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When Bettany was 21 he appeared in a BBC production of Oliver Twist, as Bill Sikes. He had roles in the television productions Killer Net and Coming Home, during which he met and dated Emily Mortimer. He received critical acclaim for A Knight’s Tale, including winning the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actor. After the movie wrapped, Helgeland, determined that Hollywood should recognise Bettany’s talent, showed the audition tape to many of his peers, including Ron Howard, who promptly cast Bettany in A Beautiful Mind. After A Beautiful Mind, Bettany was offered the role of serial killer Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon, opposite Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. Bettany’s next major project saw him starring again alongside Russell Crowe in Peter Weir’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. in spring 2005, Bettany went to Vancouver to film Firewall, a thriller starring Harrison Ford and Virginia Madsen, which reunited him with Wimbledon director Richard Loncraine. Stellan’s godfather is the actor Charlie Condou.

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While his father taught at the all-girls boarding school Queenswood School in Hertfordshire, the family lived on the campus. Soon after, Bettany left home and went to live on his own in London and his parents later divorced. He continued doing work in stage and television, these included Joe Penhall’s Love and Understanding, which played at London’s Bush Theatre and then ran in Connecticut. Back in Hollywood, writer/director Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) was planning a new film called The Sin Eater (also known as The Order). The studio executives were not impressed, but Helgeland was determined to cast him, even writing the part of Chaucer for him. A Knight’s Tale would be Bettany’s first big Hollywood production, and most American audiences would have their first look at Paul Bettany. He turned down the role in favour of accepting a part with Stellan Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman in controversial director Lars von Trier’s Dogville. Bettany’s next major project saw him starring again alongside Russell Crowe in Peter Weir’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

Paul Bettany And The Inspired Casting Just Keeps On Coming!We Reported Last Week That

Bettany was raised Roman Catholic. He made his stage debut in Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed West End revival of An Inspector Calls at the Aldwych Theatre, playing the part of Eric Birling. After appearing in the finale of Sean Bean’s series Sharpe as HRH The Prince of Orange at the Battle of Waterloo, he made his film debut with a small part in Bent, a Holocaust drama which also featured Clive Owen, Jude Law, and Ian McKellen. in 2007, Bettany went to London to star in There For Me, written by his friends Dan Fredenburgh and Doraly Rosen. in 2008, he appeared in the New Line Cinema family fantasy Inkheart, playing the part of a fire-eater named Dustfinger.

Paul Bettany Cast Opposite Hugh Jackman in Les MisÃ©rables Movie! And the inspired casting just keeps on coming!We reported last week that Hugh Jackman was in negotiations to star in director Tom Hooper’s upcoming musical adaptation of Les MisÃ©rables as protagonist Jean Valjean, and now, we’ve gotten word that Paul Bettany may be taking on the role of the film’s villain, Inspector Javert!Sources close to [...] [link]

Bettany Was Raised Roman Catholic

Bettany was raised Roman Catholic. While his father taught at the all-girls boarding school Queenswood School in Hertfordshire, the family lived on the campus. He lived in a small flat and earned money by playing his guitar in the streets as a busker. When Bettany was 19, he decided to be an actor, and he pursued that career with determination, studying at the Drama Centre London in Chalk Farm. He filmed several more movies, including his first leading role in Gangster No. 1. The British Independent Film Awards nominated him for Best Actor, and the London Film Critics’ Circle nominated him for British Newcomer of the Year. He turned down the role in favour of accepting a part with Stellan Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman in controversial director Lars von Trier’s Dogville.

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He lived in a small flat and earned money by playing his guitar in the streets as a busker. He made his stage debut in Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed West End revival of An Inspector Calls at the Aldwych Theatre, playing the part of Eric Birling. He also appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s productions of Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar (for which he received a Charleson Award nomination). He filmed several more movies, including his first leading role in Gangster No. 1. The British Independent Film Awards nominated him for Best Actor, and the London Film Critics’ Circle nominated him for British Newcomer of the Year. The studio executives were not impressed, but Helgeland was determined to cast him, even writing the part of Chaucer for him.

Win Win: Paul Giamatti Wrestles With a Teenage Boy Here’s a trailer for Win Win, the new movie from Tom McCarthy, the actor/writer/director whose previous works, The Station Agent and The Visitor, garnered much acclaim. in this one Paul Giamatti plays a lawyer and wrestling coach grappling with life. More » [link]

On 28 June 2004 Bettany And 13 Other Actors Were Included In

Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor. His brother Matthew died after a fall at Queenswood. He did his last theatre work in One More Wasted Year and Stranger’s House at the Royal Court Theatre. A Knight’s Tale would be Bettany’s first big Hollywood production, and most American audiences would have their first look at Paul Bettany when he walked onscreen muddy and naked. “My buttocks entered the American market before I did,” he joked on the movie’s DVD commentary track. On 28 June 2004, Bettany and 13 other actors were included in the 2004 invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Paul Bettany And The Inspired Casting Just Keeps On Coming!We Reported Last Week That

He made his stage debut in Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed West End revival of An Inspector Calls at the Aldwych Theatre, playing the part of Eric Birling. After A Beautiful Mind, Bettany was offered the role of serial killer Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon, opposite Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. On 28 June 2004, Bettany and 13 other actors were included in the 2004 invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. in September of that year, Bettany made his leading-man debut in Wimbledon, a romantic comedy with Kirsten Dunst.

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