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Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

Acting June 30, 1963 (63 years old) Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

Biography

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).

Movies 70

V for Vendetta 7.9

V for Vendetta

as Dominic

2006
Emma. 7.0

Emma.

as Mr. Weston

2020
A Room with a View 6.9

A Room with a View

as Freddy Honeychurch

1986
Death at a Funeral 6.9

Death at a Funeral

as Robert

2007
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 7.8

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

as DI Lestrade

2016
Damage 6.6

Damage

as Martyn Fleming

1992
Maurice 7.6

Maurice

as Alec Scudder

1987
The Madness of King George 6.8

The Madness of King George

as Greville

1994
Dalíland 5.9

Dalíland

as Captain Moore

2022
Made in Dagenham 6.7

Made in Dagenham

as Peter Hopkins

2010
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans 5.2

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

as Paulinus

2019
Juliet & Romeo 6.0

Juliet & Romeo

as Prince Escalaus

2025
Salting the Battlefield 6.2

Salting the Battlefield

as Stirling Rogers

2014
Turks & Caicos 6.3

Turks & Caicos

as Stirling Rogers

2014
Fast Girls 6.0

Fast Girls

as David Temple

2012
A Handful of Dust 6.1

A Handful of Dust

as John Beaver

1988
Bent 6.9

Bent

as Officer on Train

1997
Different for Girls 7.1

Different for Girls

as Paul Prentice

1997
Swimming with Men 6.0

Swimming with Men

as Luke

2018
Silencio 6.3

Silencio

as Peter

2018
Extreme Ops 4.8

Extreme Ops

as Jeffrey

2002
Mrs. Dalloway 5.7

Mrs. Dalloway

as Septimus Warren Smith

1997
Intimate Relations 5.4

Intimate Relations

as Harold

1996
Lie of You 6.5

Lie of You

as Eddie

2019
Doomsday Gun 5.8

Doomsday Gun

as Jones

1994
Wolves of War 5.2

Wolves of War

as Professor Hopper

2023
Where Angels Fear to Tread 6.7

Where Angels Fear to Tread

as Philip Herriton

1991
Sacrifice 5.4

Sacrifice

as Duncan Guthrie

2016
Open Fire 7.3

Open Fire

as David Martin

1994
The Plot to Kill Hitler 6.2

The Plot to Kill Hitler

as Axel von dem Bussche

1990
The Revengers' Comedies 5.8

The Revengers' Comedies

as Oliver Knightly

1998
Clapham Junction 6.5

Clapham Junction

as Robin Cape

2007
Pride 6.1

Pride

as Linus (voice)

2004
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets 5.0

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

as William Shakespeare

2005
Merchant Ivory 7.7

Merchant Ivory

as Self

2024
Dreaming of Joseph Lees 6.4

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

as Joseph Lees

1999
Bone in the Throat 2.0

Bone in the Throat

as Rupert

2015
Room to Rent 6.0

Room to Rent

as Mark

2001
Intervention 5.5

Intervention

as Mark

2007
God on Trial 6.8

God on Trial

as Mordechai

2008
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns 7.6

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

as Greg Lestrade

2013
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock 7.3

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

as Himself

2016
Puccini 4.2

Puccini

as Tonio

1984
The Break

The Break

as Ben's Friend

2025
Special Couple

Special Couple

2019
The Sheltering Desert 10.0

The Sheltering Desert

1991
Rag Tale 3.3

Rag Tale

as Eddy Taylor

2005
The Innocent Sleep 5.0

The Innocent Sleep

as Alan Terry

1996
Smyrna 7.8

Smyrna

as George Horton

2021
The Waiting Room 5.4

The Waiting Room

as George

2007
The Dinner Party 6.0

The Dinner Party

as Roger

2007
Mona

Mona

as Jim Atkins

1982
All My Loved Ones 7.2

All My Loved Ones

as Nicholas Winton

1999
Good and Bad at Games

Good and Bad at Games

1983
Seven Ages of Starlight 6.8

Seven Ages of Starlight

2012
Royal Celebration 7.5

Royal Celebration

as Neil

1993
Sessions

Sessions

2026
The Good Times Are Killing Me 3.7

The Good Times Are Killing Me

as Lexy

2009
The Children 4.9

The Children

as Gerald Ormerod

1990
Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings 10.0

Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

as Narrator (voice)

