Actors based on my ranking of their films

by donegalcat | created - 02 May 2012 | updated - 1 month ago | Public

List of actors, using the rating of the films i have seen them in to give them an average score. I have left out uncredited roles and voice parts.

1. Cary Grant

Actor | North by Northwest

Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I."

Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in ...

Average - 8.4

North by Northwest - 10 Bringing Up Baby - 9 Notorious - 8 His Girl Friday - 8 Suspicion - 7

2. Elijah Wood

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

Elijah Wood is an American actor best known for portraying Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In addition to reprising the role in The Hobbit series, Wood also played Ryan in the FX television comedy Wilfred (2011) and voiced Beck in the Disney XD animated ...

Average - 8.38

Fellowship of the Ring - 10 The Two Towers - 10 Return of the King - 9 Sin City - 8 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 8 The Ice Storm - 8 The Faculty - 8 The Hobbit - 6

3. Gael García Bernal

Actor | Mozart in the Jungle

Gael García Bernal was born in Guadalajara to Patricia Bernal, an actress/model & José Ángel García, an actor/director. His stepfather's cinematographer Sergio Yazbek. He began his acting career as a child, working w/ his parents in a variety of plays. At 14, he starred in a soap opera called El ...

Average - 8

The Motorcycle Diaries - 9 Bad Education - 9 Y Tu Mama Tambien - 8 The King - 8 Babel - 6

4. Martin Sheen

Actor | The Departed

Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.

Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish ...

Average - 8

Apocalypse Now - 9 Catch Me If You Can - 9 The Departed - 8 Badlands - 8 O - 6

5. Lukas Haas

Actor | Inception

Lukas was born on April 16, 1976 in West Hollywood, California. His Texas-born mother, Emily Tracy, is a writer, and his German-born father, Berthold Haas, is an artist. He has twin brothers, Simon and Nikolai. It's widely noted that Lukas was discovered at the age of five by casting director ...

Average - 8

Mars Attacks - 10 Inception - 9 Zoolander - 9 Widows - 8 Brick - 8 Lincoln - 4

6. Bob Balaban

Actor | Gosford Park

Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), A Mighty Wind (2003) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.

Average - 7.88

Gosford Park - 9 The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9 Moonrise Kingdom - 9 Capote - 8 Ghost World - 8 Cradle Will Rock - 8 The Mexican - 7 Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 5

7. Ed Harris

Actor | Appaloosa

By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned a reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time.

Ed Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to Margaret (Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert Lee Harris, a bookstore worker who also sang professionally. ...

Average - 7.86

The Truman Show - 10 A History of Violence - 9 Snowpiercer - 8 Gone Baby Gone - 8 The Hours - 7 Enemy at the Gates - 7 The Firm - 6

8. David Wenham

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

David Wenham is an Australian actor who is known for his portrayals of Faramir from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Friar Carl from the Van Helsing franchise and Dilios from 300. He also acted in Moulin Rouge, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Dark City, Top of the Lake, SeaChange ...

Average - 7.83

The Proposition - 10 The Two Towers - 10 Return of the King - 9 Moulin Rouge - 8 Public Enemies - 7 300 - 3

9. Daniel Brühl

Actor | Rush

Daniel Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain. His father was German TV director Hanno Brühl (1937-2010), who was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His Spanish mother was a teacher. He also has a brother and a sister, Oliver and Miriam. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he ...

Average - 7.8

The Bourne Ultimatum - 9 Inglourious Basterds - 9 Joyeux Noel - 9 The Edukators - 9 Goodbye Lenin - 9 Rush - 8 A Most Wanted Man - 7 Woman in Gold - 6 Captain America: Civil War - 6 Burnt - 6

10. 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,...

Average - 7.78

Shaun of the Dead - 9 Notes on a Scandal - 9 The Constant Gardener - 9 Pride - 9 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - 8 Hot Fuzz - 8 The Deathly Hallows - 6 Valkyrie - 6 Love Actually - 6

11. Mark Strong

Actor | 1917

British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law.

Strong was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London, England, to an ...

Average - 7.7

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 9 The Imitation Game - 9 Syriana - 8 Sunshine - 8 The Guard - 8 Robin Hood - 7 The Eagle - 7 Good - 7 Sherlock Holmes - 7 RocknRolla - 7

12. Jared Leto

Actor | Dallas Buyers Club

Jared Leto is a very familiar face in recent film history. Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto is an accomplished actor merited by the numerous, challenging projects he has taken in his life. He is known to be ...

Average - 7.78

Fight Club - 10 Requiem for a Dream - 9 Panic Room - 9 American Psycho - 8 The Thin Red Line - 8 Dallas Buyers Club - 8 Alexander - 7 Urban Legend - 6 Blade Runner 2049 - 5

13. Kevin Spacey

Actor | L.A. Confidential

Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...

