Rufus Sewell

Nationality:
British
Birthdate:
10/29/1967
Birthplace:
London, England
biography
Possessing dark, curly hair, hooded green eyes and angular features, Rufus Sewell has proven equally at home in period fare or contemporary works. The tall, masculine actor first garnered widespread attention in 1994 with featured role in the British TV adaptation of "Middlemarch" (aired in the USA on PBS) and as the object of Albert Finney's crush in the underrated comedy "A Man of No Importance".

The son of a Welsh mother and an Australian father, Sewell was raised in his mother's homeland after the untimely death of his father, cartoonist Bill Sewell in 1977. He has confessed to being "quite Continued

Credits
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Alexander Hamilton
2008
Alexander Hamilton
2008
Thomas Clarkson
2007
Jasper
2006
Crown Prince Leopold
2006
Marke
2006
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Petruchio
2005
Armand
2005
Ian
2002
Count Adhemar
2001
Eric Stark
2000
John Murdoch
1998
Marco Venier
1998
Seth
1996
Mark Gertler
1995
Albert Stockwell
Bobby
Martin Ricardo
Mick Carpenter
Cast
Giles Winterbourne
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Wales and London
 
By his own admission, had a nomadic upbringing and characterized himself as "rebellious"
1981 
At age 14, arrested on the mistaken belief he was a male escort (date approximate)
1982 
Had first acting role in an amateur drama group; donned drag to portray a brothel madam
 
While in drama school, arrested for stealing food
 
Profesional stage debut in "As You Like It" in Sheffield
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