Nottingham born actor, bagged a nomination for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards in 2018 following his confident feature debut in Obey, playing a troubled 19 year old who returns home after years in care to look after his alcoholic mother.

Rutherford, who discovered acting through the Shane Meadows affiliated The Television Workshop, where actors such as Vicky McClure, Jack O’Connell and Samantha Morton cut their teeth, recently wrapped filming County Lines, starring Harris Dickinson, a timely British film set to hit headlines about a teenager who's groomed into a lethal nationwide drug selling enterprise.