1963-06-30 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).
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Kung Fu Kenzo | Robert Wall | 2025-04-26 |
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The Break | Ben's Friend | 2025-10-04 |
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Juliet & Romeo | Prince Escalaus | 2025-05-09 |
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Merchant Ivory | Self | 2024-08-30 |
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Wolves of War | Professor Hopper | 2023-01-26 |
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Dalíland | Captain Moore | 2022-09-29 |
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Σμύρνη μου Αγαπημένη | George Horton | 2021-12-23 |
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Emma. | Mr. Weston | 2020-02-13 |
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A Working Mom's Nightmare | Eddie | 2019-10-03 |
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Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings | Narrator (voice) | 2019-08-01 |
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合法伴侣 | 2019-06-19 | |
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Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans | Paulinus | 2019-07-26 |
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Silencio | Peter | 2018-10-26 |
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Native | Cane | 2018-02-23 |
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Swimming with Men | Luke | 2018-07-06 |
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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | DI Lestrade | 2016-01-01 |
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Sacrifice | Duncan Guthrie | 2016-04-29 |
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Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock | Himself | 2016-01-11 |
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Bone in the Throat | Rupert | 2015-03-16 |
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Turks & Caicos | Stirling Rogers | 2014-03-20 |
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Sherlock: His Last Vow | 2014-01-12 | |
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Salting the Battlefield | Stirling Rogers | 2014-03-27 |
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Sherlock: Many Happy Returns | Greg Lestrade | 2013-12-24 |
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Ultimate Tutankhamun | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-10 |
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Fast Girls | David Temple | 2012-06-15 |
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Seven Ages of Starlight | 2012-10-25 | |
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Predator Coast | 2012-01-01 | |
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Underwater Okavango | Narrator (voice) | 2012-06-01 |
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Made in Dagenham | Peter Hopkins | 2010-10-01 |
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The Good Times Are Killing Me | Lexy | 2009-09-13 |
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God on Trial | Mordechai | 2008-09-03 |
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The Dinner Party | Roger | 2007-09-09 |
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Intervention | Mark | 2007-01-01 |
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Clapham Junction | Robin Cape | 2007-07-22 |
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The Waiting Room | George | 2007-08-18 |
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To Be First | 2007-08-12 | |
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Death at a Funeral | Robert | 2007-08-17 |
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V for Vendetta | Dominic | 2006-02-23 |
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A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets | William Shakespeare | 2005-11-22 |
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Rag Tale | Eddy Taylor | 2005-10-07 |
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Pride | Linus (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
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Extreme Ops | Jeffrey | 2002-11-27 |
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Room to Rent | Mark | 2001-06-22 |
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Všichni moji blízcí | Nicholas Winton | 1999-10-21 |
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Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Joseph Lees | 1999-10-29 |
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The Revengers' Comedies | Oliver Knightly | 1998-06-09 |
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Mrs. Dalloway | Septimus Warren Smith | 1997-09-01 |
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Bent | Officer on Train | 1997-11-26 |
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Intimate Relations | Harold | 1996-10-01 |
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Different for Girls | Paul Prentice | 1996-10-01 |
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The Innocent Sleep | Alan Terry | 1996-01-25 |
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Doomsday Gun | Jones | 1994-07-23 |
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Open Fire | David Martin | 1994-11-12 |
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The Madness of King George | Greville | 1994-12-28 |
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Royal Celebration | Neil | 1993-09-26 |
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Una questione privata | Milton | 1993-07-16 |
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Damage | Martyn Fleming | 1992-12-02 |
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The Sheltering Desert | 1991-02-01 | |
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Where Angels Fear to Tread | Philip Herriton | 1991-06-21 |
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The Plot to Kill Hitler | Axel von dem Bussche | 1990-01-30 |
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The Children | Gerald Ormerod | 1990-05-18 |
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A Handful of Dust | John Beaver | 1988-06-24 |
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Maurice | Alec Scudder | 1987-09-18 |
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A Room with a View | Freddy Honeychurch | 1986-03-07 |
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Puccini | Tonio | 1984-01-01 |
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Good and Bad at Games | 1983-12-18 | |
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St. Ursula's in Danger | Teddt | 1983-12-20 |
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Mona | Jim Atkins | 1982-08-08 |
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What Destroyed the Hindenburg? | Self - Narrator | |
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Seacole | Major Harvey |