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Rupert Graves

Acting 62 years old Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK ★ 1.9
Born: June 30, 1963

Biography

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).

External Links

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Known For

Doctor Who
Doctor Who Riddell 2005
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise James Lavender 2011
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Lance Fortescue 2004
Sherlock
Sherlock DI Greg Lestrade 2010
Spooks
Spooks William Sampson 2002

Filmography

Acting Credits (115)

Missed Call
Missed Call 2026
The Break
The Break Ben's Friend 2025
Juliet & Romeo
Juliet & Romeo Prince Escalaus 2025
Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory Self 2024
The Burning Girls
The Burning Girls Simon Harper 2023
Wolves of War
Wolves of War Professor Hopper 2023
The Reunion
The Reunion Richard Degalais 2022
Dalíland
Dalíland Captain Moore 2022
Surface
Surface Henry Huntley 2022
Smyrna
Smyrna George Horton 2021
McDonald & Dodds
McDonald & Dodds Gordon Elmwood 2020
Emma.
Emma. Mr. Weston 2020
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds Frederick 2019
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
Krypton
Krypton Ter-El 2018
Native
Native Cane 2018
Riviera
Riviera Gabriel Hirsch 2017
Sacrifice
Sacrifice Duncan Guthrie 2016
The Family
The Family John Warren 2016
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells Haply 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
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family Nicholas Whiteley 2015
Bone in the Throat
Bone in the Throat Rupert 2015
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys Sebastian 2015
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down Dragutin 2014
The Crimson Field
The Crimson Field Major Edward Crecy 2014
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
The White Queen
The White Queen Thomas Stanley 2013
Ultimate Tutankhamun
Ultimate Tutankhamun Narrator (voice) 2013
Secret State
Secret State Felix Durrell 2012
Seven Ages of Starlight
Seven Ages of Starlight 2012
Speed Kills
Speed Kills Self - Narrator 2012
Fast Girls
Fast Girls David Temple 2012
Underwater Okavango
Underwater Okavango Narrator (voice) 2012
Putin, Russia and the West
Putin, Russia and the West Narrator 2012
Predator Coast
Predator Coast 2012
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise James Lavender 2011
Scott & Bailey
Scott & Bailey Nick Savage 2011
Case Sensitive
Case Sensitive Mark Bretherick 2011
Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham Peter Hopkins 2010
Sherlock
Sherlock DI Greg Lestrade 2010
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law Sir Arthur Hill 2009
The Good Times Are Killing Me
The Good Times Are Killing Me Lexy 2009
Law & Order: UK
Law & Order: UK 2009
Wallander
Wallander 2008
God on Trial
God on Trial Mordechai 2008
Midnight Man
Midnight Man Daniel Cosgrave 2008
Son of the Dragon
Son of the Dragon Prince of the North 2008
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes Danny Moore 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
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Riddell 2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple Lance Fortescue 2004
Pride
Pride Linus (voice) 2004
This World
This World 2004
New Tricks
New Tricks Adrian Levene 2004
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Charles II: The Power and The Passion George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham 2003
Extreme Ops
Extreme Ops Jeffrey 2002
Spooks
Spooks William Sampson 2002
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga Young Jolyon Forsyte 2002
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga Jolyon Forsyte Jr 2002
Room to Rent
Room to Rent Mark 2001
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead Colonel John Garrett 2001
Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You Patrick Standish 2000
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Dreaming of Joseph Lees Joseph Lees 1999
All My Loved Ones
All My Loved Ones Nicholas Winton 1999
Cleopatra
Cleopatra Octavian 1999
The Blonde Bombshell
The Blonde Bombshell Dennis Hamilton 1999
The Revengers' Comedies
The Revengers' Comedies Oliver Knightly 1998
Bent
Bent Officer on Train 1997
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway Septimus Warren Smith 1997
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Arthur Huntingdon 1996
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
Harry
Harry Dominic Collier 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
Fortunes of War
Fortunes of War Simon Boulderstone 1987
Maurice
Maurice Alec Scudder 1987
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse Billy 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
Vice Versa
Vice Versa Tipping 1981
Return of the Saint
Return of the Saint Prefect 1978
What Destroyed the Hindenburg?
What Destroyed the Hindenburg? Self - Narrator
Seacole
Seacole Major Harvey
Security
Security

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Writing Credits (1)

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