The Rufus Sewell Handbook - Everything you need to know about Rufus Sewell

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Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. In film, he has appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred in the BBC's television series Zen (2011) and the mini-series The Pillars of the Earth (2010). Earlier he played the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. In 2003, he appeared in the lead role in Charles II: The Power and The Passion. He starred in the CBS drama Eleventh Hour which was cancelled in April 2009. On stage, he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll; the latter earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination.

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Articles Rufus Sewell A Knight's Tale A Man of No Importance (film) Agamemnon Amazing Grace (2006 film) Arabian Nights (TV miniseries) Arcadia (play) At Sachem Farm Aurelio Zen British Academy Television Award for Best Actor Carrington (film) Central School of Speech and Drama Charles II: The Power and The Passion Cold Comfort Farm Cold Comfort Farm (film) Critics' Circle Theatre Award Dangerous Beauty Dark City (1998 film) Dirty Weekend (1993 film) Downloading Nancy Duke of York's Theatre Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series) Evening StandardAward Extreme Ops Fortinbras Helen of Troy (TV miniseries) Henry IV, Part 1 Illuminata (film) In a Savage Land John Adams (TV miniseries) Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence Middlemarch (1994 TV serial) Orleans Park School

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Parade's End (TV series) Paris, je t'aime Petruchio Restless (2012 miniseries) Rock 'n' Roll (play) ShakespeaRe-Told The Holiday The Illusionist (2006 film) The Legend of Zorro The Taming of the Shrew The Woodlanders Thomas Clarkson Twenty-One (film) Victoria Station (play) Vinyan West Thames College

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Rufus Sewell

Rufus Sewell

Born

Alma mater

Occupation

Years active

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Children

Rufus Sewell Rufus Frederik Sewell 29 October 1967 Twickenham, England, United Kingdom

Central School of Speech and Drama

Actor

1993–present

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Rufus Frederik Sewell(born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. In film, he has appeared inThe Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty,Dark City,A Knight's Tale,The Illusionist,Tristan and Isolde, andMartha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred in the BBC's television seriesZen(2011) and the mini-seriesThe Pillars of the Earth(2010). Earlier he played the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot'sMiddlemarch. In 2003, he appeared in the lead role inCharles II: The Power and The Passion. He starred in the CBS drama [1] Eleventh HourOn stage, he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tomwhich was cancelled in April 2009. Stoppard'sArcadiaand the role of Jan in Stoppard'sRock 'n' Roll; the latter earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination.

Early life Sewell was born in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London, the son [2][3] of William, an Australian animator, and Jo Sewell, a Welsh artist and waitress. His father worked on the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" segment of animation for The Beatles'Yellow Submarinefilm. His parents divorced when Sewell was five, and his mother worked to support her two sons. His father died when Sewell was 10. By his [4] own admission, Sewell was a difficult teenager.

Education Sewell was educated at Orleans Park School, a state comprehensive school in Twickenham, which he left in 1984, followed by West Thames College, where a drama teacher sent him to audition for drama school. He later enrolled at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Career After graduating, Sewell was set up with an agent by Judi Dench who had directed him in a play while at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His breakthrough year was in 1993, in which he starred in the BBC serial of George Eliot'sMiddlemarchand on stage in Tom Stoppard's playArcadiaat The Royal National Theatre (Lyttelton). His film work includes 1995'sCold Comfort Farm, directed by John Schlesinger, the lead role of John Murdoch in the science fiction filmDark Cityin 1998,Amazing Grace,The Illusionistand Nancy Meyers' romantic comedyThe Holiday.Amazing Gracedeals with William Wilberforce's political fight to abolish slavery in Britain, with Sewell playing Wilberforce's co-campaigner Thomas Clarkson. Sewell is known for his villainous roles, such as those inA Knight's Tale,The Legend of Zorro,Bless the Child,Helen of TroyandThe Illusionist. He spoke of his unhappiness [5] about this, saying that "[I] don't want to play a baddie again." "Everyone has their thing they have to get

