Rufus Frederik Sewell born 29 October 1967 is an English actor In film he has appeared in The Woodlanders Dangerous Beauty Dark City A Knights Tale The Illusionist Tristan and Isolde and Martha Meet Frank Daniel and Laurence On television he starred in the 2010 miniseries The Pillars of the Earth Earlier he played the hero Will Ladislaw in the BBC adaptation of George Eliots Middlemarch In 2003 he appeared in the lead role in Charles II The Power and The Passion He starred in the CBS drama Eleventh Hour which was cancelled in April 2009 On stage he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppards Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppards Rock n Roll which earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination for the latter performance Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus Sewell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia