Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born 26 October 1962), known professionally as
Cary Elwes, is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, known for his performances in
The Princess BrideThe Princess Bride is an American 1987 film, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy.The movie was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman...
;
Robin Hood: Men in TightsRobin Hood: Men in Tights is a 1993 comedy of the story of Robin Hood. Produced and directed by Mel Brooks, the film stars Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, and Dave Chappelle...
;
Hot Shots!Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy spoof starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn and Jon Cryer. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, co-director of Airplane! , and was written by Abrahams and Pat Proft....
;
GloryGlory is a 1989 drama war film based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as told from the point of view of its commanding officer, Robert Gould Shaw during the American Civil War. The 54th was one of the first formal units of the U.S...
;
Liar, Liar;
SawSaw is a 2004 horror film, the first installment of the Saw film series. Directed by James Wan and written by Wan and Leigh Whannell, Saw was filmed during only eighteen days of production. It was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2004 and saw international release later that year...
and
Twister.
Personal life
Elwes was born in
WestminsterWestminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...
,
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and is the third and youngest son of English portrait-painter Dominick Elwes and interior designer
Tessa Georgina KennedyTessa Georgina Kennedy is a renowned British interior designer whose elopement with society portrait painter Dominick Elwes made headlines in 1957.-Biography:...
, who is of Croatian and
Anglo-IrishAnglo-Irish was a term used historically to describe a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until 1871, or to a lesser...
descent. He attended
Harrow SchoolHarrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London. Harrow has educated boys since 1243 but was officially founded by John Lyon under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I in 1572....
in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
and
Sarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States. It is located in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, north of Manhattan. Sarah Lawrence was founded in 1926 as a women's college and became a coeducational institution in 1968...
in
Bronxville, New YorkBronxville is a village within the town of Eastchester, New York. It is located approximately north of midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County. As of the 2000 census, Bronxville had a population of 6,543.-Demographics:...
, where he studied, among other acting-related subjects,
German Expressionist FilmGerman Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s. These developments in Germany were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and central European art...
. While living in New York Elwes studied acting at both the
Actors StudioThe Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded October 5, 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis and Anna Sokolow who taught...
and the
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film InstituteThe Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is a school for the performing arts located at 115 East 15th Street in New York City, and at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, that is dedicated to teaching the techniques of method acting developed by Lee Strasberg.The Institute was founded...
.
In 1991, Elwes met
photographerA photographer is a person who takes photographs using a camera. A professional photographer uses photography to make a living whilst an amateur photographer does not earn a living and typically takes photographs for pleasure and to record an event, place or person for future enjoyment.A...
Lisa Marie Kurbikoff. They became engaged in 1997 and wed in 2000. The couple has one daughter. He is active in fighting for the rights of
indigenous peoplesThe term indigenous peoples can be used to describe any ethnic group of people who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known historical connection, alongside more recent immigrants who have populated the region and may be greater in number...
around the world and for the end of the genocide in Darfur.
Film
Elwes made his acting debut in Mariek Kanievska's famous film
Another CountryAnother Country is a 1984 film by Julian Mitchell adapted from his play of the same title. The film, directed by Marek Kanievska, stars Rupert Everett as Guy Bennett along with Colin Firth as Tommy Judd...
(where he played James Harcourt, a young and sentimental homosexual student from an Eton-esque traditional English boarding school), with
Rupert EverettRupert James Hector Everett is an English actor and singer. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly homosexual student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
and
Colin FirthColin Andrew Firth is an English film, television, and stage actor. Firth first gained wide public attention, especially in England, for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the highly acclaimed 1995 television adaption of Pride and Prejudice...
. The film, adapted from a play, was loosely based on the formative years of British spies
Guy BurgessGuy Francis De Moncy Burgess was a British-born intelligence officer and double agent, who worked for the Soviet Union. He was part of the Cambridge Five spy ring that betrayed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War...
,
Kim PhilbyHarold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby or H.A.R. Philby , was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a spy for and later defected to the Soviet Union...
and
Donald Duart MacleanDonald Duart Maclean was a British diplomat and member of the Cambridge Five who were members of MI5, MI6 or the diplomatic service who acted as spies for the Soviet Union in the Second World War and beyond...
. His first notable role was Guilford Dudley in the highly acclaimed British epic
Lady JaneLady Jane is a 1986 British costume drama romance film directed by Trevor Nunn, written by David Edgar, and stars Helena Bonham Carter in the title role. It tells the story of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days' Queen, on her reign and romance with husband Lord Guilford Dudley. The film features several...
after being personally chosen by distinguished Director of the
Royal Shakespeare CompanyThe Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company. Located primarily at Stratford-upon-Avon, with bases also in London and Newcastle upon Tyne, it is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly-funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal National Theatre.-The early...
