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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V for Vendetta (2006)

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In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James McTeigue
CAST:  Natalie Portman  •  Hugo Weaving  •  Stephen Rea  •  Stephen Fry

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James McTeigue
CAST:  Natalie Portman  •  Hugo Weaving  •  Stephen Rea  •  Stephen Fry

A Room with a View (1986)

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Maggie Smith  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Julian Sands

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Maggie Smith  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Julian Sands

Damage (1992)

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The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Malle
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Rupert Graves

The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Malle
CAST:  Jeremy Irons  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Rupert Graves

Different for Girls (1996)

Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Spence
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Steven Mackintosh  •  Miriam Margolyes  •  Charlotte Coleman

Paul reunites with his schoolmate Kim, and finds out she's actually a woman who has transitioned since they last met. She has no desire to stir up the past and they start to fall in love, but Paul's immaturity gets them in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Spence
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Steven Mackintosh  •  Miriam Margolyes  •  Charlotte Coleman

Extreme Ops (2002)

While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Duguay
CAST:  Devon Sawa  •  Bridgette Wilson-Sampras  •  Rufus Sewell  •  Rupert Graves

While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Duguay
CAST:  Devon Sawa  •  Bridgette Wilson-Sampras  •  Rufus Sewell  •  Rupert Graves

Maurice (1987)

After his lover rejects him, a young man in early 20th century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Hugh Grant  •  Rupert Graves  •  Denholm Elliott

After his lover rejects him, a young man in early 20th century England, trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society, tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Hugh Grant  •  Rupert Graves  •  Denholm Elliott

The Madness of King George (1994)

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Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Hytner
CAST:  Nigel Hawthorne  •  Helen Mirren  •  Ian Holm  •  Rupert Graves

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Hytner
CAST:  Nigel Hawthorne  •  Helen Mirren  •  Ian Holm  •  Rupert Graves

Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)

An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Helen Mirren  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Barbara Jefford

An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Helen Mirren  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Barbara Jefford

Intimate Relations (1996)

In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room for rent in the house of Mrs. Beasley, her meek husband and their teenage daughter, Joyce. It's clear that Harold has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Goodhew
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  Rupert Graves  •  Laura Sadler  •  Matthew Walker

In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room for rent in the house of Mrs. Beasley, her meek husband and their teenage daughter, Joyce. It's clear that Harold has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Goodhew
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  Rupert Graves  •  Laura Sadler  •  Matthew Walker

Pride (2004)

The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Downer
CAST:  Kate Winslet  •  Sean Bean  •  Robbie Coltrane  •  Helen Mirren

The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Downer
CAST:  Kate Winslet  •  Sean Bean  •  Robbie Coltrane  •  Helen Mirren

Made in Dagenham (2010)

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nigel Cole
CAST:  Sally Hawkins  •  Bob Hoskins  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Geraldine James

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nigel Cole
CAST:  Sally Hawkins  •  Bob Hoskins  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Geraldine James

Intervention (2007)

An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary McGuckian
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Andie MacDowell  •  Gary Farmer  •  Colm Feore

An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary McGuckian
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Andie MacDowell  •  Gary Farmer  •  Colm Feore

To Be First (2007)

The year is 1967 and the race is on to make medical history. Dr Christiaan Barnard, a brilliant and ambitious South African surgeon and three surgeons in America are attempting the impossible: the world's first human heart transplant. The Americans have trained and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Reams
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Ben Miles  •  Adam Neill  •  Patrick Lyster

The year is 1967 and the race is on to make medical history. Dr Christiaan Barnard, a brilliant and ambitious South African surgeon and three surgeons in America are attempting the impossible: the world's first human heart transplant. The Americans have trained and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Reams
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Ben Miles  •  Adam Neill  •  Patrick Lyster

The Dinner Party (2007)

Young couple Jackie and Leo move from North London to a suburban home in the green belt paradise of Southern England. At the birthday party of a neighbor, they soon discover the strict social hierarchies of village life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Grounds
CAST:  Lee Evans  •  Rupert Graves  •  Alun Armstrong  •  Alison Steadman

Young couple Jackie and Leo move from North London to a suburban home in the green belt paradise of Southern England. At the birthday party of a neighbor, they soon discover the strict social hierarchies of village life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Grounds
CAST:  Lee Evans  •  Rupert Graves  •  Alun Armstrong  •  Alison Steadman

Mrs. Dalloway (1997)

Clarissa Dalloway looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a legislator and a doyenne of London's upper-crust party scene, Clarissa finds that the plight of ailing war veteran Septimus Warren Smith reminds her of a past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marleen Gorris
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Natascha McElhone  •  Michael Kitchen  •  Alan Cox

Clarissa Dalloway looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a legislator and a doyenne of London's upper-crust party scene, Clarissa finds that the plight of ailing war veteran Septimus Warren Smith reminds her of a past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marleen Gorris
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Natascha McElhone  •  Michael Kitchen  •  Alan Cox

A Handful of Dust (1988)

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Richard Beale  •  Jackson Kyle

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Sturridge
CAST:  James Wilby  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Richard Beale  •  Jackson Kyle

Turks & Caicos (2014)

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and calling himself Tom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hare
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  Christopher Walken  •  Winona Ryder  •  Ralph Fiennes

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and calling himself Tom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hare
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  Christopher Walken  •  Winona Ryder  •  Ralph Fiennes

Salting the Battlefield (2014)

David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hare
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Ralph Fiennes  •  Ewen Bremner

David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hare
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Ralph Fiennes  •  Ewen Bremner

Fast Girls (2012)

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Regan Hall
CAST:  Noel Clarke  •  Bradley James  •  Lily James  •  Lenora Crichlow

A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Regan Hall
CAST:  Noel Clarke  •  Bradley James  •  Lily James  •  Lenora Crichlow

Open Fire (1994)

Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Greengrass
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Douglas Hodge  •  Kate Hardie  •  Eddie Izzard

Based on real events from 1983; DC Peter Finch is awarded a medal for the courage he showed in arresting a dangerous criminal. Meanwhile transvestite David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive and, when he's caught again ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Greengrass
CAST:  Rupert Graves  •  Douglas Hodge  •  Kate Hardie  •  Eddie Izzard
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