Paul Bettany

QUICK FACTS
NAME
Paul Bettany
OCCUPATION
Actor, Director
BIRTH DATE
May 27, 1971 (age 47)
EDUCATION
Drama Centre London
PLACE OF BIRTH
Shepherd's Bush, London, United Kingdom
ZODIAC SIGN
Gemini

Biography of Paul Bettany
Actor, Director (1971-)
Paul Bettany is a British actor known for films such as 'A Beautiful Mind', 'Wimbledon' and 'The Da Vinci Code'. He is also famous for expressing J.A.R.V.I.S. and for playing Vision in the movie franchises of 'Iron Man' and 'Avengers'.
Who is Paul Bettany?
Born in 1971, Paul Bettany is a British actor who broke into the industry from the British criminal drama Gangster. No. 1 in 2000 and soon after, A Knight's Tale (2001). Often, playing a wide range of character roles, Bettany has starred in other high profile films such as A Beautiful Mind (2001), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code . (2006). More recently, he has contributed both behind and in front of the cameras in the Marvel film universe. He is famous for being the voice behind J.A.R.V.I.S. in the franchise of the movie Iron Man, in addition to starring as the comic Superhero Vision in the franchise of the film Avengers. Bettany is married to Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Connelly and is the father of her two children.

Photo of Paul Bettany
Paul Bettany poses during a portrait session on the third day of the 11th Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 12, 2014 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Wife
Bettany met her future wife Jennifer Connelly on the set of A Beautiful Mind in 2001, but it was a while after they started dating. After a whirlwind courtship, the couple married in January 2003 in Scotland.

"We got married quickly because I thought I had a period of three to six months before she saw through the accent," Bettany said jokingly to talk show host Kelly Ripa during a television interview.

Bettany and Connelly have two children together: Stellan (b. 2003) and Agnes Lark (b. 2011). Connelly has a son, Kai (n.197), from a previous relationship.

Films
After studying at the British theater school, Drama Center London, Bettany appeared in several theatrical productions, including some by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at the age of 21, she played Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist on the BBC.

His first film was the drama about the Holocaust Bent (1997), in which he had a small part and also starred in characters such as Ian McKellen and Jude Law, but it was his leading role in the British criminal drama Gangster No. 1 in 2000 Attention Soon after, he would be released in A Knight's Tale (2001), playing the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, opposite Heath Ledger. Critics applauded his performance and so did the director of A Knight's Tale, Brian Helgeland, who sent the audition tape of Ron Howard Bettany to consider it. Howard was also impressed and chose the actor as Charles Litan, an enlightened student, in his film A Beautiful Mind (2001), a biographical film by mathematician John Nash. The film was starring Russell Crowe as Nash and also starring Bettany's future wife, Jennifer Connelly as Nash's wife, Alice.


From there, Bettany starred in Dogville by Lars von Trier (2003) and once again joined Russell Crowe for the Master and Commander: The Other Side of the World (2003), playing the role of surgeon Stephen Maturin, for which he received praise and compliments. .

In 2004, Bettany returned to the status of leader, this time in a romantic tennis comedy with Kirsten Dunst called Wimbledon. The film received mixed reviews, although critics positively highlighted Bettany's performance.

Other films in which Bettany appeared include: The Da Vinci Code (2005), Firewall (2006), Creation (2009), The Tourist (2010), Legion (2010), Priest (2011) and Margin Call (2011).

Playing the vision in the movies of the 'avengers'
Among the many films that Bettany has starred in, his most successful commercial project has been expressing A.I. of the Stark family. Butler, J.A.R.V.I.S., starting with Iron Man in 2008 and repeating the role in Iron Man 2 (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013), as well as in Avengers (2013) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). In addition to his work on Marvel Universe, he also plays Android, Superhero Vision, in the films Avengers and Captain America.

Speaking of his character, Vision and his romantic interest in Scarlet Witch, played by Elizabeth Olsen, Bettany told Slash Film: "I think Vision has been in this quest to understand what it is to be human, and I think that Scarlet Witch [in large measure] I helped him realize that and what love is. "

In 2018, Bettany added science fiction to his film credits to a great extent by appearing as crime lord Dryden Vos in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

director
In 2014, Bettany expanded her talent to write and direct