who is this curly brown haired actor?

November 27, 2010 11:16 AM

FrivolousFilter: I am looking for the name of an current actor but can think of no films he is in. He is recognizable but not overly famous. He looks very similar to Goran Visnjic, with a bit of Gerard Butler and Hugh Jackman....curly hair, aquiline nose, strong chin, a bit of cruel/arch handsomeness going on...any guesses?
posted by dahliachewswell to Media & Arts (23 answers total)

Mark Strong? Javier Bardem? Mark Ruffalo?
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 11:19 AM on November 27, 2010

Best answer: Rufus Sewell?
posted by amyms at 11:21 AM on November 27, 2010

Best answer: Rufus Sewell?
posted by elkerette at 11:21 AM on November 27, 2010

Clive Owen
posted by dfriedman at 11:37 AM on November 27, 2010

Aidan Turner?
posted by hot soup girl at 11:40 AM on November 27, 2010

James Purefoy?
Jason Isaacs?
posted by biffa at 11:41 AM on November 27, 2010

Eric Bana?
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:41 AM on November 27, 2010

Vincent Cassel?
posted by fire&wings at 11:43 AM on November 27, 2010

Best answer: Rufus Sewell's who I first pictured, especially with the curly hair and cruel/arch handsomeness thing you mentioned. But then I picture Rufus Sewell first in answer to most questions. Mmm.
posted by katillathehun at 11:47 AM on November 27, 2010 [6 favorites]

Gabriel Byrne?
posted by prenominal at 12:02 PM on November 27, 2010

Ioan Gruffudd or maybe John Lynch?
posted by grar at 12:13 PM on November 27, 2010

Richard Armitage (aka Lucas from Spooks/MI5)?
posted by supercoollady at 12:17 PM on November 27, 2010

I bet it's Rufus Sewell, but adding Ben Chaplin to the mix.
posted by Sidhedevil at 12:31 PM on November 27, 2010

Long-shot (due to his straight hair, but perhaps he's had it curly in some roles): Jack Huston? Otherwise I'm guessing Rufus Sewell as well, as Clive Owen's too famous for it to be him.
posted by scody at 1:02 PM on November 27, 2010

Guy Pearce?
posted by b33j at 1:32 PM on November 27, 2010

Joaquin Phoenix?
posted by dhens at 1:36 PM on November 27, 2010

That first guy reminded me of Clive Owen too.
posted by Decani at 2:58 PM on November 27, 2010

Greg Wise (AKA Willoughby from Sense and Sensibility)?
posted by Anima Mundi at 3:25 PM on November 27, 2010

Jeffrey Dean Morgan?
posted by severiina at 3:32 PM on November 27, 2010

Billy Crudup?
posted by invisible ink at 3:42 PM on November 27, 2010

Response by poster: You guys are awesome! It was Rufus Sewell. Backstory: he appeared in one of my dreams dressed as a sort of victorian dandy with a top hat and his name was Mr. Thomas Swampy.
posted by dahliachewswell at 3:45 PM on November 27, 2010 [11 favorites]

Rufus Sewell, eh? Treat yourself to him in the delicious BBC version of George Eliot's Middlemarch. His scenes with Dorothea...ah, pit-a-pat little heart. Or something.
posted by MonkeyToes at 5:05 PM on November 27, 2010

Sewell is also good in the more recent Pillars of the Earth, which I enjoyed immensely.
posted by Short Attention Sp at 3:16 AM on November 28, 2010