Rupert Graves
{{Short description|English actor (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rupert Graves
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| caption = Graves at the film premiere of Made in Dagenham in 2010
| birth_name = Rupert Simeon Graves
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1978–present
| spouse = Susie Lewis
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| website = {{url|http://www.rupert-graves.com}}
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Rupert Simeon GravesName: Rupert S Graves
Mother's Maiden Surname: Ketley-roberts
Date of Registration: Jul–Aug–Sep 1963
Registration district: Weston
Inferred County: Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset
Volume Number: 7c
Page Number: 405 (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View, Maurice, The Madness of King George and The Forsyte Saga. From 2010 to 2017 he starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series Sherlock.
Early life and education
Graves was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England,{{cite web | url= http://www.rupert-graves.com/biog.html | work= Rupert Graves Online | title= Biography | access-date= 24 January 2010 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120729030459/http://www.rupert-graves.com/biog.html | archive-date= 29 July 2012 | df= dmy-all }} to Mary Lousilla (née Roberts) Graves, a travel co-ordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician.{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=75452|title=Rupert Graves|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=27 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Graves was educated at Wyvern Community School,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/apr/22/artsfeatures|title=Rupert bared|last=Brockes|first=Emma|date=22 April 2002|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 March 2010}} a state comprehensive school in his home town of Weston-super-Mare, which he left at the age of 16.
Career
Graves's first job after leaving school was as a circus clown. He has appeared in more than 25 films and more than 35 television productions. He has also appeared on stage.
He first came to prominence in costume-drama adaptations of E. M. Forster's novels A Room with a View (1985) and Maurice (1987), before appearing in films including A Handful of Dust (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Different for Girls (1996), and Intimate Relations (1996).
His role in Intimate Relations won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal World Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/rupert-graves|title=Rupert Graves|publisher=United Agents|access-date=23 March 2010}} He was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Young Jolyon Forsyte in the television miniseries The Forsyte Saga (2002).{{cite web|url=http://gaydarevents.info/UserPortal/Article/Detail.aspx?ID=4805&sid=65 |title=Rupert Graves |date=22 April 2002 |publisher=Gaydar Nation |access-date=23 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721202441/http://gaydarevents.info/UserPortal/Article/Detail.aspx?ID=4805&sid=65 |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}
In addition to his screen work, Graves has won acclaim for his stage acting, including roles in Broadway productions, in New York City, of the plays Closer (2000) and The Elephant Man (2002). His notable London theatre credits include his performance as Presley Stray in the original production of Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney (1991) at the Bush Theatre, west London, which won him Best Actor at the 1991 Charrington London Fringe Awards; in Martin Sherman's A Madhouse in Goa (1989) opposite Vanessa Redgrave; and as Eddie in the Peter Hall Company's production of David Rabe's Hurlyburly (1997–98) at the Old Vic and Queen's Theatre, for which he was nominated for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.
Personal life
In 1987, Graves met Yvonne, a stained glass artist. They lived together in London, and he helped raise her two daughters. The couple were together for 13 years.{{cite news|last=Billen|first=Andrew|title=The secret life of Rupert Graves|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-secret-life-of-rupert-graves-6305043.html|access-date=16 March 2013|newspaper=The London Evening Standard|date=12 April 2012}}
