Ray Winstone as Ares

Rebecca King — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:00:06 +0000

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.

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Ray Winstone as Ares