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10 unusual facts about Ray Winstone


Alan Clarke

Clarke inspired a generation of actors, writers and directors, including Paul Greengrass, Stephen Frears, Tim Roth, Ray Winstone, Gary Oldman, Danny Brocklehurst and Iain MacDonald.

British Forces Foundation

Among the stars to have recently worked with the BFF are Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Ray Winstone, Johnny Vaughan, Katherine Jenkins James Blunt, and Jimmy Carr.

Chatham Naval Memorial

The novel was adapted into a film and directed by Australasian director Fred Schepisi and starred inter alia Sir Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone and Helen Mirren.

Edward Canfor-Dumas

His first major feature-length programme was Tough Love, a powerful drama about police corruption, starring Ray Winstone.

Emily Corrie

After studying at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Corrie won her first screen role in 1999 playing Ray Winstone's daughter in the TV series Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Francis Bryan

In the Ray Winstone two-part drama, a character named 'Sir Francis' who sports an eye patch and is a former soldier friend of Henry's, makes several appearances.

Kay Mellor

Outside of television, in 1999 she both wrote and directed the feature film Fanny and Elvis, starring Ray Winstone.

Nigel Lindsay

This became Dealer's Choice, which premiered at the National Theatre in February 1995 with Lindsay as Mugsy and Ray Winstone and Phil Daniels among the original cast.

Stephen Flemmi

Flemmi is the basis of Frank Costello's chief enforcer and contract killer "Arnold French" portrayed by Ray Winstone in the 2006 crime thriller The Departed.

Vincent Davies

These include the acclaimed drama Vincent, alongside Suranne Jones and Ray Winstone, and Conviction, a murder-based drama set in the North-West.


Avenues and Alleyways

It is included in the soundtrack of the 2000 film Love, Honour and Obey, starring Ray Winstone and Jude Law.

Brimsdown

Brimsdown Junior School, attended by academic Professor Philip Tew, cartoonist and illustrator Ian West, and actor Ray Winstone.

Dangerous Obsession

A film, very loosely based on Crisp's play, was filmed in 1999 as Darkness Falls, starring Ray Winstone, Tim Dutton and Sherilyn Fenn.

The Sea Change

The Sea Change is a 1998 British-Spanish comedy film directed by Michael Bray and starring Maryam d'Abo, Sean Chapman and Ray Winstone.