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1. Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a ...

2. Ronald Allen

Actor | A Night to Remember

Ronald Allen was born on December 16, 1930 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Night to Remember (1958), The Projected Man (1966) and Doctor Who (1963). He was married to Sue Lloyd. He died on June 18, 1991 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.

3. Hannah Arterton

Actress | The Peripheral

Hannah Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The Peripheral (2022), Safe (2018) and The Five (2016). She has been married to Chris Hyson since September 23, 2022.

4. Mark Addy

Actor | The Full Monty

Born in York, on leaving school he started work as a stage hand at York's Theatre Royal and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art .from 1982 to 1984 after which he joined such companies as Hull Truck Theatre and The Royal National Theatre. He achieved international fame in his film debut...

5. John Alderton

Actor | Zardoz

An English actor active in the theater since 1961, having made few theatrical movies, none of which particularly outstanding, with the exception of John Boorman's Zardoz (1974) and Nigel Cole's popular Calendar Girls (2003), John Alderton has become famous thanks to British television. Appearing in...

6. Jane Asher

Actress | Death at a Funeral

Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English actress, author and entrepreneur, who achieved early fame as a child actress, and has worked extensively in film and TV throughout her career.

She has appeared in TV shows and films such as The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Alfie (1966), Deep End (1970)...

7. Luing Andrews

Actor | Dogman

Stage Name Luing Andrews. Published Author with Pegasus Publishers.

Born in Ham Richmond Surrey, Birth name Ian Andrew Luing Mason. British actor Luing Andrews began his career as a probational stunt man in the UK and directly after training was offered his first feature film 'Called Home', daring ...

8. Miles Anderson

Actor | The Tragedy of Macbeth

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Miles grew up in a military family: his father, Jock, was a general and his mother, Daphne, a homemaker and latterly an author (The Toerags, 1989). Deciding to quit school in the middle of a Shakespeare class, Miles arrived home and announced he was going to England to ...

9. Nick Clark Windo

Actor | El Greco

Nick Clark Windo is known for El Greco (2007), Blooded (2011) and Scouting for Zombies.

10. Michael Attenborough

Director | Great Performances

Michael Attenborough was born on February 13, 1950 in England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Great Performances (1971), Jakko M Jakszyk: The Road to Ballina (2022) and Seance on a Wet Afternoon. He has been married to Karen Lewis-Attenborough since April 14, 1984. They have two ...

11. John Arnatt

Actor | A Challenge for Robin Hood

John Edwin Arnatt was born in Petrograd on the eve of the Russian Revolution, the son of a manager for Vauxhall Motors. Forced to leave Russia during the turmoil, his family returned to England where John was schooled at Epworth College and later trained for acting at RADA. On stage from 1936, he ...

12. Gemma Arterton

Actress | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Gemma Christina Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, where she was raised. She is the daughter of Sally-Anne (Heap), a cleaner, and Barry J. Arterton, a welder. Her mother's cousin is singer-songwriter Eric Goulden.

Her parents divorced when she was age five, and Gemma subsequently lived ...

13. Robert Addie

Actor | Excalibur

Having left Marlborough College early, Robert went to London to follow up his ambition of becoming an actor by auditioning for and joining the National Youth Theatre. He then moved into film and television work. He went to R.A.D.A. for a year. His hobbies were polo and gardening.

14. Ana-Sofia Mastroianna

Actress | Hidalgo

A true polymath and polyglot, fluent in several languages, Ana-Sofia Mastroianna is known for an astonishing facility with a variety of accents as well as being an accomplished concert violinist, singer, dancer (American Ballet Theatre) and award-winning writer.

A Wooley/Fulbright Scholar, she ...

15. Jane Arden

Writer | Anti-Clock

Jane Arden was born in Wales in 1927 and left for London in her teens.

She trained at RADA and quickly began working as an actress and playwright. It was there that she met her future husband, Philip Saville, who is now perhaps most known for his work Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) and The Life and...

16. Mark Antoine

Actor | The King's Daughter

French and English actor, Mark Antoine was born in France and studied at RADA, after an intensive and profound work with his Bulgarian mentor Radka Riaskova - think Le Chiffre in Casino Royale in a lady version and much nicer... sometimes. Mark Antoine is the host of the kid's TV show Artzooka : a ...

