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Cary Elwes’s Milestones
| Born in London, England | |
| Spent time growing up between his mother in London and his father in Spain | |
| 1968 | Made first stage appearance at age six in a production of "Robin Hood" |
| 1979 | Feature acting debut (bit part), "Yesterday's Hero" |
| 1981 | Moved to New York (date approximate) |
| 1981 | Off-off Broadway debut, "Equus", at the Greengate Theatre |
| 1984 | Appeared in supporting role in "Oxford Blues", produced by brother Cassian |
| 1984 | First major role in a film, played Harcourt, the best friend of Rupert Everett's Guy Bennett in "Another Country" |
| 1986 | Cast as Guilford Dudley opposite Helen Bonham Carter's "Lady Jane" in Trevor Nunn's period drama |
| 1987 | Cut a dashing figure as Westley, the heroic wooer of "The Princess Bride" |
| 1989 | Appeared as Matthew Broderick's second-in-command in the Civil War drama "Glory" |
| 1989 | Initial screen collaboration with Charlie Sheen, a cameo in "Never on Tuesday", produced by Cassian Elwes |
| 1990 | Played Tom Cruise's racer nemesis in "Days of Thunder" |
| 1991 | Cast as a romantic rival to Charlie Sheen in the zany comedy "Hot Shots!" |
| 1991 | Served as associate producer of "Leather Jackets", produced by brother Cassian; also co-starred |
| 1993 | Had the title role in Mel Brooks' spoof "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" |
| 1993 | Played an older journalist who becomes the object of obsession of his landlord's daughter in the thriller "The Crush"; also starred Alicia Silverstone |
| 1994 | Made cameo appearance in the Sheen vehicle "The Chase"; brother Cassian also appeared as a producer |
| 1994 | Undertook first villainous role in Disney's live-action "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" |
| 1996 | Guest starred on an episode of the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" playing a man whose wife breaks up with him |
| 1996 | Had small role as a rival storm hunter in "Twister" |
| 1997 | Appeared as a detective searching for a kidnapper in "Kiss the Girls" |
| 1998 | Co-starred in the HBO movie "The Pentagon Wars" |
| 1998 | Played astronaut Michael Collins in the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon" |
| 1999 | Portrayed John Houseman in "Cradle Will Rock" |
| 2000 | Cast as cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner in "Shadow of the Vampire", a fictionalized behind-the-scenes account of the making of F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" |
| 2000 | Reteamed with Sheen for "No Code of Conduct" (filmed in 1997); aired on USA Network |
| 2001 - 2002 | Had recurring role on "The X-Files" as FBI assistant director Brad Follmer |
| 2001 | Starred as Thomas Ince in "The Cat's Meow", about Ince's death aboard a yacht owned by William Randolph Hearst; released theatrically in the USA in 2002 |
| 2004 | Starred as Prince Regent Edgar in "Ella Enchanted," a modern-day, fantasy Cinderella |
| 2006 | Cast in the CBS miniseries "Pope John Paul II," playing a young Karol Wojtyla |
| 2007 | Played Lindsay Lohan's stepfather in the Garry Marshall-directed dark comedy "Georgia Rule" |
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