Rufus Sewell
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewellis an English actor. In film, he has appeared in Kenneth Branagh's rendition of Hamletplaying Fortinbras, The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred as an Italian detective in the BBC's television series Zenand also appeared in the mini-series The Pillars of the Earth. In 1993 he played the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC's adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. In...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 October 1967
Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose.
I've gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while.
I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.
I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.
People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it.
Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I've done something that I'm really proud of and I think changes the way I'm perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing.
It's nice when women fancy me, but I think I will only disappoint them so I prefer it if they don't know who I am.
I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life.
A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself.
For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back.
Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past a building without panicking that it's going to collapse on his head.
I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out.
The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I'm offered. If I didn't, I'd only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse.
I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn't experienced that before, but it was something that really excited me. I think I could be quite self-conscious and it gave me a release.