17. Charles Aitken

Actor | The Knick

Charles was born in England, but raised and educated in the United States. At the age of ten, he made his professional acting debut in a production of 'Oliver!' starring Davy Jones of The Monkees. In 2001, he earned his Bachelors degree in History at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. That ...

18. Jonas Armstrong

Actor | Edge of Tomorrow

Jonas Armstrong was born on January 1, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Book of Blood (2009) and Walking with the Enemy (2013).

19. Claire Bloom

Actress | Clash of the Titans

Age has not taken the flower off this Bloom. The well-known and highly respected stage, screen and television actress Claire Bloom continues to be in demand as an octogenarian actress and looks as beautiful as ever.

She was born Patricia Claire Blume on February 15, 1931, in Finchley, North London, ...

20. David Bamber

Actor | Valkyrie

David Bamber was born on September 19, 1954 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Valkyrie (2008), Miss Potter (2006) and The Bourne Identity (2002). He has been married to Julia Swift since July 1982. They have two children.

21. Eve Best

Actress | The King's Speech

Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actress in a Drama for "The Homecoming".

She was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actress in a Drama for "A Moon for the Misbegotten".

She won the 2005 Olivier Award...

22. Richard Briers

Actor | Watership Down

Richard Briers was born on January 14, 1934 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Watership Down (1978), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Peter Pan (2003). He was married to Ann Davies. He died on February 17, 2013 in London, England, UK.

23. Andrew Buchan

Actor | All the Money in the World

Andrew Buchan was born on February 19, 1979 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for All the Money in the World (2017), Broadchurch (2013) and Garrow's Law (2009). He has been married to Amy Nuttall since September 8, 2012. They have one child.

24. Leo Bill

Actor | 28 Days Later...

Leo Bill was born on August 31, 1980 in Warwickshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for 28 Days Later (2002), Becoming Jane (2007) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

25. James Booth

Actor | Zulu

James Booth was born on December 19, 1927 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Zulu (1964), American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990) and Airport '77 (1977). He was married to Paula Delaney. He died on August 11, 2005 in Hadleigh, Essex, England, UK.

26. Isla Blair

Actress | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Isla Blair was born in Bangalore, British India, to Scottish expat tea planter Ian Baxter Blair-Hill and his wife Violet Barbara (née Skeoch). After graduating from RADA, Blair made her stage debut at London's Strand Theatre as Philia in a 1963 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the...

27. Peter Bowles

Actor | The Bank Job

Though he had a long and varied career on stage and screen, Peter Bowles achieved his greatest popular success on mainstream TV as the debonair nouveau riche tycoon Richard De Vere, head of a supermarket and catering chain, forever matching wits with Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith) in To ...

28. Hywel Bennett

Actor | Neverwhere

Hywel Bennett was born on April 8, 1944 in Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Neverwhere (1996), Percy (1971) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). He was married to Sandra Layne Fulford and Cathy McGowan. He died on July 25, 2017 in Deal, Kent, England, UK.

29. Kate Buffery

Actress | Wish Me Luck

Kate Buffery was born on July 23, 1957 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Wish Me Luck (1987), Trial & Retribution (1997) and The Rainbow (1988). She was previously married to Roger Michell.

30. Mark Benton

Actor | Anna and the Apocalypse

Mark Benton was born on November 16, 1965 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Anna and the Apocalypse (2017), Early Doors (2003) and The Second Coming (2003). He has been married to Sarah Gardner since 2002. They have three children.

31. Robert Beatty

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Robert Beatty graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto and started in amateur dramatics with the Hamilton Player's Guild. For a while, he made a living as a cashier for a gas and fuel company. In order to further hone his acting skills, he made his way to London in 1936 (on the advice of...

32. Norman Bird

Actor | The Lord of the Rings

Norman Bird was born on October 30, 1924 in Coalville, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), The League of Gentlemen (1960) and Maniac (1963). He was married to Nona Blair. He died on April 22, 2005 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK.

33. Rodney Bewes

Actor | The Likely Lads

Rodney Bewes was a chubby-cheeked British comedy actor, famed in his own country as one half of TV's The Likely Lads (1964). During the second half of his career, with screen roles sharply diminishing in number, he was active mostly in the theatre, including notably a one-man adaptation of "Three ...

