AKA Ivan Simon Cary Elwes

Born: 26-Oct-1962
Birthplace: London, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes is capable of decent performances when the part calls for earnest or evil. He was perfect as the fairy tale hero Westley in The Princess Bride, rescuing his Buttercup (Robin Wright). He played Tom Cruise's race-car driver nemesis in Days of Thunder, and appeared in the military farce Hot Shots! with Charlie Sheen. He has also delivered enough wooden performances to go into the lumber business. He was particularly silly as an abducted doctor in Saw, as a weather-chaser in Twister, and as a journalist stalked and seduced by a 14-year-old girl in The Crush.

One of Elwes' brothers is a Hollywood B-moviemaker, and produced Oxford Blues, one of Elwes' first films. His other brother is an artist who was briefly married to actress Catherine Oxenberg. Their father, portrait painter Dominic Elwes, was portrayed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Anthony Head in a 1994 TV-movie for BBC, The Trial of Lord Lucan. Elwes now lives in Malibu, and is an activist for Native American rights.

Father: Dominic Elwes (painter, d. Sep-1975)
Father: Elliott Kastner (stepfather, movie producer, b. 7-Jan-1933)
Mother: Tessa Georgina Kennedy (interior designer)
Brother: Cassian Elwes (movie producer, b. 1959)
Brother: Damian Elwes (artist)
Sister: Milica Kastner (stepsister, independent moviemaker)
Brother: Dillon Kastner (stepbrother, independent moviemaker)
Wife: Lisa Marie Kurbikoff (photographer)

    High School: Harrow School
    University: Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY

    Yugoslavian Ancestry

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Georgia Rule (10-May-2007)
    Pope John Paul II (17-Nov-2005)
    Edison (17-Sep-2005)
    Neo Ned (22-Apr-2005)
    The Riverman (6-Sep-2004)
    Ella Enchanted (9-Apr-2004)
    American Crime (6-Apr-2004)
    Saw (19-Jan-2004)
    Wish You Were Dead (21-May-2002)
    Comic Book Villains (1-Jan-2002)
    Uprising (04-Nov-2001)
    The Cat's Meow (3-Aug-2001)
    Race Against Time (17-Jan-2001)
    Shadow of the Vampire (15-May-2000)
    Cradle Will Rock (18-May-1999)
    Quest for Camelot (15-May-1998) [VOICE]
    From the Earth to the Moon (5-Apr-1998)
    The Pentagon Wars (28-Feb-1998)
    Kiss the Girls (10-Sep-1997)
    The Informant (5-Sep-1997)
    Liar Liar (21-Mar-1997)
    Twister (10-May-1996)
    The Jungle Book (25-Dec-1994)
    The Chase (4-Mar-1994)
    Robin Hood: Men in Tights (28-Jul-1993)
    The Crush (2-Apr-1993)
    Dracula (13-Nov-1992)
    Leather Jackets (18-Jun-1992)
    Hot Shots! (31-Jul-1991)
    Days of Thunder (27-Jun-1990)
    Glory (15-Dec-1989)
    The Princess Bride (25-Sep-1987)
    Lady Jane (7-Feb-1986)
    The Bride (16-Aug-1985)
    Oxford Blues (24-Aug-1984)
    Another Country (May-1984)

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