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He filmed several more movies, including his first leading role in Gangster No. His last stage work was in One More Wasted Year and Stranger's House at the Royal Court Theatre. He had roles in the television productions Killer Net and Coming Home, during which he met and dated Emily Mortimer. He continued doing work in stage and television: these included Joe Penhall's Love and Understanding, which played at London's Bush Theatre and then ran in Connecticut.
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When Bettany was 21, he appeared in a BBC production of Oliver Twist, playing Bill Sikes.Īfter appearing in the finale of Sean Bean's series Sharpe as William II of the Netherlands at the Battle of Waterloo, he made his film debut with a small part in Bent, a Holocaust drama which also featured Clive Owen, Jude Law, and Ian McKellen. He also appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar (for which he received a Charleson Award nomination). He made his stage debut in Stephen Daldry's acclaimed West End revival of An Inspector Calls at the Aldwych Theatre, playing the part of Eric Birling. In 1990, at the age of 19, Bettany began a three-year course at the Drama Centre London in Chalk Farm. He had dyslexia prior to it being recognised as a learning difficulty. After working there for a year, Bettany enrolled at the Drama Centre in London. After two years, he found a new job in a home for the elderly. He lived in a small flat and earned money by playing his guitar in the streets as a busker. Soon after, Bettany dropped out of school, left home, and became a street performer in London. When Bettany was 16, his brother Matthew died at age 8 after falling onto concrete from a tennis pavilion roof at Queenswood. While his father taught at the all-girls boarding school Queenswood School, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, the family lived on the school grounds. In his youth, he experimented with other Christian denominations among which were Methodist and Church of England congregations with his father. Bettany was raised Catholic, although his church attendance drifted after his confirmation. He made his directorial debut with the film Shelter (2014), which he also wrote and co-produced.īettany was born in London, the son of Anne ( née Kettle), a stage singer, theatre teacher, and stage manager, and Thane Bettany, a dancer, actor, drama teacher and godfather to Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
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Bettany's other films include Dogville (2003), Wimbledon (2004), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Creation (2009), The Tourist (2010), Margin Call (2011), Legend (2015) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing Stephen Maturin in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). He also played the character in two Disney+ series: the miniseries WandaVision (2021), where he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and the animated series What If.? (2021).īettany first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he starred in the films Gangster No. Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He is best known for portraying J.A.R.V.I.S.
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Paul Bettany (born ) is an English actor.