He made his stage debut in Stephen Daldry's acclaimed West End revival of An Inspector Calls at the Aldwych Theatre, playing the part of Eric Birling. In 1990, at the age of 19, Bettany began a three-year course at the Drama Centre London in Chalk Farm. He had dyslexia prior to it being recognised as a learning difficulty. After working there for a year, Bettany enrolled at the Drama Centre in London. After two years, he found a new job in a home for the elderly. He lived in a small flat and earned money by playing his guitar in the streets as a busker. Soon after, Bettany dropped out of school, left home, and became a street performer in London. When Bettany was 16, his brother Matthew died at age 8 after falling onto concrete from a tennis pavilion roof at Queenswood. While his father taught at the all-girls boarding school Queenswood School, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, the family lived on the school grounds. Bettany then experimented with other Christian denominations among which were Methodist and Church of England congregations with his father. Bettany was raised Roman Catholic, although his church attendance drifted after his confirmation. In television and theatre, Bettany has portrayed Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll in the series A Very British Scandal and Andy Warhol in the play The Collaboration in the West End, which is set to transfer to Broadway.īettany was born on in London, to Anne ( née Kettle), a stage singer, theatre teacher, and stage manager, and Thane Bettany, a dancer, actor, drama teacher and godfather to Sophie, Countess of Wessex. He made his directorial debut with the film Shelter (2014), which he also wrote and co-produced. Other films in which Bettany has appeared include Dogville (2003), Wimbledon (2004), The Da Vinci Code (2006), The Tourist (2010), Margin Call (2011), Legend (2015) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing Stephen Maturin in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and for starring in the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021) for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.īettany first gained popularity for appearing in the films Gangster No. He is most known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. Paul Bettany (born ) is an English actor.
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