Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves is one of those actors I trust on sight. Most viewers know him as the long-suffering DI Lestrade in Sherlock, but I find his range far more interesting than that single role suggests: from the refined period elegance of A Room with a View and Maurice to writing and directing of his own. A Theatre World Award marks him as a genuine stage talent, not just a screen face. What I respect most is his lack of vanity; he commits to the work rather than the spotlight, and that quiet reliability is rarer and more valuable than flashier stardom.

Name (English)

Rupert Graves

Name (Japanese)

ルパート・グレイブス

Reading

るぱーと・ぐれいぶす

Born

June 30, 1963 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / film director / screenwriter

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Theatre World Award

• Official sitehttps://www.rupert-graves.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/_RupertGraves
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert%20Graves
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472216

Tags

• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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