Favorite Actors & Their Movies

1. Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as Tales of a Eunuch (1983)...

Movie: Theory of Ambitions (2019) Europe Raiders (2018) Monster Hunt 2 (2018) The Grandmaster (2013) The Silent War (2012) Red Cliff II (2009) Red Cliff (2008) Confession of Pain (2006) Seoul Raiders (2005) 2046 (2004) Infernal Affairs (2002) Hero (2002) Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002) In the Mood for Love (2000) Tokyo Raiders (2000) Gorgeous (1999) The Longest Nite (1998) Ashes of Time (1994) Chungking Express (1994) The Magic Crane (1993) The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) Hard Boiled (1992) A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991) My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989) The Lunatics (1986)

2. 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 ...

Movie: Ford v. Ferrari (2019) Mowgli (2019) Vice (2018) Hostiles (2017) The Big Short (2015) American Hustle (2013) Out of the Furnace (2013) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) The Flowers of War (2011) The Fighter (2010) Public Enemies (2009) The Dark Knight (2008) I'm Not There. (2007) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) The Prestige (2006) Rescue Dawn (2006) Harsh Times (2005) Batman Begins (2005) The Machinist (2004) Equilibrium (2002) Reign of Fire (2002) Empire of the Sun (1987)

3. 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...

Movie: Venom (2018) Dunkirk (2017) The Revenant (2015) Legend (2015) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) The Drop (2014) Locke (2013) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Warrior (2011) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Inception (2010) Bronson (2008) Layer Cake (2004)

4. Sammo Kam-Bo Hung

Stunts | Ip Man

Born in Hong Kong, Sammo Hung's acting career began while he was training in acrobatics, martial arts and dance as a child at the China Drama Academy, and he received acclaim for his performance with a troupe called "The Seven Little Fortunes." He made his feature film debut as an actor at the age ...

Movie: God of War (2017) My Beloved Bodyguard (2016) The Last Tycoon (2012) The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010) Ip Man 2 (2010) SPL: Kill Zone (2005) Pedicab Driver (1989) Winners & Sinners (1983) Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) The Dead and the Deadly (1982) Carry on Pickpocket (1982) The Prodigal Son (1981) Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980) Knockabout (1979) Warriors Two (1978) Enter the Fat Dragon (1978) Game of Death (1978)

5. Tom Cruise

Actor | Top Gun

In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...

Movie: Top Gun: Maverick (2019) Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) American Made (2017) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Oblivion (2013) Jack Reacher (2012) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) Knight and Day (2010) Valkyrie (2008) Tropic Thunder (2008) Mission: Impossible III (2006) War of the Worlds (2005) Collateral (2004) The Last Samurai (2003) Minority Report (2002) Magnolia (1999) Jerry Maguire (1996) Mission: Impossible (1996) Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Top Gun (1986)

6. Denzel Washington

Actor | Fences

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...

Movie: The Equalizer 2 (2018) Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) Fences (2016) The Magnificent Seven (2016) The Equalizer (2014) 2 Guns (2013) Safe House (2012) Unstoppable (2010) The Book of Eli (2010) The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) American Gangster (2007) Deja Vu (2006) Inside Man (2006) Man on Fire (2004) Training Day (2001) Remember the Titans (2000) The Hurricane (1999) Crimson Tide (1995) Malcolm X (1992)

7. Mel Gibson

Actor | Braveheart

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...

Movie: Dragged Across Concrete (2018) Blood Father (2016) Get the Gringo (2012) The Beaver (2011) Edge of Darkness (2010) Signs (2002) We Were Soldiers (2002) What Women Want (2000) Payback (1999) Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) Conspiracy Theory (1997) Braveheart (1995) Maverick (1994) The Man Without a Face (1993) Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Lethal Weapon (1987) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) The Bounty (1984) The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) The Road Warrior (1981) Gallipoli (1981) Mad Max (1979)

8. 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 ...

