Rufus Wright
English actor
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Rufus Gerrard-Wright, known as Rufus Wright, is an English film, stage and television actor, and an audiobook narrator.
Personal life
Wright is the son of Major-General Richard Gerrard-Wright and his wife, Susan (née Young). He is the younger brother of Lance Gerrard-Wright, who was the second husband of television presenter Ulrika Jonsson. Both brothers attended Lambrook Preparatory School at Winkfield Row in Berkshire.
Wright is married to actress Melanie Gutteridge.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Spy Game | Folger's Secretary | |
| 2008 | Christie | Bill Godfrey | Short film |
| Quantum of Solace | Treasury Agent | ||
| 2010 | 15 Seconds | Ben | Short film |
| 2011 | Swinging with the Finkels | Rufas | |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: The Audience | David Cameron | Video |
| 2014 | The Face of an Angel | William | |
| 2015 | 45 Years | Jake | |
| Narcopolis | Mason | ||
| 2016 | Arcadia | Ryder | |
| Rogue One | Lieutenant Casido | ||
| Assassin's Creed | Alex | ||
| 2017 | War Machine | Lt. Col. Frank Groom | |
| 2018 | Together | Dr. Ellis | |
| Blue Iguana | Katherine's Ex | ||
| 2021 | Operation Mincemeat | Lt. Bill Jewell | |
| 2022 | National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green | The Squire | |
| National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing | Leonato | ||
| Stella | Oswald Mosley | ||
| 2024 | National Theatre at Home: London Tide | Mortimer Lightwood |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Boyz Unlimited | Male Journalist | Episode: #1.4 |
| 2000 | Bomber | Capt. Hugh Smith | Television film |
| 2002 | The Secret | Priest | Episode: #1.2 |
| The Prosecutors: In Pursuit of Justice | (unknown) | Episode: "Career Criminal" | |
| 2003 | P.O.W. | Doctor Evans | Episode: #1.5 |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Confederate Veteran | Television film |
| Days That Shook the World | First White House Guard | Episode: "Terror: Made in America" | |
| 2005 | The Quatermass Experiment | Understudy | Television film |
| 2006 | Extras | Fran | Episode: "Sir Ian McKellen" |
| 2007 | Fanny Hill | Mr. Norbert | Mini-series; episode 2 |
| Doctors | James Maslin | Episode: "Samaritan" | |
| 2008 | The Bill | DS Ronnie Mayhew | Episode: "Going Under" |
| 2009 | Taking the Flak | Clive Haslam | Episode: "Enter the Lion" |
| The Thick of It | Gavin Boyes | Episode: #3.6 | |
| 2010 | Five Daughters | Arresting Officer | Mini-series; episode 3 |
| The Special Relationship | British Journalist | Television film | |
| 2010, 2014 | Miranda | Vicar | 2 episodes: "Before I Die" and "I Do, But to Who?" |
| 2011 | White Van Man | Jeremy | Episode: "The Stand" |
| New Tricks | DI Mathew Hornby | Episode: "Half Life" | |
| 2012 | EastEnders | DS Luke Crisp | 12 episodes |
| Little Crackers | Art Director | Episode: "Joanna Lumley's Little Cracker: Baby, Be Blonde" | |
| 2013 | Foyle's War | Dr. Ian Ross | Episode: "The Cage" |
| Elementary | Lawrence Pendry | Episode: "Step Nine" | |
| Lucan | Younger John Burke | Mini-series; 2 episodes | |
| 2014 | Doctors | Russell Redmond | Episode: "Ditched" |
| 2016 | Maigret | Minister Morel | Episode: "Maigret Sets a Trap" |
| Harley and the Davidsons | CH Lang | Mini-series; 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | Outlander | Captain Lewis | Episode: "Surrender" |
| The Watchers in the Woods | Paul Carstairs | Television film | |
| 2019 | Manhunt | Andrew Hadik | Episode: "The Suspect" |
| 8 Days: To the Moon and Back | Neil Armstrong | Television film | |
| Pennyworth | Duke of Windermere | 3 episodes (season 1) | |
| 2021 | Doctors | Dave Mercer | Episode: "Day of Reckoning"[2] |
| Shetland | Dr. Darren Bedford | 5 episodes (series 6) | |
| 2022 | Four Lives | Interviewing Detective | Mini-series; episode 1. (Also known as The Barking Murders) |
| 2022, 2024 | The Outlaws | DCI Monroe | 7 episodes (series 2 and 3) |
| 2023 | Endeavour | Ch. Supt. Dominic Prettyman | Episode: "Exeunt" |
| Ghosts | Lord Bummenbach | Episode: "Pineapple Day" | |
| 2024 | The Way | Jez | Episode: "The Wait" |
| The Marlow Murder Club | Stefan Dunwoody | 3 episodes (series 1) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Xenoblade Chronicles | Kallian | Video game, English version |
| 2013 | Crysis 3 | Cell Four | Video games |
| 2016 | Battlefield 1 | Additional voices | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | ||
| 2020 | Assassin's Creed: Valhalla | ||
| 2024 | Central Intelligence | General Gehlen / Kim Philby | Radio drama, 3 episodes |
| 2025 | Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 | Fletcher / Additional voices | Video game |
Selected theatre credits
| Year | Title | Writer | Venue | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Audience | Peter Morgan | Gielgud Theatre | David Cameron | [3] |
| 2015 | Apollo Theatre | David Cameron / Tony Blair | [4] | ||
| 2023 | Agreement | Owen McCafferty | Lyric Theatre, Belfast | Tony Blair | [5] |
| 2025 | Stranger Things: The First Shadow | Kate Trefry | Phoenix Theatre, London | Principal Newby |
