Marvel Heroes Actors

1. Wesley Snipes

Actor | Blade

Wesley Trent Snipes was born in Orlando, Florida, to Marian (Long), a teacher's assistant, and SMSGT Wesley Rudolph Snipes, an aircraft engineer. He grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that dance and the theatre were to be his career. He attended ...

Eric Brooks/ Blade

Blade (1998) Blade II (2002) Blade: Trinity (2004)

2. Kris Kristofferson

Actor | Blade

Kris Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas, to Mary Ann (Ashbrook) and Lars Henry Kristofferson. His paternal grandparents were Swedish, and his father was a United States Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Kris was a Golden Gloves boxer and went to Pomona College in ...

Abraham Whistler

Blade (1998) Blade II (2002) Blade: Trinity (2004)

3. Patrick Stewart

Actor | Logan

Sir Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, to Gladys (Barrowclough), a textile worker and weaver, and Alfred Stewart, who was in the army. He was a member of various local drama groups from about age 12. He left school at age 15 to work as a junior reporter on a local paper; he ...

Professor Charles Xavier/ Professor X

X-Men (2000) X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) cameo The Wolverine (2013) cameo X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Logan (2017)

4. Hugh Jackman

Actor | Les Misérables

Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film ...

James (Logan) Howlet/ Wolverine

X-Men (2000) X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) X-Men: First Class (2011) cameo The Wolverine (2013) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Logan (2017)

5. Halle Berry

Actress | Catwoman

Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...

Ororo Monroe/ Storm

X-Men (2000) X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

6. Famke Janssen

Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand

Famke Janssen was born November 5, 1964, in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, and has two other siblings. Moving to America in the 1980s, she modeled for Chanel in New York. Later, taking a break from modeling, she attended Columbia University, majoring in literature.

This model-turned-actress broke into...

Jean Grey/ Phoenix

X-Men (2000) X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) The Wolverine (2013) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

7. James Marsden

Actor | Hairspray

James Paul Marsden, or better known as just James Marsden, was born on September 18, 1973, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Kathleen (Scholz) and James Luther Marsden. His father, a distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University, and his mother, a nutritionist, divorced...

Scott Summers/ Cyclops

X-Men (2000) X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

8. Anna Paquin

Actress | The Piano

Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.

She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved ...

Marie D'Ancanto/ Rogue

X-Men (2000) X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

9. Shawn Ashmore

Actor | X2

Shawn Robert Ashmore was born one minute after his twin brother Aaron Ashmore in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on October 7, 1979. He is the son of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore, a manufacturing engineer. By the age of seven, when their mother became a part of the Multiple Births ...

Robert (Bobby) Drake/ Iceman

X-Men (2000) X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

10. Sumela Kay

Actress | A History of Violence

Sumela Kay was born on July 25, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for A History of Violence (2005), X-Men (2000) and Simon Birch (1998).

Katherine (Kitty) Pryde/ Shadowcat

X-Men (2000) cameo

11. Katrina Florece

Actress | X-Men

Katrina Florece is known for X-Men (2000).

Jubilation (Jubilee) Lee/ Jubilee

X-Men (2000) cameo

12. Leonor Varela

Actress | Blade II

Leonor Varela was born on December 29, 1972 in Santiago de Chile, Chile, the daughter of Leonor Palma, a massage therapist, and Francisco Varela (Francisco Javier Varela Garcia), a biologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher. Her family fled to Costa Rica, leaving behind the dictatorship of Augusto ...

Nyssa Damiskinos

Blade II (2002)

13. Danny John-Jules

Actor | Blade II

Danny John-Jules was born on September 16, 1960 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Blade II (2002), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). He is married to Petula Langlais. They have two children.

Asad

Blade II (2002)

14. Tobey Maguire

Actor | Brothers

Tobias Vincent Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California. His parents were 18 and 20, and not yet married, when he was born. His mother, Wendy (Brown), did advertising, publicity, and acting in Hollywood for years as she coached and managed Tobey. His father, Vincent Maguire, was a cook and ...

Peter Benjamin Parker/ Spider-Man

Spider-Man (2002) Spider-Man 2 (2004) Spider-Man 3 (2007)

15. Ben Affleck

Producer | Argo

Benjamin Géza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to mother Chris Anne (Boldt), a school teacher, and father Timothy Byers "Tim" Affleck, a social worker. Ben has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975...

