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Rupert Graves
Actor, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn June 30, 1963 (62 years)
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).
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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Rupert Graves Filmography
| 2025 | The Break · as Ben's Friend |
| 2025 | Washington Black (TV Series) · as Mr. Goff |
| 2025 | Juliet & Romeo · as Prince Escalaus |
| 2023 | The Burning Girls (TV Series) · as Simon Harper |
| 2022 | The Reunion (2022) (TV Series) · as Richard Degalais |
| 2022 | Daliland · as Captain Moore |
| 2022 | Wolves of War · as Professor Hopper |
| 2022 | Surface (2022) (TV Series) · as Henry Huntley |
| 2021 | Smyrna · as George Horton |
| 2020 | McDonald & Dodds (TV Series) · as Gordon Elmwood |
| 2020 | Emma. · as Mr. Weston |
| 2019 | The War of the Worlds (TV Series) · as Frederick |
| 2019 | A Working Mom's Nightmare · as Eddie |
| 2019 | Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans · as Paulinus |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Silencio · as Peter |
| 2018 | Swimming with Men · as Luke |
| 2018 | Krypton (TV Series) · as Ter-El |
| 2017 | Riviera (TV Series) · as Gabriel Hirsch |
| 2016 | Native · as Cane |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Family (2016) (TV Series) · as John Warren |
| 2016 | The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (TV Series) · as Haply |
| 2016 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride · as Di Lestrade |
| 2015 | Valentine's Kiss (TV Series) · as Nicholas Whiteley |
| 2015 | Bone in the Throat · as Rupert |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys (TV Series) · as Sebastian |
| 2014 | The Crimson Field (TV Series) · as Maj Edward Crecy |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield · as Stirling Rogers |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos · as Stirling Rogers |
| 2013 | Sherlock: Many Happy Returns · as Greg Lestrade |
| 2013 | The White Queen (TV Series) · as Thomas Stanley |
| 2013 | Aliens: The Definitive Guide (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Air Force One is Down (TV Series) · as Dragutin |
| 2012 | Last Tango in Halifax (TV Series) · as Gary |
| 2012 | Secret State (TV Series) · as Felix Durrell |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Seven Ages Of Starlight (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2012 | Speed Kills (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2012 | Fast Girls · as David Temple |
| 2012 | Underwater Okavango · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | The Hunt for Bin Laden · as Narrator (uk) |
| 2012 | Sherlock Uncovered · as Di Lestrade |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Putin, Russia and the West (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise (TV Series) · as James Lavender |
| 2011 | Scott & Bailey (TV Series) · as Nick Savage |
| 2011 | Case Sensitive (TV Series) · as Mark Bretherick |
| 2010 | Single Father (TV Series) · as Stuart |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham · as Peter Hopkins |
| 2010 | Sherlock (TV Series) · as Di Greg Lestrade |
| 2009 | Garrow's Law - Tales from the Old Bailey (TV Series) · as Sir Arthur Hill |
| 2009 | The Good Times Are Killing Me · as Lexy |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Wallander (UK) (TV Series) |
| 2008 | God on Trial · as Mordechai |
| 2008 | Midnight Man (TV Series) · as Daniel Cosgrave |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes (TV Series) · as Danny Moore |
| 2007 | The Dinner Party · as Roger |
| 2007 | The Waiting Room · as George |
| 2007 | Clapham Junction · as Robin Cape |
| 2007 | Death at a Funeral · as Robert |
| 2007 | Intervention · as Mark |
| 2006 | Son of the Dragon (TV Series) · as Prince Of The North |
| 2006 | Lewis (TV Series) · as Alec Pickman |
| 2005 | V for Vendetta · as Dominic |
| 2005 | A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets · as William Shakespeare |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Riddell |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Lance Fortescue |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | Pride · as Linus (voice) |
| 2004 | This World (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Doc Martin (TV Series) · as Arthur Collins |
| 2003 | Charles II: The Power and the Passion (TV Series) · as George Villiers, Duke Of Buckingham |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Adrian Levene |
| 2002 | Extreme Ops · as Jeffrey |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as William Sampson |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga (2002) (TV Series) · as Young Jolyon Forsyte |
| 2000 | Room to Rent · as Mark |
| 2000 | Take a Girl Like You (TV Series) · as Patrick Standish |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Colonel John Garrett |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees · as Joseph Lees |
| 1999 | All My Loved Ones · as Nicholas Winton |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Blonde Bombshell (TV Series) · as Dennis Hamilton |
| 1998 | The Revengers' Comedies · as Oliver Knightly |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Mrs Dalloway · as Septimus Warren Smith |
| 1996 | Different for Girls · as Paul Prentice |
| 1996 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series) · as Arthur Huntingdon |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as British Soldier |
| 1996 | Intimate Relations · as Harold |
| 1995 | The Innocent Sleep · as Alan Terry |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George · as Greville |
| 1994 | Open Fire · as David Martin |
| 1994 | Doomsday Gun · as Jones |
| 1993 | Rosamunde Pilcher (TV Series) · as Nicholas Whiteley |
| 1993 | Harry (1993) (TV Series) · as Dominic Collier |
| 1992 | Damage · as Martyn Fleming |
| 1991 | Secret History (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1991 | Where Angels Fear to Tread · as Philip Herriton |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | The Children · as Gerald Ormerod |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Axel Von Dem Bussche |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust · as John Beaver |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War (TV Series) · as Simon Boulderstone |
| 1987 | Maurice · as Alec Scudder |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Billy |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Neil |
| 1985 | A Room with a View · as Freddy Honeychurch |
| 1984 | Puccini · as Tonio |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Nature (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1981 | Vice Versa (TV Series) · as Tipping |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint (TV Series) · as Prefect |
| 1978 | The Famous Five (TV Series) · as Yan |
Seacole · as Major Harvey |
| 2023 | Merchant Ivory · as Self |
| 2021 | Maverick · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock · as Himself |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos: Uncovered · as Self |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield ...Moving On · as Self |
| 2012 | Sunday Brunch (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia · as Self - Narrator |
| 2006 | The King's Head: A Maverick in London · as Self |
| 2005 | The Passionate Eye (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 2003 | The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003 · as Self |
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