Cary Elwes
Actor, Film actor
1962 –
Who is Cary Elwes?
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes, known professionally as Cary Elwes, is an English actor and voice actor.
The son of painter Dominick Elwes and designer Tessa Georgina Kennedy, he acted in off-Broadway plays during college and moved to the United States in the early 1980s. He is known for his roles as Westley in The Princess Bride, Arthur Holmwood in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Garrett in Quest for Camelot, and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw and Saw 3D: The Final Chapter. He appeared in box office hits such as Days of Thunder, Hot Shots!, Twister, Liar, Liar and New Year's Eve. He has had recurring roles in television series such as The X-Files playing Brad Follmer and Psych playing Pierre Despereaux.
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- Born
- Oct 26, 1962
Westminster - Also known as
- Ivan Simon Cary Elwes
- Elwes
- The Next Errol Flynn
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Lisa Marie Kubikoff
(2000 - )
- Lisa Marie Kubikoff
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- English people
- Croatian
- Anglo-Irish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Harrow School
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Acting - Actors Studio
Acting - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Lived in
- London
- New York
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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