Matt Murrdock/ Daredevil

Daredevil (2003) Elektra (2005) deleted scene

16. Jennifer Garner

Actress | Alias

Jennifer Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television series Alias (2001), has come a long way from her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her mother Patricia Ann (née English), a retired English teacher, and her father, Billy Jack ...

Elektra Natchios/ Elektra

Daredevil (2003) Elektra (2005)

17. Alan Cumming

Actor | The Anniversary Party

Alan Cumming was born on January 27, 1965, in Aberfeldy, Scotland, to Mary (Darling), an insurance company secretary, and Alex Cumming. His family lived nearby in Dunkeld, where his father was a forester for Atholl Estate. The family (including his brother, Tom) moved to Fassfern near Fort William,...

Kurt Wagner/ Nightcrawler

X2: X-Men United (2003)

18. Daniel Cudmore

Actor | X-Men: The Last Stand

Born in Vancouver and raised in Squamish, British Columbia, Daniel grew up in an athletic household. The middle of three boys, Daniel excelled at a number of different sports including ski racing, snowboarding, football and rugby. However, in addition to his vast interest in athletics, Daniel ...

Peter Rasputin/ Colossus

X2: X-Men United (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

19. Katie Stuart

Actress | Inconceivable

Katie Stuart is a multi-talented actress and stunt performer from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Katie began her work in the entertainment industry at a young age taking beginner acting classes with the Vancouver Youth Theatre which lead to her recruitment to the industry. Katie began her exploration ...

Katherine (Kitty) Pryde/ Shadowcat

X2: X-Men United (2003) cameo

20. Kea Wong

Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand

Kea Wong is known for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X2 (2003) and Millennium (1996).

Jubilation (Jubilee) Lee/ Jubilee

X2: X-Men United (2003) cameo X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) cameo

21. Shauna Kain

Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand

Shauna Kain is known for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X2 (2003) and Red Riding Hood (2011).

Theresa Cassidy/ Siryn

X2: X-Men United (2003) cameo X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) cameo

22. Eric Bana

Actor | Dirty John

Eric Bana was born Eric Banadinovic on August 9, 1968, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is the younger of two brothers. His father, named Ivan Banadinovic, came from Zagreb, Croatia, and worked as a manager for Caterpillar Inc. His mother, named Eleanor Banadinovic, came from a German family ...

Robert Bruce Banner/ Hulk

Hulk (2003)

23. Thomas Jane

Actor | Boogie Nights

Thomas Jane is an American actor who is known for portraying Frank Castle from the 2004 Marvel Comics film The Punisher and the 2012 fan film Dirty Laundry. He also was in Boogie Nights, The Thin Red Line, Deep Blue Sea, The Predator, 1922, The Mist and Evening Raga of the West.

Frank Castle/ The Punisher

The Punisher (2004)

24. Ryan Reynolds

Actor | Deadpool 2

Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish ancestry. ...

Hannibal King, Wade Wilson/ Deadpool

Blade: Trinity (2004) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) Deadpool (2016)

25. Jessica Biel

Actress | The Illusionist

Jessica Biel, has become one of Hollywood's most sought-out actresses. She was born in Ely, Minnesota, to Kimberly (Conroe) and Jonathan Edward Biel, who is a business consultant and GM worker. Biel was raised in Boulder, Colorado. She is of Hungarian Jewish, Danish, English, and German descent.

As ...

Abigail Whistler

Blade: Trinity (2004)

26. Terence Stamp

Actor | The Limey

Terence was born in London and spent his early years watching American films and dreamed of being like the stars on the screen, He was awarded a scholarship for the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. In his second year, during an audition, Peter Ustinov signed him for the title role in Billy ...

Stik

Elektra (2005)

27. 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 ...

Reed Richards/ Mr. Fantastic

Fantastic Four (2005) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

28. Jessica Alba

Actress | Fantastic Four

Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen) and Mark David Alba, who served in the US Air Force. Her father is of Mexican descent (including Spanish and Indigenous Mexican roots), and her mother has Danish, Welsh, English, and French ancestry. Her family ...

Sue Storm/ Invisible Woman

Fantastic Four (2005) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

29. Chris Evans

Actor | The Avengers

Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor, film producer, and director. Evans began his acting career in typical fashion: performing in school productions and community theatre.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lisa (Capuano), who worked at the Concord Youth Theatre, and G. ...

Johnny Storm/ Human Torch, Steve Rogers/ Captain America

Fantastic Four (2005) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Thor: The Dark World (2013) cameo Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Ant-Man (2015) cameo Captain America: Civil War (2016) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) cameo Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

30. Michael Chiklis

Actor | The Shield

Michael Chiklis has been working professionally as an actor since he was thirteen. He started in the theater and after receiving his BFA in acting from Boston University's College Of Fine Arts, Michael moved to New York City where he continued acting on the stage until he got his big break playing ...

Benjamin Grimm/ The Thing

Fantastic Four (2005) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

31. Elliot Page

Actor | Juno

Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. They began their career at the age of 10 on the award-winning television series Pit Pony (1999), for...

Katherine (Kitty) Pryde/ Shadowcat

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

32. Kelsey Grammer

Actor | Cheers

A six-time Emmy Award winner, Kelsey Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Sally (Cranmer), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and restaurateur, who were from the mainland. He was raised in New Jersey and Florida. Grammer was drawn to the works of William ...

Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy / Beast

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) cameo

33. Ben Foster

Actor | Hell or High Water

Ben Foster was born October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Gillian Kirwan and Steven Foster, restaurant owners. His younger brother is actor Jon Foster. His paternal grandparents were from Russian Jewish families that immigrated to Massachusetts (his grandfather became a prominent judge in ...

Warren Worthington III/ Angel

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

34. Nicolas Cage

Actor | Face/Off

Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...

Johnny Blaze/ Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider (2007) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)

35. Sam Elliott

Actor | A Star Is Born

Tall, thin, wiry Sam Elliott is the classic picture of the American cowboy. Elliott began his acting career on the stage and his film debut was in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Although his future wife, Katharine Ross co-starred in the film, the two did not meet until they filmed The ...

Carter Slade/ Caretaker

Ghost Rider (2007)

36. James Franco

Actor | Spring Breakers

Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. His mother is Jewish and his father was of ...

Harry Osborn/ New Goblin

Spider-Man (2007)

37. Doug Jones

Actor | Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The youngest of four brothers, Doug Jones was born on May 24, 1960, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in the city's Northeastside. After attending Bishop Chatard High School, he headed off to Ball State University, where he graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications and a ...

Norinn Radd/ Silver Surfer (motion capture)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) motion capture

38. Laurence Fishburne

Actor | The Matrix

Critically hailed for his forceful, militant, authoritative figures and one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile performers, Laurence (John) Fishburne III has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a number of NAACP Image honors.

Born in Augusta, Georgia on July 30, 1961, to Hattie ...

Norinn Radd/ Silver Surfer (voice), Dr. Bill Foster

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) voice work Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

39. Robert Downey Jr.

Actor | Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.

Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...

Tony Stark/ Iron Man

Iron Man (2008) The Incredible Hulk (2008) cameo Iron Man 2 (2010) Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Iron Man 3 (2013) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

40. Paul Bettany

Actor | WandaVision

Paul Bettany is an English actor. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), ...

J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice), The Vision

Iron Man (2008) voice Iron Man 2 (2010) voice Marvel's The Avengers (2012) voice Iron Man 3 (2013) voice Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

41. Clark Gregg

Actor | The Avengers

Clark Gregg is an American actor, writer and director from Boston who is known for portraying Phil Coulson in various Marvel movies, shows and video games. He also acted in Mr. Popper's Penguins, The West Wing, 500 Days of Summer, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Labor Day and Live by Night.

Agent Phil Coulson

Iron Man (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010) Thor (2011) Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Captain Marvel (2019)

42. Samuel L. Jackson

Actor | Pulp Fiction

Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...

Nick Fury

Iron Man (2008) cameo Iron Man 2 (2010) Thor (2011) cameo Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) cameo Captain Marvel (2019)

43. Edward Norton

Actor | Fight Club

American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Columbia, Maryland.

