Rudi has had a prolific career in television, with recent credits including the lead role in Wakefield, an 8-part series for ABC directed by Jocelyn Moorehouse, for which he received an AACTA Best Leading Actor Nomination.
He has also completed work on several other notable projects, such as Role Play for Amazon, The Lazarus Project for Sky by Joe Barton, The Split season 3 by Abi Morgan, and Great Expectations for Disney and BBC, produced by Ridley Scott and Tom Hardy. Most recently, he finished filming The Collaborator, playing the lead role of Kadian.
Rudi grew up in Maidstone, Kent, attending Vinters Boys School and Invicta Grammar School. He then joined the National Youth Theatre, and was a former county table tennis player.
Throughout his career, he has performed in numerous productions at the National Theatre, including the male lead in David Greig's two-hander, The Events, for the Young Vic in 2013. The Play won numerous awards and was voted The Guardian's best play of 2013.
He has also appeared in plays at the Royal Court and the Almeida Theatre, including notable productions such as Oresteia and Mary Stuart, the latter of which was directed by Olivier Award-winner Robert Icke. He played the male lead role of Mortimer alongside Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams. Both Oresteia and Mary Stuart opened to huge critical acclaim.
Rudi's impressive stage credits also include a record-breaking production of Hamlet at the Barbican in 2015, where he played Guildenstern alongside Benedict Cumberbatch.
