Editing Ray Winstone

{{short description|English actor (born 1957)}}
{{use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Ray Winstone
| image              = Ray Winstone 2014.jpg
| caption            = Winstone in 2014
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1957|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Homerton]], London, England
| birth_name         = Raymond Andrew Winstone
| nationality        = 
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1976–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Elaine McCausland|1979}}<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, July–August–September 1979, volume 39, page 1352</ref>
| children           = 3, including [[Jaime Winstone|Jaime]] and [[Lois Winstone|Lois]]
}}
'''Raymond Andrew Winstone''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɪ|n|s|t|ən}}; born 19 February 1957)<ref name="bio"/> is an English television, stage, and film actor with a career spanning five decades. Having worked with many prominent directors, including [[Martin Scorsese]] and [[Steven Spielberg]], Winstone is known for his "hard man" roles, usually delivered in his distinctive London accent. 

Besides playing gangster roles, Winstone has also worked in comedy (''[[Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence]]'') and as the romantic lead (''Fanny and Elvis''). He starred as [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] in the [[Henry VIII (TV serial)|2003 TV serial of the same name]].<ref name="Indie">{{cite web |title=A gangster king thing |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/a-gangster-king-thing-90415.html |website=[[The Independent]] |date=2 October 2013 |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> He has appeared in many TV shows, including ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' (1984 to 1986), ''[[The Bill]]'',<ref name="lunatic"/> ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'', ''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]'', ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'',<ref name="lunatic"/> ''[[Home To Roost]]'', ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'', ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'',<ref name="lunatic"/> and ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]''.

Winstone received a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]] nomination for his performance in ''[[Nil by Mouth (film)|Nil by Mouth]]'' (1997). He also starred in the British independent films ''[[Scum (film)|Scum]]'' (1979), ''[[Quadrophenia (film)|Quadrophenia]]'' (1979), ''[[The War Zone]]'' (1999), ''[[Last Orders (film)|Last Orders]]'' (2001), and ''[[Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (film)|Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll]]'' (2010). Winstone's other notable films include ''[[Sexy Beast]]'' (2000), ''[[Ripley's Game (film)|Ripley's Game]]'' (2002), ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' (2003), ''[[King Arthur (2004 film)|King Arthur]]'' (2004),  ''[[The Departed]]'' (2006), ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]'' (2007), ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' (2008), ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' (2011), ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'' (2012),  ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]'' (2021), and ''[[Damsel (2024 film)|Damsel]]'' (2024).

== Early life and education ==
Winstone was born on 19 February 1957 in [[Homerton|Hackney Hospital]], London.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url= http://www.copperlily.com/AboutRayWinstone/RWbiog.htm |title= Ray Winstone Biography |work= copperlily.com |date= 28 September 2007 |url-status= dead|archive-date= 29 August 2000 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000829042443/https://www.copperlily.com/AboutRayWinstone/RWbiog.htm}}</ref> He first lived in Caistor Park Road, [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] E15,<ref name="Times"/> and attended Portway infants and junior school. He moved to [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] when he was seven.<ref name="bio"/> His mother, Margaret (née Richardson; 1932–1985) had a job emptying [[fruit machine]]s, and his father, Raymond J. Winstone (1933–2015), ran a fruit-and-vegetable business.<ref>{{cite news |title=Culture, Arts and Entertainment |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/?xml=/arts/2008/05/11/sv_raywinstone.xml |url-status=dead |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206215749/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/?xml=/arts/2008/05/11/sv_raywinstone.xml |archive-date=6 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="bio"/> 

Winstone has recounted how, as a child, he used to play with his friends on bomb sites (empty plots of land with rubble from [[Second World War]] bombs).<ref name="Times"/> He joined [[Brimsdown|Brimsdown Primary School]] and in 1968, enrolled to [[Edmonton County School]],<ref name="ed">{{Cite web|url= http://www.ecsosa.org.uk/theschool/pupils/ |title= Edmonton County former pupils|work= ecsosa.org.uk |access-date= 7 February 2005}}</ref> which had changed from a [[grammar school]] to a [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] upon his arrival.<ref name="ed"/> He also attended [[Corona Theatre School]].<ref name="bio"/> He did not take to school, eventually leaving with a single [[Certificate of Secondary Education|CSE]] (grade 2) in drama.<ref name="lunatic"/> 