His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" (Rouse), was a foundation executive and teacher of English, and a daughter of famed real estate developer ...

Bruce Banner/ The Hulk

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

44. Lou Ferrigno

Actor | The Incredible Hulk

An internationally famous and well respected bodybuilder / actor, Lou Ferrigno first appeared on TV screens in 1977 as the musclebound title character of The Incredible Hulk (1978), the alter ego of meek scientist David Banner. Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951 and as a child ...

Security Guard, The Hulk

Hulk (2003) cameo The Incredible Hulk (2008) voice work Marvel's The Avengers (2012) voice work Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) voice work

45. Ray Stevenson

Actor | The Three Musketeers

An imposing figure (standing at 6'3") with intense, penetrating eyes and possessed of a larger-than-life personality, the actor George Raymond Stevenson began life as one of three sons, born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to a British pilot in the Royal Air Force. Raised near Newcastle in ...

Frank Castle/ The Punisher, Volstagg

Punisher: War Zone (2008) Thor (2011) Thor: The Dark World (2014) Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

46. Lynn Collins

Actress | X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Viola Lynn Collins was born in Houston, Texas, to Patricia Lynn (Campbell) and Phillip Dean Collins. She attended the Juilliard School for Drama and had a great deal of Shakespearean training before being cast as "Portia" in "The Merchant of Venice". She also played "Ophelia" in a production of "...

Kayla Silverfox/ Silverfox

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

47. Will.i.am

Actor | X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Will.i.am was born on March 15, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014).

John Wraith/ Kestrel

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

48. Taylor Kitsch

Actor | X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Best known for his portrayal of troubled high school football star "Tim Riggins" on NBC's acclaimed television series, Friday Night Lights (2006), actor Taylor Kitsch has scored big with audiences and critics on both the big and small screens.

Taylor Kitsch was born on April 8, 1981 in Kelowna, ...

Remy LeBeau/ Gambit

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

49. Tim Pocock

Actor | X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Tim Pocock was born on October 24, 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Camp (2013) and Dance Academy (2010).

Scott Summers/ Cyclops

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

50. Tahyna MacManus

Actress | X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Tahyna MacManus (formerly Tahyna Tozzi) is an Australian actress, director, writer and producer. Tahyna starred in several television series and film blockbusters including X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) before moving behind the lens to focus on directing. Tahyna co-founded an all-female led ...

Emma Silverfox

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

51. Don Cheadle

Actor | Crash

Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 29, 1964. His childhood found him moving from city to city with his family: mother Bettye (née North), a teacher; father Donald Frank Cheadle Sr., a clinical psychologist; sister Cindy; and brother Colin. After graduating from high...

Lt. Col. James (Rhodey) Rhodes/ War Machine/ Iron Patriot

Iron Man 2 (2010) Iron Man 3 (2013) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

52. Scarlett Johansson

Actress | Lost in Translation

Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...

Natasha Romanoff/ Black Widow

Iron Man 2 (2010) Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) stock footage Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

53. Chris Hemsworth

Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman

Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. His brothers are actors, Liam Hemsworth & Luke Hemsworth; he is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal ...

Thor

Thor (2011) Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Thor: The Dark World (2013) Avenger: Age of Ultron (2015) Doctor Strange (2016) cameo Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

54. Jaimie Alexander

Actress | Thor

Jaimie Alexander was born in Greenville, South Carolina, but moved with her family to Grapevine, Texas, when she was four years old. She took theatre classes in grade school as a hobby but was kicked out in high school because she could not sing, and so she took up sports instead. At age 17 she ...

Lady Sif

Thor (2011) Thor: The Dark World (2013)

55. Josh Dallas

Actor | Thor

Josh Dallas was born in Louisville Kentucky. At the age of sixteen, Josh received the Sarah Exley Scholarship, a full ride scholarship given to one American student every three years to study acting at the prestigious "Mountview Conservatoire for the Performing Arts" in London, England. As an actor...

Fandral the Dashing

Thor (2011)

56. Tadanobu Asano

Actor | Mongol

Tadanobu Asano's a Japanese film actor. His father suggested he take on what became his first role in the TV show Kimpachi Sensei at 16. His film debut was Swimming Upstream (1990) though his first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's La cuisine: Fried Dragon Fish (1993). His first critical ...

