Cary Elwes [Dr. Magnuson]

CARY ELWES continues to impress critics and audiences with his wide array of roles in which he embellishes with his distinct style and talent.

Elwes can currently be seen in the critically acclaimed Horror feature, “Saw” with Danny Glover and Monica Potter. He has also recently starred in “Uprising” opposite Jon Voight, Leelee Sobieski and David Schwimmer, in the Lions Gate’s dramatic thriller, “The Cat’s Meow” opposite Kirsten Dunst and Eddie Izzard and in Miramax’s “Ella Enchanted” opposite Anne Hathaway.

He can also be seen starring with Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich in Lions Gate’s Golden Globe and Oscar nominated “Shadow of the Vampire,” which received a warm reception at the Toronto Film Festival. The film rewrites film history with a comic edge by speculating that German director F.W. Murnau hired a real vampire as his leading man when making the 1922 classic “Nosferatu.”

Other films include director Tim Robbins’ “The Cradle Will Rock” with Emily Watson, John Tuturro, Vanessa Redgrave, Susan Sarandon, and Phillip Baker Hall. Elwes made his cinematic debut in Marek Kanievska’s “Another Country.” He was then chosen by the Director of The Royal Shakespeare Company, Trevor Nunn, to star opposite Helena Bonham-Carter in the highly acclaimed historical epic “Lady Jane”. This, in turn, led to Elwes being picked by Rob Reiner to star opposite Robin Wright in the classic film, “The Princess Bride.”

The following year, Elwes joined the prestigious cast, namely Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick, in the Academy Award winning “Glory,” directed by Ed Zwick. In 1990, Elwes starred opposite Tom Cruise in Tony Scott’s action filled “Days of Thunder.”

He then went on to do the comedy “Hot Shots” with Jim Abrahams. That same year he worked with Francis Ford Coppola in his Academy Award winning thriller “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Anthony Hopkins. Elwes along with Alan Shapiro discovered a then unknown Alicia Silverstone whom they picked to star in the thriller “The Crush.” Traveling to India, Elwes teamed up with Jason Scott-Lee to work on Stephen Sommers version of “Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.”

He has appeared in the blockbusters “Twister” with Helen Hunt, “Liar Liar” with Jim Carrey, and the suspense thriller “Kiss The Girls” with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. He also starred in the hilarious “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and as famed Apollo 11 astronaut ‘Michael Collins’ in HBO’s critically acclaimed mini-series “From the Earth to the Moon” produced by Tom Hanks.

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