34. Peter Barkworth

Actor | Where Eagles Dare

Peter Barkworth was born on January 14, 1929 in Margate, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Where Eagles Dare (1968), Patton (1970) and BBC2 Play of the Week (1977). He died on October 21, 2006 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

35. Theodore Bikel

Actor | My Fair Lady

Theodore Bikel is one of the most versatile and respected actors and performers of his generation. A master of languages, dialects and accents, he has played every sort of film villain and semi-bad guy imaginable, and always adds depth, dimension and even sympathy to characters that would end up as...

36. Sarah Badel

Actress | Not Without My Daughter

Sarah Badel was born on March 30, 1943 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Not Without My Daughter (1991), Just Visiting (2001) and Mrs Dalloway (1997).

37. Faith Brook

Actress | Eye of the Needle

Faith Brook was born on February 16, 1922 in York, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Eye of the Needle (1981), North Sea Hijack (1980) and The Razor's Edge (1984). She was married to Michael Horowitz and Dr. Charles Moffett. She died on March 11, 2012 in London, England, UK.

38. Michael Bryant

Actor | Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Michael Bryant was born on April 5, 1928 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972) and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He was married to Judith Coke and Josephine Martin. He died on April 25, 2002 in Richmond, London, England, UK.

39. Leila Birch

Actress | Marvel's Iron Man VR

Leila Birch is an actress and producer, known for Marvel's Iron Man VR (2020), Harley Quinn (2019) and EastEnders (1985).

40. Sian Brooke

Actress | Sherlock

Sian Brooke is a British actress, known for portraying Laura in All About George, Lori in Cape Wrath, and Eurus Holmes in Sherlock. Sian Elizabeth Phillips was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England and is the youngest of three siblings. She took on a stage name to avoid confusion with fellow ...

41. Jennifer Bassey

Actress | 27 Dresses

Emmy Award Winning Jennifer Bassey became a contract player on ABC TV's All My Children (1970) in the summer of 1998, after having portrayed borderline nymphomaniac "Marian Colby", since the early eighties. Jennifer was born in Chicago. Her first job in entertainment was as a singing Playboy bunny ...

42. Susan Batson

Actress | Summer of Sam

Actor, writer, director, producer, teacher, and coach Susan Batson has been called a "technician of the spirit" by the New Yorker. In private consultation on film sets all over the world, and in her New York- and Hollywood- based Black Nexxus acting studios, Susan Batson has enjoyed the privilege ...

43. Alan Bates

Actor | Gosford Park

Alan Bates decided to be an actor at age 11. After grammar school in Derbyshire, he earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Following two years in the Royal Air Force, he joined the new English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre. His West End debut in 1956, at 22...

44. David Bailie

Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

David Bailie was born in 1937 in South Africa, going to boarding school in Swaziland and immigrating to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with his family in 1952. His first acting experience soon after school in 1955, was an amateur production of 'Doctor in the House' which persuaded him he wanted to be an ...

45. Kenneth Branagh

Actor | Henry V

Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter, and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930. He has two siblings, William Branagh, Jr. (born 1955) and Joyce Branagh (born 1970). When he was nine, his family ...

46. Brendan Bradley

Actor | Resident Evil Village

Brendan Bradley is a native North Carolinian who began performing and producing theater as a teenager and has grown into a multi-award winning actor with over 100 IMDb film and television credits and over 50 million online views, recognized internationally as "America's Scrappy Storyteller." He was...

47. Bernard Bresslaw

Actor | Krull

A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of...

48. Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Actor | King John

Herbert Beerbohm Tree was born on December 17, 1852 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for King John (1899), Henry VIII (1911) and The Tempest (1905). He was married to Lady Tree. He died on July 2, 1917 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.

49. Pamela Brown

Actress | Cleopatra

Pamela Brown trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Her first appearance was as "Juliet" in "Romeo and Juliet" at Stratford-on-Avon in 1936. She followed this with a variety of roles for the Old Vic Company in London. She appeared on Broadway in the 1947 production of "The Importance ...

50. John Barron

Actor | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

John Barron was born on Christmas Eve, 1920. A kind godfather paid his training fees at RADA in 1938. During the war, he served in the Navy, then returned to acting after demob, mostly in rep. productions. He soon became a theatre director, and directed Leonard Rossiter in numerous productions ...

51. Will Bowden

Stunts | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Will was always interested in Acting but some say he went round the houses to get there. After a Modelling career that took him all over the world, where he ended up working with such prestigious photographers such as Bruce Weber and Arthur Elgort. Eventually after living out of a suitcase for ...

