Cary Elwes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cary Elwes
Occupation	Movie Actor
Date Of Birth	Oct 26, 1962(1962-10-26)
Age	62
Birthplace	Westminster
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Cary Elwes Biography

Cary Elwes is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on October 26, 1962 in Westminster, England, United Kingdom. British actor, best known for his roles in The Princess Bride, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Saw. He was also the title character in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He joined the Stranger Things cast in 2018 for season 3.

He co-starred in Ella Enchanted with He co-starred with Anne Hathaway in Ella Enchanted..

Elwes was brought up as a Roman Catholic and was an altar boy at Westminster Cathedral, although he did not attend denominational schools as most of the men on his father’s side of the family had, including his father. His paternal relatives include such clerics as Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes (1868–1932), the Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton, Abbott Columba Cary-Elwes (Ampleforth Abbey, Saint Louis Abbey), and Father Luke Cary-Elwes (Fort Augustus Abbey). He discussed this in an interview while he was filming the 2005 CBS television film Pope John Paul II, in which he played the young priest Karol Wojtyła.

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 English, Irish, Scottish, Croatian Jewish, and Serbian ancestry, the latter two from his maternal grandmother, Daška McLean, whose second husband, Billy McLean, was an operative for Special Operations Executive during World War II.

He married Lisa Marie Kubikoff in 2000. It is believed that his ancestor, John Elwes was the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge’s character in Charles Dickens’s famous novel, A Christmas Carol.

Cary Elwes Net Worth

Cary Elwes is one of the richest Movie Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cary Elwes 's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He is the son of two artists and he came to New York to study at Sarah Lawrence College.

After a long hiatus, he returned to acting to play Lawrence Gordon in Saw and Saw 3D: The Last Chapter.

One of Elwes’s relatives is John Elwes, who was believed to be the inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1843), having been referenced by Charles Dickens himself in chapter six of his last completed novel, Our Mutual Friend. Elwes himself played five roles in the 2009 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Through his maternal grandfather, Elwes is also related to Sir Alexander William “Blackie” Kennedy, one of the first photographers to document the archaeological site of Petra following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Cary Elwes height 6 ft 0 in Cary weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Cary Elwes Dating?

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Elwes met photographer Lisa Marie Kurbikoff in 1991 at a chili cook-off in Malibu, California, and they became engaged in 1997. They married in 2000 and have one daughter together.

Facts & Trivia

Cary Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Cary Elwes celebrates birthday on October 26 of every year.

In 2003 Elwes portrayed Kerry Max Cook in the off-Broadway play The Exonerated in New York, directed by Bob Balaban (18–23 March 2003).

Did Cary Elwes have a crush on Robin Wright?

4. Everyone on Set Loved Robin Wright: When asked if he knew that Wright had a crush on him, Elwes told Smashing Interviews that he didn’t. “We were just incredibly close friends, and we bonded as such on the film,” he said. “It’s hard not to fall in love with Robin.

Why did Cary Elwes Sue saw?

Cary Elwes is suing the filmmakers of the smash-hit SAW for a breach of contract – supposedly they promised him a cut of the box office profits (around $102.9 million worldwide), a lump sum that he has yet to see.

How old was Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride?

59 years (October 26, 1962)

Who auditioned for Princess Bride?

2. Courtney Cox, Meg Ryan and Uma Thurman were among those who auditioned to play Buttercup, while Danny DeVito was the first choice to play Vizzini.