Cary Elwes Movies Bio wiki Age Wife Saw Seinfeld and Net worth
Cary Elwes is an English actor and writer. He is known for his leading film role as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987). Cary also played Robin Hood in Robin Hood and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in the Saw film series.
His other performances in films include Glory, Hot Shots!, Days of Thunder, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Twister among others. He has appeared on television in a number of series including The X-Files, Seinfeld, Psych, Life in Pieces, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Cary was born on October 26, 1962, in Westminster, London, United Kingdom. He is60 years old.
Cary is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of6 ft(Approx. 1.83 m).
He was born in Westminster, London, to his parents Dominic Elwes and Tessa Kennedy. Cary’s father was a portrait painter and his mother was an interior designer and socialite. He is the brother of artist Damian Elwes and film producers Cassian Elwes and Milica Kastner. Cary has English, Irish, Scottish, Croatian-Jewish, and Serbian ancestry.
He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and was an altar boy at Westminster Cathedral. His parents divorced when he was four years old. In 1975, when Cary was 13, his father committed suicide. In March 2021, he posted on his social media accounts that his younger sister Milica had died after battling Stage 4 cancer for more than a year.
Cary met photographerLisa Marie Kurbikoffin 1991 at a chili cook-off in Malibu, California, and they became engaged in 1997. They married in 2000 and have one daughterDominiquetogether.
He was educated at Harrow School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 1981, Cary moved to the United States to study acting at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. While living there, he studied acting at both the Actors Studio and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute under the tutelage of Al Pacino’s mentor, Charlie Laughton.
In 2004, Cary starred in the horror–thriller Saw which, at a budget of a little over $1 million, grossed over $100 million worldwide. He returned to the Saw franchise in Saw 3D (2010), the seventh film in the series, as Dr. Lawrence Gordon.
In August 2005, Cary filed a lawsuit against Evolution Entertainment, his management firm, and the producer of Saw. He said he was promised a minimum of one percent of the producers’ net profits of the film and did not receive the full amount. The case was settled out of court. He would not return to the series until 2010 when he reprised his role in Saw 3D
Cary made his first television appearance in 1996 as David Lookner on Seinfeld, an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself and focuses on his personal life with three of his friends.
2015–2016 The Art of More 2016 Sofia the First 2016–2017 Life in Pieces 2017 Workaholics 2018 Youth & Consequences 2018 André the Giant 2019 Stranger Things 2019 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Gavin Hawk 2020 Katy Keene Thirteen: Come Together” 2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Cary was cast as stable-boy-turned-swashbuckler Westley in Rob Reiner’s fantasy-comedy The Princess Bride (1987). It was based on the novel of the same name by William Goldman. It was a modest box office success but received critical acclaim.
As a result of years of reviews, it earned a score of 97% on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Since being released on home video and television, the film has become a cult classic.
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Cary’s estimated net worth is $6 million.
Cary is a 60-year-old English actor and writer. He is known for his leading film role as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987). Cary also played Robin Hood in Robin Hood and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in the Saw film series.
