Cary Elwes
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Cary Elwes (born Ivan Simon Cary Elwes on October 26, 1962) is a British actor, best known for his performances in The Princess Bride, Glory, , The Crush and Saw.
Elwes had a recurring role in the final season of The X-Files as FBI Assistant Director Brad Follmer.
Background
Elwes (pronounced "El-wez") attended Harrow School in England, and Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, where he studied, among other acting-related subjects, German Expressionist Film.Elwes descends from a staunchly Roman Catholic recusant family on his father's side (originally known as the "Cary-Elwes" family, but now many branches of the family are now simply known as "Elwes") which includes noted British monks and bishops, such as Abbott Columba Cary-Elwes, Archbishop Dudley Cary-Elwes and Father Luke Cary-Elwes. He himself was an altar boy at the Brompton Oratory.
His artist father, Dominick Elwes, had moved in the circles of high society (and been friends with Lord Lucan and Lady Annabel Goldsmith to whom he was also related) before he committed suicide in 1975.
His mother, interior designer Tessa Kennedy, also a Catholic, eloped with his father in 1957 as a teenager to great scandal. She is of Croatian and Anglo-Irish extraction. She has been married to Jewish-American Hollywood executive, Elliott Kastner (see[link]), for many years.
Elwes became engaged to Kimberley Elwes in 1997 in New York. The wedding took place in 2001 in California.
Elwes has 2 brothers, Cassian and Damian, and a step sister Milica who are also involved in the entertainment industry.
Elwes filed a lawsuit in August 2005 against his management firm and the producers of Saw. He alleged that he was promised "a minimum of one percent of the producers' net profits" and did not receive the full amount as promised (see [link]).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Georgia Rule (film) | Step-Father | Filming | |
| 2006 | Growing Pains | Announced | ||
| Walk the Talk | Erik | Post-production | ||
| Post-production | ||||
| Haskett's Change | TV | |||
| Pucked | Norman | |||
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Young Karol Wojtyla | TV | |
| Edison | Reigert | |||
| Neo Ned | Dr. Magnuson | |||
| 2004 | The Riverman | Ted Bundy | TV | |
| Ella Enchanted | Sir Edgar | |||
| American Crime | Albert Bodine | |||
| Saw | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | |||
| The Bard's Tale (video game) | The Bard | Voice | ||
| 2002 | The Cat Returns | The Baron | Voice | |
| Wish You Were Dead | Mac "Macbeth" Wilson | |||
| Comic Book Villains | Carter | |||
| 2001 | Uprising | Dr. Fritz Hippler | ||
| The Cat's Meow | Thomas H. Ince | |||
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire | Fritz Arno "Firtzy" Wagner | ||
| Race Against Time | Burke | TV | ||
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | John Houseman | ||
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Garrett | Voice | |
| The Pentagon Wars | Lieutenant Colonel James Burton | |||
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Detective Nick Ruskin/Casanova | ||
| The Informant | Lieutenant David Ferris | |||
| Liar Liar | Jerry | |||
| 1996 | Twister | Dr. Jonas Miller | ||
| 1995 | Whisper of the Heart | The Baron | ||
| 1994 | The Jungle Book | Captain William Boone | ||
| The Chase | Steve Horsegroovy | |||
| 1993 | Robin Hood | |||
| The Crush | Nick Eliot | |||
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Lord Arthur Holmwood | ||
| Porco Rosso | Curtis | Voice | ||
| Leather Jackets | Dobbs | |||
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Lieutenant Kent Gregory | ||
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Russ Wheeler | ||
| 1989 | Glory | Major Cabot Forbes | ||
| 1988 | Never on Tuesday | Tow Trunk Driver | Uncredited | |
| 1987 | Maschenka | Ganin | ||
| The Princess Bride | Westley | |||
| 1986 | Lady Jane | Guilford Dudley | ||
| 1985 | The Bride | Captain Josef Schoden | ||
| 1984 | Oxford Blues | Lionel | ||
| Another Country | James Harcourt | |||
| 1983 | The Day After | First Air Force Officer | Uncredited; TV | |
| 1979 | Yesterday's Hero | Disco dancer |
External links
- [Cary Elwes] at the [Voice Chasers Database]
- Elwes's wife:
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