Movie: Ford v. Ferrari (2019) The Great Wall (2016) Jason Bourne (2016) The Martian (2015) Interstellar (2014) Elysium (2013) We Bought a Zoo (2011) Hereafter (2010) Green Zone (2010) Invictus (2009) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) The Departed (2006) The Brothers Grimm (2005) The Bourne Supremacy (2004) The Bourne Identity (2002) Dogma (1999) Good Will Hunting (1997)

9. Chow Yun-Fat

Actor | Wo hu cang long

Chow Yun Fat is a charismatic, athletically built and energetic Asian-born film star who first came to the attention of western audiences via his roles in the high-octane/blazing guns action films of maverick HK director John Woo.

Chow was born in 1955 on the quiet island of Lamma, part of the ...

Movie: Cold War III (2020) Project Gutenberg (2018) Cold War II (2016) Office (2015) The Man from Macau (2014) The Last Tycoon (2012) Confucius (2010) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) The Return of the God of Gamblers (1994) Hard Boiled (1992) Once a Thief (1991) God of Gamblers (1989) The Killer (1989) All About Ah-Long (1989) A Better Tomorrow II (1987) Prison on Fire (1987) An Autumn's Tale (1987) City on Fire (1987) A Better Tomorrow (1986)

10. Aaron Kwok

Actor | Dap huet cam mui

Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actor. He has been active since the 1980s and to the present. He is considered one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong. Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson. While most of his songs ...

Movie: Cold War III (2020) Theory of Ambitions (2019) Project Gutenberg (2018) The Monkey King 3 (2018) Peace Breaker (2017) Cold War II (2016) The Monkey King 2 (2016) Monk Comes Down the Mountain (2015) Port of Call (2015) Silent Witness (2013) Cold War (2012) Fu sing (2012) The Detective 2 (2011) The Detective (2007) After This Our Exile (2006) Divergence (2005) Throw Down (2004) Para Para Sakura (2001) And I Hate You So (2000) 2000 AD (2000) The Storm Riders (1998) Future Cops (1993) Saviour of the Soul (1991)

11. 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...

Movie: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Alpha (2018) Going in Style (2017) Now You See Me 2 (2016) Lucy (2014) Last Vegas (2013) Now You See Me (2013) Oblivion (2013) Olympus Has Fallen (2013) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) RED (2010) Invictus (2009) The Dark Knight (2008) Wanted (2008) Gone Baby Gone (2007) Lucky Number Slevin (2006) Batman Begins (2005) Unleashed (2005) Million Dollar Baby (2004) Se7en (1995) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

12. Robert Downey Jr.

Actor | Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.

Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...

Movie: Sherlock Holmes 3 (2020) The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle (2019) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Iron Man 3 (2013) The Avengers (2012) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Due Date (2010) Iron Man 2 (2010) Sherlock Holmes (2009) Tropic Thunder (2008) Iron Man (2008) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Natural Born Killers (1994) Chaplin (1992)

13. Andy Lau

Actor | Mou gaan dou

Andy Lau Tak-wah, (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter, presenter, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same...

Movie: Cold War III (2020) The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019) Chasing the Dragon (2017) Shock Wave (2017) Saving Mr. Wu (2015) Firestorm (2013) Blind Detective (2013) Cold War (2012) A Simple Life (2011) Shaolin (2011) Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) Look for a Star (2009) The Warlords (2007) Brothers (2007) Protégé (2007) Battle of the Warriors (2006) Wait 'Til You're Older (2005) A World Without Thieves (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Triad Underworld (2004) House of Flying Daggers (2004) Infernal Affairs III (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Infernal Affairs (2002) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) Dance of a Dream (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Love on a Diet (2001) A Fighter's Blues (2000) Needing You... (2000) The Duel (2000) Running Out of Time (1999) Hei ma wang zi (1999) Future Cops (1993) Handsome Siblings (1992) Saviour of the Soul II (1992) Saviour of the Soul (1991) Lee Rock II (1991) Lee Rock (1991) Tricky Brains (1991) Days of Being Wild (1990) God of Gamblers (1989) Qun long duo bao (1988) As Tears Go By (1988)

14. Keanu Reeves

Actor | The Matrix

Keanu Charles Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the son of Patric Reeves, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. Keanu's father was born in Hawaii, of British, Portuguese...

