Favourite actors

1. Kim Sung-oh

Kim Sung-oh was born on September 15, 1978. He is an actor, known for The Man from Nowhere (2010), A Bittersweet Life (2005) and Baek-hee Has Returned (2016).

2. Go Ara

Actress | Papa

Go Ara was born on February 11, 1990 in Jinju, South Korea. She is an actress, known for Papa (2012), Reply 1994 (2013) and Sharp (2003).

Doona Bae was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother, Hwa-Young Kim, is a stage actress. Bae started out as a model. She soon moved to T.V. and movies, and it proved the right move. Her first movie was The Ring Virus (1999). Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) (aka "Barking Dogs Never Bite") and Take ...

4. Rutger Hauer

Actor | Hobo with a Shotgun

Blond, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer enjoyed an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. Hauer was born in Breukelen, a Dutch town and former municipality in the province of Utrecht.

He was the son of Teunke ...

5. Sarah Lancashire

Actress | Happy Valley

Sarah Lancashire was born on October 10, 1964 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Happy Valley (2014), Yesterday (2019) and Clocking Off (2000). She has been married to Peter Salmon since August 22, 2001. They have one child. She was previously married to ...

6. Lee Seung-gi

Actor | Guga-ui Seo

Lee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor, host and entertainer. Known as the "Ballad Prince", Lee has had numerous hit songs such as "Because You're My Woman", "Will You Marry Me", and "Return". He has garnered further recognition as an actor and rose to international popularity around Asia ...

7. Park Hae-Jin

Actor | Cheese in the Trap

Park Hae-Jin was born on May 1, 1983. He is an actor, known for Cheese in the Trap (2016), Bad Guys (2014) and My Love from Another Star (2013).

8. Song Seung-heon

Actor | Gaeul donghwa

Song Seung Hun, born October 5, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea, is a model, singer and actor.

Song started his career as a model in 1995, modeling for the jeans brand STORM, and began acting in sitcoms and TV dramas in 1996.

Song is noted for his roles in Korean dramas like East of Eden, Autumn in My ...

9. Ji Chang-wook

Actor | Hilleo

Ji Chang-Wook is a South Korean actor who first gained fame for his role in 'Smile Again', a South Korean drama series where he played the lead role. He is also known for his role in the South Korean thriller film 'Fabricated City', which was a huge commercial success. After playing small roles in ...

10. Ahn Eun-jin

Actress | Seulgiroun Euisasaenghal

Ahn Eun-jin was born on May 6, 1991. She is an actress, known for Hospital Playlist (2020), My Dearest (2023) and The Night Owl (2022).

11. Song Yun-ah

Actress | Gwangbokjeol teuksa

Song Yun-ah was born on June 7, 1973 in Seoul, Korea. She is an actress, known for Jail Breakers (2002), Mama (2014) and Syowindo: Yeowangui Jib (2021). She has been married to Sol Kyung-gu since 2009. They have one child.

12. Shôta Matsuda

Actor | Hana yori dango: Fainaru

Shôta Matsuda was born on September 10, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Hana yori dango: Fainaru (2008), Ikigami (2008) and Boys Over Flowers (2005). He has been married to Kozue Akimoto since April 25, 2018.

13. David Tennant

Actor | Doctor Who

Widely considered as one of the greatest stage and screen actors of his generation both in his native Scotland and internationally, David Tennant was born David John McDonald in West Lothian, Scotland, to Essdale Helen (McLeod) and Sandy McDonald, who was a Presbyterian minister. He is of Scottish ...

14. Richard Dean Anderson

Actor | Stargate SG-1

The original MacGyver (1985) and Stargate SG-1 (1997) star was born on January 23, 1950, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Stuart Anderson, was a teacher at a local high school and his mother, Jocelyn, was an artist who was talented in both sculpting and painting. He and his three younger ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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)...

17. Park Shin-hye

Actress | 7-beon-bang-ui seon-mul

Park Shin-hye was born in Gwangju, but raised in Paju, South Korea. Shin Hye Studied music, theater and singing in Chung-Ang University, Korea. Shin-hye made her acting debut in a Korean drama series, Stairway to heaven. She later on gained her popularity through another Korean series, You're ...

18. Song Joong-ki

Actor | Seungriho

Song Joong Ki is an actor in the Republic of Korea. His debut was in the 2008 film 'A Frozen Flower'. He familiarized himself with the public through TV shows such as 'My Precious You (2008)', 'Triple (2009)', 'Will it snow for Christmas? (2009)', and 'Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctors (2010)'. At ...

19. Cho Seung-woo

Actor | Tajja

Cho Seung-woo was born on February 12, 1980 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), Chunhyang (2000) and Marathon (2005).

20. Min Nam-koong

Actor | Rimembeo: Adeul-ui Jeonjaeng

Min Nam-koong was born on March 12, 1978 in Seoul, Korea. He is an actor, known for Remember: War of the Son (2015), Good Manager (2017) and Falsify (2017).

21. BD Wong

Actor | Jurassic Park

BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly." He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the ...

22. Kim Rae-won

Actor | Punch

Kim Rae-won was born on March 19, 1981 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for Punch (2014), My Little Bride (2004) and Shik-gaek (2008).

23. Park So-dam

Actress | Gisaengchung

Park So-dam was born on September 8, 1991 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for Parasite (2019), The Priests (2015) and The Silenced (2015).

24. Choi Jin-hyuk

Actor | Guga-ui Seo

Choi Jin-hyuk was born on February 9, 1985. He is an actor, known for Guga-ui Seo (2013), Emergency Couple (2014) and Heirs (2013).

25. Hyun Bin

Actor | Sikeurit Gadeun

Hyun Bin, born in 1982, had a typical childhood as the youngest son of a family with loving parents and a strong older brother. In high school, he fell in love with the allure of acting in a theater club he joined on the advice of a senior, but he was opposed by his father, who wanted him to pursue...

26. Ron Perlman

Actor | Hand of God

Ron Perlman is a classically-trained actor who has appeared in countless stage plays, feature films and television productions.

Ronald N. Perlman was born April 13, 1950 in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. His mother, Dorothy (Rosen), is retired from the City Clerk's Office. His father, ...

27. 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 ...

28. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Actor | Mortal Kombat

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa got his first big break as an actor when he was cast in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor (1987). A US Army brat, he was born in Tokyo and lived in various cities while growing up. His father was in the army, stationed at Ft. Bragg (NC), Ft. Polk (LA) and Ft. Hood (TX). His...

29. Christopher Lambert

Actor | Highlander

Though born in Great Neck, Long Island, Christopher Lambert's family left the US when he was only two years old. His father was a United Nations diplomat assigned to Switzerland and, as a result, Chris was educated at private boarding schools in Geneva. Inspired through his having appeared in a ...

30. Lee Min-ho

Actor | Kkotboda namja

Lee Minho is one of South Korea's most influential artists. He is an actor, producer, and creative director. With a combined 95 million social media followers on Instagram, Facebook and Weibo, he has a remarkable global reach. The Korean government's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ...

31. Lee Jung-Jin

Actor | Pieta

Lee Jung-Jin was born on May 25, 1978 in Seoul, Korea. He is an actor, known for Pieta (2012), Hae-jeok, discowang doeda (2002) and Hundred Year Inheritance (2013).

32. Woo Do-Hwan

Actor | Maedeudok

Woo Do-Hwan was born on July 12, 1992. He is an actor, known for Mad Dog (2017), Save Me (2017) and The Divine Fury (2019).

33. Joel Kinnaman

Actor | The Killing

Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman, known professionally as Joel Kinnaman, is a Swedish actor. He is best known for playing the lead role in the Swedish film Easy Money a role that earned him a Guldbagge Award in the "Best Actor" category - and for his role as Frank Wagner in the Johan Falk film ...

34. Mireille Enos

Actress | World War Z

Mireille Enos was born in Houston, Texas, to Monique, a teacher, and Jon Goree Enos. Her Texas-born American father, and French mother, met while her father was serving on a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She is the fourth of five children and grew up in Houston, Texas...

35. Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writer | White Chicks

The trail-blazing linchpin of a sprawling family dynasty of comic entertainers, it was multi-talented writer/director/producer Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958, in New York City) who led the familial pack and was the first to achieve national prominence when he successfully created, launched,...

36. Ma Dong-seok

Actor | Busanhaeng

Ma Dong-seok (born Lee Dong-seok on March 1, 1971), also known as Don Lee is a South Korean-American actor best known for his supporting roles in The Neighbor, Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, and The Unjust. He also played leading roles in Norigae, Murderer and One on One. Under his ...

37. Tim Kang

Actor | Rambo

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

38. Dennis Haysbert

Actor | Far from Heaven

Dennis Haysbert was born on June 2, 1954 in San Mateo, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Far from Heaven (2002), 24 (2001) and Heat (1995). He was previously married to Lynn Griffith and Elena Simms.

39. Sanaa Lathan

Actress | AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Sanaa Lathan is an actor, director, producer, and activist, well-known for starring in such hit films as LOVE & BASKETBALL, THE BEST MAN and BEST MAN HOLIDAY, BROWN SUGAR, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, and NAPPILY EVER AFTER.

She recently made her feature directorial debut for Paramount Pictures' ON THE COME ...

40. Simon Baker

Actor | Margin Call

Simon Baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received Australia's prestigious Logie award for Most Popular New Talent. Upon relocating to Los Angeles with his family, Baker was immediately cast in the Academy Award winning film L.A. Confidential (1997).

41. Karl Urban

Actor | Star Trek

Originally from Wellington, New Zealand, Karl Urban now lives in Auckland. Born on June 7, 1972, he is the son of a leather-goods manufacturer (who had hoped that Karl would follow in his footsteps). His first acting role was when he was 8 -- he had a line on a television series. However, he did ...

42. Sonequa Martin-Green

Actress | Star Trek: Discovery

Sonequa Martin-Green (born March 21, 1985) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her television role as Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead, a role she played from 2012 to 2017. Before that, she had starred in several independent films before gaining her first recurring role as ...

43. Anthony Rapp

Actor | Rent

Anthony Rapp started his career at the young age of six, and received his first professional job at the age of nine. His breakout came when he originated the role of Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson's production of the Broadway musical "Rent". He can also be heard on the original cast recording.

44. Geena Davis

Actress | Thelma & Louise

As a child, Geena dreamed of being an actress. While in high school, she felt left out and had low self-esteem because, at 6 feet, she was the tallest girl in school. After high school graduation, Geena entered New England College in New Hampshire and then transferred the next year to Boston ...

45. Mads Mikkelsen

Actor | Hannibal

Mads Mikkelsen's great successes parallel those achieved by the Danish film industry since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a banker.

Starting out as a low-life pusher/junkie in the 1996 success Pusher (1996), he slowly grew ...

46. Hiroyuki Sanada

Actor | Tasogare Seibei

Hiroyuki Sanada was born on October 12, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Rokyoku komori-uta (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) His father died when he was 11. He joined Japan Action Club, organized & run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. He 1st became famous as an ...

47. Joe Taslim

Actor | Serbuan maut

Johannes Taslim or Joe Taslim (born 23 June 1981) is an Indonesian actor and former Judo athlete of Chinese descent. He became well known in the 2012 action film The Raid: Redemption.

Taslim was born in South Sumatera, Indonesia. He was exposed to martial arts at an early age. His martial arts ...

48. 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 ...

49. So Ji-seob

Actor | Yeong-hwa-neun yeong-hwa-da

So Ji-seob was born on November 4, 1977 in Seoul, South Korea. He is an actor, known for Rough Cut (2008), Ghost (2012) and I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004). He has been married to Jo Eun-Jung since April 7, 2020.

50. Lee Jin-wook

Actor | Samchongsa

Lee Jin-wook was born on September 16, 1981. He is an actor, known for The Three Musketeers (2014), The Time We Were Not in Love (2015) and Nine: Nine Time Travels (2013).

51. Lee Joon

Actor | Ninja Assassin

Lee Joon is a South Korean actor, singer dancer and model. He is best known as a former member of the band MBLAQ. On his acting career, he has been displaying brilliant unique performances over the years with a variety of skills, such as martial arts, and a diverse range in his roles.

He had a small...

52. James Hong

Actor | Everything Everywhere All at Once

James Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He studied civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, but at some point along the way became interested in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California and practiced for 1½ years as a road engineer with the County of Los ...

53. Frankie Adams

Actress | The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Frankie Adams is a New Zealand-Samoan actress, Best known for playing fan favorite "Bobbie Draper" in the Amazon series The Expanse, Frankie can also be seen in the limited series The Flowers of Alice Hart opposite Sigourney Weaver for Amazon as well as Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins. Her credits ...

54. Hwang Bo-ra

Actress | Jochi Anihan-ga

Hwang Bo-ra was born on October 2, 1983. She is an actress, known for Skeletons in the Closet (2007), Vagabond (2019) and Phantom Detective (2016).

55. Lee Dong-wook

Actor | Sseul-sseul-ha-go cha-ran-ha-sin-do-ggae-bi

Lee Dong-Wook is a South Korean actor, entertainer, and model and easily one of the notable faces in Korea's film universe. Lee made his acting debut in 1999 in an MBC single-episode drama. The PD of the drama saw Lee, and proceed to cast him in the teen drama School 2. Lee started to gain ...

56. Ray Liotta

Actor | Narc

Intense was the word for Ray Liotta. He specialized in psychopathic characters who hide behind a cultivated charm. Even in his nice-guy roles in Field of Dreams (1989) and Operation Dumbo Drop (1995), you get the impression that something is smoldering inside of him. He was born in Newark, New ...

57. Lance Reddick

Actor | John Wick

Incisive, intense, multi-talented American actor Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the younger of two sons, to Solomon Reddick and public schoolteacher Dorothy Gee. Having opted initially for a career in music, he attended first the Peabody Preparatory Institute and the Walden ...

58. Eum Moon-suk

Actor | Yeolhyeolsaje

Eum Moon-suk was born on December 7, 1982 in South Korea. He is an actor, known for The Fiery Priest (2019), Tell Me What You Saw (2020) and The Roundup (2022).

59. Park Sung-woong

Actor | Sinsegye

Park Sung-woong was born on January 9, 1973 in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. He is an actor, known for New World (2013), The Killing Vote (2023) and A Desperate Pursuit.

60. Kim Hye-jun

Actress | Miseongnyeon

Kim Hye-jun was born on May 8, 1995. She is an actress, known for Another Child (2019), Cashero and A Wonderful Sight (2021).

61. Jodie Foster

Actress | The Silence of the Lambs

Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered the role of prostitute Iris Steensma in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received ...

62. Michelle Yeoh

Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss ...

63. Jang Hyun-sung

Actor | Dakteoseu

Jang Hyun-sung was born on July 17, 1970 in Geoje, Korea. He is an actor, known for Dakteoseu (2016), Ghost (2012) and Heard It Through the Grapevine (2015). He is married to Hee-Jung Yang. They have two children.

64. Jang Seung-jo

Actor | Mobeomhyungsa

Jang Seung-jo was born on December 13, 1981. He is an actor, known for The Good Detective (2020), Snowdrop (2021) and Encounter (2018).

65. Jeong Woong-in

Actor | Neoui Moksoriga Deulryeo

Jeong Woong-in was born on January 20, 1971 in Jecheon, Chungbuk, South Korea. He is an actor, known for I Hear Your Voice (2013), City of Damnation (2009) and Yong Pal (2015).

66. Antony Starr

Actor | Outrageous Fortune

Antony Starr is a New Zealand actor best known for his starring role as Homelander in Amazon Prime Video's original series The Boys, which is based on the comic book series of the same name. In New Zealand, he is best known for his dual role as twins Jethro and Van West in Outrageous Fortune and ...