Rupert Graves

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

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

  • 12 Monkeys

    12 Monkeys

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Law & Order: UK

    Law & Order: UK

  • V for Vendetta

    V for Vendetta

  • Krypton

    Krypton

  • Riviera

    Riviera

  • McDonald & Dodds

    McDonald & Dodds

  • Surface

    Surface

  • The Forsyte Saga

    The Forsyte Saga

  • The White Queen

    The White Queen

  • Wallander

    Wallander

  • Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

  • Juliet & Romeo

    Juliet & Romeo

  • God on Trial

    God on Trial

  • Death at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral

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

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

  • St. Ursula's in Danger

    St. Ursula's in Danger

  • Ashes to Ashes

    Ashes to Ashes

  • Scott & Bailey

    Scott & Bailey

  • Mrs. Dalloway

    Mrs. Dalloway

  • Damage

    Damage

  • The Plot to Kill Hitler

    The Plot to Kill Hitler

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • Clapham Junction

    Clapham Junction

  • The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

  • Kung Fu Kenzo

    Kung Fu Kenzo

  • Bone in the Throat

    Bone in the Throat

  • The Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George

  • Sacrifice

    Sacrifice

  • Extreme Ops

    Extreme Ops

  • Garrow's Law

    Garrow's Law

  • Harry

    Harry

  • Charles II: The Power and The Passion

    Charles II: The Power and The Passion

  • Where Angels Fear to Tread

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

  • Open Fire

    Open Fire

  • Native

    Native

  • Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

    Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

  • Smyrna

    Smyrna

  • Emma.

    Emma.

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • The Burning Girls

    The Burning Girls

  • This World

    This World

  • The Children

    The Children

  • Puccini

    Puccini

  • Good and Bad at Games

    Good and Bad at Games

  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees

    Dreaming of Joseph Lees

  • Intervention

    Intervention

  • The Family

    The Family

  • Royal Celebration

    Royal Celebration

  • To Be First

    To Be First

  • The Sheltering Desert

    The Sheltering Desert

  • Different for Girls

    Different for Girls

  • Secret State

    Secret State

  • The Innocent Sleep

    The Innocent Sleep

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • The Revengers' Comedies

    The Revengers' Comedies

  • Pride

    Pride

  • Special Couple

    Special Couple

  • Maurice

    Maurice

  • Bent

    Bent

  • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

  • Fortunes of War

    Fortunes of War

  • Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

    Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

  • Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

    Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

  • The Crimson Field

    The Crimson Field

  • Swimming with Men

    Swimming with Men

  • Dalíland

    Dalíland

  • Intimate Relations

    Intimate Relations

  • The Reunion

    The Reunion

  • The Good Times Are Killing Me

    The Good Times Are Killing Me

  • The Waiting Room

    The Waiting Room

  • The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

    The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells

  • Son of the Dragon

    Son of the Dragon

  • Case Sensitive

    Case Sensitive

  • Silencio

    Silencio

  • All My Loved Ones

    All My Loved Ones

  • Wolves of War

    Wolves of War

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party

  • Take a Girl Like You

    Take a Girl Like You

  • Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

    Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

  • Fast Girls

    Fast Girls

  • Rag Tale

    Rag Tale

  • Midnight Man

    Midnight Man

  • Vice Versa

    Vice Versa

  • A Working Mom's Nightmare

    A Working Mom's Nightmare

  • The Blonde Bombshell

    The Blonde Bombshell

  • Made in Dagenham

    Made in Dagenham

  • Putin, Russia and the West

    Putin, Russia and the West

  • Seacole

    Seacole

  • Turks & Caicos

    Turks & Caicos

  • Room to Rent

    Room to Rent

  • Doomsday Gun

    Doomsday Gun

  • Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

    Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

  • What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

    What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

  • Una questione privata

    Una questione privata

  • Mona

    Mona

  • Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

    Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings

  • Ultimate Tutankhamun

    Ultimate Tutankhamun

  • Seven Ages of Starlight

    Seven Ages of Starlight

  • Missed Call

    Missed Call

  • Underwater Okavango

    Underwater Okavango

  • Predator Coast

    Predator Coast