Editing Ray Winstone (section)

== 2004–2012 ==
[[File:Raywinstone06.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Winstone in 2006]]
At this time, Winstone set up Size 9 and Flicks production companies with his longtime agent Michael Wiggs. The first effort was ''[[She's Gone (film)|She's Gone]]'', in which he plays a businessman whose young daughter disappears in [[Istanbul]] (filming was held up by unrest in the Middle East). He followed it up with ''Jerusalem'', in which he played poet and visionary [[William Blake]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Winstone made his action-film debut in ''[[King Arthur (2004 film)|King Arthur]]'' (2004),<ref name="tv"/> starring [[Clive Owen]], directed by [[Antoine Fuqua]], and produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]. Fuqua lauded his performance, proclaiming he was "the British [[Robert De Niro|De Niro]]". Winstone provided the voice of [[Soldier Sam]] in the screen version of ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]''. In 2005, he appeared opposite [[Suranne Jones]] in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama ''[[Vincent (TV series)|Vincent]]'' about a team of private detectives. He returned to the role in 2006 and was awarded an [[International Emmy]]. He also portrayed a 19th-century English policeman trying to tame the Australian [[outback]] in ''[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]''. In 2006, American critic [[Roger Ebert]] described Winstone as "one of the best actors now at work in movies".<ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=The Proposition Movie Review & Film Summary (2006) – Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-proposition-2006 |website=www.rogerebert.com}}</ref>

A complete change of pace for Winstone occurred when he provided the voice for the cheeky-chappy [[Mr. Beaver]] in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', also in 2005. Winstone appeared in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s 2006 film ''[[The Departed]]'' as Mr. French, an [[Mob enforcer|enforcer]] to [[Jack Nicholson]]'s [[Irish Mob|Irish mob]] boss. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] singled out Winstone for praise among the ensemble cast of ''The Departed'', writing that the actor "invests every line with the authority of God dictating to Moses".<ref>[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-departed-2007 Roger Ebert review, The Departed]</ref> He provided [[motion capture]] movements and voice-over work for the [[Beowulf (hero)|title character]] in the [[Robert Zemeckis]]' film ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]''. He then co-starred in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'', which was released on 22 May 2008. He returned to television drama in ''[[The Changeling (play)|The Changeling]]''-inspired ''[[Compulsion (2009 film)|Compulsion]]'', originally shown in May 2009. Since 2009, Winstone has fronted the advertising for betting firm [[Bet365]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/02/ray-winstone-decca-aitkenhead-actor|title=Ray Winstone interview|newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 February 2010 |accessdate= 9 December 2022 |last1=Aitkenhead |first1=Decca }}</ref> He also co-founded a sports-management business, Integral Sports Management, in 2020.<ref name="Phillips-25Jun2022">{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Chris |title=Why Ray Winstone will be supporting Ryan Peniston at Wimbledon |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/20236149.ray-winstone-will-supporting-ryan-peniston-wimbledon/ |access-date=25 May 2023 |work=Echo |date=25 June 2022}}</ref>

Winstone has mixed work in Hollywood productions with work in lower-budget, independent films. In 2010, Winstone starred as Arjan van Diemen in the film ''[[Tracker (2011 film)|Tracker]]'' with [[Temuera Morrison]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Ray Winstone |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935653/ |website=IMDb}}</ref> He had a role as [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent Darius Jedburgh in the ''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]'' remake, replacing [[Robert De Niro]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Michael|title=Winstone replaces De Niro in 'Edge'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=12 September 2008|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/winstone-replaces-de-niro-in-edge-1117992081/|access-date=12 September 2008}}</ref> Winstone starred in British independent film ''[[The Hot Potato]]'' in 2011, and the following year in a big-screen remake of popular 1970s show ''[[The Sweeney (2012 film)|The Sweeney]]'' (2012).<ref name="tv"/>