Raymond Andrew Winstone was born on February 19, 1957 in Homerton in the London Borough of Hackney, UK. He is an Emmy Award winning English actor.

He movie debut in Alan Clarke's uncompromising borstal depiction Scum. Ray also appeared in another cult youth-orientated film, The Who's 1979 Quadrophenia.

Continuing to work in film and television, his memorable portrayal of a wife-beater in Gary Oldman's 1997 Nil By Mouth earned him international recognition and defined him the archetypal Cockney hard-man.

Since then, he has starred in Antonia Bird's crime drama, Face, and Tim Roth's harrowing tale of child abuse, The War Zone.

He also starred in Cold Mountain (2003), King Arthur (2004) and Academy Awards crime The Departed (2006).

Filmography

• Death of a Ladies' Man (2009)
• Indiana Jones 4 (2008)
• Beowulf (2007)
• "Vincent" (8 episodes, 2005-2006)
• The Departed (2006)
• Breaking and Entering (2006)
• All in the Game (2006)
• Bobby Moore (2006)
• Sweeney Todd (2006)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
• The Proposition (2005)
• The Magic Roundabout (2005)
• She's Gone (2004)
• King Arthur (2004)
• Everything (2004)
• Old Street (2004)
• Cold Mountain (2003)
• Henry VIII (2003)
• Bouncer (2002)
• Ripley's Game (2002)
• "At Home with the Braithwaites" (1 episode, 2002)
• Lenny Blue (2002)
• The Martins (2001)
• Last Orders (2001)
• "The Fear" (2001)
• Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
• Sexy Beast (2000)
• There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)
• Tough Love (2000)
• Last Christmas (1999)
• Tube Tales (1999)
• Fanny and Elvis (1999)
• Darkness Falls (1999)
• Agnes Browne (1999)
• Births, Marriages and Deaths (1999)
• The War Zone (1999)
• Five Seconds to Spare (1999)
• Final Cut (1998)
• Woundings (1998)
• Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
• The Sea Change (1998)
• Our Boy (1997)
• Face (1997)
• Nil by Mouth (1997)
• Macbeth on the Estate (1997)
• "One Foot in the Grave" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Sharman" (2 episodes, 1996)
• "Thief Takers" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Kavanagh QC" (1 episode, 1996)
• Masculine Mescaline (1996)
• Yellow (1996)
• "Ghostbusters of East Finchley" (1995)
• "The Bill" (2 episodes, 1991-1995)
• "Space Precinct" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Casualty" (1 episode, 1995)
• Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
• The Negotiator (1994)
• "Murder Most Horrid" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Get Back" (2 episodes, 1992)
• "Between the Lines" (1 episode, 1992)
• Underbelly (1992)
• Black and Blue (1992)
• "Birds of a Feather" (2 episodes, 1991)
• Absolute Hell (1991)
• "Home to Roost" (1 episode, 1990)
• Tank Malling (1989)
• Blore M.P. (1989)
• "Pulaski" (2 episodes, 1987)
• "Father Matthew's Daughter" (1987)
• "Boon" (1 episode, 1987)
• "Ever Decreasing Circles" (1 episode, 1986)
• "Robin of Sherwood" (23 episodes, 1984-1986)
• "C.A.T.S. Eyes" (1 episode, 1986)
• Number One (1985)
• "Minder" (3 episodes, 1984)
• "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (1 episode, 1984)
• "Fairly Secret Army" (3 episodes, 1984)
• "Bergerac" (1 episode, 1983)
• Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (1983)
• Love Story: Mr. Right (1983)
• "Play for Today" (1 episode, 1981)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1981)
• "Fox" (1 episode, 1980)
• Quadrophenia (1979)
• Scum (1979)
• That Summer (1979)
• Scum (1977)
• "The Sweeney" (1 episode, 1976)

Awards

• National Board of Review Best Acting by an Ensemble "The Departed" 2006
• National Board of Review Best Acting by an Ensemble "Last Orders" 2001
• British Independent Film Award Best British Actor "Nil by Mouth" 1998