Happy Birthday Cary Elwes! His first movie role was as a disco dancer in film, Yesterday’s Hero (1979) written by romance novelist, Jackie Collins. In 1985, he had a part in the horror film, The Bride (1985). Elwes had a leading role, playing Lord Guildford Dudley, in Lady Jane (1986). The iconic part for Elwes was as Westley, the farm boy turned Dread Pirate Robets, in The Princess Bride (1987). Next, he was Major Forbes in the Civil War film, Glory (1989). Elwes was a race car driver turned rival to Tom Cruise’s Cole Trickle in Days of Thunder (1990). He acted in the parody of Top Gun, Hot Shots! (1991) as Kent Gregory. Then, Elwes played Lord Arthur Holmwood in the horror movie, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He was the object of affection for Alicia Silverstone’s character, her film debut, in The Crush (1993). Elwes also had that year, the Mel Brooks comedy film, Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) playing the lead role because he “can speak with an English accent.” In 1994, Elwes was Captain William Boone, in The Jungle Book, adapting Rudyard Kipling’s novel.
He played another rival, stormchaser Dr. Jonas Miller, in the action movie, Twister (1996). Elwes was the fiance to Jim Carey’s Fletcher Reede in the comedy, Liar Liar (1997). Then, he starred in the tv movie, The Pentagon Wars (1998) based on the James Burton book. Elwes was in the “Ripper” (1999) episode of The Outer Limits. He was also in the 1930’s political drama, Cradle Will Rock (1999). Brad Follmer, Elwes, was in the ninth season of The X-Files. He starred in the horror film, Saw (2004), co-written and directed by James Wan. Elwes was Sir Edgar in the fantasy comedy, Ella Enchanted (2004) based on the Gail Carson Levine novel. In 2014, he wrote about filming Princess Bride in his book, As You Wish. He provides various voices on the comedy animated show, Family Guy. Elwes was Mayor Larry Kline in Stranger Things (2019). He played Gavin Hawk in the comedy show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019). Professor Gelson was played by Elwes in the horror movie, Black Christmas (2019). Currently, Elwes stars in this year’s horror movie, The Unholy. "As you wish." Happy Birthday Cary Elwes!
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