He recounted an early encounter with a notorious gangster:
{{blockquote|text="I was still a baby the day [[Ronnie Kray]] came round to see Dad, but I've been told this story so many times I can see it unfolding in my mind. Everyone was on their best behaviour, but then Ronnie picked me up, and by all accounts I pissed all over him. He had a new mac on, which had probably cost a few bob, and I absolutely covered it. The room fell silent, then Ronnie cracked up, so everyone knew it was safe to join in."<ref name="Times">{{cite news |last=Wintle |first=Angela |title= Time and place: Ray Winstone |url= https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/time-and-place-ray-winstone-mtppw2zv9sp |work= [[The Times]] |date=January 11, 2015 |archive-date= 3 October 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://archive.today/20211003224534/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time-and-place-ray-winstone-mtppw2zv9sp }}</ref>}}

Winstone had an early affinity for acting; his father would take him to the cinema every Wednesday afternoon. Later, he viewed [[Albert Finney]] in ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'', and said: "I thought, 'I could be that geezer'." His other major influences included [[John Wayne]], [[James Cagney]], and [[Edward G. Robinson]]. After borrowing extra tuition money from a friend's mother, a drama teacher, Winstone took to the stage, appearing as a [[Cockney]] newspaper seller in a production of ''[[Emil and the Detectives]]''.

Winstone was also a [[Boxer (boxing)|boxer]].<ref name="box"/> Known to his friends as Winnie, he was called Little Sugs at home (his father already being known as Sugar, after [[Sugar Ray Robinson]]). At the age of 12, Winstone joined the [[Repton Boxing Club|Repton Amateur Boxing Club]].<ref name="bio"/> Over the next 10 years, he won 80 out of 88 bouts.<ref name="box"/> He was London schoolboy champion at [[welterweight]] on three occasions,<ref name="box"/> and fought twice for England.<ref name="box"/> The experience gave him a perspective on his later career: "If you can get in a ring with 2,000 people watching and be smacked around by another guy, then walking onstage isn't hard."<ref name="box">{{cite web |title=Ray Winstone |url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Ray_Winstone |website=boxrec.com |access-date= 5 May 2023}}</ref>

Deciding to pursue drama, Winstone enrolled at the [[Ravenscourt Theatre School|Corona Stage Academy]] in [[Hammersmith]], when he was aged "about 17".<ref name="lunatic">{{cite web |title=Ray Winstone: 'I used to be a raving lunatic' |url= http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/02/ray-winstone-decca-aitkenhead-actor |website=The Guardian |date=2 September 2010 |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Q&A with actor Ray Winstone |url=https://www.ft.com/content/55358572-343d-11e7-99bd-13beb0903fa3 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Financial Times |date=12 May 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/55358572-343d-11e7-99bd-13beb0903fa3 |archive-date=10 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="Times" /> At [[Pound sterling|£]]900 a term, it was expensive considering the average wage was then about £36 a week.{{cn|date=April 2025}} He was ultimately expelled for vandalising the head's car.<ref name="lunatic"/> 

== 1970–1988 ==
In 1975, Winstone landed his first professional role in ''[[What a Crazy World]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East|Theatre Royal]], [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] in London.<ref name="crazy">{{cite web |title= What a Crazy World |url=http://www.copperlily.com/AboutRayWinstone/crazyworld.html |work= copperlily.com |date=1975 |access-date= 23 November 2003}}</ref> One of his first TV appearances came in the 1976 "Loving Arms" episode of the popular police series ''[[The Sweeney]]'',<ref name="tv">{{cite web |title= Ray Winstone Credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ray-winstone/credits/3000189033/ |work= tvguide.com |access-date= 16 March 2024}}</ref> where he was credited as "Raymond Winstone" (as he was in ''What a Crazy World''<ref name="crazy"/>) and played a minor part as an unnamed young thug. 

Winstone auditioned for [[Alan Clarke]]'s BBC play ''[[Scum (film)|Scum]]'' (1979). Because Clarke liked Winstone's cocky, aggressive boxer's walk,<ref name="bio"/> he got the part, though it had been written for a [[Glasgow dialect|Glaswegian]].<ref name="lunatic"/> The play, written by [[Roy Minton]] and directed by Clarke, was a brutal depiction of a young offender's institution. Winstone was cast in the leading role of Carlin, a young offender who struggles against both his captors and his fellow cons to become the "Daddy" of the institution. Hard hitting and often violent, the play was judged unsuitable for broadcast by the BBC, and was not shown until 1991. The banned television play was entirely refilmed in 1979 for cinematic release with many of the original actors playing the same roles, including Winstone. In a commentary for the ''Scum'' DVD, Winstone cites Clarke as a major influence on his career and laments the director's death in 1990 from cancer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scum – Indicator Blu-Ray Review |url=http://blueprintreview.co.uk/2019/06/scum/ |date=18 June 2019}}</ref>

