Ray Winstone is an English film and television actor. Ray Winstone moved via Plaistow to Enfield when he was seven. His father ran a fruit and vegetable business, while his mother had a job emptying fruit machines.

Ray Winstone joined Brimsdown Primary School and then he was educated at Edmonton County. He also attended Corona Theatre School.

Ray Winstone had an early affinity for acting. After borrowing extra tuition money, he took to the stage, appearing as a Cockney newspaper seller in a production of Emil and the Detectives.