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[6] around", notes Sewell. "With me, it's like okay, how can I make this upper class bad guy in the 19th century different and interesting?" In 2008, Sewell appeared in the HBO miniseriesJohn Adamsas Alexander Hamilton. He received critical praise for his portrayal of "merry monarch" Charles II in the BBC'sCharles II: The Power and The Passion. The series' cast included Ian McDiarmid, Helen McCrory, Rupert Graves and Shirley Henderson and spanned the life of the king from his last days in exile to his death. He co-starred in the controversial filmDownloading Nancy, which hit screens on 5 June 2009. It faced a rocky road to cinemas. At the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, audiences walked out of the screening, and as of summer 2008, any theatrical release was still uncertain. Despite the controversy, Sewell continues to staunchly support the film. "It's a film I'm very proud of, whether you consider that it fails or succeeds, [6] whether you like it or don't like it. I'm proud to be in it". Although best known for his work in costume dramas, Sewell prefers "cravat-less" roles in modern pieces, such as the role of Petruchio in the BBC's 2005 version of Shakespeare'sThe Taming of the Shrew. This was shown as part of theShakespeaRe-Toldseason, and the role earned him a Best Actor nomination at the 2006 BAFTA Television Awards. In this modern retelling of the story, the action moves from 17th century Padua, Italy to 21st century London. This production marked the fourth time that Sewell had acted in a work based on a Shakespeare play since becoming a professional actor: he previously portrayed Hotspur inHenry IV, Part 1in 1995, Fortinbras inHamletin 1996 and the title role inMacbethin 1999. The role also reunited him with hisCharles IIco-star Shirley Henderson. He appeared in the premiere and first run of Tom Stoppard's latest playRock 'n' Rollat the Royal Court Theatre from June to July 2006 and at the Duke of York's Theatre from July until November 2006. The play was a critical and commercial success, playing to full houses and collecting several awards and nominations, including wins for Sewell in the Best Actor category at TheEvening StandardAwards, The Critics' Circle Awards and The Olivier Awards. He has recorded eleven of Ian Fleming's James Bond books on 36 CDs for Collins. He continues to work in film, [1] television and theatre, playing the lead role of Dr. Jacob Hood in the CBS TV seriesEleventh Hourfinished. He [7] filming in November 2009 for a miniseriesThe Pillars of the Earth, which was shown on TV in 2010. In 2010, he played the Italian detective Aurelio Zen, based on the best-selling novels by Michael Dibdin, for the BBC One drama seriesZen. The three episodes were filmed in Rome and shown on BBC One in early January 2011. The series [8] was cancelled by the BBC after just one season. He also had a small part in the filmThe Tourist, which also [9] starred Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp and was released in cinemas in 2010. He played the lead vampire, Adam, [10] [11] in the filmAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,which was filmed in New Orleans and released in June 2012.

Personal life Sewell has been married twice. His first wife was Australian fashion journalist Yasmin Abdallah; they married in [12] 1999 and divorced a few months later. He and second wife, scriptwriter and producer Amy Gardner, whom he [13] [14] married in 2004, have a son, William Douglas Sewell (born 2002). They separated in 2006 and have since [15] divorced. Sewell has said: "My favourite things are just wandering from place to place, going to cafbs, taking photographs. My [16] favourite day is a happy accident".

Filmography

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Petruchio

The Legend of Zorro

Ian

Marco Venier

TV

Ali Baba

Frank

A Knight's Tale

Giles Winterbourne

Charles II

TV

TV

TV Series: 4 Episodes

The Woodlanders

TV Series: 7 Episodes

Charlie

1994

1997

Film

A Night with a Woman, a Day with Charlie

TV

Role

TV Series: 6 Episodes

TV Series: 2 Episodes

Notes

Mike Costain Clive

Will Ladislaw

Mark Gertler

Harry Percy

Victory

1995

Cold Comfort Farm

Performance

Carrington

Hamlet

1996

Citizen Locke

Middlemarch

Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

Illuminata

At Sachem Farm

1999

Martin Ricardo

Arabian Nights

2000

2001

1998

Dangerous Beauty

Dark City

ShakespeaRe-Told

Taste

2004

TV

Midshipman Clarke

Robbie Fay

TV

TV Series: Episode–Henry IV, Part 1

Fortinbras

Seth Starkadder

A Man of No Importance

1992

Gone to Seed

Dirty Weekend

1992–1994Screen Two

Rufus Sewell

Year

1993

Victoria Station

Charles II: The Power and the Passion

2003

Extreme Ops

2002

2005

Helen of Troy

Michael Kuhleman

TV Series: Episode–The Taming of the Shrew Nominated–British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Billy

