WATCHING ACTORS

by pattymvanhulle | created - 25 May 2018 | updated - 21 May 2022 | Public

1. Jacob Elordi

Actor | The Kissing Booth

Jacob Elordi was born on June 26, in Brisbane, Australia as Jacob Nathaniel Elordi. He is an actor known for Emerald Fennell's Saltburn (2023), the Netflix Hit The Kissing Booth (2018), and the hit HBO A24 drama series Euphoria (2019). Other titles include 2-Hearts (2019). He grew up acting in the ...

2. Joey King

Actress | The Act

Joey King started acting professionally when she was four years old. A national spot for Life Cereal was Joey's first commercial. It has been said that Joey inherited the love of acting from her grandmother, who used to perform in live theater.

She has appeared in several television shows and movies...

3. Debby Ryan

Actress | Insatiable

Debby Ryan was born in Huntsville, Alabama on May 13, 1993, but she and her family moved to Texas when she was a small child and lived there for five years before moving to Wiesbaden, Germany. In Germany Debby became fascinated with acting in local plays and musicals. By age 9, she knew she wanted ...

4. Brianna Hildebrand

Actress | Deadpool

Brianna Caitlin Hildebrand is an American actress from Texas widely known for portraying Negasonic Teenage Warhead, an X-Man with the best name ever from the Deadpool film series alongside Ryan Reynolds. She also played Aurora Decker-Morningstar in the Netflix series Lucifer, Sadie Cunningham from ...

5. Amy James-Kelly

Actress | Three Families

Amy James-Kelly is a British actress known for her roles as Jenny in 'Safe', Sarah in the 'Military Wives' movie and most recently as Hannah in 'Three Families'. Training at The Manchester School of Acting, she's also embarked on her own filmmaking projects as director, writer and producer.

She ...

6. Amanda Abbington

Actress | Sherlock

Amanda Abbington was born on February 28, 1974 in North London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sherlock (2010), Crooked House (2017) and After You've Gone (2007).

7. Michael C. Hall

Actor | Dexter

Michael C. Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Janice (Styons), a guidance counselor, and William Carlyle Hall, who worked for IBM. Michael is a graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. He is known for the titular character "Dexter" in Dexter (2006) and as mortician "David ...

8. Freddie Thorp

Actor | Overdrive

Freddie Thorp was born on March 7, 1994 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Overdrive (2017), Strictly Confidential (2024) and Layla (2024).

9. Louis Greatorex

Actor | Masters of the Air

Louis Greatorex was born on December 30, 1996 in Derby, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Masters of the Air (2024), Last Tango in Halifax (2012) and Layla (2024).

10. Hannah Arterton

Actress | The Peripheral

Hannah Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The Peripheral (2022), Safe (2018) and The Five (2016). She has been married to Chris Hyson since September 23, 2022.

11. India Fowler

Actress | The Nevers

India Fowler is known for The Nevers (2021), White Lines (2020) and Fear Street: Prom Queen.

12. Raj Paul

Actor | Safe

Raj Paul is known for Safe (2018), Arrow (2012) and Bedrag (2016).

13. Jumayn Hunter

Actor | Attack the Block

Jumayn Hunter is known for Attack the Block (2011), Dom Hemingway (2013) and Infinite (2021).

14. Joplin Sibtain

Actor | Memory Man

Actor Joplin Sibtain was born in Waltham Forest, London. He had early desires to be a pianist but, at age thirteen, went to a Community Centre in Hackney where he first learned about acting. After winning a scholarship to The Webber Douglas Academy of Drama, in London, he worked for several major ...

15. Hero Fiennes Tiffin

Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Hero Fiennes Tiffin is an English actor, known for his role as the 11-year-old Tom Marvolo Riddle in the sixth installment of the Harry Potter Films, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), and as Hardin Scott in the films After (2019) and After We Collided (2020). Hero first appeared in the...

