Cary Elwes is the third son born to interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy and the late portrait painter Dominick Elwes, and is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was born and raised in London and attended Harrow. After graduating from Harrow, he moved to the US and studied drama at Sarah Lawrence College. He left school after two years to begin his film career. Cary is well respected by colleagues and fans alike and considered by many to be one of the finest young actors working today. He is interested in history and says, "It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces". He is politically active for causes he believes in, such as protecting the environment and helping Native American peoples. He is married to Lisa Marie Kurbikoff, a stills photographer.
Series | Wonder Woman | Henry Detmer | 2025 |
Movie | The Gettysburg Address | John P. Jones (voice) | 2025-11-19 |
Movie | Butterfly in the Typewriter | Kingsley Amis | 2025 |
Movie | The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Brigadier Gubbins 'M' | 2024-04-18 |
Movie | Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | The King | 2024-04-19 |
Movie | Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | Nathan Jasmine | 2023-01-04 |
Movie | Sweetwater | Ned Irish | 2023-04-14 |
Movie | BlackBerry | Carl Yankowski | 2023-02-13 |
Movie | Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire | The King | 2023-12-15 |
Movie | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Denlinger | 2023-07-08 |
Movie | The Hyperions | Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum | 2022-11-24 |
Movie | Best Sellers | Halpren Nolan | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | The Unholy | Bishop Gyles | 2021-03-31 |
Movie | Last Train to Christmas | Roger Towers | 2021-12-18 |
Movie | A Castle for Christmas | Myles | 2021-11-26 |
Movie | Burning at Both Ends | Jacques | 2021-09-30 |
Movie | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | 2020-05-12 |
Movie | The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self | 2020-09-30 |
Movie | Black Christmas | Professor Gelson | 2019-12-11 |
Movie | Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto | D.W. Griffith | 2019-06-12 |
Movie | Billionaire Boys Club | Andy Warhol | 2018-07-19 |
Movie | Ghost Light | Alex Pankhurst | 2018-10-26 |
Movie | Andre the Giant | Self | 2018-04-10 |
Movie | We Don't Belong Here | Frank Harper | 2017-04-04 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Don't Sleep | Dr. Richard Sommers | 2017-09-29 |
Movie | Lost & Found | John Broman | 2016-02-22 |
Movie | Elephant Kingdom | Rock (voice) | 2016-09-20 |
Movie | The Queen of Spain | Gary Jones | 2016-11-25 |
Movie | Sugar Mountain | Jim Huxley | 2016-12-09 |
Movie | Indiscretion | Jake Simon | 2016-06-08 |
Movie | A Haunting in Cawdor | Lawrence O'Neill | 2015-05-01 |
Movie | H8RZ | Principal Donato | 2015-07-17 |
Series | The Art of More | Arthur Davenport | 2015-11-19 |
Movie | Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw | Self | 2015-10-14 |
Movie | Being Charlie | David Mills | 2015-09-14 |
Movie | Reach Me | Kersey | 2014-03-14 |
Movie | Beyond Beyond | 2014-03-21 | |
Movie | In Security | Joshua | 2014-04-28 |
Movie | Teen Lust | John | 2014-09-04 |
Movie | Behaving Badly | Joseph Stevens | 2014-04-14 |
Movie | A Bit of Bad Luck | Brooks | 2014-04-17 |
Movie | Hansel and Gretel Get Baked | The Meter Man | 2013-02-19 |
Movie | The Story of Luke | Paul | 2013-04-05 |
Movie | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Orin / Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice) | 2013-07-30 |
