Greg Wise

Greg Wise

Nascimento : 1966-05-15, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK

História

Greg Wise (born Matthew Gregory Wise) is a British stage, film and television actor who appeared in many supporting roles in British television series' as well as feature films, most notably as John Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility. He later married actress Emma Thompson in 2003.

Perfil

Greg Wise
Greg Wise

Filmes

Early Works
Edward Hughes
A teenage girl forgets to do her English homework, and hands in a plagiarized poem. Her lie spins out of control and propels her to a national stage at the London Children's Poetry Awards - but will she get found out?
Carmilla
Mr. Bauer
Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.
Unidas Pela Esperança
Richard
Um grupo de mulheres casadas com oficiais militares decide se unir para formar um coral. À medida que a inesperada amizade entre elas se desenvolve, a música e o riso transformam suas vidas, enquanto elas ajudam uma a outra a superar o medo pelos entes queridos em combate.
After Louise
Bob
Kath, a shy young woman, befriends Bob, the reclusive gardener at a seaside hotel where she's getting married. Kath has never come to terms with her mother leaving home when she was eight and that her overbearing father, Ken, never talks about her. Now she is getting married to escape, only to discover that her fiancée, Steve, is completely dominated by Ken as well. Bob is a gentle, eccentric man with a dry sense of humour and a troubled past. He spent a long time in prison and in the years he's worked at the hotel he has never ventured beyond the gardens, which he tends with obsessive care. Kath sparks a connection to an unresolved relationship from Bob's past with a girl called Louise which resonates so strongly that he feels compelled to leave the safety of the hotel and confront his past.
Uma Guerra Pessoal
Professor David Irens
Biografia sobre a jornalista Marie Colvin, premiada repórter norte-americana, conhecida por cobrir zonas de conflito como Chechênia, Kosovo e Zimbábue. Durante um trabalho no Sri Lanka, ela perdeu seu olho esquerdo em 2001 e passou a usar um tapa-olho, que se tornou sua marca registrada até sua morte em 2012. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Beautiful Devils
James Lacey MP
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's Othello set within the music scene of East London. Oz and Ivan are lifelong friends and music producers. When Oz gets offered a lucrative recording contract, he makes the decision to separate from Ivan professionally. This rejection turns to rage, as Ivan plots to undermine Oz's success and get him kicked off the label. The plan kickstarts an escalation of jealousy and paranoia in Oz. With deadly consequences.
Amor da minha vida
Ben
What if you had only five days to figure out... everything.
Blackwood
Dominic
Tendo recuperado a partir de um colapso emocional quebra, professor universitário Ben Marshall muda para o campo com sua esposa e filho, na esperança de um novo começo. Ele tem um emprego de professor alinhados e uma nova casa para se mover; as coisas finalmente parecem estar indo muito de Ben. Até, isto é, ele começa a sentir que algo não está certo em casa. Encontrando-se atormentado por visões espectrais, Ben torna-se obcecado em descobrir a verdade por trás de um mistério local que parece estar colocando a vida de sua família em perigo.
Walking on Sunshine
Doug
Baseado na canção de sucesso dos anos 80, a história se passa em uma bonita vila costeira na Itália dos dias atuais. Depois de um rápido romance, Maddie (Annabel Scholey) está se preparando para casar com Raf (Giulio Berruti), um lindo italiano, e convidou sua irmã Taylor (Hannah Arterton) para o casamento. O que Maddie não sabia era que Raf era uma antiga paixão de Taylor.
Unknown Heart
Duncan
A fatal accident changes the destiny of two families when Elizabeth Lancaster's wish comes true and she receives the heart transplant she desperately needs. The operation leaves her physically healthy but emotionally estranged from her husband and children. When the husband of the woman whose heart now beats in Elizabeth?s body, pays her a visit the two fall in love. Having betrayed her husband, Elizabeth must decide which of the two men she wants to be with.
Three Days in Havana
Harry Smith
A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.
Effie Gray - Uma Paixão Reprimida
John Ruskin
Uma história de arte, sexo e intriga. O triângulo amoroso entre o crítico de arte John Ruskin (Greg Wise), sua mulher adolescente Euphemia "Effie" Gray (Dakota Fanning) e o artista pré-rafaelita John Everett Millais (Tom Sturridge) foi um escândalo sexual, que abalou a sociedade inglesa do século XIX.
Honeymoon for One
Sean Hughes
A woman finds out her fiancé has been cheating on her so she ends her engagement just a week before the wedding. She embarks on an unexpected adventure when she goes on her honeymoon to a beautiful Irish castle estate - alone.
The Song of Lunch
Producer
A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meeting his former love for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Villandry
The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.
The Disappeared
Jake Ryan
Following the disappearance of his younger brother Tom, Matthew Ryan tries to put his life and sanity back together. However the past keeps coming back to haunt him.
Number 13
Professor Anderson
In order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, Oxbridge academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition. During the night, noise conspires to keep him awake and the historian is astonished to come face to face with door number 13. Continuing his work, a history of a reformation era witchcraft scandal emerges. The nocturnal disturbances escalate, leading Anderson with no choice but to open the door to room number 13...
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Peter Higgins
Elizabeth David is the most important cookery writer of the 20th century. David's public image was of an elegant, respectable and somewhat austere figure. In reality she was a deeply unconventional person with a profound passion for food, life and men.
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Minister Lee
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. The dog visited the grave for years.
A Cock and Bull Story
Greg
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
A Praça das Cinco Luas
Francesco Doni
Logo após terminar seu discurso de despedida, a juíza Sarracino é obrigada à mão armada a levar um pequeno pacote de um intruso. Trata-se de um filme de 8mm que mostra a emboscada ao carro de Aldo Moro, filmada de cima.
Johnny English
Agent One
Johnny English é o melhor agente secreto britânico e fica encarregue de recuperar as jóias da coroa que foram roubadas da Torre de Londres, deter o responsável pelo crime e evitar que o país caia nas mãos de um déspota...
Hornblower: Loyalty
Major Côtard
Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Hills Like White Elephants
The American
Hills Like White Elephants is a 2002 short film based on a story by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's story was published in 1927 in the second collection of short stories titled Men without Woman.
O Enviado do Céu
Max Delius
Deus quer de volta os originais dos Dez Mandamentos. Mas os Anjos não têm autorização para vir à Terra buscá-los. Assim, têm de 'criar' um ser humano com inteligência suficiente para encontrar as Tábuas dos Mandamentos e que esteja disposto a sacrificar a sua vida para os levar para o Céu. Os Anjos concebem um plano engenhoso que se inicia quando dois homens se conhecem 'aparentemente' por coincidência. Um deles é o excêntrico Onno Quist, filho de um antigo Primeiro-Ministro. O outro é Max Delius, filho de um pai nazi e de uma mãe judia. Os dois homens tornam-se amigos, e só uma pessoa pode intrometer-se na sua amizade, Ada Brons, uma jovem violoncelista. Ada fica grávida, e não sabe se o pai é Max ou Onno. A criança, Quinten, nasce e torna-se rapidamente num rapaz muito especial. Será ele o escolhido? Será ele capaz de cumprir a missão dos Anjos?
Madame Bovary
Rodolphe
Interior da França, 1ª metade do século XIX. Emma Rouault (Frances O'Connor) estava em um convento quando seu pai a visita e comunica que a mãe dela tinha morrido. Logo ela comete propositadamente pequenas falhas, o suficiente para sair do convento, e passa a viver na propriedade de seu pai. Emma precisa administrar a fazenda quando seu pai cai de uma árvore e fratura o fêmur. Paralelamente ela aceita se casar com o médico que cuidou dele, Charles Bovary (Hugh Bonneville), e assim se torna a Madame Bovary. Emma se entedia com sua pacata vida e ocupa a mente com fantasias eróticas retiradas dos romances que lê. O inevitável acontece e ela quebra o juramento de fidelidade com Rodolphe e depois com Leon (Hugh Dancy). Para pagar seu estilo de vida ela começa a dilapidar o patrimônio de Charles.
Mad Cows
Alex
When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newly single mother Maddy goes shoplifting and ends up in jail. Losing custody of her infant child, Maddy hatches a scheme to break out of prison with the assistance of her friend Gillian, who's avoiding the law herself for credit card fraud. Now Maddy has to find the couple who have adopted her son and avoid falling in love with selfish Alex all over again.
Africa
Josh Sinclair
A troubled supermodel struggles to survive after a car accident leaves her stranded in the African bush.
Alice Através do Espelho
Red Knight
Alice (Kate Beckinsale) cai no sono após ler uma história de ninar para a filha. Caminhando através do espelho, ela entra em um novo e mágico mundo, onde encontra figuras muito estranhas e divertidas, como as Rainhas Branca e Vermelha. Adaptação moderna do livro "Alice através de espelho", continuação de "Alice no País das Maravilhas", de Lewis Carroll.
O Beijo da Traição
Ben Dyson
The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.
Hospital!
Dr. Jim Nightingale
Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type comedy from Britain, this one-off special was made specifically for the launch of Channel 5 in 1997.
The Place of the Dead
Corporal Hugh Brittan
It was one of the last unexplored places on Earth; a terrifyingly deep gully in the heart of the Borneo jungle. It was the ultimate challenge – to climb down into it and explore what the locals call, "The Place of the Dead." Based on a true story that made headlines around the world, this adventure drama is the tale of men pushed to their limits and beyond, battling against forces that they could not comprehend.
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility) and Keeley Hawes (Karaoke) star in this sumptuous adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic mystery, the first detective novel ever written. The Moonstone, a sacred Hindu diamond was stolen from the head of the Moon God, in its shrine by John Herncastle in 1799. The stone is said to be cursed if it is removed from the shrine. In 1848, a man named Franklin Blake announces to Rachel that the Moonstone has been bequeathed to her by Herncastle. Blake gives her the jewel on her birthday and offers to mount the jewel for her, in order that she might wear it. Inevitably, the jewel is found missing the next morning and Rachel believes Blake stole it. Determined to prove his innocence, Blake leaves in order to pursue the real truth behind the theft.
Razão e Sensibilidade
John Willoughby
Em virtude da morte do marido, uma viúva e as três filhas passam a enfrentar dificuldades financeiras, pois praticamente toda a herança foi para um filho do primeiro casamento, que ignora a promessa feita no leito de morte de seu pai que ampararia as meias-irmãs. Neste contexto, enquanto uma irmã prática (Emma Thompson), usando a razão como principal forma de conduzir as situações, a outra (Kate Winslet) se mostra emotiva, sem se reprimir nunca com uma sensibilidade flor da pele.
Feast of July
Arch Wilson
After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.
A Masculine Ending
Jamie Baird
While English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved with the missing (murdered?) man, and decides to investigate for herself.
Typhon's People
Cato Macgill / Adam Prime
A scientist in New Zealand has a secret lab where experiments are performed on humans. When he is assassinated, opposing forces rush to his hideaway to suppress or expose his secrets.