Hot Actors you may never have heard of...

by ondine23 | created - 30 Jan 2011 | updated - 24 Aug 2013 | Public

Please don't be offended if you have heard of these gorgeous guys . It just means you have great taste and pay attention..unfortunately a lot of people don't.

1. Aidan Turner

Actor | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Aidan Turner was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1983. After graduating from the Gaiety School of Acting in 2004, Aidan appeared in a number of stage productions, many with Ireland's national theatre, The Abbey. Such productions included The Plough & The Stars, Romeo & Juliet and A Cry from Heaven. In ...

Played Mitchell on the UK version of "Being Human" and will be seen in 2012 in "The Hobbit". He is Irish.

2. Andrew W. Walker

Actor | Steel Toes

Andrew W. Walker was born on June 9, 1979 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Steel Toes (2006), The Torturer (2008) and Abducted: Fugitive for Love (2007). He is married to Cassandra Walker. They have one child.

I saw Andrew in a lifetime movie called Abducted. He is Canadian.

3. Benno Fürmann

Actor | Speed Racer

Benno Fürmann was born on 17 January 1972 in Berlin, Germany and worked as a waiter, bouncer and drifter before attending acting lessons at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. After returning to Germany, he played several minor parts in movie and television projects until his breakthrough ...

German Hottie from films like the incredible Princess and the warrior.

4. Callum Blue

Actor | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Callum Blue, born in London, England, has enjoyed a steady career in film and TV. Best known for his role as Mason in the hit Showtime series, Dead Like Me (2003), he has also achieved other hits with Related (2005) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), co-starring Anne Hathaway. He ...

Brit who has recently been seen in the states on smallville but I discovered him while watching Secret Diary of a call girl.

5. Daniel Lapaine

Actor | Catastrophe

Daniel Lapaine was born on June 15, 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Catastrophe (2015), Black Mirror (2011) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). He has been married to Fay Ripley since September 2001. They have two children.

This gorgeous Aussie played the South African swimmer who marries Toni Collette in Muriel's wedding.

6. Desmond Harrington

Actor | Dexter

Desmond Harrington was raised in the Bronx New York. Prior to acting he worked as a laborer, landscaper, a cold caller at a brokerage firm, and a bartender in Manhattan, where a co-worker invited him to attend an acting class. Harrington landed his first role in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The ...

Check him out in films such as Wrong Turn and The Hole. He is American.

I saw him most recently in a commercial but he first caught my eye in the bad horror flick Sheltered. He is American.

8. James Badge Dale

Actor | The Departed

James Badge Dale was born on May 1, 1978 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Departed (2006), 13 Hours (2016) and World War Z (2013).

Did a stint on 24 back in the day. Unfortunately his AWESOME show on AMC "Rubicon" was cancelled before the first season had ended. He is American.

9. JJ Feild

Actor | Captain America: The First Avenger

JJ Feild was born on April 1, 1978 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Centurion (2010) and Austenland (2013).

Loved him in The recent BBC adaption of Northanger Abbey. He is British.

10. Johnny Messner

Actor | Running Scared

Johnny Messner was born on April 11, 1970 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Running Scared (2006), Tears of the Sun (2003) and Spartan (2004).

He had a small part in Tears of the Sun with Bruce Willis but I first took notice on the cheesy detective show "Killer Instinct" He is American.

11. Jonathan Bennett

Actor | Mean Girls

Jonathan David Bennett was born in Rossford, Ohio, to RuthAnne (Mason) and Dr. David Paul Bennett. He headed straight to New York to pursue acting after graduating from the theater program at Otterbein. He was actually discovered by an agent while sitting on a train. Six months later he signed on ...

Yes... I know he was in Mean girls....but before that he was J.R. Chandler on All my Children. He is American.

12. Justin Theroux

Actor | Mulholland Dr.

Justin was born and raised in Washington, DC, the son of Phyllis (Grissim), a writer for The Washington Post, and Eugene Theroux, a corporate lawyer. He is a nephew of writer Paul Theroux and a cousin of journalists Louis Theroux and Marcel Theroux. His father is of French-Canadian and Italian ...

When I made this list originally.. he was not dating Jennifer Aniston. I first saw him in Romy and Michelle's high school reunion, and then Mulholland Drive.He is American.

13. 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 ...

