (1987), The Madness of King George (1984), and The Forsyte Saga (2002). Since 2010, he has starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series Sherl ... ock. Graves first came to prominence in costume-drama adaptations of E. M. Forster's novels A Room with a View (1985), and Maurice (1987), before going on to appear in films including A Handful of Dust (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Different for Girls (1996), and Intimate Relations (1996). Graves's role in Intimate Relations won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal World Film Festival. He was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Young Jolyon Forsyte in the television miniseries The Forsyte Saga. Later, he appeared in films such as V for Vendetta (2005), Death at a Funeral (2007), Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019), and Emma (2020), and in TV series such as Charles II: The Power & the Passion (2003), A Waste of Shame (2005), Sherlock (2010–), The Crimson Field (2014), and The Family (2016). Description above is from the Wikipedia article Rupert Graves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

2025

as Prince Escalaus

Wolves of War

Wolves of War

2023

as Professor Hopper

Dalíland

Dalíland

2022

as Captain Moore

Emma.

Emma.

2020

as Mr. Weston

Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

2019

as Narrator (voice)

Native

Native

2018

as Cane

Silencio

Silencio

2018

as Peter

Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men

2018

as Luke

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2016

as Duncan Guthrie

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

2016

as DI Lestrade

Bone in the Throat

Bone in the Throat

2015

as Rupert

Turks & Caicos

Turks & Caicos

2014

as Stirling Rogers

Salting the Battlefield

Salting the Battlefield

2014

as Stirling Rogers

Ultimate Tutankhamun

Ultimate Tutankhamun

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

2013

as Greg Lestrade

Fast Girls

Fast Girls

2012

as David Temple

Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham

2010

as Peter Hopkins

God on Trial

God on Trial

2008

as Mordechai

Intervention

Intervention

2007

as Mark

Clapham Junction

Clapham Junction

2007

as Robin Cape

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

2007

as George

The Dinner Party

The Dinner Party

2007

as Roger

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007

as Robert

V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

2006

as Dominic

Rag Tale

Rag Tale

2005

as Eddy Taylor

Pride

Pride

2004

as Linus (voice)

Extreme Ops

Extreme Ops

2002

as Jeffrey

Room to Rent

Room to Rent

2001

as Mark

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

1999

as Joseph Lees

The Revengers' Comedies

The Revengers' Comedies

1998

as Oliver Knightly

Bent

Bent

1997

as Officer on Train

Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway

1997

as Septimus Warren Smith

Different for Girls

Different for Girls

1996

as Paul Prentice

Intimate Relations

Intimate Relations

1996

as Harold

Open Fire

Open Fire

1994

as David Martin

The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George

1994

as Greville

Doomsday Gun

Doomsday Gun

1994

as Jones

Royal Celebration

Royal Celebration

1993

as Neil

Damage

Damage

1992

as Martyn Fleming

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread

1991

as Philip Herriton

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler

1990

as Axel von dem Bussche

The Children

The Children

1990

as Gerald Ormerod

A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust

1988

as John Beaver

Maurice

Maurice

1987

as Alec Scudder

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

1986

as Freddy Honeychurch

Puccini

Puccini

1984

as Tonio

St. Ursula's in Danger

St. Ursula's in Danger

1983

as Teddt

Checkout Girl

Checkout Girl

2000

Writer

Checkout Girl

Checkout Girl

2000

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Scott & Bailey

as Nick Savage

Episodes: 22

First Aired: May 29, 2011

Sherlock

as DI Greg Lestrade

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Jul 25, 2010

Garrow's Law

as Sir Arthur Hill

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Nov 01, 2009

The Family

as John Warren

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Mar 03, 2016

The Forsyte Saga

as Young Jolyon Forsyte

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 07, 2002

The White Queen

as Thomas Stanley

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jun 16, 2013

Riviera

as Gabriel Hirsch

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jun 15, 2017

Fortunes of War

as Simon Boulderstone

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 11, 1987

The Burning Girls

as Simon Harper

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 19, 2023

The Crimson Field

as Maj Edward Crecy

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 06, 2014

The Reunion

as Richard Degalais

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 17, 2022

Secret State

as Felix Durrell

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 07, 2012

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 16, 2003

Putin, Russia and the West

as Narrator

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 19, 2012

Take a Girl Like You

as Patrick Standish

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 26, 2000

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

as Arthur Huntington

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 17, 1996

Midnight Man

as Daniel Cosgrave

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 08, 2008

The War of the Worlds

as Frederick

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 17, 2019

Case Sensitive

as Mark Bretherick

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 02, 2011

Cleopatra

as Octavian

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 23, 1999

Waking the Dead

as Colonel John Garrett

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 18, 2001

Son of the Dragon

as Prince of the North

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 02, 2008

Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

as Nicholas Whiteley

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 19, 2015

Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

as Dragutin

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 07, 2014

The Blonde Bombshell

as Dennis Hamilton

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 26, 1999

Death in Paradise

as James Lavender

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

Inspector Morse

as Billy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1987

Spooks

as William Sampson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 2002

Doctor Who

as Riddell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

New Tricks

as Adrian Levene

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Harry

as Dominic Collier

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1993

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

as Haply

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 2016

ShakespeaRe-Told

as Shakespeare

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 2005

12 Monkeys

as Sebastian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 2015

McDonald & Dodds

as Gordon Elmwood

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 01, 2020

Krypton

as Ter-El

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 21, 2018

Ashes to Ashes

as Danny Moore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 2008

Return of the Saint

as Prefect

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1978

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lance Fortescue

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

This World

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 04, 2004

Surface

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 28, 2022

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 16, 2003

Law & Order: UK

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 23, 2009

Wallander

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 30, 2008

Sherlock

as Self / DI Lestrade

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 25, 2010

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