Paul Bettany Biography

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displayed throughout, it was not really hard for him to gradually garner larger notice from the moviegoers and finally come to the attention of Hollywood filmmaker Brian Helgeland who eagerly included him in his 2001 effort of "A Knight's Tale" despite the producers' disapproval. So impressed Helgeland with his talent that he willingly helped the blond actor to struggle for a position in American film industry, circulating his audition tape around his peers, including renowned director Ron Howard.

Shared the same good impression as Helgeland had grown earlier, Howard promptly cast Paul to portray Charles, the charismatic, inspirational roommate of John Forbes Nash, Jr. played by Russell Crowe in his acclaimed biopic, "A Beautiful Mind" (2001). Not only the movie was a huge critical success, but it also scored tremendously in the box-office, collecting over 313 million U.S dollar during its international run, undoubtedly led this Gemini guy to sudden widespread recognition besides brought him to bigger opportunity to shine in Hollywood. His status rose even higher when he again teamed up with Crowe to film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2003) as he wonderfully nabbed a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a ...

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Supporting Role category at the 2004 BAFTA Awards, giving clear evidence that he indeed possesses enough decent talent to earn such accolade.

Moving rather steadily afterwards, Paul kept maintaining his acting knack finely for he continuously gained praise from critics in his subsequent pictures of "Wimbledon" (2004) and "Firewall" (2006), though those two movies themselves received mixed reviews plus only scored moderately in their commercial results. Thing apparently still ran relatively well for him next as he joined Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, also Audrey Tautou to make the highly-anticipated picture of "The Da Vinci Code", released on May 19, 2006. As controversial as the original novel by Dan Brown from which it was adapted, the movie remarkably pulled in over $758 million worldwide despite some protests and mixed reviews. This no doubt contributed largely to his path in the film industry, smoothening his way to secure more high-profile stints like those in period drama Young and fantasy adventure "Inkheart", both set for 2008 releases.

Taking a look into his private life, Paul had been known to date actress Laura Fraser and Emily Mortimer for some time before he met Jennifer Connelly when filming "A Beautiful Mind." ...