Happy Birthday Cary Elwes! His first part was as James Harcourt in Another Country (1984) based on the play by Julian Mitchell. It was also the debut of Colin Firth. One of his treasured roles was as Westley in Princess Bride (1987). Westley was the farm boy who later returns to save his True Love, Buttercup. It was a memorable part of his filmography to the point that he wrote about the filming in his book, As You Wish (2014). In Glory (1989), the historical war drama that followed the black volunteer regiment during the Civil War, the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Cary played Major Cabot Forbes in the film. Next, Cary raced against Tom Cruise as Russ Wheeler in Days of Thunder (1990). He played a rival pilot in the comedy Hot Shots! (1991). Cary played Lord Arthur Holmwood, one of the suitors for Lucy Western in Bram Stroker’s Dracula (1992) directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Then, he had the lead role in the Mel Brooks comedy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).
Cary played Captain William Boone, a soldier assigned to the jungles of India, in the live action adaptation of The Jungle Book (1994). This was twenty years before the Jon Favreau movie. In 1996, Cary played Dr. Jonas Miller who was a storm chaser competing against the heroes in Twister. He played astronaut Michael Collins in the From the Earth to the Moon (1998) mini-series. Cary starred in The Outer Limits episode, “Ripper” (1999) as Dr. John York. He tangled with another vampire as the cinematographer of Nosferatu, Fritz Arno Wagner, in Shadow of the Vampire (2000). Cary played Assistant Director Brad Folder in The X-Files (2001-2002). He had another well known part as Dr. Lawrence Gordon, one of the captives of the Jigsaw Killer, in Saw (2004). It was the first movie directed by James Wan. Next, he was Sir Edgar in the fantasy comedy, Ella Enchanted (2004), based on the Gail Carson Levine novel. Currently, he is in the third season of Stranger Things as Mayor Larry Kline. Happy Birthday Cary Elwes!
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