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Cary Elwes
Cary Elwes is an English actor recognized for his roles as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and in Saw series. He garnered attention with films like Glory (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). His television roles include series like The X-Files, Seinfeld, From the Earth to the Moon, Psych, and Life in Pieces; in 2019, he appeared in Netflix's Stranger Things. He holds nominal recognition, with nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and two Satellite Awards.
Elwes was born Ivan Simon Cary Elwes on 26 October 1962 in Westminster, London as the youngest of three sons of portrait painter Dominic Elwes and Tessa Kennedy. He spent his early life in the UK, attending the Harrow School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He moved to the US in 1981 to study acting at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. His acting career began in 1984, with his debut in Marek Kanievska's film Another Country. His work has varied between drama, such as in the Oscar-winning Glory (1989), and comedy, such as in Hot Shots! (1991). Elwes has also shown a prolific career in voice-over works in films, television animations, and video games.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Ivan Simon Cary Elwes
Born: Westminster, London, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: October 26, 1962
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1979-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Lisa Marie Kurbikoff
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Movies Featuring Cary Elwes
The Princess Bride
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
BlackBerry
Ella Enchanted
A Castle for Christmas
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Glory
The Cat's Meow
The Jungle Book
Quest for Camelot
Black Christmas
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Crush
Best Sellers
Billionaire Boys Club
Kiss the Girls
Being Charlie
Hot Shots!
The Unholy
Saw
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
The Queen of Spain
Toys in the Attic
Resistance: 1942
Lady Jane
Sweetwater
Oxford Blues
Don't Sleep
Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire
Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Mary Pickford: Love Wild
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Flying Lessons
Little Murder
New Year’s Eve
Camilla Dickinson
Hansel and Gretel Get Baked
In Security
Anna Nicole
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Psych:9
Hellgate
She Loves Me Not
Teen Lust
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
Indiscretion
Elephant Kingdom
We Don’t Belong Here
And the Winner Isn’t
Andre the Giant
Race Against Time
H8RZ
Comic Book Villains
The Riverman
Edison
Hacking Away at Saw
Pope John Paul II
Pucked
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
American Crime
Full Disclosure Report
Wish You Were Dead
Glory
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Another Country
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Burning at Both Ends
Never on Tuesday
Last Train to Christmas
The Hyperions
‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights’ – The Legend Had It Coming
The Informant
Leather Jackets
The Pentagon Wars
Yesterday’s Hero
Dead Man's Wire
Career Timeline
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2024
Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver
The King
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Brigadier Gubbins 'M'
Mary Pickford: Love Wild
D.W. Griffith
2023
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Denlinger
BlackBerry
Carl Yankowski
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Nathan
Sweetwater
Ned Irish
Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire
The King
2021
A Castle for Christmas
Myles
Best Sellers
Halpern Nolan
The Unholy
Bishop Gyles
Burning at Both Ends
Jacques
Last Train to Christmas
Roger Towers
2017
The Queen of Spain
Don't Sleep
Dr. Richard Sommers
We Don’t Belong Here
Frank Harper
And the Winner Isn’t
Self
2013
Hansel and Gretel Get Baked
The Meter Man
In Security
Joshua
Anna Nicole
E. Pierce Marshall
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Orin / Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice)
She Loves Me Not
Brady Olinson
2012
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
Toys in the Attic
Camilla Dickinson
Rafferty Dickinson
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