Ray Winstone
Winstone in June 2006
Born	February 19, 1957 (1957-02-19) (age 51) Hackney, England
Spouse(s)	Elaine Winstone (1979-)
Awards won Emmy Awards International Emmy - Best Actor 2006 Vincent Other Awards NBR Award for Best Cast 2001 Last Orders 2006 The Departed

Raymond Andrew Winstone, Jr.^[1] (born 19 February 1957, in Hackney, East London) is an Emmy Award-winning English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum, and is also known as a voice over actor. More recently he has branched out into film production. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... The London Borough of Hackney is a London Borough in the east end of London and part of inner London. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... An Emmy Award. ... Vincent is an ITV drama series made and aired in 2005 starring Ray Winstone and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they need to keep tabs on. ... The National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble is an annual film award (since 1994) given by the National Board of Review. ... Last Orders is a 2001 motion picture written and directed by Australian (Writer/Director/Producer) Fred Schepisi, and stars Michael Caine as Jack Dodd, Bob Hoskins as Ray, Ray Winstone as Vince Dodds, David Hemmings as Lenny and Tom Courtenay as Vic Tucker. ... The Departed is an Academy Award winning 2006 crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Hackney is the principal area of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. ... An Emmy Award. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Scum is a film made in 1979 portraying the brutality of life inside a British borstal. ... The term voice-over refers to a production technique where a disembodied voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in radio, television, film, theater and/or presentation. ...

Early life

Winstone was born in Homerton, in the London Borough of Hackney.^[2] His family was originally from Cirencester – half of them moving to London, the other half to Wales. Moving via Plaistow to Enfield when Winstone was seven, his father, Raymond Andrew Winstone, Sr., ran a fruit and vegetable business (he is now a black cab driver) while his mother, Margaret, had a job emptying fruit machines. Winstone recalls playing with his friends on bomb sites until "Moors Murderers" Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were arrested after preying on children. Winstone was educated at Edmonton County, which had changed from a grammar school to a comprehensive upon his arrival. He didn't take to school, eventually leaving with a single CSE (Grade 2) in Drama. Hackney Hospital, August 2005. ... The London Borough of Hackney is a London Borough in the east end of London and part of inner London. ... , Cirencester  is a market town in Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the country. ... Plaistow is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... Enfield is the name of several places. ... In the United Kingdom, the name hackney carriage refers to a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in Greater London or by the local authority (non-metropolitan district councils or unitary authorities) in other parts of England, Wales, and Scotland, or by the Department of the Environment in Northern... Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English), or poker machine (Australian English) is a certain type of casino game. ... The Moors murders were committed in and around Greater Manchester in England from 1962 to 1965 by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. ... Mug shots of Ian Brady (right) and his partner Myra Hindley at the time of their arrest in October 1965. ... Mug shots of Myra Hindley (left) and her partner Ian Brady at the time of their arrest in October 1965. ... Edmonton County School is a specialist technology college in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield in north London. ... A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin... A comprehensive school is a secondary school that does not select children on the basis of academic attainment or aptitude. ... The Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) was a former English school leaving qualification which was available along with the GCE O Levels between the period from 1965 to 1987. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ...

Winstone had an early affinity for acting; his father would take him to the cinema every Wednesday afternoon, and Winstone later recalled seeing 101 Dalmatians and rushing towards the screen to berate Cruella de Vil. Later, he would witness Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and the bug would bite: "I thought 'I could be that geezer'" he said later. Other major influences included John Wayne, James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson. After borrowing extra tuition money from a friend's mother, a drama teacher, he took to the stage, appearing as a Cockney newspaper-seller in a production of Emil and the Detectives. This article is about the 1996 film. ... Not to be confused with Cruella de Ville, a short-lived 1980s post-punk band. ... Albert Finney (born May 9, 1936 in Salford, Lancashire, England) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated English actor of Irish descent. ... Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a 1960 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alan Sillitoe. ... For other persons named John Wayne, see John Wayne (disambiguation). ... James Francis Cagney, Jr. ... Edward Goldenberg Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, Yiddish: עמנואל גולדנברג; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American stage and film actor of Romanian origin. ... St Mary-le-Bow The term cockney is often used to refer to working-class people of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. ... Emil and the Detectives is a novel for children written by the German writer Erich Kästner. ...

