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He received critical praise for his portrayal of Charles II in the BBC's Charles II: The Power and The Passion. The series' cast included Ian McDiarmid, Helen McCrory, Rupert Graves and Shirley Henderson and spanned the life of the king from his last days in exile to his death.
Rufus Sewell. Actor: Dark City. Rufus Sewell was born on the 29th of October 1967 in Twickenham, England. His mother, Jo, was Welsh, and was an artist and painter. His father, Bill Sewell, was an English-Australian animator who was born in Australia to English parents and died when Rufus was 10.
- October 29, 1967
- He isn't quite as posh as you might think. Sewell grew up in Twickenham, an affluent neighborhood of Southwest London, in a household where money was tight.
- His dad was animation director Bill Sewell. Bill, who died when Rufus was 10, was probably best known for directing the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" segment of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie.
- He was a somewhat difficult teenager. "There was a period when I got into trouble for shoplifting. I became a smoker, a drinker, and a rabble-rouser," Sewell told the Daily Express.
- He has been in the running for some really huge movie roles. Sewell's film credits include A Knight's Tale opposite the late Heath Ledger, Judy with Renee Zellweger, and The Father alongside Anthony Hopkins.
Rufus Sewell. Actor: Dark City. Rufus Sewell was born on the 29th of October 1967 in Twickenham, England. His mother, Jo, was Welsh, and was an artist and painter. His father, Bill Sewell, was an English-Australian animator who was born in Australia to English parents and died when Rufus was 10. He has one brother, Caspar.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- October 29, 1967
- 2 min
Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas, and starring Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien and Ian Richardson. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer.
- Andrew Mason, Alex Proyas
- Trevor Jones
- February 27, 1998
Jan 12, 2013 · Rufus Sewell: 'I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death.' Photograph: Richard Saker. The Observer Rufus Sewell. This article is more than 11 years old. Rufus Sewell: 'Hollywood is my...
Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. In film, he has appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred in the 2010 mini-series The Pillars of the Earth.
