Rufus Sewell was born on the 29th day of October 1967 in Twickenham, England. His mother, Jo, is Welsh and currently resides in Wales. His father, Bill, was an  Australian animator
who died when Rufus was 10. He has one brother, Caspar.

In the spring of 2002 Rufus and Amy Gardner had a son, William Douglas Sewell.

Rufus attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama and made his London Stage debut in Making It Better, for 
which he won the "Best Newcomer Award".  He also originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, and
was nominated for an Oliver Award. On the Broadway stage, he debuted in Translations, and received the Broadway Theatre World Award.

His Television work includes: The Last Romantics, Gone To Seed, the acclaimed BBC mini-series Middlemarch, and
in May 2000, Arabian Nights, in which he played the part
of Ali Baba to rave reviews!

His film work includes: Twenty-One, Dirty Weekend, A Man
Of No Importance, Carrington, Hamlet, Cold Comfort
Farm, Victory, The Woodlanders, Dark City, Dangerous Beauty, Martha Meet Frank, Daniel & Laurence (The
Very Thought Of You), Illuminata, and the Australian film,
In a Savage Land.

In 1999 he returned to the stage with a successful production
of Shakespeare's MACBETH at the Queen's Theatre in
London's West End.

Bless The Child, with Kim Basinger and Jimmy Smits,
d in the US on 11 August, 2000 and in the UK on 6
January 2001.
A Knight's Tale, also starring Heath Ledger and filmed in
Prague, Czech Republic,d strongly in the US on May
11, 2001.

Picked up by Paramount for distribution and scheduled for release in 2002 is The eXtremists, also starring Rupert Graves. Reported to be in production is the World War 2 film, Light In The Sky, also starring Robert Carlyle.

She Creature, from writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez, aired during the month of October 2001 on US television Cinemax/ Home Box Office. It was released in DVD/video format in April 2002. 

Uncorked (Higher Love) from Minnie Driver's production company, and also starring Ms Driver and the late Sir Nigel Hawthorne, was released in DVD/video format in November 2001.

Carrington, with Emma Thompson and Jonathan Price, has recently been released on DVD/video.

Rufus returned to the stage in October, 2001 in the title role in Peter Gill's production of John Osborne's Luther.  Presented at the Royal National Theatre in London, he received rave reviews.

In April 2002,  the complete collection of Ian Fleming's James Bond books on audio tape, narrated by Rufus, was published by Penguin Books.

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     Giles - The Woodlanders

    
     Mark Gertler - Carrington

    
     Marco - Dangerous Beauty

    
     Frank - Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel,
     and Laurence

    
     Dominique - Illuminata

    
     Eric Stark - Bless The Child
        
 
    
     Count Adhemar - A Knight's Tale