16. Marc Warren

Actor | Wanted

Marc Warren is an English actor, known for his British television roles. His roles have included Albert Blithe in Band of Brothers, Danny Blue in Hustle, Dougie Raymond in The Vice, Dominic Foy in State of Play, Rick in Mad Dogs, the Comte DE Rochefort in The Musketeers and the Gentleman in ...

17. Emmett J Scanlan

Actor | Peaky Blinders

Emmett can currently be seen as the series lead Jimmy Kinsella in the AMC series KIN opposite Aidan Gillen and Charlie Cox. He was nominated for an IFTA Award for his performance. Emmett was also recently seen reprising his role as Billy Grade in the latest series of PEAKY BLINDERS opposite Cillian...

18. Audrey Fleurot

Actress | Intouchables

Audrey Fleurot was born on July 6, 1977 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France. She is an actress, known for The Intouchables (2011), Spiral (2005) and Un village français (2009).

19. Katy Carmichael

Actress | Christopher Robin

Katy Carmichael was born on September 26, 1970 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Christopher Robin (2018), The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001) and Spaced (1999). She has been married to Tristan Sturrock since 2005. They have three children.

20. Yemisi Oyinloye

Actress | Bancroft

Yemisi Oyinloye is known for Bancroft (2017), Cold Feet (1997) and The Teacher (2022).

21. Kirsty Hitchinson

Actress | Coronation Street

Kirsty Hitchinson has been acting since a young age, starting out at The Oldham Theatre Workshop. She went on to study Drama at the University of Huddersfield & also train independently in Manchester & London. Kirsty has worked on multi award winning Independent films & her most recent Television ...

22. Isabelle Allen

Actress | Les Misérables

Isabelle Allen was born on 16th March 2002, in Salisbury England, and now lives with her family in a village in East Sussex. She is best known for her role as Young Cosette is the 2012 movie "Les Miserables", and more recently, among others, her roles as Elizabeth in BBC's series "Hetty Feather"((...

23. Tyler Conti

Actor | The Painter & The Poet

Tyler Conti is known for The Painter & The Poet (2022), Safe (2018) and Modern Day Slavery: Mihai (2023).

24. Imogen Gurney

Actress | Safe

Imogen Rose Gurney is a British Actress. Born May 25th 2000. She is best known for her role as Tilly Chahal in Netflix's 'Safe' and her role as Lara in 'Back to Life' which premiered on Showtime (US) & BBC1. The show was nominated for an International Emmy Award in 2020.

She started dance lessons at...

25. Laila Rouass

Actress | Conan the Barbarian

Laila Rouass was born in London to Moroccan/Indian parents. Laila studied in Britain but decided to drop her studies and travel in India for a few months. A few months turned into six years. Whilst living in Bombay, she worked for MTV, BBC, and TNT. Her step into movies came when she was spotted by...

26. Karen Bryson

Actress | Zack Snyder's Justice League

Karen Bryson was born on March 2, 1975 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Black Narcissus (2020) and White Wall (2020). She has been married to Chris McMahon since April 29, 2011.

27. Rohan Nedd

Actor | Safe

Rohan Nedd was born on November 17, 1994 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Safe (2018), Blue Story (2019) and Harry Wild (2022).

28. Nigel Lindsay

Actor | Four Lions

Nigel Lindsay was born on 17th January 1969 and entered into the world of acting comparatively late. For three years he was a financial analyst in the City in his native London but, on his own admission, hated it and applied almost simultaneously for the law and the stage. He had a place at bar ...

29. Pamela Adlon

Actress | Better Things

Pamela Adlon comes from an acting family and began her career in television in 1983. She has appeared in many popular TV shows, including as a voice actress in a number of animated TV series including, most famously, King of the Hill (1997) for which she won an Emmy for her role as Bobby Hill.

30. Grey Griffin

Actress | Batman: Arkham City

Grey Griffin was born in Fort Ord, California. She is a singer and well-known voice actress. She was raised by her grandmother through her difficult childhood because her mother was a drug addict. Her grandmother was a singer and performed often with Tito Puente. Grey was highly interested in goth ...

