Rupert Graves

Rupert Graves

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). Description above is from the Wikipedia article Rupert Graves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025

Juliet & Romeo
Juliet & Romeo
as Prince Escalaus
Movie - Released: 5/9/2025

2024

Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/30/2024

2023

Wolves of War
Wolves of War
as Professor Hopper
Movie - Released: 1/26/2023
The Burning Girls
The Burning Girls
as Simon Harper
TV - Released: 10/19/2023

2022

Dalíland
Dalíland
as Captain Moore
Movie - Released: 9/29/2022
The Reunion
The Reunion
as Richard Degalais
TV - Released: 10/17/2022
Surface
Surface
TV - Released: 7/28/2022

2021

Smyrna
Smyrna
as George Horton
Movie - Released: 12/23/2021

2020

Emma.
Emma.
as Mr. Weston
Movie - Released: 2/13/2020
McDonald & Dodds
McDonald & Dodds
as Gordon Elmwood
TV - Released: 3/1/2020

2019

A Working Mom's Nightmare
A Working Mom's Nightmare
as Eddie
Movie - Released: 10/3/2019
Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings
Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/1/2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as Paulinus
Movie - Released: 7/26/2019
Special Couple
Special Couple
Movie - Released: 6/19/2019
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
as Frederick
TV - Released: 11/17/2019

2018

Native
Native
as Cane
Movie - Released: 2/23/2018
Swimming with Men
Swimming with Men
as Luke
Movie - Released: 7/6/2018
Silencio
Silencio
as Peter
Movie - Released: 10/26/2018
Krypton
Krypton
as Ter-El
TV - Released: 3/21/2018

2017

Riviera
Riviera
as Gabriel Hirsch
TV - Released: 6/15/2017

2016

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as DI Lestrade
Movie - Released: 1/1/2016
Sacrifice
Sacrifice
as Duncan Guthrie
Movie - Released: 4/29/2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/11/2016
The Family
The Family
as John Warren
TV - Released: 3/3/2016
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
as Haply
TV - Released: 1/28/2016

2015

Bone in the Throat
Bone in the Throat
as Rupert
Movie - Released: 3/16/2015
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys
as Sebastian
TV - Released: 1/16/2015
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
as Nicholas Whiteley
TV - Released: 10/19/2015

2014

Turks & Caicos
Turks & Caicos
as Stirling Rogers
Movie - Released: 3/20/2014
Salting the Battlefield
Salting the Battlefield
as Stirling Rogers
Movie - Released: 3/27/2014
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
as Dragutin
TV - Released: 7/7/2014
The Crimson Field
The Crimson Field
as Maj Edward Crecy
TV - Released: 4/6/2014

2013

Ultimate Tutankhamun
Ultimate Tutankhamun
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/10/2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
as Greg Lestrade
Movie - Released: 12/24/2013
The White Queen
The White Queen
as Thomas Stanley
TV - Released: 6/16/2013

2012

Fast Girls
Fast Girls
as David Temple
Movie - Released: 6/15/2012
Seven Ages of Starlight
Seven Ages of Starlight
Movie - Released: 10/25/2012
Predator Coast
Predator Coast
Movie - Released: 1/1/2012
Underwater Okavango
Underwater Okavango
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/1/2012
Secret State
Secret State
as Felix Durrell
TV - Released: 11/7/2012
Putin, Russia and the West
Putin, Russia and the West
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/19/2012

2011

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
as James Lavender
TV - Released: 10/25/2011
Scott & Bailey
Scott & Bailey
as Nick Savage
TV - Released: 5/29/2011
Case Sensitive
Case Sensitive
as Mark Bretherick
TV - Released: 5/2/2011

2010

Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham
as Peter Hopkins
Movie - Released: 10/1/2010
Sherlock
Sherlock
as DI Greg Lestrade
TV - Released: 7/25/2010
Sherlock
Sherlock
as Self / DI Lestrade
TV - Released: 7/25/2010

2009

Movie
The Good Times Are Killing Me
as Lexy
Movie - Released: 9/13/2009
Law & Order: UK
Law & Order: UK
TV - Released: 2/23/2009
Garrow's Law
Garrow's Law
as Sir Arthur Hill
TV - Released: 11/1/2009

2008

God on Trial
God on Trial
as Mordechai
Movie - Released: 9/3/2008
Wallander
Wallander
TV - Released: 11/30/2008
Midnight Man
Midnight Man
as Daniel Cosgrave
TV - Released: 5/8/2008
Son of the Dragon
Son of the Dragon
as Prince of the North
TV - Released: 4/2/2008
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes
as Danny Moore
TV - Released: 2/7/2008

