---
name: "Rupert Graves"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rupert-graves"
fi1m_id: "rupert-graves"
imdb_id: "nm0001291"
tmdb_id: 11278
wikidata_id: "Q472216"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 June 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-07T15:42:57.871029+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rupert Graves

## Identity

Rupert Graves

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rupert-graves
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rupert-graves
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001291
- **TMDB ID:** 11278
- **Wikidata ID:** Q472216
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Graves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11278

Actor. Born 30 June 1963 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 June 1963, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Denholm Elliott](https://film.one/person/denholm-elliott.md), [Ismail Merchant](https://film.one/person/ismail-merchant.md), [James Ivory](https://film.one/person/james-ivory.md), [Miranda Richardson](https://film.one/person/miranda-richardson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (2), 1990s 70 (2), 2000s 73 (5), 2010s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 66 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 8 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Crime 5, Romance 3, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $204m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Graves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11278

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Charles II: The Power and The Passion*](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md) (77), [*Scott & Bailey*](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md) (75)
- **HBO Max:** [*A Room with a View*](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md) (84)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Madness of King George*](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Maurice*](https://film.one/film/maurice.md) (83)
- **AMC+:** [*Sherlock*](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rupert Graves is an English actor. He was born on 30 June 1963 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. After leaving school at 16, he worked briefly as a circus clown before beginning his acting career on stage.

Graves first came to prominence in adaptations of E. M. Forster novels, playing Freddy Honeychurch in *A Room with a View* (1985) and Alec Scudder in *Maurice* (1987). He appeared as Greville in *The Madness of King George* (1994) and as Martyn Fleming in *Damage* (1992). His performance in *Intimate Relations* (1996) won the Best Actor award at the Montreal World Film Festival. He is also known for roles in *V for Vendetta* (2006) and *Emma.* (2020).

On television, Graves played DI Greg Lestrade in the BBC series *Sherlock* (2010–2017) and appeared in *Doctor Who* (2012) and *12 Monkeys* (2015–2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), Fi1m 75, as Nick Savage — [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, as DI Greg Lestrade — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, as Danny Moore — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Wallander* (2008), Fi1m 76, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Dominic — [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), Fi1m 77, as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham — [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, as William Sampson — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *The Madness of King George* (1994), Fi1m 83, as Greville — [page](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md)
- *Damage* (1992), Fi1m 57, as Martyn Fleming — [page](https://film.one/film/damage.md)
- *Maurice* (1987), Fi1m 83, as Alec Scudder — [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *A Room with a View* (1986), Fi1m 84, as Freddy Honeychurch — [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)

