Rufus Sewell

Rufus Frederik Sewell was born on October 29, 1967 in Twickenham, South West London, England. He is the son of William Sewell, an entertainer from Australia, from whom he inherited his penchant for the arts, and Jo, a Welsh artist and waitress. His father worked on Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds , an animated segment for the Beatles’ film Yellow Submarine .

When he was only five years old, his parents separated. His mother had to work to support him and his brother Gaspar, since his father died when Rufus was 10 years old. He himself has acknowledged that he was a troubled teenager.

Rufus attended Orleans Park School, which he dropped out in 1984. Later, a drama teacher from West Thames College discovered his talent and sent him to audition for drama school. It was then that he decided to become an actor, and to achieve this he studied dramatic art at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating in June 1989. Later, he landed a role in a play in which Judi Dench herself gave him He directed.

His breakout year was 1993, when Rufus Sewell made his breakthrough debut in London’s West End as Thomas Kratsky, the Czechoslovakian hustler in “Making it Better,” for which he won the Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Actor. Londoners. In this way, Sewell grew on big stages like Broadway and received one award after another.

Three years after his film debut in 1993, Kenneth Branagh entrusted him with the role of Prince Fortinbras in his acclaimed version of Hamlet (1996) . It is his ticket to success and recognition. Thinking back, we can highlight his performance in the cult film Dark City (1998), where Sewell is the protagonist in this film directed by Alex Proyas . However, what really attracts the attention of this actor are his interpretations as the bad guy in the movie, even if it sounds cliché. Rufus Sewell has a fundamental trait that makes the characters of him as a villain come out embroidered. Everyone will remember his role in A Knight’s Destiny (2001), giving them a very hard timeHeath Ledger , and we cannot get out of our heads that phrase that he repeated so many times “you have been evaluated, you have been measured and you have not measured up”. Although, then he returned it to her. This role has led him to star in films such as The Benediction (2000), Helen of Troy (2003), The Legend of Zorro (2005) or The Illusionist (2006). Incarnating these characters is unique, although apparently he does not agree that, in some way, he is pigeonholed for this type of character. But like everything in this life, one cannot escape his fate but rather forge it. He will again take care of being the enemy, this time of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire hunter, since you will put yourself in the shoes of the leader of the bloodsuckers.

However, very few times we have seen him in leading roles and he has them, but in this case on the small screen, playing Doctor Jacob Hood in the series The 11th Hour on CBS and of course we cannot forget that he was the star in the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth , playing the architect Tom Builder.

In the sentimental field, Sewell has been married twice. His first wife was the fashion journalist Yasmin Abdallah; they married in 1999 and separated a few months later. He and his second wife, Amy Gardner, have a son. In 2006 they divorced, after two years of marriage. In addition, he had a relationship with actress Kate Winslet , with whom he shared the bill in the film The Holiday (2006).

He is currently single and divides his time between London and Los Angeles. When he is not working, he enjoys photography and uses Leica equipment. “My favorite hobby is just wandering around, going to cafes and taking pictures. My favorite day is a happy accident,” says Sewell.