A versatile performer comfortable with both light comedic and darker, more nuanced roles, Paul Bettany was born May 27, 1971, in London to a theater family headed by Thane Bettany, a respected British actor. After several years as a street corner musician, Bettany studied with the Drama Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.Good notices for his stage work in "An Inspector Calls" and "Love and Understanding" led to his film debut in Bent (1997) and acclaimed performances in Gangster No. 1 and A Knight's Tale (2001, as Geoffrey Chaucer). Bettany's U.S. breakthrough came as Russell's Crowe's imaginary friend in A Beautiful Mind (2001). They reteamed successfully for Master and Commander in 2003.
Bettany's subsequent films have included Wimbledon (in his first leading-man movie role), Dogville and The Da Vinci Code (2006). He married his Beautiful Mind co-star Jennifer Connelly in 2003.
AddMaster and CommanderSet off the coast of South America during the Napoleonic Wars, this thrilling maritime drama pits "Lucky" Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe), captain of the HMS Surprise, and his close-knit crew against a French privateer equipped with better weapons. This action-adventure, which won Oscars for Best... Read More
AddWimbledonTennis player Peter Cort's (Paul Bettany) career is on the wane until a lucky wild-card entry into the most prestigious tournament of all, Wimbledon, may afford him his last hurrah. Then love finds him off-court when he falls for American athlete Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst). Peter finds that... Read More
AddThe ReckoningA priest (Paul Bettany) on the run gets mixed up with a band of wandering thespians in this tale of salvation based on the book Morality Play by Barry Unsworth. In a tiny village, the group comes upon a woman who's been charged with murder and sentenced to death. The actors put on a... Read More
AddGangster No. 1This story follows the violent rise and fall of the title character, an unnamed East End London thug (played by Paul Bettany and, at a later age, Malcolm McDowell) who gets hired by high-profile gangster Freddie Mays (David Thewlis). The eager young gun -- an irredeemable, inhumane psychopath... Read More
AddAfter the RainWhen Steph (Paul Bettany), an emotionally troubled Afrikaner soldier, returns from the front to find his girlfriend, Emma (Louise Lombard), in bed with her friend Joseph (Ariyon Bakare), a black man, he snaps. Holding the pair captive, Steph unleashes his jealousy, paranoia and rage. Writer-director... Read More
| Save | Legion (2010) | R | |
| Save | Priest (2010) | NR | |
| Save | The Young Victoria (2009) | PG | |
| Save | Creation (2009) | PG-13 | |
| Add | Inkheart (2008) | PG | |
| Add | The Secret Life of Bees (2008) | PG-13 | |
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| Add | The Reckoning (2004) | R | |
| Add | Dogville (2004) | R | |
| Add | Wimbledon (2004) | PG-13 | |
| Add | Master and Commander (2003) | PG-13 | |
| Add | The Heart of Me (2003) | R | |
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| Add | A Knight's Tale (2001) | PG-13 | |
| Add | Gangster No. 1 (2000) | R | |
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| Add | After the Rain (1999) | R | |
| Add | Every Woman Knows a Secret (1999) | NR | |
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| Add | Bent (1997) | NC-17 | |
| Add | Sharpe 14: Sharpe's Waterloo (1997) | NR | |
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