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Ivan Simon Cary Elwes is an English actor and writer. He is best known for his leading film roles as Westley in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dr. Lawrence Gordon in the Saw film series. He is also known for leading roles in films like Glory (1989), Hot Shots! (1991), and The Jungle Book (1994), as well as supporting roles in films including Days of Thunder (1990), Twister (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997), Liar Liar (1997), Michael Collins in From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Cradle Will Rock (1999), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), The Cat's Meow (2001), Ella Enchanted (2004), A Christmas Carol (2009), and No Strings Attached (2011). He has had recurring roles in television series including The X-Files, Psych, and Stranger Things. He joined the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Gavin Hawk, a famed Broadway actor.
Birth Name
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes
Born
Friday, 26 October 1962
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Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Brigadier Gubbins 'M' | 2024 |
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | The King | 2024 |
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire | The King | 2023 |
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Denlinger | 2023 |
Sweetwater | Ned Irish | 2023 |
BlackBerry | Carl Yankowski | 2023 |
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | Nathan Jasmine / Nathan | 2023 |
The Hyperions | Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum | 2022 |
Last Train to Christmas | Roger Towers | 2021 |
A Castle for Christmas | Myles | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Brigadier Gubbins 'M' | 2024 |
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | The King | 2024 |
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire | The King | 2023 |
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Denlinger | 2023 |
Sweetwater | Ned Irish | 2023 |
BlackBerry | Carl Yankowski | 2023 |
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | Nathan Jasmine / Nathan | 2023 |
The Hyperions | Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum | 2022 |
Last Train to Christmas | Roger Towers | 2021 |
A Castle for Christmas | Myles | 2021 |
Burning at Both Ends | Jacques | 2021 |
The Problem with Jon Stewart | Self | 2021 |
Best Sellers | Halpern Nolan / Halpren Nolan | 2021 |
The Unholy | Bishop Gyles | 2021 |
Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | 2020 |
Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
Katy Keene | Leo Lacy | 2020 |
Black Christmas | Professor Gelson | 2019 |
Ghost Light | Alex Pankhurst | 2019 |
Billionaire Boys Club | Andy Warhol | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Andre the Giant | Self | 2018 |
Youth & Consequences | Joel Cutney | 2018 |
And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017 |
The IMDb Show | Self - Guest | 2017 |
Don't Sleep | Dr. Richard Sommers | 2017 |
We Don't Belong Here | Frank Harper | 2017 |
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Gavin Hawk | 2017 |
Lost & Found | John Broman | 2017 |
Sugar Mountain | Jim Huxley | 2016 |
The Queen of Spain | Gary Jones | 2016 |
Stranger Things | Mayor Larry Kline | 2016 |
Indiscretion | Jake Simon | 2016 |
The Art of More | Arthur Davenport | 2015 |
A Haunting in Cawdor | Lawrence O'Neil / Lawrence O'Neill | 2015 |
Life in Pieces | Professor Sinclair Wilde | 2015 |
Being Charlie | David Mills | 2015 |
Hollywood Today Live | Self | 2015 |
Teen Lust | Sheldon / John | 2015 |
H8RZ | Principal Donato | 2015 |
The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Guy Fox | 2015 |
The Gettysburg Address | John P. Jones (voice) / John P. Jones | 2025 |
Butterfly in the Typewriter | Kingsley Amis | 2015 |
Armed Response | Joshua | 2014 |
A Bit of Bad Luck | Brooks | 2014 |
Behaving Badly | Joseph Stevens | 2014 |
Beyond Beyond | Jonah's Father | 2014 |
Reach Me | Kersey | 2014 |
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke | 2014 |
At This Hour with Kate Bolduan | Self | 2014 |
Drinking with the Stars | Self - Guest | 2014 |
The Queen Latifah Show | Self | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Aquaman / Orin / Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice) | 2013 |
Anna Nicole | E. Pierce Marshall | 2013 |
She Loves Me Not | Brady Olinson | 2013 |
Horizon | Max Hartman | 2013 |
Granite Flats | Hugh Ashmeade | 2013 |
The Story of Luke | Uncle Paul / Paul | 2013 |
Hansel & Gretel Get Baked | Meter Man / The Meter Man | 2013 |
Sofia the First | Basil / Prince Roderick | 2012 |
