Rufus Sewell is one of the most famous British film and theater actors . During his career, he managed to star in dozens of different films, preferring complex, ambiguous roles. And today, many fans are interested in the biography, career and personal life of the artist.
Biography and General Information
The future famous actor was born on October 29, 1967 in the county of Middlesex, in the suburbs of London - Twickenham. By the way, his father was Bill Sewell, a famous Australian animator who created hand-drawn music videos for the Beatles. The actor has an older brother Caspar.
Shortly after the birth of Rufus, the family moved to Richmond. But after some time, the father left, leaving his wife and children. It should be noted that the mother, constantly busy with work, simply did not have time to raise her sons. When the guy was 10 years old, his dad died. Young Rufus was an example of a troubled teenager - he skipped school, drank, and did not appear at home for days. But at the age of 19, he suddenly decided to stop and think about the future. Dreams of an acting career brought him to the London School of Speech and Drama. Here Rufus studied for three years, constantly earning money as a carpenter, a garbage man, a watchman, in order to pay for education. Fortunately, this investment paid off in full.
First career steps
Luck smiled at the aspiring actor in 1991. Rufus Sewell got a role in the film "Twenty-One Years" - here he perfectly played Bobby, one of the guys in the main character Katie. It should be noted that this drama was quite popular - a talented young man was noticed.
The actor also performed on the stage, where he also enjoyed success, and even managed to acquire several ardent fans. In particular, he participated in the production of plays such as Making it better and Translation on Broadway. From 1992 to 1994, Rufus starred in the TV series "Scene Two", where he played Mike Kostin.
Rufus Sewell: filmography
After the first success, the actor continued unceasing work - he often appeared on the stage, managing to act in several films at the same time. For example, in 1994 he appeared in such films as “Love Without a Name”, “Dirty Weekend”, “Citizen Locke”, and also got a role in the TV series “Middlemarch”.
In 1995, Rufus got the role of Mark Gertler, a famous English artist of Jewish descent in the film "Carrington". In the same year he worked on the film “Victory” and the series “Performance”.
And in 1996, he got the role of Fortinbras in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet. And in 1998, the actor reappears on the screens - this time in the image of the rich Venetian Marco Venieri, Veronica's lover, in the biographical film “Honest Courtesan”. In the same year, Rufus got the main role - John Murdoch - in the fantastic film "The Dark City".
It should be noted that the actor himself prefers to play on the site (or on the stage) of ambiguous characters with complex, and sometimes negative, character traits. For example, in 2000, he played Eric Stark in the save and save thriller, and in 2003 appears on the screen in the form of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, who agreed to kill his own daughter in order to start the war with Troy (in the film Elena Troyanskaya "). By the way, in the same year he got the role of Charles the Second in the mini-series "The Last King".
He also coped with the role of King Mark in the drama “Tristan and Isolde”, and then appeared in the image of the Crown Prince Leopold in the film “The Illusionist”. In 2009, he played a bit of the weird and eccentric Dr. Jacob Hood, an FBI adviser, in the TV series "The Last Moment." In 2010, he got the main role - Thomas the Builder - in the popular series "Pillars of the Earth."
New projects with the participation of the actor
Naturally, Rufus Sewell and to this day is involved in a variety of projects. In 2012, he starred in the sci-fi movie President Lincoln: The Vampire Hunter, where he played Adam, a wealthy evil planter who set out to turn America into a vampire country. In the same year, he brilliantly coped with the role of Rev. Deutschemin in the mini-series "The End of the Parade." He also starred in such famous films as Hotel Noir and Troubled.
And now the actor is working on the film "Hercules" - in July 2014 he will appear on the screens in the image of one of the most famous thieves of Ancient Greece, Autolycus.
Rufus Sewell: personal life
Of course, such a handsome and charming man never suffered from a lack of female attention. In 1999, Rufus married Australian journalist Yasin. Unfortunately, the relationship between the newly-made spouses did not work out, and a year later they filed for divorce, calling the cause of the gap irreconcilable differences.
Soon after, it became known about the actor’s romance with Helen McCrow. And already during the filming of Hamlet, Rufus had a relationship with the famous
Kate Winslet. However, none of these novels lasted long. However, former lovers still maintain warm friendly relations.
After that, the press became aware that actor Rufus Sewell began dating Amy Gardner. In 2002, the couple had a son, who was named William Douglas. And already in 2004, newly made parents played a wedding. Unfortunately, the marriage did not last long - in 2006, the couple filed for divorce.