Date of Birth 19 February 1957, Hackney, London, England, UK Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Biography Ray Winstone was born in Hackney Hospital, London. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his father and mother had a fruit and vegetable business, and he went to school at Edmonton County. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club, was three times London Schoolboy Champion and fought twice for England, UK. In ten years of boxing, he won over 80 medals and trophies. Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as "Carlin" in the BBC Play production of Escoria (1979). He has appeared in numerous TV series over the past 20 years including "Robin of Sherwood" (1984), "Palmer", "Birds of a Feather" (1989), "Between the Lines" (1992), "Ghostbusters of East Finchley" (1995) and, most recently, "Births, Marriages and Deaths" (1999). His film career has burgeoned since his award-winning role in Gary Oldman's Los golpes de la vida (1997), and he recently starred in Fanny and Elvis (1999), Mammy, The (1999) and La zona oscura (1999) (directed by Tim Roth). Spouse Elaine Winstone (1979 - present) 3 children Trade Mark Hard, gritty voice. A tough guy character Trivia The Robin of Sherwood International fanclub can be reached by sending a SASE or IRC to Spirit of Sherwood, 1276 W. Marshall, Ferndale, Michigan 48220, USA or email ChrisRHood@aol.com Has three children: Lois Winstone (born 1982), a singer with the London-based hip-hop group "Crack Village" who also played his on-screen daughter in Last Orders (2001) and got a part in four episodes of "Policía de barrio" (1984), Jaime Winstone (born 1985) also an actress with ambitions to be a director, and Ellie (born 2001). Was offered the role of Jimmy McNulty in "The Wire - Bajo escucha" (2002), which he turned down because he didn't want to move to Baltimore, away from his family. The role instead went to Dominic West. Is currently learning to ride a horse. Will be conducting an Acting Masterclass at the Cinemagic World screen Festival for Young People 2002, in Belfast N.Ireland. Supports West Ham United Football Club Starred in the short lived TV series "Ghostbusters of East Finchley" (1995). Although this series was completely unrelated to Los cazafantasmas (1984), the original Ghostbusters had characters named Ray and Winston. Son of a greengrocer. One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
