Actors

by melindaschroen | created - 02 Nov 2018 | updated - 05 Jul 2020 | Public

1. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Actor | Den 12. mann

Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Meyers on July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Geraldine (Meyers) and John O'Keeffe, a musician. He and his family moved to County Cork, Ireland, when the actor was nearly a year old, and then, at the age of 3, his father left the family, leaving...

2. Tina Majorino

Actress | Napoleon Dynamite

Tina Majorino has been charming audiences on the silver screen from a young age. In 1994, she made her feature film debut in Touchstone's When A Man Loves a Woman playing Meg Ryan & Andy Garcia's daughter, followed quickly that same year by New Line's Corrina, Corinna (opposite Whoopi Goldberg and ...

3. Jessica Clark

Actress | Pocket Listing

Jessica Clark was born in 1985 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Pocket Listing (2015), True Blood (2008) and Chemistry (2011). She was previously married to Lacey Stone.

4. Valentina Cervi

Actress | Jane Eyre

Valentina Cervi (born 13 April 1974) is an Italian film and television actress. Cervi was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of the famous Italian actor Gino Cervi. Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's Portami la luna (1987). ...

5. Karolina Wydra

Actress | Europa Report

Karolina Wydra was born in Opole, Opolskie, Poland

Her mother and father were teachers of mathematics and art, respectively. In 1992, she and her family emigrated to Orange County, California, where her parents set up a cleaning business. Her parents separated in 2012, and her mother subsequently ...

6. Tim Kang

Actor | Rambo

Yila Timothy Kang is an American actor. He is known for his role as Kimball Cho in the television series The Mentalist and Gordon Katsumoto in the CBS/NBC reboot series Magnum P.I. Kang was born in San Francisco, California, and is the eldest of three brothers. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ...

7. Barry Pepper

Self | 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp

Barry Robert Pepper was born on April 4, 1970, in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. He has two older brothers named Alex and Doug Pepper. The Peppers didn't stick around Campbell River for too long. They had been building a ship in their backyard for years. When Barry was five years old, ...

8. Michael Paré

Actor | Gone

Michael Kevin Paré was born on October 9, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Joan (Moroney) and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. His father died of leukemia when Paré was five, leaving his mother to raise their large family of children. Paré was working as a chef in New York City when an agent...

9. Alexander Dreymon

Actor | Christopher and His Kind

Alexander Dreymon was born February 7, 1983 in Germany and grew up in France, Switzerland and the United States. He studied in Paris and trained three years at Drama Centre London. Dreymon worked on stage in London and Paris and made his screen debut alongside Doctor Who star Matt Smith in the ...

10. Tobias Santelmann

Actor | Kon-Tiki

Tobias Santelmann is a Norwegian actor who was born in Freiburg, Germany. His family moved to Norway when he was one year old. He grew up in the far south of Norway (Lindesnes) and moved to Oslo when he was 16 years old.

Tobias Santelmann graduated from The Oslo National Academy of Dramatic Arts (...

11. Alanna Masterson

Actress | The Walking Dead

Alanna Masterson (born June 27, 1988) is an American actress who is known for her role as Tara Chambler in the AMC television series The Walking Dead.

Masterson was born on Long Island, New York to Carol Masterson (a manager) and Joe Reaiche, a Lebanese Australian former rugby league player with the...

12. Ann Mahoney

Actress | Midnight Special

Native to New Orleans, LA. Trained in Stanislavski/Meisner for B.A. in Theatre Arts. M.F.A. in the Suzuki Method of Actor Training. In addition to her film work, she has appeared onstage in regional theaters including Long Wharf, Ma-Yi Theatre Co, Berkshire Theatre Fest, and Southern Rep, among ...

13. Eleanor Matsuura

Actress | Wonder Woman

Eleanor Matsuura (born c. 1983) is an English actress, who is best known for her roles as Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs.

Matsuura was born in Tokyo and raised in Hertfordshire, England. She was trained at the Central School of Speech and ...

