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Raymond Andrew Winstone (born February 19, 1957) is an English television, stage, film, and voice-over actor with a career spanning five decades. Having worked with many prominent directors, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, he is perhaps best known for his "tough guy" roles (usually delivered in his distinctive London accent), beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum, and Will Scarlet in the cult TV adventure series Robin of Sherwood. His film résumé includes Fool's Gold, Cold Mountain, King Arthur, The Proposition, The Departed, Beowulf, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Edge of Darkness. He is known for starring in very profane and violent films such as Nil By Mouth, Sexy Beast and 44 Inch Chest. He has also branched out into film production. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ray Winstone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In the far future, humanity has spread across the galaxy through a network of farcaster portals, creating a vast empire ruled by the mysterious Hegemony. Seven pilgrims embark on a journey to the Time Tomb on the planet Hyperion, where a terrifying entity known as the Shrike—a killing machine of unknown origin—waits. Each pilgrim carries their own desperate hope: a priest questioning his faith, a scholar seeking truth, a soldier bound by duty, a poet chasing immortality, a detective hunting a criminal, a consul protecting his world, and a woman searching for her lost love. As they travel together, their interconnected stories unfold across centuries, revealing how their fates are bound to the Shrike and the mysterious Time Tomb. The narrative weaves together multiple timelines, philosophical questions about consciousness and mortality, and epic space opera spectacle. Hyperion explores themes of love, sacrifice, faith, and the nature of time itself, building toward a climactic confrontation that will reshape human civilization. The story balances intimate character drama with universe-spanning stakes, creating a richly layered science fiction epic that challenges readers to contemplate existence itself.