Hogun the Grimm

Thor (2011) Thor: The Dark World (2013) Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

57. Idris Elba

Actor | Beasts of No Nation

An only child, Idrissa Akuna Elba was born and raised in London, England. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped...

Heimdall, Moreau

Thor (2011) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) Thor: The Dark World (2013) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) cameo Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

58. 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, ...

Odin

Thor (2011) Thor: The Dark World (2013) Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

59. Jeremy Renner

Actor | The Hurt Locker

Jeremy Lee Renner was born in Modesto, California, the son of Valerie (Tague) and Lee Renner, who managed a bowling alley. After a tumultuous yet happy childhood with his four younger siblings, Renner graduated from Beyer High School and attended Modesto Junior College. He explored several areas of...

Clint Barton/Hawkeye

Thor (2011) Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016)

60. James McAvoy

Actor | Filth

McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St ...

Charles Xavier/Professor X

X-Men: First Class (2011) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Deadpool 2 (2018) cameo X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

61. Jennifer Lawrence

Actress | The Hunger Games

As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar.

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence...

Raven Darkholme/ Mystique*

X-Men: First Class (2011) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

62. Michael Fassbender

Actor | Shame

Michael Fassbender is an Irish actor who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when ...

Erik Lensher/ Magneto*

X-Men: First Class (2011) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

63. Nicholas Hoult

Actor | Mad Max: Fury Road

Nicholas Hoult was born on December 7, 1989 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK as Nicholas Caradoc Hoult. His parents are Glenis Hoult, a piano teacher and Roger Hoult, a pilot. He has three siblings, two sisters and one brother. His great-aunt was one of the most popular actresses of her time, ...

Hank McCoy/Beast

X-Men: First Class (2011) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Deadpool 2 (2018) cameo X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

64. Lucas Till

Actor | X: First Class

Lucas Daniel Till was born in Fort Hood, Texas, to Dana Lyn (née Brady) and John Mark Till, a lieutenant colonel in the army. He spent most of his childhood growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Lucas's family quickly noticed, when he was at a very young age, that he had an affinity for ...

Alex Summers/Havok

X-Men: First Class (2011) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

65. Caleb Landry Jones

Actor | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Caleb Landry Jones is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class, Jeremy Armitage in Get Out, Red Welby in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Ty Carter in The Outpost, Jeff in Finch, and Martin Bryant in Nitram. His accolades include a Cannes Film ...

Sean Cassidy/Banshee

X-Men: First Class (2011)

66. Edi Gathegi

Actor | StartUp

Edi Gathegi was born on March 10, 1979 in Nairobi, Kenya. He is an actor and producer, known for StartUp (2016), Princess of the Row (2019) and For All Mankind (2019).

Armando Munoz/Darwin

X-Men: First Class (2011)

67. Hayley Atwell

Actress | Captain America: The First Avenger

Born in London, England, Hayley Elizabeth Atwell has dual citizenship of the United Kingdom and the United States. An only child, Hayley was named after actress Hayley Mills. Her parents, Alison (Cain) and Grant Atwell, both motivational speakers, met at a London workshop of Dale Carnegie's ...

Peggy Carter

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) cameo Ant-Man (2015)

68. Sebastian Stan

Actor | Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Sebastian Stan was born on August 13, 1982, in Constanta, Romania. He moved with his mother to Vienna, Austria, when he was eight, and then to New York when he was twelve. Stan studied at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts and spent a year at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.

When he went ...

James Buchanan Barnes/Winter Soldier

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Ant-Man (2015) cameo Captain America: Civil War (2016) Black Panther (2018) cameo Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

69. Neal McDonough

Actor | Minority Report

Multi talented and award winning actor Neal McDonough has been blessed to have an incredible career in the film industry.

He is now producing films alongside his wife Ruvé for the McDonough company. Films such as THE WARRANT, BREAKERS LAW, REDSTONE, BOON, BLACK SPARTANS ,and most recently the hit ...

Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

70. Derek Luke

Actor | Antwone Fisher

Derek Luke was born on April 24, 1974 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Antwone Fisher (2002), Glory Road (2006) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has been married to Sophia Adella Luke since April 4, 1999. They have one child.