52. David Bowles

Stunts | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Elected to BAFTA in 2002, David Bowles is a recognizable and versatile British and international actor known for his strong leading character portrayals across both contemporary and 'period' roles. Based from his home in England, his varied portfolio has taken him across UK, Europe, Asia, Africa, ...

53. Sylvie Bolioli

Actress | Leave Now

Sylvie was born December 20, 1964 in Menton (France) where she spent her childhood. She started her career in show business at an early age. She wrote, directed, produced and acted in her first play when she was only nine years old. She then joined the "Jeune Theatre du Soleil" where she toured the...

54. Sean Bean

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sean Bean's career since the eighties spans theatre, radio, television and movies. Bean was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Rita (Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. He worked for his father's welding firm before he decided to become an actor. He attended RADA in London and appeared in a ...

55. Iain Glen

Actor | Game of Thrones

Iain Glen is a Scottish actor, born June 24, 1961, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), followed by the University of Aberdeen. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he was the winner of the ...

56. Matthew Macfadyen

Actor | Succession

David Matthew Macfadyen was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Meinir (Owen), a drama teacher and actress, and Martin Macfadyen, an oil executive. He is of Scottish and Welsh descent. Because of his father's career, he spent at least part of his childhood in Indonesia, before finishing his ...

57. Ciarán Hinds

Actor | Belfast

Ciarán Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on February 9, 1953. He was one of five children and the only son. His father was a doctor who hoped to have Ciarán follow in his footsteps, but that was not to be. It was his mother Moya, an amateur actress, who was the real influence behind his ...

58. Ben Whishaw

Actor | Skyfall

Proclaimed by many critics as one of the best young actors of his generation, Benjamin John Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, to Linda (Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. He has a twin brother, James. He is of French, German, Russian (...

59. Ioan Gruffudd

Actor | Fantastic Four

Ioan Gruffudd was born on October 6, 1973 in Cardiff, Wales, UK to educators Gillian (James) and Peter Gruffudd. He has a brother, Alun, who is two years younger and a sister, Siwan, who is seven years younger. He got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm (1974). He attended the ...

60. Mem Ferda

Actor | The Devil's Double

Mem Ferda is a celebrated British actor, award-winning film producer, and now poet whose profound life journey resonates through every facet of his creativity. Born in South West London to a Turkish Diplomat Father and a polyglot Mother, he developed a passion for acting from a very young age. ...

61. Timothy Dalton

Actor | The Living Daylights

At a consistently lean 6' 2", green-eyed Timothy Dalton may very well be one of the last of the dying breed of swashbuckling, classically trained Shakespearean actors who have forged simultaneous successful careers in theater, television and film. He has been comparison-shopped roundly for stepping...

62. David Morrissey

Actor | The Walking Dead

David Morrissey started acting at Everyman's Youth Theatre in Liverpool, where he was born and raised. He made an auspicious debut in One Summer (1983), a series about two Liverpool runaways. Following a degree at RADA, he worked with the theatre company Cheek By Jowl. He has also worked at theatre...

63. Erika Slezak

Actress | One Life to Live

Erika Slezak was born on August 5, 1946 in Hollywood, California, USA. She is an actress, known for One Life to Live (1968), One Life to Live (2013) and Next Stop, Christmas (2021). She has been married to Brian Davies since August 4, 1978. They have two children. She was previously married to R. ...

64. Abigail Thaw

Actress | Caring for the Recently Deceased

Abigail Thaw was born in London to John Thaw and Sally Alexander in October 1965. She was brought up by her mother and stepfather, Gareth Stedman Jones in a house in Pimlico. The Philippa Lowthorpe film "Misbehaviour" is loosely based on these early years. Alexander was an active member of the ...

65. Nigel Whitmey

Actor | Black Earth Rising

Nigel Whitmey is a British/Canadian actor born in Peace River, Alberta. His father was born in Crystal Palace, London but moved to Liverpool and married his wife before emigrating to Canada. Nigel moved to London where he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He resides in London with his ...

66. Gary Oldman

Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...

67. Janet McTeer

Actress | Albert Nobbs

Janet McTeer was born on August 5, 1961 in Newcastle, England, UK to parents Jean and Allan McTeer. She was raised in York from the age of 6. She attended Queen Anne Grammar School for Girls, where there was not much opportunity for drama. She became interested in acting at age 16, when she saw "...