Winstone was also a fan of boxing. Known to his friends as Winnie, at home he was called Little Sugs (his dad already being known as Sugar – after Sugar Ray Robinson). At age 12, Winstone joined the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club and, over the next 10 years, won 80 out of 88 bouts. At welterweight, he was London Schoolboy Champion on three occasions, fighting twice for England. The experience gave him a perspective on his later career: "If you can get in a ring with 2000 people watching and be smacked around by another guy, then walking onstage isn't hard." For other meanings of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr. ... Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ...

School

Deciding to pursue drama, Winstone enrolled at the Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith. At £900 a term, it was expensive, considering the average wage was then about £36 a week. Corona Academy was founded by Rona Knight in the Mid 1940s, The School started in Chiswick before moving to Hammersmith. ... Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, England, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. ...

He landed his first major role in What A Crazy World at Theatre Royal Stratford East, but he danced and sang badly, leading his usually-supportive father to say "Give it up, while you're ahead." One of his first TV appearances came in the 1976 "Loving Arms" episode of the popular police series The Sweeney where he was credited as "Raymond Winstone" and played a minor part as an unnamed young thug. The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a theatre in Stratford, London, which opened in 1884. ... This article is about the television series. ...

Winstone was not popular with the school establishment, who considered him a bad influence. After some 12 months, he found that he was the only pupil not invited to the Christmas party and decided to take revenge for this slight. Hammering some tacks through a piece of wood, he placed it under the wheel of his headmistress's car and blew out the tire. For this, he was expelled. As a joke, he went up to the BBC, where his schoolmates were involved in an audition, and got one of his own by flirting with the secretary. The audition was for one of the most notorious plays in history – Alan Clarke's Scum – and, because Clarke liked Winstone's cocky, aggressive boxer's walk, he got the part, even though it had been written for a Glaswegian. The play, written by Roy Minton and directed by Clarke, was a brutal depiction of a young offenders institution. Winstone was cast in the leading role of Carlin, a young offender who struggles against both his captors and his fellow cons in order to become the "Daddy" of the institution. Hard hitting and often violent (particularly during the infamous "billiards" scene in which Carlin uses two billiard balls stuffed in a sock in order to beat one of his fellow inmates over the head) the play was judged unsuitable for broadcast by the BBC, and was not finally shown until 1991. The banned television play was entirely re-filmed in 1979 for cinematic release with many of the original actors playing the same roles. In a recent director's commentary for the Scum DVD, Winstone cites Clarke as a major influence on his career, and laments the director's death in 1991 from cancer. For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Alan Clarke (28 October 1935 - 24 July 1990) was a television and film director, producer and writer, born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. ... Scum is a film made in 1979 portraying the brutality of life inside a British borstal. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation) George Square and Glasgows City Chambers Glasgow is Scotlands largest city, located on the River Clyde in West Central Scotland. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

Winstone's role in Scum seems to have set a mould for many of his other parts; he is frequently cast as a tough or violent man. He has also been cast against type, however, in films in which he reveals a softer side. He had a comedic part in Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, and played the romantic lead in Fanny and Elvis. His favourite role was in the television biopic on the life of England's most notorious monarch, King Henry VIII. Helena Bonham Carter co-starred as Henry's most well-known queen, Anne Boleyn. Emilia Fox played Jane Seymour, Charles Dance played the Duke of Buckingham, Emily Blunt played Catherine Howard and David Suchet played Cardinal Wolsey. Joss Ackland and Sean Bean also starred. Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (also released as The Very Thought of You) is a romantic comedy film first released in 1998. ... A biographical film or biopic is a film about a particular person or group of people, based on events that actually happened. ... Henry VIII redirects here. ... Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated English actress, known for her portrayals of Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Marla Singer in the film Fight Club, her Oscar-nominated performance as Kate Croy in The Wings... Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (1501/1507–19 May 1536) was a Queen Consort of England, the second wife of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Henrys marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key player in the political and religious... Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born July 31, 1974 in London, England) is a British actress possibly best known for her role as pathologist Nikki Alexander in television series Silent Witness, having joined the cast on the departure of Amanda Burton. ... For the actress, see Jane Seymour (actress). ... Charles Dance OBE (born October 10, 1946 in Redditch, Worcestershire) is an English actor. ... Emily Olivia L. Blunt (born February 23, 1983) is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress best known for her work in the films My Summer of Love and her appearance as Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada and she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture on... Cathrine Howard (between 1520 and 1525 – 13 February 1542), also called Katherine Howard[1] was the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (1540-1542), and sometimes known by his reference to her as the rose without a thorn. Her birth date and place of birth is unknown, (occasionally cited... David Suchet OBE (born May 2, 1946) is an English actor best known for his television portrayal of Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot in the television series Agatha Christies Poirot. ... Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (c. ... Joss Ackland CBE (born Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland on February 29, 1928 in North Kensington, London) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 130 films in his career. ... Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English film and stage actor. ...

Television and film

After a short run in the TV series Fox, and a role in Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (alongside Diane Lane, Laura Dern and a host of real-life punks like Fee Waybill, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Paul Simonon), Winstone got another big break, being cast as Will Scarlet in Robin of Sherwood. He proved immensely popular and enjoyed the role, considering Scarlet to be "the first football hooligan" - though he was not fond of the dubbed German version, in which he said he sounded like a "psychotic mincer." But once the show was over, the parts dried up. He got involved in co-producing Tank Malling, starring Jason Connery, Amanda Donohoe and Maria Whittaker, and scored a few TV parts. Over the years, he's appeared in TV shows including The Sweeney, The Bill, Boon, Fairly Secret Army (as Stubby Collins), Ever Decreasing Circles, One Foot in the Grave, Murder Most Horrid, Birds of a Feather, Minder, Kavanagh QC, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Get Back (with the fledgling Kate Winslet.) During this period, he was increasingly drawn to the theatre, playing in Hinkemann in 1988, Some Voices in 1994 and Dealer's Choice and Pale Horse the following year. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains was a 1981 film shot in Canada about three teenage girls, including Diane Lane and Laura Dern, who start a punk band. ... Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Laura Elizabeth Dern-Harper (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. ... John Waldo Waybill (born 17 September 1950), known as Fee Waybill, is the lead singer and songwriter of the band The Tubes. ... Stephen Phillip Jones (b. ... Paul Cook, born on July 20, 1956, is an English drummer and former member of the Sex Pistols. ... Paul Simonon (born December 15, 1955 in Brixton, London, England) is best known as the bass guitarist and vocalist for punk rock band The Clash. ... Will Scarlet (also Scarlett, Scarlock, Scadlock, Scatheloke and Scathelocke) was a prominent member of Robin Hoods Merry Men. ... Robin of Sherwood, retitled Robin Hood in the US, was an acclaimed 1980s British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. ... Ultras at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002 Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour, usually by gangs of young people. ... In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ... German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ... Psychosis is a psychiatric classification for a mental state in which the perception of reality is distorted. ... Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11, 1963) is an English actor. ... Amanda Donohoe (born June 29, 1962) is an English actress. ... Maria Whittaker (born October 7, 1969) in Hounslow West London is a former English Page three girl of the 1980s. ... This article is about the television series. ... This article is about the British TV series. ... Boon is a British television drama series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker and later on Neil Morrissey. ... Fairly Secret Army was a short-lived British sitcom. ... Ever Decreasing Circles was a British sitcom which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1987. ... One Foot in the Grave was a popular BBC television situation comedy series written by David Renwick. ... Murder Most Horrid was a British television comedy starring comedian Dawn French. ... Birds Of A Feather is the second track on Phishs 1998 album The Story of the Ghost. ... Image:Arthur-Daley-book. ... Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. ... Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers: Wayne, Dennis, Oz, Bomber, Barry, Neville and Moxey, who are living and working on a German building site. ... Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is a five time Academy Award-nominated Emmy Award-nominated BAFTA, Grammy and Screen Actors Guild Award winning English actress. ... Dealers Choice is a play written by Patrick Marber and first performed at the Royal National Theatre in London in February 1995. ...

