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.
143 acting credits
Acting · 143
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Family Guy
1999
Stranger Things
2016
The X-Files
1993
Seinfeld
1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Psych
2006
M.I.A.
2026
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
The Outer Limits
1995
Batman Beyond
1999
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Perception
2012
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
Life in Pieces
2015
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Cosmos
2014
Workaholics
2011
No Strings Attached
2011
Saw
2004
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
2015
The Princess Bride
1987
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Twister
1996
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023
Liar Liar
1997
Rachael Ray
2006
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
Knuckles
2024
Saw 3D
2010
Glory
1989
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
2024
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
2023
Kevin
2026
Hot Shots!
1991
Days of Thunder
1990
Kiss the Girls
1997
A Christmas Carol
2009
Ella Enchanted
2004
BlackBerry
2023
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013
Dead Man's Wire
2026
The Unholy
2021
The Crush
1993
The Art of More
2015
The Jungle Book
1994
New Year's Eve
2011
Quest for Camelot
1998
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
Wonder Woman
—
Edison
2005
Billionaire Boys Club
2018
Factory Girl
2006
Behaving Badly
2014
Cradle Will Rock
1999
The Chase
1994
Indiscretion
2016
Pope John Paul II
2005
Uprising
2001
Black Christmas
2019
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
Georgia Rule
2007
In Security
2014
The Alphabet Killer
2008
Lady Jane
1986
Uprising
2001
Another Country
1984
The Cat's Meow
2001
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007
Reach Me
2014
The Pentagon Wars
1998
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Andre the Giant
2018
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
The Bride
1985
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
Best Sellers
2021
As Good As Dead
2010
And the Winner Isn't
2017
A Castle for Christmas
2021
Sweetwater
2023
Lost & Found
2016
Sugar Mountain
2016
Being Charlie
2016
Very Young Frankenstein
—
Neo Ned
2005
Oxford Blues
1984
The Queen of Spain
2016
We Don't Belong Here
2017
Flying Lessons
2010
Teen Lust
2014
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993
Full Disclosure Report
2005
Hansel and Gretel Get Baked
2013
Race Against Time
2000
Don't Sleep
2017
Hellgate
2011
Pucked
2006
Little Murder
2011
The Hyperions
2022
Comic Book Villains
2002
Last Train to Christmas
2021
Burning at Both Ends
2021
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
2020
The Riverman
2004
American Crime
2004
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto
2019
Wish You Were Dead
2002
Psych:9
2010
Butterfly in the Typewriter
—
True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon
2012
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
2015
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
Leather Jackets
1992
Never on Tuesday
1989
She Loves Me Not
2013
The Informant
1997
Camilla Dickinson
2012
Horizon
2013
H8RZ
2015
Ghost Light
2018
Walk the Talk
2007
Elephant Kingdom
2016
A Bit of Bad Luck
2014
The Story of Luke
2013
Neverland
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Hacking Away at Saw
2005
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
Maschenka
1987
A Haunting in Cawdor
2015
The Citizen
2012
The American Spring
—
Haskett's Chance
2006
The Panic
—
Yesterday's Hero
1979
Pope John Paul II
2005
Anna Nicole
2013