Rupert Graves
Acting
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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movieThe Break
2025
Ben's Friend
movieJuliet & Romeo
2025
Prince Escalaus
tvThe Burning Girls
2023
Simon Harper
movieWolves of War
2023
Professor Hopper
tvThe Reunion
2022
Richard Degalais
movieDalíland
2022
Captain Moore
tvSurface
2022
Henry Huntley
movieSmyrna
2021
George Horton
tvMcDonald & Dodds
2020
Gordon Elmwood
movieEmma.
2020
Mr. Weston
tvThe War of the Worlds
2019
Frederick
movieLion Brothers: Cubs to Kings
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieSilencio
2018
Peter
tvKrypton
2018
Ter-El
movieNative
2018
Cane
tvRiviera
2017
Gabriel Hirsch
movieSacrifice
2016
Duncan Guthrie
tvThe Family
2016
John Warren
movieSherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
DI Lestrade
tvRosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
2015
Nicholas Whiteley
tv12 Monkeys
2015
Sebastian
tvThe Crimson Field
2014
Major Edward Crecy
movieSalting the Battlefield
2014
Stirling Rogers
movieTurks & Caicos
2014
Stirling Rogers
movieSherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
Greg Lestrade
tvThe White Queen
2013
Thomas Stanley
movieUltimate Tutankhamun
2013
Narrator (voice)
tvSecret State
2012
Felix Durrell
tvSpeed Kills
2012
Self - Narrator
movieFast Girls
2012
David Temple
movieUnderwater Okavango
2012
Narrator (voice)
tvPutin, Russia and the West
2012
Narrator
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
James Lavender
tvScott & Bailey
2011
Nick Savage
tvCase Sensitive
2011
Mark Bretherick
movieMade in Dagenham
2010
Peter Hopkins
tvSherlock
2010
DI Greg Lestrade
tvGarrow's Law
2009
Sir Arthur Hill
movieGod on Trial
2008
Mordechai
tvMidnight Man
2008
Daniel Cosgrave
tvSon of the Dragon
2008
Prince of the North
tvAshes to Ashes
2008
Danny Moore
movieClapham Junction
2007
Robin Cape
tvLewis
2007
Alec Pickman
movieV for Vendetta
2006
Dominic
movieA Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
William Shakespeare
movieRag Tale
2005
Eddy Taylor
tvDoctor Who
2005
Riddell
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Lance Fortescue
moviePride
2004
Linus (voice)
tvNew Tricks
2004
Adrian Levene
tvCharles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
movieExtreme Ops
2002
Jeffrey
tvSpooks
2002
William Sampson
tvThe Forsyte Saga
2002
Young Jolyon Forsyte / Jolyon Forsyte Jr
tvWaking the Dead
2001
Colonel John Garrett
tvTake a Girl Like You
2000
Patrick Standish
movieDreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
Joseph Lees
movieAll My Loved Ones
1999
Nicholas Winton
tvCleopatra
1999
Octavian
tvThe Blonde Bombshell
1999
Dennis Hamilton
movieThe Revengers' Comedies
1998
Oliver Knightly
movieBent
1997
Officer on Train
movieMrs. Dalloway
1997
Septimus Warren Smith
tvThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1996
Arthur Huntingdon
movieDifferent for Girls
1996
Paul Prentice
movieThe Innocent Sleep
1996
Alan Terry
movieOpen Fire
1994
David Martin
Harry
1993
Dominic Collier
movieDamage
1992
Martyn Fleming
movieWhere Angels Fear to Tread
1991
Philip Herriton
movieThe Children
1990
Gerald Ormerod
movieThe Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
Axel von dem Bussche
movieA Handful of Dust
1988
John Beaver
tvFortunes of War
1987
Simon Boulderstone
movieMaurice
1987
Alec Scudder
movieA Room with a View
1986
Freddy Honeychurch
moviePuccini
1984
Tonio
movieMona
1982
Jim Atkins
tvVice Versa
1981
Tipping
tvReturn of the Saint
1978
Prefect
Seacole
Major Harvey
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tvSpeed Kills
2012
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