2007

Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral
as Robert
Movie - Released: 8/17/2007
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room
as George
Movie - Released: 8/18/2007
Movie
To Be First
Movie - Released: 8/12/2007
Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction
as Robin Cape
Movie - Released: 7/22/2007
The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party
as Roger
Movie - Released: 9/9/2007
Intervention
Intervention
as Mark
Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

2006

V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
as Dominic
Movie - Released: 2/23/2006

2005

Rag Tale
Rag Tale
as Eddy Taylor
Movie - Released: 10/7/2005
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
as William Shakespeare
Movie - Released: 11/22/2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Riddell
TV - Released: 3/26/2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
ShakespeaRe-Told
as Shakespeare
TV - Released: 11/7/2005

2004

Pride
Pride
as Linus (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/21/2004
New Tricks
New Tricks
as Adrian Levene
TV - Released: 1/1/2004
This World
This World
TV - Released: 1/4/2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lance Fortescue
TV - Released: 12/12/2004

2003

Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
TV - Released: 11/16/2003
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
TV - Released: 11/16/2003

2002

Extreme Ops
Extreme Ops
as Jeffrey
Movie - Released: 11/27/2002
Spooks
Spooks
as William Sampson
TV - Released: 5/13/2002
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga
as Young Jolyon Forsyte
TV - Released: 4/7/2002

2001

Room to Rent
Room to Rent
as Mark
Movie - Released: 6/22/2001
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
as Colonel John Garrett
TV - Released: 6/18/2001

2000

Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You
as Patrick Standish
TV - Released: 11/26/2000

1999

Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
as Joseph Lees
Movie - Released: 10/29/1999
All My Loved Ones
All My Loved Ones
as Nicholas Winton
Movie - Released: 10/21/1999
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
as Octavian
TV - Released: 5/23/1999
The Blonde Bombshell
The Blonde Bombshell
as Dennis Hamilton
TV - Released: 4/26/1999

1998

The Revengers' Comedies
The Revengers' Comedies
as Oliver Knightly
Movie - Released: 6/9/1998

1997

Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
as Septimus Warren Smith
Movie - Released: 9/1/1997
Bent
Bent
as Officer on Train
Movie - Released: 11/26/1997

1996

Intimate Relations
Intimate Relations
as Harold
Movie - Released: 10/1/1996
Different for Girls
Different for Girls
as Paul Prentice
Movie - Released: 10/1/1996
The Innocent Sleep
The Innocent Sleep
as Alan Terry
Movie - Released: 1/25/1996
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
as Arthur Huntington
TV - Released: 11/17/1996

1994

Doomsday Gun
Doomsday Gun
as Jones
Movie - Released: 7/23/1994
The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George
as Greville
Movie - Released: 12/28/1994
Open Fire
Open Fire
as David Martin
Movie - Released: 11/12/1994

1993

Royal Celebration
Royal Celebration
as Neil
Movie - Released: 9/26/1993
Movie
Una questione privata
as Milton
Movie - Released: 7/16/1993
TV
Harry
as Dominic Collier
TV - Released: 9/18/1993

1992

Damage
Damage
as Martyn Fleming
Movie - Released: 12/2/1992

1991

Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread
as Philip Herriton
Movie - Released: 6/21/1991
The Sheltering Desert
The Sheltering Desert
Movie - Released: 2/1/1991

1990

The Children
The Children
as Gerald Ormerod
Movie - Released: 5/18/1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
The Plot to Kill Hitler
as Axel von dem Bussche
Movie - Released: 1/30/1990

1988

A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust
as John Beaver
Movie - Released: 6/24/1988

1987

Maurice
Maurice
as Alec Scudder
Movie - Released: 9/18/1987
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
as Billy
TV - Released: 1/6/1987
Fortunes of War
Fortunes of War
as Simon Boulderstone
TV - Released: 10/11/1987

1985

A Room with a View
A Room with a View
as Freddy Honeychurch
Movie - Released: 12/13/1985

1984

Puccini
Puccini
as Tonio
Movie - Released: 1/1/1984

1983

Movie
Good and Bad at Games
Movie - Released: 12/18/1983
Movie
St. Ursula's in Danger
as Teddt
Movie - Released: 12/20/1983

1982

Mona
Mona
as Jim Atkins
Movie - Released: 8/8/1982

1978

Return of the Saint
Return of the Saint
as Prefect
TV - Released: 9/10/1978

Unknown

Movie
What Destroyed the Hindenburg?
as Self - Narrator
Movie
Movie
Seacole
as Major Harvey
Movie