Rupert Graves
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).
Acting (62 movies)
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
V for Vendetta
2006
Death at a Funeral
2007
Doomsday Gun
1994
Damage
1992
A Room with a View
1986
The Madness of King George
1994
God on Trial
2008
The Waiting Room
2007
Ultimate Tutankhamun
2013
Maurice
1987
A Working Mom's Nightmare
2019
Extreme Ops
2002
Royal Celebration
1993
A Handful of Dust
1988
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
Mona
1982
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
Intimate Relations
1996
The Good Times Are Killing Me
2009
Puccini
1984
Where Angels Fear to Tread
1991
Rag Tale
2005
Different for Girls
1996
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
Fast Girls
2012
All My Loved Ones
1999
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
The Innocent Sleep
1996
Turks & Caicos
2014
Salting the Battlefield
2014
Merchant Ivory
2024
Seven Ages of Starlight
2012
Bone in the Throat
2015
The Sheltering Desert
1991
Clapham Junction
2007
Native
2018
Predator Coast
2012
Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings
2019
Underwater Okavango
2012
Smyrna
2021
The Dinner Party
2007
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Room to Rent
2001
Juliet & Romeo
2025
Sacrifice
2016
Open Fire
1994
The Children
1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
Pride
2004
Made in Dagenham
2010
Intervention
2007
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
Swimming with Men
2018
Bent
1997
Silencio
2018
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
2019
Emma.
2020
Special Couple
2019
Dalíland
2022
Wolves of War
2023
Kung Fu Kenzo
2025
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Checkout Girl | 2000 | Writer |