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Paul Bettany - news / articles


  • Creation: Paul Bettany - 17 September 2009
    ur entire way of thinking.- -LOVEFiLM: You’ve just had the World premiere of Creation at Toronto, how did it go?- -Paul Bettany: Yeah it was great. I hadn’t seen the film. But it went really well and it did what the film makers wanted it to do which


  • Bettany: 'Working with wife comes naturally' - 12 September 2009
    -Paul Bettany was delighted to team up with wife Jennifer Connelly for the forthcoming Charles Darwin biopic - because the pair has always wanted to test its chemistry on the big screen.- -Creation sees Bettany playing Darwin, while Connelly takes on the role of the E

Paul Bettany - what members say


  • Gangster No. 1
  • Gangster No. 1 review by from Colchester, England
    Rated - 3 stars Worth seeing for Bettany 18 November 2004
    ...his one from the latter category - one being a good script, and the other being Paul Bettany's performance in the lead role. This is a harsh, brutal story about a young ...  
  • A Knight's Tale
  • A Knight's Tale review by from Norwich
    Rated - 5 stars Riotously funny and shamelessly anachronistic 1 December 2003
    ...gh Heath Ledger really has the whole film stolen from under his nose the moment Paul Bettany walks onto the screen. Completely naked. So a bit of an entrance really. Th...  
  • A Beautiful Mind
  • A Beautiful Mind review by from Plymouth Devon.
    Rated - 5 stars Just Brilliant. 9 April 2005
    ...ell Crowe in what i believe to be his best film yet. Brilliant cast Ed Harris, Paul Bettany (Master and commander, A Knights tale)the twist kept you glued from start to fi...  

Paul Bettany - filmography


  • Legion (2010)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Doug Jones,  Paul Bettany
    Director: Scott Charles Stewart
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity's last line of defense when they discover the diner's young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 12 members
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  • Creation (2009)
    Starring: Jennifer Connelly,  Paul Bettany,  Jeremy Northam
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jon Amiel (SOMERSBY, TV's THE SINGING DETECTIVE) directs real-life married couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly star as Charles Darwin and his wife in this biographical drama. Set before the publication of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, CREATION finds Darwin grieving over the death of his daughter ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 101 members
    Due for release on 18th January 2010
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  • The Young Victoria on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Emily Blunt,  Rupert Friend,  Paul Bettany
    Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    From Academy Award winners Graham King and Martin Scorsese comes the story of Queen Victoria's early rise to power. From an object of a royal power-struggle in to her romantic courtship and legendary marriage to Prince Albert, Emily Blunt gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 11,102 members
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  • The Da Vinci Code on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Audrey Tautou,  Ian McKellen
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The 2005 best selling novel's big screen adaptation. A murder in the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 67,545 members
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  • Firewall on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Paul Bettany,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft, Jack's life is turned upside-down when he discovers that his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two kids have been kidnapped...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 39,751 members
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  • Wimbledon on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Paul Bettany,  Sam Neill
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Richard Loncraine's 'Wimbledon' is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the high-pressure world of professional tennis. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is a 31-year-old Englishman who was once ranked 11th in the world, but has now dropped to a pathetic 119th. Realising that his days are numbered, Peter ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 56,168 members
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  • Dogville on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Paul Bettany,  Lauren Bacall
    Director: Lars Von Trier
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the 1930s during the Depression in the Rocky Mountains, DOGVILLE is Lars von Trier's comment on Americana and his uniquely perverse view of small town life. With period costumes, and flashes of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER--which is being read by one of the characters--von Trier sets the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 21,692 members
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  • A Knight's Tale on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Mark Addy,  Rufus Sewell
    Director: Brian Helgeland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In the Middle Ages, before television or professional sports, there's only one form of competition to separate the men from the boys--jousting tournaments. William Thatcher (Heath Ledger), a poor and humble squire, has always dreamed of proving himself worthy as a knight in a jousting match. When ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 13,190 members
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  • Gangster No. 1 (2000)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  David Thewlis,  Paul Bettany
    Director: Paul McGuigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When a young gangster (Paul Bettany) starts working for gang leader Freddie Mays (David Thewlis), known as the Butcher of Mayfair, he dreams of being everything that Freddie is: smooth, sophisticated, impeccably dressed, always with the right women, and driving the fanciest cars. Freddie takes the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,768 members
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  • Every Woman Knows a Secret (1999)
    Starring: Miles Anderson,  Tom Chadbon,  Siobhan Redmond
    Director: Paul Seed
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Charged with drunk driving in a fiery, fatal car crash, Rob (Paul Bettany - The Da Vinci Code) is blamed for the death of Jess’s (Siobhan Redmond - Beautiful People) son. Battling the family’s hostility, Rob reaches out to Jess for comfort and their shared grief draws them together in a powerful ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 4 members
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  • Dead Babies on DVD
    Starring: Paul Bettany,  Katy Carmichael,  Hayley Carr
    Director: William Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dead Babies is a razor-sharp comedy about a group of young English friends living together in a bizarre house just outside of London. When they invite three Americans over for a drug fuelled weekend things really kick off as the two cultures collide and the chemicals take over. However, it soon ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 1,457 member
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Paul Bettany facts

5 most recent films

Legion - 4.0 stars
Priest - 1.5 stars
Creation - 3.0 stars
The Young Victoria - 4.0 stars
Creation - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Young Victoria - 4.0 stars
The Secret Life of Bees - 3.5 stars
Master And Commander - The Far Side Of The World- BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
A Beautiful Mind - 3.5 stars
Knight's Tale, A - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Priest - 1.5 stars
Every Woman Knows a Secret - 2.5 stars
Creation - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Legion - 4.0 stars
Stories Of Lost Souls - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jennifer Connelly - 3 times - show films
Tom Hanks - 3 times - show films
Harrison Ford - 3 times - show films
Audrey Tautou - 3 times - show films
Richard McCabe - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ron Howard - 4 times - show films
Richard Loncraine - 4 times - show films
Paul McGuigan - 3 times - show films
Jon Amiel - 2 times - show films
Iain Softley - 2 times - show films