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Frequently cast as a working-class hard man, British actor Ray Winstone gained his first dose of international recognition for his brutal portrayal of an abusive, alcoholic family patriarch in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997). Born in Hackney, London, on February 19, 1957, Winstone spent much of his youth as an amateur boxer. He first stepped into the ring at the age of 12 and over the course of the next several years won over 80 medals and trophies. Reportedly deciding to give acting a try because he was tired of getting hit, Winstone studied drama for a couple of years at the Corona School. He got his first break when director Alan Clarke cast him in the BBC's televised production of Scum (1977), a harsh depiction of life in a Borstal for young offenders. Due to its content, the film was banned before being released theatrically two years later. Winstone began appearing in other films that same year, notably the Who's Quadrophenia. Winstone continued to work in both film and television throughout the next decade, doing most of his work in countless TV series. In 1994, he earned strong notices for his starring role in Ken Loach's Ladybird, Ladybird. Three years later, Winstone's harrowing performance in Oldman's Nil by Mouth garnered him a Best Actor BAFTA nomination, as well as recognition on both sides of the Atlantic. He subsequently could be seen in a number of diverse projects, ranging from Face, Antonia Bird's 1997 crime drama, to the omantic comedy Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) to Tim Roth's The War Zone (1999), in which Winstone earned further acclaim as the abusive patriarch of a wildly dysfunctional family. Also in 1999, he could be seen playing a loan shark who gives Anjelica Huston a hard time in Huston's Agnes Browne. Winstone gained wide international notice for his starring role in 2000's Sexy Beast, holding his own opposite Ben Kingsley, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance. He followed that up with a well-received part in 2001's Last Orders and parlayed his success into a supporting role in Anthony Minghella's 2003 star-studded Civil War drama Cold Mountain. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide less

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Henry VIII (2003)
Cast: Ray Winstone
Tags: Biopic Historical Film
Length: 250min
The life of one of Great Britain's most influential and feared monarchs is dramatized in this lavish production, originally produced for British television. King Henry VIII (Ray Winstone) is a shrewd but ruthless ruler who is determined to sire a male...
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Disappeared (2004)
Tags: Drama
Length: 120min
A happily married, self-made man with a beautiful wife and two adoring children is plunged into a nightmarish world of depravity and corruption when he sets out in search of his missing daughter in this border-hopping thriller starring Ray Winstone....
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Sexy Beast (2000)
Cast: Ben Kingsley
Tags: Crime Thriller Gangster Film Crime
Length: 88min
Gary (Ray Winstone) is a former gangster who has made a modest amount of money from his criminal career. Happy to put his life of crime behind him, he has retired with his wife Deedee (Amanda Redman) to the sunny bliss of rural Spain, where he lives...
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Ripley's Game (2002)
Cast: John Malkovich Ennio Morricone Liliana Cavani
Tags: Crime Thriller Psychological Thriller Thriller
Length: 110min
The cool and mannered sociopath Tom Ripley returns to the big screen in director Liliana Cavani's 2002 crime thriller Ripley's Game, adapted from the 1974 novel by Patricia Highsmith. Living a life of luxury as an art dealer in northern Italy with his...
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Tough Love (2000)
Length: 180min
Adrian Dunbar starred in this two-part British drama as the ethically challenged Detective Chief Inspector Mike Love. Although Love invariably got results, pulling dozens of vicious criminals off the streets, his methods were, to say the least,...
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Last Orders (2001)
Cast: Michael Caine Bob Hoskins Fred Schepisi Helen Mirren Tom Courtenay David Hemmings
Tags: Psychological Drama Ensemble Film Road Movie Drama
Length: 109min
Australian filmmaker known for such classics as The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and Six Degrees of Separation, Fred Schepisi tells this story about a group of lifelong chums coming to terms with their friend's death, based on a prize-winning novel by...
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Love, Honour And Obey (2000)
Cast: Jude Law Jonny Lee Miller
Tags: Crime Comedy Caper Crime Comedy
Length: 103min
Following up on the critical drubbing of the Final Cut, the same cast and crew, TV comedians Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis, along with Britpack hipsters Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law, Rhys Ifans, and Sadie Frost, come together to make this crime comedy...
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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
Tags: Sports Drama Teen Movie Comedy Drama
Length: 105min
A boy who dreams of becoming a British soccer star discovers his dreams might not be as far-fetched as they seem in this comedy-drama. Jimmy Grimble (Lewis McKenzie) is a 15-year-old misfit living in Manchester, where nothing seems to go his way....
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Fanny and Elvis (1999)
Cast: Kerry Fox
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Ensemble Film
Length: 110min
British TV screenwriter Kay Mellor debuts with this quirky screwball comedy. The film opens with romance novelist Kate (Kerry Fox) crashing her VW bug into the gleaming Jaguar of car salesman Dave (Ray Winstone), resulting in an insult-barbed...
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The War Zone (1999)
Cast: Tim Roth
Tags: Drama Coming-of-Age Family Drama
Length: 98min
Noted actor Tim Roth made his directorial debut with this powerful drama about a family in crisis. Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) is an awkward and troubled 15-year-old boy whose isolation increases when his family moves from London to a remote community in...
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