Cary Elwes: movies and TV shows
Cary Elwes has 155 credits in the archive: 120 films and 35 TV series, from 1979 to 2026. Highest rated: Stranger Things (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1979 – 2026 · busiest year: 1999 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | M.I.A. | Tim Kincaid | TV | 8.5 | 63 |
| 2026 | Dead Man's Wire | Michael Grable | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2026 | Kevin | Michael (voice) | TV | 5.4 | 63 |
| 2026 | Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! | Self - Actor | TV | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Denlinger | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | John P. Jones (voice) | Film | — | 62 |
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | Film | — | 62 |
| 2024 | The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Brigadier Gubbins - 'M' | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2024 | Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | The King | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2024 | Knuckles | 'Pistol' Pete Whipple | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Denlinger | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2023 | Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire | The King | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2023 | Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | Nathan | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 2023 | BlackBerry | Carl Yankowski | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2023 | Sweetwater | Ned Irish | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2022 | The Hyperions | Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 2021 | The Unholy | Bishop Gyles | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2021 | A Castle for Christmas | Myles | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2021 | Best Sellers | Halpren Nolan | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2021 | Burning at Both Ends | Jacques | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2021 | Burning at Both Ends | Film | 6.0 | 58 | |
| 2021 | Last Train to Christmas | Roger Towers | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 2020 | A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion | Westley | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2020 | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 2020 | The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2019 | Black Christmas | Professor Gelson | Film | 4.6 | 56 |
| 2019 | Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto | D.W. Griffith | Film | — | 56 |
| 2018 | Billionaire Boys Club | Andy Warhol | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2018 | Andre the Giant | Self | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2018 | Ghost Light | Alex Pankhurst | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Gavin Hawk | TV | 8.1 | 54 |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Self | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 2017 | We Don't Belong Here | Frank Harper | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 2017 | Don't Sleep | Dr. Richard Sommers | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 2016 | Stranger Things | Mayor Larry Kline | TV | 8.6 | 53 |
| 2016 | Indiscretion | Jake Simon | Film | 4.3 | 53 |
| 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 2016 | Being Charlie | David Mills | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 2016 | Elephant Kingdom | Rock (voice) | Film | — | 53 |
| 2016 | Sugar Mountain | Jim Huxley | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 2016 | The Queen of Spain | Gary Jones | Film | 5.2 | 53 |
| 2016 | Lost & Found | John Broman | Film | 5.4 | 53 |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces | Professor Sinclair Wilde | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2015 | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Guy Fox (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2015 | The Art of More | Arthur Davenport | TV | 6.8 | 52 |
| 2015 | A Haunting in Cawdor | Lawrence O'Neill | Film | 4.4 | 52 |
| 2015 | Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw | Self | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2015 | Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw | Film | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 2015 | H8RZ | Principal Donato | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 2014 | Cosmos | Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 51 |
| 2014 | In Security | Joshua | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2014 | Behaving Badly | Joseph Stevens | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 2014 | Reach Me | Kersey | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 2014 | Teen Lust | John | Film | 4.7 | 51 |
| 2014 | A Bit of Bad Luck | Brooks | Film | 4.2 | 51 |
| 2013 | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Aquaman (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 50 |
| 2013 | Horizon | Max Hartman | Film | 2.8 | 50 |
| 2013 | Hansel and Gretel Get Baked | The Meter Man | Film | 5.1 | 50 |
| 2013 | The Story of Luke | Paul | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2013 | She Loves Me Not | Brady Olinson | Film | 3.9 | 50 |
| 2013 | Anna Nicole | E. Pierce Marshall | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 2012 | Perception | British Intelligence Officer | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 2012 | The Citizen | Miller | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2012 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Bobby Wobbly | Film | 2.3 | 49 |
| 2012 | Camilla Dickinson | Rafferty Dickinson | Film | 2.0 | 49 |
