Paul Bettany

Highest Rated: 91% Journey's End (2018)

Lowest Rated: 12% Mortdecai (2015)

Birthday: May 27, 1971

Birthplace: Harlesden, London, England, UK

A former Westminster Bridge busker who shot to fame in such stateside efforts as A Knight's Tale and A Beautiful Mind (both 2001), actor Paul Bettany's willingness to challenge himself by jumping genres has given him rare exposure on both sides of the Atlantic. Born in London, Bettany was raised in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire from age nine. Introduced to acting by his father (a teacher and ex-actor who gave up the stage for the classroom) and fueled by a love of cinema (Casablanca [1942] and Brief Encounter [1945] provided Bettany with early inspiration), the aspiring actor would subsequently pursue studies at London's Drama Center. Though the popular misconception that he was raised in a "theater family" continues to shadow the actor, Bettany has publicly stated that, by the time he was around, his father was working as a teacher and his mother's days as a singer were long behind her. Following his stage debut in the West End production of An Inspector Calls, it wasn't long before Bettany made his television debut in the U.K. mystery series Wycliffe in 1994; and his feature debut in 1997's harrowing war drama Bent showed much promise. Alternating between film and television work with such efforts as The Land Girls (1997) and Coming Home (1998) in the following years, Bettany continued to climb the credits until his breakthrough performance in 2000's Gangster No. 1. Though Bettany would return to the role of supporting player for Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2000), that same year's depraved black comedy Dead Babies once again found him taking the lead. The following year would introduce the talented young actor to American audiences in the adventure comedy A Knight's Tale, as well as in the biopic A Beautiful Mind, in which he played the college roommate of troubled mathematician John Nash (Russell Crowe). In addition to providing him with an introduction to future wife Jennifer Connelly (the couple would wed in January of 2003), the film made an impact with American audiences. That same year Bettany appearred opposite Willem Dafoe in The Reckoning, and a supporting performance in director Lars von Trier's 2003 thriller Dogville kept audiences hungering for more. Later re-teaming with A Beautiful Mind co-star Crowe for director Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Bettany would next make his first foray into romantic comedy territory opposite Kirsten Dunst in Wimbledon. Action/adventure roles would prove to be a bread and butter for Bettany as the 2000's continued, with roles in Firewall, The Da Vinci Code, Inkheart, The Tourist, Priest, and even a turn as the voice of Jarvis in Iron Man (a role he would return to for subsuquent sequels, as well as The Avengers).

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
82%	Official Secrets	Actor	—	2019
69%	Solo: A Star Wars Story	Dryden Vos	—	2018
85%	Avengers: Infinity War	Vision	$665M	2018
91%	Journey's End	Osborne	—	2018
90%	Captain America: Civil War	Vision	$408.1M	2016
61%	Legend	Actor	$14.2M	2015
46%	Shelter	Screenwriter Producer Director	—	2015
76%	Avengers: Age of Ultron	The Vision	$429.2M	2015
12%	Mortdecai	Jock Strapp	$6.9M	2015
19%	Transcendence	Max Waters	$23.1M	2014
55%	Blood	Joe Fairburn	—	2013
79%	Iron Man 3	Jarvis	$409M	2013
33%	A Man's Story	Actor	—	2012
87%	Margin Call	Will Emerson	$0.7M	2011
15%	Priest	Priest	$29.1M	2011
20%	The Tourist	Inspector John Acheson	$67.7M	2010
72%	Iron Man 2	Jarvis	$312.1M	2010
19%	Legion	Michael	$40.2M	2010
46%	Creation	Charles Darwin	$0.3M	2010
76%	The Young Victoria	Lord Melbourne	$10.9M	2009
No Score Yet	Born	Actor	—	2009
39%	Inkheart	Dustfinger	$17.3M	2009
59%	The Secret Life of Bees	T. Ray Owens	$37.7M	2008
56%	Broken Lines	Chester	—	2008
26%	The Da Vinci Code	Silas	$217.6M	2006
18%	Firewall	Bill Cox	$48.7M	2006
No Score Yet	Stories of Lost Souls	Y	—	2005
61%	Wimbledon	Peter Colt	$16.9M	2004
39%	The Reckoning	Nicholas	—	2004
85%	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Dr. Stephen Maturin	$92.2M	2003
48%	The Heart of Me	Rickie	—	2003
70%	Dogville	Tom Edison Jr.	$1.5M	2003
74%	A Beautiful Mind	Charles	—	2001
No Score Yet	Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)	Jimmy	—	2001
59%	A Knight's Tale	Chaucer	$55.1M	2001
No Score Yet	Mood Swingers	Quentin	—	2001
No Score Yet	The Suicide Club	Shaw	—	2000
71%	Gangster No. 1	Young Gangster	—	2000
No Score Yet	Dead Babies	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	After the Rain	Steph	—	1999
No Score Yet	Every Woman Knows a Secret	Rob	—	1999
61%	The Land Girls	Philip	—	1998
No Score Yet	Killer Net	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Coming Home	Actor	—	1998
73%	Bent	Captain	—	1997

