---
name: "Paul Bettany"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-bettany"
fi1m_id: "paul-bettany"
imdb_id: "nm0079273"
tmdb_id: 6162
wikidata_id: "Q242707"
roles: ["Actor","Producer"]
born: "27 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 20
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 20
updated: "2026-10-22T03:18:12.085353+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Bettany

## Identity

Paul Bettany

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-bettany
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-bettany
- **IMDb ID:** nm0079273
- **TMDB ID:** 6162
- **Wikidata ID:** Q242707
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bettany, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079273/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6162

Actor and producer. Born 27 May 1971 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer
- **Born:** 27 May 1971, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ron Howard](https://film.one/person/ron-howard.md), [Akiva Goldsman](https://film.one/person/akiva-goldsman.md), [Brian Grazer](https://film.one/person/brian-grazer.md), [Johnny Depp](https://film.one/person/johnny-depp.md), [Julian Fellowes](https://film.one/person/julian-fellowes.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/person/rebecca-hall.md), [Robert Downey Jr.](https://film.one/person/robert-downey-jr.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 20 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (6), 2010s 64 (11), 2020s 58 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 61 across 20 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 9 at 60–79, 7 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 17 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 9, Adventure 9, Science Fiction 9, Drama 8, Thriller 6, Romance 3
- **Screen time:** 39 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $10,743m across 18 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bettany, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079273/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6162

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Iron Man*](https://film.one/film/iron-man.md) (80), [*Captain America: Civil War*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md) (74), [*Iron Man 3*](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md) (72), [*Solo: A Star Wars Story*](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md) (58), [*Iron Man 2*](https://film.one/film/iron-man-2.md) (56)
- **Apple TV:** [*Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md) (86), [*Amadeus*](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md) (70), [*Avengers: Age of Ultron*](https://film.one/film/avengers-age-of-ultron.md) (63), [*A Beautiful Mind*](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md) (62)
- **MUBI:** [*Dogville*](https://film.one/film/dogville.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Young Victoria*](https://film.one/film/the-young-victoria.md) (73)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Transcendence*](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md) (45)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Paul Bettany

> Paul Bettany is good at making thought matter on screen. His intelligent supporting figures hold their own, and his Salieri in *Amadeus* shows how painfully he can make a man understand his own limitations.

In *Amadeus* (2025), Paul Bettany makes Salieri’s admiration for Mozart as troubling as his envy. This composer knows what he is hearing, and each recognition of another man’s gift makes his own work harder to value. Bettany keeps that shame present even when the two men are simply discussing their work. We found his torment unexpectedly upsetting because he lets us feel how much Salieri admires the music that diminishes him. It is a persuasive reason to watch a series whose central exchanges begin to repeat themselves.

His film breakthrough came with *Gangster No. 1* (2000), followed by *A Knight’s Tale* (2001) and *A Beautiful Mind* (2001). The intelligent supporting figure became a familiar place for him, but it need not be a secondary presence. As the ship’s doctor Stephen Maturin in *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), he gives the central partnership an equal footing. He can support another actor without making his own character seem less worth attending to, a useful quality when the part could otherwise amount to explaining things.

Marvel gave him a different sort of supporting job: voice work in *Iron Man* (2008). He went on to play Vision in *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), before *WandaVision* (2021) gave him a television lead. The move from voice to physical performance suits an actor who can establish a character without being the centre of a film. Yet intelligence becomes more interesting in *Amadeus*, where understanding the music only worsens Salieri’s distress.

Directors Alice Seabright and Julian Farino give the performers space in *Amadeus*, and Gabrielle Creevy makes Constanze worth following in her own right. Five episodes also expose a limit to what even attentive acting can do: Salieri and Mozart’s exchanges begin to repeat themselves. Bettany supplies a reason to stay with them, but he cannot make every repetition necessary. Start here for Bettany, with patience for a rivalry the series gives rather more time than it needs.

