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Paul Bettany
27 May 1971
Paul Bettany played in 17 movies in the Action, Comedy, Romance, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Biography, Mystery, Adventure, War, Sport, Music, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, History genres.
Paul Bettany got succeed with average imdb rating 6.3.
Son of Thane Bettany. Has older sister named Sarah, who lives in Cornwall (England) with her daughter Emaly.
Developed laryngitis after filming A Knight's Untruth (2001) because of all the yelling he had to do as Geoffrey Chaucer.
Also plays the guitar, and used to busk on Westminster Tie in London.
Acted for a year with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre troupe.
Has a stepson named Kai Dugan (mother is Jennifer Connelly).
August 5, 2003 - his chain, Jennifer Connelly, gave birth to their first child, a little shaver.
... Son's high regard is Stellan, named after the actor Stellan Skarsgård who acted with him in Kiss Say farewell to (Bang Bang) (2000) and Dogville (2003).
Ostensibly turned down the role of the Tooth Fairy in Red Dragon (2002) (most probably offered to him after his horrendous appearance as psycho gangster in Gangster No. 1 (2000)) in approve of a much more poorly paid role in Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003).
Has appeared in multifarious dramatic productions, debuting in Stephen Daldry's production of "An Inspectors Calls," grabbing the American sheet labour's regard in Joe Penhall's "Love and Reasoning power." He also appeared in "One More Waster Year" and "Alien's Legislature."
Nominated for Finest Actor for the treatment of his duty in Gangster No1 nearby London Mistiness Critics Annulus Awards.
Paul's "acting heroes" are Humphrey Bogart, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Peter O'Toole and Vincent Cassel.
When he was 16, his younger fellow-creature Matthew, who was 8, died in a succumb to. Hence, he claimed to be obsessed with having lots of children.
Won Evening Set Film Endowment 2001 for Best Supporting Actor for the benefit of his duty as Geoffrey Chaucer in A Knight's Tale (2001).
Wordsmith/director Brian Helgeland wrote the role of Chaucer in A Knight's Tale (2001) specifically on Paul. He "refused" to do the cinema without him. The stage companies did not create Bettany was known well enough, Helgeland cerebration that if he backed down on his choice of Bettany, he would experience to ignore down on everything else.
Dated Laura Fraser.
Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004.
Lists his preferred foods as cheese and broccoli; and his favourite drink is alcohol.
Quit smoking in 2005.
He had to strain a wig for The Da Vinci Maxims because when they bleached his mane the etiolate burned bleeding holes in his head.
Gave up smoking in 2005 after seeing his 2 year-old son, Stellan, imitating him with a pen.
His son's godfather is the actor Charlie Condou who starred with him in Dead Babies (2000) and Euston Road (2004).
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