Cary Elwes

Acting

October 26, 1962 (63 years old)

London, England, UK

Male

121 Movies

35 TV Shows

Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor. He is known for his leading roles in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and the Saw series. Elwes's other performances in films include Glory (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Twister (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997), Liar Liar (1997), Ella Enchanted (2004), No Strings Attached (2011), BlackBerry, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (both 2023). Elwes has also appeared on television series such as The X-Files, Seinfeld, From the Earth to the Moon, Psych, Life in Pieces, Stranger Things, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Knuckles. He is the third son born to interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy and the late portrait painter Dominick Elwes, and is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was born and raised in London and attended Harrow. After graduating from Harrow, he moved to the US and studied drama at Sarah Lawrence College. He left school after two years to begin his film career. Elwes is politically active for causes such as protecting the environment and helping Native American peoples. He is married to Lisa Marie Kurbikoff, a stills photographer.

The Princess Bride

1987 7.7

as Westley

Age 24 (now 63)

Saw

2004 7.4

as Dr. Lawrence Gordon

Age 41 (now 63)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993 6.6

as Robin Hood

Age 30 (now 63)

Hot Shots!

1991 6.6

as Kent Gregory

Age 28 (now 63)

Liar Liar

1997 6.7

as Jerry

Age 34 (now 63)

Glory

1989 7.5

as Maj. Cabot Forbes

Age 27 (now 63)

No Strings Attached

2011 6.3

as Dr. Stephen Metzner

Age 48 (now 63)

The Crush

1993 6.7

as Nick Eliot

Age 30 (now 63)

Twister

1996 6.6

as Jonas

Age 33 (now 63)

Ella Enchanted

2004 6.5

as Edgar

Age 41 (now 63)

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

2023 6.5

as Nathan

Age 60 (now 63)

Kiss the Girls

1997 6.5

as Det. Nick Ruskin

Age 34 (now 63)

A Christmas Carol

2009 6.9

as Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice)

Age 47 (now 63)

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992 7.5

as Lord Arthur Holmwood

Age 30 (now 63)

Saw 3D

2010 6.0

as Dr. Lawrence Gordon

Age 47 (now 63)

Quest for Camelot

1998 6.8

as Garrett (voice)

Age 35 (now 63)

Dead Man's Wire

2026 6.5

as Michael Grable

Age 63

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Age 63

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as John P. Jones (voice)

Age 63

Neverland

2025

Age 62 (now 63)

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025 7.2

as Denlinger

Age 62 (now 63)

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

2024 6.1

as The King

Age 61 (now 63)

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

2024 7.0

as Brigadier Gubbins - 'M'

Age 61 (now 63)

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

2023 6.2

as The King

Age 61 (now 63)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023 7.5

as Denlinger

Age 60 (now 63)

Sweetwater

2023 6.9

as Ned Irish

Age 60 (now 63)

BlackBerry

2023 7.2

as Carl Yankowski

Age 60 (now 63)

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

2023 6.5

as Nathan

Age 60 (now 63)

The Hyperions

2022 4.6

as Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum

Age 60 (now 63)

Last Train to Christmas

2021 5.6

as Roger Towers

Age 59 (now 63)

A Castle for Christmas

2021 6.0

as Myles

Age 59 (now 63)

Burning at Both Ends

2021 6.0

as Jacques

Age 58 (now 63)

Burning at Both Ends

2021 6.0

Executive Producer

Age 58 (now 63)

Best Sellers

2021 6.3

as Halpren Nolan

Age 58 (now 63)

The Unholy

2021 6.5

as Bishop Gyles

Age 58 (now 63)

The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

2020 7.0

as Self

Age 57 (now 63)

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

2020 6.3

as Westley

Age 57 (now 63)

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

2020 8.0

as Self

Age 57 (now 63)

Black Christmas

2019 4.6

as Professor Gelson

Age 57 (now 63)

Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto

2019

as D.W. Griffith

Age 56 (now 63)

Ghost Light

2018 6.3

as Alex Pankhurst

Age 56 (now 63)

