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Cary Elwes

Ivan Simon Cary Elwes is an English actor and writer. He is best known for his leading film roles as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in the Saw film series.

Aliases
  • Ivan Simon Cary Elwes
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Filmography

Saw

2004
as Dr. Lawrence Gordon

No Strings Attached

2011
as Dr. Stephen Metzner

A Christmas Carol

2009
as Portly Gentleman #1 / Dick Wilkins / Mad Fiddler / Guest #2 / Business Man #1

Ella Enchanted

2004
as King Edgar

Liar Liar

1997
as Jerry

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

2023
as Denlinger

The Princess Bride

1987
as Westley

Saw: The Final Chapter

2010
as Dr. Lawrence Gordon

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

2024
as Brigadier Gubbins 'M'

The Adventures of Tintin : The Secret of the Unicorn

2011
as Pilot (voice)

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

2023
as Nathan Jasmine

The Unholy

2021
as Bishop Gyles

Twister

1996
as Dr. Jonas Miller

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013
as Orin / Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice)

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver

2024
as The King

Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

2023
as The King

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993
as Robin Hood

Quest for Camelot

1998
as Garrett (voice)

Kiss the Girls

1997
as Det. Nick Ruskin

The Crush

1993
as Nick Eliot

Hot Shots!

1991
as Lt. Kent Gregory

BlackBerry

2023
as Yankowski

Days of Thunder

1990
as Russ Weehler

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992
as Lord Arthur Helmwood

Black Christmas

2019
as Professor Gelson

A Castle for Christmas

2021
as Myles

New Year's Eve

2011
as Stan's Doctor

The Pentagon Wars

1998
as Lt. Col. James Burton

A Mouse Tale

2015
as Sir Thaddeus (voice)

Cradle Will Rock

1999
as John Houseman

Andre the Giant

2018
as Himself

Edison

2005
as D.A. Jack Reigert

Anatomy of a 'Twister'

2000

The Story of Luke

2013
as Paul

Wish You Were Dead

2002
as Mac "Macbeth" Wilson

Hansel and Gretel Get Baked

2013
as The Meter Man

Delhi Safari

2012
as Sultan / Bee Commander (voice: English version)

Billionaire Boys Club

2018
as Andy Warhol

Uprising

2001
as Dr. Fritz Hippler

Flying Lessons

2010

Lost & Found

2016
as John Broman

We Don't Belong Here

2017
as Frank Harper

Comic Book Villains

2002
as Carter

Pucked

2006
as Norman

Another Country

1984
as James Harcourt

Shadow of the Vampire

2000
as Fritz Arno Wagner

True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon

2012

As Good As Dead

2010
as Ethan Belfrage

Ghost Light

2018
as Alex Pankhurst

Best Sellers

2021
as Halpern Nolan

Lady Jane

1986
as Guilford Dudley

Maschenka

1987
as Ganin

The Riverman

2004
as Ted Bundy

Never on Tuesday

1989
as Tow Truck Driver (uncredited)

Butterfly in the Typewriter

as Kingsley Amis

The Alphabet Killer

2008
as Capt. Kenneth Shine

American Crime

2004
as Albert Bodine

Hellgate

2011
as Jeff Mathews

A Bit of Bad Luck

2014
as Brooks

The Making of Days of Thunder: Director’s cut | The Golden Hour

2020
as Himself

She Loves Me Not

2013
as Brady Olinson

Burning at Both Ends

2021
as Jacques

Little Murder

2011
as Barry Fitzgerald

The Hyperions

2022
as Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum

Yesterday's Hero

1979

The Citizen

2012
as Miller

Horizon

2013

The Chase

1994
as Steve Horsegroovy

Georgia Rule

2007
as Arnold

Sugar Mountain

2016
as Jim Huxley

Leather Jackets

1992
as Dobbs

Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

1992
as Cary Elwes

The Informant

1997
as Lt. David Ferris

Psych:9

2010
as Dr. Clement

Being Charlie

2015
as David Mills

Camilla Dickinson

2012
as Rafferty Dickinson

In Security

2014
as Joshua

Oxford Blues

1984
as Lionel

The Blue Elephant 2

2016
as Rock (voice)

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

2007
as Cary Elwes

The Gettysburg Address

2015
as John P. Jones

A Haunting in Cawdor

2015
as Lawrence O'Neill

Walk the Talk

2007
as Erik

Last Train to Christmas

2021
as Roger Towers

Glory

1989
as Maj. Cabot Forbes

Behaving Badly

2014
as Joseph Stevens

The Jungle Book

1994
as Captain William Boone

Anna Nicole

2013
as E. Pierce Marshall

As You Wish: The Story of The Princess Bride

2001

La Reina de España

2016
as Gary Jones

H8RZ

2015
as Principal Donato

Race Against Time

2000
as Burke

Reach Me

2014
as Kersey

Indiscretion

2016
as Jake Simon

The Bride

1985
as Josef

The Cat's Meow

2001
as Thomas Ince

Don't Sleep

2017
as Dr. Richard Sommers

Neo Ned

2005
as Dr. Magnuson

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

2012
as Bobby Wobbly

Teen Lust

2014
as John

And the Winner Isn't

2017
as Himself

Writer

Movie Elvis & Nixon 2016

Producer

Movie Elvis & Nixon 2016