Rupert Graves

Acting · Born 1963-06-30 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

Biography

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…

Filmography

• V for Vendetta as Dominic
• A Room with a View as Freddy Honeychurch
• Maurice as Alec Scudder
• Sherlock: The Abominable Bride as DI Lestrade
• Emma. as Mr. Weston
• The Revengers' Comedies as Oliver Knightly
• Death at a Funeral as Robert
• Doomsday Gun as Jones
• Damage as Martyn Fleming
• The Madness of King George as Greville

TV

• Inspector Morse as Billy
• Spooks as William Sampson
• Sherlock as DI Greg Lestrade
• Doctor Who as Riddell
• Ashes to Ashes as Danny Moore
• Agatha Christie's Marple as Lance Fortescue
• Death in Paradise as James Lavender
• Law & Order: UK
• Wallander
• The Forsyte Saga as Young Jolyon Forsyte