I Know he was in the Lord of the Rings trilogy but he also had blond hair extensions. Easy for someone to over look him as a brunette. until of course he played Bones in the Star Trek Reboot. He is a Kiwi.

14. Lee Pace

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

One of the most versatile actors working in Hollywood today, Lee Pace has established himself as a powerful leading man, consistently delivering compelling performances in film, television, and on stage.

Pace will next be seen in the highly anticipated Apple TV+ series FOUNDATION. Scheduled for a ...

I first saw Lee on the Amazing if short lived series "Wonderfalls" then rediscovered him as the pie man on Pushing Daisies. He has also been cast in the Hobbit. He is American.

15. Luke Mably

Actor | 28 Days Later...

Luke Mably was born in London, England.

He won 'Best Actor' at the Prague Independent Film Festival (2022) for his portrayal of 'Gilliger Graham', a struggling novelist who slowly loses his mind in Feature Film The Ghost Writer (2022).

Luke was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for 'Best ...

28 Days later and then the cheesy romantic comedy The prince and me. He is British.

16. Matt Czuchry

Actor | The Resident

Matt Czuchry is an American Actor and Producer known for his work on The Resident (2018), The Good Wife (2009) and Gilmore Girls (2000).

Matt graduated from College of Charleston with Summa Cum Laude honors, and B.A degrees in the disciplines of both History and Political Science. In his senior year...

As Rory's boyfriend Logan on The Gilmore Girls. Now apparently he is on the show the good wife...maybe some one in Hollywood is reading these lists. :) He is American.

17. Misha Collins

Actor | Supernatural

Misha Collins is an actor, director, producer, writer, and activist dedicated to inspiring cultural and civic engagement through works that "game-ify" philanthropy, inspire creativity, and promote social good.

For 12 years, Collins co-starred in Supernatural (2005), the longest running American ...

If you watch Supernatural..which you should. You will know all about Misha..if not. Then you probably don't and I feel for you. He is American.

18. Oliver Milburn

Actor | The Descent

Born in Dorset, England, Oliver went to school at the prestigious Eton College, and was member of a drama group called Double Edge Drama. He did not train to be an actor at university but went instead straight into television, with an extensive stint on the soap opera "Families" (which also kicked ...

I first saw Oliver in the TV Movie Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Angel Clare. He mostly works in Television in his native UK.

19. Paul Leyden

Actor | Cleaners

Paul Leyden is an Australian born actor/writer/director. He moved to New York in 2000 where he played the popular rogue 'Simon Frasier' on 'As the World Turns' for four years. He was cast alongside Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood in NBC's 'LAX' which saw Paul relocate to Los Angeles. It was ...

I met Paul once.. he was very sweet. I became a fan when he played a character called Simon on As the world turns. He is an Aussie.

20. Philip Winchester

Actor | Strike Back

Philip Winchester was born on March 24, 1981 in Montana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Strike Back (2010), The Player (2015) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). He has been married to Megan Coughlin since 2008. They have two children.

I became a fan of Philip's when he was in the SyFy channel movie Alice. I saw recently that he is in a new show on the Starz network. He is American.

21. Sam Page

Actor | Mad Men

Born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, as Sam Elliott, Sam Page attended Princeton University where he earned a BA in ecology and evolutionary biology. For his senior thesis, Page wrote about the mating habits of a female mosquitofish; the work was published in a science journal.

After graduation, Page ...

Sam is another actor that I first saw in a short lived TV series called Point Pleasant. He has also had starring roles on Greek and Desperate Housewives.He was in a recent christmas film on the Hallmark Channel Called Annie Claus is coming to town...was it horribly cheesy..you bet. Did I watch it anyway? Yes I did. He is an American.

22. Scott Michael Foster

Actor | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Born in Illinois and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, Foster knew from an early age that he wanted to be an actor. He grew up just outside of Chicago until he was 12 years old, where his family lived on a farm and he was home schooled. When Foster's older sisters started to dabble in ...

If you watched Greek then you know that Scott played Cappie. If not see Misha Collins. He is American.

23. Shahid Kapoor

Actor | Haider

Shahid's rise to stardom reads like a bollywood script: from a struggler to a winner. With his hard work, perseverance and sincerity, he has written his own destiny.

Shahid is a mine of unabashed talent and spark, beneath his calm and innocent veneer. Shahid Kapoor is young and vibrant, with a ...

This Indian actor was in a bollywood movie that I happened to catch one day on cable called Jab we met.

24. Simon Woods

Actor | Pride & Prejudice

Simon Woods was born in 1980 in England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Penelope (2006) and Rome (2005). He has been married to Christopher Bailey since 2012.

If you are an Austen freak as I am you will most definitely recognize Simon from his role as Mr. Bingley in Joe Wright's version of Pride and Prejudice. He is British.

25. Matthew Macfadyen

Actor | Succession

David Matthew Macfadyen was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Meinir (Owen), a drama teacher and actress, and Martin Macfadyen, an oil executive. He is of Scottish and Welsh descent. Because of his father's career, he spent at least part of his childhood in Indonesia, before finishing his ...

Ditto to Simon Woods and the Austen freaks... Matthew played Mr. Darcy and was hilarious in the British (and IMO the only version) of Death at a funeral. Brits will know him from his starring role on Spooks.(MI-5 to us Yanks) He is British.

26. Stuart Townsend

Actor | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Stuart Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin in 1972. Although his father, Peter Townsend was a professional golfer, Stuart was determined to be an actor and began his career by appearing in a number of student films, while attending the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. He supported himself ...

Sadly I think Stuart is mostly recognized from having dated Charlize Theron for several years, but he also happens to be an actor and was in a cute little movie called "About Adam" He is Irish.

27. Toby Stephens

Actor | Die Another Day

Toby Stephens began his acting career while a stagehand at the Chichester Festival Theatre, in end-of-season productions mounted by the crew. In his brief professional career, he has already won the Sir John Gielgud Prize for Best Actor and the Ian Charleson Award for his performance in the title ...

Although I definitely have a soft spot for Michael Fassbender...To me the best Rochester is Toby Stephens. He is wonderful in the masterpiece theater version of Jane Eyre. He is British.

28. Tomy Dunster

Actor | All My Children

Tomy Dunster is known for All My Children (1970), Leo Moon and Shadowboxer (2005).

Tomy is from Argentina and played a character on All my Children.

29. Trent Ford

Actor | Gosford Park

Trent Manley Ford was born in Akron, Ohio to a US Navy test pilot father and a British Airways head stewardess mother from Birmingham, West Midlands. He moved to the United Kingdom at the age of one with his parents and grew up in Cradley and Malvern with his brother and two sisters. He studied ...

Trent was in the film "How to deal "with Mandy Moore. I can't believe we haven't seen more of him. He was born in the U.S. but grew up in England.

30. Warren Christie

Actor | Apollo 18

Warren Christie was born on November 4, 1975 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Apollo 18 (2011), Alphas (2011) and This Means War (2012). He has been married to Sonya Salomaa since 2007.

I took notice of Warren in yet another Cheesy holiday film called The most wonderful time of the year. Most recently he has been seen on the TV show "Alphas" He is Irish.

31. Zach Gilford

Actor | The Purge: Anarchy

Zachary Michael Gilford is an American actor, known for his role as Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass. He is also set to appear in the horror series The Midnight Club in 2022. Gilford was born in ...

I know if you watched Friday Night lights you are aware of who Zach is but I first saw him in the film "Post Grad" with Alexis Bledel. He is American.

32. Zach Roerig

Actor | The Vampire Diaries

Zachary George Roerig plays Matt Donovan on The Vampire Diaries, and is also known for his roles on TV series As The World Turns and One Life To Live. Roerig was born in Montpelier, Ohio to Daniel and Andrea Roerig in 1985. He attended Montpelier High school where he played both football and was ...

If you watch the Vampire Diaries you know that Zach plays Matt Donovan but long before he was cast on the CW he was Casey Hughes on As the world turns. He is American.

33. Jonas Armstrong

Actor | Edge of Tomorrow

Jonas Armstrong was born on January 1, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Book of Blood (2009) and Walking with the Enemy (2013).

If you're a Brit you probably recognize Jonas from the Robin Hood TV series..but if you are an American, he may still be floating under your radar. He is British.

34. Ian Duncan

Actor | Creep

Ian Duncan's career began in South Africa where he became a household name on both the stage and screen. Wanting to perfect his craft, Ian Duncan moved to England, where he trained at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre school - home to many great alumni including Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia ...

Ian played a small part in the mini series The mists of Avalon. He is South African.

35. Justin Chatwin

Actor | Dragonball Evolution

Justin Chatwin is a Canadian actor and avid outdoors man, traveler, sailor, and spear fisherman. The British Columbia native currently resides in Southern California. Although mostly known for his work as an actor, his passion sits with conservation, international motorcycle travel and the outdoors.

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Justin was in the movie War of the worlds when he was younger and was most recently on the Showtime version of the Brit show Shameless. He is Canadian.

36. Thomas Dekker

Actor | Swimming with Sharks

Thomas Dekker is a 30 year veteran of the film and television industry. At the age of 5, he landed a national commercial and a brief stint on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless". This lead to a slew of guest starring and recurring roles on popular television series of the time such as "...

Thomas is known to fans of the Sarah Connor Chronicles as the young John Conner and now to fans of the Secret Circle as Adam. He is American.

37. Sam Witwer

Actor | The Mist

Sam Witwer headlines the SyFy series, Being Human, the U.S. adaptation of the popular British television series. The darkly humorous, provocative drama stars Sam as the heroic, "Aidan", a sensual and brooding vampire. His excellent work was noticed soon after the show's premiere, as Sam received a ...

Sam plays Aidan on the SyFy channel version of Being Human . He is American.

38. Tim Rozon

Actor | Wynonna Earp

Tim Rozon's first major role was playing heartthrob, Tommy Quincy, opposite Alexz Johnson and Laura Vandevoort for four seasons on the teen drama series Instant Star for TeenNick (USA) and CTV (CANADA). In Befriend and Betray for Shaw TV (CANADA), Tim played series lead Alex Caine, a gang ...

I discovered Tim when I was flipping the channels one night and found myself engrossed in the TV show Instant Star. He is French Canadian.

39. Rupert Penry-Jones

Actor | Spooks

Rupert Penry-Jones was born on September 22, 1970 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for MI-5 (2002), Match Point (2005) and The Four Feathers (2002). He has been married to Dervla Kirwan since August 2007. They have two children.

I first saw Rupert in the latest BBC version of Jane Austen's Persuasion. I know he too was on MI-5 for a time and most recently the TV series White Chapel on BBC America.

40. Jason Behr

Actor | Roswell

Jason Nathaniel Behr was born on December 30, 1973 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Patricia Ann (Steiner) and David Paul Behr. His ancestry includes Swiss-German, German, Austrian, Irish, English, and Danish. Jason began acting at the age of five, appearing in a number of theatrical productions, ...

Jason was on one of my favorite shows Roswell. I can' t believe he hasn't gone on to bigger and better things like his co star Katherine Heigl. He is American.

41. C.J. Thomason

Actor | Transformers

CJ was born in Abilene, Texas. He began acting at age 12, and is quoted saying he got into it as a brother rivalry. Rivalry, though, only drives a person so far, but the passion and thrill he got from being on stage has led him to pursue a promising career in Hollywood.

C.J. Was on yet another show that I enjoyed but apparently no on else watched...Harper's Island. He is American.

42. Ethan Peck

Actor | In Time

Ethan Gregory Peck is an American actor. He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and Greta Kukkonen, Peck's first wife. In 2019, he played a young Spock in Star Trek: Discovery, a role he has reprised for the television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Peck had many television appearances as a...

Ethan was on the short lived show "Ten things I hate about you" based on the movie. He is the grandson of Actor Gregory Peck and is American.

43. Cole Hauser

Actor | 2 Fast 2 Furious

Cole Hauser was born in Santa Barbara, California. He is the son of Cass Warner, who founded a film production company (Warner Sisters), and Wings Hauser, an actor. His grandfathers were screenwriters Dwight Hauser and Milton Sperling, and his maternal great-grandfather was film mogul Harry M. ...

Cole was in the cult film Pitch black and The Cave. He is American.

44. Gabriel Macht

Actor | The Good Shepherd

Gabriel Macht is an American actor. He was born in the Bronx, New York, to Suzanne, a museum curator and archivist, and actor Stephen Macht. Gabriel has three siblings, and moved with his parents to California when he was young.

Gabriel had his first success on screen when he was 8-years-old. He was ...

I first saw Gabriel in the Romantic Comedy "Because I said so" with Mandy Moore. Most recently he has been in the USA network series Suits. He is American.

45. Matt Bomer

Actor | In Time

Matthew Staton Bomer was born in Webster Groves, Greater St. Louis, Missouri, to Elizabeth Macy (Staton) and John O'Neill Bomer IV, a Dallas Cowboys draft pick. Matt was raised in Spring, Texas, and educated at Klein High School, near Houston. After school, he attended Carnegie Mellon University in...

Matt plays Neal Caffrey on the USA networks series White Collar. He is an American

46. Andrew J. West

Actor | The Walking Dead

Andrew J. West was born in Merrillville, Indiana and grew up in the nearby town of Lake Station. He was interested in acting from an early age, but he didn't actually get to throw himself into it until he went to Indiana University. At first he studied philosophy and anthropology, steering clear of...

Andrew was on a series of commercials for T-Mobile and played the character Fisher on Greek. He is an American.

47. Gale Harold

Actor | Queer as Folk

Gale Harold was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. After studying photography and printmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute, Harold began studying acting at the suggestion of writer and producer Susie Landau Finch, who at the time was working at American Zoetrope. After three years of ...

Gale was a regular on the American version of Queer as Folk, did a small stint on Desperate Housewives and most recently has a role on the CW's Secret Circle. He is American.

48. Tyron Leitso

Actor | House of the Dead

Tyron Leitso was born on January 7, 1976 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for House of the Dead (2003), Wonderfalls (2004) and Dinotopia (2002).

I first saw Tyron on "Wonderfalls" and then more recently on "Being Erica" He is Canadian.

49. Theo James

Actor | Divergent

Theo James was born on December 16, 1984 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom as Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis. He is an actor, known for his role as Tobias "Four" Eaton in the films Divergent (2014), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). He is also known...

Theo plays the lead Character on "Bedlam" seen on BBC America. He is British.

50. Jamie Dornan

Actor | The Fall

Jamie Dornan was born on May 1, 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Fall (2013), A Private War (2018) and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021). He has been married to Amelia Warner since April 27, 2013. They have three children.

Jaime is a Model and plays the role of Sheriff Graham on "Once Upon a time". He is Irish.

51. Shiloh Fernandez

Actor | Evil Dead

Shiloh Fernandez was born on February 26, 1985 in Ukiah, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Evil Dead (2013), Red Riding Hood (2011) and The East (2013).

Shiloh was in the disturbing horror film "Deadgirl "and more recently "Red riding hood" He is American.

52. Leon Ockenden

Actor | The Lair

Leon Ockenden was born on August 16, 1978 in Cornwall, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for The Lair (2022), Mr Selfridge (2013) and Waterloo Road (2006). He has been married to Vanessa Hehir since October 24, 2010. They have one child.

I recently saw Leon in a Hallmark Christmas film called " An old fashioned Christmas" He is British.

53. Damien Molony

Actor | Brassic

Damien Molony is an actor of stage, TV and film, best known for his television roles as Hal in BBC 'Being Human', DC Albert Flight in BBC 'Ripper Street', DS Jack Weston in 'Suspects' and Jon in 'GameFace'. He grew up in Johnstown Bridge in Kildare, Ireland, where he was born on February 21 1984 ...

Damien palys Hal York on Series 4 of the British version of Being Human and is AMAZING.He is Irish.

54. Logan Marshall-Green

Actor | The Invitation

Logan is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. His parents are both drama teachers. His mother, Lowry Marshall, is the artistic director of Brown University's repertory theatre department.

Logan graduated with a Master's in Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch ...

Logan is a dead ringer for another gorgeous actor.. Tom Hardy. I first saw him in" Devil "and most recently he played Holloway in Ridley Scott's "Prometheus". He is American.

55. David Leon

Actor | RocknRolla

David Leon was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and was a talented footballer. When he left school age eighteen he successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and turned down a place at Drama school in order to take a role in Oliver Stone's 'Alexander', though he established himself with ...

I saw David in the British crime drama Vera. He is British.

56. Max Irons

Actor | Condor

Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons is an English-Irish actor and model. He is known for his roles in Red Riding Hood (2011), The White Queen and The Host (2013), Woman in Gold and The Riot Club (2014), his first leading role in Bitter Harvest (2017), and The Wife (2018). Irons also played the lead role...

I first saw Max in Red riding hood but most recently in The Host. He is the son of actor Jeremy Irons. He is British



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