Bobby

Twenty-One

1991

Tim

Count Adhemar

Dominique

Eric Stark

Ross

Mick Carpenter

John Murdoch

Agamemnon

The cabbie

In a Savage Land

Bless the Child

Count Armand

Angus

Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature

Rufus Sewell

2006

2008

2008–2009

2010

2011

2012

Tristan and Isolde

The Illusionist

Paris, je t'aime

Amazing Grace

9/11: Out of the Blue

The Holiday

Downloading Nancy

John Adams

Vinyan

Eleventh Hour

The Pillars of the Earth

The Tourist

Zen

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Parade's End

Restless

References

Marke

Crown Prince Leopold

William

Thomas Clarkson

The Man

Jasper

Albert

Alexander Hamilton

Paul Bellmer

Dr. Jacob Hood

Tom Builder

English man

Aurelio Zen

Adam

Reverend Duchemin

Lucas Romer

Segment:"Pcre-Lachaise"

TV Series: 2 Episodes

TV Series: 18 Episodes

TV Series: 8 Episodes

TV Series: 3 Episodes

TV Series: 4 Episodes

TV Series: 2 Episodes

[1] "Rufus Sewell biography." (http:/ /www.cbs.com/primetime/eleventh_hour/bio/rufus_sewell/bio.php) CBS.com. [2] Rufus Sewell Biography (1967–) (http://www.filmreference.com/film/11/Rufus-Sewell.html) [3] Rufus Sewell Biography–Yahoo! Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021137/bio) [4] Saner, Emine (8 December 2006). "Dark star" (http:/ /arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1967439,00.html).The Guardian(London). . Retrieved 23 May 2010. [5] Leonard, Tom. "I really don't want to play a baddie again." (http:/ /www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/12/08/ bfrufus08.xml)The Telegraph. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2008. [6] "Rufus Sewell: Downloading Nancy" (http:/ /suicidegirls.com/interviews/Rufus+Sewell:+Downloading+Nancy/). SuicideGirls.com. 4 June 2009. . Retrieved 4 June 2009.. [7] "Three sign on for 'Pillars of the Earth'" (http:/ /www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/ e3idbeede94114aaf4247c5aebcf4ec8fb6),The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2009. [8] Conlan, Tara (22 February 2011). "BBC1 axes Rufus Sewell detective drama Zen" (http:/ /www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/22/ zen-rufus-sewell-bbc1).The Guardian(London). . Retrieved 4 March 2012. [9] Rufus Sewell joins Angelina Jolie in Paris (http:/ /www.accidentalsexiness.com/2010/02/24/rufus-sewell-joins-angelina-jolie-in-paris/) [10] "Rufus Sewell is top baddie in 'Vampire Hunter'" (http:/ /www.showblitz.com/2011/04/rufus-sewell-is-top-baddie-in-vampire-hunter. html).Variety. Los Angeles. 12 April 2011. . Retrieved 4 March 2012. [11] Filipponi, Pietro (30 March 2011). "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Set Pics ..." (http:/ /www.dailyblam.com/news/2011/03/30/ abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-set-pics-offer-a-glimpse-of-benjamin-walker-dominic-c). The Daily Blam!. . Retrieved 4 March 2012. [12] Fox, Chloe (5 November 2003). "Cut and Thrust" (http:/ /www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3605910/Cut-and-thrust.html).The Telegraph. . Retrieved 5 February 2013. [13] Emine Saner (8 December 2006). "Dark star" (http:/ /www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/dec/08/4).The Guardian. . Retrieved 5 February 2012. [14] "Rufus Sewell Dumped By Wife" (http:/ /www.contactmusic.com/news-article/sewell-dumped-by-wife). 2 January 2006. . Retrieved 5 February 2012. [15] Lisa Sewards (6 January 2011). "At last I've ditched the britches! Rufus Sewell on swapping costume drama to be TV's coolest detective" (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1344795/ Rufus-Sewell-At-Ive-ditched-britches-The-star-swapping-costume-drama-TVs-coolest-detective. html).Daily Mail. . Retrieved 5 February 2012. [16]Macdonald, M. "The Evening Standard", page 14. Associated Press, 2005