,
Trevor NunnSir Trevor Robert Nunn CBE is an English theatre- and film director.-Early years:Nunn was born in Ipswich, England to Robert Alexander Nunn, a cabinetmaker, and Dorothy May Piper...
. His performance in that film led director
Rob ReinerRobert Norman "Rob" Reiner is an American director, producer, writer, and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s...
to cast Elwes in another leading role, this time as the stable boy turned
heroA hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...
Westley in the American comedy
The Princess BrideThe Princess Bride is an American 1987 film, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy.The movie was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman...
, which required Elwes to do all of his own swordfighting and acrobatics. Elwes' breakthrough performance in this film gained him international acclaim. He continued working steadily, varying between dramatic roles, as in the Academy Award-winning
GloryGlory is a 1989 drama war film based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as told from the point of view of its commanding officer, Robert Gould Shaw during the American Civil War. The 54th was one of the first formal units of the U.S...
(1989), and comedic roles, as in
Hot Shots!Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy spoof starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn and Jon Cryer. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, co-director of Airplane! , and was written by Abrahams and Pat Proft....
(1991). In 1993, he starred as
Robin HoodRobin Hood is a hero in English folklore, a highly-skilled archer and outlaw. In particular, he is known for "stealing from the rich and giving to the poor," assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men"...
in
Mel BrooksMelvin "Mel" Kaminsky , better known by his stage name Mel Brooks, is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer, best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction...
' classic comedy,
Robin Hood: Men in TightsRobin Hood: Men in Tights is a 1993 comedy of the story of Robin Hood. Produced and directed by Mel Brooks, the film stars Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, and Dave Chappelle...
, parodying
Errol FlynnErrol Leslie Flynn was an Australian film actor, known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Background and early life:...
and
Kevin CostnerKevin Michael Costner is an American actor, musician, producer, and director. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Oscars and a Golden Globe Award. Costner's roles include Lt. John J...
. Elwes also appeared in such popular movies as Francis Coppola's adaptation of
Bram Stoker's Dracula,
The Crush,
The Jungle BookRudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 Disney film based on the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and is a live-action reimagining of the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book. The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli and Cary Elwes as his...
,
Twister,
Liar LiarLiar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical...
,
Cradle Will RockCradle Will Rock is a 1999 drama film which chronicles the process and events that surrounded the production of the original 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein...
,
The Cat's MeowThe Cat's Meow is a drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The screenplay by Steven Peros is based on his play of the same title, which was inspired by the mysterious death of film mogul Thomas H...
and
Kiss the GirlsKiss the Girls is a 1997 American thriller film directed by Gary Fleder. The screenplay by David Klass is based on the bestselling 1995 novel of the same name by James Patterson....
with
Morgan FreemanMorgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. is an American actor, film director, and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice....
. In 2004, he starred in the
horrorHorror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness...
/thriller
SawSaw is a 2004 horror film, the first installment of the Saw film series. Directed by James Wan and written by Wan and Leigh Whannell, Saw was filmed during only eighteen days of production. It was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2004 and saw international release later that year...
which, at a budget of a little over $1 million, grossed over $100 million worldwide. The same year he appeared in the film
Ella EnchantedElla Enchanted is a 2004 fairy tale-comedy film loosely based on Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel of the same name. The film stars Anne Hathaway as Ella and Hugh Dancy as Prince Charmont...
, portraying the villain rather than the hero. He made an uncredited appearance as Sam Green, the man who introduced
Andy WarholAndrew Warhola , more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
to
Edie SedgwickEdith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick was an American actress, socialite, model, and heiress. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol's Muses. Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several of Andy Warhol's short films, in the 1960s...
, in the 2006 film
Factory GirlFactory Girl is an American film based on the life of 1960s underground film star, socialite, and Andy Warhol's Superstar Edie Sedgwick. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 29, 2006.-Synopsis:...
. In 2007, he appeared in
Garry MarshallGarry Kent Marshall is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His credits include creating Happy Days and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, and The Princess Diaries.-Early life:...
's
Georgia RuleGeorgia Rule is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Garrett Hedlund and Cary Elwes. The original music score was composed by John Debney. The film is rated R for sexual content and some language. The film was...
with
Jane FondaJane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou and, excluding a 15 year hiatus, has appeared in films ever since. She has won two Academy Awards and received several...
