Carey Elwes
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Elwes in September 2015
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| Born |
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes 26 October 1962 Westminster, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, writer |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Marie Kurbikoff (m. 2000) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) |
Dominick Elwes Tessa Kennedy |
| Relatives |
Cassian Elwes (brother) Damian Elwes (brother) |
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (/ˈɛlwɪs/; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Westley in The Princess Bride, Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights and as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw. His other noted roles include Glory, Kiss the Girls, Georgia Rule, Days of Thunder, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Hot Shots!, Twister, The Jungle Book, and Liar, Liar. He has also had recurring roles in series such as The X-Files and Psych, and currently stars in the Crackle series The Art of More.
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes was born on 26 October 1962 in Westminster, London, the youngest of three sons of portrait painter Dominic Elwes and interior designer and socialite Tessa Kennedy. He is the brother of artist Damian Elwes and film producer Cassian Elwes. His stepfather, Elliott Kastner, was an American film producer. His paternal grandfather was painter Simon Elwes, whose own father was the diplomat and tenor Gervase Elwes (1866–1921). His other great-grandfathers include the diplomat Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell and industrialist Ivan Rikard Ivanović. Elwes has Croatian Jewish, English, Irish, Serbian, and Scottish ancestry. His Croatian and Serbian roots come from his maternal grandmother, Daška McLean, whose second husband, Billy McLean, was an operative for Special Operations Executive during World War II.
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