Rupert Graves
Born 1963
Known for V for Vendetta, Sherlock, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride.
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).
Movie Credits
Silencio (2018)
Native (2016)
Bone in the Throat (2015)
Predator Coast (2012)
Seven Ages of Starlight (2012)
Clapham Junction (2007)
Intervention (2007)
Rag Tale (2005)
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
The Innocent Sleep (1995)
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
A Working Mom's Nightmare (2019)
Swimming with Men (2018)
Sacrifice (2016)
Intimate Relations (1996)
Room to Rent (2000)
A Handful of Dust (1988)
Maurice (1987)
Dalíland (2022)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
The Waiting Room (2007)
Extreme Ops (2002)
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
Damage (1992)
Special Couple (2019)
Fast Girls (2012)
Wolves of War (2022)
Turks & Caicos (2014)
The Madness of King George (1994)
God on Trial (2008)
V for Vendetta (2006)
Smyrna (2021)
Emma. (2020)
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans (2019)
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
Bent (1997)
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
A Room with a View (1986)
Doomsday Gun (1994)
Made in Dagenham (2010)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Good and Bad at Games (1983)
