Actors

1. Alfred Hitchcock

Director | Psycho

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...

2. Alan Ford

Actor | Snatch

Alan Ford was born on February 23, 1938 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Snatch (2000), An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Cockneys vs Zombies (2012).

3. 'Weird Al' Yankovic

Soundtrack | UHF

Few would have guessed that "Weird Al" Yankovic - who as a shy, accordion-playing teenager got his start sending in homemade tapes to the Dr. Demento Radio Show - would go on to become a pop culture icon and the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time, with classic song and music video ...

4. Adam Buxton

Actor | Hot Fuzz

Adam Buxton was born on June 7, 1969 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He is a podcaster and actor, known for Hot Fuzz (2007), The Adam and Joe Show (1996) and Sing 2 (2021). He is married to Sarah Buxton. They have three children.

5. Adam Deacon

Actor | Anuvahood

Adam Deacon is a BAFTA award winning actor, writer, director and producer from Hackney, East London. At the age of 12 Deacon began to act and trained at the Anna Scher Theatre.

Adam co-wrote, co-directed and played the lead role in Anuvahood, which was released in 2011 and won him the prestigious ...

6. Adam Hills

Writer | Spicks and Specks

Adam Hills was born on July 10, 1970 in Sydney, Australia. He is a writer and producer, known for Spicks and Specks (2005), The Last Leg (2012) and Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight (2011). He has been married to Ali McGregor since December 2009. They have two children.

7. Adam Sandler

Actor | The Waterboy

Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took ...

8. Addison Cresswell

Producer | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Addison Cresswell was born on June 28, 1960 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001), Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (2009) and Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live (2010). He was married to Shelley. He died on December 23, ...

9. Adrian Chiles

Actor | Sex Lives of the Potato Men

Adrian Chiles was born on March 21, 1967 in Hagley, Worcestershire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004), That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006) and Rev. (2010). He was previously married to Jane Garvey.

10. Adrian Edmondson

Actor | Bancroft

Adrian Edmondson was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He went to Manchester University to study drama. Whilst he was there he met Rik Mayall, and the pair began performing as 20th Century Coyote. The act continued after university when Adrian & Rik moved to London, and they became two of ...

11. Adrian Lester

Actor | The Day After Tomorrow

Adrian Lester CBE was born on August 14, 1968 in Birmingham, England. He is a multi award winning actor and director, known for seven seasons of the hit TV show Hustle (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Primary Colors (1998) and his extensive classical work in the theatre playing Othello, ...

12. Al Murray

Self | 15:13

13. 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)...

14. Alain de Botton

Writer | My Last Five Girlfriends

Alain de Botton was born on 20 December 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland. He is the only son of Gilbert de Botton and Jacqueline Burgauer. He has one sister named Miel. Alain spent his childhood in Switzerland, where he learned to speak French and German. In 1981, Alain and his family moved to London, ...

15. Alan Carr

Writer | Changing Ends

Alan Carr was born on June 14, 1976 in Weymouth, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Changing Ends (2023), Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009) and The Friday Night Project (2005).

16. Alan Davies

Actor | Jonathan Creek

Alan lived in Loughton, Essex for most of his life, until he left to pursue a career in comedy. He now lives in Islington in north London. He is the second of three children, born in Essex, and has an older brother and a younger sister. He was raised by his father, an accountant when his mother ...

17. Alan Sugar

Producer | The Survival Club

Alan Sugar was born on March 24, 1947 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for The Survival Club (1999), Blame It on the Moon (2000) and The Apprentice UK (2005). He has been married to Ann Simons since April 29, 1968. They have three children.

18. Alex Macqueen

Actor | Peaky Blinders

Alex Macqueen was born in 1974 in Epsom, Surrey.

He was in the National Youth Theatre in the 1990's while studying English at Durham University and International Relations at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

He is best known for his roles as Julius Nicholson in 'The Thick of It' and Neil's Dad in 'The ...

19. Alex Zane

Actor | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Alex was born in Leeds, England in 1979.

At school he was something of a geek, a studious young man who carried his books around in a briefcase, which was a source of constant amusement to school bullies.

During a stint as the lead singer of a student band while studying for his A-Levels, Alex ...

20. Alexander Armstrong

Actor | The Armstrong and Miller Show

Alexander Armstrong was born on March 2, 1970 in Rothbury, Northumberland, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007), Match Point (2005) and Plunkett & Macleane (1999). He has been married to Hannah Bronwen Snow since August 27, 2003. They have three...

