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Starring: Mark Strong, Ray Winstone Original UK Premiere: 1999 Dvd Release: 15th May, 2006 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Mark Strong is a British actor of Italian / Austrian parentage, although he was born & brought up in London & is a naturalised British citizen. His English name is not a stage name, but one chosen by his Austrian mother when she decided to change his name by deed poll when he was a child, hoping that it would help him to fit in better with his peers. His original ambition was to become a lawyer, but after studying for a year at University in Munich, Germany he decided to change his direction in life & returned home to London. There he enrolled in a joint English & Drama degree at Royal Holloway & later attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is a familiar face on British television screens & has appeared in a variety of high-profile dramas, including two of the Prime Suspect serials for ITV, as Inspector Larry Hall in Prime Suspect 3 & Prime Suspect 6. He has also had starring roles in two major BBC TWO drama serials, Our Friends in the North & The Long Firm.

Editors Choice: The Long Firm, Superstition, View DVDology

Raymond Andrew Winstone, better known as Ray Winstone, is a British actor. He met his wife, Elaine, while filming That Summer ; they have three daughters. As a boy, Winstone trained as a boxer. He won the London Schoolboy Championship three times & twice represented England. After leaving school he gave up boxing & studied drama at Corona School in Hammersmith, where he spent one year before being asked to leave. Winstone talked his way into an audition with the BBC for a 1977 play called Scum. He was cast in a leading role, but the play was judged unsuitable by the BBC & was not shown until 1991. In 1979, the play was turned into a film, with Winstone playing a tough newcomer to a borstal. Winstones role in Scum seems to have set a mould for many of his other parts; he is frequently cast as a tough or violent man. His film roles have included parts in Quadrophenia, That Summer, Ladybird Ladybird, Nil by Mouth, Face, Sexy Beast & Ripleys Game. Winstone has also been cast against type in some films in which he reveals a softer side. Posters Of Ray Winstone

Editors Choice: Ripleys Game, Sexy Beast, The Proposition, Face, Shes Gone, Final Cut, Henry Viii, Nil By Mouth, View DVDology

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