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Angel Paul keeps the faith - The Sun


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Angel Paul keeps the faith
The Sun
He played a murderous monk in The Da Vinci Code, now PAUL BETTANY has moved up to Archangel and picked a fight with God himself. ...
REVIEW: LEGIONIslington Gazette

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Posted on March 3, 2010, 9:20 am

Paul Bettany's gym struggle for 'Legion' role - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)


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Paul Bettany's gym struggle for 'Legion' role
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Paul Bettany embarked on a drastic six-month exercise regime for his role in "Legion" -- and hated every day of the intense workouts. ...
Legion star Paul Bettany reveals he hated getting into shapeMonsters and Critics.com

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Posted on February 25, 2010, 3:54 pm

Film Reviews - Artvoice


Film Reviews
Artvoice
?It's only a theory,? says young Annie Darwin to her father Charles (Paul Bettany), echoing the persistent charge of rightist anti-evolution ...

Posted on March 3, 2010, 3:50 pm

'Creation': Paul Bettany stars as the brilliant, brokenhearted Charles Darwin - Seattle Times


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'Creation': Paul Bettany stars as the brilliant, brokenhearted Charles Darwin
Seattle Times
A review of "Creation," a movie based on the life of Charles Darwin, starring Paul Bettany. By Moira Macdonald "Creation," starring Paul Bettany as Charles ...
'Creation' misfires on DarwinHeraldNet
Movie Review: CreationMovieRetriever (blog)
'Creation' loose with facts of Darwin's evolutionSan Diego Union Tribune
RantRave | Published Opinion. -North County Times -Seattle Post Global
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Posted on February 18, 2010, 5:01 pm

This film's problems are Legion, Paul Bettany and CGI can't disguise that - The Guardian


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This film's problems are Legion, Paul Bettany and CGI can't disguise that
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It may look like a sweet gig but there are hidden dangers, warns John Patterson Paul Bettany is an actor worthy of our admiration and respect, ...

Posted on February 26, 2010, 5:10 pm

'The Young Victoria' Announced for Blu-ray - High-Def Digest


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'The Young Victoria' Announced for Blu-ray
High-Def Digest
In an early announcement to retailers, Sony says 'The Young Victoria' starring Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, ...
Academy Award nominee THE YOUNG VICTORIA set for Blu-ray and DVD releaseDVDTOWN.com

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Posted on March 2, 2010, 9:02 am

Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany) and his crew arrive at Tierra del Fuego. Courtesy - Tulsa World


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Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany) and his crew arrive at Tierra del Fuego. Courtesy
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Real-life husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly portray Darwin and his spouse, a compelling coupling drawn along battle lines: He is about to ...
Evolution of Darwin as a family manPhiladelphia Inquirer
Darwin wrestles with grief, God in 'Creation'Detroit Free Press
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)MiamiHerald.com
Review St. Louis (blog) -St. Louis Post-Dispatch -Pegasus News
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Posted on February 12, 2010, 1:24 am

Film releases: March 5 - Financial Times


Financial Times

Film releases: March 5
Financial Times
Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany (as the archangel Michael) lead the cast. So to art. If an emotional drama should not wear its heart on its sleeve, ...

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Posted on March 3, 2010, 1:55 pm

Paul Bettany's 'Priest' Gets 3-D, 2011 Release Date - TV.com


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Paul Bettany's 'Priest' Gets 3-D, 2011 Release Date
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... will convert Priest to digital 3-D. It's the second Screen Gems movie with supernatural overtones directed by Scott Stewart and starring Paul Bettany. ...
Priest Release Date Pushed Back For 3D TreatmentComic Book Movie
Priest Gets New Release Date and 3D TreatmentScreenCrave.com
Surprise! Priest is getting the 3D treatmentJoBlo.com
FilmShaft.com -Screen Rant -MTV.com
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Posted on February 6, 2010, 5:08 pm

Role Call: The Mirren-Plummer chemistry in The Last Station - National Post (blog)


Role Call: The Mirren-Plummer chemistry in The Last Station
National Post (blog)
(We'll skip over Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, who seem to have been distracted by matters of faith in the recent Darwin biopic Creation. ...

Posted on March 3, 2010, 4:58 pm

Paul Bettany Biography

Paul Bettany
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Paul Bettany

Bettany at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born 27 May 1971 (1971-05-27) (age 38)
Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
Occupation Actor
Years active 1994–present
Spouse(s) Jennifer Connelly (m. 2003–present) «start: (2003)»"Marriage: Jennifer Connelly to Paul Bettany" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bettany)

Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor who has starred as a wide range of characters in several diverse film genres. He has been nominated for BAFTA- and Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as numerous critics and film circle awards.

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Early life

Bettany was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, the son of Anne (née Kettle), a stage singer, theatre teacher, and stage manager, and Thane Bettany, a dancer, actor and drama teacher.1 He has an older sister, Sarah, and had a younger brother (now deceased), Matthew, who died after a fall at Queenswood when he was eight years old. While Thane taught at the all-girls boarding school Queenswood School in Hertfordshire, the family lived on the campus.2 Soon after his brother's death, Paul left home and went to live on his own in London and his parents later divorced. He lived in a small flat and earned money by playing his guitar in the streets as a busker. After two years, he found a new job in a home for the elderly.

