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Ray Winstone(I)

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Ella (Anna Paquin), now living with her father Alan (Ray Winstone) and newly sober having temporarily given up custody of her young daughters to her ex-husband Joseph (Youssef Kerkour) and his new partner Bethan (Pippa Bennett-Warner).

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Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in London, England, to Margaret (Richardson) and Raymond J. Winstone. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his parents had a fruit and vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club, was three times London Schoolboy Champion and fought twice for England, UK. In ten years of boxing, he won over 80 medals and trophies.

Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as Carlin in the BBC Play production of Scum (1979). He has appeared in numerous TV series over the past 20 years including Robin Hood (1984), Palmer (1991), Birds of a Feather (1989), Between the Lines (1992), Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995), Births, Marriages and Deaths (1999), and Vincent (2005). His film career has burgeoned since his award-winning role in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997), and he has appeared in multiple films including Fanny and Elvis (1999), Tim Roth's The War Zone (1999), The Departed (2006), Hugo (2011), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). Known for his signature gritty voice, Winstone has also done a number of voiceover roles including Rango (2011), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), as well as the Beowulf (2007) film and video games.

He married Elaine Winstone in 1979, and the couple have three children: Lois Winstone (born 1982), a singer with the London-based hip-hop group "Crack Village" who also played his on-screen daughter in Last Orders (2001) and got a part in four episodes of The Bill (1984), Jaime Winstone (born 1985) also an actress with ambitions to be a director, and Ellie Rae Winstone (born 2001).
BornFebruary 19, 1957
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards

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Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Paul Whitehouse, and Ray Winstone in King of Thieves (2018)
Ray Winstone in The Trials of Jimmy Rose (2015)
Jack Nicholson and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)
Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone in Sexy Beast (2000)
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)
Jack Nicholson, Jill Brown, Ray Winstone, and David Fischer in The Departed (2006)
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)
Leonardo DiCaprio and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)
Ashley Jensen and Ray Winstone in Barney Thomson (2015)
Ray Winstone in Point Break (2015)

Known for

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, and Matt Damon in The Departed (2006)
The Departed
8.5
  • Mr. French
  • 2006
Ray Winstone in Beowulf (2007)
Beowulf
6.3
  • Beowulf
  • Golden Man
  • Dragon
  • 2007
Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone in Sexy Beast (2000)
Sexy Beast
7.3
  • Gal
  • 2000
Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (2003)
Cold Mountain
7.2
  • Teague
  • 2003

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  • Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Wagner Moura, Ray Winstone, Olivia Colman, Harvey Guillén, Samson Kayo, and Florence Pugh in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
    Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
    • (voice)
  • Anna Paquin and Ray Winstone in A Bit of Light (2022)
    A Bit of Light
  • Russell Crowe, Steven Berkoff, Julian Glover, Marton Csokas, Steve Dent, Jodhi May, Michael McKell, Ray Winstone, Stanley Morgan, Billy Clements, Ricky Chaplin, Martin Coe, Joe Egan, Olivia Chenery, Noeleen Comiskey, Julius Francis, Glen Fox, Matt Hookings, Tim Cullingworth-Hudson, Mark Epstein, Lucy Martin, and James Mackie in Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
    Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
  • Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
    Black Widow
  • Francesca Hayward in Cats (2019)
    Cats
  • The Queen's Corgi (2019)
    The Queen's Corgi
    • (voice)
  • Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Paul Whitehouse, Ray Winstone, and Charlie Cox in King of Thieves (2018)
    King of Thieves
  • Ice (2016)
    Ice
  • Space for You (2017)
    Space for You
  • Ray Winstone and Kerry van der Griend in Sliding Away (2017)
    Sliding Away
  • Jawbone (2017)
    Jawbone
  • The Wombles (2016)
    The Wombles
    • (voice)
  • Of Kings and Prophets (2016)
    Of Kings and Prophets
  • Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon, Ray Winstone, and Johnny Flynn in The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016)
    The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells
  • Edgar Ramírez and Luke Bracey in Point Break (2015)
    Point Break

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  • Ray Winstone in Sicily (2020)
    Ray Winstone in Sicily
    • (2018)
  • Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter (2012)
    Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter
  • 44 Inch Chest (2009)
    44 Inch Chest
  • Fathers of Girls (2009)
    Fathers of Girls
  • Syd Brisbane in The Cow Thief (2006)
    The Cow Thief
  • Sweeney Todd (2006)
    Sweeney Todd
  • Disappeared (2004)
    Disappeared
  • Brown Paper Bag

Soundtrack

  • Ralph Sepe in Ralphthemoviemaker (2013)
    Ralphthemoviemaker
  • Francesca Hayward in Cats (2019)
    Cats
  • Jan Graveson and Ray Winstone in Everything (2004)
    Everything
  • Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (2003)
    Cold Mountain
  • Five Seconds to Spare (2000)
    Five Seconds to Spare
  • Love, Honor and Obey (2000)
    Love, Honor and Obey
  • Fanny and Elvis (1999)
    Fanny and Elvis
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The War Zone
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    • Talent Agent
    • February 19, 1957
    • Hackney, London, England, UK
    • 1979 - present (3 children)
    • Lois Winstone
  • Other works
    (theatre) Pale Horse (1995)
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 15 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Was the leading actor in the directorial debuts of two Brit actors: in The War Zone (1999) directed by Tim Roth and in Nil by Mouth (1997), directed by Gary Oldman. All three are known for playing villains in many films.
  • Quotes
    All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. Alas, poor Yorick, that's about death. And in Romeo and Juliet everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.
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