## Biography

Paul Bettany is an English actor. He was born on 27 May 1971 in London. He is known for voicing J.A.R.V.I.S. in *Iron Man* (2008), *Iron Man 2* (2010) and *Iron Man 3* (2013), and for playing Vision in *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and the series *WandaVision* (2021).

Bettany appeared in *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), *The Da Vinci Code* (2006) and *Here* (2024). He made his directorial debut with *Shelter* (2014). On television he portrayed the Duke of Argyll in *A Very British Scandal* (2021) and Antonio Salieri in the series *Amadeus* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, classicfm.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (20)

- *Amadeus* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Antonio Salieri — [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *Here* (2024), Fi1m 40, as Al — [page](https://film.one/film/here.md)
- *What If...?* (2021), Fi1m 63, as Jarvis (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Vision — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), Fi1m 58, as Dryden Vos — [page](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Vision — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), Fi1m 63, as Jarvis / Vision — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-age-of-ultron.md)
- *Legend* (2015), Fi1m 57, as Charlie Richardson — [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Transcendence* (2014), Fi1m 45, as Max Waters — [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *Iron Man 3* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Jarvis (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md)
- *The Avengers* (2012), Fi1m 80, as Jarvis (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-avengers.md)
- *Margin Call* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Will Emerson — [page](https://film.one/film/margin-call.md)
- *Iron Man 2* (2010), Fi1m 56, as Jarvis (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-2.md)
- *The Tourist* (2010), Fi1m 37, as Inspector John Acheson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tourist.md)
- *The Young Victoria* (2009), Fi1m 73, as Lord Melbourne — [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-victoria.md)
- *Iron Man* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Jarvis (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man.md)
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), Fi1m 42, as Silas — [page](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), Fi1m 74, as Tom Edison — [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), Fi1m 86, as Dr. Stephen Maturin — [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md)
- *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), Fi1m 62, as Charles Herman — [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *VisionQuest* (2026), series, as The Vision — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/visionquest.md)
- *Amadeus* (2025), series, as Antonio Salieri · Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *Here* (2024), as Al — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/here.md)
- *Funny Or Die's High Science* (2023), series, as Dr. Oh (voice) · Executive Producer
- *A Very British Scandal* (2021), series, as Ian Campbell
- *Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special* (2021), as Vision / White Vision (archive footage)
- *What If...?* (2021), series, as Vision (voice), Jarvis (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *WandaVision* (2021), series, as Vision / The Vision
- *Marvel Studios Legends* (2021), series, as Vision (archive footage) (uncredited), J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice )(archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Uncle Frank* (2020), as Frank
- *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018), as Dryden Vos — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/solo-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), as Vision — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Journey's End* (2017), as Osborne
- *Manhunt* (2017), series, as Ted Kaczynski
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), as Vision — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *Legend* (2015), as Charlie Richardson — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), as Jarvis / Vision — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-age-of-ultron.md)
- *Mortdecai* (2015), as Jock Strapp
- *Shelter* (2014), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Transcendence* (2014), as Max Waters — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *Iron Man 3* (2013), as Jarvis (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md)
- *Blood* (2012), as Joe Fairburn
- *The Avengers* (2012), as Jarvis (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-avengers.md)
- *Margin Call* (2011), as Will Emerson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/margin-call.md)
- *Priest* (2011), as Priest
- *The Tourist* (2010), as Inspector John Acheson — Fi1m 37, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tourist.md)
- *Iron Man 2* (2010), as Jarvis (voice) — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-2.md)
- *Legion* (2010), as Michael
- *Creation* (2009), as Charles Darwin
- *The Young Victoria* (2009), as Lord Melbourne — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-young-victoria.md)
- *Inkheart* (2008), as Dustfinger
- *The Secret Life of Bees* (2008), as T. Ray Owens
- *Broken Lines* (2008), as Chester
- *Iron Man* (2008), as Jarvis (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man.md)
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), as Silas — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-da-vinci-code.md)
