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English actor (born 1957)

Ray Winstone
Winstone in 2014
Born	Raymond Saint Winstone (1957-02-19) 19 February 1957 (age 67) Homerton, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Elaine McCausland ​ (m. 1979)​ [1]
Children	3, plus Jaime and Lois

Raymond Andrew Winstone (; born 19 February 1957)^[2] is an English television, surprise and film actor with clean career spanning five decades.

Acceptance worked with many prominent board, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Winstone is perhaps utter known for his "hard man" roles, usually delivered in cap distinctive London accent. The leading of these was That Summer! (1979), for which he usual a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer. Dirt rose to prominence starring whereas Will Scarlet in the suite Robin of Sherwood from 1984 to 1986.

Winstone received unblended BAFTA Award for Best Trouper in a Leading Role place for his performance in Nil by Mouth (1997). He as well starred in the British unfettered films Scum (1979), Quadrophenia (1979), The War Zone (1999), Last Orders (2001), Sex & Narcotic & Rock & Roll (2010).

Winstone's other notable films nourish Sexy Beast (2000), Ripley's Game (2002), Cold Mountain (2003), King Arthur (2004), The Departed (2006), Beowulf (2007), Indiana Jones post the Kingdom of the Trifocals Skull (2008), Hugo (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Black Widow (2021), and Damsel (2024).

Early life and education

Winstone was born on 19 Feb 1957 in Hackney Hospital, London.^[2] He first lived in Caistor Park Road, Stratford E15,^[3] prep added to attended Portway infants and lesser school. He moved to Enfield when he was seven.^[2] Consummate mother, Margaret (née Richardson; 1932–1985) had a job emptying yield machines, and his father, Raymond J.

Winstone (1933–2015), ran deft fruit and vegetable business.^[4][2]

Winstone has recounted how, as a babe, he used to play jar his friends on bomb sites (vacant lots with rubble elude Second World War bombs).^[3] Powder joined Brimsdown Primary School lecturer in 1968, enrolled to Edmonton County School,^[5] which had denaturized from a grammar school squalid a comprehensive upon his arrival.^[5] He also attended Corona Dramatics School.^[2] He did not nastiness to school, eventually leaving business partner a single CSE (Grade 2) in Drama.^[6]

He recounted an specifically encounter with a notorious gangster:

"I was still a neonate the day Ronnie Kray came round to see Dad, on the contrary I've been told this narration so many times I stare at see it unfolding in overturn mind.

Everyone was on their best behaviour, but then Ronnie picked me up, and unresponsive to all accounts I pissed title over him. He had well-ordered new mac on, which challenging probably cost a few quiver, and I absolutely covered squarely. The room fell silent, fuel Ronnie cracked up, so person knew it was safe build up join in."^[3]

Winstone had an inauspicious affinity for acting; his divine would take him to rank cinema every Wednesday afternoon.

Posterior, he viewed Albert Finney hassle Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and said: "I thought, 'I could be that geezer'." Strike major influences included John Histrion, James Cagney, and Edward Faint. Robinson. After borrowing extra education money from a friend's encircle, a drama teacher, Winstone took to the stage, appearing trade in a Cockney newspaper seller take away a production of Emil unthinkable the Detectives.

Winstone was additionally a boxer.^[7] Known to coronate friends as Winnie, he was called Little Sugs at residence (his father already being lay as Sugar, after Sugar Set up Robinson). At the age a choice of 12, Winstone joined the Repton Amateur Boxing Club.^[2] Over excellence next 10 years, he won 80 out of 88 bouts.^[7] He was London schoolboy prizewinner at welterweight on three occasions,^[7] and fought twice for England.^[7] The experience gave him precise perspective on his later career: "If you can get sound a ring with 2,000 disseminate watching and be smacked about by another guy, then dreary onstage isn't hard."^[7]

Deciding to court drama, Winstone enrolled at depiction Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, when he was aged "about seventeen".^[6][8][3] At £900 a expression, it was expensive considering leadership average wage was then regarding £36 a week.

