Favorite Actors

1. Robert Pattinson

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 Role(s)

Bruce Wayne / Batman - The Batman Connie Nikas - Good Time Thomas Howard - The Lighthouse Rey - The Rover Neil - Tenet Henry Costin - The Lost City of Z Cedric Diggory - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Eric Packer - Cosmopolis The Dauphin - The King Officer Mandel - Waiting for the Barbarians Monte - High Life

2. Cillian Murphy

Actor | 28 Days Later...

Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...

Favorite Role(s):

Thomas Shelby - Peaky Blinders J. Robert Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow - The Dark Knight Trilogy Robert Capa - Sunshine Neil - Watching the Detectives Emmett - A Quiet Place Part ll Jim - 28 Days Later Damien O'Donovan - The Wind that Shakes the Barley Shivering Soldier - Dunkirk Robert Fischer - Inception Jackson Rippner - Red Eye Lenny Miller - Anna Tom Buckley - Red Lights

3. Iain De Caestecker

Actor | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Iain De Caestecker is a Scottish actor. He went to Hillhead Primary School and successfully completed an HND in Acting and Performance at Langside College.

He played the lead in two high-profile BBC series - BAFTA-winning The Fades and Young James Herriot (both 2011). The latter earned him a ...

Favorite Role(s):

Leopold Fitz - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Arthur Pendragon - The Winter King Paul Roberts - The Fades Morton Chase - Overlord Bones - Lost River Liam - Liam and Lenka Ocky - Filth

4. 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 Role(s):

Oberyn Martell - Game of Thrones Joel Miller - The Last of Us Din Djarin - The Mandalorian Javier Peña - Narcos Maxwell Lord - Wonder Woman 1984 Francisco 'Catfish' Morales - Triple Frontier

5. Richard Madden

Actor | Game of Thrones

Richard Madden, born 18 June 1986, is a Scottish stage, film, and television actor best known for portraying Robb Stark in the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and Prince Kit in Disney's "Cinderella." Starring as David Budd in the BBC miniseries "Bodyguard" has also brought him more international ...

Favorite Role(s):

Robb Stark - Game of Thrones David Budd - Bodyguard Ikaris - Eternals Lieutenant Joseph Blake - 1917 Prince Charming - Cinderella Michael Mason - The Take Mason Kane - Citadel

6. Peter Dinklage

Actor | Game of Thrones

Peter Dinklage is an American actor. Since his breakout role in The Station Agent (2003), he has appeared in numerous films and theatre plays. Since 2011, Dinklage has portrayed Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) . For this he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a...

Favorite Role(s):

Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones Finbar McBride - The Station Agent Dean Casca Highbottom - The Hunger Games Roman Lunyov - I Care a Lot Del - I Think We're Alone Now Peter - Death at a Funeral Eitri - Avengers: Infinity War James - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

7. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Poe Dameron - Star Wars Llewyn Davis - Inside Llewyn Davis Miguel O'Hara - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Nathan - Ex Machina Duke Leto Atreides - Dune Steven Grant / Marc Spector - Moon Knight Santiago 'Pope' Garcia - Triple Frontier Abel Morales - A Most Violent Year Peter Malkin - Operation Finale King John - Robin Hood Outcome #3 - The Bourne Legacy Bassam - Body of Lies

8. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Henry Osborn / Green Goblin - Spider-Man Sgt. Elias - Platoon Dr. Godwin Baxter - Poor Things Thomas Wake - The Lighthouse Clem Hoatley - Nightmare Alley Marcus - John Wick Jopling - The Grand Budapest Hotel Rat - Fantastic Mr. Fox Tommy Brue - A Most Wanted Man Saltzburg Keitel - Asteroid City Albert 'the Abacus' - The French Dispatch Vulko - Aquaman Wyatt Porter - Odd Thomas Heimir the Fool - The Northman John Petty - Out of the Furnace Lionel Cormac - Daybreakers

9. 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 Role(s):

Alfie Solomons - Peaky Blinders Max - Mad Max: Fury Road Ivan Locke - Locke Bane - The Dark Knight Rises Charles Bronson / Michael Peterson - Bronson Bob Saginowski - The Drop John Fitzgerald - The Revenant Farrier - Dunkirk Eddie Brock / Venom - Venom John A. Janovec - Band of Brothers Tommy Conlon - Warrior Eames - Inception

10. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Frank Sheeran - The Irishman Travis Bickle - Taxi Driver Neil McCauley - Heat James Conway - Goodfellas Jake LaMotta - Raging Bull Murray Franklin - Joker Pat Sr. - Silver Linings Playbook

11. Daniel Kaluuya

Actor | Get Out

Daniel Kaluuya is a British actor and writer. He is best known for Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018) and for portraying Fred Hampton in Judas & The Black Messiah (2021).

He had a supporting role in Sicario (2015).

He also starred in the Black Mirror episode "Fifteen Million Merits".

For his work in...

Favorite Role(s):

Chris Washington - Get Out OJ Haywood - Nope Fred Hampton - Judas and the Black Messiah Mac Armstrong - The Fades Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse W'Kabi - Black Panther Reggie Wayne - Sicario

12. Dev Patel

Actor | Slumdog Millionaire

Dev Patel was born in Harrow, London, to Anita, a caregiver, and Raj Patel, who works in IT. His parents, originally from Nairobi, Kenya, are both of Gujarati Indian descent. His first role was in the UK TV series Skins (2007). His breakout role was in the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire (...

Favorite Role(s):

Jamal Malik - Slumdog Millionaire Gawain - The Green Knight Woods - Poison Arjun - Hotel Mumbai Dr. Chatterjee & John Winston - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

13. Heath Ledger

Actor | Brokeback Mountain

When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...

Favorite Role(s):

The Joker - The Dark Knight William Thatcher - A Knight's Tale Patrick Verona - 10 Things I Hate About You

14. 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 Role(s):

Frank Abagnale Jr. - Catch Me If You Can Jack Dawson - Titanic Edward Daniels - Shutter Island Hugh Glass - The Revenant Dr. Randall Mindy - Don't Look Up Rick Dalton - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Billy Costigan Jr. - The Departed Danny Archer - Blood Diamond Jordan Belfort - The Wolf of Wall Street Roger Ferris - Body of Lies Cobb - Inception

15. Mark Ruffalo

Actor | Spotlight

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

Favorite Role(s):

Bruce Banner / The Hulk - Marvel Cinematic Universe Mike Rezendes - Spotlight Duncan Wedderburn - Poor Things Inspector David Toschi - Zodiac Dan - Begin Again Chuck Aule - Shutter Island Detective Fanning - Collateral

16. 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 Role(s):

Kylo Ren - Star Wars Daniel Jones - The Report Flip Zimmerman - BlacKkKlansman Clyde Logan - Logan Lucky Jacques Le Gris - The Last Duel Allan - What If Maurizio Gucci - House of Gucci Al Cody - Inside Llewyn Davis

17. Riz Ahmed

Actor | Sound of Metal

Riz Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known by his stage name Riz MC and birth name Rizwan Ahmed, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist. As an actor, he has won one Emmy Award, out of two Emmy nominations, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and three...

Favorite Role(s):

Ruben - Sound of Metal Zed - Mogul Mowgli Bodhi Rook - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Tarak - Centurion Carlton Drake (Riot) - Venom Rick - Nightcrawler Aaron Kalloor - Jason Bourne

18. Ryan Gosling

Actor | Blue Valentine

Born Ryan Thomas Gosling on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Donna (Wilson), a secretary, and Thomas Ray Gosling, a traveling salesman. Ryan was the second of their two children, with an older sister, Mandi. His ancestry is French-Canadian, as well as English, ...

Favorite Role(s):

Luke Glanton - The Place Beyond the Pines Holland March - The Nice Guys K - Blade Runner 2049 Driver - Drive Jared Vennett - The Big Short Sgt. Jerry Wooters - Gangster Squad Jacob - Crazy, Stupid, Love.

19. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

The Dude - The Big Lebowski Marcus Hamilton - Hell or High Water Rooster Cogburn - True Grit Obadiah Stane (Iron Monger) - Iron Man

20. LaKeith Stanfield

Actor | Sorry to Bother You

LaKeith Lee Stanfield is an actor and rapper from Victorville, California. At the age of fifteen, LaKeith began attending the John Casablancas Modeling & Career Center in Orange County. A few years later, he auditioned for Destin Cretton's then college thesis film Short Term 12 (2008). Later, the ...

Favorite Role(s):

Bill O'Neal - Judas and the Black Messiah Cassius Green - Sorry to Bother You Demany - Uncut Gems Lieutenant Elliot - Knives Out Andre Logan King - Get Out

21. Adrien Brody

Actor | The Pianist

Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the ...

Favorite Role(s):

Wladyshaw Szpilman - The Pianist Julian Cadazio - The French Dispatch Salvador Dali - Midnight in Paris Clean - Clean Luca Changretta - Peaky Blinders Noah Percy - The Village Schubert Green - Asteroid City Leo Kopernick - See How They Run Dmitri - The Grand Budapest Hotel Cpl. Fife - The Thin Red Line

22. Tom Hiddleston

Actor | The Avengers

Thomas William Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, to English-born Diana Patricia (Servaes) and Scottish-born James Norman Hiddleston. His mother is a former stage manager, and his father, a scientist, was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. He started off at the preparatory ...

Favorite Role(s):

Loki - Marvel Cinematic Universe Jonathan Pine - The Night Manager F. Scott Fitzgerald - Midnight in Paris James Conrad - Kong: Skull Island Robert Laing - High-Rise

23. Matthew McConaughey

Actor | Interstellar

American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is ...

Favorite Role(s):

Detective Rust Cohle - True Detective Cooper - Interstellar Michael Pearson - The Gentlemen Ron Woodruff - Dallas Buyers Club Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer Palmer Joss - Contact

24. Brad Pitt

Actor | Fight Club

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri to Jane Etta Pitt (née Hillhouse), a school counselor & William Alvin "Bill" Pitt, a truck company manager. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student ...

Favorite Role(s):

Tyler Durden - Fight Club Lt. Aldo Raine - Inglourious Basterds Achilles - Troy Cliff Booth - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Benjamin Button - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Rusty Ryan - Ocean's Trilogy Billy Beane - Moneyball Detective Mills - Se7en Chad Feldheimer - Burn After Reading Don 'Wardaddy' Collier - Fury Jerry Welbach - The Mexican Ben Rickert - The Big Short

25. Daniel Radcliffe

Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...

Favorite Role(s):

Harry Potter - Harry Potter Wallace - What If Miles Harris - Guns Akimbo Nate Foster - Imperium Manny - Swiss Army Man

26. 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)...

Favorite Role(s):

Jimmy Hoffa - The Irishman Lt. Vincent Hanna - Heat Aldo Gucci - House of Gucci Will Dormer - Insomnia Lefty - Donnie Brasco Marvin Schwarz - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

27. 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 Role(s):

Louis Bloom - Nightcrawler Detective Loki - Prisoners Quentin Beck (Mysterio) - Spider-Man: Far From Home Tony Hastings / Edward Sheffield - Nocturnal Animals Robert Graysmith - Zodiac Joe Baylor - The Guilty Tommy Cahill - Brothers Danny Sharp - Ambulance Colter Stevens - Source Code Scott Fischer - Everest

28. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

James Sullivan - Monsters, Inc. Walter Sobchak - The Big Lebowski John Chambers - Argo Roland Turner - Inside Llewyn Davis Walter Garfield - The Monuments Men Bill Randa - Kong: Skull Island Howard - 10 Cloverfield Lane Harling Mays - Flight

29. Jeremy Allen White

Actor | Shameless

Jeremy Allen White (born 1991) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his long-running role as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher on the Showtime dreamed series Shameless (2011-2021). He has also appeared in the first season of the thriller series Homecoming (2018) and in several films...

Favorite Role(s):

Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto - The Bear Elliot - After Everything

30. 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 Role(s):

Wayne Hays - True Detective Aaron Davis / The Prowler - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Boggs - The Hunger Games Tizzy - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Kofi - The Place Beyond the Pines

31. 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. ...

Favorite Role(s):

Paul Atreides - Dune Zeffirelli - The French Dispatch King Henry V - The King Lee - Bones and All Yule - Don't Look Up Kyle Scheible - Lady Bird Tom - Interstellar

32. Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Actor | Girls

Ebon Moss-Bachrach is an American actor best known for playing the role of David Lieberman in The Punisher and Desi Harperin in Girls. He was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and is the son of Renee Moss and Eric Bachrach, who run a music school in Springfield, Massachusetts. He attended high school...

Favorite Role(s):

Richard 'Richie' Jeromovich - The Bear David Lieberman (Micro) - The Punisher Arvel Skeen - Andor Gorski - Blow the Man Down

33. Christian Bale

Actor | The Dark Knight

Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...

Favorite Role(s):

Bruce Wayne (Batman) - The Dark Knight Trilogy Gorr the God Butcher - Thor: Love and Thunder Alfred Borden - The Prestige Russell Baze - Out of the Furnace Michael Burry - The Big Short John Connor - Terminator Salvation Dicky Eklund - The Fighter Irving Rosenfeld - American Hustle

34. 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"....

Favorite Role(s):

Tommy DeVito - Goodfellas Vinny Gambini - My Cousin Vinny Russell Bufalino - The Irishman Joey - Raging Bull

35. Stellan Skarsgård

Actor | Good Will Hunting

Stellan Skarsgård was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, to Gudrun (Larsson) and Jan Skarsgård. He became a star in his teens through the title role in the TV-series Bombi Bitt och jag (1968). Between the years 1972-88 he was employed at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where...

Favorite Role(s):

Baron Vladimir Harkonnen - Dune Luthen Rael - Andor Boris Shcherbina - Chernobyl Bootstrap Bill Turner - Pirates of the Caribbean Erik Selvig - Marvel Cinematic Universe Martin Vanger - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Grand Duke - Cinderella

36. 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 Role(s):

Solomon Reed - Cyberpunk 2077 Commandant - Beasts of No Nation Bloodsport - The Suicide Squad Heimdall - Marvel Cinematic Universe Charlie Jaffey - Molly's Game Alcott - Extraction 2 Janek - Prometheus Stacker Pentecost - Pacific Rim Chief Bogo - Zootopia Charles Minor - The Office Tango - American Gangster Sean Briar - The Take Stone - 28 Weeks Later

37. Ralph Fiennes

Actor | The Constant Gardener

Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus ...

Favorite Role(s):

M. Gustave - The Grand Budapest Hotel Lord Voldemort - Harry Potter Lenny Nero - Strange Days Alfred Pennyworth - The Lego Batman Movie M - James Bond (Craig Films) Rat Man - The Ratcatcher Ben Emmerson - Official Secrets Roald Dahl - Wes Anderson Short Films Contractor Team Leader - The Hurt Locker

38. Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Actor | The Invisible Man

Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen is an English actor and model. He is best known for his role as Adrian Griffin in the 2020 adaptation of The Invisible Man and for his roles as Luke Crain and Peter Quint in the Netflix television programs The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and The Haunting of Bly Manor ...

Favorite Role(s):

Luke Crain - The Haunting of Hill House Peter Quint - The Haunting of Bly Manor Adrian Griffin - The Invisible Man

39. 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 Role(s)

Sheriff Woody - Toy Story Forrest Gump - Forrest Gump Captain Miller - Saving Private Ryan Carl Hanratty - Catch Me If You Can Michael Sullivan - Road to Perdition Captain Ernest Krause - Greyhound James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies Chuck Noland - Cast Away Stanley Zak - Asteroid City Paul Edgecomb - The Green Mile

40. George MacKay

Actor | 1917

George MacKay was born in 1992 in Hammersmith, London, England, to Kim Baker, a British costume designer, and Paul Christopher MacKay, an Australian stage/lighting manager, from Adelaide. One of his grandmothers is from Cork, Ireland.

At the age of ten, George was scouted to audition for a role in ...

Favorite Role(s):

Lance Corporal Schofield - 1917 Hugh Legat - Munich: The Edge of War

41. Sam Claflin

Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman

English actor Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, England, to Susan A. (Clarke), a classroom assistant, and Mark J. Claflin, a finance officer. As a child, he was football-mad, often going to see his favorite team, Norwich City. He was a talented footballer, playing for Norwich schools at city level ...

Favorite Role(s):

Finnick Odair - The Hunger Games Saga Oswald Mosley - Peaky Blinders William - Snow White and the Huntsman Mycroft Holmes - Enola Holmes Lieutenant Hawkins - The Nightingale Philip - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

42. Stanley Tucci

Actor | Big Night

Actor Stanley Tucci was born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York. He is the son of Joan (Tropiano), a writer, and Stanley Tucci, an art teacher. His family is Italian-American, with origins in Calabria.

Tucci took an interest in acting while in high school, and went on to attend the State ...

Favorite Role(s):

Mitchell Garabedian - Spotlight Caesar Flickerman - The Hunger Games Dr. Abraham Erskine - Captain America: The First Avenger Maestro Cadenza - Beauty and the Beast Frank Nitti - Road to Perdition Nigel - The Devil Wears Prada Commissioner Harper - Night Hunter Bernard Orlick - Citadel

43. 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 Role(s):

Haymitch Abernathy - The Hunger Games Tallahasse - Zombieland Detective Marty Hart - True Detective Tobias Beckett - Solo: A Star Wars Story Bill Willoughby - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Carson Wells - No Country for Old Men Harlan DeGroat - Out of the Furnace Sgt. Keck - The Thin Red Line Cletus Kasady (Carnage) - Venom: Let There Be Carnage

44. 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 Role(s):

Patrick Kenzey - Gone Baby Gone Lee Chandler - Manchester by the Sea Rodney Baze Jr. - Out of the Furnace Dad - Light of My Life Virgil Malloy - Ocean's Trilogy Bob Muldoon - Ain't Them Bodies Saints Boris Pash - Oppenheimer Tom - Interstellar

45. Matt Smith

Actor | Doctor Who

Matt Smith is an English actor who shot to fame in the UK aged 26 when he was cast by producer Steven Moffat as the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC's iconic science-fiction adventure series Doctor Who (2005).

Matthew Robert Smith was born and raised in Northampton, the son of Lynne (Fidler) and David ...

Favorite Role(s):

Daemon Targaryen - House of the Dragon Martin Bright - Official Secrets Bully - Lost River

46. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Alonzo - Training Day Macbeth - The Tragedy of Macbeth Frank Lucas - American Gangster Joe Miller - Philadelphia Tobin Frost - Safe House Whip Whitaker - Flight Lincoln Rhyme - The Bone Collector Walter Garber - The Taking of Pelham 123 Eli - The Book of Eli

47. Colin Farrell

Actor | The Lobster

Colin Farrell is one of Ireland's biggest stars in Hollywood and abroad. His film presence has been filled with memorable roles that range from an inwardly tortured hit man, to an adventurous explorer, a determined-but-failing writer, and the greatest military leader in history.

Farrell was born on ...

Favorite Role(s):

Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin - The Batman Coach - The Gentlemen Detective Ray Velcoro - True Detective David - The Lobster Percival Graves - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Holt Farrier - Dumbo Mitchel - London Boulevard Simon - Ava

48. 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 Role(s):

J. Jonah Jameson - Spider-Man Terence Fletcher - Whiplash Commissioner Gordon - Justice League Frank Dillman - Brooklyn Nine-Nine O'Brien - Terminator Genisys Roy - Palm Springs Captain McKenna - 21 Bridges

49. 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...

Favorite Role(s):

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding - The Shawshank Redemption Lucius Fox - The Dark Knight Trilogy Detective Somerest - Se7en Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris - Million Dollar Baby Joe Matheson - Red Patrick Meighan - Ted 2 Sloan - Wanted

50. 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 Role(s):

Walter White - Breaking Bad Shannon - Drive Robert Mazur - The Infiltrator Host - Asteroid City Jack O'Donnell - Argo Joe Brody - Godzilla War Department Colonel - Saving Private Ryan Detective Lankford - The Lincoln Lawyer

51. 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 Role(s):

John Wick - John Wick Johnny Silverhand - Cyberpunk 2077 Neo - The Matrix John Constantine - Constantine Duke Caboom - Toy Story 4

52. 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 Role(s):

Desmond Doss - Hacksaw Ridge Peter Parker (Spider-Man) - The Amazing Spider-Man Eduardo Saverin - The Social Network

53. Andy Serkis

Actor | War for the Planet of the Apes

English film actor, director and author Andy Serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), ...

Favorite Role(s):

Caesar - Planet of the Apes Trilogy Gollum - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Alfred Pennyworth - The Batman Kino Loy - Andor Alley - The Prestige Ulysses Klaue - Marvel Cinematic Universe Supreme Leader Snoke - Star Wars

54. 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 Role(s):

James Bond - James Bond (Craig Films) Benoit Blanc - Knives Out Mikael Blomkvist - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Joe Bang - Logan Lucky Connor Rooney - Road to Perdition Will Atenton - Dream House

55. Paul Dano

Actor | There Will Be Blood

An actor for all seasons and all kinds of roles (from dark, difficult characters to more loving ones) Paul Dano has an extensive body work that includes working with directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Steve McQueen, Dayton & Ferris, Ang Lee, Denis Villenueve and Paolo Sorrentino; acting with ...

Favorite Role(s):

Edward Nashton / The Riddler - The Batman Eli Sunday - There Will Be Blood Jay - Okja Hank Thompson - Swiss Army Man Alex Jones - Prisoners Matthew Fontenot - The Guilty Seth - Looper

56. Aaron Paul

Actor | Breaking Bad

Aaron Paul was born Aaron Paul Sturtevant in Emmett, Idaho, to Darla (Haynes) and Robert Sturtevant, a retired Baptist minister. While growing up, Paul took part in church programs, and performed in plays.

He attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho. It was there, in eighth grade, that Aaron ...

Favorite Role(s):

Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad Trent - Dual Steve Watts - Eye in the Sky

57. Josh Brolin

Actor | Avengers: Endgame

Rugged features and a natural charm have worked for Josh Brolin, the son of actor James Brolin. He has played roles as a policeman, a hunter, and the President of the United States.

Brolin was born February 12, 1968 in Santa Monica, California, to Jane Cameron (Agee), a Texas-born wildlife activist,...

Favorite Role(s):

Thanos - Marvel Cinematic Universe Cable - Deadpool 2 Christian 'Bigfoot' Bjornsen - Inherent Vice Llewelyn Moss - No Country for Old Men Tom Chaney - True Grit Gurney Halleck - Dune Matt Graver - Sicario Sgt. John O'Mara - Gangster Squad Eddie Mannix - Hail, Caesar!

58. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Alfred Pennyworth - The Dark Knight Trilogy Cutter - The Prestige Sir Michael Crosby - Tenet Professor Brand - Interstellar Lord Boresh - Medieval Jasper - Children of Men

59. Gabriel Luna

Actor | Terminator: Dark Fate

Gabriel Luna was born on December 5, 1982 in Austin, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), The Last of Us (2023) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He has been married to Smaranda Luna since February 20, 2011.

Favorite Role(s):

Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tommy Miller - The Last of Us REV-9 - Terminator: Dark Fate Miguel Gilb - True Detective

60. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Ned Stark - Game of Thrones Ulrich - Black Death Emperor Martin Septim - The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion Boromir - The Lord of the Rings Odysseus - Troy Mitch Henderson - The Martian John Parse - Possessor

61. Russell Crowe

Actor | Les Misérables

Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham),...

Favorite Role(s):

Maximus - Gladiator Jackson Healy - The Nice Guys Bud White - L.A. Confidential Richie Roberts - American Gangster Robin Longstride - Robin Hood Jor-El - Man of Steel Zeus - Thor: Love and Thunder Ed Hoffman - Body of Lies

62. Orlando Bloom

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom was born on January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, England. His mother, Sonia Constance Josephine Bloom (née Copeland), was born in Kolkata, India, to an English family then-resident there. The man he first knew as his father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary ...

Favorite Role(s):

Will Turner - Pirates of the Caribbean Balian of Ibelin - Kingdom of Heaven Legolas - The Lord of the Rings Paris - Troy Rycroft Philostrate - Carnival Row Blackburn - Black Hawk Down

63. Jeffrey Wright

Actor | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Born and raised in Washington DC, Jeffrey Wright graduated from Amherst College in 1987. Although he studied Political Science while at Amherst, Wright left the school with a love for acting. Shortly after graduating he won an acting scholarship to NYU, but dropped out after only two months to ...

Favorite Role(s):

Jim Gordon - The Batman Roebuck Wright - The French Dispatch Beetee Latier - The Hunger Games Saga General Gibson - Asteroid City Felix Leiter - James Bond (Craig Films) Issac - The Last of Us Part II The Watcher - What If...? Dr. Rutledge - Source Code

64. Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actor | The Master

Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport to Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry. After becoming involved in ...

65. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Billy Butcher - The Boys Judge Dredd - Dredd Skurge - Thor: Ragnarok Eomer - The Lord of the Rings William Cooper - Red Kirill - The Bourne Supremacy

66. Robert Downey Jr.

Actor | Iron Man

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

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

67. 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 ...

Favorite Role(s):

Homelander - The Boys

68. Alex Lawther

Actor | The End of the F***ing World

Alex Lawther was born in Petersfield, Hampshire, England in 1995. He is known for his role as the young Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014) for which he won the London Film Critics' Circle Award for "Young British Performer of the Year" in January of 2015. Being the youngest of three, and the ...

Favorite Role(s):

James - The End of The F**ing World Karis Nemik - Andor Morisot - The French Dispatch King Charles VI - The Last Duel Young Alan Turing - The Imitation Game

69. Diego Luna

Actor | Rogue One

Diego Luna Alexander was born on December 29, 1979 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Alejandro Luna and Fiona Alexander, who worked as a costume designer. His father is Mexican and his mother was British, of Scottish and English descent. His mother died in a car accident when Diego was only two. He soon ...

70. Aldis Hodge

Actor | Black Adam

Aldis Hodge is a SAG Award-winning actor, who has built a dynamic career as a versatile performer shining in roles in both film and television. Hodge is perhaps best known for his role as Noah in the WGN hit series Underground (2016), starring alongside Jurnee Smollett and Christopher Meloni. ...

Favorite Role(s):

Carter Hall / Hawkman - Black Adam James Lanier - The Invisible Man MC Ren - Straight Outta Compton Espin - Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

71. Steve Carell

Actor | The Office

Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet Theresa (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His mother was of Polish descent and his father of Italian and ...

Favorite Role(s):

Michael Scott - The Office Mark Baum - The Big Short Andy - The 40-Year-Old Virgin Motel Manager - Asteroid City Cal - Crazy, Stupid, Love. Dodge - Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

72. Rupert Friend

Actor | Hitman: Agent 47

Rupert William Anthony Friend is a British actor, screenwriter, director, and lyricist. He first gained recognition for his roles in The Libertine (2004) and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), both of which won him awards for best newcomer. He portrayed George Wickham in Pride & Prejudice (2005)...

73. 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, ...

74. Bill Skarsgård

Actor | It

Bill Istvan Gunther Skarsgard is a Swedish actor, producer, director, writer, voice actor, and model. He is best known for portraying Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. He also voiced the ...

Favorite Role(s):

Marquis - John Wick: Chapter 4 Dane - Naked Singularity Zeitgeist - Deadpool 2 Kro - Eternals Merkel - Atomic Blonde

75. Jonah Hill

Actor | 21 Jump Street

Jonah Hill was born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of Sharon Feldstein (née Chalkin), a fashion designer and costume stylist, and Richard Feldstein, a tour accountant for Guns N' Roses. He is the brother of music manager Jordan Feldstein and actress Beanie Feldstein. He graduated from ...

76. Andre Braugher

Actor | Homicide: Life on the Street

Many actors have attempted to crack both genres of drama and comedy. Few have succeeded, among them the genial Andre Braugher (pronounced 'Ahn-drey Braw-ger'). A two-time Emmy Award winner, he is especially remembered for two seminal roles: as the intense, often explosive Detective Frank Pembleton ...

Favorite Role(s):

Captain Raymond Holt - Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cpl. Thomas Searles - Glory General Hager - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

77. Kit Harington

Actor | Game of Thrones

Kit Harington was born Christopher Catesby Harington in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington, a businessman. His mother named him after 16th-century British playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe, whose first name was shortened to Kit, a name ...

Favorite Role(s):

Jon Snow - Game of Thrones Roland Leighton - Testament of Youth Dane Whitman / Black Knight - Eternals Will Holloway - MI-5

78. 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), ...

79. 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. ...

80. 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 ...

81. Max von Sydow

Actor | Flash Gordon

Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry.

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82. Mark Addy

Actor | The Full Monty

Born in York, on leaving school he started work as a stage hand at York's Theatre Royal and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art .from 1982 to 1984 after which he joined such companies as Hull Truck Theatre and The Royal National Theatre. He achieved international fame in his film debut...

Favorite Role(s):

Robert Baratheon - Game of Thrones Roland - A Knight's Tale Friar Tuck - Robin Hood

83. 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 ...