Winstone was asked to appear in Mr Thomas, a play written by his friend and fellow-Londoner Kathy Burke. The reviews were good, and led to Winstone being cast, alongside Burke, in Gary Oldman's drama Nil By Mouth. As an alcoholic wife-batterer, he was lauded across the board, receiving a BAFTA nomination (17 years after his Best Newcomer award for That Summer). He continued to play tough guy roles in the likes of Face and The War Zone — the latter especially controversial, as he played a father who rapes his teenage daughter — but that obvious toughness would also allow him to play decent men softened by love in romantic comedies like Fanny and Elvis and There's Only One Jimmy Grimble. In Last Christmas, he played a dead father, now a trainee angel, who returns from Heaven to help his young son cope with his bereavement, written by Tony Grounds who Ray worked with again on Births Marriages & Deaths and Our Boy winning Ray the Royal Television Society Best Actor Award. They worked together again in 2006 on All in the Game where Ray gives a virtuoso performance as a football manager. He did a series of Holsten Pils ads where he played upon the phrase "Who's the Daddy", coined in the film Scum. Kathy Burke (born June 13, 1964) is a British actress. ... Gary Leonard Oldman[1] (born March 21, 1958) is an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild-nominated, Saturn and BAFTA award-winning English-born American[2] film actor, writer and director. ... For other uses, see Nil by Mouth. ... King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ... Spousal abuse refers to a wide spectrum of abuse. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... That Summer is Sarah Dessens first book. ... British former footballer turned actor Vinnie Jones A tough guy is a highly intimidating man who excels at personal combat and is a strongly associated with machismo. ... Face (1997). ... The War Zone is a 1999 movie written by Alexander Stuart, based on his novel, and directed by Tim Roth. ... Theres Only One Jimmy Grimble (1999) was a film set in Manchester, United Kingdom. ... This article is about the supernatural being. ... For other uses, see Heaven (disambiguation). ... Tony Grounds is a writer born in 1957 in East London. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... All in the Game is a 2006 made-for-TV movie by Tightrope Pictures for Channel 4 in the UK. It is a behind-the-scenes drama based on the power-politics of British football, starring Ray Winstone. ... Soccer redirects here. ... he is the best in the world, some call him the junior jose, special 1 version 2 ... Original Pilsner Urquell Pilsener or pilsner is a pale lager, developed in the 19th century in the city of Pilsen, Bohemia (Plzeň in the Czech Republic). ... // Advert redirects here. ... Scum is a film made in 1979 portraying the brutality of life inside a British borstal. ...

In 2000 Winstone snagged a role as Gary 'Gal' Dove in Sexy Beast, that brought him great acclaim from UK and international audiences, and brought him to the attention of the American film industry. Winstone plays a retired and happily married former thief, living off of his spoils in Spain, dragged back into London's underworld by two psychopathic former associates (played by Ian McShane and Ben Kingsley, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance). Sexy Beast (2001) is a British film directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane. ... For other uses, see Underworld (disambiguation). ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ... Ian McShane (born 29 September 1942) is a Golden Globe-winning English actor. ... Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

After a brief role alongside Burke again in the tragi-comic The Martins, he appeared in Last Orders, directed by Fred Schepisi (of Roxanne fame), where he starred alongside the weighty likes of Michael Caine, Helen Mirren, David Hemmings and Tom Courtenay. Before shooting began, he was fearful that meeting these actor-heroes (he loved the likes of Zulu and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner) might turn out to be disappointing. He later said his co-stars were as impressive as he'd hoped, however. Tragicomedy refers to fictional works that blend aspects of the genres of tragedy and comedy. ... The Martins is a comedy, produced in 2001, written and directed by Tony Grounds, starring Lee Evans and Kathy Burke. ... Last Orders is a film based on the Graham Swift novel Last Orders. ... Frederick Alan Schepisi AO (born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director and scriptwriter who was born in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Roxanne is a comedy film released in 1987, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah. ... This article is about the English actor. ... Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born July 26, 1945), is an English stage, television and film actress. ... David Hemmings in Blowup David Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English movie actor and director, whose most famous role was the photographer in Michelangelo Antonionis Blowup in 1966 (opposite Vanessa Redgrave), one of the films that best represented the spirit of the 1960s. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ... Zulu is a 1964 adventure film depicting the Battle of Rorkes Drift between the British Army and the Zulus. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Next Winstone would nab a prime part in Ripley's Game, the sequel to The Talented Mr. Ripley, in which he once again played a cold-bloodedly violent gangster. He followed up with Lenny Blue, the sequel to Tough Love, and the short The Bouncer. Category: ... For other uses, see Sequel (disambiguation). ... The Talented Mr. ... For other uses, see Gangster (disambiguation). ...