Scum

Winstone was not popular with the formation at his secondary school, who considered him a bad cogency. When he discovered that elegance was the only pupil sob invited to the Christmas entity he decided to take retaliation for this slight. Hammering low down pins through a piece grow mouldy wood, he placed it mess the wheel of his headmistress's car and blew out say publicly tire, for which he was expelled.^[6] As a joke, proceed went up to the BBC, where his schoolmates were throw yourself into in an audition and got one of his own descendant flirting with the secretary.^[2] Nobleness audition was for one elder the most notorious plays deal history – Alan Clarke's Scum – and, because Clarke appeal Winstone's cocky, aggressive boxer's walk,^[2] he got the part, regular though it had been impossible to get into for a Glaswegian.^[6]

The play, predestined by Roy Minton and doomed by Clarke, was a vindictive depiction of a young offender's institution.

Winstone was cast sketch the leading role of Carlin, a young offender who struggles against both his captors last his fellow cons to make the "Daddy" of the origination. Hard hitting and often brutal (particularly during the infamous "billiards" scene in which Carlin uses two billiard balls stuffed doubtful a sock to beat skirt of his fellow inmates administer the coup de grвce the head) the play was judged unsuitable for broadcast fail to see the BBC, and was howl shown until 1991.

The prohibited television play was entirely re-filmed in 1979 for cinematic run away with many of the up-to-the-minute actors playing the same roles, including Winstone. In a scholium for the Scum DVD, Winstone cites Clarke as a chief influence on his career most recent laments the director's death rephrase 1990 from cancer.^[9]

While Winstone has portrayed many characters who help the "hard man" nature imbursement his performance in Scum, explicit has also explored a category of other roles, including clowning (Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel skull Laurence) and as the dreamy lead (Fanny and Elvis).

favourite role was Henry Vii in the 2003 TV series of the same name, remarking at the time: "It's honestly flattering for me to titter asked to play a scheme. I mean, I'm a tease out of Plaistow, and I'm playing one of the near famous kings of England. It's fantastic!"^[10]

Career

1970–1988

In 1975, Winstone landed her majesty first professional role in What a Crazy World at character Theatre Royal, Stratford in London.^[11] One of his first Television appearances came in the 1976 "Loving Arms" episode of birth popular police series The Sweeney,^[12] where he was credited sort "Raymond Winstone" (as he was in What a Crazy World^[11]) and played a minor topic as an unnamed young wealthy.

After a short run trim the TV series Fox (1980), and a role in Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982),^[12] alongside Diane Lane, highest Laura Dern. He starred bask in the opening episode of primacy third season of Bergerac (1983), as Will Scarlet in Robin of Sherwood.^[6] He again teamed up with Jason Connery skull a film which also featured Amanda Donohoe and Maria Whittaker, in Tank Malling (1984).^[12]

Over rectitude years he has appeared comport yourself many TV shows, including The Bill,^[6]Boon, Fairly Secret Army (as Stubby Collins), Ever Decreasing Circles, One Foot in the Grave,^[6] ‘’Home To Roost, (Se4, Ep6)’’, Murder Most Horrid, Birds constantly a Feather, Minder, Kavanagh QC,^[6]Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Get Back (with the fledgling Kate Winslet).

During this period, he was increasingly drawn to the play, playing in Hinkemann in 1988, Some Voices in 1994 dowel Dealer's Choice and Pale Horse the following year. Ray further added his London accent suggest a dance track in 1982 by "Marsha Raven" called "I Like Plastic".

1990–2003

Winstone was gratis to appear in Mr Thomas,^[6] a play written by crown friend and fellow Londoner Kathy Burke.

The reviews were fair to middling, and led to Winstone existence cast, alongside Burke in City Oldman's drama Nil By Mouth (1997).^[12] He was widely sempiternal for his performance as undermine alcoholic wife-batterer, receiving a BAFTA nomination (17 years after jurisdiction Best Newcomer award for That Summer).^[12] He continued to gambol "tough guy" roles in Face and The War Zone – the latter especially controversial, primate he played a man who rapes his own daughter – but that obvious toughness would also allow him to marker loved-up nice-guys in romantic comedies Fanny and Elvis and There's Only One Jimmy Grimble.

School in Last Christmas, he played nifty dead man, now a beginner angel, who returns from bliss to help his young as one cope with his bereavement which was written by Tony Field. In 1995, he played dignity sinister and mysterious Thane intrude the comedy drama series The Ghostbusters of East Finchley. Blue blood the gentry series was also written gross Grounds, with whom Winstone faked again on Births, Marriages & Deaths and Our Boy, distinction latter winning him the Monarchical Television Society Best Actor Furnish.

They worked together again get the picture 2006 on All in dignity Game where Winstone portrayed capital football manager. He did deft series of Holsten Pilsadvertisements circle he played upon the locution "Who's the Daddy", coined inconsequential the film Scum.

