Rupert Graves
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| Born | 30 June 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978-present |
| Spouse | Susie Lewis (2001-present) |
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| http://www.rupert-graves.com | |
Rupert Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as DI Lestrade in the critically acclaimed television series Sherlock.
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Early life
He was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England,[1] to Mary Lousilla (née Roberts) Graves, a travel coordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician.[2]
Education
Graves was educated at Wyvern Community School,[3] a state comprehensive school in his home town of Weston-super-Mare, which he left at the age of fifteen. The school has since closed and re-opened as the Hans Price Academy.
Career
Graves's first job after leaving school was as a circus clown. He has appeared in over twenty-five films and over thirty-five television productions; he has also appeared on stage. During his career, he has starred alongside actress Helena Bonham Carter four times in A Room with a View, Maurice, Where Angels Fear to Tread and The Revengers' Comedies.
He 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), Different for Girls (1996) and Intimate Relations (1996).
His role in Intimate Relations won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal World Film Festival.[4] He was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Jolyon Forsyte Jr. in the television miniseries The Forsyte Saga (2002).[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Prefect | TV series (1 episode: "Yesterday's Hero") |
| 1979 | The Famous Five | Yan | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1981 | Vice Versa | Tipping | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 1982 | All for Love | TV series (1 episode: "Mona") | |
| 1983 | St. Ursula's in Danger | Teddy | TV movie |
| Good and Bad at Games | Guthrie | TV movie | |
| 1984 | Puccini | Tonio | TV movie |
| 1985 | A Room with a View | Freddie Honeychurch | |
| 1987 | Maurice | Alec Scudder | |
| Fortunes of War | Simon Boulderstone | TV mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | John Beaver | |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Axel von dem Busche | TV movie |
| The Children | Gerald Ormerod | ||
| 1991 | A Private Affair | Milton | TV movie |
| Where Angels Fear to Tread | Philip Herriton | ||
| 1992 | The Sheltering Desert | Hermann Korn | |
| Inspector Morse | Billy | TV series (1 episode: "Happy Families") | |
| Damage | Martyn Fleming | ||
| 1993 | Screen One | Neil | TV series (1 episode: "Royal Celebration") |
| 1994 | Doomsday Gun | Jones | TV movie |
| Open Fire | David Martin | TV movie | |
| The Madness of King George | Greville | ||
| 1995 | Harry | Dominic Collier | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.6") |
| 1996 | 1914-1918 | (voice) | TV series (3 episodes) |
| The Innocent Sleep | Alan Terry | ||
| Intimate Relations | Harold Guppy | Montreal World Film Festival - Best Actor | |
| Different for Girls | Paul Prentice | ||
| The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Arthur Huntingdon | TV mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| 1997 | Bent | Officer on Train | |
| Mrs Dalloway | Septimus Warren Smith | ||
| 1998 | The Soldier's Leap | Christian | Short |
| The Revengers' Comedies | Oliver Knightly | ||
| 1999 | The Blonde Bombshell | Dennis Hamilton | TV movie |
| Cleopatra | Octavian | TV mini-series | |
| Vsichni moji blízcí | Nicholas Winton | ||
| Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Joseph Lees | ||
| 2000 | Room to Rent | Mark | |
| Take a Girl Like You | Patrick Standish | TV movie | |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga | Jolyon Forsyte Jr. | TV mini-series |
| Extreme Ops | Jeffrey | ||
| 2003 | The Forsyte Saga: To Let | Jolyon Forsyte Jr. | TV mini-series (4 episodes) |
| Charles II: The Power & the Passion | George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham | TV mini-series (4 episodes) | |
| 2004 | Pride | Linus | Voice |
| 2005 | Rag Tale | Eddy Taylor | |
| Spooks | William Sampson | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #4.3") | |
| A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets | William Shakespeare | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Son of the Dragon | The Lord of the North | TV mini-series |
| V for Vendetta | Dominic | ||
| 2007 | To Be First | Dr. Christiaan Barnard | TV movie |
| Death at a Funeral | Robert | ||
| Clapham Junction | Robin Cape | TV movie | |
| Intervention | Mark | ||
| The Waiting Room | George | ||
| The Dinner Party | Roger | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Danny Moore | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.2) |
| Waking the Dead | Colonel John Garrett | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Midnight Man | Daniel Cosgrave | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| God on Trial | Mordechai | TV movie | |
| Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye | Lance Fortescue | TV movie | |
| 2009 | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Lexy | TV movie |
| Garrow's Law | Sir Arthur Hill | TV series (11 episodes: 2009-2011) | |
| 2010 | Wallander | Alfred Harderburg | TV series (1 episode: "The Man Who Smiled") |
| Lewis | Alec Pickman | TV series (1 episode: "Falling Darkness") | |
| Sherlock | D.I. Lestrade | TV series (5 episodes: 2010-2012) | |
| Made in Dagenham | Peter Hopkins | ||
| Law & Order: UK | John Smith | TV series (1 episode: "Defence") | |
| Single Father | Stuart | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| New Tricks | Adrian Levene | TV series (1 episode: "Fashion Victim") | |
| 2011 | Case Sensitive | Mark Bretherick | TV series (2 episodes) |
| Scott & Bailey | Nick Savage | TV series (5 episodes) | |
| 2012 | Putin, Russia & The West | Narrator (voice) | TV series (4 episodes) |
| Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia | Narrator (voice) | TV special | |
| Fast Girls | David Temple | (post-production) | |
| Doctor Who[6] | unknown | TV series (1 episode) |
Theatre work
In addition to his screen work, Graves has also won acclaim for his stage acting, including roles on the American stage in Broadway-theatre productions in New York City, New York, of the plays Closer (2000) and The Elephant Man (2002).
Graves also appeared as Presley Stray in the play The Pitchfork Disney (1991) at the Bush Theatre in London, England and also "A Madhouse in Goa" opposite Vanessa Redgrave.
References
- ^ "Biography". Rupert Graves Online. http://www.rupert-graves.com/biog.html. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Rupert Graves". Turner Classic Movies. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=75452. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ Brockes, Emma (2002-04-22). "Rupert bared". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2002/apr/22/artsfeatures. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Rupert Graves". United Agents. http://unitedagents.co.uk/rupert-graves. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Rupert Graves". Gaydar Nation. 2002-04-22. http://gaydarevents.info/UserPortal/Article/Detail.aspx?ID=4805&sid=65. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn210212160008-series-7-first.html
External links
- rupert-graves.com, official website
- Rupert Graves at the Internet Movie Database
