Cary Elwes (/ˈɛlwɪs/; born 26 October 1962), is an English actor, screenwriter, producer and best-selling author known for his roles in The Princess Bride; Glory; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; Days of Thunder; Bram Stoker's Dracula; Hot Shots!; Twister; Liar, Liar; and as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw. He has also had recurring roles in television series such as The X-Files (portraying Brad Follmer) and Psych (portraying Pierre Despereaux).

Biography

Elwes met stills photographer Lisa Marie Kurbikoff in 1991 at a Malibu chili cook-off and became engaged in 1997. They married in 2000 and have one child.

In August 2005, Elwes filed a lawsuit against Evolution Entertainment, his management firm and producer of Saw. Elwes said he was promised a minimum of one percent of the producers' net profits of the film and did not receive the full amount. The case eventually was settled out of court. In 2010, he reprised his role in Saw 3D.

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