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A Roman commander is posted to Britain in the last days of the empire and given a final mission to rescue a high-ranking official and his son stranded in the north. However, the endeavour reveals his true destiny is to lead the Britons against the new Saxon invasion, and marks the start of a legend. Historical adventure, starring Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone, Ioan Gruffudd and Stephen Dillane
2004
Adventure
Historical/Period Drama
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Clive Owen
(Actor)
.. Arthur
Keira Knightley
(Actor)
.. Guinevere
Ray Winstone
(Actor)
.. Bors
Ioan Gruffudd
(Actor)
.. Lancelot
Stephen Dillane
(Actor)
.. Merlin
Stellan Skarsgard
(Actor)
.. Cerdic
Hugh Dancy
(Actor)
.. Galahad
Joel Edgerton
(Actor)
.. Gawain
Antoine Fuqua
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Clive Owen
(Actor)
.. Arthur
Born:
October 03, 1964
in
Keresley, Coventry
Best Known For:
Becoming a Hollywood megastar.
Early-life:
Clive was born in Coventry on October 3, 1964. He's the fourth of five brothers. His father left home when he was three; they met up again 16 years later, but are now estranged. He was raised by his mother and stepfather, and claims his childhood was tough. After playing the Artful Dodger in a school production of Oliver! he decided to become an actor, eventually training at Rada alongside Ralph Fiennes and Jane Horrocks.
Career:
Owen's professional career began on stage, but he soon switched to TV, making his debut in a 1987 episode of Rockliffe's Babies. Adaptations of Precious Bane and Lorna Doone raised his profile, but it was Chancer that made him a star in the early 1990s. Projects such as Close My Eyes, An Evening with Gary Lineker, The Return of the Native, Sharman and Second Sight sealed his standing as a reliable leading man. Croupier (1998) made Hollywood bigwigs sit up and take notice, and he's enjoyed big-screen success ever since. He received an Oscar nomination for Closer (2004), and also featured in Gosford Park (2001), The Bourne Identity (2002), King Arthur (2004), Sin City (2005), Derailed (2005), Inside Man (2006), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Shadow Dancer (2012). In 2014, he began starring in American period medical drama The Knick.
Quote:
'Theatre is like going to the gym and having a vigorous workout. But every few years is enough because I love filming. I am a real film animal.'
Trivia:
In 2006, he became patron of the Electric Palace Cinema in Harwich, Essex.
Keira Knightley
(Actor)
.. Guinevere
Born:
March 26, 1985
in
London
Best Known For:
The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.
Early-life:
Born Kiera Christina Knightley in Teddington, Middlesex, on March 26, 1985, she is the daughter of TV actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. Her mother also trod the boards, but a mixture of severe stage fright and the responsibilities of looking after Keira and her elder brother Caleb ended her acting aspirations. At the age of three, after watching both her parents receive calls from their agents, Keira demanded one of her own. She persisted for three years until her mother relented.
Career:
By the age of seven, Knightley had made her TV debut in the drama Royal Celebration, but during the 1990s, she was only allowed to act during the summer holidays. Her first high-profile role was playing Natalie Portman's handmaiden in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, but it was Bend It Like Beckham that proved to be her breakthrough. In the same year, she appeared in a mini-series version of Doctor Zhivago, and in 2003 featured in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, and Love Actually. Subsequent films have included King Arthur, Pride and Prejudice (for which she was Oscar-nominated), two of the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, Atonement, The Duchess, Never Let Me Go, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Begin Again, and Say When.
Quote:
'A newspaper voted me one of the scruffiest people in Britain. I'm quite proud of that. It's completely true.'
Trivia:
Knightley was nominated for an Olivier award for her performance in The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre.
Ray Winstone
(Actor)
.. Bors
Born:
February 19, 1957
in
London
Best Known For:
Scum and Sexy Beast.
Early-life:
Born Raymond Andrew Winstone on February 19, 1957, in Hackney, east London, but moved with his family to Enfield when he was seven. His parents ran a fruit and veg business. He began boxing shortly before his teens and proved to be a formidable opponent, becoming London Schoolboy Champion three times and fighting twice for England. He also studied at the Corona Theatre School where he came to the attention of director Alan Clarke who cast him as Carlin in the controversial BBC play Scum in 1977.
