Ray Winstone's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Ben Hur (CA) Quintus Arr… Great Expectations (UK) Abel Magwitch Robin of Sherwood (UK) Will Scarlet Vincent (UK) Vincent Gal… Parkinson (UK) Ray Winstone Sweeney Todd (UK) Sweeney Todd Fairly Secret Army (UK) Stubby Coll… Father Matthew's Daughter (UK) Father Char… Fox (UK) Kenny Fox Get Back (UK) Martin Sweet Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot (UK) Ray Winstone Pulaski (UK) Detective S…

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Rango 2011 - Hugo Cabret 2010 - Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2010 - Edge of Darkness 2009 - The Devil's Tomb 2009 - 44 Inch Chest 2008 - Fool's Gold 2008 - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2007 - Beowulf 2006 - The Departed 2006 - Breaking And Entering 2005 - The Proposition 2005 - The Magic Roundabout 2005 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2004 - King Arthur 2003 - Cold Mountain 2002 - Ripley's Game 2001 - Last Orders 2000 - Sexy Beast 2000 - Love, Honour and Obey 2000 - There's Only One Jimmy Grimble 1999 - The War Zone 1997 - Nil by mouth 1982 - Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 1979 - Scum 1979 - Quadrophenia

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in London, Ray Winstone (I) was an amateur boxer who won all of his senior fights. He was therefore a natural for the role of boxer "Kenny Fox" in the TV series "Fox" (1980), which started his acting career. Ray has appeared in films such as Scum (1979), Quadrophenia (1979), That Summer (1979) and Tank Malling (1989). He has appeared in TV series too numerous to list, which include "Robin of Sherwood" (1984), "Minder" (1979), "Boon" (1986), "C.A.T.S. Eyes" (1985), "Pulaski" (1987), "Palmer", "Get Back" (1992) and, his most recent one, "Ghostbusters of East Finchley" (1995).


TRIVIA:

• Has three children: 'Lois Winstone' (qv) (born 1982), a singer with the London-based hip-hop group "Crack Village" who also played his on-screen daughter in _Last Orders (2001)_ (qv) and got a part in four episodes of _"The Bill" (1984)_ (qv), 'Jaime Winstone' (qv) (born 1985) also an actress with ambitions to be a director, and Ellie (born 2001).
• Will be conducting an Acting Masterclass at the Cinemagic World screen Festival for Young People 2002, in Belfast N.Ireland.
• Is currently learning to ride a horse.
• Recently turned down a considerable amount of money to star in a big-budget police drama in the US because he didn't want to drag his family over to Baltimore for seven months of the year for five years - and he didn't want one-year-old Ellie to grow up with an American accent.
• Son of a greengrocer.
• The Robin of Sherwood International fanclub can be reached by sending a SASE or IRC to Spirit of Sherwood, 1276 W. Marshall, Ferndale, Michigan 48220, USA or email ChrisRHood@aol.com
• Starred in the short lived TV series _"Ghostbusters of East Finchley" (1995)_ (qv). Although this series was completely unrelated to _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv), the original Ghostbusters had characters named Ray and Winston.
• One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.