Actors From Both Star Wars and The Marvel Cinematic Universe
by prime-17 | created - 8 months ago | updated - 3 weeks ago | Public1. Harrison Ford
Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark
Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, ...
Han Solo
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Thaddeus Ross (Red Hulk)
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Thunderbolts
2. Natalie Portman
Actress | Black Swan
Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).
Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an ...
Padmé Amidala
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Jane Foster (Mighty Thor)
- Thor
- Thor: The Dark World
- What If…?
- Thor: Love and Thunder
3. 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), ...
Mace Windu
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Movie Only)
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (Voice Only)
Nick Fury
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- Thor
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- The Avengers
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Captain Marvel
- Avengers: Endgame
- Spider-Man: Far from Home
- What If…?
- Secret Invasion
- The Marvels
4. Peter Serafinowicz
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Peter Szymon Serafinowicz is an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as the title character in the 2016 live-action series of The Tick, Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004) and as the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). He has...
Darth Maul (Voice Only)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Garthan Saal
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- What If...?
5. Richard Armitage
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Richard Crispin Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England, to Margaret (Hendey), a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, where he discovered his love for acting. He took part in many theatre productions all over the UK, from ...
Naboo Fighter Pilot
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Heinz Kruger
- Captain America: The First Avenger
6. Fred Tatasciore
Actor | Team America: World Police
Fred Tatasciore is a voice actor/animator known for his work in film, television and games. He can be heard regularly on Fox's "Family Guy," "American Dad," and "The Cleveland Show." He plays Aaarggggh! and many characters on the new show, "Trollhunters" (for Netflix by Guillermo Del Torro), For ...
Qui-Gon Jinn and Oppo Rancisis
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
Roos Tarpals
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Boss Yushyn and Mining Guild Guard
- Star Wars Rebels
Various Characters
- Star Wars Resistance
Corvus Glaive, Drax, Volstagg and Groot
- What If…?
7. Jon Favreau
Producer | Chef
Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.
The amiable, husky-framed actor with the ...
Happy Hogan
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- Iron Man 3
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Avengers: Infinity War (Deleted Scene)
- Avengers: Endgame
- Spider-Man: Far from Home
- What If…?
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
Pre Vizsla
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Rio Durant
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
Paz Vizsla
- The Mandalorian
- The Book of Boba Fett
8. Paul Bettany
Actor | WandaVision
Paul Bettany is an English actor. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), ...
J.A.R.V.I.S.
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- The Avengers
- Iron Man 3
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- What If…?
Vision
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Captain America: Civil War
- Avengers: Infinity War
- WandaVision
- What If…?
Dryden Vos
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
9. Seth Green
Actor | Robot Chicken
Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke...
Todo 360
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Ion Papanoida
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Captain Seevor
- Star Wars Rebels
Expo Fan
- Iron Man 2
Howard the Duck
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- What If…?
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
10. Clancy Brown
Actor | The Shawshank Redemption
A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proven himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theatre, feature films, television series and even animation.
Clarence J. Brown III was born in 1959 in Urbana, Ohio, to Joyce Helen (Eldridge), a concert...
Savage Opress
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Ryder Azadi
- Star Wars Rebels
- Ahsoka
Burg
- The Mandalorian
Inquisitor
- Tales of the Jedi
Ray Schoonover
- Daredevil
- The Punisher
Surtur
- Thor: Ragnarok
- What If…?
11. 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...
Erik Selvig
- Thor
- The Avengers
- Thor: The Dark World
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Thor: Love and Thunder
Luthen Rael
- Andor
12. 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 ...
Volstagg
- Thor
- Thor: The Dark World
- Thor: Ragnarok
Gar Saxon
- Star Wars Rebels
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Baylan Skoll
- Ahsoka
13. Titus Welliver
Actor | The Town
Titus Welliver was born on March 12, 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was a famous landscape painter, Neil Welliver. His mother was a fashion illustrator, Norma Cripps. He has three brothers, one was killed overseas. He was raised in Philadelphia and New York City, surrounded by poets and...
Felix Blake
- Marvel One-Shot: Item 47
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Imperial Captain
- The Mandalorian
14. Ming-Na Wen
Actress | Mulan
Ming-Na ("enlightenment") was born on the island of Macau, forty miles from Hong Kong. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, divorced her father when Ming-Na was only a toddler. She has an older brother named Jonathan. After the divorce, they moved to Hong Kong where her mother became a nurse. There her mother...
Melinda May
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Fennec Shand
- The Mandalorian
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch
- The Book of Boba Fett
15. 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).
...
Taneleer Tivan (The Collector)
- Thor: The Dark World
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Avengers: Infinity War
- What If…?
DJ
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
16. Lucy Lawless
Actress | Xena: Warrior Princess
New Zealand icon Lucy Lawless is most known for her role as "Xena the Warrior Princess." Lucy is married to producer Rob Tapert (Robert Gerard Tapert) and resides in New Zealand. They have two sons, Julius Robert Bay Tapert and Judah Miro Tapert, who were both born in New Zealand. Lucy also has a ...
Isabelle Hartley
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Aeosian Queen
- Star Wars Resistance
17. Brian Tee
Actor | Expats
Brian Tee will star opposite Nicole Kidman in the prestige limited series "Expats," as "Clarke Woo" husband to "Margaret" (Kidman), directed by the acclaimed Lulu Wang for Amazon Prime. Tee also stared as Dr. Ethan Choi, on NBC's hit drama "Chicago Med," produced by Dick Wolf and won a 2020 NAMIC ...
Toshiro Mori
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Ronin
- Star Wars: Visions
18. Rosario Dawson
Actress | Rent
This stunning and resourceful actress has been primarily a film player thus far. Only recently has she been opening herself up more to doing television (the series Gemini Division (2008), which she executive-produced), and animated voice-overs. Dawson's powerhouse talent stands out the most in edgy...
Claire Temple
- Daredevil
- Jessica Jones
- Luke Cage
- Iron Fist
- The Defenders
Ahsoka Tano
- The Mandalorian
- The Book of Boba Fett
- Ahsoka
19. 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), ...
Ulysses Klaue
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Black Panther
- What If…?
Supreme Leader Snoke
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (Voiceover Only)
Kino Loy
- Andor
20. 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 ...
Poe Dameron
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
- Star Wars Resistance
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Marc Spector (Moon Knight) / Steven Grant (Mr. Knight) / Jake Lockley
- Moon Knight
21. Lupita Nyong'o
Actress | 12 Years a Slave
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o was born March 1, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. Her father, a senator, was then a visiting lecturer in political science. She was raised in Kenya. At age 16, her parents sent her back to Mexico for seven months to...
Maz Kanata
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Nakia
- Black Panther
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
22. Ken Leung
Actor | Old
Ken Leung was raised in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side in New York City. His family moved to Midwood, Brooklyn where he grew up before finishing high school in Old Bridge, New Jersey. He attended NYU and studied acting with Catherine Russell and Nan Smithner, then briefly with Anne ...
Admiral Statura
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Karnak
- Inhumans
23. Jessica Henwick
Actress | The Royal Hotel
Jessica Yu Li Henwick is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Colleen Wing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making her debut in the Netflix television series Iron...
Jess "Testor" Pava
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Colleen Wing
- Iron Fist
- The Defenders
- Luke Cage
24. Hannah John-Kamen
Actress | Ant-Man and the Wasp
Hannah Dominique E. John-Kamen is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Dutch in the Syfy television series Killjoys, Ornela in the HBO series Game of Thrones, F'Nale Zandor in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Ghost in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Hannah was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, ...
First Order Officer
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Ava Starr (Ghost)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Thunderbolts
25. Jim Rash
Actor | The Way Way Back
Jim Rash was born on July 15, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Way Way Back (2013), Community (2009) and The Descendants (2011).
Dean of M.I.T.
- Captain America: Civil War
- Ironheart
Flix
- Star Wars Resistance
26. Theo Rossi
Actor | Emily the Criminal
Theo Rossi was born in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. Theo is an actor and producer, known for Emily the Criminal (2022), Sons of Anarchy (2008) and Army of the Dead (2021). Theo has been married to Meghan McDermott since November 17, 2014. They have two children.
Hernan "Shades" Alvarez
- Luke Cage
Senator Larik
- Tales of the Jedi
27. Mads Mikkelsen
Actor | Hannibal
Mads Mikkelsen's great successes parallel those achieved by the Danish film industry since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a banker.
Starting out as a low-life pusher/junkie in the 1996 success Pusher (1996), he slowly grew ...
Kaecilius
- Doctor Strange
Galen Erso
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
28. Ben Mendelsohn
Actor | Rogue One
Despite his prominence in Hollywood as a character actor known for playing villains and criminals, Ben Mendelsohn has been a leading man in Australia since starting acting as a teenager.
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Carole Ann (Ferguson), a nurse, and Frederick ...
Orson Krennic
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Talos
- Captain Marvel
- Spider-Man: Far from Home
- Secret Invasion
29. Forest Whitaker
Actor | The Last King of Scotland
Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to...
Saw Gererra
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars Rebels
- Andor
Zuri
- Black Panther
30. Donald Glover
Actor | Solo: A Star Wars Story
The multi-talented Donald Glover is a writer, actor, musician, comedian, producer and director, who performs under the stage names Childish Gambino and mcDJ. He was born Donald McKinley Glover at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. His mother, Beverly (...
Aaron Davis
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
Lando Calrissian
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
31. 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 ...
Skurge
- Thor: Ragnarok
Stormtrooper
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
32. Taika Waititi
Producer | What We Do in the Shadows
Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and is the son of Robin (Cohen), a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer. His father is Maori (Te-Whanau-a-Apanui), and his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish...
Korg
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Avengers: Endgame
- What If…?
- Thor: Love and Thunder
Surtur (Motion Capture)
- Thor: Ragnarok
Ninny the Nonnie
- Thor: Love and Thunder
IG-11
- The Mandalorian
33. 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...
David Lieberman (Micro)
- The Punisher
Ben Grimm (The Thing)
- The Fantastic Four
Arvel Skeen
- Andor
34. Alden Ehrenreich
Actor | Hail, Caesar!
Alden Ehrenreich is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's film Tetro (2009), and appeared in Coppola's subsequent film Twixt (2011).
In 2013, he starred as Ethan Wate in the film adaptation of the novel Beautiful Creatures (2013). He then played the stepson of ...
Han Solo
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
Joe McGillicuddy
- Ironheart
35. Emilia Clarke
Actress | Game of Thrones
British actress Emilia Clarke was born in London and grew up in Oxfordshire, England. Her father was a theatre sound engineer and her mother is a businesswoman. Her father was working on a theatre production of "Show Boat" and her mother took her along to the performance. This is when, at the age ...
Qi'ra
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
G’iah
- Secret Invasion
36. Erin Kellyman
Actress | The Green Knight
Erin Mae Kellyman (born 17 October 1998) is a British actress. Kellyman appears as Enfys Nest, leader of the rebel Cloud Riders, in Solo: A Star Wars Story and Eponine Thénardier in the 2019 BBC adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel Les Miserables.
Originally from Tamworth, Staffordshire, Kellyman was...
Enfys Nest
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
Karli Morgenthau
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
37. David Harbour
Actor | Revolutionary Road
David Harbour is an American actor who has performed in film, television, and the theater.
He is known for his role as CIA agent Gregg Beam in Quantum of Solace (2008), Shep Campbell in Revolutionary Road (2008), Van Hauser in End of Watch (2012) and Dexter Tolliver in Suicide Squad (2016). He also ...
Alexei Shostakov (Red Guardian)
- Black Widow
- What If…?
- Thunderbolts
Tajin
- Star Wars: Visions
38. Kumail Nanjiani
Actor | The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani was born on May 2, 1978 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He is an actor and writer, known for The Big Sick (2017), Life as We Know It (2010) and Stuber (2019). He has been married to Emily V. Gordon since July 14, 2007.
Kingo
- Eternals
Haja Estree
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
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