Cary Elwes

Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor. He is known for his leading roles in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and the Saw series. Elwes’s other performances in films include Glory (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), Twister (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997), Liar Liar (1997), Ella Enchanted (2004), No Strings Attached (2011), BlackBerry, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (both 2023).

Elwes has also appeared on television series such as The X-Files, Seinfeld, From the Earth to the Moon, Psych, Life in Pieces, Stranger Things, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Knuckles.

He is the third son born to interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy and the late portrait painter Dominick Elwes, and is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was born and raised in London and attended Harrow. After graduating from Harrow, he moved to the US and studied drama at Sarah Lawrence College. He left school after two years to begin his film career. Elwes is politically active for causes such as protecting the environment and helping Native American peoples. He is married to Lisa Marie Kurbikoff, a stills photographer.

Known For

Stranger Things Not in library

Stranger Things

2016

Saw Not in library

Saw

2004

Liar Liar Not in library

Liar Liar

1997

The Adventures of Tintin Not in library

The Adventures of Tintin

2011

Bram Stoker's Dracula Not in library

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992

The Princess Bride Not in library

The Princess Bride

1987

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

No Strings Attached Not in library

No Strings Attached

2011

A Christmas Carol Not in library

A Christmas Carol

2009

Family Guy Not in library

Family Guy

1999

Acting

2026 Dead Man's Wire as Michael Grable
2026 M.I.A.
2026 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! as Self - Actor (1 episode)
2025 The Gettysburg Address as John P. Jones (voice)
2025 Neverland
2025 Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Denlinger In Library
2024 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare as Brigadier Gubbins - 'M'
2024 Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver as The King
2024 Knuckles as 'Pistol' Pete Whipple (2 episodes)
2023 Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire as The King
2023 Sweetwater as Ned Irish
2023 BlackBerry as Carl Yankowski
2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre as Nathan
2022 The Hyperions as Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum
2021 Last Train to Christmas as Roger Towers
2021 Burning at Both Ends as Jacques
2021 Best Sellers as Halpren Nolan
2021 The Unholy as Bishop Gyles
2021 A Castle for Christmas as Myles
2020 The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
2020 A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Westley
2020 The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder as Self
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck (1 episode)
2019 Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto as D.W. Griffith
2019 Black Christmas as Professor Gelson
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (1 episode)
2018 Billionaire Boys Club as Andy Warhol
2018 Andre the Giant as Self
2018 Ghost Light as Alex Pankhurst
2017 We Don't Belong Here as Frank Harper
2017 Don't Sleep as Dr. Richard Sommers
2017 And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Gavin Hawk (4 episodes)
2016 Being Charlie as David Mills
2016 The Queen of Spain as Gary Jones
2016 Elephant Kingdom as Rock (voice)
2016 Lost & Found as John Broman
2016 Indiscretion as Jake Simon
2016 Sugar Mountain as Jim Huxley
2016 Stranger Things as Mayor Larry Kline (5 episodes)
2015 A Haunting in Cawdor as Lawrence O'Neill
2015 H8RZ as Principal Donato
2015 Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw as Self
2015 The Art of More as Arthur Davenport (20 episodes)
2015 Life in Pieces as Professor Sinclair Wilde (4 episodes)
2015 The Adventures of Puss in Boots as Guy Fox (voice) (1 episode)
2014 Reach Me as Kersey
2014 Behaving Badly as Joseph Stevens
2014 A Bit of Bad Luck as Brooks
2014 In Security as Joshua
2014 Teen Lust as John
2014 Cosmos as Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke (voice) (1 episode)
2013 Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox as Aquaman (voice)
2013 Hansel and Gretel Get Baked as The Meter Man