. In 2009 Elwes worked on two Mocap films,
Robert ZemeckisRobert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future films as well as the live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit , though in the 1990s he...
's
A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol is a film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 story of the same name. The film is written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge.The...
and
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn directed by
Steven SpielbergSteven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern...
and
Peter JacksonPeter Robert Jackson, CNZM is a New Zealand filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, best known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien...
.
Television
In 1996, Elwes made his first television appearance as "David Lookner" on the hit show
SeinfeldSeinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. The eponymous series was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, with the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
. In 1998, he played Astronaut
Michael CollinsMichael Collins is an Irish American former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, when he and command pilot John W. Young performed two rendezvous with different...
in the
Golden Globe AwardThe Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television...
-winning HBO
miniseriesA miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
From the Earth To the Moon. In 1999, he guest starred as Dr. John York in the Ripper episode of the television series
The Outer LimitsThe Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on both Showtime and Sci-Fi Channel between 1995 and 2002. The series is a remake of the original The Outer Limits series that aired in the 1960s....
. He earned two
Golden Satellite AwardThe Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama...
nominations for his performances in the television films
The Pentagon WarsThe Pentagon Wars is a 1998 HBO film, starring Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes and Richard Schiff, based on a book of the same name by Colonel James G. Burton, USAF . The film is a black comedy describing the development of the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.- Plot Summary :U.S...
and
UprisingUprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman...
. Elwes had a recurring role in the final season (2001-2002) of
The X-FilesThe X-Files is an American cult science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. It first aired in September 1993 and ended in May 2002...
as FBI Assistant Director
Brad FollmerFBI Assistant Director Brad D. Follmer is a fictional character in the American Fox television series The X-Files, a science fiction series about a government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of Alien existence. Follmer was introduced during the last season of the show, as an ex-lover to main...
.
Chris CarterChristopher Carl Carter is an American screenwriter, film director and producer, best known as the creator of The X-Files and Millennium....
, creator of
The X-Files, wrote the character especially for him.
In 2004, he received great praise with his portrayal of
serial killerA serial killer is a person who murders three or more people over a period of more than 30 days, with a "cooling off" period between each murder, and whose motivation for killing is largely based on psychological gratification. Often, a sexual element is involved with the killings...
Ted BundyTheodore Robert "Ted" Bundy, born Theodore Robert Cowell , was an American serial killer active between 1973 and 1978. He twice escaped from county jails before his final apprehension in February 1978. After more than a decade of vigorous denials, he eventually confessed to over 30 murders,...
in the
A&E NetworkA&E is a cable and satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. A&E stands for Arts & Entertainment, which, for many years, was in the channel's full title...
film
The Riverman, which was based on the book
The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer written by
Robert D. KeppelRobert David Keppel is a retired American law enforcement officer and detective most known for his work tracking serial killers Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway.-Early life:...
.
The Riverman became one of the highest rated original movies in the network’s history and garnered a prestigious BANFF Rockie Award nomination. In 2005 Elwes again received international critical acclaim with his portrayal of the young
Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła served as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death almost 27 years later. His was the second-longest pontificate; only Pope Pius IX served longer...
in the
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
made-for-TV movie epic
Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II is a 2005 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Pope John Paul II from his early adult years in Poland to his death on April 2, 2005 at age 84....
. The TV film was highly successful not only in
North AmericaNorth America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific...
, but also in Europe, where it broke box office records in the late pope's native
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and became the first film ever to break $1 million (GBP588,200) in three days.
In 2007, he made a guest appearance on the
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department...
episode "Dependant" as a
MafiaThe Mafia is a Sicilian criminal society which is believed to have emerged in late 19th century Sicily, and the first such society to be referred to as a mafia . It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct...
lawyer. In 2009, he played the role of Pierre Despereaux, an international art thief, in the 4th season premiere of
PsychPsych is an American comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. The show stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts allow...
.
Voiceovers
His
voice-overVoice-over is a production technique where a non-diegetic voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in radio, television, film, theatre and/or presentation....
works include the narrator in
James PattersonJames B. Patterson is an American author of thriller novels, largely known for his series about African-American psychologist Alex Cross.-Biography:James Pattersonis a former chairman of the advertising company J. Walter Thompson...
