Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in London, England, to Margaret .
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Has three children: Lois Winstone , a singer with the London-based hip-hop group "Crack Village" who also played his on-screen daughter in Last Orders and got a part in four episodes of "The Bill" , Jaime Winstone (born 1985) also an actress with ambitions to be a director, and Ellie Rae Winstone.
Was offered the role of Jimmy McNulty in "The Wire" , which he turned down because he didnt 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" . Although this series was completely unrelated to Ghostbusters , the original Ghostbusters had characters named Ray and Winston.
Son of a greengrocer.
One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
(September 1997) In the Isle of Man, filming Darkness Falls ("Dangerous Obsessions").
Was the leading actor in the directorial debuts of two Brit actors: in The War Zone directed by Tim Roth and in Nil by Mouth , directed by Gary Oldman. All three are known for playing villains in many films.
In 2001 he co-founded production company Size 9 Productions with Joshua St Johnston and Michael Wiggs.
Ray Winstone did extra work for one day on the Michael Apted film Stardust . He can be glimpsed wearing a white jacket around the 6:27, 6:36, and 8:04 minute marks.
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