2013 Anna Nicole as E. Pierce Marshall
2013 The Story of Luke as Paul
2013 She Loves Me Not as Brady Olinson
2013 Horizon as Max Hartman
2012 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure as Bobby Wobbly
2012 The Citizen as Miller
2012 Camilla Dickinson as Rafferty Dickinson
2012 True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon
2012 Perception as British Intelligence Officer (1 episode)
2011 No Strings Attached as Dr. Stephen Metzner
2011 The Adventures of Tintin as Pilot (voice)
2011 Hellgate as Jeff Mathews
2011 New Year's Eve as Stan's Doctor
2011 Little Murder as Barry Fitzgerald
2011 Wonder Woman as Henry Johns
2011 Workaholics as Fox (1 episode)
2010 As Good As Dead as Ethan Belfrage
2010 Saw 3D as Dr. Lawrence Gordon
2010 Flying Lessons as Steven Jennings
2010 Psych:9 as Dr. Clement
2009 A Christmas Carol as Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice)
2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self (1 episode)
2008 The Alphabet Killer as Capt. Kenneth Shine
2007 Georgia Rule as Arnold
2007 Walk the Talk as Erik
2007 The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self (archive footage)
2006 Pucked as Norman
2006 Haskett's Chance as Mark Haskett / Chris Dalness
2006 Psych as Pierre Despereaux (3 episodes)
2006 Psych as Despereaux (1 episode)
2006 Rachael Ray
2005 Edison as Reigert
2005 Neo Ned as Dr. Magnuson
2005 Full Disclosure Report as Dr. Lawrence Gordon
2005 Hacking Away at Saw as Self
2005 Pope John Paul II as Pope John Paul II (younger)
2005 Pope John Paul II as Young Karol Wojtyla (2 episodes)
2004 Saw as Dr. Lawrence Gordon
2004 Ella Enchanted as Edgar
2004 American Crime as Albert Bodine
2004 The Riverman as Ted Bundy
2002 Wish You Were Dead as Mac "Macbeth" Wilson
2002 Comic Book Villains as Carter
2002 It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') as Self
2001 Uprising as Dr. Fritz Hippler
2001 The Cat's Meow as Thomas Ince
2001 As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' as Self
2001 Uprising as Dr. Fritz Hippler (2 episodes)
2000 Shadow of the Vampire as Fritz Arno Wagner
2000 Race Against Time as Burke
1999 Cradle Will Rock as John Houseman
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sidney Truex (1 episode)
1999 Family Guy as Mr. Henderson (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Family Guy as Nigel / Guard #1 (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Family Guy as Cyrano de Bergerac (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Family Guy as Charles Dickens (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Family Guy as Edison's Assistant (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Family Guy as Chris Martin (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Family Guy as Watson (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Batman Beyond as Paxton Powers (voice) (1 episode)
1998 The Pentagon Wars as Colonel James Burton
1998 Quest for Camelot as Garrett (voice)
1998 From the Earth to the Moon as Michael Collins (3 episodes)
1997 Liar Liar as Jerry
1997 Kiss the Girls as Det. Nick Ruskin
1997 The Informant as Lt. David Ferris
1996 Twister as Jonas
1995 The Outer Limits as Dr. John 'Jack' Percy Vilmorin York (1 episode)
1994 The Jungle Book as Captain William Boone
1994 The Chase as Steve Horsegroovy
1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights as Robin Hood
1993 The Crush as Nick Eliot
1993 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming as Self
1993 The X-Files as Brad Follmer (6 episodes)
1992 Leather Jackets as Dobbs
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula as Lord Arthur Holmwood
1991 Hot Shots! as Kent Gregory
1990 Days of Thunder as Russ Wheeler
1989 Glory as Maj. Cabot Forbes
1989 Never on Tuesday as Tow Truck Driver (uncredited)
1989 Seinfeld as David Lukner (1 episode)
1987 The Princess Bride as Westley
1987 Maschenka as Ganin
1986 Lady Jane as Guilford Dudley
1985 The Bride as Josef
1984 Oxford Blues as Lionel
1984 Another Country as James Harcourt
1979 Yesterday's Hero as Disco Dancer
Butterfly in the Typewriter as Kingsley Amis
The American Spring
The Panic as Charles Barney
Wonder Woman as Henry Detmer (1 episode)

Writing

2016 Elvis & Nixon Screenplay

Production

2021 Burning at Both Ends Executive Producer
2016 Elvis & Nixon Producer
2002 Comic Book Villains Co-Producer
1992 Leather Jackets Associate Producer

Crew

2015 Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw Thanks