History Creator / RayWinstone

You'll recognise him when you hear him, usually. He is usually found playing Cockneys (his native accent) and does a good LondonGangster. However, don't let that fool you. He's a terrific actor who can definitely go outside his usual type. Also known for a distinctively [[GutturalGrowler husky voice]].

* A 2003 drama about ''Henry VIII''. Guess what role he played.
** That's right, a Cockney Henry VIII.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''.

* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''

* ''Film/TheSweeney'' (2012 movie adaptation) as Detective Inspector Regan. Someone in the casting department must have noticed the original's running theme of Regan being NotSoDifferent from some of the villains he was putting away and decided to run with it.

You'll recognise him when you hear him, usually. He is usually found playing Cockneys and does a good LondonGangster. However, don't let that fool you. He's a terrific actor who can definitely go outside his usual type.

Raymon Andrew "Ray" Winstone (born February 17 1957 in Homerton, London) is a British actor who has been acting since 1976.

Raymon Andrew "Ray" Winstone (born February 17 1957) is a British actor who has been acting since 1976.

* ''Film/NilByMouth'' as [[TheDanza Ray]].

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[[caption-width-right:320:"Leave it you ''SLAG!!!''"]]

* ''Film/{{Scum}}'' as Carlin and the source of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86xNR0zQkuQ above mentioned]] "WHO'S THE DADDY NOW? WHO'S THE FUCKING DADDY NOW? I'M THE DADDY NOW!"

* The 2006 BBC (non-musical) take on ''SweeneyTodd'', the titular role.

* ''Film/TheDeparted''.

Born in 1957 in Hackney, London, Ray Winstone has been acting since 1976.

* ''Film/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' (2007) as Beowulf.

* ''Film/{{Beowulf}}'' (2007) as Beowulf.

A former boxer, and reputedly a rather good one, and therefore inherently {{badass}}. Creator/RogerEbert was also quite a big Ray Winstone FanBoy.

->''"Ray Winstone is an excellent British actor who tends to play working-class London psychotics. Even when he's the good guy - he was Will Scarlet in [[Series/RobinOfSherwood a long-running Robin Hood TV show]] here, and portrayed a hero journalist in ''Film/TankMailing'' - he's usually fucking terrifying. Only once in (my) recent memory has he played against type in film, as the scared safecracker in ''Film/SexyBeast''. See, everyone first saw Ray Winstone as a teenager whipping other kids to death with a pool ball in a sock, screaming WHO'S THE DADDY NOW? WHO'S THE FUCKING DADDY NOW? '''I'M''' THE DADDY NOW! He's a force of nature, a thing driven by beer and cigarettes and kicking fucking heads in. He's got a chubby face and little boy's eyes that, in the moment, go black and dead like shark's eyes. Reduces London English to a series of grunts and yelps. He is, in fact, The Greatest Living Londoner."''

* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' as Will Scarlet.

!!!His notable roles:

->''Ray Winstone is an excellent British actor who tends to play working-class London psychotics. Even when he's the good guy - he was Will Scarlet in [[Series/RobinOfSherwood a long-running Robin Hood TV show]] here, and portrayed a hero journalist in ''Film/TankMailing'' - he's usually fucking terrifying. Only once in (my) recent memory has he played against type in film, as the scared safecracker in ''Film/SexyBeast''. See, everyone first saw Ray Winstone as a teenager whipping other kids to death with a pool ball in a sock, screaming WHO'S THE DADDY NOW? WHO'S THE FUCKING DADDY NOW? '''I'M''' THE DADDY NOW! He's a force of nature, a thing driven by beer and cigarettes and kicking fucking heads in. He's got a chubby face and little boy's eyes that, in the moment, go black and dead like shark's eyes. Reduces London English to a series of grunts and yelps. He is, in fact, The Greatest Living Londoner.''
-->-- '''WarrenEllis''', preface to ''ComicBook/SwitchbladeHoney''

* ''{{Film/Scum}}'' as Carlin and the source of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86xNR0zQkuQ above mentioned]] "WHO'S THE DADDY NOW? WHO'S THE FUCKING DADDY NOW? I'M THE DADDY NOW!"

* ''{{Film/Beowulf}}'' (2007) as Beowulf.

* ''[[ClusterFBomb Nil by Mouth]]'' as [[TheDanza Ray]].

->''Ray Winstone is an excellent British actor who tends to play working-class London psychotics. Even when he's the good guy - he was Will Scarlet in [[Series/RobinOfSherwood a long-running Robin Hood TV show]] here, and portrayed a hero journalist in ''TankMailing'' - he's usually fucking terrifying. Only once in (my) recent memory has he played against type in film, as the scared safecracker in ''Film/SexyBeast''. See, everyone first saw Ray Winstone as a teenager whipping other kids to death with a pool ball in a sock, screaming WHO'S THE DADDY NOW? WHO'S THE FUCKING DADDY NOW? '''I'M''' THE DADDY NOW! He's a force of nature, a thing driven by beer and cigarettes and kicking fucking heads in. He's got a chubby face and little boy's eyes that, in the moment, go black and dead like shark's eyes. Reduces London English to a series of grunts and yelps. He is, in fact, The Greatest Living Londoner.''

* ''{{Film/Scum}}'' as Carlin and the source of the above mentioned "WHO'S THE DADDY NOW? WHO'S THE FUCKING DADDY NOW? I'M THE DADDY NOW!"