Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes (born Ivan Simon Cary Elwes in England on October 26, 1962) is a British actor.

Elwes attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, where he studied acting. His late father, Dominic Evelyn Bede Elwes, an artist, descended from a staunchly Roman Catholic recusant family, and his mother, Tessa Kennedy, is of Anglo-Irish and Serbo-Croatian extraction.

Partial Filmography

  • Saw (2004)
  • American Crime (2003)
  • Comic Book Villains (2002)
  • The Cat's Meow (2001)
  • Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
  • Cradle Will Rock (1999)
  • Quest for Camelot (1998) (voice)
  • Kiss the Girls (1997)
  • The Informant (1997)
  • Liar Liar (1997)
  • Twister (1996)
  • The Jungle Book (1994)
  • The Chase (1994)
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
  • The Crush (1993)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
  • Leather Jackets (1992)
  • Hot Shots! (1991)
  • Days of Thunder (1990)
  • Glory (1989)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • Another Country (1984)

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His late father, Dominic Evelyn Bede Elwes, an artist, descended from a staunchly Roman Catholic recusant family, and his mother, Tessa Kennedy, is of Anglo-Irish and Serbo-Croatian extraction. In 2003 he appeared in the indie film Dogville. Elwes attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, where he studied acting. Now in his seventies, Gazzara is still acting. Cary Elwes (born Ivan Simon Cary Elwes in England on October 26, 1962) is a British actor. In the 1990's he appeared in 38 films, mainly "made for TV" productions. Another Country (1984). His most famous acting roles include Quicker Than the Eye (1989), High Velocity (1977), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Capone (1975), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), A Rage to Live (1965), and Anatomy of a Murder (1959).

The Princess Bride (1987). He has had a long and varied acting career, with spells as an accomplished director too. Glory (1989). However he lost out on the film role to Paul Newman. Days of Thunder (1990). He studied at the Actor's Studio in the 1950's and starred in various Broadway productions, most notably "Cat on a hot tin roof". Hot Shots! (1991). Ben Gazzara, born Biagio Anthony Gazzara, (August 28, 1930), is an actor born in New York City, he grew up on New York's tough Lower East Side.

Leather Jackets (1992). Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). The Crush (1993). Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).

The Chase (1994). The Jungle Book (1994). Twister (1996). Liar Liar (1997).

The Informant (1997). Kiss the Girls (1997). Quest for Camelot (1998) (voice). Cradle Will Rock (1999).

Shadow of the Vampire (2000). The Cat's Meow (2001). Comic Book Villains (2002). American Crime (2003).

Saw (2004).