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Clive Mantle, Michael Praed, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, Peter Llewellyn Williams, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Clive Mantle, Michael Praed, Phil Rose, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Michael Praed, Phil Rose, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Clive Mantle, Michael Praed, Judi Trott, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

John Abineri, Clive Mantle, Michael Praed, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Clive Mantle, Phil Rose, Mark Ryan, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Clive Mantle and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Michael Praed and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Clive Mantle, Michael Praed, Mark Ryan, Peter Llewellyn Williams, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Robert Addie and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Robert Addie, Nickolas Grace, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

David Bartlett, Michael Praed, Judi Trott, Peter Llewellyn Williams, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Simon Dutton, Clive Mantle, Michael Praed, Phil Rose, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Clive Mantle, Phil Rose, and Ray Winstone in Robin Hood (1984)

Angela Bassett and Ray Winstone in Damsel (2024)

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Paul Whitehouse, and Ray Winstone in King of Thieves (2018)

Ray Winstone in The Trials of Jimmy Rose (2015)

Jack Nicholson and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)

Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone in Sexy Beast (2000)

Leonardo DiCaprio and Ray Winstone in The Departed (2006)

Jack Nicholson, Jill Brown, Ray Winstone, and David Fischer in The Departed (2006)

Ashley Jensen and Ray Winstone in Barney Thomson (2015)

Delroy Lindo and Ray Winstone in Point Break (2015)

Delroy Lindo, Ray Winstone, and Luke Bracey in Point Break (2015)

Ray Winstone and Luke Bracey in Point Break (2015)

Sean Penn and Ray Winstone in The Gunman (2015)

Ray Winstone in Being Van Roadies for The Who (2006)

Gary Whitaker and Ray Winstone in Vincent (2005)

Ray Winstone in Great Expectations (2011)

Russell Crowe and Ray Winstone in Noah (2014)

Anthony Ofoegbu and Ray Winstone in Moonfleet (2013)

Ray Winstone, Aneurin Barnard, and Sophie Cookson in Moonfleet (2013)

Ray Winstone and Hayley Atwell in The Sweeney (2012)

Ray Winstone and Plan B in The Sweeney (2012)

Damian Lewis and Ray Winstone in The Sweeney (2012)

Steven Mackintosh and Ray Winstone in The Sweeney (2012)

Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in London, England, to Margaret (Richardson) and Raymond J. Winstone. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his parents had a fruit and vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club, was three times London Schoolboy Champion and fought twice for England, UK. In ten years of boxing, he won over 80 medals and trophies.

Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as Carlin in the BBC Play production of Scum (1979). He has appeared in numerous TV series over the past 20 years including Robin Hood (1984), Palmer (1991), Birds of a Feather (1989), Between the Lines (1992), Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995), Births, Marriages and Deaths (1999), and Vincent (2005). His film career has burgeoned since his award-winning role in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997), and he has appeared in multiple films including Fanny and Elvis (1999), Tim Roth's The War Zone (1999), The Departed (2006), Hugo (2011), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). Known for his signature gritty voice, Winstone has also done a number of voiceover roles including Rango (2011), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), as well as the Beowulf (2007) film and video games.

He married Elaine Winstone in 1979, and the couple have three children: Lois Winstone (born 1982), a singer with the London-based hip-hop group "Crack Village" who also played his on-screen daughter in Last Orders (2001) and got a part in four episodes of The Bill (1984), Jaime Winstone (born 1985) also an actress with ambitions to be a director, and Ellie Rae Winstone (born 2001).

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