Billionaire Boys Club

2018 5.7

as Andy Warhol

Age 55 (now 63)

Andre the Giant

2018 7.3

as Self

Age 55 (now 63)

And the Winner Isn't

2017 6.3

as Self

Age 55 (now 63)

Don't Sleep

2017 5.4

as Dr. Richard Sommers

Age 54 (now 63)

We Don't Belong Here

2017 5.6

as Frank Harper

Age 54 (now 63)

Sugar Mountain

2016 5.6

as Jim Huxley

Age 54 (now 63)

The Queen of Spain

2016 5.2

as Gary Jones

Age 54 (now 63)

Elephant Kingdom

2016

as Rock (voice)

Age 53 (now 63)

Indiscretion

2016 4.3

as Jake Simon

Age 53 (now 63)

Being Charlie

2016 6.2

as David Mills

Age 53 (now 63)

Elvis & Nixon

2016 6.0

Producer

Age 53 (now 63)

Elvis & Nixon

2016 6.0

Screenplay

Age 53 (now 63)

Lost & Found

2016 5.4

as John Broman

Age 53 (now 63)

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

2015 7.0

Thanks

Age 52 (now 63)

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

2015 7.0

as Self

Age 52 (now 63)

H8RZ

2015 5.1

as Principal Donato

Age 52 (now 63)

A Haunting in Cawdor

2015 4.4

as Lawrence O'Neill

Age 52 (now 63)

Teen Lust

2014 4.7

as John

Age 51 (now 63)

In Security

2014 5.0

as Joshua

Age 51 (now 63)

A Bit of Bad Luck

2014 4.2

as Brooks

Age 51 (now 63)

Behaving Badly

2014 5.3

as Joseph Stevens

Age 51 (now 63)

Reach Me

2014 5.3

as Kersey

Age 51 (now 63)

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013 7.9

as Aquaman (voice)

Age 50 (now 63)

Anna Nicole

2013 5.2

as E. Pierce Marshall

Age 50 (now 63)

She Loves Me Not

2013 3.9

as Brady Olinson

Age 50 (now 63)

Horizon

2013 2.8

as Max Hartman

Age 50 (now 63)

The Story of Luke

2013 6.9

as Paul

Age 50 (now 63)

Hansel and Gretel Get Baked

2013 5.1

as The Meter Man

Age 50 (now 63)

True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon

2012 8.0

Age 49 (now 63)

The Citizen

2012 6.4

as Miller

Age 49 (now 63)

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

2012 2.4

as Bobby Wobbly

Age 49 (now 63)

Camilla Dickinson

2012 2.0

as Rafferty Dickinson

Age 49 (now 63)

New Year's Eve

2011 5.9

as Stan's Doctor

Age 49 (now 63)

Hellgate

2011 4.8

as Jeff Mathews

Age 49 (now 63)

The Adventures of Tintin

2011 6.9

as Pilot (voice)

Age 48 (now 63)

No Strings Attached

2011 6.3

as Dr. Stephen Metzner

Age 48 (now 63)

Little Murder

2011 5.1

as Barry Fitzgerald

Age 48 (now 63)

Saw 3D

2010 6.0

as Dr. Lawrence Gordon

Age 47 (now 63)

Psych:9

2010 4.7

as Dr. Clement

Age 47 (now 63)

Flying Lessons

2010 5.6

as Steven Jennings

Age 47 (now 63)

As Good As Dead

2010 5.0

as Ethan Belfrage

Age 47 (now 63)

A Christmas Carol

2009 6.9

as Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice)

Age 47 (now 63)

The Alphabet Killer

2008 5.1

as Capt. Kenneth Shine

Age 46 (now 63)

The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

2007 8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 44 (now 63)

Walk the Talk

2007 5.3

as Erik

Age 44 (now 63)

Georgia Rule

2007 6.0

as Arnold

Age 44 (now 63)

Factory Girl

2006 6.0

as Sam Green (uncredited)

