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| - Rufus Sewell (b. 1967) is a British actor who played Ali Baba in Arabian Nights, opposite Creature Shop-created CG dragons. Sewell made his film debut as a junkie in the 1991 film Twenty-One but first made a real impact on television, as Ladislaw in MiddleMarch and Seth Starkadder in Cold Comfort Farm. More film work followed, as part of the all-star cast in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (as Fortinbras) and as a leading man in Dangerous Beauty, Dark City (opposite Jennifer Connelly), and In a Savage Land.
- Sewell was born in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London, the son of William, an Australian animator, and Jo Sewell, a Welsh artist and waitress. His father worked on the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" segment of animation for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film. His parents divorced when Sewell was five, and his mother worked to support her two sons. His father died when Sewell was 10. Sewell has said that he was a difficult teenager.
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| - Rufus Sewell (b. 1967) is a British actor who played Ali Baba in Arabian Nights, opposite Creature Shop-created CG dragons. Sewell made his film debut as a junkie in the 1991 film Twenty-One but first made a real impact on television, as Ladislaw in MiddleMarch and Seth Starkadder in Cold Comfort Farm. More film work followed, as part of the all-star cast in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (as Fortinbras) and as a leading man in Dangerous Beauty, Dark City (opposite Jennifer Connelly), and In a Savage Land. He played a variety of Hollywood villains and cads, in Bless the Child, A Knight's Tale, The Legend of Zorro, and The Illusionist. He also appeared in Tristan + Isolde and Amaxing Grace. In 2008, he played Alexander Hamilton opposite Paul Giamatti in the HBO miniseries John Adams.
- Sewell was born in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London, the son of William, an Australian animator, and Jo Sewell, a Welsh artist and waitress. His father worked on the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" segment of animation for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film. His parents divorced when Sewell was five, and his mother worked to support her two sons. His father died when Sewell was 10. Sewell has said that he was a difficult teenager. Sewell was educated at Orleans Park School, a state comprehensive school in Twickenham, which he left in 1984, followed by West Thames College, where a drama teacher sent him to audition for drama school. He later enrolled at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.(citation needed)
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