Movie: John Wick 3: Parabellum (2019) Replicas (2018) John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) John Wick (2014) 47 Ronin (2013) Man of Tai Chi (2013) The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) A Scanner Darkly (2006) Constantine (2005) The Matrix Revolutions (2003) The Matrix Reloaded (2003) The Gift (2000) The Matrix (1999) The Devil's Advocate (1997) Speed (1994) My Own Private Idaho (1991) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) Point Break (1991) Parenthood (1989) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) River's Edge (1986)

15. 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,...

Movie: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) The Revenant (2015) The Great Gatsby (2013) Django Unchained (2012) J. Edgar (2011) Inception (2010) Revolutionary Road (2008) Body of Lies (2008) Blood Diamond (2006) The Departed (2006) The Aviator (2004) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Gangs of New York (2002) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) Titanic (1997) Romeo + Juliet (1996) The Basketball Diaries (1995) What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) This Boy's Life (1993)

16. Nick Cheung

Actor | Ji zhan

Nick Cheung was born on December 2, 1967 in Hong Kong. He is an actor and director, known for Unbeatable (2013), Beast Stalker (2008) and Keeper of Darkness (2015). He has been married to Esther Kwan since December 8, 2003. They have one child.

Movie: The Trough (2018) Line Walker (2016) Helios (2015) Temporary Family (2014) That Demon Within (2014) The White Storm (2013) Unbeatable (2013) Nightfall (2012) The Stool Pigeon (2010) Beast Stalker (2008) Connected (2008) Exiled (2006) On the Edge (2006) Triad Election (2006) Election (2005) Breaking News (2004) The Teacher Without Chalk (2000) The Duel (2000) Hak do fung wan ji sau chuk wong (1999) Hua gu long yu qian nian chong (1999) Hei ma wang zi (1999)

17. Eddie Peng

Actor | Mei Gong he xing dong

For someone who never considered entering showbiz, Eddie Peng has certainly carved out an amazing acting career. He is arguably the Chinese film industry's most recognizable and bankable star today, having starred in over 30 box-office hits - a canny mix of epic blockbusters and indie projects.

Peng...

Movie: Cold War III (2020) Hidden Man (2018) Our Time Will Come (2017) Operation Mekong (2016) Call of Heroes (2016) Cold War II (2016) To the Fore (2015) Rise of the Legend (2014) Unbeatable (2013) Tai Chi Hero (2012) Cold War (2012) Tai Chi Zero (2012) Love (2012) Jump Ashin! (2011) Hear Me (2009)

18. 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 ...

Movie: The Greatest Showman (2017) Logan (2017) Eddie the Eagle (2016) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Prisoners (2013) Les Misérables (2012) Real Steel (2011) The Prestige (2006) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) Van Helsing (2004) X-Men 2 (2003) X-Men (2000)

19. Daniel Craig

Actor | Casino Royale

One of the British theatre's most famous faces, Daniel Craig, who waited tables as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, has gone on to star as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).

He was born ...

Movie: No Time to Die (2020) Logan Lucky (2017) Spectre (2015) Skyfall (2012) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Cowboys & Aliens (2011) Defiance (2008) Quantum of Solace (2008) The Invasion (2007) Casino Royale (2006) Layer Cake (2004)

20. Bruce Lee

Actor | Jing wu men

Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and ...

Movie: Game of Death (1978) Enter the Dragon (1973) The Way of the Dragon (1972) The Chinese Connection (1972) The Big Boss (1971) Xi lu xiang (1950)

21. Leslie Cheung

Actor | Ah fei jing juen

Leslie Cheung was the youngest of 10 children. His father was tailor to the late William Holden. Leslie's parents divorced when he was young, and he claims this is one reason for his disinterest in marriage. Following graduation from secondary school, he studied at Leeds University in Great Britain...

Movie: Yee do hung gaan (2002) Lian zhan Chong Cheng (2000) Double Tap (2000) The Kid (1999) Gau sing biu choi (1998) Who's the Man, Who's the Woman (1997) Shanghai Grand (1996) Tri-Star (1996) The Chinese Feast (1995) Ashes of Time (1994) He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994) Dai foo ji ga (1994) The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993) The Bride with White Hair (1993) The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) All's Well, Ends Well Too (1993) Farewell My Concubine (1993) All's Well Ends Well (1992) Once a Thief (1991) Days of Being Wild (1990) A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) Mad Mission V: The Terracotta Hit (1989) A Better Tomorrow II (1987) Rouge (1987) A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) A Better Tomorrow (1986) Wei ni zhong qing (1985) Job Hunter (1981)

22. Takeshi Kaneshiro

Actor | Shi mian mai fu

The 1/2 Taiwanese and 1/2 Japanese Takeshi Kaneshiro may have started out as a puerile teen idol in the Chinese entertainment scene, but he's since become a proper film star in his own right. Whether by his own design or not, the boyishness that marked his first steps into showbiz has evolved into ...

Movie: Sons of the Neon Night (2020) This Is Not What I Expected (2017) The Crossing 2 (2015) The Crossing (2014) Dragon (2011) Red Cliff II (2009) Red Cliff (2008) Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death (2008) The Warlords (2007) Confession of Pain (2006) Perhaps Love (2005) House of Flying Daggers (2004) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Lavender (2000) Tempting Heart (1999) Downtown Torpedoes (1997) Lost and Found (1996) Fallen Angels (1995) Chungking Express (1994)

23. Robert De Niro

Actor | Cape Fear

One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...

Movie: Joker (2019) The Intern (2015) Last Vegas (2013) Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Killer Elite (2011) Limitless (2011) Stardust (2007) Meet the Parents (2000) Jackie Brown (1997) Heat (1995) Casino (1995) Cape Fear (1991) Goodfellas (1990) The Untouchables (1987) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) The King of Comedy (1982) Raging Bull (1980) The Deer Hunter (1978) Taxi Driver (1976) The Godfather: Part II (1974) Mean Streets (1973)

24. Louis Koo

Actor | Ming yat zin gei

Louis Koo was born on October 21, 1970 in Hong Kong. He is an actor and producer, known for Warriors of Future (2022), Paradox (2017) and Protégé (2007).

Movie: Sons of the Neon Night (2020) The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019) Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019) P Storm (2019) Warriors of Future (2018) Paradox (2017) Line Walker (2016) Three (2016) Sha po lang 2 (2015) Little Big Master (2015) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Overheard 3 (2014) The White Storm (2013) Drug War (2012) Romancing in Thin Air (2012) Overheard 2 (2011) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Triple Tap (2010) Accident (2009) Overheard (2009) Connected (2008) Run Papa Run (2008) Flash Point (2007) Triangle (2007) Protégé (2007) Happy Birthday (2007) Robin-B-Hood (2006) Triad Election (2006) Election (2005) Throw Down (2004) Ngo ga yau yat chek hiu dung see (2002) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) Bullets Over Summer (1999)

25. Chadwick Boseman

Actor | Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman was an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on...

Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Black Panther (2018) Captain America: Civil War (2016) 42 (2013)

26. Andrew Garfield

Actor | Hacksaw Ridge

Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother, Lynn, and American father, Richard Garfield. When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. Andrew was raised in a middle class family, ...

Movie: Breathe (2017) Silence (2016) Hacksaw Ridge (2016) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) The Social Network (2010)

27. Jet Li

Actor | Huo Yuan Jia

Jet Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens,...

Movie: Mulan (2020) Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011) The Expendables (2010) Ocean Heaven (2010) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) The Warlords (2007) War (2007) Fearless (2006) Unleashed (2005) Hero (2002) The One (2001) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Romeo Must Die (2000) Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) Hitman (1998) Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) Black Mask (1996) My Father is a Hero (1995) Fist of Legend (1994) The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994) The New Legend of Shaolin (1994) Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) Tai-Chi Master (1993) The Legend II (1993) Last Hero in China (1993) The Legend (1993) Once Upon a Time in China III (1992) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992) Swordsman II (1992) Once Upon a Time in China (1991) The Shaolin Temple (1982)

28. Chris Pratt

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Christopher Michael "Chris" Pratt was born on June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota and raised in Lake Stevens, Washington, to Kathleen Louise (Indahl), who worked at a supermarket, and Daniel Clifton Pratt, who remodeled houses. He is of mostly Norwegian descent. He graduated from Lake Stevens High...

Movie: Jurassic World 3 (2021) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Passengers (2016) The Magnificent Seven (2016) Jurassic World (2015) Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Delivery Man (2013)

29. 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 ...

Movie: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) Allied (2016) The Big Short (2015) Fury (2014) World War Z (2013) Moneyball (2011) Inglourious Basterds (2009) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Burn After Reading (2008) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Babel (2006) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) Ocean's Twelve (2004) Troy (2004) Ocean's Eleven (2001) Spy Game (2001) Snatch (2000) Fight Club (1999) Twelve Monkeys (1995) Se7en (1995) Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

30. Donnie Yen

Actor | Ip Man

Donnie Yen was born in Guangzhou, China. His mother, Bow-sim Mark, was a kung fu master and his father, Kylster Yen, a newspaper editor and amateur musician. When Donnie was just two years old, the family moved to Hong Kong and then, when he was 11, to Boston, Massachusetts.

There, Master Bow-sim ...

Movie: Mulan (2020) Ip Man 4 (2019) Big Brother (2018) Chasing the Dragon (2017) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) Ip Man 3 (2015) Kung Fu Killer (2014) Special ID (2013) Dragon (2011) Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) Ip Man 2 (2010) 14 Blades (2010) Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) Ip Man (2008) Painted Skin (2008) Flash Point (2007) Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) SPL: Kill Zone (2005) Seven Swords (2005) Shanghai Knights (2003) Hero (2002) Wing Chun (1994) Iron Monkey (1993) Butterfly and Sword (1993) Dragon Inn (1992) Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

31. Jacky Cheung

Actor | Dip huet gai tau

Jacky Cheung was born on July 10, 1961 in Hong Kong. He is an actor, known for Bullet in the Head (1990), As Tears Go By (1988) and Once Upon a Time in China (1991). He has been married to May Mei-Mei Lo since February 15, 1996. They have two children.

Movie: Heaven in the Dark (2016) Helios (2015) Crossing Hennessy (2010) 72 ga cho hak (2010) Hot Summer Days (2010) Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) Perhaps Love (2005) Triad Underworld (2004) July Rhapsody (2002) Ashes of Time (1994) Future Cops (1993) Flying Dagger (1993) The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) Once Upon a Time in China (1991) Curry & Pepper (1990) The Swordsman (1990) As Tears Go By (1988)

32. 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 ...

Movie: Mr. Holmes (2015) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) X-Men 2 (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) X-Men (2000) Gods and Monsters (1998)

33. George Clooney

Actor | The Ides of March

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...

Movie: Hail, Caesar! (2016) Tomorrowland (2015) The Monuments Men (2014) Gravity (2013) The Descendants (2011) The Ides of March (2011) Up in the Air (2009) Burn After Reading (2008) Michael Clayton (2007) Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Syriana (2005) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Ocean's Twelve (2004) Ocean's Eleven (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Three Kings (1999) Out of Sight (1998) The Peacemaker (1997) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

34. Shawn Yue

Actor | Mou gaan dou

Branded as the next "Nicholas Tse", Shawn Yue was born and raised in Hong Kong. Spotted at an early age on the streets of Hong Kong by agents of the famous Hong Kong modelling agency "Starz People". He has modelled for Giordano, Sony, Timberland, Gillette, Meko, and is currently a spokesmodel for ...

Movie: The Brink (2017) Love Off the Cuff (2017) Mad World (2016) Motorway (2012) Love in the Buff (2012) Reign of Assassins (2010) Love in a Puff (2010) Rule Number One (2008) Fa fa ying king (2008) Invisible Target (2007) Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) Initial D (2005) Infernal Affairs II (2003) Infernal Affairs (2002) Just One Look (2002)

35. Chang Chen

Actor | Wo hu cang long

Chang Chen, an international renowned actor, first earned his attention at the age of 14 when he took the lead role in A Brighter Summer Day. Since then, he was nominated three times at the Golden Horse Awards, and several times for best actor at the Berlinale and the Cannes Film Festival. He won ...

Movie: Dune (2020) Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (2017) Monk Comes Down the Mountain (2015) The Assassin (2015) Brotherhood of Blades (2014) The Grandmaster (2013) The Last Supper (2012) Red Cliff II (2009) Red Cliff (2008) Silk (2006) Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

36. 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, ...

Movie: First Man (2018) Blade Runner 2049 (2017) La La Land (2016) The Big Short (2015) The Ides of March (2011) Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) Drive (2011) Half Nelson (2006)

37. Ching Wan Lau

Actor | Hak hap

Ching Wan Lau was born on February 16, 1964 in Hong Kong. He is an actor, known for Black Mask (1996), Mad Detective (2007) and Life Without Principle (2011). He has been married to Amy Kwok since 1998.

Movie: Sons of the Neon Night (2020) Warriors of Future (2018) Call of Heroes (2016) Overheard 3 (2014) The White Storm (2013) The Bullet Vanishes (2012) Life Without Principle (2011) Overheard 2 (2011) Overheard (2009) Mad Detective (2007) My Name Is Fame (2006) Lost in Time (2003) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) Victim (1999) Running Out of Time (1999) Expect the Unexpected (1998) The Longest Nite (1998) Full Alert (1997) Big Bullet (1996) Tri-Star (1996) Zheng gu wang (1995) C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993)

38. Ka-Tung Lam

Actor | Ip Man

Ka-Tung Lam was born on September 21, 1967. He is an actor and producer, known for Ip Man (2008), Infernal Affairs (2002) and Gallants (2010).

Movie: Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019) Paradox (2017) Trivisa (2016) Firestorm (2013) Cold War (2012) Ip Man (2008) Sparrow (2008) Mad Detective (2007) Triad Election (2006) Election (2005) Infernal Affairs (2002) Dance of a Dream (2001)

39. 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 ...

Movie: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) Black Mass (2015) Into the Woods (2014) The Lone Ranger (2013) Dark Shadows (2012) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) The Tourist (2010) Alice in Wonderland (2010) Public Enemies (2009) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Finding Neverland (2004) Secret Window (2004) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Chocolat (2000) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) Donnie Brasco (1997) Ed Wood (1994) What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Edward Scissorhands (1990) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

40. Francis Ng

Actor | Mou gaan dou II

Francis Ng was born on December 21, 1961 in Hong Kong. He is an actor and director, known for Infernal Affairs II (2003), 2000 AD (2000) and Bullets Over Summer (1999). He has been married to Fiona Wong since December 2, 2002. They have one child.

Movie: Man on the Dragon (2018) The Leakers (2018) Shed Skin Papa (2016) Line Walker (2016) Two Thumbs Up (2015) The Last Tycoon (2012) Turning Point 2 (2011) The Warring States (2011) Turning Point (2009) Tracing Shadow (2009) Exiled (2006) On the Edge (2006) Crazy N' the City (2005) Gwai ma kwong seung kuk (2004) Infernal Affairs II (2003) Colour of the Truth (2003) 2000 AD (2000) Hak do fung wan ji sau chuk wong (1999) The Mission (1999) Bullets Over Summer (1999) A Man Called Hero (1999) Young & Dangerous: The Prequel (1998) Jing zhuang nan xiong nan di (1997) Full Alert (1997) Big Bullet (1996) Young and Dangerous (1996) Kung Fu Cult Master (1993) The Bride with White Hair (1993) Handsome Siblings (1992)

41. Jin Zhang

Actor | Yi dai zong shi

Jin Zhang was born on May 19, 1974 in Chongqing, China. He is an actor, known for The Grandmaster (2013), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). He has been married to Ada Choi since January 12, 2008. They have three children.

Movie: The Invincible Dragon (2019) Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) The Brink (2017) Ip Man 3 (2015) Sha po lang 2 (2015) Rise of the Legend (2014) The Man from Macau (2014) The Grandmaster (2013) Team of Miracle: We Will Rock You (2009)

42. Yasuaki Kurata

Actor | Blood: The Last Vampire

Yasuaki Kurata was born on March 20, 1946 in Ibaraki, Japan. He is an actor and producer, known for Blood: The Last Vampire (2009), God of War (2017) and Fist of Legend (1994).

Movie: The Empty Hands (2017) Manhunt (2017) God of War (2017) Fist of Legend (1994) Eastern Condors (1987) The Millionaires' Express (1986) Deadly Life of a Ninja (1983) Legend of a Fighter (1982) The Legend of the Owl (1981) Heroes of the East (1978)