- Source of Wealth: Film, Stage and Television
- Age: 48
- Birth Place: Shepherd’s Bush, London
- Height: 6′ 3½” (1.92 m)
- Weight: 90 kg (198.42 lbs)
- Marital Status: Married (Jennifer Connelly)
- Full Name: Paul Bettany
- Nationality: British
- Date of Birth: May 27, 1971
- Ethnicity: English and Welsh
- Occupation: Actor
- Education: Central Saint Martins and Drama Centre London
- Children: 3 (Agnes Lark, Stellan and no name)
British actor Paul Bettany has an estimated net worth of $20 million. He was born on May 27, 1971, in Shepherd’s Bush, London into a theater family. This high school dropout left home and went to live as a guitar player in the streets of London.
Bettany later enrolled at the Drama Center in London. His professional career in onstage performance began when he appeared in The Inspector Calls. Since then, he has appeared in several productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He later moved to television and appeared on Oliver Twist.
Paul Bettany made his debut on film with a role in Bent (1997). He was first noticed on the mainstream scene in the British film Gangster No.1 (2000) and in A Knight’s Tale directed by Brian Helgeland. He has also appeared in films such as A Beautiful Mind (2001), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Dogville (2003), and the adaptation of the novel The Da Vinci Code (2006).
Other films include Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2000), Wimbledon (2004), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), The Tourist (2010), and Margin Call (2011). Bettany is also known as the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S. in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013).
Bettany has been nominated in numerous awards like the BAFTA Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He is married to American actress Jennifer Connelly and they have three children.