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Assembled	Actor	2021
No Score Yet	Marvel Studios: Assembled 2021	Actor	2021
No Score Yet	Marvel Studios: Legends 2021	Actor	2021
91%	WandaVision 2021	Vision	2021
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2021 2015 2011
96%	Manhunt 2017-2020	Ted Kaczynski	2020 2017
No Score Yet	Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2018 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2018 2016 2014 2012
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2017
No Score Yet	Rachael Ray 2006	Guest	2016 2007
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Talking Dead 2011-2020	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Tavis Smiley 2013-2018	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 2015	Guest	2015
No Score Yet	Charlie Rose 2013-2017	Guest	2015 2014
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2015 2014
No Score Yet	Chelsea Lately 2007-2014	Guest	2011
No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 2009-2014	Guest	2011 2010
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007-2019	Guest	2010
No Score Yet	The Bonnie Hunt Show 2008-2010	Guest	2010 2009

Quotes from Paul Bettany's Characters

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch:	I'm sorry...
Vision:	If you do this, they will never stop being afraid of you.
Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch:	I can't control their fear, only my own.

Steve Rogers/Captain America:	You're saying it's our fault?
Vision:	I'm saying there may be a causality. Our very strenght invites challange, challange incites conflict, and conflict... Breeds catastrophy.
Vision:	I'm saying there may be a causality. Our very strenght invites challange, challange incites conflict, and conflict... breeds catastrophy.
Vision:	I'm saying there may be a causality. Our very strength invites challange, challange incites conflict, and conflict... breeds catastrophy.

Vision:

Alternatively, we can order a pizza.

Vision:	If you do this, they will never stop being afraid of you.
Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch:	I can't control their fear, only my own.

Vision:

A pinch of Paprika.

Ultron:	You are unbearably naive!
The Vision:	Well, I was born yesterday.

Tony Stark:	Jarvis ware's my flight power?
Tony Stark:	Jarvis where's my flight power?
Jarvis:	Working on it sir, this is a prototype.

Jarvis:

The barrier is pure energy. It's unbreachable.

The Vision:

I'm not Jarvis, I'm not Ultron. I am!

The Vision:

Well, I was born yesterday.

Ultron:	The world needed a shield... Stark settled for a slave.
The Vision:	Human beings are fearful and in need of protection. But then, that fear can inspire them to do great things.
Ultron:	You're unbelievably naïve.
The Vision:	Well, I was born yesterday.

Scarlet Witch:	I looked inside your mind and I saw destruction.
The Vision:	Look again.

Max Waters:

I spent my life trying to reduce the brain to a series of electrical impulses. I failed. Human emotion... It can contain illogical conflict. Can love someone and yet hate the things that they've done. Machine can't reconcile that.