Average - 7.45

Seven - 10 LA Confidential - 10 Moon - 9 American Beauty - 9 The Usual Suspects - 8 The Shipping News - 7 Superman Returns - 6 A Bugs Life - 6 Margin Call - 6 A Time to Kill - 6 Fred Claus - 5

14. Brad Dourif

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Gaunt character actor Brad Dourif was born Bradford Claude Dourif on March 18, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. He is the son of Joan Mavis Felton (Bradford) and Jean Henri Dourif, a French-born art collector who owned and operated a dye factory. His father died when Dourif was three years old, ...

Average - 7.75

The Two Towers - 10 Return of the King - 9 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call-New Orleans - 9 One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest - 8 Blue Velvet - 8 Alien Resurrection - 7 Urban Legend - 6 Heavens Gate - 5

15. Clive Owen

Actor | Children of Men

British actor Clive Owen is one of a handful of stars who, though he is best known for his art house films, can handle more mainstream films with equal measures of grace and skill. Owen is typically cast as characters whose primary traits are a balance of physical strength, intellect, conflicting ...

Average - 7.71

Children of Men - 9 Gosford Park - 9 Inside Man - 8 Sin City - 8 The Bourne Identity - 8 Bent - 8 Derailed - 4

16. Sean Penn

Actor | Mystic River

Sean Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints.

Sean Justin Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the ...

Average - 7.71

Milk - 9 Carlitos Way - 8 Before Night Falls - 8 The Thin Red Line - 8 The Game - 7 All the Kings Men - 7 Gangster Squad - 7

17. Pete Postlethwaite

Actor | The Usual Suspects

An oddly fascinating bloke with prominent bony cheeks and rawboned figure, Peter William (Pete) Postlethwaite was born on February 16, 1946 and was a distinguished character actor on stage, TV and film. Growing up the youngest of four siblings in a Catholic family in Warrington, Lancashire (near ...

Average - 7.7

Inception - 9 The Constant Gardener - 9 Dark Water - 8 Romeo + Juliet - 8 Alien 3 - 8 The Usual Suspects - 8 Dragonheart - 7 In the Name of the Father - 7 The Shipping News - 7 The Lost World - 6

18. Albert Finney

Actor | Murder on the Orient Express

The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal ...

Average - 7.67

The Bourne Ultimatum - 9 Millers Crossing - 8 A Man of No Importance - 8 Erin Brokovich - 8 Skyfall - 7 The Bourne Legacy - 6

19. Guy Pearce

Actor | Memento

Guy Edward Pearce was born October 5, 1967 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK to Margaret Anne and Stuart Graham Pearce. His father was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to English and Scottish parents, while Guy's mother is English. Pearce and his family initially traveled to Australia for two years, ...

Average - 7.64

The Proposition - 10 LA Confidential - 10 Memento - 9 The Road - 9 Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - 9 Animal Kingdom - 8 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - 7 Lawless - 6 Prometheus - 6 Lockout - 6 Time Machine - 4

20. Ray Winstone

Actor | The Departed

Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in London, England, to Margaret (Richardson) and Raymond J. Winstone. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his parents had a fruit and vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing ...

Average - 7.63

The Proposition - 10 Hugo - 9 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - 8 The Departed - 8 The War Zone - 7 Scum - 7 Noah - 7 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5

21. Chris Cooper

Actor | Adaptation.

Christopher Walton Cooper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Mary Ann (Walton), a homemaker, and Charles Sherwood Cooper, a cattleman and internist who served as a doctor in the US Air Force. His parents were from Texas, where Cooper was raised.

Educated at the University of Missouri school of ...

Average - 7.44

American Beauty - 9 The Muppets - 8 The Bourne Identity - 8 Capote - 8 Syriana - 8 Jarhead - 7 Adaptation - 7 Little Women - 6 A Time to Kill - 6

22. 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...

Average - 7.6

The Dark Knight - 10 Seven - 10 Million Dollar Baby - 10 Batman Begins - 9 The Shawshank Redemption - 9 The Lego Movie - 9 Unforgiven - 8 Gone Baby Gone - 8 Invictus - 7 The Dark Knight Rises - 7 Bruce Almighty - 6 Now You See Me - 6 Oblivion - 5 Wanted - 5 Lucy - 5

23. Johnny Depp

Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...

Average - 7.6

Edward Scissorhands - 9 Crybaby - 9 Sleepy Hollow - 9 Before Night Falls - 8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 8 Finding Neverland - 8 Alice in Wonderland - 8 Public Enemies - 7 Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 7 Donnie Brasco - 7 Blow - 7 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 7 Pirates of the Carribbean - 7 Black Mass - 7 Sweeney Todd - 6

24. Harry Dean Stanton

Actor | Lucky

Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. Drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during ...

Average - 7.57

Alien - 10 The Godfather II - 9 Seven Psychopaths - 8 Escape from New York - 7 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 7 The Avengers - 6 Private Benjamin - 6

25. 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, ...

Average - 7.56

Drive - 9 Cronos - 8 Blade II - 8 Hellboy II - 8 Hellboy - 7 Pacific Rim - 7 Alien Resurrection - 7 Enemy at the Gates - 7 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 7

26. 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 ...

