Rupert Graves


Rupert Graves is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View, Maurice, The Madness of King George, and The Forsyte Saga. From 2010 to 2017 he starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series Sherlock.
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Early life and education

Rupert Graves was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England, to Mary Lousilla Graves, a travel co-ordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician.
Graves was educated at Wyvern Community School.

Career

Graves's first job after leaving school was as a circus clown. He has appeared in more than 25 films and more than 35 television productions. He has also appeared on stage.
He first came to prominence in costume-drama adaptations of E. M. Forster's novels A Room with a View and Maurice, before appearing in films including A Handful of Dust, The Madness of King George, Different for Girls, and Intimate Relations.
His 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 miniseries The Forsyte Saga.
In addition to his screen work, Graves has won acclaim for his stage acting, including roles in Broadway productions, in New York City, of the plays Closer and The Elephant Man. His notable London theatre credits include his performance as Presley Stray in the original production of Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney at the Bush Theatre, west London, which won him Best Actor at the 1991 Charrington London Fringe Awards; in Martin Sherman's A Madhouse in Goa opposite Vanessa Redgrave; and as Eddie in the Peter Hall Company's production of David Rabe's Hurlyburly at the Old Vic and Queen's Theatre, for which he was nominated for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.

Personal life

In 1987, Graves met Yvonne, a stained glass artist. They lived together in London, and he helped raise her two daughters. The couple were together for 13 years.
He later married Australian-born production co-ordinator Susie Lewis.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978Return of the SaintPrefectEpisode: "Yesterday's Hero"
1979The Famous FiveYan2 episodes
1981Vice VersaTipping6 episodes
1982All for LoveJim AtkinsEpisode: "Mona"
1983St. Ursula's in DangerTeddy
1983Good and Bad at GamesGuthrie
1984PucciniTonio
1987Fortunes of WarSimon Boulderstone3 episodes
1991A Private AffairMilton
1992Inspector MorseBillyEpisode: "Happy Families"
1993Screen OneNeilEpisode: "Royal Celebration"
1994Doomsday GunJones
1994Open FireDavid Martin
1995HarryDominic CollierSeries 2, Episode 6
1996The Great War: 1914–1918Various voices3 episodes
1996The Tenant of Wildfell HallArthur Huntingdon3 episodes
1999The Blonde BombshellDennis Hamilton
1999CleopatraOctavian
2000Take a Girl Like YouPatrick StandishTV movie
2002The Forsyte SagaYoung Jolyon Forsyte
2003The Forsyte Saga: To LetYoung Jolyon Forsyte4 episodes
2003Charles II: The Power & the PassionGeorge Villiers, Duke of Buckingham4 episodes
2004PrideLinusVoice only
2005SpooksWilliam SampsonSeries 4, Episode 2
2005A Waste of ShameWilliam Shakespeare
2006Son of the DragonThe Lord of the North
2007To Be FirstDr. Christiaan Barnard
2007Clapham JunctionRobin Cape
2007The Dinner PartyRoger
2008Ashes to AshesDanny MooreSeries 1, Episode 2
2008Waking the DeadColonel John Garrett2 episodes
2008Midnight ManDaniel Cosgrave3 episodes
2008God on TrialMordechai
2008Marple: A Pocket Full of RyeLance Fortescue
2009The Good Times Are Killing MeLexy
2009–2011Garrow's LawSir Arthur Hill12 episodes
2010WallanderAlfred HarderbergEpisode: "The Man Who Smiled"
2010LewisAlec PickmanEpisode: "Falling Darkness"
2010Law & Order: UKJohn SmithEpisode: "Defence"
2010Single FatherStuart3 episodes
2010New TricksAdrian LeveneEpisode: "Fashion Victim"
2010–2017SherlockD.I. Lestrade13 episodes
2011Case SensitiveMark Bretherick2 episodes
2011Scott & BaileyNick Savage5 episodes
2011Death in ParadiseJames LavenderSeries 1 episode 1
2012Putin, Russia & The WestNarrator4 episodes
2012Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the ConcordiaNarrator
2012The Hunt for bin LadenNarrator
2012Air Force One Is DownArkady Dragutin2 Episodes
2012Doctor WhoRiddellSeries 7, Episode 2: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"
2012Secret StateFelix Durrell4 episodes
2013The White QueenLord Stanley6 episodes
2014Turks & CaicosStirling Rogers
2014Salting the BattlefieldStirling Rogers
2014The Crimson FieldMaj. Edward CrecyEpisode 2
2014Last Tango in HalifaxGarySeries 3
2015Valentine's KissNicholas Whiteley
2016The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. WellsHapleyEpisode: "The Moth"
2016The FamilyJohn Warren
201712 MonkeysSebastianSeries 3, Episode 8
2018KryptonTer-ElEpisode: "Pilot"
2019The War of the WorldsFrederick2 episodes
2020RivieraGabriel Hirsch8 episodes
2021McDonald & DoddsGordon ElmwoodEpisode: "The Man Who Wasn't There
2022Doc MartinArthur CollinsEpisode: "Our Last Summer"
2023The Burning GirlsSimon HarperMain role
2025SurfaceHenry Huntley7 episodes
2025Washington BlackMr. GoffUpcoming TV series

Theatre

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