THE ACTORS

Ray Winstone
Ian McShane
John Hurt
Tom Wilkinson
Stephen Dillane
Joanne Whalley
Melvil Poupaud

THE FILMMAKERS

Malcolm Venville
Richard Brown
Steve Golin
Louis Mellis
David Scinto
Daniel Landin
John Stevenson
Caroline Harris
Frances Hannon
Angelo Badalamenti
The Insects

RAY WINSTONE (Colin Diamond)

Ray Winstone was born in Hackney in the East End of London. He started boxing at the age of twelve, was three times London Schoolboy champion and fought twice for England. He studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as Carlin (“the Daddy”) in SCUM. This BBC play production made Winstone’s name and since then he has appeared in numerous television series and movies. After playing a starring role in Franc Roddam’s QUADROPHENIA and being cast by Ken Loach in LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD, Gary Oldman gave Winstone the lead role in his gritty biographical drama, NIL BY MOUTH, for which he won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor and earned a BAFTA Award nomination. His mesmerizing performance lead to a succession of challenging roles including Dave in the gangster movie FACE and Dad in Tim Roth’s disturbing drama, THE WAR ZONE. He also played in the comedy drama THE MAMMY and FANNY & ELVIS before delivering one of the finest performances of his career opposite Ben Kingsley in SEXY BEAST.

Television credits include OUR BOY (for which he was awarded an RST award for Best Actor) and BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS – both by writer Tony Grounds. Credits for Granada/ITV are TOUGH LOVE, its sequel LENNY BLUE and the title role in HENRY VIII (which went on to win Best Mini Series/TV Movie at the International Emmy Awards). In 2006 Winstone won an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his eponymous role in VINCENT (Granada/ITV).

Recent major film credits include INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, Academy Award winner THE DEPARTED, directed by Martin Scorcese, Anthony Minghella’s BREAKING AND ENTERING, the title role in the Robert Zemeckis film BEOWULF, and Warner Bros’ FOOL'S GOLD, for release later this year. Other feature film credits include THERE'S ONLY ONE JIMMY GRIMBLE, LAST ORDERS, RIPLEY'S GAME, COLD MOUNTAIN, KING ARTHUR and THE PROPOSITION.

In December 2007, Winstone received the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution at the British Independent Film Awards. This year Winstone completed filming on COMPULSION, a co-production with ITV and the third film for television from his company, Size 9 Productions.