On 1 January 2003, Bettany married American actress [[Jennifer Connelly]] in Scotland;. theyThey met when they starred together in the 2001 film ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,625276,00.html|title=Jennifer Connelly marries Paul Bettany|date=10 January 2003|author=Mark Armstrong|work=People|access-date=12 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014060555/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,625276,00.html|archive-date=14 October 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> They did not become a couple until some time after filming, as both were in other relationships at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fishwrapper.com/person/jennifer-connelly|title=You Just Remembered That Jennifer Connelly Is One of the Most Interesting Ladies in Hollywood, Didn't You?|date=20 May 2013|author=Sarah Taylor|publisher=Fishwrapper.com|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817124116/http://www.fishwrapper.com/person/jennifer-connelly|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status = live}}</ref> As a teenager, he had developed a crush on her after seeing her in the 1986 film ''[[Labyrinth (1986 film)|Labyrinth]]''.<ref>{{cite video|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/video/yahoo-confessional-paul-bettany-184821219.html|title=Yahoo Confessional: Paul Bettany|date=28 September 2015|author=Superfan Movies|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=16 July 2016|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825202526/http://finance.yahoo.com/video/yahoo-confessional-paul-bettany-184821219.html|archive-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> The [[September 11 attacks]] motivated him to act on his feelings for her, and after two days of attempting to contact her, he proposed, despite the fact that they were not yet in a relationship.<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBBtBUSJxFM|title=Paul Bettany And Jennifer Connelly Got Engaged Without Even Dating – Larry King Now – Ora.TV|date=13 November 2015|author=Larry King|via=YouTube|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531044844/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBBtBUSJxFM|archive-date=31 May 2018|url-status = live}}</ref> Soon after their marriage, they moved to [[Brooklyn Heights]] after living in [[Tribeca]].<ref name=Variety2012>David, Amrk. [https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/paul-bettany-and-jennifer-connelly-on-the-move-again-1201232781/ "Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly On the Move Again"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226051319/https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/paul-bettany-and-jennifer-connelly-on-the-move-again-1201232781/ |date=26 February 2019 }}, ''[[Variety (magazine)]]'', 14 January 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2019. "It was only about 3.5 years ago that English-born movie actor Paul Bettany (''A Beautiful Mind'', ''The Da Vinci Code'', ''A Knight's Tale'') and Brooklyn-bred Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Requiem For A Dream, Blood Diamond) paid $6,920,000 for a full floor loft-type penthouse apartment on the edge of New York City's star-stocked TriBeCa neighborhood."</ref> The couple have two children together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jan/25/features.magazine|title='I'm just a blond actor, you know'|date=25 January 2004|author=Tim Adams|work=The Guardian|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320053608/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/jan/25/features.magazine|archive-date=20 March 2014|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jennifer-connelly-pregnant_n_796645| title=Jennifer Connelly pregnant with husband Paul Bettany's second child| work=[[HuffPost]]| publisher=AOL, Inc| date=14 December 2010| access-date=7 November 2020| first=Jordan| last=Zakarin| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127224900/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/14/jennifer-connelly-pregnant_n_796645.html| archive-date=27 November 2011|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/momsbabies/news/jennifer-connelly-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-201186|title=Jennifer Connelly gives birth to baby girl!|work=US Weekly|access-date=7 November 2020|date=8 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621042835/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/jennifer-connelly-gives-birth-to-baby-girl-201186|archive-date=21 June 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> Bettany is stepfather to Connelly's son from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Jordan|first=Julie|date=14 January 2021|title=''WandaVision''<nowiki/>'s Paul Bettany Says His Marriage to Jennifer Connelly 'Really Altered Who I Was'|url=https://people.com/tv/wandavision-paul-bettany-reflects-marriage-to-jennifer-connelly/|magazine=People|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505210337/https://people.com/tv/wandavision-paul-bettany-reflects-marriage-to-jennifer-connelly/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Bettany is a close friend of actor [[Johnny Depp]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Oppenheim|first=Maya|date=29 May 2016|title=Mickey Rourke and Paul Bettany defend Johnny Depp and deny claims he is a violent man|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/mickey-rourke-and-paul-bettany-defend-johnny-depp-and-deny-claims-he-violent-man-a7054791.html|url-status=bot: unknown|work=The Independent|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029173904/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/mickey-rourke-and-paul-bettany-defend-johnny-depp-and-deny-claims-he-violent-man-a7054791.html|archive-date=29 October 2021}}</ref> Text messages between Bettany and Depp from 2013 were used as evidence in 2020 during [[Depp v News Group Newspapers Ltd|Depp's defamation trial against ''The Sun'']] and in 2022 as part of [[Depp v. Heard|Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Maxwell|first=Dominic|date=24 February 2022|title=Paul Bettany on becoming Warhol, WandaVision and those Johnny Depp texts|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/paul-bettany-on-becoming-warhol-wandavision-and-those-johnny-depp-texts-rc3rpdptq|url-status=bot: unknown|work=[[The Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422220257/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/paul-bettany-on-becoming-warhol-wandavision-and-those-johnny-depp-texts-rc3rpdptq|archive-date=22 April 2022|access-date=23 April 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Southern|first=Keiran|date=21 April 2022|title=Johnny Depp discussed drowning ex-wife Amber Heard in texts to British actor Paul Bettany|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/johnny-depp-discussed-drowning-ex-wife-amber-heard-in-texts-to-british-actor-paul-bettany-sz0fnpghb|url-status=bot: unknown|work=[[The Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422063918/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/johnny-depp-discussed-drowning-ex-wife-amber-heard-in-texts-to-british-actor-paul-bettany-sz0fnpghb|archive-date=22 April 2022|access-date=23 April 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
