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Name: Ray Winstone
Date of Birth: February 19, 1957
Hometown: Hackney, London
Facts: Ray Winstone was born in Hackney Hospital, London. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his father and mother had a fruit and vegetable business, and he went to school at Edmonton County. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club, was three times London Schoolboy Champion and fought twice for England, UK. In ten years of boxing, he won over 80 medals and trophies. Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as “Carlin” in the BBC Play production of Scum (1979). He has appeared in numerous TV series over the past 20 years.
What I have seen him in: Cold Mountain, King Arthur, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Fool’s Gold
What you might have seen him in: Sunshine in Brixton, The Sweeney, Scum, That Summer, Quadrophenia, Fox, Play for Today, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, Love Story: Mr. Tight, Robin Hood and the Sorcerer, Bergerac, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Lonelyheart Kid, Fairly Secret Army, Number One, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Robin of Sherwood, Ever Decreasing Circles, Boon, Father Matthew’s Daughter, Pulaski, Blore M.P., Minder, Tank Malling, Home to Roost, Absolute Hell, Palmer, Birds of a Feather, Black and Blue, Underbelly, Between the Lines, Nice Town, Get Back, Murder Most Horrid, The Negotiator, Ladybird Ladybird, Casualty, Space Precinct, The Bill, Ghostbusters of East Finchley, Yellow, Masculine Mescaline, Kavanagh QC, Thief Takers, Sharman, One Foot in the Grave, Nil By Mouth, Face, Our Boy, The Sea Change, Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, Woundings, Final Cut, Five Seconds to Spare, The War Zone, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Agnes Browne, Darkness Falls, Fanny and Elvis, Tube Tales, Last Christmas, Tough Love, Love, Honour, and Obey, There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble, Sexy Beast, The Fear, Last Orders, The Martins, Lenny Blue, At Home with the Braithwaites, Ripley’s Game, Bouncer, Henry VIII, Cold Mountain, Old Street, Everything, King Arthur, She’s Gone, The Magic Roundabout, The Proposition, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Sweeney Todd, Bobby Moore, All in the Game, Breaking and Entering, The Departed, Vincent, Beowulf, Fool’s Gold, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Compulsion, The Devil’s Tomb, Fathers of Girls, 44 Inch Chest
Who he is playing: Ares
What I think about him playing the role: Not the person I would pick as I always imagine some biker dude with a ruff voice.
What do you think about Ray playing Ares? Add a comment below.
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13 Comments for Ray Winstone as Ares
Anonymous | December 23, 2009 at 11:00 am
Anonymous | January 4, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Yeah I totally agree, plus the fact that they state who Percy’s father is in the TRAILER for the movie, while a lot of the book is about him finding out who his father is. I’m definately worried that the movie isn’t going to be that great…
percyJfan | January 14, 2010 at 12:14 am
maybe thats a bad picture and for the movie they make him look a lot youger…maybe
Kate | January 16, 2010 at 11:11 pm
idk but i hope so. also i think that ares is to fat and old to be a god of war!!!
Guest | January 23, 2010 at 4:50 pm
I agree I had better expectations for Ares, this guy is too old to be the god of war…:(, but then again, in the Harry Potter series I couldn't imagine Brendan Gleeson as Mad Eye Moody until I actually saw him in the role
Carlos | February 3, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Okay, okay, okay. You guys clearly don’t know Ray Winstone. They couldn’t have picked anyone better to be Ares. The guy is only in his fifties! I dont know about you, but a lot of cool bikers are in their fifties, and keep in mind that Ares has been around for millions of years! Another thing, Chiron tells Percy in the preview that his Dad is Poseidon in a mere voice over. This could be at any time during the movie. After the capture the flag incident for instance? There is a clip on the preview that shows a tatoo of a trident. This is Poseidon’s claim of Percy. If he already knew that he was Poseidon’s son, dont you think the director would’ve cut that part out? Research harder next time you judge a movie, and use your frikkin head!
Carlos | February 3, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Oh, and as for all the complaints at the beginning of the chatroom, about Apollo’s age and stuff; its Hollywood. They will change things. Deal with it. If things are even remotely similar to the books, great. But You have to accept movies for what they are, and put them in a seperate categorie aside from the books. Nothing can be perfect! Trust me, doing that for me made Harry Potter 4 a lot easier to watch.
Savvy | February 7, 2010 at 12:44 am
Annabeth never reveals her true, deep and hidden feeling for Percy until much later in the series, even then it isn't as obvious. They are going to be sooo old by the time the series is over. I am very upset by the random monsters and scenes that have been released. Persephonie was not in the underworld when Percy met Hades, Percy only wished she was. But then, in the trailer, Persephonie knocks Hades out? So disappointed. I haven't seen anything about Camp Half Blood, they better not have messed that up too. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Sorry for any misspellings.
Anonymous | February 12, 2010 at 4:21 pm
They didn’t show ares in this film
Jayden | March 26, 2010 at 5:29 pm
The gods in the story can look both like teenagers, or young people, or they can also look like grown-ups.
Jayden | March 26, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Good point!! 
Jayden | March 26, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Yeah, when you see how they look like in real life, you're thinking, "Why are they playing that role?" But when you see the movie with them acting in it and all dressed up, then you're like, "They did a pretty good job, actually."
Jayden | March 26, 2010 at 5:33 pm
So if that guy is playing Ares, does that mean they are making a second movie? I hope!!
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why is Ares played by an old guy? Why does Percy looke 16 when he’s really 12? Why doesn’t Grover have pimples? I thought Apollo was supposed to look like a teenager! Why does Annabeth state her feelings for Percy in the movie trailer?!
I guess movies will never be as good as their paper counterparts. *sigh*