14. Nadia Hilker

Actress | Spring

Nadia Hilker is a German actress, known for her roles in Spring (2014), The 100 (2014) and The Walking Dead (2010).

Nadia Hilker is a renowned German film and television actress who has been in the movie industry since 2010. Best known for her role in Spring and The 100, Hilker's love for acting ...

15. Ryan Hurst

Actor | Remember the Titans

Ryan Douglas Hurst (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Gerry Bertier in Disney's Remember the Titans, Tom Clark in Taken, Opie Winston in the FX network drama series Sons of Anarchy, as Sergeant Ernie Savage in We Were Soldiers, and as Chick in Bates Motel.

Hurst ...

16. Christine Evangelista

Actress | The Arrangement

Christine Evangelista is known for The Arrangement (2017).

17. Jason Mewes

Actor | Clerks

New Jersey born and bred actor, who burst onto cinema screens in 1994, playing the grass smoking, fast talking, foul mouthed and over sexed,...but very likable "Jay" in Kevin Smith's hilarious low budget hit Clerks (1994). The off beat & philosophical drug dealing characters of "Jay and Silent Bob"...

18. Terry Chen

Actor | Almost Famous

Terry Keli Chen was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He moved around growing up but was raised mainly in Alberta and on the West coast. After dropping out of the University of Calgary he spent two years traveling throughout Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Terry moved back to Vancouver, British ...

19. Daisy McCrackin

Actress | Halloween: Resurrection

Daisy McCrackin was born on November 12, 1979 in Marin County, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Halloween: Resurrection (2002), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) and Angel (1999). She has been married to Michel Streurman since June 21, 2018. They have one child.

20. Simon Merrells

Actor | Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Essex boy Simon is the elder of the two acting Merrells brothers, born in 1965, three years before his sibling Jason. Though there was no acting background in the family both boys were keen to tread the boards at an early age, attending Saturday morning drama classes, then a Sylvia Young school, ...

21. Laura-Leigh

Actress | Under the Silver Lake

Laura-Leigh is known for Under the Silver Lake (2018), Blue Bloods (2010) and We're the Millers (2013).

22. Alexander Skarsgård

Actor | The Legend of Tarzan

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård was born in Stockholm, Sweden and is the eldest son of famed actor Stellan Skarsgård. Among his siblings are actors Gustaf Skarsgård, Bill Skarsgård, and Valter Skarsgård. For most of his formative years, his father was an acclaimed actor in Europe but had not yet ...

23. Kristin Bauer van Straten

Actress | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Kristin grew up in Wisconsin. Her father was an avid horseman and her mother a housewife involved in charities. Kristin moved to Los Angeles and began acting after studying fine arts in St. Louis, Boston and New York. She still studies drawing and painting, and working to better the lives of ...

24. Tara Buck

Actress | True Blood

Tara Buck has built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut from tragedy, comedy, farce, to fantasy. Tara is best known for her role as Ginger, on HBO's gritty Southern vampire drama, True Blood (2008). She first appeared in season one of the series as a guest star and after quickly becoming a fan ...

25. Luke Grimes

Actor | Fifty Shades of Grey

Luke Timothy Grimes is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the acclaimed film American Sniper, the Fifty Shades film series and the drama series Yellowstone (2018-present). Grimes was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of a Pentecostal pastor. Grimes graduated from Dayton Christian High...

26. Riley Smith

Actor | Eight Legged Freaks

Riley Smith is an immensely talented actor whose body of work comes to life in diverse roles across television and film. With a promising new series, Riley's star is quickly on the rise.

Riley Smith has most recently been cast to co-star in the CW's up and coming hit Nancy Drew. The series is set ...

27. Will Yun Lee

Actor | Altered Carbon

Will Yun Lee was born in Arlington, Virginia, to Jung Ja Lee and Soo Won Lee, who had recently emigrated from Korea. He was raised by both immediate and extended family and moved often, exposed to life on the tough Bronx streets and idyllic Hawaiian beaches. By his teens he was living in the San ...

28. Kae Alexander

Actress | Game of Thrones

Kae Alexander was born on August 31, 1985 in Kobe, Japan. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Fleabag (2016) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).

