THE BEST ACTORS - Born 1930s, 1940s and 1950s
by Prodanovic7 | created - 02 Feb 2021 | updated - 1 week ago | Public
1. Robert De Niro
Actor | Cape Fear
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...
28: The Godfather: Part II, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, Brazil, The Untouchables, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino, Heat, Sleepers, Jackie Brown, Great Expectations, Meet the Parents, The Score, Shark Tale, Meet the Fockers, Little Fockers, Limitless, Silver Linings Playbook, Last Vegas, The Intern, Joy, Dirty Grandpa, Joker, The Irishman, Killers of the Flower Moon
2. 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 ...
27: Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Toy Story, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story 2, The Green Mile, Cast Away, Road to Perdition, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, The Da Vinci Code, The Simpsons Movie, Charlie Wilson's War, Angels & Demons, The Pacific (TV Mini-Series), Toy Story 3, Cloud Atlas, Captain Phillips, Bridge of Spies, Sully, Inferno, The Post, Toy Story 4, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, A Man Called Otto, Asteroid City
3. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
18: The Godfather, Serpico, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface, Dick Tracy, The Godfather: Part III, Glengarry Glen Ross, Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, Heat, Donnie Brasco, The Devil's Advocate, The Insider, Insomnia, Ocean's Thirteen, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, The Irishman
4. Morgan Freeman
Actor | Driving Miss Daisy
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...
24: Driving Miss Daisy, Glory, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Unforgiven, The Shawshank Redemption, Outbreak, Se7en, Million Dollar Baby, Batman Begins, Lucky Number Slevin, Gone Baby Gone, The Bucket List, The Dark Knight, Invictus, RED, The Dark Knight Rises, Oblivion, Now You See Me, Last Vegas, The Lego Movie, Lucy, Ted 2, Now You See Me 2, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
5. Jack Nicholson
Actor | Chinatown
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through ...
15: Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Reds, Terms of Endearment, The Witches of Eastwick, Batman, A Few Good Men, Mars Attacks!, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give, The Departed, The Bucket List
6. Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor | There Will Be Blood
Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis, Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema and head of the famous Ealing ...
10: Gandhi, A Room with a View, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, Lincoln, Phantom Thread
7. Denzel Washington
Actor | Fences
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...
12: Glory, Philadelphia, Training Day, Man on Fire, The Manchurian Candidate, Inside Man, American Gangster, The Book of Eli, The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven, The Equalizer 2, The Tragedy of Macbeth
8. Dustin Hoffman
Actor | Tootsie
Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, ...
16: The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Rain Man, Dick Tracy, Outbreak, Sleepers, Finding Neverland, Meet the Fockers, Stranger Than Fiction, Kung Fu Panda, Little Fockers, Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda 3
9. 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, ...
12: The Lion in Winter, The Elephant Man, The Silence of the Lambs, Dracula, Bobby, Fracture, Thor, RED 2, Thor: The Dark World, Westworld (TV Series), Thor: Ragnarok, The Father
10. Michael Caine
Actor | The Dark Knight
Michael Caine was born as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in London, to Ellen (née Burchell), a cook, and Maurice Micklewhite Sr., a fish-market porter. He had a younger brother, Stanley Caine, and an older maternal half-brother named David Burchell. He left school at age 15 and took a series of ...
14: Hannah and Her Sisters, Miss Congeniality, Batman Begins, Children of Men, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Now You See Me, Eliza Graves, Interstellar, Youth, Now You See Me 2, Tenet
11. Gene Hackman
Actor | The French Connection
Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After ...
14: Bonnie and Clyde, The French Connection, The Conversation, French Connection II, Superman, Superman II, Reds, Mississippi Burning, Postcards from the Edge, Unforgiven, The Firm, The Birdcage, Antz, The Royal Tenenbaums
12. Kevin Spacey
Actor | The Usual Suspects
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...
12: Working Girl, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Usual Suspects, Outbreak, Se7en, A Time to Kill, L.A. Confidential, A Bug's Life, American Beauty, Horrible Bosses, House of Cards (TV Series), Horrible Bosses 2
13. Christoph Waltz
Actor | Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For each performance, he won...
7: Inglourious Basterds, Carnage, Django Unchained, Horrible Bosses 2, The Legend of Tarzan, Alita: Battle Angel, The French Dispatch
14. Jeff Bridges
Actor | The Big Lebowski
Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, the son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges (née Simpson). He grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges. Both boys popped up, without ...
9: The Fisher King, The Big Lebowski, Iron Man, Tron: Legacy, True Grit, Seventh Son, Hell or High Water, Le Petit Prince, Bad Times at the El Royale
15. Robert Duvall
Actor | The Apostle
Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a ...
6: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Network, Apocalypse Now, The Natural, Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-Series)
16. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
13: Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Birdcage, Deconstructing Harry, Good Will Hunting, Insomnia, Happy Feet, Night at the Museum, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Butler
17. Tommy Lee Jones
Actor | The Fugitive
Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Lucille Marie (Scott), a police officer and beauty shop owner, and Clyde C. Jones, who worked on oil fields. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school ...
10: Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-Series), JFK, Natural Born Killers, Men in Black, Men in Black II, No Country for Old Men, Captain America: The First Avenger, Men in Black 3, Lincoln, Jason Bourne
18. Geoffrey Rush
Actor | The King's Speech
Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. ...
8: Shakespeare in Love, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The King's Speech, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Green Lantern, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
19. Ben Kingsley
Actor | Sexy Beast
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ...
12: Gandhi, Bugsy, Schindler's List, Lucky Number Slevin, Shutter Island, Hugo, The Dictator, Iron Man Three, Eliza Graves, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Jungle Book, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
20. Alan Arkin
Actor | Argo
Alan Arkin was an Academy Award-winning American actor who was also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer.
He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany. In 1946, the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to...
6: Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marley & Me, Argo, BoJack Horseman (TV Series), Dumbo
21. Jon Voight
Actor | Midnight Cowboy
Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in the war film "Coming Home" (1978). He has also been nominated for the same award other two times. He was first ...
6: Midnight Cowboy, Coming Home, Heat, Anaconda, The Manchurian Candidate, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
22. William Hurt
Actor | A History of Violence
William McChord Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (McGill) and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked at the State Department. He was trained at Tufts University and The Juilliard School and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including the most recent nomination for his ...
7: The Village, Into the Wild, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Black Widow
23. Gary Oldman
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...
17: JFK, Dracula, Léon, Le cinquième élément, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Batman Begins, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Dark Knight, The Book of Eli, Kung Fu Panda 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Mank, Oppenheimer
24. Joe Pesci
Actor | Goodfellas
Compact Italian-American actor Joe Pesci was born February 9, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey, to Mary (Mesce), a part-time barber, and Angelo Pesci, a bartender and forklift driver. Pesci first broke into entertainment as a child actor, and by the mid-1950s, was starring on the series "Star Time Kids"....
8: Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, Goodfellas, Home Alone, JFK, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Casino, The Irishman
25. 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 ...
20: Oz (TV Series), Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Juno, Burn After Reading, Megamind, The Legend of Korra (TV Series), Whiplash, BoJack Horseman (TV Series), Kung Fu Panda 3, Zootopia, Justice League, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Klaus, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Invincible (TV Series), Being the Ricardos, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
26. Tim Robbins
Actor | Mystic River
Born in West Covina, California, but raised in New York City, Tim Robbins is the son of former The Highwaymen singer Gil Robbins and actress Mary Robbins (née Bledsoe). Robbins studied drama at UCLA, where he graduated with honors in 1981. That same year, he formed the Actors' Gang theater group, ...
5: Top Gun, The Player, The Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River, Green Lantern
27. Christopher Walken
Actor | The Deer Hunter
Lead and supporting actor of the American stage and films, with sandy colored hair, and pale complexion. He won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Deer Hunter (1978), and has been seen in mostly character roles, often portraying psychologically unstable individuals, though...
10: Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, Batman Returns, Pulp Fiction, Antz, Sleepy Hollow, Catch Me If You Can, Man on Fire, The Jungle Book, Dune: Part Two
28. Richard Dreyfuss
Actor | The Goodbye Girl
Richard Dreyfuss is an American leading man, who has played his fair share of irritating pests and brash, ambitious hustlers.
He was born Richard Stephen Dreyfus in Brooklyn, New York, to Geraldine (Robbins), an activist, and Norman Dreyfus, a restaurateur and attorney. His paternal grandparents ...
5: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand by Me, Postcards from the Edge, RED
29. 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...
9: The China Syndrome, Wall Street, The Game, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Last Vegas, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
30. Roberto Benigni
Actor | La vita è bella
Roberto Benigni was born on October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and Down by Law (1986). He has been married to Nicoletta Braschi since December 26, 1991.
4: La vita è bella, Astérix & Obélix contre César, Coffee and Cigarettes, To Rome with Love
31. Chris Cooper
Actor | Adaptation.
Christopher Walton Cooper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Mary Ann (Walton), a homemaker, and Charles Sherwood Cooper, a cattleman and internist who served as a doctor in the US Air Force. His parents were from Texas, where Cooper was raised.
Educated at the University of Missouri school of ...
9: Lonesome Dove (TV Mini Series), A Time to Kill, Great Expectations, American Beauty, The Bourne Identity, Adaptation., The Town, 11.22.63 (TV Mini Series), Little Women
32. Jim Broadbent
Actor | Moulin Rouge!
One of England's most versatile character actors, Jim Broadbent was born on May 24, 1949, in Lincolnshire, the youngest son of furniture maker Roy Laverick Broadbent and sculptress Doreen "Dee" (Findlay) Broadbent. Jim attended a Quaker boarding school in Reading before successfully applying for a ...
13: Only Fools and Horses.... (TV Series), Brazil, Bridget Jones's Diary, Gangs of New York, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Iron Lady, Cloud Atlas, The Legend of Tarzan, Bridget Jones's Baby, Game of Thrones (TV Series)
33. Sean Connery
Actor | The Rock
The tall, handsome and muscular Scottish actor Sean Connery is best known as the original actor to portray James Bond in the hugely successful movie franchise, starring in seven films between 1962 and 1983. Some believed that such a career-defining role might leave him unable to escape it, but he ...
6: The Longest Day, Murder on the Orient Express, Der Name der Rose, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October
34. Jeremy Irons
Actor | Dead Ringers
British actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, a small island off the south coast of England. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. He visited mainland England only once a year. He wound up ...
10: The Lion King, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Stealing Beauty, The Pink Panther 2, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Red Sparrow, Watchmen (TV Mini-Series), Zack Snyder's Justice League, The Flash
35. Kevin Kline
Actor | Wild Wild West
Kevin Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Margaret and Robert Joseph Kline, who owned several stores. His father was of German Jewish descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. After attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Kline studied at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, ...
6: A Fish Called Wanda, The Ice Storm, The Pink Panther, Last Vegas, Ricki and the Flash, Beauty and the Beast
36. F. Murray Abraham
Actor | Amadeus
Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham was born on October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in El Paso, Texas. His father, Fred Abraham, was a Syrian (Antiochian Orthodox Christian) immigrant. His mother, Josephine (Stello) Abraham, was the daughter of Italian immigrants. Born...
8: All the President's Men, Scarface, Amadeus, Der Name der Rose, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Moon Knight (TV Mini Series)
37. Peter O'Toole
Actor | Lawrence of Arabia
A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a...
5: Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, The Last Emperor, Troy, Ratatouille
38. Albert Finney
Actor | Murder on the Orient Express
The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal ...
6: Murder on the Orient Express, Erin Brockovich, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, The Bourne Ultimatum, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
39. 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 ...
25: Platoon, Mississippi Burning, The English Patient, American Psycho, Spider-Man, Finding Nemo, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spider-Man 2, The Aviator, Inside Man, Paris, je t'aime, Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Out of the Furnace, The Grand Budapest Hotel, John Wick, Finding Dory, Murder on the Orient Express, Aquaman, Zack Snyder's Justice League, The French Dispatch, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Nightmare Alley, Asteroid City, Poor Things
40. Warren Beatty
Actor | Reds
Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, ...
8: Splendor in the Grass, Bonnie and Clyde, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Heaven Can Wait, Reds, Dick Tracy, Bugsy, Bulworth
41. Ed Harris
Actor | Appaloosa
By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned a reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time.
Ed Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to Margaret (Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert Lee Harris, a bookstore worker who also sang professionally. ...
14: Glengarry Glen Ross, The Firm, Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Stepmom, A Beautiful Mind, The Hours, Gone Baby Gone, The Way Back, Snowpiercer, Gravity, Westworld (TV Series), Mother!, Top Gun: Maverick
42. 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 ...
7: Carlito's Way, G.I. Jane, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Captain Fantastic, Green Book
43. Nick Nolte
Actor | Warrior
Nick Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska and began his career on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse and in regional theatre productions. His breakthrough role was in the TV miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), playing the role of "Tom/Tommy Jordache". Nick Nolte said that when he played a young man in ...
10: Cape Fear, The Player, The Thin Red Line, Hulk, Hotel Rwanda, Paris, je t'aime, Warrior, Gangster Squad, Parker, The Mandalorian (TV Series)
44. 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 ...
9: A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, A Perfect World, Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Trouble with the Curve, The Mule
45. Sylvester Stallone
Actor | Rocky
Sylvester Stallone is an athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director/producer, the movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 40 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws.
Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, ...
17: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Cliffhanger, Antz, Rocky Balboa, The Expendables, The Expendables 2, Escape Plan, The Expendables 3, Creed, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Creed II, The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
46. Ian McKellen
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, twice nominated for the Oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in the UK and US, Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, to Margery ...
14: X-Men, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, X2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Da Vinci Code, X-Men: The Last Stand, Flushed Away, The Golden Compass, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Beauty and the Beast
47. John Travolta
Actor | Pulp Fiction
John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (née Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His father owned a tire repair shop called Travolta Tires in Hillsdale, ...
5: Carrie, Look Who's Talking, Pulp Fiction, The Thin Red Line, Bolt
48. Tom Wilkinson
Actor | Michael Clayton
Popular British character actor Tom Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and came from a long line of urban farmers. He was the son of Marjorie (Percival) and Thomas Wilkinson. Economic hardships forced his family to move to Canada for a few years when Wilkinson was a child; then, ...
10: In the Name of the Father, Sense and Sensibility, Rush Hour, Shakespeare in Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Batman Begins, RocknRolla, The Ghost Writer, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Snowden
49. John Lithgow
Actor | The World According to Garp
If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was ...
9: Terms of Endearment, Cliffhanger, Shrek, Dexter (TV Series), How I Met Your Mother (TV Series), Interstellar, The Crown (TV Series), Bombshell, Killers of the Flower Moon
50. Billy Bob Thornton
Actor | Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton was born on August 4, 1955 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Virginia Roberta (Faulkner), a psychic, and William Raymond (Billy Ray) Thornton, an educator, high school history teacher, and basketball coach (now deceased). He is the older brother of James Donald (Jimmy Don) (born in ...
5: Monster's Ball, Love Actually, Bad Santa, Puss in Boots, Fargo (TV Series)
51. Richard Jenkins
Actor | The Shape of Water
Richard Jenkins was born on May 4, 1947 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Shape of Water (2017), The Visitor (2007) and Step Brothers (2008). He has been married to Sharon R. Friedrick since August 23, 1969. They have two children.
8: Hannah and Her Sisters, The Witches of Eastwick, Six Feet Under (TV Series), Burn After Reading, Friends with Benefits, Olive Kitteridge (TV Mini Series), The Shape of Water, Nightmare Alley
52. John Malkovich
Actor | Being John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary ...
6: Empire of the Sun, Burn After Reading, RED, RED 2, Penguins of Madagascar, Bird Box
53. Bruce Dern
Actor | Nebraska
Two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern's tremendous career is made up of playing both modern day heroes and legendary villains. Through decades of lauded performances, Dern has acquired the reputation of being one of the most talented and prolific actors of his generation.
Dern currently appears opposite...
7: Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Coming Home, Django Unchained, Nebraska, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
54. John Hurt
Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...
13: A Man for All Seasons, Alien, The Elephant Man, Contact, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hellboy, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Snowpiercer
55. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen ...
6: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Deconstructing Harry, Antz, To Rome with Love
56. Bill Murray
Actor | Lost in Translation
Bill Murray is an American actor, comedian, and writer. The fifth of nine children, he was born William James Murray in Wilmette, Illinois, to Lucille (Collins), a mailroom clerk, and Edward Joseph Murray II, who sold lumber. He is of Irish descent. Among his siblings are actors Brian Doyle-Murray, ...
19: Tootsie, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Groundhog Day, Ed Wood, Lost in Translation, Coffee and Cigarettes, Broken Flowers, The Darjeeling Limited, Zombieland, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Olive Kitteridge (TV Mini-Series), The Jungle Book, Isle of Dogs, Zombieland: Double Tap, The French Dispatch, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
57. 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 ...
13: Seinfeld (TV Series), Saving Private Ryan, The Lincoln Lawyer, How I Met Your Mother (TV Series), Breaking Bad (TV Series), Drive, Contagion, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Argo, Kung Fu Panda 3, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Isle of Dogs, Asteroid City
58. Alec Baldwin
Actor | The Departed
Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae ...
9: Beetle Juice, Working Girl, The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Aviator, The Departed, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, To Rome with Love
59. 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), ...
26: Goodfellas, Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard with a Vengeance, A Time to Kill, Jackie Brown, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, The Incredibles, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Iron Man 2, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Django Unchained, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Hateful Eight, The Legend of Tarzan, The Hitman's Bodyguard, Incredibles 2, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
60. Kevin Costner
Actor | The Postman
Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle ...
6: The Untouchables, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, JFK, A Perfect World, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
61. Brendan Gleeson
Actor | Calvary
Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Pat and Frank Gleeson. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high ...
12: Braveheart, 28 Days Later..., Gangs of New York, Cold Mountain, Troy, The Village, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Edge of Tomorrow, Eliza Graves, The Tragedy of Macbeth
62. Michael Keaton
Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...
13: Beetle Juice, Batman, Batman Returns, Jackie Brown, Toy Story 3, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Spotlight, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Dumbo, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Dopesick (TV Mini Series), Morbius, The Flash
63. William H. Macy
Actor | Fargo
William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films. Macy has won two Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, while his performance in Fargo earned a nomination for the ...
8: Fargo, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Jurassic Park III, Cellular, Bobby, The Lincoln Lawyer, Room
64. Robert Redford
Actor | The Natural
Born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Robert Redford, an accountant for Standard Oil, and Martha Redford, Charles Robert Redford, Jr. was a scrappy kid who stole hubcaps in high school and lost his college baseball scholarship at the University of Colorado because of ...
8: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, Three Days of the Condor, All the President's Men, The Natural, Out of Africa, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Endgame
65. Harrison Ford
Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark
Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, ...
14: The Conversation, Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Working Girl, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Expendables 3, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Blade Runner 2049
66. John Hawkes
Actor | The Sessions
John Hawkes is an award-winning actor known for crafting memorable performances across a wide range of styles and genres. He will next be seen in the upcoming fourth season of HBO's "True Detective" with Jodie Foster. Previous projects include the indie film "Roving Woman," "The Peanut Butter ...
11: From Dusk Till Dawn, Rush Hour, Deadwood (TV Series), American Gangster, Winter's Bone, Lost (TV Series), Contagion, Lincoln, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Deadwood, True Detective (TV Series)
67. Mickey Rourke
Actor | Sin City
Mickey Rourke was born Phillip Andre Rourke, Jr. on September 16, 1952, in Schenectady, New York, the son of Annette Elizabeth (Cameron) and Philip Andre Rourke. His father was of Irish and German descent, and his mother was of mostly English and French-Canadian ancestry. When he was six years old,...
7: Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Man on Fire, Sin City, The Wrestler, Iron Man 2, The Expendables, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
68. 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 ...
14: Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Gangs of New York, Love Actually, Batman Begins, Taken, The Grey, The Dark Knight Rises, Taken 2, The Lego Movie, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Taken 3, Ted 2, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
69. Gérard Depardieu
Actor | Cyrano de Bergerac
Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France, to Anne Jeanne Josèphe (Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, who was a metal worker and fireman. Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Café de la Gare", along ...
6: Astérix & Obélix contre César, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, Paris, je t'aime, Astérix aux jeux olympiques, Life of Pi, Astérix & Obélix: Au service de sa Majesté
70. James Earl Jones
Actor | Rogue One
Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...
7: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, The Hunt for Red October, The Lion King, Rogue One, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Mini Series)
71. David Strathairn
Actor | Good Night, and Good Luck.
David Russell Strathairn was born on January 26, 1949 in San Francisco, California. He is the son of Mary Frances (Frazier), a nurse, and Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., a physician. He has two siblings, Tom and Anne. His ancestry includes English, Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, Hawaiian, and one ...
9: Silkwood, The Firm, L.A. Confidential, The Sopranos (TV Series), Fracture, The Bourne Ultimatum, Lincoln, Nomadland, Nightmare Alley
72. Harvey Keitel
Actor | Reservoir Dogs
American actor and producer Harvey Keitel was born on May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Miriam (Klein) and Harry Keitel. An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976), Ridley Scott's The Duellists (...
14: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, Thelma & Louise, Bugsy, Reservoir Dogs, The Piano, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Little Fockers, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Youth, Isle of Dogs, The Irishman
73. Andy Garcia
Actor | Ocean's Eleven
One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects.
Garcia was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, to Amelie Menéndez, a teacher of English...
10: The Untouchables, The Godfather: Part III, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, The Pink Panther 2, Rio 2, Passengers, The Mule, Wrath of Man
74. Jonathan Pryce
Actor | The Two Popes
Jonathan Pryce was born on June 1, 1947 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Two Popes (2019), The Wife (2017) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). He has been married to Kate Fahy since April 2015. They have three children.
8: Brazil, Glengarry Glen Ross, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Game of Thrones (TV Series), Taboo (TV Series), The Crown (TV Series)
75. John Goodman
Actor | 10 Cloverfield Lane
John Stephen Goodman's an American film, TV & stage actor. He was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia Roos (Loosmore), a waitress and saleswoman & Leslie Francis Goodman, a postal worker who died when he was a small child. He's of English, Welsh & German ancestry. He's best known for his role as ...
9: The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Monsters, Inc., Bee Movie, Community (TV Series), Argo, Trouble with the Curve, The Hangover Part III, Monsters University
76. Steve Buscemi
Actor | Fargo
Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...
12: Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-Series), Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Monsters, Inc., Coffee and Cigarettes, Big Fish, The Sopranos (TV Series), Paris, je t'aime, Boardwalk Empire (TV Series), Monsters University
77. Jackie Chan
Actor | Ngo si seoi
Hong Kong's cheeky, lovable and best-known film star, Jackie Chan endured many years of long, hard work and multiple injuries to establish international success after his start in Hong Kong's manic martial arts cinema industry.
Jackie was born Kong-sang Chan on April 7, 1954, on Hong Kong's famous ...
8: Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, Rush Hour 2, Shanghai Knights, Rush Hour 3, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda 3
78. Mel Gibson
Actor | Braveheart
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...
8: Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Braveheart, What Women Want, Signs, The Beaver, The Expendables 3
79. Hugh Laurie
Actor | House M.D.
Hugh was born in Oxford, England on June 11, 1959, to Patricia (Laidlaw) and William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie, a doctor, both of Scottish descent. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Son of an Olympic gold medalist in the sport, he rowed for the England youth team (1977) and for ...
8: Blackadder II (TV Series), Blackadder the Third (TV Series), Blackadder Goes Forth (TV Series), Sense and Sensibility, House M.D. (TV Series), Monsters vs. Aliens, Veep (TV Series), The Night Manager (TV Series)
80. Jeff Daniels
Actor | The Squid and the Whale
Actor Jeff Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised in Chelsea, Michigan. He is the son of Marjorie J. (Ferguson) and Robert Lee Daniels, who owned The Chelsea Lumber Company and was also mayor of Chelsea. Jeff attended Central Michigan University, but became involved in acting and ...
9: Terms of Endearment, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Speed, The Hours, State of Play, Looper, The Newsroom (TV Series), The Martian, Godless (TV Mini-Series)
81. 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 ...
10: Dune, X-Men, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Ted, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Ted 2, Logan, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
82. 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,...
19: Die Hard, Look Who's Talking, Die Hard 2, The Player, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Twelve Monkeys, Le cinquième élément, The Sixth Sense, Friends (TV Series), Sin City, Lucky Number Slevin, Live Free or Die Hard, RED, Moonrise Kingdom, The Expendables 2, Looper, RED 2, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
83. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...
8: The Terminator, Commando, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Expendables 2, Escape Plan, The Expendables 3
84. Alfred Molina
Actor | Spider-Man 2
Alfred Molina was born in 1953 in London, England. His mother, Giovanna (Bonelli), was an Italian-born cook and cleaner, and his father, Esteban Molina, was a Spanish-born waiter and chauffeur. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. His stage work includes two major Royal ...
13: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Chocolat, Coffee and Cigarettes, Spider-Man 2, The Da Vinci Code, The Pink Panther 2, Rango, Monsters University, Feud (TV Series), Frozen II, Spider-Man: No Way Home
85. Danny DeVito
Actor | Matilda
Danny DeVito has amassed a formidable and versatile body of work as an actor, producer and director that spans the stage, television and film.
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. was born on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey, to Italian-American parents. His mother, Julia (Moccello), was a homemaker. ...
10: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks!, L.A. Confidential, Hercules, Man on the Moon, Big Fish, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series), Dumbo
86. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
16: Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Sense and Sensibility, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Butler, Alice Through the Looking Glass
87. Donald Sutherland
Actor | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The towering presence of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland is often noticed, as are his legendary contributions to cinema. He has appeared in almost 200 different shows and films. He is also the father of renowned actor Kiefer Sutherland, among others.
Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Saint ...
12: JFK, Outbreak, A Time to Kill, The Italian Job, Cold Mountain, Pride & Prejudice, Horrible Bosses, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, The Undoing (TV Mini-Series)
88. Giancarlo Esposito
Actor | Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples, Italy, and an African-American opera singer mother from Alabama. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and ...
7: The Usual Suspects, Breaking Bad (TV Series), The Jungle Book, Okja, Better Call Saul (TV Series), The Boys (TV Series), The Mandalorian (TV Series)
89. Brian Cox
Actor | Succession
Brian Cox is an Emmy Award-winning Scottish actor. He was born on June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, to Mary Ann Guillerline Cox, maiden surname McCann, a spinner, and Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, a shopkeeper and butcher. His father was of Irish ancestry and his mother was of Irish and Scottish ...
15: Braveheart, The Bourne Identity, The Ring, Adaptation., X2, Troy, The Bourne Supremacy, Deadwood (TV Series), Zodiac, Fantastic Mr. Fox, RED, RED 2, Her, Succession (TV Series), Good Omens (TV Mini-Series)
90. Jonathan Banks
Actor | Mudbound
Versatile veteran character actor Jonathan Banks was born in Washington, D.C. in 1947. While growing up he always had an interest in acting and stage work, so decided to pursue a career in entertainment. To this day he is a very accomplished stage actor. While acting in film, he usually plays ...
7: Coming Home, Breaking Bad (TV Series), Community (TV Series), Horrible Bosses 2, Better Call Saul (TV Series), Incredibles 2, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
91. Sam Neill
Actor | Jurassic Park
Sam Neill was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to army parents, an English-born mother, Priscilla Beatrice (Ingham), and a New Zealand-born father, Dermot Neill. His family moved to the South Island of New Zealand in 1954. He went to boarding schools and then attended the universities ...
10: The Hunt for Red October, The Piano, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Escape Plan, Peaky Blinders (TV Series), And Then There Were None (TV Mini Series), Thor: Ragnarok, Thor: Love and Thunder, Jurassic World: Dominion
92. John Cleese
Actor | A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. He was born into a family of modest means, his father being an insurance salesman; but he was nonetheless sent off to private schools to obtain a good education. Here he ...
12: Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fawlty Towers (TV Series), Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, A Fish Called Wanda, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, The Pink Panther 2, Shrek Forever After
93. Sean Bean
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sean Bean's career since the eighties spans theatre, radio, television and movies. Bean was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Rita (Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. He worked for his father's welding firm before he decided to become an actor. He attended RADA in London and appeared in a ...
7: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Equilibrium, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Troy, Game of Thrones (TV Series), The Martian
94. Ian McShane
Actor | Deadwood
A natural at portraying complex villains, anti-heroes, and charming heavies, Ian McShane is the classically trained, award-winning actor who has grabbed attention and acclaim from audiences and critics around the world with his unforgettable gallery of scoundrels, kings, mobsters and thugs.
And, now...
10: Deadwood (TV Series), Shrek the Third, The Golden Compass, Kung Fu Panda, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Deadwood, John Wick: Chapter 4
95. Rowan Atkinson
Actor | Johnny English
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on 6 January, 1955, in Consett, Co. Durham, UK, to Ella May (Bainbridge) and Eric Atkinson. His father owned a farm, where Rowan grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees ...
8: The Black Adder (TV Series), Blackadder II (TV Series), Blackadder the Third (TV Series), Blackadder Goes Forth (TV Series), Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Lion King, Mr. Bean (TV Series), Love Actually
96. Christopher Lloyd
Actor | Back to the Future
Christopher Lloyd is an American actor with a relatively long career. His better known roles include drug-using taxicab driver Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom Taxi (1978), Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), inventor Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future ...
9: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Over the Garden Wall (TV Mini-Series), Nobody
97. Kurt Russell
Actor | Escape from New York
Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (née Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent. His first roles were as a child on television series, ...
7: The Fox and the Hound, The Thing, Silkwood, Death Proof, The Hateful Eight, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
98. Jean Reno
Actor | Léon
Jean Reno was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca, Morocco, to Spanish parents (from Andalucía) who moved to North Africa to seek work. His father was a linotypist. Reno settled in France at 17. He began studying drama and has credits in French television and theater as well as films. ...
7: Les visiteurs, Léon, Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs II, The Pink Panther, The Da Vinci Code, Flushed Away, The Pink Panther 2
99. Dolph Lundgren
Actor | Rocky IV
Dolph Lundgren was born as Hans Lundgren in Stockholm, Sweden, to Sigrid Birgitta (Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13, when he moved in with his grandparents in Nyland, ...
6: Rocky IV, The Expendables, The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3, Creed II, Aquaman
100. John Cazale
Actor | Dog Day Afternoon
John Cazale was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to an Irish-American mother, Cecilia (Holland), and an Italian-American father, John Cazale. Cazale made only five feature films in his career, which fans and critics alike call classics. But before his film debut, in the short The American Way (1962),...
5: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, The Deer Hunter
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