Off the Cuff

Spotted!: 16/09/00. Whilst a tailor was in a North London caf�, Rufus wandered in! He's a lot taller than I thought and despite suffering from a hangover (dark glasses and chain-smoking) he was heart-stoppingly gorgeous.

Saw him on the street again about 10 minutes later, and though I tried the 'I'm really not looking at you but just gazing generally' kind of stare, I think it was pretty obvious! Apologies for any discomfort caused.

Spotted!: February 2002. Wandering along a street in London, another tailor was almost run over by Rufus. Unfortunately she didn't have the presence of mind to fling herself in front of the car and get rescued. Cuh!

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• Born on 29 October 1967
• Attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama
• Married Yasmin Abdallah, March 24 1999 but now separated

• Charles II - the merry monarch himself
• Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature (2001) - Angus Shaw
• Starstruck (2000) - interviewed in documentary about acting
• Bless the Child (1999)
• In a Savage Land (1999)
• Arabian Nights (1999) - Ali Baba
• Cold Comfort Farm (1995) - Seth Starkadder. Fantastic adaptation of the novel where a distant relative from London poo-poos the Starkadder curse.
• Gone to Seed (1992) - Billy
• Middlemarch (1994) - Will Ladislaw
• Dirty Something (1993) - Clive
• Citizen Locke
• Henry IV
• The Last Romantics (1991)

• The eXtremists (2002) - Ian
• A Knight's Tale (2001) - Count Adhemar
• Bless the Child (2000) - Eric Stark
• In a Savage Land (1999) - Mick Carpenter
• Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel & Laurence (aka The Very Thought of You) (1999) - The obnoxious Frank. Stars fellow Blueshirt Joseph Fiennes
• The Woodlanders (1998) - Giles Winterbourne
• Dangerous Beauty aka The Honest Courtesan aka A Destiny of Her Own (1998) - Marco Venier
• At Sachem Farm aka Trade Winds (1998) - Ross
• Illuminata (1998) - Dominique
• Dark City (1998) - John Murdoch
• Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh one) (1996) - Fortinbras
• Victory (1995) - Martin
• Carrington (1995) - Mark Gertler. Also stars Sam West, Steven Waddington and Jeremy Northam
• A Man of No Importance (1994) - Robbie Fay
• Twenty-One (1991) - Bobby
• Dirty Weekend (1987) - Tim

• Rufus Sewell Homepage has up-to-the-minute news
• There's Something About Rufus Sewell has a chatroom, loads of info and a copious Gallery. Enjoy!

"Acting was the only thing I could get up in the morning for" - Rufus

"They say you shouldn't take it personally when you're rejected after an audition. But it is personal. They're rejecting you and your walk and your funny-shaped head..." - Rufus

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