Favorite Actors
by matthewwalker66 | created - 20 May 2015 | updated - 8 months ago | Public
1. Tom Cruise
Actor | Top Gun
In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...
Favorite Movies: Mission: Impossible Series, American Made, Edge of Tomorrow, Jack Reacher, The Last Samurai, Collateral, Minority Report, Top Gun: Maverick Favorite Characters: Ethan Hunt, Jack Reacher, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Upcoming Movies of Interest: Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part Two
2. 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 ...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies, Knocked Up, I Love You Man, Wet Hot American Summer Favorite Characters: Ant-Man, Pete (from Knocked Up) Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
3. Ewan McGregor
Actor | Moulin Rouge!
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents ...
Favorite Movies: The Impossible, Birds of Prey, Doctor Sleep Favorite Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Black Mask, Dan Torrance Upcoming Movies of Interest: Everest, The Cow
4. 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. ...
Favorite Movies: Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Deadpool, Life, The Hitman's Bodyguard Favorite Characters: Deadpool, Pikachu, Michael Bryce Upcoming Movies of Interest: Deadpool 3, Imaginary Friends, Clue
5. Seth Rogen
Producer | This Is the End
An actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen.
Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy (Belogus), a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who worked for non-profits. His father is American-born and his mother is Canadian. He is of Russian...
Favorite Movies: Long Shot, The Disaster Artist, Kung Fu Panda Series, 50/50, Knocked Up, The Green Hornet Favorite Characters: Ben Stone, Kyle (from 50/50), Britt Reid/The Green Hornet Upcoming Movies of Interest: The Fabelmans, Super Mario
6. Chris Pine
Actor | Star Trek
Chris Pine was born in Los Angeles. His parents are actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, and his maternal grandparents were Max M. Gilford, a president of the Hollywood Bar Association, and actress Anne Gwynne. His sister, Katherine Pine, has also acted. Chris's ancestry is Russian Jewish (from ...
Favorite Movies: Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Outlaw King, Wonder Woman, Star Trek Series, Hell or High Water, Horrible Bosses 2 Favorite Characters: Kirk, Steve Trevor, Robert Bruce Upcoming Movies of Interest: Newsflash, Star Trek 4
7. Bryan Cranston
Actor | Breaking Bad
Bryan Lee Cranston was born on March 7, 1956 in Hollywood, California, to Audrey Peggy Sell, a radio actress, and Joe Cranston, an actor and former amateur boxer. His maternal grandparents were German, and his father was of Irish, German, and Austrian-Jewish ancestry. He was raised in the Canoga ...
Favorite Movies: Last Flag Flying, Trumbo, Argo Favorite Characters: Sal Nealon, Dalton Trumbo, Walter White Upcoming Movies of Interest: Argylle, Asteroid City
8. Adam Sandler
Actor | The Waterboy
Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took ...
Favorite Movies: The Meyerowitz Stories, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Uncut Gems Favorite Characters: Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison Upcoming Movies of Interest: Hustle
9. 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 ...
Favorite Movies: X-Men Series, Alien Series, Inglourious Basterds Favorite Characters: Magneto Upcoming Movies of Interest: Next Goal Wins, The Killer
10. Keanu Reeves
Actor | The Matrix
Keanu Charles Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the son of Patric Reeves, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. Keanu's father was born in Hawaii, of British, Portuguese...
Favorite Movies: John Wick Series, The Matrix Favorite Characters: John Wick Upcoming Movies of Interest: John Wick 4
11. Martin Freeman
Actor | Black Panther
Martin Freeman is an English actor, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office (2001), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock (2010) and Lester Nygaard in the dark ...
Favorite Movies: The Hobbit Trilogy, Black Panther, Cargo Favorite Characters: Bilbo Baggins Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
12. Johnny Depp
Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...
Favorite Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean Series, Black Mass, The Lone Ranger, Donnie Brasco Favorite Characters: Jack Sparrow, Whitey Bulger Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
13. 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...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies, Star Trek Beyond, Finding Dory, Zootopia, Pacific Rim, Prometheus, Hobbs and Shaw Favorite Characters: Heimdall, Stacker Pentecost Upcoming Movies of Interest: Beast
14. Eddie Murphy
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...
Favorite Movies: Tower Heist, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, Trading Places Favorite Characters: Axel Foley, Billy Ray Valentine Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
15. Liam Neeson
Actor | Kinsey
Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. He was raised in a Catholic household. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an ...
