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Ray Winstone

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Raymond Andrew Winstone - born 19 Feb 1957, in Hackney, London - was a bit of a lad in drama school (ie he got kicked out), but cheekiness earned him an audition for controversial, borstal (TV) movie Scum in 1977, and that performance won him the raft of brutal, tough-guy roles that followed.

Messing around in Lincoln green with Robin Of Sherwood expanded the perceived Winstone range from 1983, but tough-guy telly largely remained his staple throughout the 80s and early 90s.

Nil By Mouth in 1997 showcased Ray's brutal intensity on the big screen, and though hard-men film roles would follow, his dramatic ability also shone through, and he was able to play against type, often with a comic edge, in movies like Martha Meet... and Fanny & Elvis.

Since Sexy Beast in 2000, the Winstone profile has been properly climbing: returning to TV as the king-kiddy in the acclaimed Henry VIII, saddling up with King Arthur, superb turns in The Proposition and The Departed, and beaver-banter in Narnia.

He'll be in Indy IV, and continues with the voice-work in digitally animated epic Beowulf and - hey! - our latest LOVEFiLM telly ad...


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Ray Winstone - photos

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Ray Winstone - news / articles


  • Winstone hits out at government - 21 July 2005
    British actor Ray Winstone has hit out at the government for damaging the prospects of the UK film industry.-The actor claims that the industry has suffered due to a decision last year to close tax loopholes on British-made films.-Winstone said: "Our TV is the be

Ray Winstone - what members say


  • Quadrophenia
  • Quadrophenia review by ACe from Devon
    Rated - 4 stars Who's Who ! 9 November 2004
    ...great acting performance, See a young Leslie Ash before the trout pout episode. Ray Winstone slim and dressed in leather. Its a lot of fun, a lot of good music, a lot of ba...  
  • Sexy Beast
  • Sexy Beast review by LD from Herts
    Rated - 4 stars Retirement plan gone wrong 21 February 2004
    ...Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley are just great in this film. Ray is contentedly retired in a beautifull Spanish Villa with his adoring wife, happily away from the London...  
  • There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
  • There's Only One Jimmy Grimble review by A customer from Law, Scotland
    Rated - 5 stars Superb Family Entertainment!!!!!!!!! 18 November 2004
    ...ball there's something in this film for you. Nice understated performances form Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle. Also proves that you can make a good British film without r...  