Career:
Scum was remade as a movie two years later. Winstone reprised his role, winning huge critical acclaim, before landing a part in the cult Brit flick Quadrophenia. After becoming a well-known name and face, he appeared in numerous TV shows, including Fox, Robin of Sherwood, and The Ghostbusters of East Finchley, but is better known for his often violent or controversial films, such as Nil By Mouth, Face and Sexy Beast. He is currently the face of an advertisement campaign for an on-line betting company, resolutely appearing during live football matches quoting the latest odds. Other projects include Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Departed, Great Expectations, Vincent and the big-screen remake of The Sweeney.
Quote:
'If you can get in a ring with 2,000 people watching and be smacked around by another guy, then walking on stage isn't hard.'
Trivia:
He supports West Ham United.
Ioan Gruffudd
(Actor)
.. Lancelot
Born:
October 06, 1973
in
Cardiff
Best Known For:
Playing dashing seafarer Horatio Hornblower.
Early-life:
Born October 6, 1973 in Cardiff, to teachers Peter and Gillian, and raised in nearby Aberdare. The eldest of three, Ioan loved rugby and dreamed of representing his country. He also played oboe in the local orchestra and was a gifted singer, but found his true calling was acting. He won his first role at 11 when the BBC visited his school looking for a Welsh speaker for a new drama. Two years later he joined the cast of Welsh soap opera Pobol Y Cwm - People of the Valley - before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career:
Early projects included A Relative Stranger, Poldark and Wilde, but it was his small part as Fifth Officer Lowe in James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic that got him noticed. The title role in miniseries Hornblower followed, making Gruffudd a star on both sides of the Atlantic. He impressed in the BBC's adaptation of Great Expectations, drama Solomon and Gaenor (for which he learned Yiddish) and children's hit 102 Dalmatians, before reprising Hornblower. He's also appeared in The Forsyte Saga, Man and Boy, Warriors and Ringer, and his healthy film career has included the movies Fantastic Four (and its sequel), Black Hawk Down, and historical drama Amazing Grace. In 2014, he began playing Dr Henry Morgan in American crime drama Forever.
Quote:
'I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it.'
Trivia:
His name is pronounced 'Yo-wahn Griffith'.
Stephen Dillane
(Actor)
.. Merlin
Stellan Skarsgard
(Actor)
.. Cerdic
Born:
June 13, 1951
in
Gothenburg
Best Known For:
A string of movies.
Early-life:
Stellan John Skarsgard was born in Gothenburg on June 13, 1951 to Gudrun and Jan. He made his TV debut as an actor in 1968 when he played the title role in Swedish series Bombi Bitt och jag. He was a member of The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm between 1972 and 1988, although he continued to work on TV and film projects.
Career:
Skarsgard's first American film was Noon Wine (1985). Since then, he has starred in a number of high-profile films, including The Hunt for Red October (1990), Breaking the Waves (1996), Good Will Hunting (1997), Amistad (1997), Ronin (1998), Dogville (2003), Mammia Mia! (2008), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and two Pirates of the Caribbean movies. In recent years, he has played Dr Erik Selvig in the Marvel movies Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012) and Thor: The Dark World (2013).
Quote:
'There is no overacting, only untrue acting.'
Trivia:
Skarsgard is an atheist.
Hugh Dancy
(Actor)
.. Galahad
Joel Edgerton
(Actor)
.. Gawain
Born:
June 23, 1974
in
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Best Known For:
Playing Brendan Conlon in Warrior.
Early-life:
Born on June 23, 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. His brother, Nash, is a stuntman and filmmaker. Joel attended The Hills Grammar School before going on to study at the Nepean Drama School at the University of Western Sydney. He then appeared in a number of stage productions, including ones at Sydney Theatre Company.
Career:
Edgerton appeared in the film Erskineville Kings (1999) but his breakthrough in Australia came when he played Will McGill in TV series The Secret Life of Us. He got his international breakthrough when he played Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Edgerton then went on to appear in the films Ned Kelly (2003), King Arthur (2004), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), Kinky Boots (2005) and Smokin' Aces (2006). He starred as mixed martial arts fighter Brendan Conlon in Warrior (2011) and appeared in The Thing (2011) during the same year. His next notable roles were in Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and The Great Gatsby (2013). More recently, Edgerton has appeared in The Gift (2015), Black Mass (2015) and Loving (2016).
Quote:
'I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.'
Trivia:
He is an ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation, which works to treat people's vision problems in developing countries and to improve the health of Indigenous Australians.
Antoine Fuqua
(Director)
