Birthplace: Weston-super-Mare, England, United Kingdom
biography
A handsome, charismatic, dark-haired player equally at home in period or contemporary dramas, Rupert Graves first gained international attention as the younger brother of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) in the Merchant-Ivory production "A Room With a View" (1986).Graves got his start in show business as a plate-spinning clown with a traveling circus. He made his acting debut as a regular on the British series "Vice Versa" (1980-81) and went to appear as an English officer in support of Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in the BBC series "Fortunes of War" (1988; shown in the USA on PBS'