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The film takes its title from Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" in hisCanterbury Tales, though the plot is not especially similar. Garnering $117,487,473 with a budget of $65 million, it became successful at the worldwide box office and earned modest critical acclaim.

A Knight's Taleis a 2001 adventure comedy film written, produced, and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer, and James Purefoy as Sir Thomas Colville/Edward, the Black Prince.

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Running time

[1] 132 minutes [2] 138 minutes(Extended cut)

A Knight's Tale

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A Knight's Tale

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Escape Artists

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Brian Helgeland

$65 million

0120a,11ayaM

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Cinematography

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Music by

Distributed by

Language

$117,487,473

United States

Todd Black Brian Helgeland Tim Van Rellim

Brian Helgeland

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Heath Ledger Rufus Sewell Mark Addy Alan Tudyk Shannyn Sossamon Paul Bettany

External links  Rufus Sewell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1722/) at the Internet Movie Database  2006 Interview with Rufus Sewell on Theatre.com (http://www.theatre.com/story/id/3003517)

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The film follows the story of William Thatcher, a peasant masquerading as a knight, along with his companions in the world of medieval jousting. William poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward, the Black Prince of Wales and Geoffrey Chaucer.

Starring

Written by

Richard Greatrex

Columbia Pictures

Carter Burwell

A Knight's Tale

Plot In 14th century Europe, squires William Thatcher, Roland, and Wat, discover their master, Sir Ector, has died with one final pass to complete to win a jousting tournament. Destitute, William wears Ector's armor to impersonate him, win the tournament, and secure the prize. Although only nobles are allowed in tournaments, William is now inspired to compete and win more prizes. Roland and Wat would rather take their share of the winnings and leave, but William convinces them to stay and train him to joust. Along the way to his first tournament in Rouen, the trio encounters Geoffrey Chaucer, who is also destitute and agrees to forge the patent of nobility that will allow William to enter under the assumed name of "Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein" from Gelderland. At the tournament, William is brought before Simon the Summoner and Peter the Pardoner. Chaucer has a gambling problem and is in their debt, but William orders him released and promises payment. In the course of competition, William's armour is damaged. He goads Kate, a female blacksmith, to repair it without advance payment and goes on to win the sword event at the tournament. In the joust, he faces a Sir Thomas Colville, who withdraws from the tournament after being injured by William, though they exchange a ceremonial pass so that Colville might retain the honor of never having failed to complete a match. The proceedings are observed by Jocelyn, a noblewoman whom William has become infatuated with, and Count Adhemar, a rival both in the joust and for Jocelyn's heart. In the final joust of the tournament, William is defeated by Adhemar. Kate joins William's party and forges new lightweight armour allowing him greater mobility. In the following tournament, Adhemar and William are both assigned to tilt against Sir Thomas Colville, but they learn that he is actually Edward, the Black Prince. Adhemar withdraws, but William continues the match, further earning Edward's respect. William continues to achieve victories as Adhemar is called to the battlefield. He proves his love for Jocelyn by complying when she first asks him to deliberately lose (in contrast to the countless knights who promise to win tournaments in her name), and then, just before he would be eliminated, to win the tournament in her name after all. The group travels to London for the World Championship. William recalls leaving his father to squire for Sir Ector and learn to become a knight hoping to "change his stars". Adhemar has also arrived in London and announces that he is in negotiations with Jocelyn's father for her hand in marriage. William dominates at the tournament and he returns to visit his father, now blind and living alone in Cheapside, but is discovered by Adhemar, who alerts the authorities as to William's false identity. William is placed in the pillory but is defended from the hostile crowd by his friends. Just as the mob reaches its frenzy, Prince Edward emerges from the crowd, noting that his friend's dedication to him reflects an ability to inspire others that is in the best traditions of knighthood. In acknowledgement of William's decision to continue to joust with him, Edward declares that William is in fact descended from a noble lineage and knights him "Sir William." William returns to the tournament to face Adhemar in the final match, but Adhemar cheats with an illegal sharpened lance, piercing William's shoulder and seriously injuring him. Entering the final pass, William is losing by two lances. He demands to be stripped of his armour and tilts against Adhemar, Chaucer buying time by performing his introduction of William that he omitted earlier. With Jocelyn and William's father in attendance, William bellows his true name and knocks Adhemar to the ground with a crushing blow to win the tournament. In the ensuing celebration, as Jocelyn and William embrace, Chaucer remarks that he should write this whole story down.