In 2000, he starred in To the Green Fields Beyond at the Donmar Warehouse (directed by Sam Mendes, the man behind American Beauty). 2002 would see him at the Royal Court, as Griffin in The Night Heron. Two years later, he joined Kevin Spacey for 24 Hour Plays at the Old Vic, a series of productions that were written, rehearsed and performed in a single day. Now internationally known, Winstone was next chosen by Anthony Minghella to play Teague, a sinister Home Guard boss, in the Civil War drama Cold Mountain. The Donmar Warehouse is a small theatre in the Covent Garden area of the West End of London. ... Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director. ... American Beauty is a 1999 drama film that explores themes of love, freedom, self-liberation, the search for happiness, and family against the backdrop of modern American suburbia. ... Royal court (as distinguished from a court of law) may refer to a number of institutions: A noble court - the household or entourage of a monarch or other ruler The Royal Court of Jersey - the main court of justice of Jersey The Royal Court of Guernsey - the main court of... Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actor (film and stage) and director. ... The exterior of the Old Vic from the corner of Baylis Road and Waterloo Road. ... Anthony Minghella (January 6, 1954–March 18, 2008[1]) was an Academy Award-winning English film director, playwright and screenwriter. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... This article is about the film. ...

Perhaps inspired by Burke and Oldman, Winstone has now decided to direct and produce his own movies, setting up Size 9 and Flicks production companies with his long-time agent Michael Wiggs. The first effort was She's Gone, in which he plays a businessman whose young daughter disappears in Istanbul (filming was held up by unrest in the Middle East.) He followed it up with Jerusalem in which he played poet and visionary William Blake. Technical Ecstasy is the 1976 album from heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... For other persons named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation). ...

Winstone made his action movie debut in King Arthur, starring Clive Owen, directed by Antoine Fuqua, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In that film, Fuqua proclaimed him as "the British De Niro." He then provided the voice of Soldier Sam in the long-awaited screen version of The Magic Roundabout. King Arthur is a 2004 epic film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Antoine Fuqua (born January 19, 1966 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an African-American film director of such films as The Replacement Killers with Chow Yun Fat, Bait with Jamie Foxx, Training Day with Denzel Washington, Tears of the Sun with Bruce Willis and King Arthur with Clive Owen. ... Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is a film and television producer in the genre of action, drama, and science fiction. ... Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. ... The Magic Roundabout (released in North America as Sprung! The Magic Roundabout and, in an amended form, as Doogal) is a film based on the television series of the same name. ... The Magic Roundabout (Known in the original French as Le Manège enchanté) was a childrens television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. ...

In 2005, he appeared opposite Suranne Jones in ITV drama Vincent about a team of private detectives. He returned to the role in 2006 and was awarded an International Emmy. In 2005 he also portrayed a 19th century English policeman trying to tame the Australian outback in The Proposition. A complete change of pace for Winstone was providing the voice for the plucky Mr. Beaver in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, also in 2005. Winstone appears in the 2006 crime thriller by Martin Scorsese, The Departed as Mr. French, an enforcer to Jack Nicholson's Boston Irish mob boss. He provided motion capture movements and voice for Beowulf in the Robert Zemeckis' film Beowulf. He was recently cast in the fourth Indiana Jones film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which is due to be in cinemas on May 22, 2008. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Vincent is an ITV drama series made and aired in 2005 starring Ray Winstone and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they need to keep tabs on. ... A private investigator, or PI, is a person who undertakes investigations, usually for a private citizen or some other entity not involved with a government or police organization. ... An Emmy Award. ... The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... For other uses, see Outback (disambiguation). ... The Proposition is a 2005 movie directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave. ... Mr. ... Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (b. ... The Departed is an Academy Award winning 2006 crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. ... The Departed is a 2006 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio (in his third movie with Scorsese), Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. ... Enforcer may refer to: A criminal who uses physical force or the threat of physical force to intimidate, injure or even murder those who do not follow the dictates of an organized crime group; a thug. ... John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award-winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... The Irish Mob, or Irish Mafia, is one of the oldest organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century. ... For other uses, see Mafia (disambiguation). ... Robert Lee Bob Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American movie director, producer and writer. ... Beowulf is a 2007 animated film adaptation of the Old English epic poem of the same name. ... Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

He has been widely linked to taking the role of Detective Inspector Jack Regan in a remake of The Sweeney.^[3] This article is about the television series. ...

