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Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany

10 films · 677 frames · top-billed in 7 · 20032021

Born 27 May 1971 · London, England, UK

Paul Bettany is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021) and the upcoming Vision Quest (2026), the former of which garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Bettany first gained popularity for appearing in the films Gangster No. 1 (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for playing Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 677 frames · top-billed in 7 · 20032021

  • Empire Award for Best British Actor2005

How their films are shot

Measured across 677 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Paul takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 10 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work Paul takes.

Time of day

Night49%
Day38%
Interior9%

Lighting

Low key49%
Natural37%
High key9%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium43%
Closeup24%
Wide21%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level79%
High angle10%
Low angle8%

Mood

Neutral54%
Tense24%
Lonely10%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 677 frames from Paul Bettany's 10 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.