Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor. He is known for his leading roles in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and the Saw series. Elwes's other performances in films include Glory (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Twister (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997), Liar Liar (1997), Ella Enchanted (2004), No Strings Attached (2011), BlackBerry, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (both 2023). Elwes has also appeared on television series such as The X-Files, Seinfeld, From the Earth to the Moon, Psych, Life in Pieces, Stranger Things, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Knuckles. He is the third son born to interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy and the late portrait painter Dominick Elwes, and is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was born and raised in London and attended Harrow. After graduating from Harrow, he moved to the US and studied drama at Sarah Lawrence College. He left school after two years to begin his film career. Elwes is politically active for causes such as protecting the environment and helping Native American peoples. He is married to Lisa Marie Kurbikoff, a stills photographer.
111 movies · 26 shows
Dead Man's Wire
2026·6.5
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025·0.0
The Gettysburg Address
2025·0.0
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025·7.2
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
2024·6.1
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024·7.0
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
2023·6.2
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023·7.5
Sweetwater
2023·6.9
BlackBerry
2023·7.2
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023·6.5
The Hyperions
2022·4.6
Last Train to Christmas
2021·5.6
A Castle for Christmas
2021·6.0
Burning at Both Ends
2021·6.0
Best Sellers
2021·6.3
The Unholy
2021·6.5
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
2020·6.2
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020·6.3
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020·8.0
Black Christmas
2019·4.6
Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto
2019·0.0
Ghost Light
2018·6.3
Billionaire Boys Club
2018·5.7
Andre the Giant
2018·7.3
And the Winner Isn't
2017·6.3
Don't Sleep
2017·5.4
We Don't Belong Here
2017·5.5
Sugar Mountain
2016·5.6
The Queen of Spain
2016·5.2
Elephant Kingdom
2016·0.0
Indiscretion
2016·4.3
Being Charlie
2016·6.2
Lost & Found
2016·5.4
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
2015·7.0
H8RZ
2015·5.1
A Haunting in Cawdor
2015·4.4
Teen Lust
2014·4.7
In Security
2014·5.0
A Bit of Bad Luck
2014·4.2
Behaving Badly
2014·5.3
Reach Me
2014·5.2
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013·7.9
Anna Nicole
2013·5.2
She Loves Me Not
2013·3.9
Horizon
2013·2.8
The Story of Luke
2013·6.9
Hansel and Gretel Get Baked
2013·5.1
True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon
2012·8.0
The Citizen
2012·6.4
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012·2.3
Camilla Dickinson
2012·2.0
New Year's Eve
2011·5.9
Hellgate
2011·4.8
The Adventures of Tintin
2011·6.9
No Strings Attached
2011·6.3
Little Murder
2011·5.1
Saw 3D
2010·6.0
Psych:9
2010·4.7
Flying Lessons
2010·5.6
As Good As Dead
2010·5.0
A Christmas Carol
2009·6.9
The Alphabet Killer
2008·5.1
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
2007·8.0
Walk the Talk
2007·5.3
Georgia Rule
2007·6.0
Factory Girl
2006·6.0
Pucked
2006·4.1
Haskett's Chance
2006·0.0
Pope John Paul II
2005·0.0
Full Disclosure Report
2005·4.0
Hacking Away at 'Saw'
2005·6.0
Edison
2005·5.4
Neo Ned
2005·6.2
Saw
2004·7.4
The Riverman
2004·5.4
Ella Enchanted
2004·6.5
American Crime
2004·3.8
Comic Book Villains
2002·5.3
It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002·0.0
Wish You Were Dead
2002·5.0
Uprising
2001·6.5
The Cat's Meow
2001·5.8
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001·7.6
Shadow of the Vampire
2000·6.7
Race Against Time
2000·5.2
Cradle Will Rock
1999·6.5
Quest for Camelot
1998·6.8
The Pentagon Wars
1998·6.9
Kiss the Girls
1997·6.5
Liar Liar
1997·6.7
The Informant
1997·6.6
Twister
1996·6.6
The Jungle Book
1994·6.0
The Chase
1994·5.8
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993·6.6
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993·6.4
The Crush
1993·6.7
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992·7.5
Leather Jackets
1992·4.9
Hot Shots!
1991·6.6
Days of Thunder
1990·6.4
Glory
1989·7.5
Never on Tuesday
1989·4.1
The Princess Bride
1987·7.7
Maschenka
1987·9.0
Lady Jane
1986·6.9
The Bride
1985·5.4
Oxford Blues
1984·5.6
Another Country
1984·6.4
Yesterday's Hero
1979·4.8