Cary Elwes
Acting
1962-10-26 · London, England, UK
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor. He is known for his leading roles in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and the Saw series. Elwes's other performances in films include Glory (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Twister (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997), Liar Liar (1997), Ella Enchanted (2004), No Strings Attached (2011), BlackBerry, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (both 2023). Elwes has also appeared on television series such as The X-Files, Seinfeld, From the Earth to the Moon, Psych, Life in Pieces, Stranger Things, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Knuckles. He 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. Elwes is politically active for causes such as protecting the environment and helping Native American peoples. He is married to Lisa Marie Kurbikoff, a stills photographer.
Filmography
M.I.A.
2026 · Series
Kevin
2026 · Series
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026 · Series
Dead Man's Wire
2026 · Movie
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Movie
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Movie
Knuckles
2024 · Series
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
2024 · Movie
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024 · Movie
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
2023 · Movie
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · Movie
Sweetwater
2023 · Movie
BlackBerry
2023 · Movie
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023 · Movie
The Hyperions
2022 · Movie
Last Train to Christmas
2021 · Movie
A Castle for Christmas
2021 · Movie
Burning at Both Ends
2021 · Movie
Best Sellers
2021 · Movie
The Unholy
2021 · Movie
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
2020 · Movie
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 · Movie
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · Series
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020 · Movie
Black Christmas
2019 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto
2019 · Movie
Ghost Light
2018 · Movie
Billionaire Boys Club
2018 · Movie
Andre the Giant
2018 · Movie
And the Winner Isn't
2017 · Movie
Don't Sleep
2017 · Movie
We Don't Belong Here
2017 · Movie
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 · Series
Sugar Mountain
2016 · Movie
The Queen of Spain
2016 · Movie
Elephant Kingdom
2016 · Movie
Stranger Things
2016 · Series
Indiscretion
2016 · Movie
Being Charlie
2016 · Movie
Elvis & Nixon
2016 · Movie
Lost & Found
2016 · Movie
The Art of More
2015 · Series
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
2015 · Movie
Life in Pieces
2015 · Series
H8RZ
2015 · Movie
A Haunting in Cawdor
2015 · Movie
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015 · Series
Teen Lust
2014 · Movie
In Security
2014 · Movie
A Bit of Bad Luck
2014 · Movie
Behaving Badly
2014 · Movie
Reach Me
2014 · Movie
Cosmos
2014 · Series
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013 · Movie
Anna Nicole
2013 · Movie
She Loves Me Not
2013 · Movie
Horizon
2013 · Movie
The Story of Luke
2013 · Movie
Hansel and Gretel Get Baked
2013 · Movie
True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon
2012 · Movie
The Citizen
2012 · Movie
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012 · Movie
Perception
2012 · Series
Camilla Dickinson
2012 · Movie
New Year's Eve
2011 · Movie
Hellgate
2011 · Movie
The Adventures of Tintin
2011 · Movie
Workaholics
2011 · Series
No Strings Attached
2011 · Movie
Little Murder
2011 · Movie
Saw 3D
2010 · Movie
Psych:9
2010 · Movie
Flying Lessons
2010 · Movie
As Good As Dead
2010 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
2009 · Movie
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Series
The Alphabet Killer
2008 · Movie
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007 · Movie
Walk the Talk
2007 · Movie
Georgia Rule
2007 · Movie
Factory Girl
2006 · Movie
Rachael Ray
2006 · Series
Psych
2006 · Series
Pucked
2006 · Movie
Haskett's Chance
2006 · Movie
Pope John Paul II
2005 · Series
Full Disclosure Report
2005 · Movie
Hacking Away at 'Saw'
2005 · Movie
Edison
2005 · Movie
Neo Ned
2005 · Movie
Saw
2004 · Movie
The Riverman
2004 · Movie
Ella Enchanted
2004 · Movie
American Crime
2004 · Movie
Comic Book Villains
2002 · Movie
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002 · Movie
Wish You Were Dead
2002 · Movie
The Cat's Meow
2002 · Movie
Uprising
2001 · Movie
Uprising
2001 · Series
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001 · Movie
Shadow of the Vampire
2000 · Movie
Race Against Time
2000 · Movie
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Batman Beyond
1999 · Series
Quest for Camelot
1998 · Movie
From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · Series
The Pentagon Wars
1998 · Movie
Kiss the Girls
1997 · Movie
Liar Liar
1997 · Movie
The Informant
1997 · Movie
Twister
1996 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
The Jungle Book
1994 · Movie
The Chase
1994 · Movie
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993 · Movie
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993 · Movie
The Crush
1993 · Movie
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992 · Movie
Leather Jackets
1992 · Movie
Hot Shots!
1991 · Movie
Days of Thunder
1990 · Movie
Glory
1989 · Movie
Seinfeld
1989 · Series
Never on Tuesday
1989 · Movie
The Princess Bride
1987 · Movie
Maschenka
1987 · Movie
Lady Jane
1986 · Movie
The Bride
1985 · Movie
Oxford Blues
1984 · Movie
Another Country
1984 · Movie
Yesterday's Hero
1979 · Movie
Wonder Woman
Series
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Movie
Very Young Frankenstein
Series
The Panic
Movie
The American Spring
Movie