After a short run in the TV series ''[[Fox (TV series)|Fox]]'' (1980), and a role in ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains]]'' (1982),<ref name="tv"/> alongside [[Diane Lane]] and [[Laura Dern]]. He starred in the opening episode of the third season of ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]'' (1983), as [[Will Scarlet]] in ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]''.<ref name="lunatic"/> He again teamed up with [[Jason Connery]] in a film which also featured [[Amanda Donohoe]] and [[Maria Whittaker]], in ''[[Tank Malling]]'' (1984).<ref name="tv"/> 

== 1990–2003 ==
Winstone was asked to appear in ''[[Mr Thomas]]'',<ref name="lunatic"/> a play written by his friend and fellow Londoner [[Kathy Burke]]. The reviews were good, and led to Winstone being cast, alongside Burke, in [[Gary Oldman]]'s drama ''[[Nil by Mouth (film)|Nil By Mouth]]'' (1997).<ref name="tv"/> He was widely lauded for his performance as an alcoholic [[Spousal abuse|wife-batterer]], receiving a [[BAFTA]] nomination (17 years after his Best Newcomer award for ''[[That Summer (1979 film)|That Summer]]'').<ref name="tv"/> He continued to play "tough guy" roles in ''[[Face (1997 film)|Face]]'' and ''[[The War Zone]]'' – the latter especially controversial, as he played a man who rapes his own daughter – but that obvious toughness also allowed him to play loved-up nice-guys in romantic comedies ''Fanny and Elvis'' and ''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]''. In ''Last Christmas'', he played a dead man, now a trainee angel, who returns from heaven to help his young son cope with his bereavement which was written by [[Tony Grounds]]. In 1995, he played the sinister and mysterious Thane in the comedy drama series ''[[The Ghostbusters of East Finchley]]''. The series was also written by Grounds, with whom Winstone worked again on ''Births, Marriages & Deaths'' and ''Our Boy'', the latter winning him the [[Royal Television Society]] Best Actor Award. They worked together again in 2006 on ''All in the Game'' where Winstone portrayed a football manager. He did a series of [[Pilsener|Holsten Pils]] advertisements where he played upon the phrase "Who's the Daddy", coined in the film ''[[Scum (film)|Scum]]''.

In 2000, Winstone starred alongside [[Jude Law]] in ''[[Love, Honour and Obey]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He then played lead role in ''[[Sexy Beast]]'' (2001),<ref name="lunatic"/> which earned him great acclaim from UK and international audiences and brought him to the attention of the American film industry. Winstone plays "Gal" Dove, a retired and happily married former thief dragged back into London's underworld by a [[psychopathic]] former associate ([[Ben Kingsley]], who received an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination for his performance). In 2000, he starred in ''[[To the Green Fields Beyond (play)|To the Green Fields Beyond]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] and directed by [[Sam Mendes]]. In 2002, he performed at the [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] as Griffin in ''The Night Heron''. Two years later, he joined [[Kevin Spacey]] for ''24 Hour Plays'' at the [[Old Vic]], a series of productions that were written, rehearsed, and performed in a single day.

After a brief role alongside Burke again in the [[tragicomedy|tragi-comic]] ''[[The Martins (film)|The Martins]]'' (2001),<ref name="tv"/> he appeared in ''[[Last Orders (film)|Last Orders]]'' (2001), where he starred alongside [[Michael Caine]], [[Helen Mirren]], [[David Hemmings]], and [[Tom Courtenay]]. Next, Winstone got a prime part in ''[[Ripley's Game (film)|Ripley's Game]]'' (2002), the semisequel to ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)|The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'', in which he once again played a [[gangster]]. He followed up with ''Lenny Blue'', the sequel to ''Tough Love'', and the short "The Bouncer". Now internationally known, Winstone was next chosen by [[Anthony Minghella]] to play Teague, a sinister Home Guard boss in the [[American Civil War]] drama ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' (2003).