| 2012 | True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Fox | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Pilot (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | Dr. Stephen Metzner | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve | Stan's Doctor | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 2011 | Little Murder | Barry Fitzgerald | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2011 | Hellgate | Jeff Mathews | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 2010 | Saw 3D | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2010 | As Good As Dead | Ethan Belfrage | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 2010 | Flying Lessons | Steven Jennings | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 2010 | Psych:9 | Dr. Clement | Film | 4.7 | 47 |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Capt. Kenneth Shine | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 2007 | Georgia Rule | Arnold | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 2007 | The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 2007 | Walk the Talk | Erik | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 2006 | Psych | Pierre Despereaux | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 2006 | Psych | Despereaux | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray | TV | 5.1 | 43 | |
| 2006 | Factory Girl | Sam Green (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 2006 | Haskett's Chance | Mark Haskett / Chris Dalness | Film | — | 43 |
| 2006 | Pucked | Norman | Film | 4.1 | 43 |
| 2005 | Edison | Reigert | Film | 5.4 | 42 |
| 2005 | Neo Ned | Dr. Magnuson | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Pope John Paul II (younger) | Film | — | 42 |
| 2005 | Full Disclosure Report | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | Film | 4.0 | 42 |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Young Karol Wojtyla | TV | 6.4 | 42 |
| 2005 | Hacking Away at Saw | Self | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 2004 | Saw | Dr. Lawrence Gordon | Film | 7.4 | 41 |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Edgar | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 2004 | The Riverman | Ted Bundy | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 2004 | American Crime | Albert Bodine | Film | 3.8 | 41 |
| 2002 | Wish You Were Dead | Mac "Macbeth" Wilson | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 2002 | Comic Book Villains | Carter | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 2002 | Comic Book Villains | Film | 5.3 | 39 | |
| 2002 | It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 2001 | Uprising | Dr. Fritz Hippler | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 2001 | The Cat's Meow | Thomas Ince | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 2001 | Uprising | Dr. Fritz Hippler | TV | — | 38 |
| 2001 | As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' | Self | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 2000 | Shadow of the Vampire | Fritz Arno Wagner | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 2000 | Race Against Time | Burke | Film | 5.2 | 37 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sidney Truex | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Mr. Henderson (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Nigel / Guard #1 (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Edison's Assistant (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Charles Dickens (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Cyrano de Bergerac (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Chris Martin (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Watson (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Paxton Powers (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 36 |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | John Houseman | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Michael Collins | TV | 8.1 | 35 |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Garrett (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Colonel James Burton | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1997 | Liar Liar | Jerry | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Det. Nick Ruskin | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1997 | The Informant | Lt. David Ferris | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1996 | Twister | Jonas | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Dr. John 'Jack' Percy Vilmorin York | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1994 | The Jungle Book | Captain William Boone | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1994 | The Chase | Steve Horsegroovy | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Brad Follmer | TV | 8.4 | 30 |
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Robin Hood | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1993 | The Crush | Nick Eliot | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1993 | 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming | Self | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Lord Arthur Holmwood | Film | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1992 | Leather Jackets | Dobbs | Film | 5.1 | 29 |
| 1992 | Leather Jackets | Film | 5.1 | 29 | |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Kent Gregory | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Russ Wheeler | Film | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | David Lukner | TV | 8.3 | 26 |
| 1989 | Glory | Maj. Cabot Forbes | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1989 | Never on Tuesday | Tow Truck Driver (uncredited) | Film | 4.1 | 26 |
| 1987 | The Princess Bride | Westley | Film | 7.7 | 24 |
| 1987 | Maschenka | Ganin | Film | 9.0 | 24 |
| 1986 | Lady Jane | Guilford Dudley | Film | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1985 | The Bride | Josef | Film | 5.4 | 22 |
| 1984 | Another Country | James Harcourt | Film | 6.5 | 21 |
| 1984 | Oxford Blues | Lionel | Film | 5.6 | 21 |
| 1979 | Yesterday's Hero | Disco Dancer | Film | 4.8 | 16 |
| The Panic | Charles Barney | Film | — | — | |
| Butterfly in the Typewriter | Kingsley Amis | Film | — | — | |
| Wonder Woman | Henry Detmer | TV | 4.9 | — | |
| Very Young Frankenstein | TV | — | — | ||
| The American Spring | Film | — | — |