's audio book
The Jester as well as characters in film and television animations such as
Quest for CamelotQuest for Camelot is an animated feature film from Warner Bros. Animation, released in 1998. It was retitled The Magic Sword in Asia and Excalibur: Quest for Camelot in the UK. In France, the movie was titled Excalibur l'épée magique what can be translated Excalibur the Magic Sword...
,
Pinky and The BrainPinky and the Brain are cartoon characters who have starred in the American animated television series Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain....
,
Batman BeyondBatman Beyond, also known as Batman of the Future, is an American animated television series created by The WB Television Network in collaboration with DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation as a continuation of the Batman legacy. It began airing on January 10, 1999, and ended its run on December18,...
, and the English versions of the highly popular
Studio Ghibliis a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten.The company's logo features the character Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro....
films
Porco RossoPorco Rosso, known in Japan as is the sixth anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, released in 1992, about an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. The man has been cursed, and has been transformed into a pig...
,
Whisper of the HeartWhisper of the Heart, known in Japan as is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aoi Hiiragi. In 1995, it was adapted into an anime feature film by Studio Ghibli. This was the first Japanese film to use the Dolby Digital sound format. An English dub of this film was released by Buena...
, and
The Cat Returnsis a Japanese animated film directed by Hiroyuki Morita, produced by Studio Ghibli and theatrically released in Japan in 2002 and United States in 2005.It received an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival.-Plot:...
. For the 2004 video game
The Bard's TaleThe Bard's Tale is a computer action-adventure game created by InXile Entertainment, and released in 2004. Marketed as a humorous spoof on fantasy computer role-playing games , it has more in common with modern console games like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.The Bard's Tale was released for the...
, he served as scriptwriter, improviser, and
voice actorVoice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called voice actors,...
of the main character The Bard.
Plays
Elwes performed in the
Bob BalabanRobert Elmer "Bob" Balaban is an American actor, author and director.-Personal life:Balaban was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Eleanor and Elmer Balaban, who owned several movie theatres and later was a pioneer in cable television...
-directed
off-BroadwayOff Broadway theater is an umbrella term for a defined set of plays, musicals or revues performed in New York City. Originally referring to the location of a venue and its productions on a street intersecting Broadway in Manhattan's Theatre District, the hub of the theater industry in the United...
dramatic stage play
The ExoneratedThe Exonerated is a film that dramatizes the stories of six people who had been wrongfully convicted of murder, but were later exonerated and freed after varying years of imprisonment, where many were subjected to further brutality and degradation...
in
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
during its March 18-23, 2003 week run.
Saw settlement
In August 2005, he filed a lawsuit against his management firm and the producers of
SawSaw is a 2004 horror film, the first installment of the Saw film series. Directed by James Wan and written by Wan and Leigh Whannell, Saw was filmed during only eighteen days of production. It was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2004 and saw international release later that year...
. He alleged that he was promised a percentage of the profits and did not receive the full amount as promised. The producers eventually settled out of court.
Filmography
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Other notes |
| 1984 |
Another Country |
James Harcourt |
|
Oxford BluesOxford Blues is a 1984 film written and directed by Robert Boris and starred Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and Amanda Pays. It is a remake of the 1938 MGM film A Yank at Oxford directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lionel Barrymore and Vivien Leigh.-Plot:Oxford Blues is...
|
Lionel |
|
| 1985 |
The BrideThe Bride is an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, released in 1985 and directed by Franc Roddam. The film stars Sting as Baron Charles Frankenstein and Jennifer Beals as Eva, a woman he creates in the same fashion as his infamous monster. The Bride grossed $3,558,669.- Plot summary :The...
|
Captain Josef Schoden |
|
| 1986 |
Lady JaneLady Jane is a 1986 British costume drama romance film directed by Trevor Nunn, written by David Edgar, and stars Helena Bonham Carter in the title role. It tells the story of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days' Queen, on her reign and romance with husband Lord Guilford Dudley. The film features several...
|
Guilford Dudley |
|
| 1987 |
Maschenka |
Ganin |
|
The Princess BrideThe Princess Bride is an American 1987 film, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy.The movie was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman...
|
Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts |
|
| 1988 |
Never on Tuesday |
Tow Truck Driver |
Uncredited |
| 1989 |
GloryGlory is a 1989 drama war film based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as told from the point of view of its commanding officer, Robert Gould Shaw during the American Civil War. The 54th was one of the first formal units of the U.S...
|
Major Cabot Forbes |
|
| 1990 |
Days of ThunderDays of Thunder is an auto racing drama film released in 1990 by producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes and Michael Rooker. The film also features appearances by real life racers,...