According to actor Dominic West, Ray Winstone was the original choice to play the now iconic role of "Jimmy McNulty" in the HBO series ''[[The Wire]]'' (2002). West stated Winstone turned down the role because he did not want to live in Baltimore, Maryland, and the role subsequently went to West. <ref name="tv"/>

== 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"/>

== 2013–present ==
In April 2013, while a guest host of the comedy quiz show ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', he provoked controversy by stating that Scotland's chief exports were "oil, whisky, tartan, and tramps", leading to a headline in ''[[The Scotsman]]'' claiming, "Ray Winstone calls Scots 'tramps' on TV quiz show". Viewers complained to [[Ofcom]] and the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/tv-radio/ray-winstone-calls-scots-tramps-on-tv-quiz-show-1-2914017|title=Ray Winstone calls Scots 'tramps' on TV quiz show|date=15 January 2014|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref> In 2015, he played the role of ex-criminal Jimmy Rose in ''[[The Trials of Jimmy Rose]]'', a three-part drama for ITV. In 2006, Winstone appeared as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car during [[Top Gear (series 8)|series 8]] of BBC's [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Top Gear, Series 8, Episode 8 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074ft5 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2015, he starred in ''[[The Gunman (2015 film)|The Gunman]]'' with [[Sean Penn]]; the film was a box-office failure. That same year, Winstone also featured in remake ''[[Point Break (2015 film)|Point Break]]'',<ref name="tv"/> a relative box-office success, though critically panned.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/point_break_2013/ |title=Point Break (2015) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808181557/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/point_break_2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the actor starred in the critically acclaimed British independent film ''[[Jawbone (film)|Jawbone]]'', before 2018's critical and box-office failure ''[[King of Thieves (2018 film)|King of Thieves]]''. In 2019, Winstone starred in critical disaster ''[[The Queen's Corgi]]'', and critical and box-office bomb ''[[Cats (2019 film) |Cats]]''. Winstone then starred in Marvel's ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]'' in 2021.<ref name="tv"/> He appeared as career criminal Bobby Glass in [[Guy Ritchie]]'s eight-part series [[The Gentlemen (2024 TV series)|''The Gentlemen'']], which debuted on Netflix in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ryan |date=2024-01-15 |title=Theo James Embraces the "High" Life in First 'The Gentlemen' Trailer |url=https://collider.com/the-gentlemen-series-trailer/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Winstone met his wife, Elaine McCausland, while filming ''[[That Summer (1979 film)|That Summer]]'' in 1979.<ref name="lunatic"/><ref name="Times" /> They have three daughters; the elder two, [[Lois Winstone|Lois]] and [[Jaime Winstone|Jaime]], are actresses.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moshakis|first=Alex|title=Ray Winstone: 'I don't wanna talk about acting!'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/25/ray-winstone-interview-i-dont-wanna-talk-about-acting|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 February 2024|access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> Winstone lives with his wife in [[Roydon, Essex]].<ref name="Times" /><ref name="lunatic"/>

He is a fan of [[West Ham United FC|West Ham United]] and promoted their 2009 home kit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/new-home-kit-revealed-20090713_2236884_1720514 |title=New home kit revealed The 2009/10 Umbro home strip has been revealed with famous fan Ray Winstone the first to try it on |publisher=Whufc.com |access-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210012326/http://www.whufc.com/articles/new-home-kit-revealed-20090713_2236884_1720514 |archive-date=10 February 2013 }}</ref> 

Winstone was declared [[bankrupt]] on 4 October 1988, and again on 19 March 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bankruptcy Order |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/51506/pages/11720 |page=11720}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bankruptcy Order |url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/53263/pages/5854 |page=5854}}</ref> 