Flying Lessons | Steven Jennings | 2010 |
Delhi Safari | Sultan / Bee Commander | 2012 |
Rodencia y el Diente de la Princesa | Sir Thaddeus | 2012 |
Home & Family | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The Citizen | Miller | 2012 |
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Bobby Wobbly | 2012 |
Perception | British Intelligence Officer | 2012 |
Camilla Dickinson | Rafferty Dickinson | 2012 |
New Year's Eve | Stan's Doctor (segment "Hospital Story") / Stan's Doctor | 2011 |
Ghost of New Orleans | Barry Fitzgerald | 2011 |
The Adventures of Tintin | Pilot / Pilot (voice) | 2011 |
The Chew | Himself - Guest | 2011 |
Hellgate | Jeff Mathews | 2011 |
Wonder Woman | Henry Johns | 2011 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
No Strings Attached | Dr. Metzner / Dr. Stephen Metzner | 2011 |
Workaholics | Fox | 2011 |
Saw 3D | Dr. Gordon / Dr. Lawrence Gordon | 2010 |
Psych:9 | Dr. Irvin Clement / Dr. Clement | 2010 |
As Good as Dead | Ethan Belfrage / Ethan | 2010 |
A Christmas Carol | Business Man #1 / Portly Gentleman #1 / Dick Wilkins / Mad Fiddler / Guest #2 / Portly Gentleman / Fiddler / Business Man (voice) | 2009 |
Indie Cinema Showcase | Self - Special Guest | 2009 |
Elephant Kingdom | Rock (voice) / Rock | 2009 |
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | Self | 2009 |
Toys in the Attic | Sir Handsome | 2009 |
Leverage | Scott Roemer | 2008 |
The Alphabet Killer | Kenneth Shine / Capt. Kenneth Shine | 2008 |
Celebrity Ghost Stories | Himself | 2008 |
Scream Queens | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | 2008 |
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self | 2007 |
Walk the Talk | Erik | 2007 |
Georgia Rule | Arnold | 2007 |
Morning Joe | Self - Guest | 2007 |
Factory Girl | Sam Green | 2006 |
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self | 2006 |
Psych | Pierre Despereaux | 2006 |
Pucked | Norman | 2006 |
Faith: Pope John Paul II | Young Karol Wojtyla | 2005 |
Edison | Reigert | 2005 |
Neo Ned | Dr. Magnuson | 2005 |
Saw | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | 2004 |
The Riverman | Ted Bundy | 2004 |
Ella Enchanted | Edgar / King Edgar | 2004 |
American Crime | Albert Bodine | 2004 |
Comedy Central Roasts | Kent Gregory | 2003 |
Comic Book Villains | Carter | 2002 |
The Cat Returns | The Baron | 2002 |
Wish You Were Dead | Mac "Macbeth" Wilson / Mac 'Macbeth' Wilson | 2001 |
Uprising | Dr. Fritz Hippler | 2001 |
The Cat's Meow | Thomas Ince | 2001 |
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' | Self | 2001 |
Night Visions | Gerald (segment "Quiet Please") | 2001 |
Shadow of the Vampire | Fritz Arno Wagner | 2000 |
Race Against Time | Burke | 2000 |
Cradle Will Rock | John Houseman | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sidney Truex | 1999 |
Family Guy | Watson / Nigel / Guard #1 / Mr. Henderson / Edison's Assistant / Cyrano de Bergerac / Chris Martin / Charles Dickens / (voice) | 1999 |
Batman Beyond | Paxton Powers | 1999 |
The Directors | Self | 1999 |
Hercules | Paris of Troy | 1998 |
Quest for Camelot | Garrett (voice) / Garrett | 1998 |
From the Earth to the Moon | Michael Collins | 1998 |
The Pentagon Wars | Lt. Col. James Burton / Colonel James Burton | 1998 |
Kiss the Girls | Nick Ruskin / Det. Nick Ruskin | 1997 |
Liar Liar | Jerry | 1997 |
The Informant | Lt. David Ferris | 1997 |
Twister | Dr. Jonas Miller | 1996 |
Pinky and the Brain | Hamlet / Director | 1995 |
Whisper of the Heart | The Baron | 1995 |
The Outer Limits | Dr. John York | 1995 |
The Jungle Book | Boone / Captain William Boone | 1994 |
Felidae | Francis | 1994 |
The Chase | Steve Horsegroovy | 1994 |
The X-Files | Brad Follmer | 1993 |
Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Robin Hood | 1993 |
John & Leeza from Hollywood | Self | 1993 |
The Crush | Nick Eliot | 1993 |
Making 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self | 1992 |
Bram Stoker's Dracula | Lord Arthur Holmwood | 1992 |
Porco Rosso | Donald Curtis | 1992 |
Leather Jackets | Dobbs | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Hot Shots! | Kent Gregory | 1991 |
Days of Thunder | Russ Wheeler | 1990 |
Glory | Maj. Cabot Forbes | 1989 |
Seinfeld | David Lukner | 1989 |
Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Never on Tuesday | Tow Truck Driver | 1988 |
The Princess Bride | Westley | 1987 |
Maschenka | Ganin | 1987 |
Lady Jane | Guilford Dudley | 1986 |
The Bride | Josef | 1985 |
Another Country | James Harcourt / Harcourt | 1984 |
Oxford Blues | Lionel | 1984 |
Yesterday's Hero | Disco Dancer | 1979 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Burning at Both Ends | 2021 |
Elvis & Nixon | 2016 |
Walk the Talk | 2007 |
Comic Book Villains | 2002 |
Leather Jackets | 1992 |