Paul Bettany was born into a theatre family. His father, Thane Bettany, is still an actor but his mother, Anne Kettle, has retired from acting. His maternal grandmother, Olga Gwynne, was a successful actress, while his maternal grandfather, Lesley Kettle, was a musician and promoter. He was brought up in North West London and, after the age of 9, in Hertfordshire (Brookmans Park). Immediately after finishing at Drama Centre, he went into the West End to join the cast of "An Inspector Calls", though when asked to go on tour with this play, he chose to stay in England. Bettany is most known for his roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as JARVIS in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). He also portrays Vision in the MCU and has appeared as that character in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
Movie | The Collaboration | Andy Warhol | 2025 |
Movie | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Vision / White Vision (archive footage) | 2021-11-12 |
Series | A Very British Scandal | Ian Campbell | 2021-12-26 |
Series | WandaVision | Vision / The Vision | 2021-01-15 |
Movie | Uncle Frank | Frank Bledsoe | 2020-11-25 |
Movie | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self | 2019-12-20 |
Movie | Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe | Self | 2019-11-12 |
Movie | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Dryden Vos | 2018-05-15 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Vision | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Journey's End | Osborne | 2017-12-14 |
Series | Manhunt | Ted | 2017-08-01 |
Movie | United We Stand, Divided We Fall: The Making of 'Captain America: Civil War' | Himself | 2016-09-13 |
Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Vision | 2016-04-27 |
Movie | Legend | Charlie Richardson | 2015-09-09 |
Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Jarvis / Vision | 2015-04-22 |
Movie | Mortdecai | Jock Strapp | 2015-01-21 |
Movie | Lennon or McCartney | Self (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Transcendence | Max Waters | 2014-04-16 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 | J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice) | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 Unmasked | Jarvis (voice) | 2013-09-24 |
Movie | Dakota | Vision | 2012-07-09 |
Movie | The Avengers | Jarvis (voice) | 2012-04-25 |
Movie | Blood | Joe Fairburn | 2012-10-09 |
Movie | A Man's Story | Self | 2011-10-08 |
Movie | Priest | Priest | 2011-05-05 |
Movie | Margin Call | Will Emerson | 2011-02-11 |
Movie | The Tourist | Inspector John Acheson | 2010-12-08 |
Movie | Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of Iron Man 2 | 2010-09-28 | |
Movie | Iron Man 2 | J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice) | 2010-04-28 |
Movie | Legion | Michael | 2010-01-21 |
Movie | Creation | Charles Darwin | 2009-09-25 |
Movie | The Young Victoria | Lord Melbourne | 2009-03-04 |
Movie | Iron Man | J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice) | 2008-04-30 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Bees | T. Ray Owens | 2008-09-17 |
Movie | Broken Lines | Chester | 2008-09-02 |
Movie | Inkheart | Dustfinger | 2008-12-11 |
Movie | Firewall | Bill Cox | 2006-02-08 |
Movie | The Da Vinci Code | Silas | 2006-05-17 |
Movie | Wimbledon | Peter Colt | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | Dogville Confessions | Himself | 2004-06-27 |
Movie | The Reckoning | Nicholas | 2004-02-26 |
Movie | The Heart of Me | Rickie | 2004-02-10 |
Movie | Euston Road | Y | 2004-02-06 |
Movie | Stories of Lost Souls | Y | 2004-11-12 |
Movie | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Dr. Stephen Maturin | 2003-11-14 |
Movie | Dogville | Tom Edison | 2003-05-21 |
Movie | A Knight's Tale: Making Of | Himself | 2002-06-04 |
Movie | A Knight's Tale | Geoffrey Chaucer | 2001-05-11 |
Movie | A Beautiful Mind | Charles Herman | 2001-12-14 |
Movie | David Copperfield | James Steerforth | 2001-12-25 |
Movie | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) | Jimmy | 2001-11-07 |
Movie | Dead Babies | Quentin | 2000-09-07 |
Movie | Gangster No. 1 | Younger Gangster | 2000-06-09 |
Movie | The Suicide Club | Shaw | 2000-01-13 |
Movie | After the Rain | Steph Oosthuizen | 1999-09-21 |
Movie | The Land Girls | Philip | 1998-06-12 |
Series | Killer Net | Joe Hunter | 1998-05-05 |
Series | Rosamunde Pilcher: Coming Home | Edward Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-12 |
Series | Coming Home | Edward Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-12 |
Movie | Coming Home | Edward Carey-Lewis | 1998-04-11 |
Movie | Bent | Captain | 1997-11-26 |
Movie | Sharpe's Waterloo | Prince William of Orange | 1997-05-27 |