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Rupert Graves

Actor

Rupert Graves

Born June 30, 1963 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK60 films

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.

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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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V for Vendetta posterFirst watchV for Vendetta20067.9as DominicIn a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride poster7.8Sherlock: The Abominable Bride2016Emma. poster7.0Emma.2020Death at a Funeral poster6.9Death at a Funeral2007Maurice poster7.6Maurice1987A Room with a View poster6.9A Room with a View1986Damage poster6.6Damage1992Made in Dagenham poster6.7Made in Dagenham2010The Madness of King George poster6.8The Madness of King George1994

Filmography

60 films as actor
  1. TBASeacoleMajor Harvey
  2. TBASecurity
  3. 2025The BreakBen's Friend
  4. 2025Juliet & RomeoPrince Escalaus
  5. 2023Wolves of WarProfessor Hopper
  6. 2022DalílandCaptain Moore
  7. 2021SmyrnaGeorge Horton
  8. 2020Emma.Mr. Weston
  9. 2019A Working Mom's NightmareEddie
  10. 2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansPaulinus
  11. 2019Special Couple
  12. 2018SilencioPeter
  13. 2018Swimming with MenLuke
  14. 2018NativeCane
  15. 2016SacrificeDuncan Guthrie
  16. 2016Sherlock: The Abominable BrideDI Lestrade
  17. 2015Bone in the ThroatRupert
  18. 2014Salting the BattlefieldStirling Rogers
  19. 2014Turks & CaicosStirling Rogers
  20. 2013Sherlock: Many Happy ReturnsGreg Lestrade
  21. 2012Fast GirlsDavid Temple
  22. 2010Made in DagenhamPeter Hopkins
  23. 2009The Good Times Are Killing MeLexy
  24. 2008God on TrialMordechai
  25. 2007The Dinner PartyRoger
  26. 2007The Waiting RoomGeorge
  27. 2007Death at a FuneralRobert
  28. 2007To Be First
  29. 2007Clapham JunctionRobin Cape
  30. 2007InterventionMark
  31. 2006V for VendettaDominic
  32. 2005A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His SonnetsWilliam Shakespeare
  33. 2005Rag TaleEddy Taylor
  34. 2004PrideLinus (voice)
  35. 2002Extreme OpsJeffrey
  36. 2001Room to RentMark
  37. 1999Dreaming of Joseph LeesJoseph Lees
  38. 1999All My Loved OnesNicholas Winton
  39. 1998The Revengers' ComediesOliver Knightly
  40. 1997BentOfficer on Train
  41. 1997Mrs. DallowaySeptimus Warren Smith
  42. 1996Intimate RelationsHarold
  43. 1996Different for GirlsPaul Prentice
  44. 1996The Innocent SleepAlan Terry
  45. 1994The Madness of King GeorgeGreville
  46. 1994Open FireDavid Martin
  47. 1994Doomsday GunJones
  48. 1993Royal CelebrationNeil
  49. 1993Una questione privataMilton
  50. 1992DamageMartyn Fleming
  51. 1991Where Angels Fear to TreadPhilip Herriton
  52. 1991The Sheltering Desert
  53. 1990The ChildrenGerald Ormerod
  54. 1990The Plot to Kill HitlerAxel von dem Bussche
  55. 1988A Handful of DustJohn Beaver
  56. 1987MauriceAlec Scudder
  57. 1986A Room with a ViewFreddy Honeychurch
  58. 1983St. Ursula's in DangerTeddt
  59. 1983Good and Bad at Games
  60. 1982MonaJim Atkins