31. Marcella Bragio

Sorry to Bother You

Marcella Bragio is a San Francisco based actress with numerous TV and movie credits. After establishing herself as a successful model in national adds with stars such as Steve Young and Jerry Rice, she transitioned to acting into 2015. A member of SAG-AFTRA, she continues to be in demand model and ...

32. Riz Ahmed

Actor | Sound of Metal

Riz Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known by his stage name Riz MC and birth name Rizwan Ahmed, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist. As an actor, he has won one Emmy Award, out of two Emmy nominations, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and three...

33. Stu Bennett

Actor | Vengeance

Stu Bennett is a globally known actor, television host and professional wrestler who performed for WWE from 2007- 2016, before returning to WWE as a commentator from 2020 - present.

His growing acting résumé includes leading roles in the features 'I Am Vengeance' (2018), 'Fanged Up' (2017), '...

34. Amy Bowden

Actress | The Nest

Amy Bowden is known for The Nest (2018), Catherine Tate's Nan (2015) and Jekyll and Hyde (2015).

35. Barbara Smith

Actress | EastEnders

Barbara Smith was born in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for EastEnders (1985), Call the Midwife (2012) and Casualty (1986).

36. Wayne Gordon

Actor | Into the Badlands

Jamaican-born actor Wayne Gordon was inspired to go into acting at a young age, growing up watching Lee Majors in "The Six Million Dollars Man" and Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon". However, before entering the industry, he first served in the HM Forces and later represented Great Britain in ...

37. Saoirse Ronan

Actress | Hanna

Saoirse Una Ronan was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, to Irish parents, Monica Ronan (née Brennan) and Paul Ronan, an actor. When Saoirse was three, the family moved back to Dublin, Ireland. Saoirse grew up in Dublin and briefly in Co. Carlow before moving back to Dublin ...

38. Ekaterina Samsonov

Actress | You Were Never Really Here

Ekaterina Samsonov is a model and actress. She is known for the film You Were Never Really Here (2017).

Ekaterina was born in New York, of Russian descent. In 2014, she appeared in a episode of Mozart in the Jungle called "You Go to My Head." She also had smaller roles in the films Anesthesia (2015)...

39. Tom Sturridge

Actor | On the Road

Tom Sturridge was born in London, England. He is the son of actress Phoebe Nicholls and sometime-actor and full-time director Charles Sturridge, and the grandson of actors Anthony Nicholls and Faith Kent. His maternal great-grandfather, Horace Nicholls, was a prominent photographer.

Tom started his ...

40. Dakota Fanning

Actress | War of the Worlds

Hannah Dakota Fanning was born on the 23rd of February 1994, in Conyers, Georgia, USA, to Heather Joy (Arrington) and Steven Fanning. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. She is of German, Irish, English, French, and ...

41. Emma Thompson

Actress | Sense and Sensibility

Emma Thompson was born on April 15, 1959 in Paddington, London, into a family of actors - father Eric Thompson and mother Phyllida Law, who has co-starred with Thompson in several films. Her sister, Sophie Thompson, is an actor as well. Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. ...

42. Mia Wasikowska

Actress | Alice in Wonderland

Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight,...

43. Shiva Negar

Actress | American Assassin

Shiva Negar is a Canadian Actress, Model, and Producer, who rose to prominence starring as Annika Ogden in CBS Films/Lionsgate Blockbuster Movie "American Assassin" and made the short list of Variety Magazine's "10 Canadians to watch".

Shiva can be seen on numerous Films and Network Television shows...

44. Noomi Rapace

Actress | Män som hatar kvinnor

Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was born in Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden to Swedish actress Nina Norén and Spanish Flamenco singer Rogelio de Badajoz (Rogelio Durán). Her parents did not stay together, and when she was five she moved to Iceland with her mother and stepfather, where she lived for...