Ray Winstone - filmography


  • Compulsion
  • Compulsion (2008)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Parminder K. Nagra
    Director: Sarah Harding
    Certificate: TBC
    Anjika Indrani (Parminder Nagra) is a young Cambridge graduate, happy and settled with her loving boyfriend. However, Anjika's contented freedom is shattered when her strict father tries to force her into an arranged marriage of convenience. Feeling trapped and desperate she makes the life-altering ...
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  • Fool's Gold
  • Fool's Gold (2008)
    Starring: Kate Hudson,  Matthew McConaughey,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Andy Tennant
    Certificate: 12
    After starring in the romantic comedy hit HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson up the action ante for this adventure film. In this action-comedy hybrid, the pair plays a divorced couple who reunite to search for sunken treasure. Andy Tennant (HITCH, SWEET HOME ALABAMA) ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (58%)
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  • The Departed
  • The Departed (2006)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Matt Damon,  Leonardo DiCaprio
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: 18
    Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob ...
    Rate this: 4.0 (77%)
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  • The Proposition
  • The Proposition (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Tom Budge,  Emily Watson
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: 18
    In the hostile and unforgiving Australian Outback of the 1880's, men live and die by the gun and justice comes at the end of a hangman's rope. Struggling to bring the order to the territory, a ruthless English police captain (Ray Winstone) hunts down the Burns gang - the brothers wanted for a ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (64%)
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  • King Arthur
  • King Arthur on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Ioan Gruffudd,  Keira Knightley
    Director: Antoine Fuqua
    Certificate: 15
    Combining the historical appeal and epic sequences of films like GLADIATOR and BRAVEHEART, director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer provide a sleek twist on the King Arthur legend. Arthur (Clive Owen), a brave Roman/British Christian warrior who leads his band of pagan ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (61%)
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  • She's Gone
  • She's Gone on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Gary Lucy,  Lindsey Coulson
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: 15
    Ray WInstone stars as Harry Sands in this drama originally seen on ITV1. After learning that his daughter has gone missing in Istanbul, Harry flies out to find her. Harry soon discovers that his daughter and her best friend are not working as charity workers as he previously believed, but as ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (53%)
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  • Cold Mountain
  • Cold Mountain (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Nicole Kidman,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: 15
    Directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT), this Civil War saga addresses romance, friendship, and the ravages of war--both in the field and on the home front. Far more than a simple love story, Minghella's film captures the horrors of war for both those fighting it, and for those left ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (67%)
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  • Ripley's Game
  • Ripley's Game on DVD (2002)
    Starring: John Malkovich,  Dougray Scott,  Ray Winstone
    Director: Liliana Cavani
    Certificate: 15
    When British picture framer, Jonathan Trevanny, makes a disparaging remark on Tom Ripley's taste, Ripley plans a subtle revenge. Now living in Italy, when former protege Reeves makes an unwelcome visit, an opportunity for his revenge presents itself, as Ripley devises a plan to turn the innocent ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (64%)
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  • Last Orders
  • Last Orders on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Bob Hoskins,  Tom Courtenay
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: 15
    Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Graham Swift's prize-winning novel is a quietly graceful portrait of four working-class Brits, bound by years of friendship, that unites some of England's finest actors in a powerful and deeply moving ensemble production. Michael Caine stars as Jack Dodd, the ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (66%)
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  • Sexy Beast
  • Sexy Beast on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Ben Kingsley,  Ian McShane
    Director: Jonathan Glazer
    Certificate: 18
    Jonathan Glazer, the award-winning director of advertisements and music videos, presents his feature film debut with this lushly photographed, expertly written, and brilliantly performed convention-defying gangster film. SEXY BEAST jettisons the slickness of the LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (73%)
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  • There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
  • There's Only One Jimmy Grimble on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Ray Winstone,  Gina McKee
    Director: John Hay
    Certificate: 12
    This football fairy tale follows the life of young Jimmy Grimble (Lewis McKenzie), a shy Manchester school boy. When an old woman (Jane Lapotaire) rescues Jimmy from being roughed up by bullies, she gives him a pair of boots that belonged to a City legend. Soon Jimmy's on his way to becoming a top ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (74%)
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  • Five Seconds To Spare
  • Five Seconds To Spare on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Max Beesley,  Valentina Cervi
    Director: Tom Connolly
    Certificate: 15
    William (Max Beesley) is a young musician who dreams of making it big with his rock band The Alaska Factory. But his bandmates want him to write more commercial music, and their frightening record producer Vincent (Ray Winstone) seems to be sliding further into drug-addicted instability. William's ...
    Rate this: 2.0 (41%)
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  • Births, Marriages And Deaths
  • Births, Marriages And Deaths on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Mark Strong,  Maggie O'Neill
    Director: Adrian Shergold
    Certificate: 15
    Best mates since school and still inseparable, Alan and Graham decide to give Terry a stag night to remeber. But a late night visit to their former headmaster results in a tragic accident and they quickly discover that life will never be the same again.
    Rate this: 3.0 (65%)
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  • Fanny And Elvis
  • Fanny And Elvis on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Kerry Fox,  Ben Daniels
    Director: Kay Mellor
    Certificate: 15
    The day that Kate (Kerry Fox) finishes her first novel, her doctor tells her that her childbearing years are almost over. Distraught, she goes to see her husband Rob, but on the way crashes her VW into a Jaguar owned by Dave (Ray Winstone). At the scene of the accident, the two have a massive row, ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (63%)