29. Ginnifer Goodwin

Actress | Big Love

Ginnifer Goodwin was born Jennifer Michelle Goodwin on May 22, 1978, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Linda (Kantor), a doctor of educational technology, and Tim Goodwin, a musician and the owner of Memphis Sound Productions recording studio. Ginnifer graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996 and ...

30. Cooper Andrews

Actor | The Walking Dead

Cooper Andrews was born on March 10, 1985 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Walking Dead (2010), Shazam! (2019) and Halt and Catch Fire (2014).

31. Claudia Black

Actress | Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

Claudia Lee Black was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. Her parents Jules and Judy Black are both Australian Medical Academics Doctors. She has lived in Australia, New Zealand, England and the US. Throughout her career Black has played in many Australian and New Zealand films and guested on ...

32. Arnas Fedaravicius

Actor | Educazione siberiana

Arnas Fedaravicius is a Lithuanian actor and producer known for his role as Sihtric in the British historical fiction series, The Last Kingdom.

Studying at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Fedaravicius was on the fast track to the screen, also receiving intensive stunt training, which ...

33. Thea Sofie Loch Næss

Actress | The Last Kingdom

Thea Sofie Loch Næss is a Norwegian actress.She started acting at the age of eight. She played a leading role in Eirik Svensson's coming-of-age film 'One Night in Oslo' in 2013, which premiered in April 2014. In 2014 Næss was studying drama at the Hartvig Nissens school in Oslo. She played the role...

34. Kristofer Hivju

Actor | Turist

A second-generation Norwegian actor, Kristofer Hivju was born on 7 December, 1978 in Oslo. He is the son of actors Lieselotte Holmene and Erik Hivju, a prominent character actor who appeared with his son in the short film Flax, where Kristofer shared screenwriting credit with director Bård Ivar ...

35. Eva Birthistle

Actress | Imagine Me & You

Eva Birthistle was born in April 1974 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Brooklyn (2015) and A Fond Kiss (2004). She is married to Ross John Barr. They have two children. She was previously married to Raife Patrick Burchell.

36. Jessica Matten

Actress | Frontier

Jessica has spent her whole life dedicated to helping move Indigenous communities forward. Over a span of 20 years, she has worked extensively with Indigenous people primarily all over Canada to help break cycles of inter-generational trauma with her company 7 Forward Entertainment. Her purpose ...

37. Lyla Porter-Follows

Actress | Mary Kills People

Lyla Porter-Follows is a Canadian American actress and writer. She portrays Clenna Dolan on Frontier (Netflix) and Ellen Norwood on Reign (CW). Lyla was born in Toronto, Canada, and attended high school in Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She ...

38. Zahn McClarnon

Actor | Into the West

Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon is an American actor known for his performances in the Western crime drama series Longmire, the second season of Fargo, and the second season of Westworld. In 2022 he plays the lead role in the AMC series Dark Winds. He also features in the 2021 FX on Hulu series ...

39. Robert Sheehan

Actor | The Umbrella Academy

Irish actor Robert Sheehan was born in Portlaoise, County Laois, the son of Joseph and Maria Sheehan. His father was a member of the Garda Síochána, the police force of the Republic of Ireland. As a child, Sheehan was interested in performing music. He learned how to play the banjo, the bodhrán, ...

40. Ginger Gonzaga

Actress | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Ginger is an improviser, actor, writer, and director.

In television, Ginger is best known for her role as "Christy" on the Duplass Brothers' critical darling Togetherness (2015) on HBO, "Maggie" on Showtime's Dramedy I'm Dying Up Here (2017), Peggy of FX's Legit (2013), and "Lorena" on Hulu's drama ...

41. Joseph Mawle

Actor | Game of Thrones

Joseph Daniel Turner Mawle (born 21 March 1974) is an English actor. Mawle is best known for his roles as Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones, Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine in Ripper Street, Firebrace in Birdsong, Jesus Christ in The Passion and Odysseus in Troy: Fall of a City.

Mawle was born in ...



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