Sexy Beast

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Sexy Beast
Original film poster
Directed by	Jonathan Glazer
Written by	Louis Mellis David Scinto
Produced by	Jeremy Thomas
Starring	Ray Winstone Ben Kingsley Ian McShane Amanda Redman Cavan Kendall Julianne White Álvaro Monje James Fox
Cinematography	Ivan Bird
Edited by	John Scott Sam Sneade
Music by	Roque Baños UNKLE South
Production companies	FilmFour Kanzaman S.A. Recorded Picture Company Jeremy Thomas Productions
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures (Select territories) FilmFour Distributors[1] (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Release dates	13 September 2000 (2000-09-13) (TIFF) 12 January 2001 (2001-01-12) (UK) 15 June 2001 (2001-06-15) (US) 8 March 2002 (2002-03-08) (Spain)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom Spain
Languages	English Spanish
Budget	$4.3 million[2]
Box office	$10.2 million[2]

Sexy Beast is a 2000 black comedy crime film directed by Jonathan Glazer (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto. It stars Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane. It follows Gary "Gal" Dove (Winstone), a retired criminal visited by a sociopathic gangster (Kingsley) who demands that he take part in a bank robbery in London.

Sexy Beast was critically acclaimed, and Kingsley's performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.^[3] In 2004, Total Film named Sexy Beast the 15th best British film. It was the final film to feature Cavan Kendall, who died of cancer shortly after filming ended.^[4]