Exciting international talents

1. Benjamin Sadler

Benjamin Sadler was born on February 12, 1971 in Toronto, Canada. He is an actor, known for Luther (2003), The Charlemagne Code (2008) and Augustus: The First Emperor (2003).

2. Kaya Scodelario

Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Kaya Rose Scodelario was born in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, to Katia (Scodelario) and Roger Humphrey. Her father was English and her mother is Brazilian, of Italian and Portuguese descent. Her surname comes from her mother's Italian grandfather. Thanks to her mother, Kaya grew up fluent in ...

3. Mislav Cavajda

Actor | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Mislav Cavajda was born in 1980 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is an actor, known for Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), Uspjeh (2019) and The Wind Blows (2014).

4. Anna Mouglalis

Actress | Romanzo criminale

Anna Mouglalis was born on April 26, 1978 in Fréjus, Var, France. She is an actress and director, known for Romanzo Criminale (2005), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009) and Baron noir (2016). She was previously married to Vincent Raes.

5. Tom Schilling

Actor | Oh Boy

Tom Schilling was born on February 10, 1982 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for A Coffee in Berlin (2012), Before the Fall (2004) and Who Am I (2014).

6. Natasa Janjic Medancic

Actress | Sve dzaba

Natasa Janjic-Medancic is a Croatian film, stage and television actress. As a child, she studied at the Youth Theater in Split. After finishing school in 2000, she went on to studying journalism and acting in Zagreb. During her studies at the Academy of Dramatic Arts she played the following roles:...

7. Mario Casas

Actor | Tres metros sobre el cielo

Personal life

Mario Casas, has 4 siblings. Born in La Coruña, although very young, at just 4 years old, he left with his family to Barcelona. Later, at the age of 18, he emigrated to the Spanish capital in an adventure in which he took his whole family with him.

His parents were very young when they ...

8. Elena Anaya

Actress | La piel que habito

Spanish actress Elena Anaya impressed the critics with her performance in Sex and Lucía (2001).

Elena was born in Palencia, Spain, on July 17th, 1975. An active child, she excelled in karate and mountain climbing. By the time she was 17 Elena knew that she wanted to channel her energy into ...

9. Volker Bruch

Actor | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Volker Bruch was born on March 9, 1980 in Munich, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Reader (2008) and Babylon Berlin (2017).

10. Hristina Popovic

Actress | Parada

Hristina Popovic was born on March 26, 1982 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The Parade (2011), The Last Serb in Croatia (2019) and The White Lions (2011).

11. Rene Bitorajac

Actor | No Man's Land

Rene Bitorajac is a Croatian actor. He has appeared in a number of Croatian and Bosnian films since the 1980s. Most notably, he starred in the 2001 Academy Award-winning Bosnian film "No Man's Land". He is also known for starring in popular Croatian television sitcoms "Bitange i princeze" (2005-...

12. Natasha Petrovic

Actress | Only Human

Natasha Petrovik was born in 1988, in Shtip Macedonia where she attended primary and secondary school. She studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in the Macedonian capital Skopje, graduating with a degree in Acting. While at the University, in 2010, she became a member of the founding team of the ...

13. Gaspard Ulliel

Actor | Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Gaspard Ulliel's dream had always been to direct a movie, and after completing his studies at the lycée (French high school), he majored in cinema at the University of Saint-Denis, and began his acting career.

He was born in Paris, to Christine, a stylist and runway show producer, and Serge Ulliel, ...

14. Romola Garai

Actress | Atonement

Romola Garai was born on 6th August 1982. She is an English actress-writer-director who has worked extensively on film, television and theatre. As an actress she is known for her performances in films such as Atonement (2007), Angel (2007), I Capture the Castle (2003) and (Suffragette). On ...

15. 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...

16. Holliday Grainger

Actress | Cinderella

Holliday Clark Grainger also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children's series Roger and the Rottentrolls, Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias, Robin Ellacott in Strike, DI ...

17. Tahar Rahim

Actor | Un prophète

Tahar Rahim was born on July 4, 1981 in Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France. He is an actor, known for A Prophet (2009), The Past (2013) and The Mauritanian (2021). He has been married to Leïla Bekhti since 2010.

18. Nina Violic

Actress | Baci se na pod

Nina Violic was born on March 15, 1972 in Rijeka, Croatia. She is an actress and director, known for Kick and Scream (2022), Blagajnica hoce ici na more (2000) and Odvajanje (2015). She has been married to Tvrtko Juric since 2001. They have one child.

19. Nebojsa Glogovac

Actor | Juzni vetar

Nebojsa Glogovac was born on August 30, 1969 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor and producer, known for South Wind (2018), Huddersfield (2007) and Sky Hook (2000). He was married to Milica Scepanovic and Mina Glogovac. He died on February 9, 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.

20. Arta Dobroshi

Actress | Le silence de Lorna

Arta Dobroshi was born on October 2, 1980 in Prishtina, Kosovo, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and producer, known for Lorna's Silence (2008), Three Worlds (2012) and Stray (2018).

21. Jeroen Spitzenberger

Actor | Alles is liefde

Jeroen Spitzenberger (1976) is best known internationally for his supporting role in the Oscar-nominated film Twin Sisters (2002), which went on to be a hit with critics and film lovers worldwide.

In 1998 he graduated from the Institute of Arts in Arnhem. Ever since he is a beloved stage and screen ...

22. Nyncke Beekhuyzen

Actress | Süskind

Nyncke Beekhuyzen was born on January 24, 1980 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Süskind (2012), Danni Lowinski (2013) and Petticoat (2016).

23. Nikola Rakocevic

Actor | Travelator

Nikola Rakocevic has been proclaimed as one of Europe's leading young screen actors, clocking up awards and critical acclaim at major international film festivals.

Jurors at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival placed Nikola among the ten European Shooting Stars in 2014.

The accolade was just one ...

24. Karoline Herfurth

Actress | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Karoline Herfurth was born on May 22, 1984 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Text for You (2016) and Einfach mal was Schönes (2022).

25. Michael Aloni

Actor | Out in the Dark

Michael Aloni was born on January 30, 1984 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an actor and director, known for Out in the Dark (2012), Shtisel (2013) and You Up?.

26. Marco Bonini

Writer | Noi e la Giulia

Actor, screenwriter and film producer. Obtained a BA. in Philosophy then attended il Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC). He debuted as an actor in theater, then on TV as leading man in many TV shows in both Italy and France. In 2001 he stared and co-produced "All there is to know" by Eros ...

27. Joanna Vanderham

Actress | Warrior

Joanna grew up in Scotland. She trained at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. It was here she was 'spotted' by casting director Emma Style, which led to her first professional role as 'Cathy' in The Runaway (2010) together with Keith Allen, Ken Stott, Alan Cumming and Jack O'Connell . The ...

28. Jessica De Gouw

Actress | Underground

Jessica De Gouw is an Australian actress. She is known for her role as Helena Bertinelli/The Huntress in the television series Arrow, as Mina Murray in the NBC TV series Dracula, and as Elizabeth Hawkes in the WGN series Underground.

Jessica grew up in Lesmurdie, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western ...

29. Tom Hughes

Actor | Cemetery Junction

Cheshire-born - in 1986 - Tom Hughes attended Upton High School and even before going to RADA had a wealth of acting experience with the Cheshire Youth Theatre, the Jigsaw Music Group, the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre and the Belgian company Victoria. He even managed to find time to play in a ...

30. Jonas Nay

Actor | Tannbach

Jonas Nay was born in Lübeck, Germany on September 20th, 1990. He is an actor as well as a composer, known for his roles in projects such as 4 Against Z (2005), Line of Separation (2015), Homevideo (2011), Deutschland 83 (2015), Deutschland 86 (2018) and Deutschland 89 (2020). He has won German ...

31. Koen De Bouw

Actor | Professor T.

Award-winning Koen De Bouw (1964) is one of the leading actors in Belgium. He studied theatre at the prestigious Antwerp Studio Herman Teirlinck, and made his film debut in 1988 upon graduation. Since then he played leading parts in more than 30 Belgian and international films as well as a similar ...

32. Steven Mackintosh

Actor | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Steven Mackintosh was born on April 30, 1967 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Rang De Basanti (2006) and Memphis Belle (1990). He has been married to Lisa Jacobs since 1989. They have two children.

33. Emun Elliott

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Emun Elliott was born on November 28, 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Prometheus (2012) and Filth (2013).

34. Livio Badurina

Actor | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Livio Badurina was born on December 20, 1965 in Rijeka, Croatia. He is an actor, known for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), Silence (2021) and Murderous Trance (2018).

35. Iwan Rheon

Actor | Game of Thrones

Iwan Rheon (born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer and musician, best known for portraying Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), Simon Bellamy in the E4 series Misfits (2009) and Ash Weston in the ITV sitcom Vicious (2013).

Rheon was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. When he...

36. Sara Wiseman

Actress | A Place to Call Home

Sara Wiseman is a multiple award winning actress for her critically acclaimed work in both film and television. Her extensive career in screen and theatre has given her the opportunity to work in both New Zealand and Australian territories, most notably in 'Rake', 'Between Two Worlds', 'Under The ...

37. Karel Roden

Actor | RocknRolla

Karel Roden is an internationally known actor who was most recently seen in the United States in director Jaume Collet-Serra's "Orphan," starring Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard, and in Guy Ritchie's "RocknRolla," opposite Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson and Thandie Newton. His work can also be seen ...

38. Lennie James

Actor | The Walking Dead

Lennie James was born in Nottingham to Trinidadian parents, and grew up in South London. His mother, Phyllis Mary James, died when he was 12. Lennie and his older brother went into a council children's home. When he was 16 he was fostered with a social worker who had two older children, and they ...

39. Jacky Ido

Actor | Inglourious Basterds

Jacky Ido was born on May 14, 1977 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He is an actor and director, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Lockout (2012) and The Catch (2016).

40. Kostja Ullmann

Actor | Sommersturm

Kostja Ullmann was born on May 30, 1984 in Hamburg, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Summer Storm (2004), A Most Wanted Man (2014) and Verfolgt (2006).

41. Felicitas Woll

Actress | Berlin, Berlin

Felicitas Woll was born on January 20, 1980 in Harbshausen, Hessen, Germany. She is an actress, known for Berlin, Berlin (2002), Dresden (2006) and Die Ungehorsame (2015).

42. Adam Bakri

Actor | Omar

Adam Bakri is a Palestinian actor who hails from a family of artists. He studied English Literature and Theater Arts and graduated from New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. His first feature film was 2013 Oscar nominee Omar, by Hany Abu-Assad, for which he was awarded Best Actor at ...

43. Suraj Sharma

Actor | Life of Pi

Suraj was born and raised in New Dehli, India. His mother, Shailaja Sharma, is an economist and his father, Gokul Churai, is a software engineer. He has a brother and sister who are both younger than he. His father is from Thalassery, Kerala and his mother is from Palakkad, Kerala.

Suraj was one of ...

44. Aisling Franciosi

Actress | The Nightingale

Aisling Franciosi is an Irish-Italian actress known for "The Fall" (2013), "Game of Thrones" (2011), and "The Nightingale" (2018). She was born in Dublin in 1993, moved with her family to Italy soon after, and returned to Ireland four years later with her mother. She attended acting classes as a ...

45. James Norton

Actor | Little Women

James Norton was born in 1985 to two teachers and has a younger sister who is a doctor. Growing up in North Yorkshire he espoused acting at a very early age - playing Joseph in his primary school nativity play aged five - and, after leaving Ampleforth College he did work experience at the Stephen ...

46. Sacha Dhawan

Actor | The Great

Sacha Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport to Hindu parents though he attended a Roman Catholic secondary school, Thomas Aquinas College, in nearby Stockport. There one of the authors he studied for his final exams was Alan Bennett, by whom he was very impressed. He began as a child actor at the ...

47. Gethin Anthony

Actor | Manhunt

Gethin Anthony was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon to Welsh parents and grew up in the UK and USA. He trained in acting at LAMDA, after graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature and Language.

Soon after completing his training Gethin featured as the ill-fated Renly Baratheon ...

48. Edda Magnason

Actress | Monica Z

Edda Karin Hjartardóttir Magnason (born on 22 August 1984) is a Swedish/Icelandic singer-songwriter, pianist and film actress. She has released two albums of her own, "Edda Magnason" (2010) and "Goods" (2011) and a soundtrack album, "Monica Z - Musiken från filmen" (2013). She made her debut as an ...

49. Kostas Nikouli

Actor | The Republic

Kostas Nikouli is known for The Republic (2015), Xenia (2014) and Decadence (2019).

50. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Actress | Kraftidioten

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West End production of the musical Chicago while at school. She graduated from the Danish...

51. Kim Bodnia

Actor | Pusher

Kim Bodnia is a Danish actor, who was born in Copenhagen in 1965.

Kim Bodnia is educated as an actor at the Copenhagen Theatre school (1988-1991). After an amazing theatre career as an actor and creator of new Danish theatre in Copenhagen, he had his breakthrough in Nightwatch (1994) for which he ...