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Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. In film, he has appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he starred in the 2010 mini-series The Pillars of the Earth. Earlier he played the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's 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 Stoppard's Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppard's 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Rufus Sewell
Thomas Hoccleve
for Thomas Hoccleve in Roses Season 7: Ascension to Governance
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The season opens with Henry VI ascending to full government, while his mother and regent Catherine of Valois is gravely ill. After Catherine does with Henry VI at her side in the first episode, Henry takes a different approach from past rulers and attempts to avoid more death a bloodshed with a pacifist governance. With his allies, the Duke of Somerset, his Step-father from the noble family of Tudor, the Duke and Duchess of Anjou, as well as the Lord Chancellor of England all on his side, Henry VI's rule seems sound and he marries his closest friend, the genius noblewoman Margaret of Anjou. With his allies, the King has four key advisors in his wife Margaret of Anjou, the Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort, his stepfather Owen Tudor, and the Lord Chancellor Katherine de Arundel. Despite Henry VI's new approach to leadership and abundance of allies, the House of York builds it's armies in preparation for a full scale rebellion as the Duke of York continues to clash with nobles loyal to the throne and sees a path to take the crown himself. Season 7 spans from 1437 to 1347 and shows the early rule of Henry VI and buildup to the Wars or the Roses.