68. Jonathan Pryce

Actor | The Two Popes

Jonathan Pryce was born on June 1, 1947 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Two Popes (2019), The Wife (2017) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). He has been married to Kate Fahy since April 2015. They have three children.

69. Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Actress | Belle

Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born Gugulethu Sophia Mbatha in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England. Her father, Patrick Mbatha, is a Black South African doctor, and her mother, Anne Raw, is a Caucasian English nurse. Her parents separated when she was a year old, and she was brought up by her mother ...

70. Timothy Spall

Actor | Mr. Turner

Timothy Leonard Spall is an award-winning classical character actor who was born on February 27, 1957, and raised in London. The son of blue-collar parents, Joseph L. Spall, a postal worker, and Sylvia R. (Leonard), a hairdresser, his interest in acting happened early and Spall auditioned and ...

71. David Warner

Actor | Titanic

Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen (Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. He only saw his ...

72. Laurence Fox

Actor | The Hole

RADA-trained Laurence Fox is the third son of the actor James Fox and his wife Mary. He is a British actor who has appeared in several important films, plays, and television programs.

He is also active in politics, founding a new political party named "Reclaim" in 2020 and he presents an opinion ...

73. Ben Cross

Actor | Star Trek

Ben Cross was born Harry Bernard Cross on December 16, 1947, in London, England. He was the son of Catherine (O'Donovan), a cleaning woman, from Keelraheen, Dunmanway, Ireland, and Harry Cross, an English doorman and nurse. He began acting at a very young age and participated in grammar school ...

74. John Gielgud

Actor | Arthur

Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other ...

75. Glenda Jackson

Actress | Women in Love

Few in modern British history have come as far or achieved as much from humble beginnings as Glenda Jackson did. From acclaimed actress to respected MP (Member of Parliament), she was known for her high intelligence and meticulous approach to her work. She was born to a working-class household in ...

76. Anthony Hopkins

Actor | The Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, ...

77. Tom Hughes

Actor | Cemetery Junction

Cheshire-born - in 1986 - Tom Hughes attended Upton High School and even before going to RADA had a wealth of acting experience with the Cheshire Youth Theatre, the Jigsaw Music Group, the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre and the Belgian company Victoria. He even managed to find time to play in a ...

78. L.R. Raven

The Grean Teem

L. R. Raven is an American born (international) actor, composer, writer, bronze sculptor and oil painter. As an actor (theater, television and film), he is renowned for his ability to combine both drama and empathy into a disarming charm. As a composer, his music's character ranges between a dark ...

79. William Hope

Actor | Aliens

Born in Montreal, William Hope joined the National Youth Theatre in London after high school and performed for three seasons with them. During that time he began training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After graduation he worked almost uninterruptedly in theatre for the next seven ...

80. Tobias Menzies

Actor | Manhunt

Tobias was born in London. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1998 and began his acting career in popular UK series such as Foyle's War (2002), Midsomer Murders (1997), and Casualty (1986). He also appeared in the controversial drama A Very Social Secretary (2005). He is ...

81. Alexandra Roach

Actress | Anna Karenina

Alexandra Roach was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire in Wales and was already a veteran of the Welsh television soap 'Pobol Y Cwm' by her early teens. In 2003 whilst studying for her GCSE exams at the local comprehensive school she learned that she had beaten out players in national soaps to win ...

82. Melanie Hill

Actress | Stardust

Melanie attended RADA in London where she won the Vanburgh Award. Her stage plays have included Women Beware Women (Royal Court), Under Milk Wood, Selfish Shellfish, Twelfth Night, Deathtrap, Dirty Linen, Breezeblock Park, Who Killed Hilda Murrell?, Fire in the Lake, and the stage version of Bread ...

83. Stuart Wilson

Actor | Hot Fuzz

Stuart Wilson was born in Guildford, Surrey in England, on December 25th, 1946. He went to thirteen different schools, as his father served in the Royal Air Force and travelled around the world. After the RAF, his father worked as an engineer in the copper mines in Rhodesia. Stuart moved to London ...

84. Jessie Cave

Actress | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Jessie Cave studied Illustration and Animation at Kingston University, London, and worked backstage in various theatres before deciding to pursue acting.

She got a place at RADA to study Stage Management, but after watching some actors in rehearsal rooms she changed her mind and applied to drama ...