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Cast  Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a squire who aspires to become a knight and jousting champion.  Rufus Sewell as Count Adhemar, William's rival who values victory above all else.  Mark Addy as Roland, a chubby squire and solid friend of Thatcher.  Alan Tudyk as Wat, a red-haired squire and loyal friend of Thatcher, with a fiery temper  Shannyn Sossamon as Jocelyn, a noble lady who wishes to be treated as an equal.  Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer, a quick witted writer who serves as William's herald.  Bbrbnice Bejo as Christiana, Jocelyn's lady-in-waiting  Laura Fraser as Kate, a female blacksmith who bristles at being discriminated against  James Purefoy as Sir Thomas Colville (Edward, the Black Prince)  Leagh Conwell as Young William Thatcher  Christopher Cazenove as John Thatcher  Steven O'Donnell as Simon the Summoner  Nick Brimble as Sir Ector, the knight who had William, Roland, and Wat as squires  Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Old Bishop  Jonathan Slinger as Peter the Pardoner  Alice Connor as Lone Girl  Berwick Kaler as Man in Stocks

Production [3] The entire film was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic. The film includes a great deal of jousting footage. The initial scene of the two knights jousting is actually footage of Heath Ledger's stunt double in an accident. During filming of a later scene in the film, the lance of the stunt double's opponent moved off target and hit him in the head. The double fell to the ground unconscious. In another incident, Ledger knocked out one of director Helgeland's front teeth with a broomstick when the two were demonstrating a jousting move. It took several months for Helgeland's mouth to heal enough to repair the damage. Plenty of effort was expended creating lances that would convincingly explode upon impact without injuring the stunt riders. The body of each lance was scored so it would break easily, and the tips were made of balsa wood. Each [4] was also hollowed out, with the holes filled with balsa splinters and uncooked linguine. Jousting armour was made by Rod Vass and his company Armordillo Ltd. using a unique sprayed polyurethane system that they invented for the filmGladiator. Onscreen, it is almost impossible to distinguish between the polyurethane stunt armour and steel armour, much of which was also made by Armordillo. Heath Ledger's armour was originally made in steel along with three polyurethane stunt replicas.

Use of anachronisms In the film's DVD commentary, director Helgeland, co-commentating with Bettany, states that the film was intended to have occurred sometime in the 1370s during a six-month period in which Chaucer had apparently gone missing and show what he might have done during this time, which Helgeland says later on in the commentary inspired Chaucer to write hisCanterbury Tales. (The first Canterbury tale isThe Knight's Tale. Chaucer also threatens two men he meets in the film with undying humiliation through fiction; these characters seem to have inspired the vitriolic descriptions of the Tales' Pardoner and Summoner.) Helgeland also jokes in the commentary that he chose 1970s music and hairstyles for the movie because "the seventies are always the same", regardless of century. More seriously, Helgeland justifies his use of music by speculating that even during the 1370s, persons in the main characters' age group would've enjoyed newer, more contemporary music than something that had been around since their great grandparents were young, and opted to

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