RUFUS SEWELL

Agreed Rufus is Emmy worthy.

Was he nominated? I thought he was Awesome.

He's the clear star of this show and deserves at least some award/recognition for it. Masterful acting on his part!

Also Chief Inspector Kido and Tagomi are also wonderful characters as well!

I SO agree. I just practically wrote a Valentine to him on IMDb. I noticed him in something else - I just wish I could remember what it was. The guy is amazing.

YES he's a legend. I'm only a few episodes in but in season 1 episode 2, when he is ambushed by the resistance fighter with machine guns. He takes them down with a pistol!

He was also very good as Alexander Hamilton in "John Adams".

Edited to add: I look forward to "Victoria" in January on PBS.

Agreed. That scene is suberb...when I heard he got a nom for a critics' choice award last year for TMITHC, I immediately thought it was that 1x08 scene.

I have not watched S2 yet because I promised to wait till Christmas, but I believe as the Smith's family storyline deepens, he will have plenty of chances to be awesome and I have heard his performance is in fact awesome. I do really hope he gets an Emmy Nomination.

He's one of my fave actors since always, I highly respect him ... I've seen him for the first time when I was I think 16 or so in a movie called Dark City and I haven't stopped following his career since.

Also, being a period drama lover and a theatre lover, I am quite lucky because he starred in so many period dramas (some better products than others, but his performance was always worthy)and he has been on stage often throughout his career. Last year for example he was amazing in 'Closer' by Patrick Marber.

Anyway, talking about range, if you live in the US as I suppose you do, you will see him play the romantic lead in the first 5 episode of the new drama 'Victoria' (about Queen Victoria) on PBS and you will hardly recognize him, even the way he walks is different. He plays Victoria's Prime Minister and first love, Lord Melbourne, a noble, honorable, kind hearted, selfless man whose story is quite sad ... I would call him a Jane-Austen-sort-of-hero if not for the fact that Jane Austen gave those kind of characters their happy ending and he gets none (it's not a spoiler, it's in history that Victoria married Albert) ...and he conveys the kindness and the pain of this man in such a convincing way that he makes it literally impossible for the viewer not to feel empathy (though you never see him cry or scream and he never over acts, quite the opposite). People went crazy for him in that role in the UK (+ streamers all around the world, me included), he broke hearts with his subtle performance.

Or you could try Shakespeare retold, The Taming of the Shrew if you like comedy. He is hilarious and he rocks high heels better than I do. I could be wrong but I think he got a BAFTA nom for this one.

I would add I had the chance to talk with him in London last week after I saw him play 'Art' by Yasmina Reza and he was the kindest down to earth guy of all, which is not a requisite but certainly a nice bonus.

Smith is Rufus' best ever role.