Favorite Movies: Cold Pursuit, The Grey, Taken Favorite Characters: Bryan Mills, Oskar Schindler, Qui-Gon Jinn Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
16. Ben Stiller
Producer | Tropic Thunder
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).
His parents made no real...
Favorite Movies: The Meyerowitz Stories, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Madagascar 3, Tropic Thunder, Tower Heist, There's Something About Mary Favorite Characters: Walter Mitty, Larry Daley, Alex the Lion, Derek Zoolander Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
17. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
Favorite Movies: The Revenant, The Wolf of Wall Street, Inception, Blood Diamond, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Departed Favorite Characters: Jordan Belfort, Hugh Glass Upcoming Movies of Interest: Killers of the Flower Moon
18. Charlie Day
Producer | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Charles Peckham Day was born in New York City, NY, and raised in Middletown, Rhode Island. His parents are both music teachers - his mother, Mary (Peckham), is a piano teacher, and his father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, was a professor of music at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. ...
Favorite Movies: Horrible Bosses Series, Pacific Rim Favorite Characters: Charlie Kelley, Dale Arbus Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
19. Kevin Spacey
Actor | L.A. Confidential
Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
Favorite Movies: Baby Driver, Horrible Bosses Series, American Beauty, The Negotiator, L.A. Confidential Favorite Characters: Lester Burnham Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
20. 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 ...
Favorite Movies: X-Men Series, Prisoners, Real Steel Favorite Characters: Wolverine Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
21. 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), ...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Kong: Skull Island, The Hateful Eight, The Negotiator, Pulp Fiction, The Banker Favorite Characters: Nick Fury, Mace Windu, Frozone, Jules Winnefeld Upcoming Movies of Interest: The Marvels
22. Jason Bateman
Actor | Arrested Development
Jason Bateman is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development (2003), as well as his role on Valerie (1986).
He was born in Rye, New York. His father, Kent Bateman, from a Utah-based family, is a film and television director...
Favorite Movies: Zootopia, Horrible Bosses Series Favorite Characters: Marty Bryde, Michael Bluth Upcoming Movies of Interest: Clue
23. 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...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies, Jurassic World Series Favorite Characters: Star Lord, Andy Dwyer Upcoming Movies of Interest: Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Jurassic World 3
24. 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...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies, Tag, Wind River, Mission: Impossible Series, The Hurt Locker Favorite Characters: Hawkeye, William James Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
25. Tom Hardy
Actor | Inception
With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut...
Favorite Movies: Dunkirk, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception Favorite Characters: Venom, Bane Upcoming Movies of Interest: Mad Max: The Wasteland
26. 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. ...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies, Snowpiercer, Knives Out Favorite Characters: Captain America, Curtis, Ransom Drysdale Upcoming Movies of Interest: The Gray Man
27. Simon Pegg
Actor | Shaun of the Dead
English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was ...
Favorite Movies: Mission: Impossible Series, Star Trek Series Favorite Characters: Benji Dunn, Scotty Upcoming Movies of Interest: Mission Impossible 7, Star Trek 4, Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild
28. Dwayne Johnson
Actor | Black Adam
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...
Favorite Movies: Fast and the Furious Series Favorite Characters: Hercules, Hobbs Upcoming Movies of Interest: Black Adam
29. 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...
Favorite Movies: Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, Kick-Ass, Matchstick Men, Face/Off Favorite Characters: Spider-Man Noir, Ben Gates Upcoming Movies of Interest: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
30. Miles Teller
Actor | Whiplash
Miles Alexander Teller is an American actor and musician. For his performance in the film The Spectacular Now (2013), he won the Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He has appeared in the films Rabbit Hole (2010), Footloose (2011), Project X (2012), That ...
Favorite Movies: Bleed for This, Whiplash, War Dogs, Only the Brave, Top Gun: Maverick Favorite Characters: Andrew Neiman Upcoming Movies of Interest: Spiderhead
31. Casey Affleck
Actor | Manchester by the Sea
An accomplished and striking performer, Academy Award® winner Casey Affleck has established himself as a powerful leading man with performances in multiple projects.
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. His mother, Chris Anne (née Boldt), is a school teacher, and ...
Favorite Movies: Manchester By the Sea, Gone Baby Gone Favorite Characters: Lee Chandler Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
32. 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...