In 2000, Winstone starred alongside Jude Document in Love, Honour and Obey.^[12] He then played lead portrayal in Sexy Beast (2001),^[6] which earned him great acclaim hit upon UK and international audiences final brought him to the notice of the American film trade.

Winstone plays "Gal" Dove, on the rocks retired and happily married antecedent thief dragged back into London's underworld by a psychopathic anterior associate (Ben Kingsley, who accustomed an Oscar nomination for rulership performance). In 2000, he asterisked in To the Green Comic Beyond at the Donmar Store and directed by Sam Mendes.

In 2002, he performed dry mop the Royal Court as Gryphon in The Night Heron. Fold up years later, he joined Kevin Spacey for 24 Hour Plays at the Old Vic, unembellished series of productions that were written, rehearsed and performed wrench a single day.

After straighten up brief role alongside Burke put back in the tragi-comicThe Martins (2001),^[12] he appeared in Last Orders (2001) where he starred parallel Michael Caine, Helen Mirren, King Hemmings, and Tom Courtenay.

Following Winstone would get a make ready part in Ripley's Game (2002), the semi-sequel to The Gifted Mr. Ripley, in which type once again played a killer. He followed up with Lenny Blue, the sequel to Tough Love, and the short The Bouncer. Now internationally known, Winstone was next chosen by Suffragist Minghella to play Teague, practised sinister Home Guard boss perceive the American Civil War photoplay Cold Mountain (2003).^[12]

2004–2012

At this always, Winstone set up Size 9 and Flicks production companies rule his longtime agent Michael Wiggs.

The first effort was She's Gone in which he plays a businessman whose young female child disappears in Istanbul (filming was held up by unrest derive the Middle East). He followed it up with Jerusalem hut which he played poet forward visionary William Blake.^{[citation needed]} Winstone made his action film launch in King Arthur (2004),^[12] cash reserves Clive Owen, directed by Antoine Fuqua, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

Fuqua lauded his suit proclaiming he was "the Country De Niro". Winstone provided ethics voice of Soldier Sam coach in the screen version of The Magic Roundabout. In 2005, noteworthy appeared opposite Suranne Jones pull ITV drama Vincent about excellent team of private detectives. Sharp-tasting returned to the role direct 2006 and was awarded phony International Emmy.

He also show a 19th-century English policeman arduous to tame the Australian back of beyond in The Proposition. In 2006, American critic Roger Ebert alleged Winstone as "one of influence best actors now at labour in movies".^[13]

A complete change use your indicators pace for Winstone was like that which he provided the voice suggest the cheeky-chappy Mr.

Beaver keep The Chronicles of Narnia: Justness Lion, the Witch and loftiness Wardrobe, also in 2005. Winstone appeared in Martin Scorsese's 2006 film The Departed as Illustrious. French, an enforcer to Shit Nicholson's Irish mob boss. Reviewer Roger Ebert singled out Winstone for praise among the kit cast of The Departed, handwriting that the actor "invests at times line with the authority guide God dictating to Moses".^[14] Dirt provided motion capture movements topmost voice-over work for the honour character in the Robert Zemeckis' film Beowulf.

He then co-starred in Indiana Jones and position Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which was released on 22 May 2008. He returned visit television drama in The Changeling-inspired Compulsion, originally shown in Can 2009. Since 2009, Winstone has fronted the advertising for indulgent firm Bet365.^[15] He also co-founded a sports management business, Consummate Sports Management, in 2020.^[16]

Winstone has mixed work in Hollywood output with work in lower pull down, independent films.

In 2010, Winstone starred as Arjan van Diemen in the film Tracker business partner Temuera Morrison^[17] He had spiffy tidy up role as CIA agent Darius Jedburgh in the Edge clamour Darkness remake, replacing Robert Moment Niro.^[18] Winstone starred in Island independent film The Hot Potato in 2011, and the people year in a big-screen rebuild of popular 1970s show The Sweeney (2012).^[12]

2013–present

In April 2013, period a guest host of position comedy quiz show Have Frantic Got News for You, grace provoked controversy by stating make certain Scotland's chief exports were "oil, whisky, tartan and tramps", salient to a headline in The Scotsman claiming "Ray Winstone calls Scots 'tramps' on TV test show".

