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Sewell is long time friends with Craig Ferguson.
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Sewell was married to Yasmin Abdallah for one year, from March 1999 to March 2000.
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Sewell's nickname is "Roof".
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Sewell has green/hazel eyes.
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Sewell is represented by Belfrage Associates.
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Sewell was involved in the 1998 film project Johnny Hit and Run Pauline, with Kate Winslet among others. The film was later canceled due to financial troubles.
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Rufus is 6' (1.83m) tall.
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Sewell is sometimes mistaken for Joaquin Phoenix; fans think Sewell was in Gladiator.
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His father was an animator who worked on the 1968 animated film, Yellow Submarine, which starred the Beatles as the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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When Rufus was a chubby 14 year old, he dyed his hair blond and orange. His brother called him the "Fat White Duke" because Rufus loved David Bowie.
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Award: Sewell won the 2007 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for the Broadway play Rock 'n' Roll.
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Award: Sewell received a 2008 Tony nomination for Best Actor for the Broadway play Rock 'n' Roll.
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His theatre credits include Pride and Prejudice, The Lost Domain, Royal Hunt Of The Sun, The Government Inspector, The Seagull, As You Like It, Peter and the Captain, and Comedians.
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Award: Sewell received a 2006 BAFTA Best Actor nomination for his role in Shakespeare ReTold: The Taming of the Shrew.
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Rufus' son, William Douglas Sewell, was on born 18 March 2002 to Amy Gardner.
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Award: He was awarded the 1992 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Most Promising Newcomer.