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Rupert Graves

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  • Writer
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Rupert Graves
Follows Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter in Chapel Croft, a place for a fresh start that soon reveals its community's dark history and where ancient superstitions and mistrust of outsiders are quite common.
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The Burning Girls (2023)
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Britain's Rupert Graves made his professional stage debut in 1983 in The Killing of Mr. Toad and went on to co-star with Harvey Fierstein in the London production of Torch Song Trilogy. By the mid-80s he was a presence in quality films and TV, including Merchant Ivory films Room With A View where he played Freddy Honeychurch and Maurice where he played Alec Scudder.

Rupert has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including Emma (2020), Riviera S3 (2020), Swimming With Men (2018), The Family (2016), however most recently Rupert is best known for playing DI Greg Lestrade in BBC's Sherlock.

Rupert has over 20 stage credits to his name, including The Elephant Man and Closer on Broadway, and he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in 1998 for his performance in Hurlyburly.
BornJune 30, 1963
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BornJune 30, 1963
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)
    Sherlock
    9.0
    TV Series
    • DI Lestrade
    • DI Greg Lestrade
    • Inspector Lestrade
    Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta (2005)
    V for Vendetta
    8.1
    • Dominic
    • 2005
    Hugh Grant and James Wilby in Maurice (1987)
    Maurice
    7.6
    • Alec Scudder
    • 1987
    Peter Dinklage and Alan Tudyk in Death at a Funeral (2007)
    Death at a Funeral
    7.3
    • Robert
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Sessions
      • In Production
    • Kung Fu Kenzo
      • Robert Wall
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Washington Black
      • Mr. Goff
      • Post-production
      • TV Mini Series



    • Rupert Everett, Jason Isaacs, Rebel Wilson, Jamie Ward, and Clara Rugaard in Juliet & Romeo (2025)
      Juliet & Romeo
      4.4
      • Prince Escalus
      • 2025
    • Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Surface (2022)
      Surface
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Henry Huntley
      • 2025
    • Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes in The Burning Girls (2023)
      The Burning Girls
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Simon Harper
      • 2023
    • Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (2004)
      Doc Martin
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Arthur Collins
      • 2022
    • Ivanna Sakhno in The Reunion (2022)
      The Reunion
      5.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Richard Degalais
      • 2022
    • Ben Kingsley in Daliland (2022)
      Daliland
      5.9
      • Captain Moore
      • 2022
    • Wolves of War (2022)
      Wolves of War
      4.0
      • Professor Hopper
      • 2022
    • Smyrna (2021)
      Smyrna
      6.8
      • George Horton
      • 2021
    • Jason Watkins and Tala Gouveia in McDonald & Dodds (2020)
      McDonald & Dodds
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Gordon Elmwood
      • 2021
    • Rupert Graves and Julia Stiles in Riviera (2017)
      Riviera
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Gabriel Hirsch
      • 2020
    • Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Emma. (2020)
      Emma.
      6.7
      • Mr. Weston
      • 2020
    • Ashley Runeckles in Security (2019)
      Security
      Short
      • 2019
    • Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson in The War of the Worlds (2019)
      The War of the Worlds
      5.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Frederick
      • 2019
    • Lydia Wilson in A Working Mom's Nightmare (2019)
      A Working Mom's Nightmare
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • Eddie
      • 2019
    • Kim Cattrall, Rupert Graves, Derek Jacobi, Alexander Armstrong, Nick Frost, Lee Mack, Craig Roberts, Alex Macqueen, Kate Nash, Emilia Jones, and Sebastian Croft in Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019)
      Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
      5.4
      • Governor General Paulinus
      • 2019

    Writer



    • Jeremywolf
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • Rag Tale (2005)
      Rag Tale
      3.8
      • devised in collaboration with
      • 2005
    • Checkout Girl
      4.7
      Short
      • written by
      • 2000

    Director



    • Jeremywolf
      Video
      • co-director
      • 2010
    • Checkout Girl
      4.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2000

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    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • Acting CV at United Agents
      • Rupert Graves Online
    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Born
      • June 30, 1963
      • Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Susie Lewis2001 - present (5 children)
    • Parents
        Richard Harding Graves
    • Other works
      Played "Don Parritt" in "The Iceman Cometh", a play by Eugene O'Neill (Almeida Theater, London, England, UK).

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    • Trivia
      Left school at the age of 15; he ran away from his hometown of Weston-super-Mare to join the circus as a clown. His stage name was Tomato, later changed to Otto.
    • Quotes
      I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, you're a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.
    • Trademarks
        Expressive dark brown eyes

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