21. Alexis Conran

Actor | Murder City

Alexis Conran was born on January 18, 1972 in Paris, France. He is a writer and actor, known for Murder City (2004), The Durrells (2016) and Below (2002).

22. Alistair McGowan

Actor | My Life in Ruins

Alistair McGowan, the master of mimicry, was born Alistair Charles McGowan in Evesham, Worcestershire, Great Britain. He is an actor, writer and producer. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican in London. There he studied alongside Ewan McGregor and Daniel Craig, among ...

23. Andrew Brooke

Actor | Children of Men

Andrew Brooke is known for Children of Men (2006), Stormbreaker (2006) and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013).

24. Andrew Maxwell

Writer | Andrew Maxwell: Yo Contraire

Andrew Maxwell is known for Andrew Maxwell: Yo Contraire (2019), Comedy Cuts (2007) and Ex on the Beach (2014).

25. Andy Beckwith

Actor | The Infiltrator

Andy Beckwith is known for The Infiltrator (2016), Game of Thrones (2011) and Show Dogs (2018).

26. Andy Hamilton

Writer | Drop the Dead Donkey

Andy Hamilton was born in 1954 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), Outnumbered (2007) and What We Did on Our Holiday (2014). He has been married to Libby Asher since 1988. They have three children.

27. Andy Nyman

Actor | Judy

Andy Nyman was born on April 13, 1966 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Judy (2019), Ghost Stories (2017) and Death at a Funeral (2007).

28. Andy Parsons

Writer | Asylum

Andy Parsons was born in 1967 in the UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Asylum (1996), The Smith & Jones Sketchbook (2006) and Hale and Pace (1986).

29. 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), ...

30. Angus Deayton

Self | Have I Got News for You

Gordon Angus Deayton known professionally as Angus Deayton, is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was the original presenter of the satirical panel game Have I Got News for You, a job from which he was dismissed in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid ...

31. Anthony Hopkins

Actor | The Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, ...

32. Anthony McPartlin

Actor | Love Actually

Anthony McPartlin was born on November 18, 1975 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Love Actually (2003), Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002) and I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2002). He has been married to Anne-Marie Corbett since August 7, ...

33. Ardal O'Hanlon

Actor | Father Ted

Ardal O'Hanlon was born on October 8, 1965 in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Father Ted (1995), My Hero (2000) and Val Falvey TD (2009). He is married to Melanie. They have three children.

34. Armando Iannucci

Writer | The Death of Stalin

Armando Iannucci was born on November 28, 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Death of Stalin (2017), In the Loop (2009) and Veep (2012). He has been married to Rachel Jones since August 25, 1990. They have two children.

35. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

36. Arthur Mathews

Writer | Father Ted

Arthur Mathews was born in 1959 in County Meath, Ireland. He is a writer and actor, known for Father Ted (1995), Toast of London (2012) and Val Falvey TD (2009).

37. Ash Atalla

Producer | The IT Crowd

Ash Atalla was born in Egypt. He is known for The IT Crowd (2006), The Office (2001) and Trollied (2011).

38. Ashley Walters

Actor | Speed Racer

Ashley Walters was born on June 30, 1982 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Speed Racer (2008), Top Boy (2011) and Stormbreaker (2006).

39. Bear Grylls

Producer | You vs. Wild

Bear Grylls was born on June 7, 1974 in Isle of Wight, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for You vs. Wild (2019), You vs. Wild: Out Cold (2021) and The Count of Monte Cristo. He has been married to Shara Cannings-Knight since January 19, 2000. They have three children.

40. Ben Elton

Writer | The Young Ones

Ben Elton was born on May 3, 1959 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for The Young Ones (1982), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Maybe Baby (2000). He has been married to Sophie Gare since May 13, 1994. They have three children.

41. Ben Kingsley

Actor | Sexy Beast

Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ...

42. Ben Miller

Actor | Professor T

Halfway through a PhD in physics at Cambridge University, Ben met Alexander Armstrong (who was also studying there) in 1992. Instead of finishing his PhD, Ben chose to scrap science for comedy and started playing at the Comedy Club Footlights, Cambridge. After four years of touring pubs and ...

43. Ben Stiller

Producer | Tropic Thunder

Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).

His parents made no real...

44. Bernard Bresslaw

Actor | Krull

A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of...

45. Bill Bailey

Actor | Hot Fuzz

Bill Bailey is known for his sharp wit and classic sense of humor. he is most famous for being in Never Mind The Buzzcocks, celebrity game-show in which he is a team captain. Bill is a stand up comedian, and has also starred in cult comedies such as Spaced and of course Black Books. He was given ...

46. Bill Hicks

Producer | Ninja Bachelor Party

Born in Georgia but raised in Houston since the age of 7, this self-described "Prince of Darkness" was compelled to use the comedy stage as his philosophic soapbox. At 13, he would sneak out of his suburban house to hustle his way onto open-mike night rosters. In two brief decades, Hicks worked his...

47. Bill Maher

Producer | Politically Incorrect

Bill Maher was born William Maher in New York City, New York, and grew up in River Vale, New Jersey. His father, William Aloysius Maher Jr., who was of Irish Catholic descent, was a radio announcer and news editor. His mother, Julie (Berman), was a nurse, who was of Jewish descent. Maher was raised...

48. Billy Murray

Actor | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Billy Murray has entertained British Television audiences for over thirty years.

He is perhaps best known for his role as DS Don Beech in ITV series The Bill (1984), and has also appeared in EastEnders (1985) as the crime boss "Johnnie Allen".

His on-screen presence is very much underrated and thanks...

49. Blake Harrison

Actor | The Inbetweeners

Blake attended the Brit School from 2003 and then the East 15 Acting School from 2007.

Blake starred in three series and two subsequent films of the multi-award-winning comedy 'The Inbetweeners'.

He also starred in the 2016 remake of 'Dad's Army' in which he played 'Private Pike'. His other film work...

50. Bob Einstein

Writer | Super Dave

Bob Einstein was born on November 20, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Super Dave (1987), Bizarre (1979) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000). He was married to Roberta Marie Smith and Cathy Maureen Kilpatrick. He died on January 2, 2019 in Indian Wells, ...

51. Bob Hoskins

Actor | The Long Good Friday

Bob Hoskins was described by the director John Mackenzie as "an actor from the British tradition but with an almost American approach, an instinctive approach to acting and knowing how to work with the camera". He was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was ...

52. Bob Mortimer

Actor | House of Fools

Bob Mortimer was born on May 23, 1959 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for House of Fools (2014), Catterick (2004) and Shooting Stars (1993). He has been married to Lisa Matthews since October 2015. They have two children.

53. Boyd Hilton

Actor | Annually Retentive

Boyd Hilton is known for Annually Retentive (2006), Stand Up Hero (2010) and Flipside TV (2003).

54. 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 ...

55. Brendan Gleeson

Actor | Calvary

Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Pat and Frank Gleeson. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high ...

56. Brian Cox

Sunshine

Brian Cox was born on March 3, 1968 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Sunshine (2007), The Last Star and Absolutely Anything (2015). He has been married to Gia Milinovich since 2003. They have one child.

57. Brian De Palma

Director | Body Double

Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...

58. Bruce Forsyth

Actor | Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Veteran entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth had a career spanning eight decades, in which he went from struggling variety performer to Saturday night TV stardom. On the way, he became one of the most recognisable entertainers in the business, driven by what appeared to be inexhaustible energy. He became ...

59. 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,...

60. Cavan Clerkin

Actor | The Last Kingdom

Cavan Clerkin is a professional actor and filmmaker from Hackney, London. He is known for The Capture (2019-2022) The Last Kingdom (2017-2022) Muscle (2019) and BAFTA nominated comedy Pulling (2006). He wrote, produced and starred in feature film Nice Guy (2012) and has appeared in a wide range of ...

61. Charles Dance

Actor | Gosford Park

Charles Dance is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986),...

62. Charles Hawtrey

Actor | Don't Lose Your Head

Coming from a theatrical family (although not related to the famous Edwardian actor Sir Charles Hawtrey, he did "borrow" his last name), Charles Hawtrey made his stage debut at age 11 after having spent several years in a prestigious acting school. A string of stage roles followed, and by 1929 his ...

63. Charlie Brooker

Writer | Black Mirror

Charlton "Charlie" Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English humourist, critic, author, screenwriter, producer, and television presenter. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the anthology series Black Mirror and has written for programmes such as Brass Eye, The 11 O'Clock Show, and Nathan Barley...

64. Billy Connolly

Actor | Brave

Billy Connolly was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He left school to work in the shipyards, becoming a welder, and joined the Territorial Army (in the parachute regiment) at around the same time. He developed an interest in folk music, eventually being an accomplished banjo player and a ...

65. Alan Rickman

Actor | Die Hard

Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...

66. Brendan O'Carroll

Actor | Mrs. Brown's Boys

Brendan O'Carroll was born on September 15, 1955 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011), Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014) and Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Original Series (2002). He has been married to Jennifer Gibney since August 1, 2005. He was previously ...

67. Benicio Del Toro

Actor | Sicario

Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-1990s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. A favorite of film buffs, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted but basically honest Mexican policeman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000).

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68. Andrew Marr

Actor | Doctor Who

Andrew Marr was born on July 31, 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Doctor Who (2005), Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (2007) and BBC News at Ten O'Clock (2000). He has been married to Jackie Ashley since 1987. They have three children.

69. Andrew Neil

Actor | Parting Shots

Andrew Neil was born on May 21, 1949 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Parting Shots (1998), Dirty Weekend (1993) and The Andrew Neil Interviews (2016). He has been married to Susan Nilsson since August 8, 2015.

70. Bobby Farrelly

Producer | There's Something About Mary

Bobby Farrelly was born on June 17, 1958 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA. He is a producer and director, known for There's Something About Mary (1998), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Me, Myself & Irene (2000). He has been married to Nancy Farrelly since 1990. They have two children.

71. Bradley Walsh

Actor | Coronation Street

Bradley Walsh was born on June 4, 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Law & Order: UK (2009) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007). He has been married to Donna Derby since 1997. They have one child.

72. Brian Blessed

Actor | Flash Gordon

Boisterous British actor Brian Blessed is known for his hearty, king-sized portrayals on film and television. A giant of a man accompanied by an eloquent wit and booming, operatic voice, Brian was born in 1936 and grew up in the mining village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire. His father was a ...

73. Bob Monkhouse

Writer | Dentist in the Chair

One of British TV's most popular performers with a career that spanned over four decades, funny-man Bob Monkhouse started off as a radio broadcaster (1947) and stand-up comic. He earned success early on as a gag writer, partnering with Denis Goodwin.

In 1953, the duo won their own TV show called ...

74. Adil Ray

Actor | Citizen Khan

Adil Ray OBE is best known as the star and creator of the hit BBC1 sitcom Citizen Khan. After five series, the show has become one of Britain's much-loved sitcoms. In 2016 the show hit the road with a Citizen Khan tour and the publication of a book - Citizen Khan's Guide to Britain. Adil is ...

75. Andy Samberg

Actor | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Andy Samberg was born in Berkeley, California, to Marjorie (Marrow), a teacher, and Joe Samberg, a photographer. With Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, Samberg is one of three Los Angeles, California-based writer-performer-filmmakers--all childhood friends--dubbed The Lonely Island, whose short ...

76. 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 ...

77. Anthony Head

Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Anthony Stewart Head was born on February 20, 1954 in Camden Town, north London, England. He grew up in Hampton, near Richmond upon Thames in London. He's the youngest son of Seafield Head (a documentary filmmaker) and Helen Shingler (an actress). He is the younger brother of musician/actor Murray ...

78. Barry Chuckle

Actor | ChuckleVision

Barry Chuckle was born on December 24, 1944 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for ChuckleVision (1987), Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002) and The Freddie Starr Showcase (1983). He was married to Ann Elliott. He died on August 5, 2018 in ...

79. Ben Wheatley

Director | Free Fire

Ben Wheatley was born in May 1972 in Billericay, Essex, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Free Fire (2016), Kill List (2011) and Sightseers (2012).

80. Bobby Ball

Actor | Cannon and Ball

Robert Harper (Bobby Ball) and Thomas Derbyshire (Tommy Cannon) were both born in Oldham. They met in the early 1960s while working as welders in the same factory. Becoming friends, they formed a club act known as "Bobby and Stevie Rhythm", which became the Sherrell Brothers, then The Harper ...

81. Adrian Scarborough

Actor | Gosford Park

Adrian Scarborough was born on May 10, 1968 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Gosford Park (2001), Vera Drake (2004) and Dirty Pretty Things (2002). He is married to Rose Blackshaw. They have two children.

82. Benedict Wong

Actor | Annihilation

Benedict Wong is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's Marco Polo (2014-2016), Bruce Ng in The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Doctor Strange (2016). Wong was born on 3 July 1971 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, the son of Hong Kong ...

83. Aml Ameen

Actor | Yardie

The son of Caribbean parents, Aml Ameen shone in his breakout performance as Trife in the cult classic KIDULTHOOD, for which he was recognized as one of the Screen International's 2005 Stars of Tomorrow and nominated for Screen Nation's 2006 Best Newcomer award.

Ameen portrayed series regular Lewis ...

84. Benedict Cumberbatch

Actor | The Imitation Game

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold ...

85. Barry Cryer

Writer | The Stanley Baxter Show

Barry Cryer was born on March 23, 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Stanley Baxter Show (1963), Tommy Cooper (1969) and The Russ Abbot Show (1986). He was married to Theresa Margaret 'Terry' Donovan. He died on January 25, 2022 in Northwick Park, Harrow...

86. Alec Baldwin

Actor | The Departed

Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae ...

87. Andrew Collins

Writer | Not Going Out

Andrew Collins is an author, journalist and broadcaster whose first BBC1 sitcom, Not Going Out (co-written with star Lee Mack) won the Breakthrough Award at the Royal Television Society Awards and the Rose D'Or for Best Sitcom.

He began his journalistic career at the NME, going on to edit Q magazine...

88. Andrew Dawson

Writer | The Peter Serafinowicz Show

Andrew Dawson is known for The Peter Serafinowicz Show (2007), The Bubble (2022) and That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006).

89. Brian Conley

Actor | Equilibrium

Brian Conley was born on August 7, 1961 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Equilibrium (2002), The Grimleys (1999) and Time After Time (1994). He has been married to Anne-Marie Aindow since August 4, 1996. They have two children.

90. Ashley Thomas

Actor | Them

Ashley Thomas is a British actor and rapper. As an actor he has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, Royal Television Society Award and selected as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow. He attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts. As a rapper he is also known by his stage ...

91. Alexis Petridis

Actor | Diastimikes peripeteies

Alexis Petridis was born on September 13, 1971 in Sunderland, Co. Durham, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Diastimikes peripeteies (2015), The Cinema Show (2005) and Folk Britannia (2006).

92. Ben Goldacre

Self | QI

Ben Goldacre is known for QI (2003), Newswipe (2009) and Screenwipe (2006).

93. Bill Hader

Actor | The Skeleton Twins

Bill Hader is an American comedian and actor who is known for playing in Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013. He created and starred in the HBO show Barry. He also played Flint Lockwood from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Colonel Custer from Night at the Museum 2, Fear from Inside Out and ...

94. Bill Nighy

Actor | Love Actually

Bill Nighy is an award-winning British character actor. He was born William Francis Nighy on December 12, 1949 in Caterham, Surrey, England, to Catherine Josephine (Whittaker), a psychiatric nurse from Glasgow, and Alfred Martin Nighy, who was English-born and managed a garage in Croydon.

At school,...

95. Carl Weathers

Actor | Predator

Carl Weathers was born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A famous and successful football star at San Diego State, he played with the Oakland Raiders and retired from the sport in 1974, in order to give full attention to his goal: to be a real actor.

Weathers first played small parts ...

96. Alex Horne

Writer | Taskmaster

Alex was born on September 10 1978. He studied at Cambridge University where he became a member of the Footlights Revue. In 2000 he made his debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his show How To Avoid Huge Ships and was nominated for the Perrier award for best new comic with his show How To ...

97. Charlie Baker

Actor | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Charlie Baker is known for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), Doctor Who (2005) and EastEnders (1985).

98. Ben Chaplin

Actor | The Thin Red Line

With charm to spare and dark, unassumingly handsome looks, British actor Ben Chaplin arrived on the Hollywood scene in smart and sexy fashion with the comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996). While his habit for avoiding mainstream artificiality in favor of small, intense, independent ...

99. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Actor | Farming

Born and raised in London, England, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje began his career as a model in Milan. He graduated with a masters degree in Law from London's prestigious Kings College, before moving to Los Angeles to make the transition to acting. Fluent in several languages, including English, ...

100. Cass Pennant

Producer | Beverley

Cass Pennant is known for Beverley (2015), Green Street Hooligans (2005) and Casuals: The Story of the Legendary Terrace Fashion (2011).