Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

62 · Born: Jun 30, 1963

Personal Details

BornJun 30, 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Parents
  • Richard Harding Graves
  • Mary Lucilla Graves

Biography

Rupert Graves, a talented British actor, made his professional stage debut in 1983 with a starring role in "The Killing of Mr. Toad". This early success was followed by a notable co-starring opportunity alongside Harvey Fierstein in the London production of "Torch Song Trilogy". By the mid-1980s, Graves had established himself as a prominent figure in high-quality films and television, with notable appearances in Merchant Ivory productions such as "A Room With A View" and "Maurice".

Career

2025
Juliet & Romeo
Juliet & Romeo as Prince Escalaus
Surface
Surface as Henry Huntley
2023
The Burning Girls
The Burning Girls as Simon Harper
2022
Wolves of War
Wolves of War as Professor Hopper
Daliland
Daliland as Captain Moore
2021
McDonald & Dodds
McDonald & Dodds as Gordon Elmwood
2020
Emma.
Emma. as Mr. Weston
Riviera
Riviera as Gabriel Hirsch
2018
Silencio
Silencio as Peter
Native
Native as Cane
2016
Sherlock
Sherlock as DI Lestrade
Sacrifice
Sacrifice as Duncan Guthrie
The Family
The Family as John Warren
2015
Valentine's Kiss
Valentine's Kiss as Nicholas Whiteley
2014
Turks & Caicos
Turks & Caicos as Stirling Rogers
Salting the Battlefield
Salting the Battlefield as Stirling Rogers
The Crimson Field
The Crimson Field as Maj Edward Crecy
2013
Sherlock
Sherlock as Greg Lestrade
The White Queen
The White Queen as Thomas Stanley
2012
Fast Girls
Fast Girls as David Temple
Secret State
Secret State as Felix Durrell
2011
Scott & Bailey
Scott & Bailey as Nick Savage
Case Sensitive
Case Sensitive as Mark Bretherick
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law as Sir Arthur Hill
2010
Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham as Peter Hopkins
Sherlock
Sherlock as DI Greg Lestrade
2008
God on Trial
God on Trial as Mordechai
Son of the Dragon
Son of the Dragon as Prince of the North
Midnight Man
Midnight Man as Daniel Cosgrave
2007
Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction as Robin Cape
2006
Rag Tale
Rag Tale as Eddy Taylor
2004
Pride
Pride as Linus (voice)
2003
The Last King
The Last King as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga as Young Jolyon Forsyte
2002
Extreme Ops
Extreme Ops as Jeffrey
2001
1999
All My Loved Ones
All My Loved Ones as Nicholas Winton
The Blonde Bombshell
The Blonde Bombshell as Dennis Hamilton
Cleopatra
Cleopatra as Octavian
Nature
Nature as Narrator
1998
The Revengers' Comedies
The Revengers' Comedies as Oliver Knightly
1997
Bent
Bent as Officer on Train
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway as Septimus Warren Smith
1996
Different for Girls
Different for Girls as Paul Prentice
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as Arthur Huntingdon
1993
1992
Damage
Damage as Martyn Fleming
1991
1990
The Children
The Children as Gerald Ormerod
The Plot to Kill Hitler
The Plot to Kill Hitler as Axel von dem Bussche
1988
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust as John Beaver
1987
Maurice
Maurice as Alec Scudder
Fortunes of War
Fortunes of War as Simon Boulderstone
1986
A Room with a View
A Room with a View as Freddy Honeychurch
1984
Puccini
Puccini as Tonio