Acting
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).
Filmography
Missed Call
Series · 2026
Juliet & Romeo
Film · 2025
The Break
Film · 2025
Bookish
Series · 2025
Merchant Ivory
Film · 2024
Wolves of War
Film · 2023
The Burning Girls
Series · 2023
Dalíland
Film · 2022
The Reunion
Series · 2022
Surface
Series · 2022
Smyrna
Film · 2021
Emma.
Film · 2020
McDonald & Dodds
Series · 2020
A Working Mom's Nightmare
Film · 2019
Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings
Film · 2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Film · 2019
Special Couple
Film · 2019
The War of the Worlds
Series · 2019
Native
Film · 2018
Swimming with Men
Film · 2018
Silencio
Film · 2018
Krypton
Series · 2018
Riviera
Series · 2017
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Film · 2016
Sacrifice
Film · 2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Film · 2016
The Family
Series · 2016
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
Series · 2016
Bone in the Throat
Film · 2015
12 Monkeys
Series · 2015
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
Series · 2015
Turks & Caicos
Film · 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Film · 2014
The Crimson Field
Series · 2014
Ultimate Tutankhamun
Film · 2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Film · 2013
The White Queen
Series · 2013
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
Series · 2013
Fast Girls
Film · 2012
Seven Ages of Starlight
Film · 2012
Predator Coast
Film · 2012
Underwater Okavango
Film · 2012
Secret State
Series · 2012
Putin, Russia and the West
Series · 2012
Speed Kills
Series · 2012
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Scott & Bailey
Series · 2011
Case Sensitive
Series · 2011
Made in Dagenham
Film · 2010
Sherlock
Series · 2010
The Good Times Are Killing Me
Film · 2009
Law & Order: UK
Series · 2009
Garrow's Law
Series · 2009
God on Trial
Film · 2008
Wallander
Series · 2008
Midnight Man
Series · 2008
Son of the Dragon
Series · 2008
Ashes to Ashes
Series · 2008
Death at a Funeral
Film · 2007
The Waiting Room
Film · 2007
To Be First
Film · 2007
Clapham Junction
Film · 2007
The Dinner Party
Film · 2007
Intervention
Film · 2007
Lewis
Series · 2007
V for Vendetta
Film · 2006
Rag Tale
Film · 2005
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Film · 2005
Doctor Who
Series · 2005
Pride
Film · 2004
New Tricks
Series · 2004
This World
Series · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Series · 2003
Extreme Ops
Film · 2002
Spooks
Series · 2002
The Forsyte Saga
Series · 2002
The Forsyte Saga
Series · 2002
Room to Rent
Film · 2001
Waking the Dead
Series · 2001
Take a Girl Like You
Series · 2000
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
Film · 1999
All My Loved Ones
Film · 1999
Cleopatra
Series · 1999
The Blonde Bombshell
Series · 1999
The Revengers' Comedies
Film · 1998
Mrs. Dalloway
Film · 1997
Bent
Film · 1997
Intimate Relations
Film · 1996
Different for Girls
Film · 1996
The Innocent Sleep
Film · 1996
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Series · 1996
Doomsday Gun
Film · 1994
The Madness of King George
Film · 1994
Open Fire
Film · 1994
Royal Celebration
Film · 1993
Una questione privata
Film · 1993
Harry
Series · 1993
Damage
Film · 1992
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Film · 1991
The Sheltering Desert
Film · 1991
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Film · 1990
The Children
Film · 1990
A Handful of Dust
Film · 1988
Maurice
Film · 1987
Inspector Morse
Series · 1987
Fortunes of War
Series · 1987
A Room with a View
Film · 1986
Puccini
Film · 1984
Good and Bad at Games
Film · 1983
St. Ursula's in Danger
Film · 1983
Mona
Film · 1982
Vice Versa
Series · 1981
Return of the Saint
Series · 1978
The Famous Five
Series · 1978
What Destroyed the Hindenburg?
Film
Seacole
Film
Security
Film
Sessions
Film