85. Elizabeth Hubbard

Actress | As the World Turns

Elizabeth Hubbard was born on December 22, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for As the World Turns (1956), The Doctors (1963) and First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson (1976). She was married to David Bennett . She died on April 8, 2023 in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA.

86. Sheila Hancock

Actress | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Sheila Hancock was born February 22, 1933. on the Isle of Wight. She later moved to King's Cross in London, where her mother and father ran a pub. Sheila went to Dartford Grammar School, and then with a grant she went to RADA. She then went into nine years of weekly repertory around the country. ...

87. Chris New

Actor | Weekend

The release of Weekend marked Chris' big screen debut. Chris trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and, after graduating in 2006, built up an impressive reputation for his stage and small screen work. He starred opposite Alan Cumming in the 2006 revival of Martin Sherman's iconic play Bent ...

88. Tom Courtenay

Actor | 45 Years

Acting chameleon Sir Tom Courtenay, along with Sir Alan Bates and Albert Finney, became a front-runner in an up-and-coming company of rebel upstarts who created quite a stir in British "kitchen sink" cinema during the early '60s. An undying love for the theatre, however, had Courtenay channeling a ...

89. Anthony Skordi

Actor | The Offer

Anthony Skordi, born in London, UK to Greek Cypriot parents. Attended Drama Centre, London. A Royal Shakespeare Company member and a member of Vanessa Redgrave's 'Moving Theatre' company, 'Onassis the Play' written and performed by Anthony and performed at the Stella Adler theatre Anthony has ...

90. Robert Morley

Actor | The African Queen

Bushy-browed, triple-chinned and plummy-voiced English actor and raconteur of wide girth and larger-than-life personality. The son of a career army officer, Morley was expected to join the diplomatic corps. As a 'compromise', he tried his hand as a beer salesman. However, bitten by the acting bug ...

91. Paul Rhys

Actor | Chaplin

Paul Rhys was born on 19 December 1963 in Neath, Wales,to working class Catholic parents, Kathryn Ivory, and Richard Charles Rhys, a laborer. He received a Bernard Shaw Scholarship to study at RADA. In the first term he was spotted by Philip Prowse and was invited to perform in Oscar Wilde's A ...

92. Shaun Parkes

Actor | The Mummy Returns

Since graduating from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), Shaun Parkes has been a constant on our screens with television credits including Netflix's Lost in Space, Da Vinci's Demons (STARZ), Line of Duty (BBC), The River (ABC), Doctor Who (BBC), and as the titular lead in Joe Penhall's ...

93. Patrice Martinez

Actress | Three Amigos!

Patricia Martínez better known as Patrice Martinez was a Mexican-American actress. She had a strong background in theatre acting. However, her talents were not limited to the stage. Her resume manifests a "well-rounded" acting career that is complemented by her film and television credits. She ...

94. Joan Sims

Actress | Carry on Up the Khyber

Joan Sims, the "First Lady of Carry On", was born Irene Joan Marion Sims on 9 May 1930. The daughter of an Essex railway station master, Joan was interested in pursuing show-business, and soon became a familiar face in a growing number of amateur productions. In 1946, Joan first applied to RADA, ...

95. June Whitfield

Actress | Absolutely Fabulous

June Whitfield had a long and successful career that has included musical theatre, films and numerous radio and television performances. Her mother was into amateur dramatics and June had elocution and dancing lessons from an early age. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in ...

96. Albert Finney

Actor | Murder on the Orient Express

The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal ...

97. Zena Marshall

Actress | Dr. No

Striking, dark-haired beauty Zena Moyra Marshall was born of French (from her mother's side) and English/Irish (her father's) ancestry in Nairobi, Kenya. After the early death of her father, her mother remarried and moved the family to Leicestershire. Zena received her education from St Mary's ...

98. Anthony Quayle

Actor | Lawrence of Arabia

Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England in September 1913. He completed his education at Rugby School and had a brief spell at RADA, before treading the boards for the first time as the straight man in a music hall comedy act in 1931. Tall, burly, round-faced and ...

99. Judy Parfitt

Actress | Girl with a Pearl Earring

Of regal bearing and imposing stance, flame-haired British classical actress Judy Parfitt is the possessor of the chilliest blue orbs in all of London and has used them to her advantage over the years with her clever portrayals of haughty, bossy, imperious, deliciously malevolent patricians. Born ...

100. Martin Jarvis

Actor | Wreck-It Ralph

Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography...