- Acting films
- 82
- Acting avg
- 6.04
- Peak run
- 1987’92
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Cary by the numbers
Average
6.04
66 rated films
Vote weighted
6.20
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.94
rating spread
Career
48y
1979 to 2026
Total votes
96.6K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Princess Bride
Worst
4.5
Black Christmas
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Dead Man's Wire | Michael Grable | 6.5 | 239 |
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | John P. Jones (voice) | · | 0 |
| 2025 |  Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Denlinger | 7.2 | 3,229 |
| 2024 |  The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Brigadier Gubbins 'M' | 7.0 | 2,130 |
| 2024 |  Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | The King | 6.0 | 1,619 |
| 2023 |  Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire | The King | 6.2 | 2,730 |
| 2023 |  Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Denlinger | 7.5 | 5,435 |
| 2023 |  BlackBerry | Carl Yankowski | 7.2 | 1,006 |
| 2023 |  Sweetwater | Ned Irish | 6.9 | 32 |
| 2023 |  Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre | Nathan | 6.5 | 2,082 |
| 2022 |  The Hyperions | Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum | 4.7 | 28 |
| 2021 |  Burning at Both Ends | Jacques | 5.8 | 35 |
| 2021 |  Last Train to Christmas | Roger Towers | 5.6 | 64 |
| 2021 |  A Castle for Christmas | Myles | 6.0 | 369 |
| 2021 |  Best Sellers | Halpren Nolan | 6.4 | 165 |
| 2021 |  The Unholy | Bishop Gyles | 6.5 | 2,295 |
| 2019 |  Black Christmas | Professor Gelson | 4.5 | 624 |
| 2018 |  Ghost Light | Alex Pankhurst | · | 20 |
| 2018 |  Billionaire Boys Club | Andy Warhol | 5.7 | 517 |
| 2017 |  Don't Sleep | Dr. Richard Sommers | 5.4 | 138 |
Better together?
Cary Elwes's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Guy Ritchie and Cary Elwes movies
Takes