Personal life

Winstone met his wife, Elaine, while filming That Summer in 1979. They have three daughters and his two eldest Lois and Jaime are both actors. Winstone was bankrupted by the Inland Revenue before his marriage, and again soon afterwards, but his near-religious refusal to worry saw him through, as it would his occasional run-ins with the police. While returning from filming an episode of Bergerac on Jersey, he was stopped on suspicion of gun-running. And, a couple of years after that, he spent 72 hours in a Leeds jail cell, having been "identified" by a member of the public who'd seen an identikit picture of a criminal on Crimewatch UK. Jaime Margaret Winstone[1] (born 1985) is a British actress best known for playing Becky in the gritty film Kidulthood, and playing Lauren in the Channel 4 drama series Goldplated. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ... Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation) and Leeds City (disambiguation). ... Identikit (also known as The Drivers Seat) is a 1974 film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. ... Crimewatch UK is a British television programme, produced by the BBC, that reconstructs unsolved crimes with a view to gaining information from the members of the public, in order to help solve major crimes. ...

Winstone lives with his wife in Roydon, Essex, still supports West Ham United, and keeps up the physical training, being a regular at Ricky English's gym in Watford. He is a huge fan of crooners, as well as Motown, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Paul Weller, Madness, and Ian Dury. Roydon is a small village located in Essex, England. ... Current season West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, and have played their home matches at the 35,303 capacity Boleyn Ground stadium since 1904. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... This article is about the singer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. ... Paul Weller (born John William Weller May 25, 1958, in Sheerwater, near Woking, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter. ... Madness are a British pop/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. ... Ian Dury, in a look combining Gene Vincent with a Cockney pearly king. ...

Filmography

The year 1976 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about the television series. ... // Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. ... Scum is a film made in 1979 portraying the brutality of life inside a British borstal. ... Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film based on the 1973 rock opera album Quadrophenia by The Who. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... Robin of Sherwood, retitled Robin Hood in the US, was an acclaimed 1980s British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. ... Will Scarlet (also Scarlett, Scarlock, Scadlock, Scatheloke and Scathelocke) was a prominent member of Robin Hoods Merry Men. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... For other uses, see Nil by Mouth. ... Face (1997). ... The year 1998 in film involved some significant events. ... Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (also released as The Very Thought of You) is a romantic comedy film first released in 1998. ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... Darkness Falls is a 1999 film written by John Howlett (from N.J. Crisps play Dangerous Obsession and directed by Gerry Lively. ... The War Zone is a 1999 movie written by Alexander Stuart, based on his novel, and directed by Tim Roth. ... The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. ... Theres Only One Jimmy Grimble (1999) was a film set in Manchester, United Kingdom. ... Sexy Beast (2001) is a British film directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane. ... Love, Honour and Obey is a 2000 mock gangster film starring several members of the Primrose Hill set. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... Last Orders is a film based on the Graham Swift novel Last Orders. ... The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. ... Category: ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... Henry VIII redirects here. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... This article is about the film. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Everything is a 2004 low budget film directed by Richard Hawkins. ... King Arthur is a 2004 epic film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. ... In Arthurian Legend, Sir Bors was a Knight of the Round Table. ... The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. ... The Proposition is a 2005 movie directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave. ... The Magic Roundabout (released in North America as Sprung! The Magic Roundabout and, in an amended form, as Doogal) is a film based on the television series of the same name. ... Mr. ... Vincent is an ITV drama series made and aired in 2005 starring Ray Winstone and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they need to keep tabs on. ... The year 2006 in film involved some significant events. ... For other uses, see Sweeney Todd (disambiguation). ... The Departed is an Academy Award winning 2006 crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. ... Breaking and Entering, a 2006 romantic drama, is Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghellas first original screenplay since his 1991 feature debut, Truly, Madly, Deeply. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean... Beowulf is a 2007 animated film adaptation of the Old English epic poem of the same name. ... 2008 in film is expected to feature another battle of the sequels, as many properties release new installments, including: Rambo, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Lost Boys: The Tribe, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk... Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. ... // LR: Limited release in select cities WR: Wide-release to theaters IMAX: Release to IMAX theaters Beverly Hills Cop IV The Hobbit Interstellar Magneto (film) Smooth Criminal : The Michael Jackson Story Temeraire Tales from Earthsea - December 18 LR - Buena Vista Distribution - Goro Miyazaki (director) The Lost Tomb: A Neopets Adventure...

References

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External links

• Ray Winstone at the Internet Movie Database
• Three-page biography from Tiscali Film & TV
• BBC Drama Faces - Ray Winstone
• Edmonton County former pupils
• Full Ray Winstone filmography and career history