|
Russ Wheeler |
|
| 1991 |
Hot Shots! Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy spoof starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn and Jon Cryer. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, co-director of Airplane! , and was written by Abrahams and Pat Proft....
|
Lieutenant Kent Gregory |
|
| 1992 |
Bram Stoker's Dracula |
Lord Arthur Holmwood The Honourable Arthur Holmwood is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.-In the novel:He is engaged to Lucy Westenra, and is best friends with the other two men who proposed to her on the very same day — Quincey Morris and Doctor John Seward...
|
|
| Leather Jackets Leather Jackets is a 1992 film directed and written by Lee Drysdale. The movie was shot on Highland Park, Los Angeles, California in 1990. However it was not released until 1992.-Cast:*D.B. Sweeney as Mickey*Bridget Fonda as Claudi*Judy Trevor as Mrs...
|
Dobbs |
|
| 1993 |
Robin Hood: Men in TightsRobin Hood: Men in Tights is a 1993 comedy of the story of Robin Hood. Produced and directed by Mel Brooks, the film stars Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, and Dave Chappelle...
|
Robin HoodRobin Hood is a hero in English folklore, a highly-skilled archer and outlaw. In particular, he is known for "stealing from the rich and giving to the poor," assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men"...
|
|
| The Crush |
Nick Eliot |
|
| 1994 |
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 Disney film based on the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and is a live-action reimagining of the 1967 Disney animated film The Jungle Book. The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli and Cary Elwes as his...
|
Captain William Boone |
|
| The Chase The Chase is a 1994 comedy-adventure movie starring Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson. Henry Rollins has a role in the film as a police officer...
|
Steve Horsegroovy |
|
| 1996 |
Twister |
Dr. Jonas Miller |
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SeinfeldSeinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. The eponymous series was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, with the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
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David Libner |
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| 1997 |
Kiss the Girls Kiss the Girls is a 1997 American thriller film directed by Gary Fleder. The screenplay by David Klass is based on the bestselling 1995 novel of the same name by James Patterson....
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Detective Nick Ruskin/Casanova |
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| The Informant The Informant is a 1997 cable TV movie produced by Showtime, starring Cary Elwes and Timothy Dalton based upon the book Field of Blood by Gerald Seymour...
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Lieutenant David Ferris |
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Liar LiarLiar Liar is a 1997 American comedy film written by Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical...
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Jerry |
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| 1998 |
Quest for CamelotQuest for Camelot is an animated feature film from Warner Bros. Animation, released in 1998. It was retitled The Magic Sword in Asia and Excalibur: Quest for Camelot in the UK. In France, the movie was titled Excalibur l'épée magique what can be translated Excalibur the Magic Sword...
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Garrett |
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| The Pentagon Wars The Pentagon Wars is a 1998 HBO film, starring Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes and Richard Schiff, based on a book of the same name by Colonel James G. Burton, USAF . The film is a black comedy describing the development of the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle.- Plot Summary :U.S...
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Lieutenant Colonel James Burton |
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| From the Earth To the Moon |
Michael CollinsMichael Collins is an Irish American former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, when he and command pilot John W. Young performed two rendezvous with different...
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| 1999 |
Cradle Will Rock Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 drama film which chronicles the process and events that surrounded the production of the original 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein...
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John HousemanJohn Houseman was an English actor and film producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane...
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| 2000 |
Shadow of the VampireShadow of the Vampire is an American horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven A. Katz, and starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe and Udo Kier...
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Fritz Arno "Firtzy" Wagner |
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| Race Against Time |
Burke |
TV |
| 2001 |
Uprising Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman...
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Dr. Fritz Hippler Fritz Hippler was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under Joseph Goebbels...
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The Cat's MeowThe Cat's Meow is a drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The screenplay by Steven Peros is based on his play of the same title, which was inspired by the mysterious death of film mogul Thomas H...
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Thomas H. InceThomas Harper Ince was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter, producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul. Known as the "Father of the Western" he invented many mechanisms of professional movie production introducing early Hollywood to the "assembly line" system of...
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The X-FilesThe X-Files is an American cult science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. It first aired in September 1993 and ended in May 2002...
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Brad Follmer FBI Assistant Director Brad D. Follmer is a fictional character in the American Fox television series The X-Files, a science fiction series about a government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of Alien existence. Follmer was introduced during the last season of the show, as an ex-lover to main...
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TV: Six episodes |
| 2002 |
Wish You Were Dead Wish You Were Dead is a crime comedy about two femmes fatales fighting over one man in a back-stabbing, money-grabbing, insurance-hustling, double-dealing, two-timing caper....