Jarvis:	Sir, the Mark VII is not ready for deployment.
Tony Stark/Iron Man:	Well then skip the spinning rims, we're on the clock!

Evelyn:	We can upload his consciousness. We can save him...
Max Waters:	Not like this... Assuming that this works, if we miss anything, a thought, a childhood memory, how would you know whom we're dealing with?

Max Waters:

I'll need to put a few more guys on this job.

Max Waters:	Are you sure about this?
Dr. Will Caster:	Good enough for the monkey.

Tony Stark/Iron Man:	Jarvis, target Extremis heat signatures. Disable with extreme prejudice. .
Jarvis:	[echoing through the suits] Yes, sir...

Jarvis:	Good evening, Colonel. Can I give you a lift?
Colonel James Rhodes:	Very funny.

Charles Herman:

The prodigonal roommate has arrived...

James "Rhodey" Rhodes:	Tony! Give me a suit opens arms wide
James "Rhodey" Rhodes:	Tony! Give me a suit.
Colonel James Rhodes:	Give me a suit.
Tony Stark/Iron Man:	Uhm.. Yeah. These suits are only coded to me.
Tony Stark/Iron Man:	Uhm. Yeah. These suits are only coded to me.
Tony Stark:	Sorry, they're only coded to me. Don't worry, I got you covered.
James "Rhodey" Rhodes:	You gotta be kidding me.... Seriously?
James "Rhodey" Rhodes:	You gotta be kidding me. Seriously?
Jarvis:	Good evening, Colonel. Can I give you a lift?
Colonel James Rhodes:	Very funny.

Peter Colt:

Lizzie, you can't switch me on-and-off like a god damn light bulb.

Peter Colt:

There's so much to say!

Tom Edison:

Maybe people just regard things a criminal because they envy their success.

Tom Edison:

It's quite a blow to me to see all my friends act this way--so uncivilized.

Liz Henson:	Honestly, Tom, you've done it again. Made us come here to listen to a lot of nonsense. Who do you think you are? Some kind of philosopher?
Tom Edison:	Observant, that's what I am.
Ma Ginger:	Lazy, I would say.

Nicholas:

You soothe your conscience with grand phrases, but it's a weak, contemptible man who trades in the lives of others.

Martin:	For heaven's sake, we're actors, not judges.
Nicholas:	That's exactly what we have become.

Dr. Stephen Maturin:	Jack, I fear you have burdened me with a debt I can never fully repay.
Captain Jack Aubrey:	Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate.
Capt. Jack Aubrey:	Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate.
Dr. Stephen Maturin:	A shrub? Nonsense! I shall name a new species of tortoise after you: Testudo Aubrey!
Dr. Stephen Maturin:	A shrub? Nonsense! I shall name a new species of tortoise after you: Testudo Aubreii!

Will Emerson:	"I'm all out of nicorettes, which means in about ten minutes I'm going to kill somebody."
Will Emerson:	I'm all out of nicorettes, which means in about ten minutes I'm going to kill somebody.

Will Emerson:	"Some people like taking the long way home."
Will Emerson:	Some people like taking the long way home.

Tony Stark:	Jarvis, have you ever heard the tale of Jonah?
Jarvis:	I wouldn't consider him a role-model, sir.

Jarvis:	Power to four-hundred percent capacity.
Tony Stark/Iron Man:	How about that?

Silas:

I am a ghost.

Silas:

Lord give me strengh.

Jarvis:	Shall I call Miss Potts, sir?
Tony Stark/Iron Man:	You might as well.

Jarvis:

We will lose power before you cut through that shell.

Tony Stark/Iron Man:	Jarvis, you ever here of the tale of Jonah?
Jarvis:	Sir, I wouldn't think of him as a role model!

Jarvis:	400% power.
Tony Stark/Iron Man:	how about that!
Tony Stark/Iron Man:	How about that!