Gabe Jones

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

71. Kenneth Choi

Actor | The Wolf of Wall Street

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Choi dreamed of becoming an actor. Against his family's wishes, Choi left college to pursue that dream. He literally ran away from home, cutting all ties with his family for 5 years to train and study before moving to Los Angeles. His dream became a reality as ...

Jim Morita, Principal Morita

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Spider-Man: Homecoming

72. Bruno Ricci

Actor | Captain America: The First Avenger

Bruno Ricci is known for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), 3 Days to Kill (2014) and Murphy's Law (2009).

Jaques Dernier

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

73. JJ Feild

Actor | Captain America: The First Avenger

JJ Feild was born on April 1, 1978 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Centurion (2010) and Austenland (2013).

James Montgomery Falsworth

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

74. Cobie Smulders

Actress | The Avengers

Cobie Smulders was born on April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Dutch father and an English mother. As a girl, Cobie had set her sights on becoming a doctor or a marine biologist. In fact, it wasn't until high school that Cobie started to explore acting after appearing in several ...

Maria Hill

Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) cameo

75. Mark Ruffalo

Actor | Spotlight

Award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo was born on November 22, 1967, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, of humble means to father Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, a construction painter and Marie Rose (Hebert), a stylist and hairdresser; his father's ancestry is Italian and his mother is of half French-Canadian and half ...

Bruce Banner/The Hulk

Marvel's The Avengers (2012) Iron Man 3 (2013) cameo Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

76. Andrew Garfield

Actor | Hacksaw Ridge

Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother, Lynn, and American father, Richard Garfield. When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. Andrew was raised in a middle class family, ...

Peter Parker/Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

77. Rila Fukushima

Actress | The Wolverine

Rila Fukushima is known for The Wolverine (2013), Ghost in the Shell (2017) and Arrow (2012).

Yukio

The Wolverine (2013)

78. Zachary Levi

Actor | Shazam!

The middle child between two sisters, Zachary Levi was born as Zachary Levi Pugh on September 29, 1980 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Susan (Hoctor) and Darrell Alton Pugh. He uses his middle name as his stage surname because his birth name, "Pugh", which is of Welsh origin, sounds too much like "...

Fandral

Thor: The Dark World (2013) Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

79. Anthony Mackie

Actor | The Hurt Locker

Anthony Mackie is an American actor. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Martha (Gordon) and Willie Mackie, Sr., who owned a business, Mackie Roofing. Anthony has been featured in feature films, television series and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, ...

Sam Wilson/ The Falcon

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Ant-Man (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

80. Emily VanCamp

Actress | Revenge

Emily Irene VanCamp (born May 12, 1986) is a Canadian actress, known for her lead roles on the WB series Everwood (2002), the ABC dramas Brothers & Sisters (2006) and Revenge (2011), and as Sharon Carter / Agent 13 in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Captain America: Civil War (...

Sharon Carter/ Agent 13

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Captain America: Civil War (2016)

81. Elizabeth Olsen

Actress | Martha Marcy May Marlene

Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), Godzilla (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). For her role in the critically-acclaimed Martha ...

Wanda Maximoff/ Scarlet Witch

Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) cameo Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

82. Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Actor | Kick-Ass

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English stage, television, and film actor.

He was born Aaron Perry Johnson in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Sarah and Robert Johnson, a civil engineer. He has a sister, Gemma Johnson, who had a small role in his movie Tom & Thomas (2002). Aaron is of ...

Pietro Maximoff/ Quicksilver

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) cameo Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

83. Omar Sy

Actor | Intouchables

Omar Sy was born on January 20, 1978 in Trappes, Yvelines, France. He is an actor and producer, known for The Intouchables (2011), Jurassic World (2015) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has been married to Hélène Sy since July 6, 2007. They have four children.

Lucas Bishop

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

84. Evan Peters

Actor | X-Men: Apocalypse

Evan Peters was born in 1987 in St. Louis, Missouri to Phil and Julie Peters. When his father's job was transferred, the family moved to Grand Blanc, Michigan. There, Evan began taking acting classes and at age 15, he moved with his mother to Los Angeles in hopes of pursuing a career in the ...