Age 44 (now 63)

Pucked

2006 4.1

as Norman

Age 43 (now 63)

Haskett's Chance

2006

as Mark Haskett / Chris Dalness

Age 43 (now 63)

Pope John Paul II

2005

as Pope John Paul II (younger)

Age 43 (now 63)

Full Disclosure Report

2005 4.0

as Dr. Lawrence Gordon

Age 43 (now 63)

Hacking Away at Saw

2005 6.0

as Self

Age 42 (now 63)

Edison

2005 5.4

as Reigert

Age 42 (now 63)

Neo Ned

2005 6.0

as Dr. Magnuson

Age 42 (now 63)

Saw

2004 7.4

as Dr. Lawrence Gordon

Age 41 (now 63)

The Riverman

2004 5.4

as Ted Bundy

Age 41 (now 63)

Ella Enchanted

2004 6.5

as Edgar

Age 41 (now 63)

American Crime

2004 3.8

as Albert Bodine

Age 41 (now 63)

Comic Book Villains

2002 5.3

as Carter

Age 39 (now 63)

Comic Book Villains

2002 5.3

Co-Producer

Age 39 (now 63)

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

2002

as Self

Age 39 (now 63)

Wish You Were Dead

2002 5.3

as Mac "Macbeth" Wilson

Age 39 (now 63)

Uprising

2001 6.5

as Dr. Fritz Hippler

Age 39 (now 63)

The Cat's Meow

2001 5.8

as Thomas Ince

Age 38 (now 63)

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

2001 7.6

as Self

Age 38 (now 63)

Shadow of the Vampire

2000 6.7

as Fritz Arno Wagner

Age 37 (now 63)

Race Against Time

2000 5.2

as Burke

Age 37 (now 63)

Cradle Will Rock

1999 6.5

as John Houseman

Age 37 (now 63)

Quest for Camelot

1998 6.8

as Garrett (voice)

Age 35 (now 63)

The Pentagon Wars

1998 6.9

as Colonel James Burton

Age 35 (now 63)

Kiss the Girls

1997 6.5

as Det. Nick Ruskin

Age 34 (now 63)

Liar Liar

1997 6.7

as Jerry

Age 34 (now 63)

The Informant

1997 6.6

as Lt. David Ferris

Age 34 (now 63)

Twister

1996 6.6

as Jonas

Age 33 (now 63)

The Jungle Book

1994 6.0

as Captain William Boone

Age 32 (now 63)

The Chase

1994 5.8

as Steve Horsegroovy

Age 31 (now 63)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993 6.6

as Robin Hood

Age 30 (now 63)

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

1993 6.4

as Self

Age 30 (now 63)

The Crush

1993 6.7

as Nick Eliot

Age 30 (now 63)

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992 7.5

as Lord Arthur Holmwood

Age 30 (now 63)

Leather Jackets

1992 5.3

as Dobbs

Age 29 (now 63)

Leather Jackets

1992 5.3

Associate Producer

Age 29 (now 63)

Hot Shots!

1991 6.6

as Kent Gregory

Age 28 (now 63)

Days of Thunder

1990 6.4

as Russ Wheeler

Age 27 (now 63)

Glory

1989 7.5

as Maj. Cabot Forbes

Age 27 (now 63)

Never on Tuesday

1989 4.1

as Tow Truck Driver (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 63)

The Princess Bride

1987 7.7

as Westley

Age 24 (now 63)

Maschenka

1987 9.0

as Ganin

Age 24 (now 63)

Lady Jane

1986 6.9

as Guilford Dudley

Age 23 (now 63)

The Bride

1985 5.4

as Josef

Age 22 (now 63)

Oxford Blues

1984 5.6

as Lionel

Age 21 (now 63)

Another Country

1984 6.5

as James Harcourt

Age 21 (now 63)

Yesterday's Hero

1979 4.8

as Disco Dancer

Age 16 (now 63)

Butterfly in the Typewriter

as Kingsley Amis

The American Spring

The Panic

as Charles Barney