Rupert Graves is known for his roles as Young Jolyon Forsyte on the ITV TV show "The Forsyte Saga (2002-2003)" and as Detective Inspector Lestrade on the BBC TV show "Sherlock (2010-)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Return of the Saint", "The Famous Five", "Vice Versa", "All for Love", "Fortunes of War", "Inspector Morse", "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", "Cleopatra", "The Blonde Bombshell", "Take a Girl Like You", "The Last King", "MI-5", "Son of the Dragon", "Ashes to Ashes", "Waking the Dead", "Midnight Man", "Agatha Christie's Marple ", "Wallander", "Inspector Lewis", "Law & Order: UK", "New Tricks", "Single Fathe", "Case Sensitive", "Scott & Bailey", "Death in Paradise", "Garrow's Law", "Doctor Who", "Secret State", Air Force One Is Down", "The White Queen", "Last Tango in Halifax", "Valentine's Kiss", "The Family" and "12 Monkeys".

He appeared in movies like "A Room with a View (1985)", "Maurice (1987)", "A Handful of Dust (1988)", "Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)", "Damage (1992)", "The Sheltering Desert (1992)", "The Madness of King George (1994)", "Different for Girls (1996)", "The Innocent Sleep (1996)", "Intimate Relations (1996)", "Sweet Revenge 1989)", "Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)", "V for Vendetta (2006)", "Death at a Funeral (2007)", "Made in Dagenham (2010)", "Fast Girls (2012)", "Turks & Caicos (2014)", "Salting the Battlefield (2014)", "Bones in the Throat (2015)", "Native (2016)" and "Sacrifice (2016)".

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