Career

When Bettany was 19, he decided to be an actor, and he pursued that career with determination, studying at the Drama Centre London in Chalk Farm. 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. 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). When Bettany was 21 he appeared in a BBC production of Oliver Twist, as Bill Sikes.

After appearing in the finale of Sean Bean's series Sharpe as HRH The Prince of Orange 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 continued doing work in stage and television, these included Joe Penhall's Love and Understanding, which played at London's Flatbush Theatre and then ran in Connecticut. His roles in the television productions Killer Net and Coming Home, during which he met and dated Emily Mortimer. He did his last theatre work in One More Wasted Year and Stranger's House at the Royal Court Theatre.

He filmed several more movies, including his first leading role in Gangster No. 1. The British Independent Film Awards nominated him for Best Actor, and the London Film Critics' Circle nominated him for British Newcomer of the Year.

Back in Hollywood, writer/director Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) was planning a new film called The Sin Eater (also known as The Order). He was impressed by Bettany's audition tape, though Bettany eventually decided to film A Knight's Tale instead. The studio executives were not impressed, but Helgeland was determined to cast him, even writing the part of Chaucer for him. A Knight's Tale would be Bettany's first big Hollywood production, and most American audiences would have their first look at Paul Bettany when he walked onscreen muddy and naked. "My buttocks entered the American market before I did," he joked on the movie's DVD commentary track.

He received critical acclaim for A Knight's Tale, including winning the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actor. After the movie wrapped, Helgeland, determined that Hollywood should recognize Bettany's talent, showed the audition tape to many of his peers, including Ron Howard, who promptly cast Bettany in A Beautiful Mind.

After A Beautiful Mind, Bettany was offered the role of serial killer Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon, opposite Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. He turned down the role in favor of accepting a part with Stellan Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman in controversial director Lars von Trier's Dogville.

Bettany's next major project saw him starring alongside Russell Crowe in Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. His portrayal of surgeon and naturalist Stephen Maturin brought in more critical acclaim, including a BAFTA nomination, British Actor of the Year (London Film Critics' Circle), and Best Actor (Evening Standard).

On June 28, 2004, Bettany and 13 other actors were included in the 2004 invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.3

Dogville and The Reckoning were released in limited cinemas in 2004. In September of that year, Bettany made his leading-man debut in Wimbledon, a romantic comedy with Kirsten Dunst. The film's cast would also introduce him to Jon Favreau, playing his manager, a relationship that would return when Favreau cast him as the voice of Jarvis in Iron Man. In spring 2005, Bettany went to Vancouver to film Firewall, a thriller starring Harrison Ford and Virginia Madsen, which reunited him with Wimbledon director Richard Loncraine. He spent the autumn of 2005 filming The Da Vinci Code, based on Dan Brown's bestselling novel and starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. In the film, he played an Opus Dei monk named Silas.

In 2007, Bettany went to London to star in There For Me, written by his friends Dan Fredenburgh and Doraly Rosen.4 In 2008, he appeared in the New Line Cinema family fantasy Inkheart, playing the part of a fire-eater named Dustfinger.5

Personal life

On New Year's Day 2003, Bettany married Jennifer Connelly in a ceremony attended by a small circle of friends and family; they had begun dating while starring together in A Beautiful Mind. He moved to Brooklyn, New York, with Connelly and her son Kai. The couple's own son, Stellan (named for actor Stellan Skarsgård) was born on 5 August 2003. Stellan's godfather is the actor Charlie Condou.

Bettany, who was raised Catholic,6 is now an atheist.7

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1997 Bent Captain
Sharpe´s Waterloo Prince William of Orange Television movie-series
1998 Coming Home Edward Carey-Lewis Television movie
Killer Net Joe Hunter Television mini-series
The Land Girls Philip
1999 Every Woman Knows a Secret Rob Television mini-series
After the Rain Steph
2000 Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) Jimmy
The Suicide Club Shaw
David Copperfield James Steerforth Television movie
Dead Babies Quentin
Gangster No. 1 Young Gangster Nominated — British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Newcomer of the Year
2001 A Knight's Tale Geoffrey Chaucer London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
A Beautiful Mind Charles Herman Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2002 Euston Road "Y" Short film
The Heart of Me Rickie Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor also for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Dr. Stephen Maturin Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor also for The Heart of Me
London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Reckoning Nicholas
Dogville Tom Edison
2004 Wimbledon Peter Colt Nominated — Empire Award for Best British Actor
Jordan Awards — Best Actor
2006 Firewall Bill Cox
The Da Vinci Code Silas
2008 Iron Man JARVIS voice only
The Secret Life of Bees T. Ray Owens Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
Inkheart Dustfinger
Broken Lines Chester
2009 The Young Victoria Lord Melbourne
Creation Charles Darwin
2010 Legion Michael
Iron Man 2 JARVIS post-production (voice only)
2011 Priest Ivan Isaacs pre-production

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