Priest:	You've got your gun loaded?
Hicks:	Why?
Priest:	You're gonna need it.

Chaucer:	[keeping time with a stick as William and Wat dance] And one, two, and three and four and your hands should be light like a birdy on a branch. And one, two, and three and four and Wat doesn't lead. He follows like a girl.
Wat:	[looks at William]
William Thatcher:	[shrugs in agreement with Chaucer]
Wat:	[laughs a bit, then punches Chaucer in the nose]
Chaucer:	[with some bloody cotton up his nose moments later, conducting William and Wat] And one, two and twirly, twirly, twirly. One and two and you're still getting it wrong. And one, two, and three and four. You can hit me all day cause you punch like a what?
Roland:	A girl.

Monsignor Chamberlain:	Remember your vow, to go against the church is to go against god.
Priest:	Then I go against god.

Priest:	Is this the world I fought for?
Monsignor Chamberlain:	No, it the only world we have left.

Monsignor Chamberlain:	Remember, 'To go with the church, is to go against God'.
Priest:	Then I go against God.

Monsignor Orelas:	THE WAR IS OVER, PRIEST!
Priest:	No, it is JUST beginning!

Monsignor Chamberlain:	Remember 'to go with the church is to go against God'.
Priest:	Then I go against God.

Will Emerson:

to Seth: If you really want to do this with your life you have to believe that you're necessary, and you are. People want to live like this with their cars and their big fucking houses they can't even pay for - then you're necessary. The only reason people get to continue living like kings is because we've got our fingers on the scales and we're tipping in their favor. I take my hand off, well then the whole world gets really fucking fair really fucking quick and nobody actually wants that. They say they do, but they really don't. They want what we have to give but they also want to play innocent and pretend they have no idea where it actually came from; and that's more hypocrisy than I'm willing to swallow, so fuck 'em.

Will Emerson:

[to Seth] If you really want to do this with your life you have to believe that you're necessary, and you are. People want to live like this with their cars and their big fucking houses they can't even pay for - then you're necessary. The only reason people get to continue living like kings is because we've got our fingers on the scales and we're tipping in their favor. I take my hand off, well then the whole world gets really fucking fair really fucking quick and nobody actually wants that. They say they do, but they really don't. They want what we have to give but they also want to play innocent and pretend they have no idea where it actually came from; and that's more hypocrisy than I'm willing to swallow, so fuck 'em.

John Forbes Nash Jr.:	Well, I met a girl.
Charles Herman:	No! A human girl?
John Forbes Nash Jr.:	Homo sapien.
Charles Herman:	A biped?
John Forbes Nash Jr.:	Yep. And, contrary to all probabilities, she finds me attractive on a number of different levels.

Charles Herman:	"Nothing's ever for sure, it's the only sure thing I know"
Charles Herman:	Nothing's ever for sure, John. That's the only sure thing I do know.

Inspector John Acheson:	Well, He won't be dueling tonight"
Inspector John Acheson:	Well, he won't be dueling tonight.

Priest:	"save your bullets"
Priest:	Save your bullets.

Priest:

What good is that faith when it's a lie.

Priest:

Shhhh. It's a trap.

Priest:

I have questions and doubts.

Michael:

When God chose your kind as the object of His love, I was the first in all of heaven to bow down before you. My love, my hope for mankind was no less than His. But I have watched you trample that gift. I have watched you kill each other over race and greed... waging war over dust and rubble and the words in old books. And yet, in the midst of all this darkness, I see some people who will not be bowed. I see some people who will not give up, even when they know all hope is lost. Some people, who realize being lost is so close to being found. I see you, Jeep. Fifteen years old, your mother leaves. Your father withdraws from the world and you spend the next five years of your young life helping him find his way home. You love a woman who bears the child of another and you love her with no thought of yourself, even though you know she may never love you the way you love her. You, Jeep... you are the reason I still have faith.

Inspector John Acheson:

This is exactly why she chose him. To distract us.