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Raymond Andrew Winstone (born February 19th 1957), in London, England. He met his wife, Elaine,(pictured left) while filming That Summer (1979);
they have three daughters Lois and Jaime, born in 1982 and 1985 and a third daughter, Ellie Rae, born May 2001.(below left).
The Winstones were originally from Cirencester - half of the family shifting to London, the other half to Wales. Moving via Plaistow to Enfield when young Ray was 7, his father (also Raymond) ran a fruit and veg business (he's now a cabbie) while his mother,
Margaret, had a job emptying fruit machines.
Ray lives in Roydon, Essex, hes a huge fan of West Ham United,
he loves music, sharing his dad's love of crooners, but also enjoying the soul of Motown,
Al Green, Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye, as well as punky London poets like Paul Weller,
Madness and the late lamented Ian Dury.
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As a boy, Winstone trained as a boxer. He won the London Schoolboy Championship 3 times, and twice represented England. After leaving school he gave up boxing and studied drama at Corona School in Hammersmith, where he spent 1yr before being asked to leave.
Winstone talked his way into an audition with the BBC for a 1977 play called Scum.
He was cast in a leading role, but the play was judged unsuitable by the BBC, and was not shown until 1991.
In 1979, the play was turned into a film, with Winstone playing a tough newcomer to a borstal.
He went on taking diverse roles in Robin of Sherwood and Quadrophenia,
In 1997 he took the role of Ray in Gary Oldman's hard-hitting drama Nil By Mouth, alongside Kathy Burke.
In 2003 Ray tried his hand at an ITV period drama, playing Henry VIII .
In 2005 Ray took the lead role in the ITV private detective drama, Vincent.
Ray kicked off 2006 by shaving his head to play murderous barber Sweeney Todd.
Awards Won
-1998 - Bafta Best Performance by a British Actor in an Independent Film
for: Nil by Mouth (1997)
-1999 - RTS Television Award Best Male
Actor for Our Boy (1997)
- 2001 - NBR Best Acting by an Ensemble
for: Last Orders (2001)
Shared with:
Michael Caine,
Bob Hoskins,
Tom Courtenay,
David Hemmings,
Helen Mirren.
- 2006 - SDFCS Award Best Supporting Actor
for: The Proposition (2005)
- 2006 - Magnolia Award Best Actor
for: Sweeney Todd (2006) (TV)
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Ray turned down a large salary and starring role in a high profile TV police drama, because he didnt want
to move his entire family to Baltimore, Maryland from the U.K.
for 7mths.
Ray formed Size 9 Productions a UK-based TV production company with agent and founder of CAM Michael Wiggs, and producer Joshua St Johnston in 1991.
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