In 2019, in the context of [[Brexit]], Winstone expressed a preference for leaving the [[European Union]] without a deal and argued against holding a second [[referendum]], stating that it would lead to "rebellion" and that "the country voted to leave. Then that's democracy, you leave."<ref>{{cite news |title=Brexit: Actor Ray Winstone warns of 'rebellion' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-essex-47585513/brexit-actor-ray-winstone-warns-of-rebellion |work=[[BBC News]] |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" |1979
| ''[[That Summer (1979 film)|That Summer]]''
| Steve Brodie
| 
|-
| ''[[Scum (film)|Scum]]''
| Carlin
|
|-
| ''[[Quadrophenia (film)|Quadrophenia]]''
| Kevin Herriot
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains]]''
| Billy
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Tank Malling]]''
| John 'Tank' Malling
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Ladybird, Ladybird (film)|Ladybird, Ladybird]]''
| Simon
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Nil by Mouth (film)|Nil by Mouth]]''
| Ray
| 
|-
| ''[[Face (1997 film)|Face]]''
| Dave
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
| ''[[Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence]]'' 
| Pederesen 
|
|-
| ''[[Final Cut (1998 film)|Final Cut]]'' 
| Ray 
|
|-
|''[[Brand New World]]'' 
| Colonel 
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999 
| ''[[Darkness Falls (1999 film)|Darkness Falls]]'' 
| John Barrett 
|
|-
| ''[[The War Zone]]'' 
| Dad 
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| ''[[There's Only One Jimmy Grimble]]''
| Harry
|
|-
| ''[[Sexy Beast]]''
| Gary 'Gal' Dove
|
|-
| ''[[Love, Honour and Obey]]''
| Ray Kreed
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Last Orders (film)|Last Orders]]''
| Vince Dodds
| 
|-
| ''[[The Martins (film)|The Martins]]''
| Mr. Marvel
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Ripley's Game (film)|Ripley's Game]]''
| Reeves
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]''
| Teague
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Everything (film)|Everything]]''
| Richard
|
|-
| ''[[King Arthur (2004 film)|King Arthur]]''
| [[Bors]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| ''[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]''
| Captain Stanley
| 
|-
| ''[[The Magic Roundabout (film)|The Magic Roundabout]]''
| Soldier Sam
| Voice role
|-
| ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''
| [[Mr. and Mrs. Beaver|Mr. Beaver]]
| Voice role
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[The Departed]]''
| Arnold French
| 
|-
| ''[[Breaking and Entering (film)|Breaking and Entering]]''
| Bruno Fella
|
|-
| 2007 
| ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]''
| [[Beowulf (hero)|Beowulf]] / [[The dragon (Beowulf)|Dragon]]
| Voice; motion capture
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| ''[[Fool's Gold (2008 film)|Fool's Gold]]''
| Moe Fitch
|
|-
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''
| [[List of Indiana Jones characters#George 'Mac' McHale|George 'Mac' McHale]]
|
|-
| ''[[Compulsion (2009 film)|Compulsion]]''
| Don Flowers
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| ''[[The Devil's Tomb]]''
| Blakely
| Direct-to-Video
|-
| ''[[44 Inch Chest]]''
| Colin Diamond
|
|-
| ''[[Fathers of Girls]]''
| Frank Horner
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2010
| ''[[Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (film)|Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll]]''
| William Dury
|
|-
|''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief]]''
| [[Ares]]
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]''
| Captain Darius Jedburgh
|
|-
| ''[[13 (2010 film)|13]]''
| Ronald Lynn
| 
|-
| ''[[London Boulevard]]''
| Gant
|
|-
| ''[[Tracker (2011 film)|Tracker]]''
| Arjan Van Diemen
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| ''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]''
| Bad Bill
| Voice role
|-
| ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''
| Uncle Claude
|
|-
| ''[[The Hot Potato]]''
| Kenny Smith
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2012
| ''[[Elfie Hopkins]]''
| Butcher Bryn
|
|-
| ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]''
| Gort 
|
|-
| ''[[The Sweeney (2012 film)|The Sweeney]]''
| [[Jack Regan (The Sweeney)|Jack Regan]]
|
|-
| ''[[Ashes (2012 film)|Ashes]]''
| Frank
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Noah (2014 film)|Noah]]''
| [[Tubal-cain]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| ''[[The Gunman (2015 film)|The Gunman]]''
| Stanley
|
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Barney Thomson]]''
| Holdall
|
|-
| ''[[Point Break (2015 film)|Point Break]]''
| FBI Agent Angelo Pappas
|
|-
| ''[[Zipper (film)|Zipper]]''
| Nigel Coaker
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Jawbone (film)|Jawbone]]''
| William Carney
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[King of Thieves (2018 film)|King of Thieves]]''
| Danny Jones
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[The Queen's Corgi]]''
| Tyson
| Voice role
|-
| ''[[Cats (2019 film)|Cats]]''
| [[Growltiger]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| ''[[(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story]]''
| Himself
| Interviewee
|-
| ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''
| [[Dreykov]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| ''[[Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher]]''
| Bill Warr
|
|-
|''[[Puss in Boots: The Last Wish]]''
| Papa Bear
| Voice role
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Damsel (2024 film)|Damsel]]''
