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Roger Allam (born 26 October 1953, Bow, London) is an English actor, known primarily for his stage
career, although he has performed in film and television. He played
Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Miserables
Steve Valentine (born October 26, 1966) is a Scottish actor,
musician and magician who has performed on stage and screen, but is best
known for his role as the eccentric Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama
Crossing Jordan. He recently starred in the Disney XD sitcom I'm in the Band as Derek Jupiter until its 2011 cancellation
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born 26 October 1962), known professionally as Cary Elwes,
is an English actor and voice actor. The son of painter Dominick Elwes
and designer Tessa Georgina Kennedy, Elwes 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 classic film The Princess Bride, Arthur Holmwood in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and for his role as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw.
He has also 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
Contributed by Helen Snadina
Roger Allam is one of those actors who seems to be in a lot of things but no-one really seems to know who he is. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981 and has been with them, on and off, for many seasons.
ReplyDeleteAlso, he has made several appearances in The West End and in recent years most of his work has been with The National Theatre Company where he finally won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. In February 2002 he finally won the much deserved Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance as Terri Dennis in Privates on Parade.
Revered for his charming lead performance in Rob Reiner's classic fairy tale, "The Princess Bride" (1987), British actor Cary Elwes went on to find success largely in supporting roles. Elwes showed a career-long interest in period films, donning medieval tights again in the satirical "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" (1993), and going on to explore everything from the Civil War to NASA's journey to the moon. In his higher profile Hollywood work, the actor appeared as Tom Cruise's rival in "Days of the Thunder" (1991) before sending up the action film genre in "Hot Shots" (1991). He supported Jim Carrey in the comedy "Liar Liar" (1997) and chased storms in "Twister" (1996), and while he was initially typecast for his dashing, patrician air, Elwes' later career was marked by villainous roles and darker material like "The X-Files" (Fox, 1993-2002) and "Saw" (2004), which benefited greatly from the blond actor's deceptively preppy looks.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to add some interesting facts about Ivan Simon Cary Elwes:
ReplyDeleteDate of Birth
26 October 1962, London, England, UK
Height
6' (1.83 m)
His great grandfather (on his father's side) was a chamberlain to the Pope.
Last name is pronounced El-wez.
Met his wife Lisa Marie in 1991 at a Malibu chili cook-off.
Cousin of Amanda Elwes.(LOL the irony if you get what I mean).
Raised as a Catholic.
Is an accomplished horseman.(LOL horsepower trap in Saw 7, this brings kind of irony aswell).
Is a distant relative of the famous Archaeologist Lord Carnarvon, and a distant nephew of Henry VIII Tudor, King of England, as well as he is a distant nephew of his third wife, Jane Seymour.