Favorite Movies: Triple Frontier, Argo, The Accountant Favorite Characters: Batman Upcoming Movies of Interest: The Flash
33. David Harbour
Actor | Revolutionary Road
David Harbour is an American actor who has performed in film, television, and the theater.
He is known for his role as CIA agent Gregg Beam in Quantum of Solace (2008), Shep Campbell in Revolutionary Road (2008), Van Hauser in End of Watch (2012) and Dexter Tolliver in Suicide Squad (2016). He also ...
Favorite Movies: ??? Favorite Characters: Jim Hopper Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
34. 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, ...
Favorite Movies: Hacksaw Ridge, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Social Network Favorite Characters: Spider-Man, Desmond Doss Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
35. J.K. Simmons
Actor | Whiplash
J.K. Simmons is an American actor.
He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music).
He had ...
Favorite Movies: Patriots Day, Whiplash, Zootopia, Spider-Man Trilogy, The Accountant Favorite Characters: J. Jonah Jameson Upcoming Movies of Interest: Batgirl
36. Jon Hamm
Actor | Mad Men
Jon Hamm is an American actor and producer from St. Louis, Missouri who is known for playing Don Draper in Mad Men. He also played Mister Sinister in a deleted scene of The New Mutants and Legion, Brogan from Shrek Forever After, and other films and shows including Sucker Punch, Million Dollar Arm,...
Favorite Movies: Tag, Baby Driver, Richard Jewell, Top Gun: Maverick Favorite Characters: Upcoming Movies of Interest:
37. Woody Harrelson
Actor | True Detective
Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, to Diane Lou (Oswald) and Charles Harrelson. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, where his mother was from. After receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hanover College, he...
Favorite Movies: Solo, Three Billboards, War for the Planet of the Apes Favorite Characters: Marty Hart Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
38. Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor | Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, the son of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and ...
Favorite Movies: Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stronger, Okja, Nightcrawler Favorite Characters: Mysterio, Lou Bloom Upcoming Movies of Interest: Ambulance
39. Zac Efron
Actor | High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Zachary David Alexander Efron was born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, to Starla Baskett, a secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer. He has a younger brother, Dylan. The surname "Efron", which is Hebrew and a Biblical place name, comes from Zac's Polish Jewish paternal ...
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40. Chadwick Boseman
Actor | Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies Favorite Characters: Black Panther Upcoming Movies of Interest: :(
41. Viggo Mortensen
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Since his screen debut as a young Amish farmer in Peter Weir's Witness (1985), Viggo Mortensen's career has been marked by a steady string of well-rounded performances.
Mortensen was born in New York City, to Grace Gamble (Atkinson) and Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr. His father was Danish, his mother ...
Favorite Movies: Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Green Book, Captain Fantastic Favorite Characters: Aragorn, Tony Lip, Ben, Tom Stall Upcoming Movies of Interest: Thirteen Lives
42. Mahershala Ali
Actor | Leave the World Behind
Mahershala Ali is fast becoming one of the freshest and most in-demand faces in Hollywood with his extraordinarily diverse skill set and wide-ranging background in film, television, and theater.
He can be seen in the independent feature film, Moonlight, as well as reprising his role in The Hunger ...
Favorite Movies: Green Book, Moonlight, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse Favorite Characters: Don Shirley, Juan Upcoming Movies of Interest: Blade
43. Adam Driver
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas. His stepfather is a Baptist minister. His ancestry includes...
Favorite Movies: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Logan Lucky Favorite Characters: Kylo Ren Upcoming Movies of Interest: White Noise
44. 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 ...
Favorite Movies: Aladdin, Spies in Disguise, Hitch, Concussion, Focus, Men in Black 3, The Pursuit of Happyness, King Richard Favorite Roles: Genie, Richard Williams Upcoming Movies of Interest: Emancipation, Fast and Loose
45. Jon Favreau
Producer | Chef
Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.
The amiable, husky-framed actor with the ...
Favorite Movies: MCU Series, I Love You Man, Chef Favorite Roles: Happy, Carl Casper Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
46. 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, ...
Favorite Movies: MCU Movies, The Hurt Locker, Detroit, The Banker Favorite Roles: Bernard Garrett, Sanborn Upcoming Movies of Interest: Signal Hill
47. Sam Rockwell
Actor | Moon
Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which ...
