Rupert Graves

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

116

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

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • 12 Monkeys

    12 Monkeys

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Surface

    Surface

  • Damage

    Damage

  • McDonald & Dodds

    McDonald & Dodds

  • V for Vendetta

    V for Vendetta

  • Native

    Native

  • Extreme Ops

    Extreme Ops

  • Juliet & Romeo

    Juliet & Romeo

  • Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

  • Wallander

    Wallander

  • Krypton

    Krypton

  • Made in Dagenham

    Made in Dagenham

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • Ashes to Ashes

    Ashes to Ashes

  • Silencio

    Silencio

  • Clapham Junction

    Clapham Junction

  • The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • Maurice

    Maurice

  • Intimate Relations

    Intimate Relations

  • Riviera

    Riviera

  • The White Queen

    The White Queen

  • Dalíland

    Dalíland

  • The Waiting Room

    The Waiting Room

  • Emma.

    Emma.

  • The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party

  • Fast Girls

    Fast Girls

  • Bent

    Bent

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

    Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

  • Swimming with Men

    Swimming with Men

  • Kung Fu Kenzo

    Kung Fu Kenzo

  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • Scott & Bailey

    Scott & Bailey

  • The Family

    The Family

  • Seacole

    Seacole

  • Puccini

    Puccini

  • Pride

    Pride

  • This World

    This World

  • Doomsday Gun

    Doomsday Gun

  • Different for Girls

    Different for Girls

  • The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

    The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

  • Garrow's Law

    Garrow's Law

  • The Burning Girls

    The Burning Girls

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • A Working Mom's Nightmare

    A Working Mom's Nightmare

  • Son of the Dragon

    Son of the Dragon

  • Secret State

    Secret State

  • Putin, Russia and the West

    Putin, Russia and the West

  • The Reunion

    The Reunion

  • Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

  • Harry

    Harry

  • Charles II: The Power and The Passion

    Charles II: The Power and The Passion

  • Mona

    Mona

  • The Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George

  • Case Sensitive

    Case Sensitive

  • Ultimate Tutankhamun

    Ultimate Tutankhamun

  • Take a Girl Like You

    Take a Girl Like You

  • Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

    Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

  • Mrs. Dalloway

    Mrs. Dalloway

  • Room to Rent

    Room to Rent

  • Turks & Caicos

    Turks & Caicos

  • The Crimson Field

    The Crimson Field

  • Sacrifice

    Sacrifice

  • Una questione privata

    Una questione privata

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • Underwater Okavango

    Underwater Okavango

  • God on Trial

    God on Trial

  • Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

    Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

  • The Blonde Bombshell

    The Blonde Bombshell

  • Predator Coast

    Predator Coast

  • Wolves of War

    Wolves of War

  • Open Fire

    Open Fire

  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

  • Midnight Man

    Midnight Man

  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

  • Special Couple

    Special Couple

  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

  • The Revengers' Comedies

    The Revengers' Comedies

  • Intervention

    Intervention

  • The Plot to Kill Hitler

    The Plot to Kill Hitler

  • Bone in the Throat

    Bone in the Throat

  • Vice Versa

    Vice Versa

  • The Children

    The Children

  • Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

    Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

  • Rag Tale

    Rag Tale

  • Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

    Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

  • Missed Call

    Missed Call

  • Royal Celebration

    Royal Celebration

  • Smyrna

    Smyrna

  • Seven Ages of Starlight

    Seven Ages of Starlight

  • All My Loved Ones

    All My Loved Ones

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

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

  • What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

    What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

  • The Sheltering Desert

    The Sheltering Desert

  • The Good Times Are Killing Me

    The Good Times Are Killing Me

  • The Innocent Sleep

    The Innocent Sleep

  • Sherlock: His Last Vow

    Sherlock: His Last Vow

  • To Be First

    To Be First

  • Good and Bad at Games

    Good and Bad at Games

  • St. Ursula's in Danger

    St. Ursula's in Danger

  • Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

    Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

  • The Break

    The Break

  • Speed Kills

    Speed Kills