Movie | Horizon | Max Hartman | 2013-06-06 |
Movie | She Loves Me Not | Brady Olinson | 2013-06-09 |
Movie | Anna Nicole | E. Pierce Marshall | 2013-06-29 |
Movie | Camilla Dickinson | Rafferty Dickinson | 2012-05-20 |
Movie | The Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure | Bobby Wobbly | 2012-08-29 |
Movie | The Citizen | Miller | 2012-09-19 |
Movie | A Mouse's Tale | Sir Thaddeus | 2012-10-11 |
Movie | Little Murder | Barry Fitzgerald | 2011-01-08 |
Movie | No Strings Attached | Dr. Stephen Metzner | 2011-01-21 |
Movie | The Adventures of Tintin | Pilot (voice) | 2011-10-24 |
Movie | Hellgate | Jeff Mathews | 2011-11-05 |
Movie | New Year's Eve | Stan's Doctor | 2011-12-08 |
Movie | As Good As Dead | Ethan Belfrage | 2010-01-25 |
Movie | Flying Lessons | 2010-02-04 | |
Movie | Saw 3D | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | 2010-10-22 |
Movie | Psych:9 | Dr. Clement | 2010-05-07 |
Movie | Toys in the Attic | Sir Handsome (english version) | 2009-03-05 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice) | 2009-11-04 |
Movie | The Alphabet Killer | Capt. Kenneth Shine | 2008-11-07 |
Movie | The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-08 |
Movie | Georgia Rule | Arnold | 2007-05-10 |
Movie | Walk the Talk | Erik | 2007-06-15 |
Movie | Pucked | Norman | 2006-02-10 |
Movie | Neo Ned | Dr. Magnuson | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | Saw II | Dr. Lawrence Gordon (archive sound) (uncredited) | 2005-10-28 |
Movie | Edison | Reigert | 2005-07-29 |
Series | Pope John Paul II | Young Karol Wojtyla | 2005-12-04 |
Movie | Saw | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | 2004-10-01 |
Movie | American Crime | Albert Bodine | 2004-04-06 |
Movie | The Riverman | Ted Bundy | 2004-09-06 |
Movie | Ella Enchanted | King Edgar | 2004-04-09 |
Movie | Race Against Time | Burke | 2003-12-08 |
Movie | Comic Book Villains | Carter | 2002-09-03 |
Movie | Wish You Were Dead | Mac "Macbeth" Wilson | 2002-05-21 |
Movie | Uprising | Dr. Fritz Hippler | 2001-11-04 |
Movie | As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' | Self | 2001-09-04 |
Movie | The Cat's Meow | Thomas Ince | 2001-10-08 |
Movie | Shadow of the Vampire | Fritz Arno Wagner | 2000-05-15 |
Movie | Cradle Will Rock | John Houseman | 1999-12-10 |
Series | From the Earth to the Moon | Michael Collins | 1998-04-05 |
Movie | The Pentagon Wars | Colonel James Burton | 1998-02-28 |
Movie | Quest for Camelot | Garrett (voice) | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | Liar Liar | Jerry | 1997-03-21 |
Movie | Kiss the Girls | Det. Nick Ruskin | 1997-09-29 |
Movie | The Informant | Lt. David Ferris | 1997-03-15 |
Movie | Twister | Jonas | 1996-05-10 |
Movie | The Jungle Book | Captain William Boone | 1994-12-23 |
Movie | The Chase | Steve Horsegroovy | 1994-03-04 |
Movie | The Crush | Nick Eliot | 1993-04-02 |
Movie | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Robin Hood | 1993-07-28 |
Movie | Leather Jackets | Dobbs | 1992-06-18 |
Movie | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Lord Arthur Holmwood | 1992-11-13 |
Movie | Hot Shots! | Kent Gregory | 1991-07-31 |
Movie | Days of Thunder | Russ Wheeler | 1990-06-27 |
Movie | Glory | Maj. Cabot Forbes | 1989-12-15 |
Movie | Never on Tuesday | Tow Truck Driver (uncredited) | 1989-04-13 |
Movie | Maschenka | Ganin | 1987-03-05 |
Movie | The Princess Bride | Westley | 1987-09-25 |
Movie | Lady Jane | Guilford Dudley | 1986-02-07 |
Movie | The Bride | Josef | 1985-08-16 |
Movie | Oxford Blues | Lionel | 1984-08-24 |
Movie | Another Country | James Harcourt | 1984-06-01 |
Movie | Yesterday's Hero | Disco Dancer | 1979-04-24 |