2019
Una questione privata 10.0

Una questione privata

as Milton

1993
Seacole

Seacole

as Major Harvey

Ultimate Tutankhamun

Ultimate Tutankhamun

as Narrator (voice)

2013
What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

as Self - Narrator

Underwater Okavango

Underwater Okavango

as Narrator (voice)

2012
Security

Security

Native 5.5

Native

as Cane

2018
St. Ursula's in Danger 9.0

St. Ursula's in Danger

as Teddt

1983
To Be First

To Be First

2007
Predator Coast 9.0

Predator Coast

2012

TV Shows 50

Doctor Who 7.6

Doctor Who

as Riddell

2005
Sherlock 8.5

Sherlock

as DI Greg Lestrade

2010
Death in Paradise 7.4

Death in Paradise

as James Lavender

2011
Spooks 7.7

Spooks

as William Sampson

2002
Agatha Christie's Marple 7.9

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lance Fortescue

2004
New Tricks 7.3

New Tricks

as Adrian Levene

2004
Waking the Dead 7.2

Waking the Dead

as Colonel John Garrett

2001
Lewis 7.6

Lewis

as Alec Pickman

2007
12 Monkeys 7.4

12 Monkeys

as Sebastian

2015
Inspector Morse 7.9

Inspector Morse

as Billy

1987
Law & Order: UK 7.0

Law & Order: UK

2009
Krypton 7.1

Krypton

as Ter-El

2018
Bookish 6.2

Bookish

as Colonel Winters

2025
Surface 6.3

Surface

as Henry Huntley

2022
Riviera 6.0

Riviera

as Gabriel Hirsch

2017
Ashes to Ashes 7.7

Ashes to Ashes

as Danny Moore

2008
This World 6.0

This World

2004
The Forsyte Saga 7.9

The Forsyte Saga

as Young Jolyon Forsyte

2002
The Forsyte Saga 7.9

The Forsyte Saga

as Jolyon Forsyte Jr

2002
Wallander 7.4

Wallander

2008
The White Queen 7.3

The White Queen

as Thomas Stanley

2013
Scott & Bailey 7.4

Scott & Bailey

as Nick Savage

2011
Return of the Saint 7.0

Return of the Saint

as Prefect

1978
McDonald & Dodds 7.5

McDonald & Dodds

as Gordon Elmwood

2020
Garrow's Law 7.7

Garrow's Law

as Sir Arthur Hill

2009
The Famous Five 7.5

The Famous Five

as Yan

1978
The War of the Worlds 6.6

The War of the Worlds

as Frederick

2019
The Family 6.4

The Family

as John Warren

2016
Charles II: The Power and The Passion 6.3

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

2003
Harry 5.3

Harry

as Dominic Collier

1993
Cleopatra 6.6

Cleopatra

as Octavian

1999
Fortunes of War 6.3

Fortunes of War

as Simon Boulderstone

1987
Secret State 7.1

Secret State

as Felix Durrell

2012
The Crimson Field 7.5

The Crimson Field

as Major Edward Crecy

2014
The Reunion 6.3

The Reunion

as Richard Degalais

2022
The Burning Girls 6.9

The Burning Girls

as Simon Harper

2023
All for Love 7.0

All for Love

as Jim Atkins

1982
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down 4.8

Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

as Dragutin

2013
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells 6.2

The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

as Haply

2016
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 7.5

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

as Arthur Huntingdon

1996
Take a Girl Like You 5.5

Take a Girl Like You

as Patrick Standish

2000
Case Sensitive 6.9

Case Sensitive

as Mark Bretherick

2011
Son of the Dragon 5.1

Son of the Dragon

as Prince of the North

2008
Missed Call 3.0

Missed Call

2026
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family 10.0

Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

as Nicholas Whiteley

2015
Vice Versa 7.0

Vice Versa

as Tipping

1981
The Blonde Bombshell 3.5

The Blonde Bombshell

as Dennis Hamilton

1999
Midnight Man 5.2

Midnight Man

as Daniel Cosgrave

2008
Putin, Russia and the West 1.7

Putin, Russia and the West

as Narrator

2012
Speed Kills

Speed Kills

as Self - Narrator

2012

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