Mark Strong: Career In Four Minutes

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The smooth-talking actor on his diverse movie roles

Mark Strong is back in cinemas this week with Welcome To The Punch , a slick, high-octane action thriller that proves the UK can compete with the glossiest output from the States or Hong Kong.

Strong plays the villain of the piece, a tough gangster with Bourne-esque skills and flair for extravagant heists. After a near-miss run-in with James McAvoy’s tenacious cop, he flees the country for an early retirement.

When his young son gets caught up in a shooting, he’s drawn back to the UK, and into the line of fire.

Throughout his working life, Strong has put his stamp on characters as diverse as grandstanding villains, pitiable chumps, charming cads and sinister mentors.

In our Career In Four Minutes video, Strong takes us on a breathless tour of his career to date:

Matt Maytum
Matt Maytum
Former Editor of Total Film magazine

Matt Maytum is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.