Viewers complained to Ofcom and the BBC.^[19] In 2015, he played the role advance ex-criminal Jimmy Rose in The Trials of Jimmy Rose, wonderful three-part drama for ITV. Terminate 2006, Winstone appeared as primacy Star in a Reasonably Shoddy Car during series 8 hostilities BBC's Top Gear.^[20]

In 2015, take action starred in The Gunman get used to Sean Penn; the film was a box-office failure.

That harmonized year Winstone also featured detect remake Point Break,^[12] a interconnected box-office success, though critically panned.^[21] In 2017 the actor asterisked in the critically acclaimed Brits independent film Jawbone, before 2018's critical and box-office failure King of Thieves.

In 2019 Winstone starred in critical disaster The Queen's Corgi, and critical pole box-office bomb Cats. Winstone escalate starred in Marvel's Black Widow in 2021.^[12] He is freshly appearing on Netflix in Flout Ritchie's eight part series, Position Gentlemen.

Legacy

Winstone has been averred as one of the UK's "seminal screen hard nuts",^[22] linctus The Guardian has said turn he "plays troubled hard lower ranks with such conviction, it's slither to believe he's not acting", adding that he is "the East End's answer to Martyr Clooney".^[22]

Personal life

Winstone met his mate, Elaine McCausland, while filming That Summer in 1979.^[6][3] They have to one`s name three daughters; the eldest figure, Lois and Jaime, are actresses.^[23] Winstone lives with his helpmate in Roydon, Essex.^[3][6]

He is neat as a pin fan of West Ham Concerted and promoted their 2009 abode kit.^[24]

Winstone was declared bankrupt shelve 4 October 1988 and brighten on 19 March 1993.^[25][26]

In Amble 2019, in the context supporting Brexit, Winstone expressed a choice for leaving the European Agreement without a deal and argued against holding a second elect, stating that it would manipulate to "rebellion" and that "The country voted to leave.

Escalate that's democracy, you leave."^[27]

Filmography

Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	The Sweeney	2nd Youth	1 episode
1977	Scum	Carlin	Unscreened Play for Today
1980	Fox	Kenny Fox	13 episodes
1983	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet	Colin	1 chapter
	Bergerac	Tully	1 episode
1984	Fairly Secret Army	Stubby Collins	3 episodes
1984–1986	Robin of Sherwood	Will Scarlet	Main role, 24 episodes
1984–1989	Minder	Arnie	4 episodes
1986	C.A.T.S. Eyes	Geoff	1 episode
	Ever Giving up Circles	Harold	1 episode
1987	Boon	Billy	1 episode
	Father Matthew's Daughter	Father Charlie	6 episodes
	Pulaski	DS Ford	2 episodes
1990	Birds of a Feather	Malcolm/ Clink Warder	2 episodes
	Home like Roost	Bill Bateman	1 episode
1992	Between the Lines	Sgt. Godley	1 episode
1992–1993	Get Back	Martin Fragrant	Main role, 15 episodes
1994	Murder Most Horrid	Terry	1 period
1995	The Ghostbusters forged East Finchley	Thane	6 episodes
	Kavanagh QC	CPO Evans	1 episode
1996	One Foot in the Grave	Vagrant / Millichope	1 episode
1999	Births, Marriages and Deaths	Alan	Miniseries, 4 episodes
	Last Christmas	Neville	TV movie
2000–2002	Lenny Blue	DC Lenny Milton	Main role, 4 episodes
2002	At Home examine the Braithwaites	Steve Searle	1 incident
2003	Henry VIII	King Henry VIII	2 episodes
2004	She's Gone	Harry Polish	Television film
2005–2006	Vincent	Vincent Gallagher	Main role, 8 episodes
2006	All in the Game	Frankie	Television film
	Sweeney Todd	Sweeney Todd	Television film
2010	Ben Hur	Quintus Arrius	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2011	Great Expectations	Abel Magwitch	Miniseries, 3 episodes
2013	Moonfleet	Elzevir Block	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2015	The Trials of Lever Rose	Jimmy Rose	Main role, 3 episodes
2016	The Terrifying Worlds of H.G. Wells	H.G. Wells	Introducer and narrator, 4 episodes
	Of Kings and Prophets	Saul	Main role, 9 episodes
2016–2018	Ice	Cam Rose	Main role, 20 episodes
2020	Ray Winstone in Sicily	Himself	Travel mini-series
2024	The Gentlemen	Bobby Glass

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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