Rupert Graves
Born June 30, 1963 (Age: 62)
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Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
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).
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).
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Filmography
Juliet & Romeo
2025
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as Prince Escalaus
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Age: 61
Dalíland
2022
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as Captain Moore
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Age: 59
Emma.
2020
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as Mr. Weston
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Age: 56
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
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as Paulinus
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Age: 56
Made in Dagenham
2010
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as Peter Hopkins
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Age: 47
Death at a Funeral
2007
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as Robert
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Age: 44
V for Vendetta
2006
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as Dominic
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Age: 42
Extreme Ops
2002
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as Jeffrey
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Age: 39
Bent
1997
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as Officer on Train
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Age: 34
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
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as Septimus Warren Smith
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Age: 34
The Madness of King George
1994
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as Greville
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Age: 31
Damage
1992
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as Martyn Fleming
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Age: 29
A Handful of Dust
1988
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as John Beaver
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Age: 24
Maurice
1987
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as Alec Scudder
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Age: 24
A Room with a View
1986
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as Freddy Honeychurch
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Age: 22