Peter Maximoff/ Quicksilver

X-Men: Days of Future (2014) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) Deadpool 2 (2018) cameo X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

85. Bingbing Fan

Actress | X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bingbing Fan was born 16 September 1981. She is a Chinese actress, television producer and pop singer.

Fan rose to fame in Asia in 1998-1999 with the mega-hit TV series My Fair Princess. In 2003, she starred in Cell Phone, which became the highest-grossing Chinese film of the year, winning a Hundred...

Clarice Ferguson/ Blink

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

86. Adan Canto

Actor | Designated Survivor

Adan Canto is a Mexican-American actor and director. He left home at the age of 16 to pursue a career as a musician. Canto wrote for and produced several songs for film and television while living in Mexico City. He began acting in a handful of commercials in Mexico City and was soon cast in a ...

Roberta da Costa/ Sunspot

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

87. Booboo Stewart

Actor | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

Booboo Stewart was thrust into the spotlight with his winning the coveted role of Seth Clearwater in the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and reprising the role in both The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012). At age 10 Booboo began his...

James Proudstar/ Warpath

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

88. Chris Pratt

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota and raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. He is of mostly Norwegian descent. He graduated from Lake Stevens High...

Peter Quill/ Star-Lord

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

89. Zoe Saldana

Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...

Gamora

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

90. Dave Bautista

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

David Michael Bautista, Jr. was born on January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., to Donna Raye (Mullins) and David Michael Bautista, a hairdresser. He has Filipino and Greek ancestry.

When WCW officials told him he'd never make it in sports entertainment, Bautista pushed himself to achieve his dream of...

Drax the Destroyer

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

91. Vin Diesel

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' ...

Groot (voice)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) voice work Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) voice work Avengers: Infinity War (2018) voice work

92. 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 ...

Rocket Raccoon (voice)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) voice work Guardians of the Galaxy (2017) voice work Avengers: Infinity War (2018) voice work

93. Karen Gillan

Actress | Selfie

Karen Sheila Gillan was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, as the only child of Marie Paterson and husband John Gillan, who is a singer and recording artist. She developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at ...

Nebula*

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

94. Michael Rooker

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Michael Rooker was born on April 6, 1955 in Jasper, Alabama. When he was thirteen, his parents divorced and he went with his mother to live in Chicago. He caught the acting bug while attending college, and began appearing in local stage productions. On first breaking into film, his intensity and "...

Yondu Udonta

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

95. Sean Gunn

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Sean Gunn is an American actor who is known for his collaborations with his brother James Gunn. He famously played Kraglin and did the physical portrayal of Rocket before being dubbed over by Bradley Cooper in the Guardians of the Galaxy films. He also portrayed Weasel and Calendar Man in The ...

Kraglin, Rocket Raccoon (motion capture)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) motion capture

96. Seth Green

Actor | Robot Chicken

Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke...

Howard the Duck (voice)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) voice Guardians of the Galaxy (2017) voice

97. Paul Rudd

Actor | Ant-Man

Paul Stephen Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, Michael and Gloria, both from Jewish families, were born in the London area, U.K. He has one sister, who is three years younger than he is. Paul traveled with his family during his early years, because of his father's airline job at ...

Scott Lang/ Ant-Man

Ant-Man (2015) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

98. Evangeline Lilly

Actress | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Evangeline Lilly, born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, in 1979, was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia, by the famous Ford modeling agency. Although she initially decided to pass on a modeling career, she went ahead and signed with Ford anyway, to help pay for her University of ...

Hope van Dyne/ The Wasp

Ant-Man (2015) Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

99. Michael Douglas

Actor | Wall Street

A legendary actor with 50 celebrated years of film, television and producing experience, Michael Douglas is known for his era-defining roles and enduring cultural impact.

In addition to his career accomplishments, Douglas has remained a steadfast public servant, activist and philanthropist dedicated...

Henry Pym/ Ant-Man

Ant-Man (2015) Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

100. Hayley Lovitt

Actress | The Gifted

Hayley Lovitt grew up in small town Oklahoma and North Carolina, playing in caves and hiking up mountains. Though Hayley wanted to be an actor from a young age, she was only able to participate in the theater projects available to her in the small towns in which her family resided. Soon after ...

Janet van Dyne/ The Wasp

Ant-Man (2015) Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)