## Complete filmography (115)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Missed Call* (2026), series, Actor
- *The Break* (2025), as Ben's Friend
- *Bookish* (2025), series, as Colonel Winters
- *Juliet & Romeo* (2025), as Prince Escalaus
- *The Burning Girls* (2023), series, as Simon Harper
- *Wolves of War* (2023), as Professor Hopper
- *The Reunion* (2022), series, as Richard Degalais
- *Dalíland* (2022), as Captain Moore
- *Surface* (2022), series, as Henry Huntley
- *Smyrna* (2021), as George Horton
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Gordon Elmwood
- *Emma.* (2020), as Mr. Weston
- *The War of the Worlds* (2019), series, as Frederick
- *A Working Mom's Nightmare* (2019), as Eddie
- *Lion Brothers: Cubs to Kings* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans* (2019), as Paulinus
- *Special Couple* (2019), Actor
- *Silencio* (2018), as Peter
- *Swimming with Men* (2018), as Luke
- *Krypton* (2018), series, as Ter-El
- *Native* (2018), as Cane
- *Riviera* (2017), series, as Gabriel Hirsch
- *Sacrifice* (2016), as Duncan Guthrie
- *The Family* (2016), series, as John Warren
- *The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2016), series, as Haply
- *Sherlock: The Abominable Bride* (2016), as DI Lestrade
- *Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family* (2015), series, as Nicholas Whiteley
- *Bone in the Throat* (2015), as Rupert
- *12 Monkeys* (2015), series, as Sebastian
- *The Crimson Field* (2014), series, as Major Edward Crecy
- *Salting the Battlefield* (2014), as Stirling Rogers
- *Turks & Caicos* (2014), as Stirling Rogers
- *Sherlock: Many Happy Returns* (2013), as Greg Lestrade
- *The White Queen* (2013), series, as Thomas Stanley
- *Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down* (2013), series, as Dragutin
- *Ultimate Tutankhamun* (2013), as Narrator (voice)
- *Secret State* (2012), series, as Felix Durrell
- *Seven Ages of Starlight* (2012), Actor
- *Speed Kills* (2012), series, Creator
- *Fast Girls* (2012), as David Temple
- *Underwater Okavango* (2012), as Narrator (voice)
- *Putin, Russia and the West* (2012), series, as Narrator
- *Predator Coast* (2012), Actor
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as James Lavender
- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), series, as Nick Savage — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)
- *Case Sensitive* (2011), series, as Mark Bretherick
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), as Peter Hopkins
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, as DI Greg Lestrade — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, as Sir Arthur Hill
- *The Good Times Are Killing Me* (2009), as Lexy
- *Law & Order: UK* (2009), series, Actor
- *Wallander* (2008), series, Actor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *God on Trial* (2008), as Mordechai
- *Midnight Man* (2008), series, as Daniel Cosgrave
- *Son of the Dragon* (2008), series, as Prince of the North
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), series, as Danny Moore — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *The Dinner Party* (2007), as Roger
- *The Waiting Room* (2007), as George
- *Death at a Funeral* (2007), as Robert
- *To Be First* (2007), Actor
- *Clapham Junction* (2007), as Robin Cape
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Alec Pickman
- *Intervention* (2007), as Mark
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), as Dominic — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets* (2005), as William Shakespeare
- *Rag Tale* (2005), as Eddy Taylor
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Riddell — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Lance Fortescue
- *Pride* (2004), as Linus (voice)
- *This World* (2004), series, Actor
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Adrian Levene
- *Charles II: The Power and The Passion* (2003), series, as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/charles-ii-the-power-and-the-passion.md)
- *Extreme Ops* (2002), as Jeffrey
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as William Sampson — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *The Forsyte Saga* (2002), series, as Young Jolyon Forsyte, Jolyon Forsyte Jr
- *Room to Rent* (2001), as Mark
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Colonel John Garrett
- *Take a Girl Like You* (2000), series, as Patrick Standish
- *Checkout Girl* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Dreaming of Joseph Lees* (1999), as Joseph Lees
- *All My Loved Ones* (1999), as Nicholas Winton
- *Cleopatra* (1999), series, as Octavian
- *The Blonde Bombshell* (1999), series, as Dennis Hamilton
- *The Revengers' Comedies* (1998), as Oliver Knightly
- *Bent* (1997), as Officer on Train
- *Mrs. Dalloway* (1997), as Septimus Warren Smith
- *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall* (1996), series, as Arthur Huntingdon
- *Different for Girls* (1996), as Paul Prentice
- *Intimate Relations* (1996), as Harold
- *The Innocent Sleep* (1996), as Alan Terry
- *The Madness of King George* (1994), as Greville — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md)
- *Open Fire* (1994), as David Martin
- *Doomsday Gun* (1994), as Jones
- *Royal Celebration* (1993), as Neil
- *Harry* (1993), series, as Dominic Collier
- *Una questione privata* (1993), as Milton
- *Damage* (1992), as Martyn Fleming — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/damage.md)
- *Where Angels Fear to Tread* (1991), as Philip Herriton
- *The Sheltering Desert* (1991), Actor
- *The Children* (1990), as Gerald Ormerod
- *The Plot to Kill Hitler* (1990), as Axel von dem Bussche
- *A Handful of Dust* (1988), as John Beaver
- *Fortunes of War* (1987), series, as Simon Boulderstone
- *Maurice* (1987), as Alec Scudder — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Billy — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *A Room with a View* (1986), as Freddy Honeychurch — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-room-with-a-view.md)
- *Puccini* (1984), as Tonio
- *St. Ursula's in Danger* (1983), as Teddt
- *Good and Bad at Games* (1983), Actor
- *Mona* (1982), as Jim Atkins
- *Vice Versa* (1981), series, as Tipping
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Prefect
- *The Famous Five* (1978), series, as Yan
- *Seacole*, as Major Harvey
- *Security*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Rupert Graves, Made in Dagenham film premiere (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/85149/gallery-ac600134e031.jpg) Rupert Graves, Made in Dagenham film premiere (2010) — Ian Smith from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Rupert_Graves_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rupert Graves](https://film.one/media/person/85149/gallery-6814486bb967.jpg) Rupert Graves — Rupert_Graves_2010.jpg: Ian Smith from London, England
derivative work: RanZag (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Rupert_Graves_2010_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rupert Graves](https://film.one/media/person/85149/gallery-618dcaf332b8.jpg) Rupert Graves — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1999: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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