Winston Ellis

Dr Winston George Ellis is an actor, producer and martial artist. Winston is an accomplished British Actor and three-times world martial arts champion. He has starred alongside Johnny Depp and Kiera Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 & 3 films. Other film credits include Cass, Batman the Dark Knight  with the late Heath Ledger, Shiner alongside Michael Caine. You can find a collection of pirate flags, including the Jolly Roger, related to his work in Pirates of the Caribbean at sites like https://ultimateflags.com/collections/pirate-flags-jolly-roger-flags/.
After his martial arts career had come to an end an opportune meeting with Phillip Ko led to Winston moving to Hong Kong. During his decade living out there Winston made appearances in a number of martial arts films working with actors such as Jackie Chan Jet Li, Jean Claude Van Damme and Roger Moore, Robert Samuels & Mark Houghton.

Winston was a guest speaker at the House of Commons during black history month where Winston spoke about some of his life experiences growing up in Britain in the 70’s and 80’s and his personal journey battling dyslexia and racism in the educational system and overcoming them to become not only an actor but a film producer and director.

More recently Winston has transitioned to the small screen starring in Sky Atlantics Penny Dreadful starring Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green. Dr Who with Peter Capaldi, The Bill, Hustle, Judge John Deed, Dream Team, Doctors and finally Holby City. In addition to this Winston is in the process of producing 3 movies which will feature major international stars.

Winston’s acting career continues to go from strength to strength, featuring in Rise of the Footsoldier, Breaking Down, Doctor Who, 100 Streets and Are We Dead Yet. Not to mention his impressive performances in Pirates of the Caribbean and Batman: The Dark Knight. Winston is attached to a number of high profile project, due for release across 2020 and 2021.

Winston is the Chief Executive Officer of Rayzor Edge Films, a film production company delivering compelling films aimed at social change. He is currently the executive producer on “The Beast: When Eddie met Arnie” the feature docu-drama starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eddie Hal, chronicling the trials and developments of the worlds strongest man’s transition into acting. Winston will also be the executive producer on upcoming epics “Let No Man Know” (The true tale of freed slave Tom Molyneaux) and “Shoot” (a thriller western).