|Lord Bayford
| 
|-
| ''[[A Bit of Light]]''
| Alan
| 
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Sweeney]]''
| 2nd Youth
| 1 episode
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Scum (television play)|Scum]]''
| Carlin
| Unscreened ''[[Play for Today]]''
|-
|1980
|''[[Fox (TV series)|Fox]]''
|Kenny Fox
|13 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]''
| Colin
| 1 episode
|-
|''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]''
|Tully
|1 episode
|-
|1984
|''[[Fairly Secret Army]]''
|Stubby Collins
|3 episodes
|-
| 1984–1986
| ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]''
| [[Will Scarlet]]
| Main role, 24 episodes
|-
| 1984–1989
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Arnie
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes]]''
| Geoff
| 1 episode
|-
|''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]''
|Harold
|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="3" |1987
|''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]''
|Billy
|1 episode
|-
|''Father Matthew's Daughter''
|Father Charlie
|6 episodes
|-
|''[[Pulaski (TV series)|Pulaski]]''
|DS Ford
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1990
|''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]''
|Malcolm/ Prison Warder
|2 episodes
|-
|''[[Home to Roost]]''
|Bill Bateman
|1 episode
|-
|1991
|''Palmer''
|Eddie Palmer
|Television film
|-
|1992
|''[[Between the Lines (TV series)|Between the Lines]]''
|Sgt. Godley
|1 episode
|-
| 1992–1993
| ''[[Get Back (TV series)|Get Back]]''
| Martin Sweet
| Main role, 15 episodes
|-
|1994
|''[[Murder Most Horrid]]''
|Terry
|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" |1995
|''[[The Ghostbusters of East Finchley]]''
|Thane
|6 episodes
|-
|''[[Kavanagh QC]]''
|CPO Evans
|1 episode
|-
| 1996
| ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]''
| Vagrant / Millichope
| 1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| ''Births, Marriages and Deaths''
| Alan
| Miniseries, 4 episodes
|-
|''Last Christmas'' 
|Neville
|TV movie
|-
| 2000–2002
| ''[[Lenny Blue]]''
| DC Lenny Milton
| Main role, 4 episodes
|-
|2002
|''[[At Home with the Braithwaites]]''
|Steve Searle
|1 episode
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Henry VIII (TV serial)|Henry VIII]]''
| [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]]
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2004
| ''[[She's Gone (film)|She's Gone]]''
| Harry Sands
| Television film
|-
| 2005–2006
| ''[[Vincent (TV series)|Vincent]]''
| Vincent Gallagher
| Main role, 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2 |2006
| ''All in the Game''
| Frankie
| Television film
|-
| ''Sweeney Todd''
| [[Sweeney Todd]]
| Television film
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Ben Hur (miniseries)|Ben Hur]]''
| Quintus Arrius
| Miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Great Expectations (2011 TV series)|Great Expectations]]''
| [[Abel Magwitch]]
| Miniseries, 3 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Moonfleet (2013 TV series)|Moonfleet]]''
|  Elzevir Block
|Miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Trials of Jimmy Rose]]''
| Jimmy Rose
| Main role, 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells|The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells]]''
| [[H. G. Wells|H.G. Wells]]
| Introducer and narrator, 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Of Kings and Prophets]]''
| [[Saul]]
| Main role, 9 episodes
|-
| 2016–2018
| ''[[Ice (American TV series)|Ice]]''
| Cam Rose
| Main role, 20 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''Ray Winstone in Sicily''
| Himself
| Travel mini-series
|-
|2024
|''[[The Gentlemen (2024 TV series)|The Gentlemen]]''
|Bobby Glass
|
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Beowulf: The Game]]''
| Beowulf
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Killzone 3]]''
| Admiral Orlock
| Also motion capture performance
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Project
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1979
| [[BAFTA Award]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer|Best Newcomer]]
| ''[[That Summer (1979 film)|That Summer]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|1997
| [[BAFTA Award]] 
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| rowspan=2|''[[Nil by Mouth (film)|Nil by Mouth]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Independent Film Award]] 
| [[British Independent Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|1999
| [[British Independent Film Award]] 
| [[British Independent Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan=2|''[[The War Zone]]'' 
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[European Film Award]]
| Best Actor
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2001
| [[British Independent Film Award]] 
| [[British Independent Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[Last Orders (film)|Last Orders]]''
| {{nom}} 
|-
| 2005
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society]] 
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2006
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''[[The Departed]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|935653}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040411182140/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/ray_winstone_biog.html Three-page biography from Tiscali Film & TV]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061110080716/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/ray_winstone.shtml BBC Drama Faces – Ray Winstone]
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