He later married Australian-born production co-ordinator Susie Lewis.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1985
| Freddy Honeychurch | |
| 1987
| Maurice | Alec Scudder | |
| 1988
| John Beaver | |
| 1990
| |
| 1990
| Gerald Ormerod | |
| 1991
| Philip Herriton | |
| 1992
| Damage | Martyn Fleming | |
| 1992
| Hermann Korn | |
| 1994
| |
| 1996
| Paul Prentice | |
| 1996
| Alan Terry | |
| 1996
| Harold Guppy | Montreal World Film Festival – Best Actor |
| 1997
| Bent | Officer on train | |
| 1997
| Septimus Warren Smith | |
| 1998
| The Soldier's Leap | Christian | Short film |
| 1998
| Oliver Knightly | |
| 1999
| Original title: Vsichni moji blízcí |
| 1999
| Joseph Lees | |
| 2000
| Room to Rent | Mark | |
| 2002
| Jeffrey | |
| 2005
| Rag Tale | Eddy Taylor | |
| 2005
| Dominic | |
| 2007
| Robert | |
| 2007
| Mark | |
| 2007
| George | |
| 2010
| Peter Hopkins | |
| 2012
| David Temple | |
| 2015
| Rupert | based on Anthony Bourdain's novel |
| 2016
| Native | Cane | |
| 2016
| Duncan Guthrie | based on Sharon Bolton's novel |
| 2018
| Luke | |
| 2019
| Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans | |
| 2020
| Emma | Mr. Weston | |
| 2021
| |
| 2022
| Dalíland | Captain Moore | |
| 2025
| Prince Escalus | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1978
| Prefect | Episode: "Yesterday's Hero" |
| 1979
| Yan | 2 episodes |
| 1981
| Vice Versa | Tipping | 6 episodes |
| 1982
| Jim Atkins | Episode: "Mona" |
| 1983
| St. Ursula's in Danger | Teddy | |
| 1983
| Guthrie | |
| 1984
| Puccini | Tonio | |
| 1987
| Simon Boulderstone | 3 episodes |
| 1991
| Milton | |
| 1992
| Billy | Episode: "Happy Families" |
| 1993
| Neil | Episode: "Royal Celebration" |
| 1994
| Jones | |
| 1994
| David Martin | |
| 1995
| Harry | Dominic Collier | Series 2, Episode 6 |
| 1996
| The Great War: 1914–1918 | Various voices | 3 episodes |
| 1996
| Arthur Huntingdon | 3 episodes |
| 1999
| Dennis Hamilton | |
| 1999
| Octavian | |
| 2000
| Patrick Standish | TV movie |
| 2002
| Young Jolyon Forsyte | |
| 2003
| Young Jolyon Forsyte | 4 episodes |
| 2003
| Charles II: The Power & the Passion | George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham | 4 episodes |
| 2004
| Pride | Linus | Voice only |
| 2005
| Spooks | William Sampson | Series 4, Episode 2 |
| 2005
| |
| 2006
| The Lord of the North | |
| 2007
| To Be First | Dr. Christiaan Barnard | |
| 2007
| Robin Cape | |
| 2007
| The Dinner Party | Roger | |
| 2008
| Danny Moore | Series 1, Episode 2 |
| 2008
| Colonel John Garrett | 2 episodes |
| 2008
| Daniel Cosgrave | 3 episodes |
| 2008
| Mordechai | |
| 2008
| Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye | Lance Fortescue | |
| 2009
| The Good Times Are Killing Me | Lexy | |
| 2009–2011
| 12 episodes |
| 2010
| Alfred Harderberg | Episode: "The Man Who Smiled" |
| 2010
| Lewis | Alec Pickman | Episode: "Falling Darkness" |
| 2010
| John Smith | Episode: "Defence" |
| 2010
| Stuart | 3 episodes |
| 2010
| Adrian Levene | Episode: "Fashion Victim" |
| 2010–2017
| Sherlock | 13 episodes |
| 2011
| Case Sensitive | Mark Bretherick | 2 episodes |
| 2011
| Nick Savage | 5 episodes |
| 2011
| Death in Paradise{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016mw99 |title=Death in Paradise, Series 1, Episode 1 |work=BBC One |date=25 October 2011 |access-date=2 December 2014}} | James Lavender | Series 1 episode 1 |
| 2012
| Putin, Russia & The West | Narrator | 4 episodes |
| 2012
| Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia | Narrator | |
| 2012
| The Hunt for bin Laden | Narrator | |
| 2012
| Arkady Dragutin | 2 Episodes |
| 2012
| Doctor Who{{cite web |url= http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn210212160008-series-7-first.html |title=Series 7: First publicity photo released |work=Doctor Who News |date=22 February 2012 |first=Chuck |last=Foster |access-date=2 December 2014}} | Riddell | Series 7, Episode 2: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"{{cite web |url= http://io9.com/5926180/doctor-who-shows-us-something-weve-never-seen-before |title=Doctor Who shows us something we've never seen before |first=Charlie Jane |last=Anders |work=io9.com |date=15 July 2012 |access-date=2 December 2014}} |
| 2012
| Felix Durrell | 4 episodes |
| 2013
| 6 episodes |
| 2014
| Stirling Rogers | |
| 2014
| Stirling Rogers | |
