Biography
From there, the actor was tapped to ride many a horse and deliver many a velvet-clad smoldering look in a string of well-received films including "A Knight's Tale" (2001) and "The Illusionist" (2006). While Sewell successfully transitioned to American productions, he remained typecast in period pieces as villainous rulers, brooding noblemen and romantic leads. Eventually the actor's protestations led him to prove his versatility in the …
Career Milestones
2012 | Played the lead vampire in the genre mash-up "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith | |
2010 | Appeared in the STARZ miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth" | |
2010 | Co-starred with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp in "The Tourist" | |
2008 | Played central role on short-lived CBS series "Eleventh Hour" | |
2008 | Portrayed Alexander Hamilton in the HBO miniseries "John Adams" | |
2007 | Cast in "Amazing Grace," Michael Apted's film about the slave trade in 19th century Britain | |
2006 | Cast in Tom Stoppard's play "Rock 'n' Roll" at the Royal Court Theatre; reprised role on Broadway in 2007; earned a Tony award nomination for Best Actor in a Play | |
2006 | Cast opposite Edward Norton in Neil Burger's "The Illusionist" | |
2005 | Co-starred in the "Legend of Zorro" opposite Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones | |
2002 | Cast in the action adventure feature "Extreme Ops" | |
2001 | Performed on the London stage in "Luther" | |
2001 | Co-starred with Heath Ledger in "A Knight's Tale" | |
2000 | Offered a villainous turn as a former child star turned Satanist cult leader in "Bless the Child" | |
1999 | Portrayed Ali Baba in the ABC miniseries "Arabian Nights" | |
1999 | Returned to the London stage to play the title role of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" | |
1999 | Co-starred as a local merchant who threatens the marriage of Australian anthropologists in New Guinea in "In a Savage Land" | |
1998 | Cast as Frank, an out-of-work actor in romantic comedy "The Very Thought of You" | |
1998 | Landed lead role of an amnesiac who may or may not have committed a crime in the sci-fi thriller "Dark City" | |
1998 | Played the love interest opposite Catherine McCormack in "Dangerous Beauty" | |
1996 | Portrayed Fortinbras in Kenneth Branagh's full-length version of "Hamlet" | |
1995 | Played the lusty son Seth in "Cold Comfort Farm" (BBC) | |
1995 | Made his U.S. stage debut in the Broadway production of "Translations" | |
1994 | Delivered breakthrough role as the young man who catches the eye of a bus conductor (Albert Finney) in "A Man of No Importance" | |
1994 | Cast in the TV adaptation of "Middlemarch" (BBC) | |
1993 | Originated role of the tutor Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" | |
1992 | Made his West End stage debut in "Making It Better" | |
1991 | Early TV credit, "The Last Romantics" | |
1991 | Made film debut playing a junkie in drama feature "Twenty-One" | |
| Made profesional stage debut in "As You Like It" in Sheffield, England | ||
1982 | Landed first acting role in an amateur drama group; donned drag to portray a brothel madam | |
1981 | At age 14, arrested on the mistaken belief he was a male escort | |
| Raised in Wales and London | ||