Favorite Movies: The Green Mile, Richard Jewell, Three Billboards, The Way Way Back, Moon, Matchstick Men Favorite Roles: Sam Bell, Owen, Justin Hammer, Watson Bryant Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
48. Michael B. Jordan
Actor | Black Panther
Michael B. Jordan, the middle of three children, was born in Santa Ana, California and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Donna (Davis), a high school counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. His middle name, Bakari, means "noble promise" in Swahili. (He is not related to, or named after, ...
Favorite Movies: Creed 2, Just Mercy, Black Panther Favorite Roles: Killmonger, Bryan Stevenson Upcoming Movies of Interest: Creed 3, Wrong Answer
49. 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 ...
Favorite Movies: Sully, Captain Phillips, Toy Story Series, The Green Mile, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump Favorite Roles: Forrest Gump, Paul Edgecomb Upcoming Movie of Interest: ???
50. Robert Pattinson
Actor | Twilight
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson was born May 13, 1986 in London, England, to Richard Pattinson, a car dealer importing vintage cars, and Clare Pattinson (née Charlton), who worked as a booker at a model agency. He grew up in Barnes, southwest London with two older sisters. Robert discovered his ...
Favorite Movies: The Devil All the Time, Tenet, The King, The Lost City of Z, The Batman Favorite Roles: Batman Upcoming Movie of Interest: ???
51. Pedro Pascal
Actor | The Last of Us
Pedro Pascal is a Chilean-born actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Javier Peña in the Netflix series Narcos (2015), the titular character in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019) and Joel Miller in the...
Favorite Movies: Triple Frontier, The Equalizer 2 Favorite Roles: The Mandalorian, Javier Pena Upcoming Movies of Interest: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
52. Daniel Craig
Actor | Casino Royale
One of the British theatre's most famous faces, Daniel Craig, who waited tables as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, has gone on to star as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).
He was born ...
Favorite Movies: James Bond Films, Knives Out, Logan Lucky, Munich Favorite Roles: Benoit Blanc, Joe Bang, James Bond Upcoming Movies of Interest: Knives Out 2
53. George Clooney
Actor | The Ides of March
George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...
Favorite Movies: Ocean's Eleven, Fantastic Mr. Fox Favorite Roles: Danny Ocean Upcoming Movies of Interest: ???
54. Jason Statham
Actor | Crank
Jason Statham was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, to Eileen (Yates), a dancer, and Barry Statham, a street merchant and lounge singer. He was a Diver on the British National Diving Team and finished twelfth in the World Championships in 1992. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman ...
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55. Henry Golding
Actor | Crazy Rich Asians
British-Malaysian television host, actor and model Henry Ewan Golding was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, to Margaret Likan and Clive Golding. His father is English and his mother is Malaysian. His mother is from the Iban people, an Indigenous group in Sarawak, and Henry completed the bejalai, ...
56. Simu Liu
Actor | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Simu is a Chinese-Canadian actor who won a Game Changer Award and People's Choice Award for his role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Before his leading role in a Marvel movie, he played Jung Kim on the CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience (2016). He is ...
57. Jason Momoa
Actor | Aquaman
Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is of Native Hawaiian and Samoan descent; and his mother, who is from Iowa, is of German, Irish, and Native American ancestry. Jason ...
58. Timothée Chalamet
Actor | Call Me by Your Name
Timothée Hal Chalamet was born in Manhattan, to Nicole Flender, a real estate broker and dancer, and Marc Chalamet, a UNICEF editor. His mother, who is from New York, is Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Austrian Jewish descent. His father, who is from Nîmes, France, is of French and English ancestry. ...
59. Oscar Isaac
Actor | Ex Machina
Oscar Isaac was born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia, and a Cuban father, Oscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist. Oscar was raised in Miami, Florida. Before he became an actor, he played lead guitar and sang vocals in his band the Blinking ...
60. Tom Holland
Actor | Spider-Man: Homecoming
Thomas Stanley Holland was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, to Nicola Elizabeth (Frost), a photographer, and Dominic Holland (Dominic Anthony Holland), who is a comedian and author. His paternal grandparents were from the Isle of Man and Ireland, respectively. He lives with his parents and ...
61. Willem Dafoe
Actor | Spider-Man
Having made over one hundred films in his legendary career, Willem Dafoe is internationally respected for bringing versatility, boldness, and daring to some of the most iconic films of our time. His artistic curiosity in exploring the human condition leads him to projects all over the world, large ...
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