| 2014
| Maj. Edward Crecy | Episode 2 |
| 2014
| Gary | Series 3 |
| 2015
| Valentine's Kiss | Nicholas Whiteley | |
| 2016
| The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells | Hapley |Episode: "The Moth" |
| 2016
| John Warren | |
| 2017
| Sebastian |
| 2018
| Krypton | Ter-El | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2019
| Frederick | 2 episodes |
| 2020
| Riviera | Gabriel Hirsch | 8 episodes |
| 2021
| Gordon Elmwood | Episode: "The Man Who Wasn't There |
| 2022
|Arthur Collins |Episode: "Our Last Summer" |
| 2023
| Simon Harper | Main role |
| 2025
| Surface |Henry Huntley |7 episodes |
| 2025
| Mr. Goff | Upcoming TV series |
Theatre
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1983
| The Killing Of Mr. Toad by David Gooderson | Alistair Graham, Mr. Toad | The King's Head Theatre, London, director David Gooderson |
| 1983, 1984
| Sufficient Carbohydrate by Dennis Potter | Clayton Vosper | Hampstead Theatre and Albery Theatre, London, director Nancy Meckler |
| 1985
| Torch Song Trilogy (Part 2: 'Fugue in a Nursery') by Harvey Fierstein | Alan | Albery Theatre, London, director Robert Allan Ackerman |
| 1986
| Amadeus by Peter Shaffer | Theatr Clwyd, director Simon Callow |
| 1987
| The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | Algernon Moncrieff | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, director Clare Venables |
| 1986–87
| Candida by George Bernard Shaw | Marchbanks | The King's Head Theatre, London, director Frank Hauser (director) |
| 1988
| 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford (dramatist) | Giovanni | Royal National Theatre (Olivier), London, director Alan Ayckbourn |
| 1989
| The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, adapted by Andrew Wickes | Tom Jones | Watford Palace Theatre, director Matthew Francis |
| 1989
| A Madhouse in Goa by Martin Sherman | David, Barnaby Grace | Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith) and Apollo Theatre, London, director Robert Allan Ackerman |
| 1991
| The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley | Presley Stray | Bush Theatre, London, director Matthew Lloyd |
| 1992
| A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare | Lysander | Royal National Theatre (Olivier), London, director Robert Lepage |
| 1994
| Toyer by Gardner McKay | Peter Matson | Redgrave Theatre, Farnham, director Wyn Jones |
| 1995
| Design for Living by Noël Coward | Otto | Gielgud Theatre, London, director Sean Mathias |
| 1996
| Les Enfants du Paradis by Jacques Prévert, adapted by Simon Callow | Baptiste | Barbican Theatre|Barbican Centre, London, director Simon Callow |
| 1997, 1998
| Hurlyburly by David Rabe | Eddie |Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic and Queen's Theatre, London, director Wilson Milam |
| 1998
| The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill | Don Parrit | Almeida Theatre, London, director Howard Davies (director) |
| 1999
| Closer by Patrick Marber | Dan | Music Box Theater, Broadway, director Patrick Marber |
| 2000, 2000–01
| The Caretaker by Harold Pinter | Mick | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, and Comedy Theatre, London, director Patrick Marber |
| 2001
| Speak Truth To Power: Voices From Beyond The Dark by Ariel Dorfman | Third Voice | Playhouse Theatre, London, director Gari Jones |
| 2002
| The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance | Royale Theatre, Broadway, director Sean Mathias |
| 2003
| A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde | Lord Illingworth | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, director Adrian Noble |
| 2004
| Dumb Show by Joe Penhall | Greg | Royal Court Theatre, London, director Terry Johnson (dramatist) |
| 2006
| The Exonerated by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen | Kerry | Riverside Studios, London, director Bob Balaban |
| 2018
| Pinter Five – The Room/Victoria Station/Family Voices by Harold Pinter | Bert Hudd/Driver/Voice Three | Harold Pinter Theatre, London, director Patrick Marber |
References
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External links
{{commonscat|Rupert Graves}}
- {{Official website|http://www.rupert-graves.com/}}
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Category:20th-century English male actors
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