Ray Winstone(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in
London, England, to Margaret (Richardson) and Raymond J. Winstone. He
moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his parents had a fruit and
vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the
famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club, was three times London Schoolboy
Champion and fought twice for England, UK. In ten years of boxing, he
won over 80 medals and trophies.
Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as Carlin in the BBC Play production of Scum - Abschaum (1979). He has appeared in numerous TV series over the past 20 years including Robin Hood (1984), Palmer (1991), Hallo Mädels! (1989), Undercover! - Ermittler zwischen den Fronten (1992), Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995), Births, Marriages and Deaths (1999), and Vincent (2005). His film career has burgeoned since his award-winning role in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997), and he has appeared in multiple films including Fanny und Elvis (1999), Tim Roth's War Zone (1999), Departed: Unter Feinden (2006), Hugo Cabret (2011), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). Known for his signature gritty voice, Winstone has also done a number of voiceover roles including Rango (2011), Die Chroniken von Narnia - Der König von Narnia (2005), as well as the Die Legende von Beowulf (2007) film and video games.
He married Elaine Winstone in 1979, and the couple have three children: Lois Winstone (born 1982), a singer with the London-based hip-hop group "Crack Village" who also played his on-screen daughter in Letzte Runde (2001) and got a part in four episodes of The Bill (1984), Jaime Winstone (born 1985) also an actress with ambitions to be a director, and Ellie Rae Winstone (born 2001).
Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as Carlin in the BBC Play production of Scum - Abschaum (1979). He has appeared in numerous TV series over the past 20 years including Robin Hood (1984), Palmer (1991), Hallo Mädels! (1989), Undercover! - Ermittler zwischen den Fronten (1992), Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995), Births, Marriages and Deaths (1999), and Vincent (2005). His film career has burgeoned since his award-winning role in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997), and he has appeared in multiple films including Fanny und Elvis (1999), Tim Roth's War Zone (1999), Departed: Unter Feinden (2006), Hugo Cabret (2011), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). Known for his signature gritty voice, Winstone has also done a number of voiceover roles including Rango (2011), Die Chroniken von Narnia - Der König von Narnia (2005), as well as the Die Legende von Beowulf (2007) film and video games.
He married Elaine Winstone in 1979, and the couple have three children: Lois Winstone (born 1982), a singer with the London-based hip-hop group "Crack Village" who also played his on-screen daughter in Letzte Runde (2001) and got a part in four episodes of The Bill (1984), Jaime Winstone (born 1985) also an actress with ambitions to be a director, and Ellie Rae Winstone (born 2001).
