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Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

Acting

Born June 30, 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

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).

TV Shows(45)

Movies(69)

The Break

The Break

Ben's Friend

2025

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

Prince Escalaus

2025

Merchant Ivory

Merchant Ivory

Self

2024

Wolves of War

Wolves of War

Professor Hopper

2023

Dalíland

Dalíland

Captain Moore

2022

Smyrna

Smyrna

George Horton

2021

Emma.

Emma.

Mr. Weston

2020

A Working Mom's Nightmare

A Working Mom's Nightmare

Eddie

2019

Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

Narrator (voice)

2019

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Paulinus

2019

Special Couple

Special Couple

2019

Silencio

Silencio

Peter

2018

Swimming with Men

Swimming with Men

Luke

2018

Native

Native

Cane

2018

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

Duncan Guthrie

2016

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Himself

2016

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

DI Lestrade

2016

Bone in the Throat

Bone in the Throat

Rupert

2015

Salting the Battlefield

Salting the Battlefield

Stirling Rogers

2014

Turks & Caicos

Turks & Caicos

Stirling Rogers

2014

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

Greg Lestrade

2013

Ultimate Tutankhamun

Ultimate Tutankhamun

Narrator (voice)

2013

Seven Ages of Starlight

Seven Ages of Starlight

2012

Fast Girls

Fast Girls

David Temple

2012

Underwater Okavango

Underwater Okavango

Narrator (voice)

2012

Predator Coast

Predator Coast

2012

Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham

Peter Hopkins

2010

The Good Times Are Killing Me

The Good Times Are Killing Me

Lexy

2009

God on Trial

God on Trial

Mordechai

2008

The Dinner Party

The Dinner Party

Roger

2007

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

George

2007

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

Robert

2007

To Be First

To Be First

2007

Clapham Junction

Clapham Junction

Robin Cape

2007

Intervention

Intervention

Mark

2007

V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

Dominic

2006

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

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

William Shakespeare

2005

Rag Tale

Rag Tale

Eddy Taylor

2005

Pride

Pride

Linus (voice)

2004

Extreme Ops

Extreme Ops

Jeffrey

2002

Room to Rent

Room to Rent

Mark

2001

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Joseph Lees

1999

All My Loved Ones

All My Loved Ones

Nicholas Winton

1999

The Revengers' Comedies

The Revengers' Comedies

Oliver Knightly

1998

Bent

Bent

Officer on Train

1997

Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway

Septimus Warren Smith

1997

Intimate Relations

Intimate Relations

Harold

1996

Different for Girls

Different for Girls

Paul Prentice

1996

The Innocent Sleep

The Innocent Sleep

Alan Terry

1996

The Madness of King George

The Madness of King George

Greville

1994

Open Fire

Open Fire

David Martin

1994

Doomsday Gun

Doomsday Gun

Jones

1994

Royal Celebration

Royal Celebration

Neil

1993

Una questione privata

Una questione privata

Milton

1993

Damage

Damage

Martyn Fleming

1992

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Philip Herriton

1991

The Sheltering Desert

The Sheltering Desert

1991

The Children

The Children

Gerald Ormerod

1990

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Axel von dem Bussche

1990

A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust

John Beaver

1988

Maurice

Maurice

Alec Scudder

1987

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

Freddy Honeychurch

1986

Puccini

Puccini

Tonio

1984

St. Ursula's in Danger

St. Ursula's in Danger

Teddt

1983

Good and Bad at Games

Good and Bad at Games

1983

Mona

Mona

Jim Atkins

1982

What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

Self - Narrator

Seacole

Seacole

Major Harvey

Security

Security