Paul Bettany Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Paul Bettany
NICK NAMES
Paul
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Thursday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Tuesday
BIRTHPLACE
Shepherd's Bush, London, United Kingdom
AGE
53 Years 9 Months 30 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
GEMINI
FEATURES
Blue eye and blonde hair
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
6'2''(feet & inches)
1.8796 meters
187.96 cm
WEIGHT
90 kg
198 lbs
Paul Bettany Family Members
BROTHER(S) NAME
SISTER(S) NAME
Paul Bettany Marriage, Affairs and Children
AFFAIR
Emily Mortimer (1997- 1999)
AFFAIR
Laura Fraser (2000 - 2002)
AFFAIR
Jennifer Connelly (2002-Present)
SPOUSE
Jennifer Connelly (2003-Present)
Child(ren) of Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Iron Man (2008), Gangster No. 1 (2000)
ADDRESS
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Education, Net Worth & More
RELIGION
Atheist
NET WORTH
$5 Million
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Career of Paul Bettany
He started his career on stage at the Aldwych Theatre, playing the role of Eric Birling. He also worked with Royal Shakespeare Company in Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar. He appeared in a BBC production of Oliver Twist as Bill Sikes. He performed in the finale of Sharpe as HRH The Prince of Orange. He appeared in films like Gangster No. 1, A Beautiful Mind, Dogville, Firewall, The Tourist, Shelter. And his recent work which is the post-production is Untitled Avengers film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War.
Television
He appeared in a television series like Sharpe's Waterloo, Killer Net, David Copperfield, Manhunt: Unabomber.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Paul Bettany
- Does Paul Bettany takes alcohol? Yes.
- Is Paul Bettany in the habit of Smoking? No. He quit smoking in 2005 when his two-year-old son tried to copy his action of smoking with a pen.
- He named his son Stellan after his fast friend Stellan Skarsgard with whom he had performed in many movies.
- As he is the best friend of Dan Fredenburgh who was writer and actor of the film 'Broken Lines', he got the role of Chester in the film.
- His character in the movie "A Knight's Tale" involved a lot of shouting which led to the development of Laryngitis in his voice.
- He and Sewell played the same character at different times. He played the character of Lord Melbourne in the movie 'The Young Victoria' while Sewell plays the same character in TV series 'Victoria'. On the other hand with D'Arcy, D'Arcy's character's name was 'Edwin Jarvis' in 'Agent Carter' and he had given the voice to the computer J.A.R.V.I.S in 'Iron Man'.
- In his childhood, he was a member of Sea Cadets and this is the reason that he is the only person in the cast of film 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' who was fit and does not get seasick at the time of its filming.
- For his character in 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' he went for special training at Royal College of Surgeons in London to get trained about the use of the 18th century surgical instruments.
- He first refused the film 'Dogville' as it was filming in Sweden but his friend and co-actor Skarsgard convinced him saying that we will enjoy while working with director Lars Von Tier. After working for few days he came to know that his friend was lying to him as he wanted Bettany to work with the director.
- His experience with director Lars Von Tier was very unsatisfying and terrible although he is a big fan of his film's. He got so furious that he did not even watch the movie 'Dogville'.
- The role of the albino Silas in 'The Da Vinci Code' was to be given to Thure Lindhardt but the director thought that Thure Lindhardt was very young for the role and hence they decided to take Bettany for the role.
- His makeup artist Veronica Mcaleer called all the crew members of 'Firewall' while she was doing his makeup for the film 'The Da Vinci Code' as she wanted to draw the same scars which they got while filming the firewall in Kamloops, British Columbia.
- In the film ?Firewall? Harrison Ford was dissatisfied with his performance in the fight scene. Later on, he gave him a punch with full of his strength and for which Ford says ?That?s it?.
- His movie 'Wimbledon' was filmed in real tennis court during the 2003 Wimbledon tournament. The actors used to walk in before and after a match and real audience in place of extras.
- His family follows roman catholic while his father also tried other Christian branches and he later became an atheist.
- He was just sixteen when his younger brother who was eight years old died as he falls down from a tennis pavilion roof in Queenswood. His death affects Bettany so much that he left home and started earning money by playing his guitar as a busker.
- He had a crush on the actress Jennifer Connelly when he watched her movie 'Labyrinth' as a teenager and married her in 2003.
- He proposed his wife Jennifer Connelly after 9/11 attack. When he met her after two years on a movie set and it took him two days for trying to propose her.
- He refused the role in the movie 'The King's Speech' which later on played by Colin Firth and won Best Actor Oscar for the same performance.
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