Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor. He is known for his leading roles in The Princess Bride (1987), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and the Saw series. Elwes's other performances in films include Glory (1989), Days of Thunder (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Twister (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997), Liar Liar (1997), Ella Enchanted (2004), No Strings Attached (2011), BlackBerry, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (both 2023). Elwes has also appeared on television series such as The X-Files, Seinfeld, From the Earth to the Moon, Psych, Life in Pieces, Stranger Things, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Knuckles. He is the third son born to interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy and the late portrait painter Dominick Elwes, and is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was born and raised in London and attended Harrow. After graduating from Harrow, he moved to the US and studied drama at Sarah Lawrence College. He left school after two years to begin his film career. Elwes is politically active for causes such as protecting the environment and helping Native American peoples. He is married to Lisa Marie Kurbikoff, a stills photographer.

Filmography

• 2026Dead Man's Wire — Michael Grable
• Kevin — Michael (voice)
• M.I.A. — Tim Kincaid
• 2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Denlinger
• 2025The Gettysburg Address — John P. Jones (voice)
• Knuckles — 'Pistol' Pete Whipple
• 2024Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver — The King
• 2024The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare — Brigadier Gubbins 'M'
• 2023BlackBerry — Carl Yankowski
• 2023Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — Denlinger
• 2023Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre — Nathan
• 2023Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire — The King
• 2023Sweetwater — Ned Irish
• 2022The Hyperions — Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum
• 2021A Castle for Christmas — Myles
• 2021Best Sellers — Halpren Nolan
• 2021Burning at Both Ends — Jacques, Executive Producer
• 2021Last Train to Christmas — Roger Towers
• 2021The Unholy — Bishop Gyles
• 2020A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion — Westley
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Prince Humperdinck
• 2019Black Christmas — Professor Gelson
• 2019Why Not Choose Love: A Mary Pickford Manifesto — D.W. Griffith
• 2018Billionaire Boys Club — Andy Warhol
• 2018Ghost Light — Alex Pankhurst
• 2017Don't Sleep — Dr. Richard Sommers
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — Gavin Hawk
• 2017We Don't Belong Here — Frank Harper
• 2016Being Charlie — David Mills
• 2016Elephant Kingdom — Rock (voice)
• 2016Elvis & Nixon — Screenplay, Producer
• 2016Indiscretion — Jake Simon
• 2016Lost & Found — John Broman
• Stranger Things — Mayor Larry Kline
• 2016Sugar Mountain — Jim Huxley
• 2016The Queen of Spain — Gary Jones
• 2015A Haunting in Cawdor — Lawrence O'Neill
• 2015Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw — Self, Thanks
• 2015H8RZ — Principal Donato
• Life in Pieces — Professor Sinclair Wilde
• The Adventures of Puss in Boots — Guy Fox (voice)
• The Art of More — Arthur Davenport
• 2014A Bit of Bad Luck — Brooks
• 2014Behaving Badly — Joseph Stevens
• Cosmos — Edmond Halley / Robert Hooke (voice)
• 2014In Security — Joshua
• 2014Reach Me — Kersey
• 2014Teen Lust — John
• 2013Anna Nicole — E. Pierce Marshall
• 2013Hansel and Gretel Get Baked — The Meter Man
• 2013Horizon — Max Hartman
• 2013Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox — Aquaman (voice)
• 2013She Loves Me Not — Brady Olinson
• 2013The Story of Luke — Paul
• 2012Camilla Dickinson — Rafferty Dickinson
• Perception — British Intelligence Officer
• 2012The Citizen — Miller
• 2012The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure — Bobby Wobbly
• 2012True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon
• 2011Hellgate — Jeff Mathews
• 2011Little Murder — Barry Fitzgerald
• 2011New Year's Eve — Stan's Doctor
• 2011No Strings Attached — Dr. Stephen Metzner
• 2011The Adventures of Tintin — Pilot (voice)
• Workaholics — Fox
• 2010As Good As Dead — Ethan
• 2010Flying Lessons — Steven Jennings
• 2010Psych:9 — Dr. Clement
• 2010Saw 3D — Dr. Gordon
• 2009A Christmas Carol — Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice)
• 2008The Alphabet Killer — Capt. Kenneth Shine
• 2007Georgia Rule — Arnold
• 2007Walk the Talk — Erik
• 2006Factory Girl — Sam Green (uncredited)
• 2006Haskett's Chance — Mark Haskett / Chris Dalness
• Psych — Pierre Despereaux
• 2006Pucked — Norman
• Rachael Ray
• 2005Edison — Reigert
• 2005Full Disclosure Report — Dr. Lawrence Gordon
• 2005Neo Ned — Dr. Magnuson
• Pope John Paul II — Young Karol Wojtyla
• 2004American Crime — Albert Bodine
• 2004Ella Enchanted — Edgar
• 2004Saw — Lawrence Gordon
• 2004The Riverman — Ted Bundy
• 2002Comic Book Villains — Carter, Co-Producer
• 2002The Cat's Meow — Thomas Ince
• 2002Wish You Were Dead — Mac "Macbeth" Wilson
• 2001Uprising — Dr. Fritz Hippler
• Uprising — Dr. Fritz Hippler
• 2000Race Against Time — Burke
• 2000Shadow of the Vampire — Fritz Arno Wagner
• Batman Beyond — Paxton Powers (voice)
• 1999Cradle Will Rock — John Houseman
• Family Guy — Mr. Henderson (voice), Nigel / Guard #1 (voice), Charles Dickens (voice), Cyrano de Bergerac (voice), Edison's Assistant (voice), Chris Martin (voice), Watson (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Sidney Truex
• From the Earth to the Moon — Michael Collins
• 1998Quest for Camelot — Garrett (voice)
• 1998The Pentagon Wars — Colonel James Burton
• 1997Kiss the Girls — Det. Nick Ruskin
• 1997Liar Liar — Jerry
• 1997The Informant — Lt. David Ferris
• 1996Twister — Jonas
• The Outer Limits — Dr. John 'Jack' Percy Vilmorin York
• 1994The Chase — Steve Horsegroovy
• 1994The Jungle Book — Captain William Boone
• 1993Robin Hood: Men in Tights — Robin Hood
• 1993The Crush — Nick Eliot
• The X-Files — Brad Follmer
• 1992Bram Stoker's Dracula — Lord Arthur Holmwood
• 1992Leather Jackets — Dobbs, Associate Producer
• 1991Hot Shots! — Kent Gregory
• 1990Days of Thunder — Russ Wheeler
• 1989Glory — Maj. Cabot Forbes
• 1989Never on Tuesday — Tow Truck Driver (uncredited)
• Seinfeld — David Lukner
• 1987Maschenka — Ganin
• 1987The Princess Bride — Westley
• 1986Lady Jane — Guilford Dudley
• 1985The Bride — Josef
• 1984Another Country — James Harcourt
• 1984Oxford Blues — Lionel
• 1979Yesterday's Hero — Disco Dancer
• Butterfly in the Typewriter — Kingsley Amis
• The American Spring
• The Panic — Charles Barney
• Very Young Frankenstein
• Wonder Woman — Henry Detmer

Appearances as themselves (13)

• Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Actor
• 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2020The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder — Self
• 2020The Happy Days of Garry Marshall — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Andre the Giant — Self
• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2007The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Hacking Away at 'Saw' — Self
• 2002It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow') — Self
• 2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' — Self
• 1993'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming — Self