Average - 7.56

Splice - 9 The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9 The Fantastic Mr. Fox - 8 The Thin Red Line - 8 King Kong - 8 The Darjeeling Limited - 7 The Village - 7 Summer of Sam - 6 Predators - 6

27. Scott Glenn

Actor | The Hunt for Red October

Scott Glenn was born January 26, 1939, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Hope Elizabeth and Theodore Glenn, a salesman. As he grew up in Appalachia, his health was poor; he was bedridden for a year and doctors predicted he would limp for the rest of his life. During long periods of illness, Glenn was...

Average - 7.56

Silence of the Lambs - 9 Apocalypse Now - 9 The Bourne Ultimatum - 9 The Virgin Suicides - 8 Training Day - 8 The Shipping News - 7 The Paperboy - 7 The Bourne Legacy - 7 Vertical Limit - 4

28. Steve Buscemi

Actor | Fargo

Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. He is of Italian (father) and English, Dutch, and Irish (mother) descent. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to...

Average - 7.55

Fargo - 10 The Big Lebowski - 10 Pulp Fiction - 10 The Hudsucker Proxy - 9 Millers Crossing - 8 Ghost World - 8 Coffee and Cigarettes - 7 Reservoir Dogs - 6 Escape From LA - 6 Con Air - 5 Domestic Disturbance - 4

29. 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,...

Average - 7.55

No Country for Old Men - 9 Milk - 9 True Grit - 9 Flirting with Disaster - 8 American Gangster - 8 Hail Caesar - 7 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - 7 Men in Black III - 7 Sicario - 7 Gangster Squad - 7 Hollow Man - 5

30. 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 ...

Average - 7.55

Zodiac - 9 Brokeback Mountain - 9 Donnie Darko - 9 Prisoners - 8 Jarhead - 7 Source Code - 7 The Day After Tomorrow - 7 Nocturnal Animals - 6 Prince of Persia - 6

31. Sam Rockwell

Actor | Moon

Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which ...

Average - 7.54

Moon - 10 Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 9 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - 8 Seven Psychopaths - 8 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - 8 Jojo Rabbit - 8 Matchstick Men - 7 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri - 7 Cowboys and Aliens - 7 Vice - 7 Last Exit to Brooklyn - 7 Galaxy Quest - 6 Charlies Angels - 6

32. 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 ...

Average - 7.5

The Big Lebowski - 10 True Grit - 9 Hell or High Water - 8 The Fisher King - 7 Iron Man - 6 Heavens Gate - 5

33. David Strathairn

Actor | Good Night, and Good Luck.

David Russell Strathairn was born on January 26, 1949 in San Francisco, California. He is the son of Mary Frances (Frazier), a nurse, and Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., a physician. He has two siblings, Tom and Anne. His ancestry includes English, Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, Hawaiian, and one ...

Average - 7.5

LA Confidential - 10 Bourne Ultimatum - 9 Good Night and Good Luck - 8 The River Wild - 7 Sneakers - 7 The Bourne Legacy - 7 The Firm - 6 Lincoln - 6

34. 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, ...

Average - 7.5

La La Land - 9 Drive - 9 The Big Short - 8 Only God Forgives - 8 Barbie - 8 First Man - 7 The Nice Guys - 7 The Ides of March - 7 Gangster Squad - 7 Blade Runner 2049 - 5

35. Hugo Weaving

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Hugo Wallace Weaving was born on April 4, 1960 in Nigeria, to English parents Anne (Lennard), a tour guide and teacher, and Wallace Weaving, a seismologist. Hugo has an older brother, Simon, and a younger sister, Anna, who both also live and work in Australia. During his early childhood, the ...

Average - 7.46

The Matrix - 10 Fellowship of the Ring - 10 The Two Towers - 10 Return of the King - 9 V For Vendetta - 9 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - 9 Matrix Reloaded - 7 Matrix Revolutions - 7 Bedrooms and Hallways - 7 Captain America - 6 The Hobbit - 6 Black 47 - 4 Battle of the Five Armies - 3

36. 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 ...

Average - 7.45

Inside Llewyn Davis - 9 Che: Part One - 9 Drive - 9 Ex Machina - 9 A Most Violent Year - 8 Robin Hood - 7 Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 7 The Two Faces of January - 7 The Last Jedi - 6 The Bourne Legacy - 6 Suburbicon - 5

37. Simon Pegg

Actor | The World's End

English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was ...

Average - 7.44

Shaun of the Dead - 9 Star Trek Into Darkness - 9 Hot Fuzz - 8 Star Trek - 8 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 8 Mission Impossible III - 7 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 6 Land of the Dead - 6 Star Trek Beyond - 6

38. 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 ...

Average - 7.45

The Dark Knight - 10 Batman Begins - 9 The Prestige - 9 Children of Men - 9 Inception - 8 The Dark Knight Rises - 7 The Quiet American - 7 Austin Powers in Goldmember - 7 Now You See Me - 6 Tenet - 5 Interstellar - 5

39. 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 ...

Average - 7.43

Spotlight - 9 The Manchurian Candidate - 8 Scream - 8 Scream 2 - 7 Salt - 7 Wolverine - 7 Scream 3 - 6

40. 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, ...

Average - 7.38

The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9 Moonrise Kingdom - 9 Lost in Translation - 8 Ghostbusters - 8 Ghostbusters (2016) - 8 Cradle Will Rock - 8 Rushmore - 8 The Royal Tenenbaums - 8 The Darjeeling Limited - 7 The Life Acquatic - 7 Coffee and Cigarettes - 7 Groundhog Day - 7 Broken Flowers - 7 Zombieland - 7 Charlies Angels - 6 Osmosis Jones - 4

41. Jude Law

Actor | The Talented Mr. Ripley

Jude Law is an English actor. Law has been nominated for two Academy Awards and continues to build a prolific body of work that spans from early successes such as Gattaca (1997) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) to more recent turns as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes:...

Average - 7.39

eXistenZ - 9 The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9 Hugo - 9 Talented Mr Ripley - 8 Bent - 8 Spy - 8 Contagion - 7 Anna Karenina - 7 Sherlock Holmes - 7 All the Kings Men - 7 The Aviator - 7 Enemy at the Gates - 7 Wilde - 7 I Heart Huckabees - 7 Captain Marvel - 7 Vox Lux - 7 AI - 6 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - 6

42. John Hurt

Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four

One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...

Average - 7.38

The Proposition - 10 Alien - 10 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 9 V For Vendetta - 9 Midnight Express - 8 Hellboy II - 8 Snowpiercer - 8 Hellboy - 7 Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - 7 The Deathly Hallows Part II - 6 The Deathly Hallows Part I - 5 Heavens Gate - 5 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 4

43. 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 ...

Average - 7.38

Zodiac - 9 Bourne Supremacy - 8 Bourne Identity - 8 Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 8 X2 - 8 Manhunter - 8 The Ring - 7 Rushmore - 7 Red Eye - 7 The Campaign - 7 Adaptation - 7 Troy - 6 Running with Scissors - 6

44. Viggo Mortensen

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Since his screen debut as a young Amish farmer in Peter Weir's Witness (1985), Viggo Mortensen's career has been marked by a steady string of well-rounded performances.

Mortensen was born in New York City, to Grace Gamble (Atkinson) and Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr. His father was Danish, his mother ...

Average - 7.36

The Two Towers - 10 Fellowship of the Ring - 10 Return of the King - 9 A History of Violence - 9 Eastern Promises - 9 The Road - 9 Carlitos Way - 8 Good - 7 A Dangerous Method - 7 Captain Fantastic - 7 The Prophecy - 5 A Perfect Murder - 5 GI Jane - 4 Psycho - 4

45. 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 ...

Average - 7.36

12 Years a Slave - 10 The Imitation Game - 9 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 9 Star Trek into Darkness - 9 Atonement - 8 Black Mass - 7 Starter for 10 - 7 The Desolation of Smaug - 7 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 6 Doctor Strange - 6 Battle of the Five Armies - 3

46. 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),...

Average - 7.33

Gosford Park - 9 The Imitation Game - 9 Alien3 - 8 Ghostbusters - 8 Swimming Pool - 8 Starter for 10 - 7 Michael Collins - 6 Woman in Gold - 6 For Your Eyes Only - 5

47. Christopher Eccleston

Actor | Thor: The Dark World

Christopher Eccleston trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and first came to public attention as Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It (1991). However, it was a regular role in the television series Cracker (1993) that made him a recognizable figure in the United Kingdom. He appeared in the ...

Average - 7.33

eXistenZ - 9 The Others - 9 28 Days Later - 8 Elizabeth - 7 Jude - 7 Gone in 60 Seconds - 4

48. Gary Oldman

Actor | The Dark Knight

Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...

Average - 7.33

The Dark Knight - 10 Batman Begins - 9 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 9 Prick Up Your Ears - 8 The Dark Knight Rises - 8 Hannibal - 7 The Fifth Element - 7 Leon - 7 True Romance - 7 Order of the Phoenix - 7 Prisoner of Azkaban - 7 Lawless - 6 Child 44 - 6 Goblet of Fire - 6 Air Force One - 6

49. 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 ...

Average - 7.33

Django Unchained - 9 The 40-Year Old Virgin - 8 Superbad - 8 Hail, Caesar! - 7 War Dogs - 7 I Heart Huckabees - 7 The Wolf of Wall Street - 7 Moneyball - 7 21 Jump Street - 6

50. Val Kilmer

Actor | The Doors

Val Kilmer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gladys Swanette (Ekstadt) and Eugene Dorris Kilmer, who was a real estate developer and aerospace equipment distributor. His mother, born in Indiana, was from a Swedish family, and his father was from Texas. Val studied at Hollywood's ...

Average - 7.33

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans - 9 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - 9 Heat - 7 Alexander - 7 True Romance - 7 Batman Forever - 5

51. Vincent Cassel

Actor | Black Swan

Blue-eyed Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a journalist mother, Sabine Litique. Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of European cinema. First in La haine (1995), the young actor, ...

Average - 7.3

La Haine - 10 Black Swan - 9 Eastern Promises - 9 L'Appartement - 9 Jason Bourne - 7 A Dangerous Method - 7 Elizabeth - 7 Oceans Thirteen - 6 Oceans Twelve - 5 Derailed - 4

52. Michael Shannon

Actor | Take Shelter

Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.

Shannon began his professional stage career in Chicago. His ...

Average - 7.31

Take Shelter - 9 The Shape of Water - 9 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call-New Orleans - 9 Loving - 9 Tigerland - 8 8 Mile - 8 Midnight Special - 8 Groundhog Day - 7 Revolutionary Road - 7 The Iceman - 7 Nocturnal Animals - 6 Man of Steel - 5 Kangaroo Jack - 3

53. Matt Damon

Actor | Good Will Hunting

Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a sculptor. His father was of English and ...

Average - 7.3

True Grit - 9 The Bourne Ultimatum - 9 Bourne Supremacy - 8 Bourne Identity - 8 Oceans Eleven - 8 The Departed - 8 Syriana - 8 Dogma - 8 Chasing Amy - 8 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - 8 Talented Mr Ripley - 8 Invictus - 7 Good Will Hunting - 7 Jason Bourne - 7 Contagion - 7 The Martian - 7 Oceans Thirteen - 6 Oceans Twelve - 5 Interstellar - 5 Suburbicon - 5

54. Jack Nicholson

Actor | Chinatown

Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through ...

Average - 7.3

Mars Attacks - 10 The Shining - 9 One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest - 8 The Departed - 8 About Schmidt - 8 Batman - 8 As Good as it Gets - 6 Wolf - 6 A Few Good Men - 5 Anger Management - 5

55. 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. ...

Average - 7.3

L.A. Confidential - 10 Mars Attacks - 10 One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest - 8 The Virgin Suicides - 8 Matilda - 8 The War of the Roses - 7 Get Shorty - 6 Batman Returns - 6 The Jewel of the Nile - 6 Junior - 4

56. 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),...

Average - 7.27

LA Confidential - 10 Gladiator - 9 Les Miserables - 8 Master and Commander - 8 The Quick and the Dead - 7 Robin Hood - 7 Noah - 7 The Nice Guys - 7 A Beautiful Mind - 6 War Machine - 6 Man of Steel - 5

57. 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 ...

Average - 7.3

The Dark Knight - 10 The Prestige - 9 Batman Begins - 9 The Machinist - 9 I'm Not There - 8 American Psycho - 8 The Big Short - 8 The Dark Knight Rises - 7 Public Enemies - 7 Harsh Times - 7 Terminator Salvation - 5 American Hustle - 5 Reign of Fire - 3

58. 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 ...

Average - 7.27

The Dark Knight - 10 Batman Begins - 9 Wind that Shakes the Barley - 9 Inception - 8 Breakfast on Pluto - 8 Sunshine - 8 28 Days Later - 8 The Dark Knight Rises - 7 Red Eye - 7 Intermission - 7 In the Heart of the Sea - 6 The Party - 6 Dunkirk - 6 Oppenheimer - 6 Red Lights - 4

59. 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 ...

Average - 7.3

Fellowship of the Ring - 10 The Two Towers - 10 Return of the King - 9 Goldeneye - 8 Black Death - 7 Flightplan - 7 Black Beauty - 7 Troy - 6 The Hitcher - 5 Ronin - 4

60. Christopher Lloyd

Actor | Back to the Future

Christopher Lloyd is an American actor with a relatively long career. His better known roles include drug-using taxicab driver Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom Taxi (1978), Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), inventor Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future ...

Average - 7.29

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - 9 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 8 Back to the Future - 8 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - 7 The Addams Family - 7 Addams Family Values - 7 My Favourite Martian - 5

61. Robert Duvall

Actor | The Apostle

Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. Duvall majored in drama at Principia College (Elsah, IL), then served a ...

Average - 7.3

The Godfather - 9 The Godfather II - 9 Apocalypse Now - 9 The Road - 9 Widows - 8 The Conversation - 8 John Q - 6 Falling Down - 6 Four Christmases - 5 Gone in 60 Seconds - 4

62. Josh Hartnett

Actor | Lucky Number Slevin

Joshua Daniel Hartnett was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Wendy Anne (Kronstedt) and Daniel Thomas Hartnett, a building manager. His father is of Irish and German descent, and his mother is of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. Hartnett graduated from South High School in Minneapolis in June of ...

Average - 7.29

30 Days of Night - 9 Sin City - 8 The Virgin Suicides - 8 The Faculty - 8 O - 7 Halloween H2O - 6 40 Days and 40 Nights - 5

63. Javier Bardem

Actor | Skyfall

Javier Bardem belongs to a family of actors that have been working on films since the early days of Spanish cinema.

He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, to actress Pilar Bardem (María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz) and businessman José Carlos Encinas Doussinague. His maternal grandparents were...

Average - 7.29

No Country for Old Men - 9 The Sea Inside - 9 Collateral - 9 Before Night Falls - 8 Skyfall - 7 Vicky Christina Barcelona - 5 The Counselor - 4

64. 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,...

Average - 7.23

Django Unchained - 10 Inception - 9 Catch Me if You Can - 9 The Departed - 8 Romeo + Juliet - 8 The Aviator - 7 Revolutionary Road - 7 The Wolf of Wall Street - 7 Shutter Island - 6 Blood Diamond - 6 Titanic - 6 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - 6 Man in the Iron Mask - 5

65. Ian McKellen

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

Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, twice nominated for the Oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in the UK and US, Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, to Margery ...

Average - 7.21

Fellowship of the Ring - 10 The Two Towers - 10 Return of the King - 9 Gods and Monsters - 9 Bent - 8 X-Men - 8 X2 - 8 Richard III - 7 And the Band Played On - 7 The Desolation of Smaug - 7 X-Men III - 6 The Hobbit - 6 The Battle of the Five Armies - 3 The Da Vinci Code - 3

66. Michael Stuhlbarg

Actor | A Serious Man

Michael Stewart Stuhlbarg was born in Long Beach, California. He attended UCLA, and then The Juilliard School in New York City, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. His other studies included time at the Vilnius Conservatory in Lithuania, the British American Drama Academy at Baliol and...

Average - 7.2

The Shape of Water - 9 Hugo - 9 A Serious Man - 9 Seven Psychopaths - 8 Blue Jasmine - 7 Men in Black 3 - 7 Hitchcock - 6 Arrival - 6 Doctor Strange - 6 Lincoln - 5

67. 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 ...

Average - 7.2

Widows - 8 A Home at the End of the World - 8 In Bruges - 8 Veronica Guerin - 8 Tigerland - 8 Seven Psychopaths - 8 The War Zone - 7 Fright Night - 7 Miami Vice - 7 Alexander - 7 Intermission - 7 Phone Booth - 7 Minority Report - 7 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 7 S.W.A.T. - 4

68. Marton Csokas

Actor | Æon Flux

Marton was born in Invercargill, Aotearoa (New Zealand), to Margaret Christine (Rayner), a nurse, and Márton Csókás, a mechanical engineer. His father is Hungarian and his mother is Australian (of English, Irish, and Danish origin). He inherited some of his talents from his father, who was also a ...

Average - 7.2

Fellowship of the Ring - 10 Return of the King - 9 Loving - 9 Bourne Supremacy - 8 Alice in Wonderland - 8 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - 7 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - 7 Noah - 7 AEon Flux - 4 Kangaroo Jack - 3

69. Christopher Plummer

Actor | Beginners

Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding performances as Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), the iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), the empathetic psychiatrist in A ...

Average - 7.2

Up - 10 Beginners - 8 Inside Man - 8 Twelve Monkeys - 8 Syriana - 8 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 7 Alexander - 7 A Beautiful Mind - 6 Wolf - 6 The Sound of Music - 4

70. Kevin Kline

Actor | Wild Wild West

Kevin Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Margaret and Robert Joseph Kline, who owned several stores. His father was of German Jewish descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. After attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Kline studied at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, ...

Average - 7.2

The Ice Storm - 8 Stakeland - 8 A Fish Called Wanda - 8 In & Out - 7 Wild Wild West - 5

71. Tom Wilkinson

Actor | Michael Clayton

Popular British character actor Tom Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and came from a long line of urban farmers. He was the son of Marjorie (Percival) and Thomas Wilkinson. Economic hardships forced his family to move to Canada for a few years when Wilkinson was a child; then, ...

Average - 7.18

Batman Begins - 9 The Ghost Writer - 8 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 8 In the Bedroom - 8 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 8 Ride with the Devil - 7 Shakespeare in Love - 7 Wilde - 7 RocknRolla - 7 Valkyrie - 6 Rush Hour - 4

72. 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 ...

Average - 7.17

eXistenZ - 9 Cry Baby - 9 The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9 American Psycho - 9 Inside Man - 8 The English Patient - 8 Spiderman 2 - 8 The Hunger - 7 Shadow of a Vampire - 7 Daybreakers - 7 The Aviator - 7 The Life Aquatic - 7 Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 7 Spiderman - 7 The Lighthouse - 7 Spiderman 3 - 5 Heavens Gate - 5 Speed 2 - 3

73. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Actor | Inception

Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, to Jane Gordon and Dennis Levitt. Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. His parents worked for the Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM and ...

Average - 7.17

Inception - 9 Looper - 9 Stop-Loss - 8 Mysterious Skin - 8 Brick - 8 The Dark Knight Rises - 7 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - 7 500 Days of Summer - 7 10 Things I Hate About You - 7 Lincoln - 6 Halloween H20 - 6 Beethoven - 4

74. Elias Koteas

Actor | The Thin Red Line

Elias Koteas was born on March 11, 1961, in Montreal, Canada. Both his parents are of Greek descent. Elias attended Vanier College in Montreal before leaving to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1981, of which he is a graduate. He also attended the Actors Studio in ...

Average - 7.17

Zodiac - 9 The Killer Inside Me - 9 Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 7 Crash - 7 Shutter Island - 6 The Prophecy - 5

75. 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 ...

Average - 7.14

Looper - 9 Prisoners - 8 There Will Be Blood - 8 The King - 8 Cowboys & Aliens - 7 Little Miss Sunshine - 5 The Batman - 5

76. Ryan Phillippe

Actor | Crash

Ryan Phillippe was born on September 10, 1974 in New Castle, Delaware, to Susan (Thomas), a nurse, and Richard Phillippe, a chemical technician. He has three sisters, Kirsten, Lindsay, and Katelyn, and attended New Castle Baptist Academy. Ryan's acting career began with the soap opera One Life to ...

Average - 7.17

Gosford Park - 9 Stop-Loss - 8 Igby Goes Down - 7 Cruel Intentions - 7 Crash - 6 Nowhere - 6

77. 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 ...

Average - 7.11

The Big Lebowski - 10 Magnolia - 8 The Talented Mr Ripley - 8 Capote - 8 Happiness - 8 Hunger Games: Catching Fire - 8 Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 - 8 Flawless - 7 Ides of March - 7 Red Dragon - 7 Mission Impossible III - 7 A Most Wanted Man - 7 Along Came Polly - 7 Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 - 6 Boogie Nights - 6 Charlie Wilsons War - 6 Patch Adams - 5 Scent of a Woman - 5

78. John Malkovich

Actor | Being John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary ...

Average - 7.11

Being John Malkovich - 9 Burn After Reading - 8 Changeling - 8 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - 8 Of Mice and Men - 8 Shadow of the Vampire - 7 Johnny English - 6 Con Air - 5 Man in the Iron Mask - 5

79. 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 ...

Average - 7.11

The Prestige - 9 Les Miserables - 8 Prisoners - 8 X-Men - 8 X2 - 8 X-Men: Days of Future Past - 7 Logan - 7 X-Men III - 6 Swordfish - 3

80. Harvey Keitel

Actor | Reservoir Dogs

American actor and producer Harvey Keitel was born on May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Miriam (Klein) and Harry Keitel. An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976), Ridley Scott's The Duellists (...

Average - 7.09

Pulp Fiction - 10 Moonrise Kingdom - 9 From Dusk Till Dawn - 8 The Piano - 8 Thelma and Louise - 8 Bad Lieutenant - 7 Red Dragon - 7 Sister Act - 7 Reservoir Dogs - 6 Finding Graceland - 5 Taxi Driver - 3

81. 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)...

Average - 7.09

The Godfather - 9 The Godfather II - 9 Dog Day Afternoon - 9 Carlitos Way - 8 Heat - 7 Insomnia - 7 Donnie Brasco - 7 Scarface - 6 Oceans Thirteen - 6 The Devils Advocate - 5 Scent of a Woman - 5

82. 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...

Average - 7.09

Zoolander - 9 Anchorman - 9 Tropic Thunder - 8 The Royal Tenenbaums - 8 Flirting with Disaster - 8 The Cable Guy - 7 Dodgeball - 7 Along Came Polly - 7 Starsky and Hutch - 6 Meet the Parents - 5 Meet the Fockers - 4

83. Gene Hackman

Actor | The French Connection

Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After ...

Average - 7.1

Bonnie and Clyde - 8 The Conversation - 8 Unforgiven - 8 The Royal Tenenbaums - 8 The Birdcage - 8 The French Connection - 7 Superman - 6 Get Shorty - 6 The Firm - 6 Enemy of the State - 6

84. John C. Reilly

Actor | Chicago

Character actor, dramatic leading man, or hilarious comic foil? With an astonishing range of roles already under his belt, John C. Reilly has played an eclectic host of rich characters to great effect over the years, from seedy ne'er-do-wells, to lovable, good-natured schlepps.

The fifth of six ...

Average - 7.1

Magnolia - 8 Dark Water - 8 The Hours - 8 The Sisters Brothers - 8 The Aviator - 7 The Perfect Storm - 7 The River Wild - 7 Step-Brothers - 6 Gangs of New York - 6 Boogie Nights - 6

85. 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 ...

Average - 7.07

12 Years a Slave - 10 Inglorious Basterds - 9 Macbeth - 9 X-Men First Class - 8 Jane Eyre - 8 Slow West - 7 X-Men: Days of Future Past - 7 Centurion - 7 Haywire - 7 Shame - 7 A Dangerous Method - 7 Prometheus - 6 Alien: Covenant - 5 300 - 5 The Counselor - 4

86. 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,...

Average - 7.06

Pulp Fiction - 10 Moonrise Kingdom - 9 Looper - 9 Death Becomes Her - 8 Sin City - 8 Twelve Monkeys - 8 The Sixth Sense - 7 16 Blocks - 7 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - 7 The Fifth Element - 7 Bandits - 7 Unbreakable - 6 Die Hard - 6 Die Hard with a Vengance - 6 Die Hard 2 - 5 Live Free or Die Hard - 5 The Whole Nine Yards - 5

87. 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 ...

Average - 7.04

12 Years a Slave - 10 Fight Club - 10 Se7en - 10 Inglorious Basterds - 9 The Assassination of Jesse James - 9 Burn After Reading - 8 Oceans Eleven - 8 Twelve Monkeys - 8 Killing Them Softly - 8 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - 8 Thelma and Louise - 8 World War Z - 7 True Romance - 7 The Mexican - 7 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 7 Babel - 6 Interview with a Vampire - 6 Spy Game - 6 Oceans Thirteen - 6 Troy - 6 Meet Joe Black - 6 Snatch - 6 War Machine - 6 Sleepers - 5 Oceans Twelve - 5 The Devils Own - 4 The Counselor - 4

88. William H. Macy

Actor | Fargo

William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films. Macy has won two Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, while his performance in Fargo earned a nomination for the ...

Average - 7

Fargo - 10 Room - 9 Magnolia - 8 Jurassic Park III - 7 The Client - 6 Air Force One - 6 Boogie Nights - 6 The Lincoln Lawyer - 6 Psycho - 5

89. 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...

Average - 7

Bronson - 10 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 9 Inception - 8 The Dark Knight Rises - 7 Lawless - 6 Dunkirk - 6 Layer Cake - 6 Venom - 6 This Means War - 5

90. Jeff Goldblum

Actor | Jurassic Park

Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a doctor. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry.

...

Average - 7

The Fly - 9 The Grand Budapest Hotel - 9 Thor: Ragnarok - 8 Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 7 The Life Aquatic - 7 Jurassic Park - 7 The Lost World - 6 Independence Day - 5 Nine Months - 5

91. 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 ...

Average - 7

The Killer Inside Me - 9 Assassination of Jesse James - 9 Gone Baby Gone - 8 Chasing Amy - 8 Oceans Eleven - 8 Triple 9 - 7 Good Will Hunting - 7 Manchester by the Sea - 7 Oceans Thirteen - 6 Oceans Twelve - 5 Interstellar - 5 American Pie - 5

92. Antonio Banderas

Actor | The Mask of Zorro

Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.

He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, ...

Average - 7

Pain and Glory - 9 Law of Desire - 8 Haywire - 7 Philadelphia - 7 Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 7 Interview with the Vampire - 6 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - 6 The Mask of Zorro - 6

93. Chiwetel Ejiofor

Actor | 12 Years a Slave

English actor, writer and director Chiwetel Ejiofor is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, along with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He is also known for playing Okwe in Dirty Pretty Things...

Average - 7

12 Years a Slave - 10 Children of Men - 9 Inside Man - 8 American Gangster - 8 Kinky Boots - 7 Serenity - 7 Triple 9 - 7 Salt - 7 Doctor Strange - 6 Love Actually - 6 2012 - 2

94. Ewan McGregor

Actor | Moulin Rouge!

Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents ...

Average - 7

I Love You, Phillip Morris - 9 Beginners - 8 Trainspotting - 8 The Ghost Writer - 8 Moulin Rouge - 8 Haywire - 7 Revenge of the Sith - 6 Attack of the Clones - 5 The Phantom Menace - 4

95. Ben Whishaw

Actor | Skyfall

Proclaimed by many critics as one of the best young actors of his generation, Benjamin John Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, to Linda (Hope), who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw, who works in information technology. He has a twin brother, James. He is of French, German, Russian (...

Average - 7

I'm Not There - 8 The Lobster - 8 The Personal History of David Copperfield - 8 Skyfall - 8 In the Heart of the Sea - 6 The Danish Girl - 6 Spectre - 5

96. James McAvoy

Actor | Filth

McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St ...

Average - 7

Atonement - 8 X-Men: First Class - 8 Starter for 10 - 7 X-Men: Days of Future Past - 7 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 7 Wanted - 5

97. 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...

Average - 7

Loving - 9 Animal Kingdom - 9 Midnight Special - 8 The King - 8 Kinky Boots - 7 Black Mass - 7 The Great Gatsby - 6 Revenge of the Sith - 6 Zero Dark Thirty - 5 Attack of the Clones - 5

98. Colin Firth

Actor | A Single Man

Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...

Average - 7

A Single Man - 9 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 9 The English Patient - 8 The Kings Speech - 7 Shakespeare in Love - 7 Love Actually - 6 Gambit - 5 Bridget Jones Diary - 5

99. Jack Black

Actor | School of Rock

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los ...

Average - 7

Mars Attacks - 10 Be Kind Rewind - 9 Tropic Thunder - 8 King Kong - 8 Cradle Will Rock - 8 The Cable Guy - 7 Enemy of the State - 6 Waterworld - 4 Shallow Hal - 3

100. Richard Griffiths

Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, his father Thomas was a steelworker 'who fought in pubs for ...

Average - 7

Sleepy Hollow - 9 The History Boys - 8 The Naked Gun 2 1/2 - 8 The Philosophers Stone - 7 The Prisoner of Azkaban - 7 The Order of the Phoenix - 7 The Deathly Hallows Part I - 6 Withnail & I - 6 The Chamber of Secrets - 5



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