Raymond Andrew Winstone, Jr. (born 19 February 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum, and is also known as a voice over actor. More recently he has branched out into film production.
Born in London, Ray Winstone was an amateur boxer who won all of his senior fights. He was therefore a natural for the role of boxer Kenny Fox in the TV series "Fox", which started his acting career. Ray has appeared in films such as "Scum", "Quadrophenia", "That Summer", and "Tank Malling". He has appeared in TV series too numerous to list, which include "Robin of Sherwood (1984)", "Minder", "Boon", "Cats Eyes", "Pulaski", "Palmer", "Get Back", and his most recent one, "The Ghost Busters of East Finchley".
Ray Winstone was born in Hackney Hospital, London. He moved to Enfield aged seven, where his father and mother had a fruit and vegetable business, and he went to school at Edmonton County. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club, was three times London Schoolboy Champion and fought twice for England, UK. In ten years of boxing he won over 80 medals and trophies. Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as 'Carlin' in the BBC Play production of 'Scum'. He has appeared in numerous tv series over the past 20 years including 'Robin of Sherwood', 'Palmer', 'Birds of a Feather', 'Between The Lines', 'The Ghostbusters of East Finchley', and most recently 'Births, Marriages and Deaths'. His film career has burgeoned since his award-winning role in Gary Oldman's 'Nil By Mouth' (1997), and he recently starred in 'Fanny and Elvis', 'The Mammy' and 'The War Zone' (directed by Tim Roth).
