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My Take
Rufus Sewell is the actor I point to when people claim villains are easy. Those hooded eyes and that unsettling stillness made Dark City and A Knight's Tale crackle, but the real revelation is how much restraint he brings to quieter work like The Father. He is an Olivier-winning stage actor who spent decades being the best thing in other people's movies before the industry finally caught up. I find his career a lesson in patience: keep doing impeccable work and the right roles eventually arrive. Few performers can make menace and melancholy feel like the same emotion. He can.
Overview
Rufus Frederik Sewell ( SYOO-uhl; born 29 October 1967) is a British actor. In film he has appeared in Carrington (1995), Hamlet (1996), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dark City (1998), A Knight's Tale (2001), The Legend of Zorro (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Amazing Grace (2006), The Holiday (2006), The Tourist (2010), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Judy (2019), The Father (2020), and Old (2021).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rufus Sewell
- Name (Japanese)
- ルーファス・シーウェル
- Reading
- るーふぁす・しーうぇる
- Born
- October 29, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Twickenham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / stage actor / translator / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- West Thames College
Awards & achievements
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- 1995 Theatre World Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Blinky Bill the Movie | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.