Rupert Graves Biography (1963-)

Born June 30, 1963, in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England; son of Richard Harding (a musician and music teacher) and Mary Lousilla (a travel coordinator; maiden name, Roberts) Graves; married Susie Lewis (a production coordinator). Addresses: Agent: Peter Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England; United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: June 30, 1963; Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) Alistair Graham/Mr. Toad, The Killing of Mr. Toad, King's Head Theatre, London, 1983
Sufficient Carbohydrates, Albery Theatre, 1985
Giovanni, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, National Theatre, London, 1988
David, "A Tale for a King," A Madhouse in Goa, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1989
Les enfants du paradis, Barbican Theatre, London, 1996
Don Parritt, The Iceman Cometh, Almeida Theatre, London, 1998
Dan, Closer, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1999
Mick, The Caretaker, Comedy Theater, London, 2000
Frederick Treves, The Elephant Man, Royal Theatre, New York City,2002
Also appeared as Teddy, St. Ursula's in Danger; in Good and Badat Games; Amadeus; A Midsummer Night's Dream, National Theatre; Torch Sony Trilogy; Design for Living; Pitchfork Disney; The Importance of Being Earnest; A Madhouse in Goa; Hurly Burly.
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Freddy Honeychurch, A Room with a View, Cinecom, 1986
Alec Scudder, Maurice, Cinecom, 1987
John Beaver, A Handful of Dust, New Line Cinema, 1988
Gerald Ormerod, The Children (also known as Meine liebe Rose), Hemdale Home Video, 1990
Philip Herriton, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Fine Line, 1991
Martyn, Damage (also known as Fatale), New Line Cinema, 1992
Greville, The Madness of King George (also known as The Madnessof George III and The Madness of King George III), Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
German geologist, The Sheltering Desert, 1994
Paul Prentice, Different for Girls (also known as Crossing theBorder), First Look Pictures Releasing, 1995
Alan Terry, The Innocent Sleep, Rosebud Communications Releasing,1995

Harold Guppy, Intimate Relations, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1996
Officer on train, Bent, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1997
Septimus Warren Smith, Mrs. Dalloway (also known as Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway), First Look Pictures Releasing, 1997
Christian, The Soldier's Leap, 1998
Oliver Knightly, The Revengers' Comedies (also known as Amour,vengeance et trahison and Sweet Revenge), Miramax, 1998
Title role, Dreaming of Joseph Lees, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Nicholas Winton, Vsichni moji blizci (also known as All My Loved Ones), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1999
Mark, Room to Rent, 2000
Jeffrey, Extreme Ops, Paramount, 2002
Television Appearances
Series
Tipping, Vice Versa, BBC, 1980-1981
Miniseries
Simon Boulderstone, Fortunes of War, BBC, then broadcast as segments of Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1988
Dennis Hamilton, The Blonde Bombshell, 1999
Octavian, Cleopatra, ABC, 1999
Voice of narrator, Animal Minds, 1999
Patrick Standish, Take a Girl Like You, PBS, 2000
Young Jolyon Forsyte, The Forsyte Saga, PBS, 2002
Movies
Guthrie, Good and Bad at Games, 1983
Puccini's son, Puccini, 1984
Axel von dem Bussche, The Plot to Kill Hitler, CBS, 1990
Milton, Una questione privata (also known as A Private Affair), 1991
Jones, Doomsday Gun, HBO, 1994
David Martin, Open Fire, 1994
Arthur Huntingdon, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, PBS, 1996
Specials
Neil, Royal Celebration (also known as Screen One: Royal Celebration), 1993
"Inspector Morse, Series VII: Happy Families," Mystery!, PBS, 1994
Voice of Paul Nash/Robert Cude, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, PBS, 1996
Episodic
Yan, "Five Go Down to Sea: Parts 1 & 2," The Famous Five, 1979

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

Rubert Graves Official Site, http://www.rupert-graves.com, February 27, 2003

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