Paul Bettany

The British actor, who has made a brilliant career in Hollywood, is equally good in various roles. Paul Bettany is convincing both as a tennis player in love and as a religious fanatic. The actor masterfully changes masks, as the directors and the multi-million army of the artist's fans know about. He was born in the spring of 1971 in London into a creative family. Father is an actor of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Theater, choreographer and theater teacher. Mom Anne Kettle is a pop singer. Olga Gwynn, the leading actress on the stage in early 20th century London, was Paul's grandmother. 

But Bettany's family was not prosperous: the parents broke up after the death of their youngest son Matthew, when Paul was a teenager. Young Bettany could not choose which parent to stay with. The guy left home and earned food and room rent, fingering guitar strings in London streets. His flatmates were two girls of non-traditional sexual orientation. 

19-year-old Paul Bettany, trying to break free from the tenacious embrace of depression, applied to the London Drama Center and unexpectedly entered. The center was taught by the best British acting teachers. A bright streak began in Paul's biography. The acting genes of Bettany's two generations were vividly manifested: a talented young man was noticed and offered roles in performances on the West End. Soon Paul Bettany, like his father before, was applauded by the audience of the Royal Theater.

Paul Bettany made his screen debut in the mid-1990s. He was entrusted with secondary roles in the series "Wycliffe" and "Purely English Murder". In 1997, the drama "Addiction" and the costumed film "Waterloo Sharpe" were released, where the audience saw the young actor in the role of the Prince of Orange. The projects did not bring Bettany fame, but helped in terms of skill. The dramas "Three Englishwomen in the Countryside" and "The Suicide Club", released in the late 1990s, did not change the situation either.

The turning point in the actor's career happened in 2000. Paul Bettany played a young gangster in Paul McGuigan's crime drama Gangster # 1. His work in the film earned the artist an award from the British Film Association. The rights to broadcast the English film were bought by the countries of Europe and America, and the existence of Bettany was learned overseas. In the same year, the American-Irish drama "David Copperfield" was released, where the Briton got the role of James Steerforth, the best friend of the illusionist.

A breakthrough for the actor was the role of Jeffrey Chaucer in the adventure melodrama "A Knight's Story," which was directed by the American film company Columbia Pictures. After the premiere of Paul Bettany's picture, Hollywood directors were bombarded with proposals. Ron Howard invited the London artist to star in the biographical melodrama A Beautiful Mind. The film brought the director two Oscars, and Bettany, who appeared on the screen in the company of Russell Crowe, became famous in Hollywood.

A Beautiful Mind was followed by the hit movies Dogville by Lars von Trier and Master of the Seas: At the End of the Earth, in which Bettany met with Crowe again. In 2004, the premiere of the joint project of Britain, the USA and France - the comedy film "Wimbledon", where Paul Bettany co-starred with Kirsten Dunst, took place. The Briton was able to finally gain a foothold in the Hollywood niche by starring in the film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. The thriller directed by Ron Howard received excellent box office receipts: with a budget of $ 125 million, it grossed $ 758 million from the box office. Bettany played Silas; the main characters of the project Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou were at their best.

In 2008, viewers saw the British star in the family fantasy Ink Heart, where Paul played Dustfinger. Bettany closed the first decade of the 2000s with the biopics Young Victoria, where he played Lord Melbourne, and Origins. In the last picture, Paul was reincarnated as Charles Darwin, and Jennifer Connelly played the role of his wife. The world premiere of the films took place in 2009 and brought generous box office receipts to the producers of the projects and fame to the artists. In 2010, fans saw a star in the fantasy thriller Legion and the melodrama The Tourist. In the last film, Bettany appeared in the stellar company of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.

In all films released in the 2000s, Paul Bettany was entrusted with key roles. In 2005, the British Empire Awards named the actor the best in Britain, and for his work in the financial thriller The Limit of Risk, the actor was awarded the Independent Spirit Award. The role in the post-apocalyptic action movie "Shepherd" became a new stepping stone to the world recognition of the native of London. In 2012, Paul Bettany delighted fans with his work in the fantastic action movie The Avengers. The next year, another superhero action movie Iron Man 3 was released, in which the actor voiced Jarvis. 

The premiere of the fantastic thriller "Superiority" took place in the spring of 2014. In Russia, the film was seen in the summer. Paul Bettany appeared on the screens in the company of Johnny Depp. This is their second collaboration after the Tourist project. But this film, like the next one (the crime comedy "Mordecai" - the third project with Depp), the film critics did not like: the pictures received negative reviews. 

The superhero action movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, based on the comics published by Marvel Comics, was warmly received by both film critics and audiences. Bettany voiced the android robot Vision. Viewers of Russia saw the adventure tape in April 2015. The project grossed $ 1.4 billion worldwide and became the 4th grossing film of the year and 7th in world cinema.

The height of the fair-haired Briton is 1.9 meters, weight is 75 kilograms. The tall and slender actor has millions of fans all over the world; hunted for his heart and fellow actresses. Year Bettany met with Laura Fraser, whom he met on the set of the project "A Knight's Story". But the handsome blonde was taken away by another partner - Jennifer Connelly.

The couple met on the set of the film "A Beautiful Mind" and since then have not parted. The wedding took place in a Scottish cathedral in a closed ceremony. In August 2003, the star couple had their first child, Stellan, named after Paul's friend, Stellan Skarsgard. In 2011, Jennifer gave her husband a daughter, Agnes Lark.

In the spring of 2016, fans saw the Hollywood star in the superhero action movie Captain America: Civil War. This is the third film about the comic book hero Captain America from the studio "Marvel". The main characters were played by Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Paul Bettany.

Elizabeth Olsen, who played the Scarlet Witch, talked about the pleasant moments of working with Bettany, because in the third film the relationship between the heroine Olsen and Vision, played by Paul, improved. 

On the first day of rental, the action movie grossed $ 75.5 million, and on the first weekend - $ 179.1 million. For 2018, the premiere of the sequel "Avengers: Infinity War" was announced, where Paul Bettany will again play the android Vision. Presumably, the film will be released in May 2018. Fans will learn about the news from the life and work of the star on his Instagram page, where Bettany has 285 thousand subscribers.

2000 - "Gangster No. 1" 2001 - "A Knight's Story" 2001 - "A Beautiful Mind" 2003 - "Dogville" 2003 - "Day of Reckoning" 2003 - "Master of the Seas: At the End of the Earth" 2006 - "Wall of Fire" 2008 - "Ink heart "2008 -" Young Victoria "2010 -" Legion "2010 -" Tourist "2011 -" Shepherd "2015 -" Mordecai "2015 -" Legend "2016 -" The First Avenger: Confrontation "

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Paul Bettany Net Worth 2021

Paul Bettany 's revenue is $1.3M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Paul Bettany and could vary in the range between $959.5K - $1M.

Paul Bettany Net Worth 2020

Paul Bettany 's revenue is $1.4M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Paul Bettany and could vary in the range between $570.8K - $2M.

Paul Bettany Net Worth 2019

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Paul Bettany Net Worth 2018

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Paul Bettany Net Worth 2017

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Paul Bettany Net Worth 2016

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Paul Bettany Net Worth 2015

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