Rupert Graves
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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
Credits
Damage (1992)
as Martyn Fleming
V for Vendetta (2006)
as Dominic
Emma. (2020)
as Mr. Weston
Death at a Funeral (2007)
as Robert
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
as DI Lestrade
A Room with a View (1986)
as Freddy Honeychurch
Fast Girls (2012)
as David Temple
Maurice (1987)
as Alec Scudder
The Madness of King George (1994)
as Greville
Made in Dagenham (2010)
as Peter Hopkins
Juliet & Romeo (2025)
as Prince Escalaus
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
Silencio (2018)
as Peter
Doomsday Gun (1994)
as Jones
Turks & Caicos (2014)
as Stirling Rogers
Dalíland (2022)
as Captain Moore
A Handful of Dust (1988)
as John Beaver
Mona (1982)
as Jim Atkins
Predator Coast (2012)
Actor
Bent (1997)
as Officer on Train
Different for Girls (1996)
as Paul Prentice
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
as Axel von dem Bussche
Swimming with Men (2018)
as Luke
Extreme Ops (2002)
as Jeffrey
Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
as Septimus Warren Smith
The Break (2025)
as Ben's Friend
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
as Philip Herriton
Underwater Okavango (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
The Revengers' Comedies (1998)
as Oliver Knightly
Clapham Junction (2007)
as Robin Cape
Pride (2004)
as Linus (voice)
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
as Stirling Rogers
Una questione privata (1993)
as Milton
Seacole (—)
as Major Harvey
The Dinner Party (2007)
as Roger
Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
as Joseph Lees
Intervention (2007)
as Mark
Rag Tale (2005)
as Eddy Taylor
Sacrifice (2016)
as Duncan Guthrie
All My Loved Ones (1999)
as Nicholas Winton
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock (2016)
as Himself
Room to Rent (2001)
as Mark
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans (2019)
as Paulinus
God on Trial (2008)
as Mordechai
A Working Mom's Nightmare (2019)
as Eddie
The Children (1990)
as Gerald Ormerod
The Innocent Sleep (1996)
as Alan Terry
Ultimate Tutankhamun (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
The Waiting Room (2007)
as George
Bone in the Throat (2015)
as Rupert
Royal Celebration (1993)
as Neil
What Destroyed the Hindenburg? (—)
as Self - Narrator
Wolves of War (2023)
as Professor Hopper
Good and Bad at Games (1983)
Actor
Intimate Relations (1996)
as Harold
The Sheltering Desert (1991)
Actor
Open Fire (1994)
as David Martin
Seven Ages of Starlight (2012)
Actor
The Good Times Are Killing Me (2009)
as Lexy
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns (2013)
as Greg Lestrade
Security (—)
Actor
Special Couple (2019)
Actor
Native (2018)
as Cane
St. Ursula's in Danger (1983)
as Teddt
Smyrna (2021)
as George Horton
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)
as William Shakespeare
Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Puccini (1984)
as Tonio
To Be First (2007)
Actor