Place of Birth: Shepherd’s Bush, London, England
Date of Birth: 27 May 1971
Ethnicity: English
Paul Bettany is an English actor. He is the son of actors Thane Bettany, who was born on Sarawak, an island in Borneo, and Anne G. G. Kettle.
Paul is of English ancestry. His maternal grandmother had the maiden name “Gwynne”, a surname that is usually Welsh, so it is possible that he also has Welsh ancestry.
Paul’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his eight times great-grandfather, Roger Bettany, who was born c. 1651.
Paul’s paternal grandparents were Howard John Bettany (the son of John Thomas Bettany and Edith Augusta Hardcastle) and Irene Edith Bryan.
Paul’s maternal grandparents were Leslie H. Kettle, a music promoter (the son of Harry Kettle and Annie Sidebotham), and Olga M. Gwynne, an actress.
Source: Genealogy of Paul’s paternal grandfather, Howard John Bettany (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://records.ancestry.com
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