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Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

Acting
Born: Jun 30, 1963
From: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

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 Sherlock. 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).

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
A Working Mom's Nightmare Eddie 2019 6.5
Ultimate Tutankhamun Narrator (voice) 2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns Greg Lestrade 2013 8.0
Fast Girls David Temple 2012 6.1
The Good Times Are Killing Me Lexy 2009 3.7
God on Trial Mordechai 2008 6.8
Death at a Funeral Robert 2007 6.922
The Waiting Room George 2007 5.5
V for Vendetta Dominic 2006 7.899
Rag Tale Eddy Taylor 2005 3.571
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets William Shakespeare 2005 5.0
Extreme Ops Jeffrey 2002 4.748
Dreaming of Joseph Lees Joseph Lees 1999 6.4
All My Loved Ones Nicholas Winton 1999 7.25
The Revengers' Comedies Oliver Knightly 1998 5.773
Mrs. Dalloway Septimus Warren Smith 1997 5.611
Intimate Relations Harold 1996 5.353
Different for Girls Paul Prentice 1996 7.145
Doomsday Gun Jones 1994 5.647
The Madness of King George Greville 1994 6.803
Royal Celebration Neil 1993 7.5
Damage Martyn Fleming 1992 6.57
Where Angels Fear to Tread Philip Herriton 1991 6.569
A Handful of Dust John Beaver 1988 6.107
Maurice Alec Scudder 1987 7.61
A Room with a View Freddy Honeychurch 1986 6.946
Puccini Tonio 1984 3.667
Mona Jim Atkins 1982
What Destroyed the Hindenburg? Self - Narrator
Seacole Major Harvey
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1963
FromWeston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, …