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Mac "Macbeth" Wilson |
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| Comic Book Villains -Plot:Archie hangs out at a local comic book store and watches and narrates the film. There are two comic book shops in town; one is owned by Raymond and the other owned by Norman and Judy Link , a husband and wife.Mrs...
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Carter |
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| 2004 |
The Riverman |
Ted Bundy Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy, born Theodore Robert Cowell , was an American serial killer active between 1973 and 1978. He twice escaped from county jails before his final apprehension in February 1978. After more than a decade of vigorous denials, he eventually confessed to over 30 murders,...
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| Saw Saw is a 2004 horror film, the first installment of the Saw film series. Directed by James Wan and written by Wan and Leigh Whannell, Saw was filmed during only eighteen days of production. It was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2004 and saw international release later that year...
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Dr. Lawrence Gordon |
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| Ella Enchanted Ella Enchanted is a 2004 fairy tale-comedy film loosely based on Gail Carson Levine's 1997 novel of the same name. The film stars Anne Hathaway as Ella and Hugh Dancy as Prince Charmont...
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Sir Edgar |
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| American Crime |
Albert Bodine |
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| The Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale is a computer action-adventure game created by InXile Entertainment, and released in 2004. Marketed as a humorous spoof on fantasy computer role-playing games , it has more in common with modern console games like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.The Bard's Tale was released for the...
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The Bard |
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| 2005 |
EdisonEdison , is a thriller film, written and directed by David J. Burke. It stars Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Justin Timberlake, and LL Cool J....
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Reigert |
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| Neo Ned Neo Ned is a 2005 film starring Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, Sally Kirkland, Cary Elwes, and Ethan Suplee. It was written by Tim Boughn and directed by Van Fischer.-Synopsis:...
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Dr. Magnuson |
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Porco RossoPorco Rosso, known in Japan as is the sixth anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, released in 1992, about an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. The man has been cursed, and has been transformed into a pig...
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Curtis |
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The Cat Returnsis a Japanese animated film directed by Hiroyuki Morita, produced by Studio Ghibli and theatrically released in Japan in 2002 and United States in 2005.It received an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival.-Plot:...
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The Baron |
Voice (English dub) |
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| Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II is a 2005 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Pope John Paul II from his early adult years in Poland to his death on April 2, 2005 at age 84....
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Young Karol Wojtyla |
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| 2006 |
Saw IIISaw III is the third installment in the Saw series, released on October 27, 2006. The film is a joint effort of both the first Saws writers/directors, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, and Saw II's writer/director, Darren Lynn Bousman....
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Dr. Lawrence Gordon |
Cameo (Uncredited) |
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| Whisper of the Heart Whisper of the Heart, known in Japan as is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aoi Hiiragi. In 1995, it was adapted into an anime feature film by Studio Ghibli. This was the first Japanese film to use the Dolby Digital sound format. An English dub of this film was released by Buena...
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The Baron |
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| National Lampoon's Pucked National Lampoon's Pucked is a 2006 comedy movie starring Jon Bon Jovi in the main role.-Plot:...
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Norman |
aka National Lampoon's Pucked
aka National Lampoon's The Trouble with Frank |
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| Factory Girl Factory Girl is an American film based on the life of 1960s underground film star, socialite, and Andy Warhol's Superstar Edie Sedgwick. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 29, 2006.-Synopsis:...
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Sam Green |
Uncredited |
| 2007 |
Walk the Talk |
Erik |
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| Georgia Rule Georgia Rule is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney, Garrett Hedlund and Cary Elwes. The original music score was composed by John Debney. The film is rated R for sexual content and some language. The film was...
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Arnold |
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| 2008 |
The Alphabet KillerThe Alphabet Killer is a 2008 thriller film, loosely based on the Alphabet murders that took place in Rochester, New York between 1971 and 1973. Eliza Dushku stars as the main character, alongside Cary Elwes, Michael Ironside, Bill Moseley and Timothy Hutton...
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Capt. Kenneth Shine |
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| 2009 |
Shadows |
Jeff Mathews |
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| As Good as Dead |
Ethan Belfrage |
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| Psych Psych is an American comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. The show stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts allow...
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Pierre Despereaux |
TV |
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| A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 story of the same name. The film is written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars Jim Carrey in a multitude of roles, including Ebenezer Scrooge as a young, middle-aged, and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge.The...
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Dick Wilkins |
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