RUPERT GRAVES

'Rupert Graves' (born 30 June 1963) is an English actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Acting career

Awards

Selected filmography

External links

Biography

Early life

He was born in Weston-super-Mare (now in North Somerset), England to Richard Harding Graves and Mary Lousilla. He first entered the entertainment business by leaving Wyvern Secondary School at the age of 15, to become a circus clown.

Acting career

Graves came to prominence in costume drama adaptations of E. M. Forster novels ''A Room with a View'' (1985) and ''Maurice'' (1987), before going to appear in films such as ''A Handful of Dust'' (1988), ''Different for Girls'' (1996) and ''Intimate Relations'' (1996). His role in ''Intimate Relations'' won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal Film Festival. He was also acclaimed for his portrayal Young Jolyon in the 2002 ITV production of The Forsyte Saga.

Awards

In addition to his screen work, Graves has also won acclaim for his stage acting, including Broadway roles in ''Closer'' (2000) and ''The Elephant Man'' (2002). One of Graves' own personal favourites is that of Presley Stray in Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney at the Bush Theatre in London in 1991 (for which he won the Bass Charrington Best Actor Award).

Selected filmography

★ ''Death at a Funeral'' (2007)

★ ''V for Vendetta'' (2006)

★ ''Pride'' (2004) (TV) (voice)

★ '' (2003) (miniseries)

★ ''The Forsyte Saga'' (2002) (miniseries)

★ ''Cleopatra'' (1999) (TV)

★ ''Mrs. Dalloway'' (1997) with Vanessa Redgrave and Natascha McElhone

★ ''Bent'' (1997) by Sean Mathias

★ ''Tenant of Wildfell Hall'' (1996)

★ ''Different for Girls'' (1996)

★ ''Intimate Relations'' (1996)

★ ''The Madness of King George'' (1994) by Nicholas Hytner

★ ''Damage'' (1992) by Louis Malle

★ ''Where Angels Fear to Tread'' (1991), based on the novel by E.M. Forster.

★ ''Fortunes of War'' (1987) (miniseries) with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh

★ ''Maurice'' (1987), based on the novel by E.M. Forster.

★ ''A Room with a View'' (1985), based on the novel by E.M. Forster.

★ ''Good and Bad at Games ''(1983) (TV)

External links

★

★ Official Site

★ Resume at PFD