<P> Rufus Frederik Sewell ( / ˈsuːəl / ; born 29 October 1967 ) is an English actor . In film , he has appeared in Kenneth Branagh 's rendition of Hamlet ( 1996 ) playing Fortinbras , 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 as Obergruppenführer John Smith in The Man in the High Castle , an Italian detective in the BBC 's television series Zen ( 2011 ) and also appeared in the mini-series The Pillars of the Earth ( 2010 ) . In 1993 he played the hero , Will Ladislaw , in the BBC 's 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 ; the latter earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination . </P>
<P> Rufus Frederik Sewell ( / ˈsuːəl / ; born 29 October 1967 ) is an English actor . In film , he has appeared in Kenneth Branagh 's rendition of Hamlet ( 1996 ) playing Fortinbras , 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 as Obergruppenführer John Smith in The Man in the High Castle , an Italian detective in the BBC 's television series Zen ( 2011 ) and also appeared in the mini-series The Pillars of the Earth ( 2010 ) . In 1993 he played the hero , Will Ladislaw , in the BBC 's 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 ; the latter earned him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination . </P>
who plays tom builder in pillars of the earth
who plays tom builder in pillars of the earth
Rufus Frederik Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell