Rufus Sewell
Actor
Films to Rent
- Middlemarch (TV Mini-series) (1994)
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Juliet Aubrey, Douglas Hodge, Patrick Malahide…
- An exemplary screen adaptation of George Eliot's literary classic about the machinations of the well–to–do in 19th century…
- Carrington (1995)
- Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington…
- Titular tomboy Emma Thompson finds inexplicable desire for fellow 'Bloomsbury groupie' and effette intellectual Lytton Strachey in this academic…
- Victory (1996)
- Dir. Mark Peploe
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Irene Jacob, Sam Neill…
- Adventure film set in 1913 and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. After attempting to rape a woman, a man living in Dutch occupied…
- Woodlanders, The (1997)
- Dir. Phil Agland
Feat. Rufus Sewell, Polly Walker
- Involving tangle of love and deceit, set in a close–knit English village, where woodsman Rufus Sewell and sweetheart Polly Walker's love is…
- Dark City (1998)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly…
- Advancing on earlier efforts like THE CROW, director Alex Proyas, fabricates a shadowy urban jungle, replete with echoes of earlier sci–fi…
- Destiny of Her Own, A (Dangerous Beauty) (1998)
- Dir. Marshall Herskovitz
Feat. Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell
- Historical romance that profits from a sensuous 16th century Venetian setting, as the low–prospect Catherine McCormack opts for the tradeoffs…
- Very Thought of You, The (Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence) (1998)
- Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Monica Potter, Joseph Fiennes, Rufus Sewell…
- A trifle thin but amusing entry into the British romantic comedy stakes, with American gal Monica Potter giving a trio of London unlikely lads the…
- Illuminata (1998)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Sewell…
- A backstage drama set in New York in the early 1900s, with Turturro as a playwright struggling to get his latest effort on stage. With a dozen…
- Higher Love (At Sachem Farm; Uncorked) (1998)
- Dir. John Huddles
Feat. Rufus Sewell, Minnie Driver, Nigel Hawthorne
- Moderately quaffable comedy has a young heir (Sewell) plan to sell his wealthy Californian family's huge wine collection so as make an investment.…
- Arabian Nights (Mini-Series) (2000)
- Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Jason Scott Lee, Rufus Sewell, Mili Avital…
- Visually stunning retelling of One Thousand and One Nights, in which a mad Sultan weds his childhood friend, planning to execute her the following…
- Knight's Tale, A (2001)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany
- Surprisingly satisfying medieval comedy slam–bang, that wears its mindlessness on its chain–mail sleeve, while Geoffrey Chaucer’s…
- Extreme Ops (2002)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Devon Sawa, Rupert Graves, Rufus Sewell…
- An appealing tale of snow–boarders turned 'special agents' that quickly skis off into the realms of complete fantasy.
While on assignment…
- Helen of Troy (Mini Series) (2003)
- Dir. John Harrison
Feat. Rufus Sewell, Stellan Skarsgard, John Rhys-Davies…
- Combining various Greek legends into a grand composite tale, the stories of Helen, Agamemnon, Paris and Troy are reasonably well–served in this…
- Legend Of Zorro, The (2005)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell…
- Rather belated sequel to THE MASK OF ZORRO finds most of the cast (minus Anthony Hopkins) regrouping for another swashbuckling romp in 1850s…
- Taming of the Shrew, The (Shakespeare Retold) (2005)
- Dir. David Richards
Feat. Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Twiggy
- An updated version of Shakespeare's comedy by the makers of THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) series, has Shirley Henderson play a bitchy and ambitious MP…
- Tristan and Isolde (2006)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. James Franco, Rufus Sewell, Sophia Myles
- Accessible and handsome rendering of the legendary Celtic love affair between a noble British knight (Franco) and an Irish princess (Myles), which…
- Holiday, The (2006)
- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black…
- Reliable entertainment from 'chick flick' maestress, Nancy Meyer (WHAT WOMEN WANT, SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE) in which two disenchanted women (Diaz…
- Illusionist, The (2006)
- Dir. Neil Burger
Feat. Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti…
- Edward Norton plays an enigmatic magician who courts a Viennese Dutchness (Biel) with the art of illusion in this lush and mystical period…
- Amazing Grace (2006)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Albert Finney…
- Stirring dramatisation of the true story of 18th–century abolitionist William Wilberforce and his revolt against Britain’s slave…
- Paris, Je T'aime (Paris, I Love You) (2006)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi…
- A prestige line–up of actors and filmmakers converge in this grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance. With each vignette…
- Vinyan (2008)
- Dir. Fabrice du Welz
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Rufus Sewell, Julie Dreyfus
- Fabrice Du Welz (THE ORDEAL) directs this striking, elemental jungle thriller, in which a tormented couple (Sewell and Beart) cross the Thai border…
- John Adams (2008)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Sarah Polley…
- Acclaimed miniseries on the life of America's second president and founding father John Adams. Simultaneously epic and intimate this is compulsory…
- Tourist, The (2010)
- Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Feat. Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany…
- Vacationing in Venice, Johnny Depp is drawn into the web of a beautiful woman (Angelina Jolie) in this intriguing international thriller from the…
- Pillars of the Earth, The (TV Mini-Series) (2010)
- Feat. Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew MacFadyen…
- A fierce rivalry for the English throne provides the cut and thrust of this heady 12th century melodrama.
Though less dramatically credible as the…
- Zen (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Rufus Sewell, Caterina Murino, Julie Cox…
- Short–lived but stylish BBC detective series wades into the overcrowded male crime fighter market with suave Rufus Sewell in the role of…
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
- Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper…
- The Russian alchemist behind vampiric trilogy NIGHT WATCH directs this spectacular bastardization of the Lincoln legend, here re–imagined as a…
- Hotel Noir (2012)
- Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Malin Akerman, Rosario Dawson, Danny De Vito…
- Cult dir. Guitierrez tries his hand at film noir pastiche with this luscious ensemble piece about a detective whose encounters with various…
- Restless (TV Mini-Series) (2012)
- Dir. Edward Hall
Feat. Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery…
- A fine small screen adaptation of William Boyd's espionage novel, about a young woman who learns that her mother was recruited as a spy during World…
- Hercules (2014)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt…
- Entertaining sword–and–sandals schlock, with Dwayne Johnson muscling up as the legendary Greek demigod.
- Gods of Egypt (2016)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler…
- Ill–conceived fantasy epic in which a mortal hero must do battle with the god of darkness who has taken over the Egyptian empire.