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Rupert Graves : biography

30 June 1963 –

Rupert Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.

Early life

He was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England, to Mary Lousilla (née Roberts) Graves, a travel coordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Return of the Saint Prefect Episode: "Yesterday’s Hero"
1979 The Famous Five Yan 2 episodes
1981 Vice Versa Tipping 6 episodes
1982 All for Love Episode: "Mona"
1983 St. Ursula’s in Danger Teddy
Good and Bad at Games Guthrie
1984 Puccini Tonio
1985 A Room with a View Freddie Honeychurch
1987 Maurice Alec Scudder
Fortunes of War Simon Boulderstone 3 episodes
1988 A Handful of Dust John Beaver
1990 The Plot to Kill Hitler Axel von dem Busche
The Children Gerald Ormerod
1991 A Private Affair Milton
Where Angels Fear to Tread Philip Herriton
1992 The Sheltering Desert Hermann Korn
Inspector Morse Billy Episode: "Happy Families"
Damage Martyn Fleming
1993 Screen One Neil Episode: "Royal Celebration"
1994 Doomsday Gun Jones
Open Fire David Martin
The Madness of King George Greville
1995 Harry Dominic Collier Series 2, Episode 6
1996 1914-1918 3 episodes
The Innocent Sleep Alan Terry
Intimate Relations Harold Guppy Montreal World Film Festival – Best Actor
Different for Girls Paul Prentice
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Arthur Huntingdon 3 episodes
1997 Bent Officer on train
Mrs Dalloway Septimus Warren Smith
1998 The Soldier’s Leap Christian Short film
The Revengers’ Comedies Oliver Knightly
1999 The Blonde Bombshell Dennis Hamilton
Cleopatra Octavian
Vsichni moji blízcí Nicholas Winton
Dreaming of Joseph Lees Joseph Lees
2000 Room to Rent Mark
Take a Girl Like You Patrick Standish TV movie
2002 The Forsyte Saga Jolyon Forsyte Jr.
Extreme Ops Jeffrey
2003 The Forsyte Saga: To Let Jolyon Forsyte Jr. 4 episodes
Charles II: The Power & the Passion George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
2004 Pride Linus Voice only
2005 Rag Tale Eddy Taylor
Spooks William Sampson Series 4, Episode 2
A Waste of Shame William Shakespeare
2006 Son of the Dragon The Lord of the North
V for Vendetta Dominic
2007 To Be First Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Death at a Funeral Robert
Clapham Junction Robin Cape
Intervention Mark
The Waiting Room George
The Dinner Party Roger
2008 Ashes to Ashes Danny Moore Series 1, Episode 2
Waking the Dead Colonel John Garrett 2 episodes
Midnight Man Daniel Cosgrave 3 episodes
God on Trial Mordechai
Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye Lance Fortescue
2009 The Good Times Are Killing Me Lexy
2009-2011 Garrow’s Law Sir Arthur Hill 12 episodes
2010 Wallander Alfred Harderberg Episode: "The Man Who Smiled"
Lewis Alec Pickman Episode: "Falling Darkness"
Made in Dagenham Peter Hopkins
Law & Order: UK John Smith Episode: "Defence"
Single Father Stuart 3 episodes
New Tricks Adrian Levene Episode: "Fashion Victim"
2010- Sherlock D.I. Lestrade 5 episodes
2011 Case Sensitive Mark Bretherick 2 episodes
Scott & Bailey Nick Savage 5 episodes
Death in Paradisehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016mw99 James Lavender Series 1 episode 1
2012 Putin, Russia & The West Narrator 4 episodes
Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia
The Hunt for bin Laden
Fast Girls David Temple
Doctor Who http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn210212160008-series-7-first.html Riddell Series 7, Episode 2: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"http://io9.com/5926180/doctor-who-shows-us-something-weve-never-seen-before
Secret State Felix Durrell 4 Episodes
2013 The White Queen Lord Stanley 6 episodes