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Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

Birthday: 1963-06-30 | Place of Birth: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

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). Description above is from the Wikipedia article Rupert Graves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Emma.

as    Mr. Weston

2019
The War of the Worlds

as    Frederick

2018
Native

as    Cane

2018
Swimming with Men

as    Luke

2018
Silencio

as    Peter

2018
Sherlock H

as    lieutenant Lestrade

2018
Cumberbatch Holmes

as    lieutenant Lestrade

2017
Sherlock: The Final Problem

as    Greg Lestrade

2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

as    DI Lestrade

2016
Sacrifice

as    Duncan Guthrie

2016
The Family

as    John Warren

2015
Bone in the Throat

as    Rupert

2014
Turks & Caicos

as    Stirling Rogers

2014
Salting the Battlefield

as    Stirling Rogers

2013
Air Force One Is Down

as    Dragutin

2012
Fast Girls

as    David Temple

2012
Secret State

as    Felix Durrell

2009
Garrow's Law

as    Sir Arthur Hill

2008
Midnight Man

as    Daniel Cosgrave

2008
God on Trial

as    Mordechai

2007
The Waiting Room

as    George

2007
Death at a Funeral

as    Robert

2007
Clapham Junction

as    Robin Cape

2006
V for Vendetta

as    Dominic

2004
Pride

as    Linus (voice)

2003
Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as    George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

2003
Charles II: The Power & the Passion

as    George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham