Favorite Actors

by Ulf_Jarl | created - 03 Oct 2013 | updated - 8 months ago | Public

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1. Mike Dopud

Actor | X-Men: Days of Future Past

Mike Dopud can be seen on the STARZ hit show POWER. He plays Jason Micic, Serbian leader of a huge drug cartel. (Series Regular). He is also recurring on the CW series THE 100 where he plays, the intense Vinson. Mike Dopud just finished his first season on ARROW where he plays the volatile Viktor.

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2. Iván Kamarás

Red Sparrow

Iván Kamarás was born on December 22, 1972 in Pécs, Hungary. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Red Sparrow (2018), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013).

3. Gerard Butler

Actor | 300

Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. His family is of Irish origin. Gerard spent some of his very early childhood in Montreal, Quebec, but was mostly raised, along with his older brother and sister, in his hometown of Paisley. His parents ...

4. Derek Lea

Stunts | The Bourne Ultimatum

Derek Lea was born in Surrey, England, UK. He is known for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Black Widow (2021) and Die Another Day (2002).

5. Robson Green

Actor | Touching Evil

Robson Golightly Green was born on 18 December 1964 in Hexham, Northumberland, England, to Robson and Ann Green. He has two sisters, Dawn and Joanna; a wife, Vanya Seager; and a son (born in 2000). He began his TV/film career on Casualty (1986) as hospital porter Jimmy Powell. He then appeared in ...

6. Jason Statham

Actor | Crank

Jason Statham was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, to Eileen (Yates), a dancer, and Barry Statham, a street merchant and lounge singer. He was a Diver on the British National Diving Team and finished twelfth in the World Championships in 1992. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman ...

7. Hugh Jackman

Actor | Les Misérables

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

8. Liev Schreiber

Actor | Spotlight

Liev (pronounced Lee-ev) Schreiber was born in San Francisco. His mother, Heather (Milgram), is a painter, and his father, Tell Schreiber (Tell Carroll Schreiber III), is a theatrical actor who had a small role in The Keeper (1976). His mother is from a working-class Jewish family from Poland and ...

9. 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),...

10. Gil Bellows

Actor | Patriot

Gil Bellows was born on June 28, 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Patriot (2015), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Love and a .45 (1994). He has been married to Rya Kihlstedt since October 3, 1994. They have two children.

11. Jeremy Renner

Actor | The Hurt Locker

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

12. 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 ...

13. Dave Annable

Actor | Yellowstone

David Rodman Annable was born on September 15, 1979, in Suffern, New York, to Tammi and Rodman John Annable. He has one sister named Rebecca and a half-sister named Stacy. His mother is Jewish and his father has English, German, Irish and French ancestry. Dave grew up in Walden, a small town in ...

14. David Arquette

Actor | Scream 3

The youngest of five, David Arquette was born in Winchester, Virginia and is part of the illustrious Arquette family, whose work has spread over several generations. His parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other children: Rosanna ...

15. Ty Burrell

Actor | Modern Family

Tyler Gerald Burrell was born on August 22, 1967 in Grants Pass, Oregon, where his family owned a business. He is the son of Sheri Rose (Hauck), a teacher, and Gary Gerald Burrell, a family therapist, and is primarily of English and German ancestry. He earned a BA from Southern Oregon University ...

16. Scott Caan

Actor | Ocean's Eleven

Scott Caan is the son of tough guy actor James Caan. While it is obvious that he admires tough method actors like Marlon Brando and Sean Penn, Scott also has a strong egalitarian streak, evidenced by his reasoning for baring his body in films. He is quoted as saying that originally only the women ...

17. Charles Esten

Actor | The Postman

Charles Esten was born on September 9, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Postman (1997), Nashville (2012) and Swing Vote (2008). He has been married to Patty Esten since November 2, 1991. They have three children.

18. Tim Foley

Actor | Deathgasm

Tim Foley is known for Deathgasm (2015), Guns Akimbo (2019) and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013).

19. Jon Hamm

Actor | Mad Men

Jon Hamm is an American actor and producer from St. Louis, Missouri who is known for playing Don Draper in Mad Men. He also played Mister Sinister in a deleted scene of The New Mutants and Legion, Brogan from Shrek Forever After, and other films and shows including Sucker Punch, Million Dollar Arm,...

20. Eddie McClintock

Actor | Miracle at Manchester

Edward Theodore McClintock is an American actor, best known for his role of Secret Service agent Pete Lattimer on the Syfy series Warehouse 13. McClintock was born in Canton, Ohio, and raised by his father Theodore "Ted" McClintock. After his parents' divorce, he moved with his father to North ...

21. Jeff Probst

Producer | Survivor

Jeff Probst is the Emmy Award-winning host of Survivor (2000). He won the inaugural Emmy for Best Reality Show Host in 2008 and again in 2009. Probst also received an Emmy as Host/Producer of Survivor (2000) back in 2001.

He was also voted one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People.

As a ...

22. Gordon Ramsay

Producer | Hell's Kitchen

Scottish by birth, Gordon Ramsay was brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. With an injury prematurely putting an end to any hopes of a promising career in football, he went back to college to complete a course in hotel management. His dedication and natural talent led him to train with some ...

23. Jason Sudeikis

Actor | Ted Lasso

Jason Sudeikis was born on September 18, 1975 in Fairfax, Virginia as Daniel Jason Sudeikis. His father is Daniel Joseph Sudeikis, a Vice President of a business development and his mother is Kathryn (née Wendt), a travel agent at Brennco and President of the American Society of Travel Agents. He ...

24. Patrick Warburton

Actor | The Emperor's New Groove

Patrick Warburton is known to many for the role of "Puddy" in the hit NBC comedy "Seinfeld," the laconic, enigmatic, quirky Saab salesman and Elaine's boyfriend. Warburton starred for 7 seasons on the hit CBS comedy "Rules of Engagement" with David Spade, Oliver Hudson, and Megyn Price about two ...

25. 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,...

26. Brendan Fraser

Actor | The Mummy

Brendan James Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Canadian parents Carol Mary (Genereux), a sales counselor, and Peter Fraser, a journalist and travel executive. He is of Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry. As his parents frequently moved, Brendan can claim ...

27. Bob Peck

Actor | Jurassic Park

British actor Bob Peck was born in Leeds in north England on August 23, 1945. He attended Leeds Modern School and then graduated from Leeds College of Art before starting professional stage acting. Peck acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He also starred in more than ...

28. Christopher Meloni

Actor | Man of Steel

Blessed with a piercing, blue-eyed glint, brawny looks, cocky "tough guy" stance and effortless charisma, TV's Christopher Meloni has grabbed audiences' attention, male and female alike, finding breakthrough small screen stardom playing both sides of the law. Audiences first were taken in by his ...

29. Michael Fassbender

Actor | Shame

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

30. Jonathan Dwyer

Into the Woods

Jonathan Dwyer is an English actor of Irish heritage. Trained at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The Barrow Group, Jonathans' professional work includes TV credits in NBC's "The Blacklist," ABC's Zero HOUR, and AMC's Dietland to name a few, along with several award-winning films. Jonathan has...

31. Bradley Cooper

Actor | A Star Is Born

Bradley Charles Cooper was born on January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria (Campano), is of Italian descent, and worked for a local NBC station. His father, Charles John Cooper, who was of Irish descent, was a stockbroker. Immediately after Bradley graduated from the ...

32. 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 ...

33. Jaason Simmons

Actor | Sharknado

Jason was first introduced to worldwide audiences as Logan Fowler in the hit TV series Baywatch, a Show viewed by a billion people across 142 countries. After 3 years on the show he walked away from Hollywood, and returned to stage school to study theatre, to complete his training with renowned ...

34. Ian Parks

Actor | Where the Bears Are

Ian Parks was born on September 21, 1984 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for Where the Bears Are (2012) and The Devil's in the Details (2013).

35. Grant Show

Actor | The Possession

Only son of Ed and Kathleen Show. Raised in San Jose, California with older sister, Kelly Show. He studied acting at Samuel Ayer High School, and then majored in theater arts at UCLA. His first professional role was "Rick Hyde" in Ryan's Hope (1975) from 1984 to 1987. He then took a year sabbatical...

36. Steven Waddington

Actor | Uncharted

Steven Waddington was born on November 28, 1968 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Uncharted (2022), The Imitation Game (2014) and Sleepy Hollow (1999).

37. Geoff Stults

Actor | Wedding Crashers

Geoff Stults was born in Detroit and raised in Colorado. Attended Whittier College from 1994-1998, where he performed in some theatrical productions and played division III football. Played professional Football in Europe as a wide receiver. He acted in the long running show, 7th Heaven (1996), in ...

38. John Corbett

Actor | My Big Fat Greek Wedding

John Corbett is an American actor who received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Chris Stevens in Northern Exposure (1990), and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Aidan Shaw in Sex and the City (...

39. Joel Edgerton

Actor | The Gift

Joel Edgerton was born on June 23, 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, to Marianne (van Dort) and Michael Edgerton, who is a solicitor and property developer. His brother is filmmaker Nash Edgerton. His mother is a Dutch immigrant. Joel went to Hills Grammar School in the Western Suburbs...

40. Thomas Jane

Actor | Boogie Nights

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

41. Ben Affleck

Producer | Argo

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

42. Kiefer Sutherland

Actor | 24

Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...

43. Josh Stamberg

Actor | The Affair

Josh Stamberg is an award-winning actor, writer and producer. He was born in Washington, D.C. to parents Louis C. Stamberg, retired State Department employee, and Susan Stamberg, first female host of NPR's "All Things Considered" and current special correspondent. He attended the Maret School from ...

44. Hugh Bonneville

Actor | Downton Abbey

Hugh Bonneville is a British actor, known for his stage work at the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company as well as the West End. His extensive film and television work includes Twenty Twelve, W1A, Downton Abbey, Paddington, The Gold and I Came By. See his website hughbonneville.uk for ...

45. James Purefoy

Actor | Rome

James Brian Mark Purefoy was born and brought up in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of Shirley (Taylor), who ran an employment agency, and Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy. After leaving school at the age of sixteen, he took a succession of different jobs, including working on a pig farm and as a ...

46. Ray Stevenson

Actor | The Three Musketeers

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

47. David Nibley

Actor | My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

David Nibley was born on July 23, 1973 in Utah, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010), The Eleventh Hour (2008) and Heaven's Door (2012).

48. Daniel Coonan

Actor | Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Daniel Coonan was raised in Haringey, north London, moving to Devon in his teens after his parents split. He trained at LAMDA.

As a theatre actor, Daniel Coonan has had a wide and varied career, including spells at The National Theatre, The Royal Court Theatre and Soho Theatre. During this time, ...

49. Chris Pratt

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

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

50. Phil Keoghan

Producer | The Amazing Race

Phil has also written a book called 'No Opportunity Wasted' and produced a TV show with the same title.

The NOW philosophy is about making the most out of each moment and living each days as if it were your last.

Phil has also launched his own energy bar called NOW Energy Bar. It comes in three ...

51. Dylan McDermott

Actor | The Practice

A Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee, Dylan McDermott has proven his talent in film, television, and theater. He was born Mark Anthony McDermott in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Diane (Marino) and Richard McDermott. Diane was 15 and Richard was 17 when Dylan was born. Richard earned money by ...

52. Vincent Regan

Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman

Vincent Regan was born on May 16, 1965. He is an actor and director, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), 300 (2006) and Troy (2004). He has been married to Amelia Curtis since 2001. They have three children.

53. Adrian Bouchet

Actor | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Born in Zimbabwe and, after graduating from Birmingham University, trained at The Birmingham Theatre School. Most widely know as the warrior, Steapa, Commander of Alfred's household guard in the BBC/Netflix TV show, 'The Last Kingdom' and also for the role of Captain Drautos in Kingsglaive:Final ...

54. Jason Ritter

Actor | Freddy vs. Jason

Jason will next be seen starring in MATLOCK for CBS opposite Kathy Bates, and he can mostly recently be seen in ACCUSED for FOX. He also starred in Netflix's RAISING DION and CANDY on Hulu. Previous television credits include starring in ABC's KEVIN SAVES THE WORLD as well as Comedy Central's ...

55. Ben Lawson

Actor | No Strings Attached

Ben Lawson was born on February 6, 1980 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor, known for No Strings Attached (2011), Neighbours (1985) and The Little Death (2014).

56. Jake Ryan

Actor | The Great Gatsby

Melbourne born Ryan is one of Australia's most sought-after and versatile young actors.

In addition to his dramatic skills, Ryan studied Taekwondo for eighteen years, earning his black belt at just nine years of age, making him the youngest person to do so in Australia at that time. A ...

57. Sullivan Stapleton

Actor | Animal Kingdom

Sullivan Stapleton was born on June 14, 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Animal Kingdom (2010), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) and Gangster Squad (2013).

58. Danny Dyer

Actor | The Football Factory

Danny Dyer was born in the Custom House area of east London, England, on 24th July 1977. Danny was spotted at a Sunday Drama School for underprivileged kids, in Kentish Town, by the agent Charlotte Kelly who got him an audition for the part of Martin Fletcher in the Granada Television series Prime ...

59. Pádraic Delaney

Actor | The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Pádraic was born on November 6th 1977 in County Wexford, Ireland. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and graduated in 2001. His first film, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. He is also known for The Tudors (2008), Blackthorn (2011) and ...

60. Ben Gougeon

Actor | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Ben is a veteran of stages and screens of all sizes. He has performed on stages all over the US, and has been seen and heard around the world in film, television, commercials and voice-overs.

Originally from northern Michigan, Ben began acting at the age of 9 in the many theaters in his small town, ...

61. Jean-Michel Le Gal

Actor | Accused

Jean-Michel Le Gal is a French-Canadian film, television and stage actor. With extensive training in classical theatre and on-camera, Jean-Michel has distinguished himself, in English and French, on stage across Canada and on screens around the world.

Favorite stage roles at the Stratford Festival ...

62. Hayati Akbas

Actor | Science of the Bible

Hayati Akbas was born on December 1, 1977 in Turkey. He is an actor and producer, known for Science of the Bible (2005), Weapon of Mass Destruction (2004) and Çember (2017).

63. Michael Mazza

Actor | Love Dave

Mike Mazza is a NYC/ATL based actor, he's been acting since an early age. After taking a break he returned to acting and has been trained using Meisner technique by Gregory Korostishevsky as well as Jeffery Zeiner one of New Yorks top talent agents where he was taught improv and stage acting. He ...

64. Nikita Panfilov

Actor | Pes

Nikita Panfilov was born on April 30, 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Pes (2015), Salyut-7 (2017) and Sladkaya zhizn (2014). He has been married to Ksenia Panfilova since 2017. They have one child. He was previously married to Lada Panfilova and Vera Bykova.

65. Paul Bentley

Actor | The Iron Lady

Paul Bentley is known for The Iron Lady (2011), Game of Thrones (2011) and Band of Brothers (2001).

66. Allen Leech

Actor | The Imitation Game

Allen Leech was born on May 18, 1981 in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and producer, known for The Imitation Game (2014), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Downton Abbey (2010). He has been married to Jessica Blair Herman since January 5, 2019.

68. Martin Bayfield

Actor | Wrath of the Titans

Martin Bayfield was born on December 21, 1966 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Wrath of the Titans (2012), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).

69. Joan Bentallé

Actor | Déjate morder

Joan Bentallé was born on August 23, 1963 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Déjate morder (2010), Everlasting Love (2014) and La verdad (2015).

70. 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, ...

71. Konstantin Solovyov

Stunts | The Ice Runner

Konstantin Solovyov was born on January 28, 1974 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for The Ice Runner (1992), V avguste 44-go (2001) and I'm Staying (2007).

72. Murathan Muslu

Actor | Risse im Beton

Murathan Muslu was born on November 7, 1981 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Cracks in Concrete (2014), 7500 (2019) and Hinterland (2021).

73. Felix Engström

Actor | Borg McEnroe

Felix Engström was born on September 3, 1968 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is an actor, known for Borg vs. McEnroe (2017), Behind Blue Skies (2010) and Nobel's Last Will (2012). He has been married to Lydia since 2013.

74. Michael Nardone

Actor | Durham County

Michael Nardone was born on January 20, 1967 in Fife, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Durham County (2007), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017).

75. Grub Smith

Self | Travel Sick

Grub graduated from Cambridge (in England) with a masters degree in history and anthropology. He was a journalist and helped to create the magazines GQ, Esquire, and Maxim. In addition, he helped to re-launch FHM magazine. He continues to write for FHM as he hosts his TV show Travel Sick.

76. James Gandolfini

Actor | The Sopranos

James Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, to Santa (Penna), a high school lunchlady, and James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a bricklayer and head school janitor. His parents were both of Italian origin. Gandolfini began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival ...



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