- *Firewall* (2006), as Bill Cox
- *Stories of Lost Souls* (2004), as Y
- *Wimbledon* (2004), as Peter Colt
- *The Reckoning* (2004), as Nicholas
- *The Heart of Me* (2004), as Rickie
- *Euston Road* (2004), as Y
- *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), as Dr. Stephen Maturin — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), as Tom Edison — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *David Copperfield* (2001), as James Steerforth
- *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), as Charles Herman — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md)
- *Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)* (2001), as Jimmy
- *A Knight's Tale* (2001), as Geoffrey Chaucer
- *David Copperfield* (2000), series, as James Steerforth
- *Dead Babies* (2000), as Quentin
- *Gangster No. 1* (2000), as Younger Gangster
- *The Suicide Club* (2000), as Shaw
- *After the Rain* (1999), as Steph Oosthuizen
- *The Land Girls* (1998), as Philip
- *Killer Net* (1998), series, as Joe Hunter
- *Coming Home* (1998), series, as Edward Carey-Lewis
- *Coming Home* (1998), as Edward Carey-Lewis
- *Bent* (1997), as Captain
- *Sharpe: The Legend* (1997), as Prince of Orange
- *Sharpe's Waterloo* (1997), as Prince William of Orange
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Ian Greaves
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Prince William of Orange
- *Harvest Moon*, Writer, Producer
- *The Collaboration*, as Andy Warhol · Executive Producer
- *Cry to Heaven*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)](https://film.one/media/title/5312/still-6ee38cb73199.jpg) Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin in *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003) — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Bettany](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-11f04e68141e.jpg) Paul Bettany — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Paul_Bettany_-_Los_Angeles_Comic_Con_2025.jpg/1280px-Paul_Bettany_-_Los_Angeles_Comic_Con_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Taylor-Johnson speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Avengers: Age of Ultron", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-3da3083e6ed0.jpg) Aaron Taylor-Johnson speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Avengers: Age of Ultron", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Aaron_Taylor-Johnson_SDCC_2014.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Taylor-Johnson_SDCC_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Robert Downey, Jr., Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Bettany and James S (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-9174d79258af.jpg) Robert Downey, Jr., Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Bettany and James S (2014) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Avengers_Age_of_Ultron_SDCC_2014_panel.jpg/1280px-Avengers_Age_of_Ultron_SDCC_2014_panel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Robert Downey, Jr., Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Bettany and James S (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-e69c0604151b.jpg) Robert Downey, Jr., Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Bettany and James S (2014) — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Avengers_Age_of_Ultron_SDCC_2014_panel_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Avengers_Age_of_Ultron_SDCC_2014_panel_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paul Bettany](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-14e2852f4ccb.jpg) Paul Bettany — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Bettany](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-07e25553bb6a.jpg) Paul Bettany — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Bettany](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-7ca51703501f.jpg) Paul Bettany — Image via TMDB
- ![Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "WandaVision", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-49565218883a.jpg) Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "WandaVision", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Elizabeth_Olsen_%26_Paul_Bettany_%2848469156027%29.jpg/1280px-Elizabeth_Olsen_%26_Paul_Bettany_%2848469156027%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "WandaVision", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-07021d206a40.jpg) Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "WandaVision", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Cal — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Elizabeth_Olsen_%26_Paul_Bettany_%2848469160767%29.jpg/1280px-Elizabeth_Olsen_%26_Paul_Bettany_%2848469160767%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paul Bettany](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-be3f905c315d.jpg) Paul Bettany — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Bettany](https://film.one/media/person/10060/gallery-599193757995.jpg) Paul Bettany — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2004: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2002: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (nominated), for *A Beautiful Mind*

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- Empire Award for Best British Actor 2005: Empire Award for Best British Actor (won), for *Wimbledon*
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor 2003: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*
- British Independent Film Awards 2000: Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (nominated), for *Gangster No. 1*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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