Favourite Actors
by joshuabeech | created - 26 Oct 2016 | updated - 07 Jan 2018 | Public
1. Erik Thomson
Actor | The Black Balloon
Born in Inverness, Scotland, Erik's family emigrated to New Zealand when he was seven. A love of theatre began at primary school and after completing a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Victoria University Wellington he was selected to attend the national drama school, Toi Whakaari/ New ...
2. Michael Dorman
Actor | Daybreakers
Michael Dorman is a New Zealand actor, best known for his starring roles as NASA astronaut Gordo Stevens in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind and as John Tavner in the comedy-drama series Patriot. Other roles include Tom Wilcox in the Australian television ...
3. Michael Caton
Actor | The Castle
During his illustrious 40-plus year career, Michael Caton has performed in television, theatre and film both here in Australia and abroad. His foray into the world of show business was an auspicious affair. In 1963 in a 60-seat community theatre called The Twelfth Night Theatre, the then 20-...
4. Ed Oxenbould
Actor | The Visit
Ed Oxenbould is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the film Julian (2012). Subsequently, he appeared in the television series Puberty Blues (2012-2014) and became more well-known for his role in the film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014). He ...
5. Tom Hanks
Producer | Cast Away
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...
6. Clint Eastwood
Actor | Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...
7. Bruce Willis
Actor | Die Hard
Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.
Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...
8. Steve Carell
Actor | The Office
Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet Theresa (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His mother was of Polish descent and his father of Italian and ...
9. Will Smith
Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...
10. Ryan Corr
Actor | Holding the Man
Ryan's charismatic on-screen presence and the breadth of his emotional and comedic range ensure he is in constant demand.
Upcoming feature films include 1930's action-thriller High Ground, directed by Stephen Johnson, and the lead role in Maziar Lahooti's debut feature film Below, opposite Anthony ...
11. Grant Bowler
Actor | Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Grant Bowler can be seen as the male lead, 'Nolan', in Syfy's Defiance, which returned for its second season, June 2014. Bowler in his recent hiatus shot four movies back-to-back including the psychological action film, "Swelter", alongside Jean Claude Van Damme & Alfred Molina, Sci-Fi thriller "...
12. John Jarratt
Actor | Wolf Creek
John Jarratt was born on August 5, 1951 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and writer, known for Wolf Creek (2005), Django Unchained (2012) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975).
13. Dustin Clare
Actor | Pacific Rim Uprising
Dustin Clare is an award winning Australian actor. He made his feature debut in Fred Schepisi's The Eye of the Storm (2011), which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival and screened in Special Presentation at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
Dustin played 'Gannicus' ...
14. Rodger Corser
Actor | Doctor Doctor
Rodger Corser is well known to Australian audiences having worked extensively in television, theatre, and film. Over recent years Rodger has been nominated for six Silver and three Gold TV WEEK Logie awards for his portrayal of Dr Hugh Knight in the Nine Network's DOCTOR DOCTOR, which ran for five ...
15. Dan Wyllie
Actor | Love My Way
Daniel Wyllie is an Australian actor of stage, film and television. Wyllie began acting on the stage and has a wide range of work in the theatre.
Wyllie primarily works in theatre, having appeared in many productions over the past twenty years. He performs frequently with the Sydney company Company ...
16. Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Actor | Puberty Blues
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor was born on September 19, 1973 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Puberty Blues (2012), The Diplomat (2009) and Underbelly (2008).
17. Fletcher Humphrys
Actor | The Dressmaker
Fletcher Humphrys was born on April 1, 1976 in Australia. He is an actor, known for The Dressmaker (2015), Underbelly (2008) and Chopper (2000).
18. Glenn Robbins
Actor | Kath & Kim
Glenn Robbins was born on December 30, 1956 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a producer and actor, known for Kath & Kim (2002), Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001) and Upper Middle Bogan (2013). He is married to Selina.
19. John Howard
Actor | Mad Max: Fury Road
Has a sister, Jan. Grew up in Warrawee, NSW Australia and went to Knox Grammar School. Dropped out of medicine and law at university. Graduated in 1978 from NIDA with Penny Cook, Robert Grubb. Played leading roles from 1981 to 2012 in various plays. Won a Critics Circle award in 1992 for "The ...
20. Hugh Sheridan
Actor | Packed to the Rafters
Hugh Sheridan was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was the second youngest of seven children. It was during primary school that they began their training at Unley Youth Theatre and Terry Simpson Studios in Adelaide, after which they went on to study Music at the Victorian College of the Arts ...
21. Bradley Cooper
Actor | A Star Is Born
Bradley Charles Cooper was born on January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria (Campano), is of Italian descent, and worked for a local NBC station. His father, Charles John Cooper, who was of Irish descent, was a stockbroker. Immediately after Bradley graduated from the ...
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