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Known credits:
96
Birthday:
1963-06-30
Place of birth:
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
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Rupert Graves

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2025 Verona's Romeo & Juliet Actor Prince Escalaus N/A
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2024 Merchant Ivory Actor Self 58
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2023 The Burning Girls Actor Simon Harper 69
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2023 Wolves of War Actor Professor Hopper 58
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2022 The Reunion Actor Richard Degalais 69
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2022 Dalíland Actor Captain Moore 59
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2021 Smyrna Actor George Horton 59
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2020 Emma. Actor Mr. Weston 67
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2019 The War of the Worlds Actor Frederick 67
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2019 The War of the Worlds - Part 2 Actor Frederick 58
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2019 The War of the Worlds - Part 1 Actor Frederick 58
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2019 A Working Mom's Nightmare Actor Eddie N/A
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2019 Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2019 Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans Actor Paulinus 58
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2019 Special Couple Actor N/A
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2018 Silencio Actor Peter 59
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2018 Swimming with Men Actor Luke 59
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2018 Native Actor Cane 58
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2017 Riviera Actor Gabriel Hirsch 64
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2016 Sacrifice Actor Duncan Guthrie 57
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2016 The Family Actor John Warren 67
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2016 Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock Actor Himself 59
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2016 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride Actor DI Lestrade 74
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2015 Valentine's Kiss Actor Nicholas Whiteley N/A
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2015 Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family Actor Nicholas Whiteley 70
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2015 Bone in the Throat Actor Rupert N/A
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2014 Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down Actor Dragutin 64
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2014 The Crimson Field Actor Maj Edward Crecy 71
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2014 Salting the Battlefield Actor Stirling Rogers 59
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2014 Turks & Caicos Actor Stirling Rogers 59
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2013 Sherlock: Many Happy Returns Actor Greg Lestrade 59
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2013 The White Queen Actor Thomas Stanley 73
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2013 Ultimate Tutankhamun Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2012 Secret State Actor Felix Durrell 70
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2012 Seven Ages of Starlight Actor 59
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2012 Fast Girls Actor David Temple 59
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2012 Underwater Okavango Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2012 Putin, Russia and the West Actor Narrator 68
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2012 Predator Coast Actor N/A
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2010 Made in Dagenham Actor Peter Hopkins 61
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2009 Garrow's Law Actor Sir Arthur Hill 69
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2009 The Good Times Are Killing Me Actor Lexy 58
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2008 God on Trial Actor Mordechai 60
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2008 Midnight Man Actor Daniel Cosgrave 68
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2008 Son of the Dragon Actor Prince of the North 67
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2007 The Dinner Party Actor Roger 59
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2007 The Waiting Room Actor George 59
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2007 Death at a Funeral Actor Robert 66
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2007 To Be First Actor N/A
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2007 Clapham Junction Actor Robin Cape 59
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2007 Intervention Actor Mark N/A
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2006 V for Vendetta Actor Dominic 78
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2006 La principessa e la magia del drago Actor 60
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2005 A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets Actor William Shakespeare 58
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2005 Rag Tale Actor Eddy Taylor 58
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2004 Pride Actor Linus (voice) 59
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2003 Charles II: The Power and The Passion Actor George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham 68
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2002 Extreme Ops Actor Jeffrey 57
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2002 The Forsyte Saga Actor Young Jolyon Forsyte 72
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2001 Room to Rent Actor Mark 59
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2000 Take a Girl Like You Actor Patrick Standish N/A
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1999 Dreaming of Joseph Lees Actor Joseph Lees 58
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1999 All My Loved Ones Actor Nicholas Winton 59
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1999 Cleopatra Actor Octavian 66
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1999 The Blonde Bombshell Actor Dennis Hamilton 69
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1998 The Revengers' Comedies Actor Oliver Knightly 59
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1997 Bent Actor Officer on Train 60
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1997 Mrs. Dalloway Actor Septimus Warren Smith 58
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1996 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Actor Arthur Huntington 71
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1996 Different for Girls Actor Paul Prentice 59
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1996 Intimate Relations Actor Harold 58
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1996 The Innocent Sleep Actor Alan Terry 58
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1994 The Madness of King George Actor Greville 61
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1994 Open Fire Actor David Martin 58
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1994 Doomsday Gun Actor Jones 58
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1993 Royal Celebration Actor Neil N/A
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1993 Una questione privata Actor Milton N/A
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1992 Damage Actor Martyn Fleming 62
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1991 Where Angels Fear to Tread Actor Philip Herriton 59
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1991 The Sheltering Desert Actor N/A
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1990 The Children Actor Gerald Ormerod 58
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1990 The Plot to Kill Hitler Actor Axel von dem Bussche 58
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1988 A Handful of Dust Actor John Beaver 59
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1987 Fortunes of War Actor Simon Boulderstone 68
Fair
1987 Maurice Actor Alec Scudder 67
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1985 A Room with a View Actor Freddy Honeychurch 65
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1984 Puccini Actor Tonio 59
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1983 St. Ursula's in Danger Actor Teddt N/A
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1983 Good and Bad at Games Actor N/A
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1982 Mona Actor Jim Atkins N/A
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Seacole Actor Major Harvey N/A
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What Destroyed the Hindenburg? Actor Self - Narrator N/A
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Burning Girls Actor N/A
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Directing
2000 Checkout Girl Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2000 Checkout Girl Writing Writer N/A
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Sound
2012 Seven Ages of Starlight Sound Vocals N/A
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