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Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • Cary broke his toe during the filming of "The Princess Bride". []
  • Cary's first appeared on stage at the age of 6 in a production of "Robin Hood". []
  • Cary was a co-producer of the direct-to-video movie "Comic Book Villians". []
  • Cary has been nominated for 2 Golden Satellite Awards; in 1999 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for "The Pentagon Wars" and in 2002 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Uprising. []
  • Cary had an uncredited role in the documentary "World of Robin Hood". []
  • Cary did voice work for the video game "The Bard's Tale" doing the part of The Bard. []
  • Cary has been an Activist/speaker for the U'wa Tribe against the Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The company wanted to do drilling in the tribes territories in Colombia. []
  • Cary was a presenter at the 2001 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. []
  • While at Sarah Lawrence College Cary was in Brendan Behan's play "The Hostage". []
  • In 2005 Cary was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Frightened Performance for "Saw". []
  • Cary an executive producer and star of the independent film "Walk the Talk". []
  • Cary has been a supporter and worker for the charitable organizations Amazon Watch and Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund. []
  • From March 18th to the 23rd of 2003 Cary performed in the Off-Broadway production of "The Exonerated" on Bleecker Street in New York. []
  • In 1998 Cary was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense for "Kiss the Girls". []
  • In 2005, Cary sued the makers of Saw for damages as he claimed he was due a percentage of the movie's profits. []
  • In 2006, Cary played the younger Pope John Paul II in a CBS biopic. Jon Voight played the older Pope. The film broke box office records in the Pope's homeland of Poland. []
  • Cary is Catholic. []
  • Cary is a volunteer with the Young Storytellers Foundation, a program dedicated to developing literacy, self-expression and self-esteem in elementary school children. []
  • Cary was born at Westminster Hospital in London, England. []
  • Cary was the narrator of James Patterson's audio book, "The Jester." []
  • As of 2007, Cary resides in Malibu, California. []
  • Cary is of Yugoslavian and British descent. []
  • Cary attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY and studied German Expressionist Film. []
  • Cary is a distant relative of the famous Archaeologist Lord Carnarvon, and a distant nephew of the King of England, Henry VIII Tudor. []
  • Cary's favorite subject in school was History. []
  • Cary's grandfather was the portrait painter Simon Elwes. []
  • Cary is the step-son of the producer Elliot Kastner. []
  • Cary has 2 older brothers named Cassian Elwes and Damian Elwes, a stepsister named Milica Kastner and a stepbrother Dillon Kastner. []
  • Cary 's paternal great grandfather was Chamberlain to the Pope. []
  • Cary was an alter boy at London's Brompton Oratory. []
  • Cary appeared alongside Helena Bonham Carter in an adaptation of the story of Lady Jane Grey. []
  • Cary married Lisa Marie Kurbikoff in 2000, they met in 1991 at a Malibu chili cook-off. They have one daughter, Dominique, born April 24, 2007 in Los Angeles. []
  • Cary is 6' (1.83 m), he has blond hair and blue eyes. []

Quotes

  • Cary Elwes: Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime. []
  • Cary Elwes: Honestly, we're happy that people are still watching it [The Princess Bride] now. I have people coming up to me and telling me that they got married to the music in the movie, people naming their kids Westley and Buttercup. Absurdly wonderful. []
  • Cary Elwes: I was a projectionist in school, kinda like in "Cinema Paradiso". When I got to the states in New York, I found out you can earn college credits by studying film. So I've always been fascinated by film from a very young age. I can bore people with my trivia knowledge. []
  • Cary Elwes: I tell people that I'm British by birth but American by choice. []
  • Cary Elwes: (about his part in the movie "Saw") I hadn't really done horror since Dracula. And I'd not really played a victim for a long time. I mostly get cast in the bad guy roles or the smug character. This was a bit of both. This was a character who was both smug and self-involved and conceived, and had become complacent, both in the workplace and at home with his marriage, and finds himself getting his comeuppance by waking up chained to a pipe by Jigsaw. []
  • Cary Elwes: (about making "The Princess Bride") It was a wonderfully supportive set, and that's a great atmosphere for being creative. An atmosphere of fun, is an atmosphere where the mind is more likely to come up with great stuff. []
  • Cary Elwes: (On playing villains) You get all the best lines. []
  • Cary Elwes: When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me. []
  • Cary Elwes: (On always acting in historical period pieces) I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes. []
  • Cary Elwes: I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that. []
  • Cary Elwes: (on playing Pope John Paul in a biopic) I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege. My mother took me to visit him, and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with. []
  • Cary Elwes: I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about. []

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