Rupert Graves

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-06-30 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

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).

Known For

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • 12 Monkeys

    12 Monkeys

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Juliet & Romeo

    Juliet & Romeo

  • V for Vendetta

    V for Vendetta

  • McDonald & Dodds

    McDonald & Dodds

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • Damage

    Damage

  • The White Queen

    The White Queen

  • Krypton

    Krypton

  • Clapham Junction

    Clapham Junction

  • Riviera

    Riviera

  • Wallander

    Wallander

  • Sacrifice

    Sacrifice

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • Emma.

    Emma.

  • Native

    Native

  • Surface

    Surface

  • Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

  • Ashes to Ashes

    Ashes to Ashes

  • Pride

    Pride

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Maurice

    Maurice

  • Scott & Bailey

    Scott & Bailey

  • Puccini

    Puccini

  • Bent

    Bent

  • Extreme Ops

    Extreme Ops

  • Fast Girls

    Fast Girls

  • Mrs. Dalloway

    Mrs. Dalloway

  • Intimate Relations

    Intimate Relations

  • Dalíland

    Dalíland

  • Intervention

    Intervention

  • The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

  • Doomsday Gun

    Doomsday Gun

  • Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

    Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • The Family

    The Family

  • Swimming with Men

    Swimming with Men

  • The Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George

  • Garrow's Law

    Garrow's Law

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • Charles II: The Power and The Passion

    Charles II: The Power and The Passion

  • The Children

    The Children

  • This World

    This World

  • Special Couple

    Special Couple

  • Silencio

    Silencio

  • Harry

    Harry

  • Rag Tale

    Rag Tale

  • Wolves of War

    Wolves of War

  • Seacole

    Seacole

  • Smyrna

    Smyrna

  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

  • Bone in the Throat

    Bone in the Throat

  • St. Ursula's in Danger

    St. Ursula's in Danger

  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

  • Good and Bad at Games

    Good and Bad at Games

  • The Burning Girls

    The Burning Girls

  • God on Trial

    God on Trial

  • The Innocent Sleep

    The Innocent Sleep

  • The Sheltering Desert

    The Sheltering Desert

  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

  • The Revengers' Comedies

    The Revengers' Comedies

  • Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

    Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

  • Made in Dagenham

    Made in Dagenham

  • The Plot to Kill Hitler

    The Plot to Kill Hitler

  • Room to Rent

    Room to Rent

  • The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

    The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

  • Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

    Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

  • Secret State

    Secret State

  • The Crimson Field

    The Crimson Field

  • Royal Celebration

    Royal Celebration

  • The Waiting Room

    The Waiting Room

  • The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party

  • Different for Girls

    Different for Girls

  • Case Sensitive

    Case Sensitive

  • Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

  • A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

    A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

  • The Good Times Are Killing Me

    The Good Times Are Killing Me

  • Son of the Dragon

    Son of the Dragon

  • The Reunion

    The Reunion

  • A Working Mom's Nightmare

    A Working Mom's Nightmare

  • The Blonde Bombshell

    The Blonde Bombshell

  • Kung Fu Kenzo

    Kung Fu Kenzo

  • Turks & Caicos

    Turks & Caicos

  • To Be First

    To Be First

  • Take a Girl Like You

    Take a Girl Like You

  • Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

    Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

  • Underwater Okavango

    Underwater Okavango

  • Putin, Russia and the West

    Putin, Russia and the West

  • Predator Coast

    Predator Coast

  • Mona

    Mona

  • Vice Versa

    Vice Versa

  • All My Loved Ones

    All My Loved Ones

  • Una questione privata

    Una questione privata

  • Midnight Man

    Midnight Man

  • Missed Call

    Missed Call

  • Open Fire

    Open Fire

  • Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

    Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

  • What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

    What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

  • Seven Ages of Starlight

    Seven Ages of Starlight

  • Ultimate Tutankhamun

    Ultimate Tutankhamun

  • The Break

    The Break

  • Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

    Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings