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Rupert Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an EnglishEngland

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 actorActor

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.

Biography

Personal life

Graves was born in Weston-super-MareWeston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare is an English seaside resort town in North Somerset, population 71,758....
 in North SomersetNorth Somerset

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, EnglandEngland

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, to Mary Lousilla, a travel co-ordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician. He first entered the entertainment business by leaving Wyvern Secondary School at the age of fifteen, to become a circus clown.

Career

Graves came to prominence in costume dramaFacts About Costume drama

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 adaptations of E. M. ForsterE. M. Forster

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 novels A Room with a ViewA Room with a View (film) Overview

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(1985) and MauriceMaurice (film) Overview

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(1987), before going to appear in films such as A Handful of DustA Handful of Dust

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(1988), Different for GirlsDifferent for Girls

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(1996) and Intimate RelationsIntimate Relations

Intimate Relations is a 1996 British movie....
(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 of Young Jolyon in the 2002 ITV production of The Forsyte SagaThe Forsyte Saga (TV miniseries)

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.

Awards

In addition to his screen work, Graves has also won acclaim for his stage acting, including BroadwayBroadway theatre

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 roles in CloserCloser (play)

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(2000) and The Elephant ManThe Elephant Man (play)

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(2002). One of Graves' own personal favourites is that of Presley Stray in Philip RidleyPhilip Ridley

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's The Pitchfork DisneyFacts About The Pitchfork Disney

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at the Bush Theatre in London in 1991, for which he won the Bass Charrington Best Actor Award.

Filmography

  • Waking the DeadWaking the Dead (TV series)

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  • Midnight ManMidnight Man (TV serial) Overview

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  • Ashes to AshesAshes to Ashes (TV series)

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    |1 episode]])
  • Clapham JunctionClapham Junction (film)

    Clapham Junction is a 2007 British television film, written by playwright Kevin Elyot, about the mixed experiences of se...
    (2007)
  • Death at a FuneralDeath at a Funeral

    Death at a Funeral is a 2007 black comedy film directed by Frank Oz and written by Dean Craig....
  • V for VendettaV for Vendetta (film)

    V for Vendetta is a 2006 action-thriller film set in London sometime in the near future....
  • Spooks
  • Pride
  • The Forsyte SagaThe Forsyte Saga (TV miniseries)

    The Forsyte Saga is a miniseries, produced by ITV, and later broadcast as part of Masterpiece Theatre....
  • CleopatraCleopatra (1999 film)

    The 1999 film Cleopatra starred Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Rupert Graves and Billy Zane....
  • Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)
  • Mrs. Dalloway with Vanessa RedgraveVanessa Redgrave

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     and Natascha McElhoneNatascha McElhone

    Natascha McElhone is a British television and movie actress....
  • BentBent (play)

    Bent is a 1979 play by Martin Sherman that was adapted into a 1997 movie by director Sean Mathias....
    by Sean MathiasSean Mathias

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  • The Revengers' ComediesThe Revengers' Comedies (film)

    The Revengers' Comedies was a 1997 film adaptation for television of the Alan Ayckbourn stage comedy of the same name....
    (1997)
  • Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  • Different for GirlsDifferent for Girls

    Different for Girls is a 1996 British comedy with a major character who is a transsexual....
    (1996)
  • Intimate RelationsIntimate Relations

    Intimate Relations is a 1996 British movie....
    (1996)
  • The Madness of King GeorgeThe Madness of King George

    The Madness of King George is a 1994 film....
    by Nicholas HytnerNicholas Hytner

    Nicholas Hytner is an award-winning English theatrical and opera producer and director....
  • DamageDamage (film)

    Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle....
    by Louis MalleLouis Malle

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  • Where Angels Fear to TreadWhere Angels Fear to Tread

    Where Angels Fear to Tread is a novel by E....
    , based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
  • A Handful of DustA Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust is a novel by Evelyn Waugh published in 1934....
    , based on the novel by Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh

    Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer, best known for such satirical and darkly humorous novels as Decline a...
    .
  • Fortunes of WarFortunes of War (tv series)

    Fortunes of War was an adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels of the same name for television by the BBC, starring K...
    with Emma ThompsonEmma Thompson

    Emma Thompson is a two-time Academy Award, Emmy Award and BAFTA-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter....
     and Kenneth BranaghKenneth Branagh Overview

    Kenneth Charles Branagh is an Emmy Award-winning Northern Irish-born British actor and film director....
  • MauriceMaurice (film)

    Maurice is a 1987 film based on the novel of the same title by E....
    , based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
  • A Room with a ViewA Room with a View (film)

    A Room with a View is a 1986 Merchant Ivory Productions' Academy Award-winning feature film, with a screenplay by Ruth P...
    , based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
  • Good and Bad at GamesGood and Bad at Games Summary

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