▷ Biography of Paul Bettany ◁ Age, height, wife, series, Vision

Who is Paul Bettany?

Paul Bettany is a famous film, series and television actor who has managed to stand out in various projects such as WandaVision, Avengers: Infinity War, Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, Captain America: Civil War, among others. Paul Bettany was born on May 27, 1971 in London, England and is well known for playing Vision in the world of Marvel.

Biography of Paul Bettany

Beginnings in the life of Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany was born in London, England, on May 27, 1971; more specifically in the neighborhood of Sherperd’s Bush. His parents are Thane Bettany (who was godfather to the Countess of Wessex’s baptism) and Anne Kettle, a marriage that belongs to a family of theater actors. And that in addition to Paul, they have an eldest daughter who answers to the name of Sarah, and they were also parents of a small boy whom they had named Matthew, who unfortunately died at the tender age of eight in an accident when he fell from the roof of a building. After this tragedy, Thane and Anne decided to divorce, and Paul went to live in London, a city where we know that he worked for a time as a street musician, shortly before starting to study at the Drama Center London in the year 1990.

We know that Paul Bettany grew up in Hatfield, a city located in the county of Hertfordshire, where his father Thane Bettany worked as a schoolteacher.

Track and story of Paul Bettany

The beginnings of his artistic career occurred giving life to characters both on television and in the theater. Among these roles we can point out that Paul Bettany  starred in works at the Royal Shakespeare Company. And in the world of the screen he was in Wycliffe (1994) as Ian Greaves, in The Bill (1996) as Jake Connolly, and in Sharpe (1997) as Prince William of Orange, he made his debut in the 1997 film that leads By title Bent, here he had the opportunity to share the screen with Ian McKellen, Clive Owen and Jude Law. Later he would star in the films Ganster n.1 (2000), where he gave life to the role of the young gangster.

During this year 2000, we could see him as Shaw in The Suicide Club (also called Game of Death), in the film that was made as an adaptation of the great classic by Charles Dickens David Copperfield where  Paul Bettany played the character of James Steerfoth, he also appeared in Dead Babies as Quentin, and finally, we cannot fail to mention during this year 2000 the film called Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang), being in this last film where he also coincided with the actor Stellan Skarsgard, a great friend of his and with whom he would coincide again on the screen with the film Dogville (2003), which was directed by the well-known Danish director named Lars Von Trier and whose protagonist was played by the famous and great actress Nicole Kidman.

It was in the year 2001 when Paul Bettany  came into his life the opportunity to make his debut on the big screen with the film A Knight’s Tale, in which he appeared as the character of Geoffrey Chaucer and acted together with Heath Ledger.

Shortly after, casting director Jane Jenkins hired him for the film A Beautiful Mind, also from 2001, directed by Ron Howard, where  Paul Bettany played Charles Herman, and whose protagonist was played by the famous actor Russel Crowe. Thanks to this film, Paul Bettany was chosen as a candidate for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast. In 2002 he would appear in the Euston Road tapes as Y, The Hearth of Me as Rickie.

Later Paul Bettany  would coincide with Russell Crowe again in the tape titled Master and Commander in 2003, where he played Dr. Stephen Maturin. And we cannot ignore the fact that thanks to this film he was a candidate for the recognition known as BAFTA for best supporting actor. Then would come the tape known as The Mystery of Wells, in which he would give life to the character of Nicholas.

We can consider that both Master and Commander and A Beautiful Mind propelled him to fame. So by the time he filmed with Kirsten Dunst the comedy film Wimbledon in 2004, in which he played the character of Peter Colt; His name was already quite famous and known both inside and outside of England.
However, it is considered that his most emblematic role came with the film The Da Vinci Code where Paul Bettany  gave life to the character of Silas, and shared the screen with Audrey Tatou and Tom Hanks, having a second opportunity to work under the orders of director Ron Howard.

After  Paul Bettany  we would see him in secondary character roles. We know that in 2008 he was in the movie Inkheart as Dustfinger, whose main characters were embodied by Brendan Fraser and Helen Mirren.

Paul Bettany also  appeared in the Iron Man film, where he lent his voice to give life to Tony Stark’s artificial intelligence, known as JARVIS. In the same year we would also see him in the film The Secret life of Bees with the role of T. Ray Owens. 

The following year, in 2009, Paul Bettany  would appear in the historical and period themed film The Young Victoria, as Lord Melbourne, where he worked alongside Emily Blunt. For the year 2010 he would work in the movie known as Legion, where he played Michael; and he returned to voice himself for JARVIS in Iron Man 2.

In 2011 he would share the screen with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in the films Priest and The Tourist, in which we could see him as a priest and as John Acheson respectively. Also during 2011 he filmed the movie Margin Call, in which he appeared as the character of Will.

In the following years Paul Bettany  returned to give voice to JARVIS in 2012 for the famous film The Avengers and in 2013 for Iron Man 3. In 2014 he coincided again with Jhony Depp in the film called Transcendence as Max Waters, where he also had the role of opportunity to act with Morgan Freeman. During this same year he also appeared in Mortdecai as Jock Strapp, along with Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor and Gwyneth Paltrow.

The following year, in 2015, we could see him in the film known as Legend, in which he played the character of Charles Ridchardson; and where he would be with Emily Browning and Tom Hardy, and Paul Bettany  would appear again in Avengers: Age of Ultron where in addition to giving voice to JARVIS he also gave life to the superhero named Vision; character he would play again in 2016 in the movie Captain America: Civil War.

For 2017  Paul Bettany was the protagonist, in the skin of Theodore Kaczynski, for the Discovery Channel series known as Manhunt: Unabomber. While in 2018 he was as Vision in Avengers: Infinity War and as Dryden Vos in Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, however, one of his great successes would occur when  Paul Bettany played Vision in the WandaVision series alongside  Elizabeth Olsen . 

Children and wife of Paul Bettany 

What we know about Paul Bettany’s personal life is that there was a period in his life in which he was involved in drug addiction, and after some altercations on planes and hotels he made the decision to treat his addiction, which fortunately exceeded.

During the filming of A Beautiful Mind in 2001,  Paul Bettany met actress Jennifer Connelly, with whom he would have a tender love affair that would culminate in a marriage on the date of January 1, 2003. We know that the wedding It took place in Scotland, and it was a very intimate ceremony: just with family and close friends.

Paul Bettany  has a son with Jennifer Connelly named Stellan, who was born in August 2003, and named after Paul’s great friend, Stellan Skarsgard. He is also the stepfather of Kai, whom Jennifer Connelly had in her first marriage, and for whom they currently reside in New York City. We also know that on May 31, 2011, his daughter Agnes Lark would come into the world.

Pack de Paul Bettany

Although on social networks and the internet people search a lot for the Paul Bettany pack or for photos in which he can be seen scantily clad or in sensual poses, the truth is that currently there is no Paul Bettany pack other than those photos. that the artist has published on his own networks and that could be considered sexy.

How much is Paul Bettany’s fortune?

This is one of the questions that people ask the most about Paul Bettany and although they always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know, I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. However, it is not possible to make an exact calculation about the fortune of this great star that is Paul Bettany within the middle of the show, even so, more than being interested in the fortune of a person, the important thing is the talent he has and what he has done that he is among the great figures of the international show business.

Without a doubt, the career of this great star Paul Bettany will continue to rise and we will be attentive to everything that happens around him, so we invite you to stay on our page for the next updates that we will have on his life, career, history and biography of Paul Bettany.