Cary Elwes

About Cary Elwes

Cary Elwes is an English actor whose best-known roles combine old-fashioned romantic adventure, broad comedy and genre filmmaking. He was born Ivan Simon Cary Elwes in Westminster, London, on 26 October 1962. His family background connected him to the arts: his father, Dominick Elwes, was a portrait painter, his mother, Tessa Kennedy, an interior designer, and his brothers Cassian and Damian Elwes built careers in…