45. Renée Elise Goldsberry

Actress | Hamilton

Renee Goldsberry was born in San Jose, California, and raised in both Houston, Texas, and Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a bachelors degree in acting, and went on to attend graduate school at the University of Southern California, where she received her ...

46. Chris Hemsworth

Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman

Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. His brothers are actors, Liam Hemsworth & Luke Hemsworth; he is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal ...

47. Eiza González

Actress | Baby Driver

Eiza González Reyna is a Mexican actress and singer. She was born on January 30, 1990 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Carlos González and Glenda Reyna. Her mother is a yesteryear Mexican model. She has one elder brother, Yulen. She lost her father in a motorcycle accident when she was just 12. Later in ...

48. Deobia Oparei

Actor | Dredd

Deobia Oparei was born on March 14, 1971 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Dredd (2012), Doom (2005) and Dark City (1998).

49. Laz Alonso

Actor | Avatar

Chosen as one of Variety's "Top Ten Actors to Watch" and part of the new breed of leading men in Hollywood, Laz Alonso is starring in Amazon Prime's series THE BOYS. He can also be seen playing opposite Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in their new series LA'S FINEST. He previously starred opposite...

50. Raúl Castillo

Actor | Cassandro

Raúl Castillo was born in McAllen, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Cassandro (2023), We the Animals (2018) and Army of the Dead (2021).

51. Chris Reilly

Actor | Wrath of Man

Chris Was born in Clydebank, just outside of Glasgow in Scotland. He began acting aged thirty and previous jobs include establishing and running a homeless shelter and housing support service in the house where he grew up.

He is a Royal Welsh College graduate (2009) and now lives in North London.

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52. Eddie Marsan

Actor | Happy-Go-Lucky

Eddie Marsan was born in Stepney, East London, to a lorry driver father and a school employee mother, and raised in Bethnal Green. He served an apprenticeship as a printer before becoming an actor twenty years ago. During this time he has worked with directors such as Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann, ...

53. Niamh Algar

Actress | Raised by Wolves

Irish actress Niamh Algar was raised in Ireland as the youngest of five siblings. In 2019 Niamh was awarded the BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, in 2018 she was named as Screen International 'Star of Tomorrow' for her leading turn in the The Virtues, a new drama from This is England creator Shane Meadows.

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54. Alessandro Babalola

Actor | Wrath of Man

Alessandro Babalola was born on August 9, 1992 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Wrath of Man (2021), Unforgotten (2015) and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024).

55. Alex Ferns

Actor | Joyeux Noël

Alex Ferns was born on October 13, 1968 in Lennoxtown, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Joyeux Noel (2005), The Batman (2022) and EastEnders (1985). He has been married to Jennifer Woodburne since 1996. They have two children.

56. Josh Cowdery

Actor | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Josh Cowdery was born on December 23, 1978 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Wrath of Man (2021) and Belgravia: The Next Chapter (2024).

57. Scott Eastwood

Actor | Suicide Squad

Scott Eastwood is an American actor and model. He was born as Scott Clinton Reeves in Carmel, Monterey County, California, to Jacelyn Ann Reeves, a flight attendant, and Clint Eastwood, an actor and director. He grew up in Hawaii. Scott has a younger sister, Kathryn Reeves, and many half-siblings.

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58. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Actor | Aquaman

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is an American actor. He portrayed David Kane, the Black Manta in the DC Extended Universe Aquaman films and Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama The Trial of the Chicago 7. For his portrayal of Cal Abar in the HBO limited series Watchmen, he won a Primetime Emmy ...

59. Jessica Lu

Actress | Awkward.

Jessica Lu was born and raised in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, to artistic parents who grew up in more practical times. Her parents are from South Korea, with her father being Chinese and Japanese, and her mother being Chinese. They speak English, Mandarin and Korean at home. Despite ...

60. Courtney Eaton

Actress | Yellowjackets

Courtney Eaton is an Australian Actress and Model. She is known for her supporting roles as Cheedo the Fragile in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road, and as Zaya in the 2016 film Gods of Egypt. Eaton was born in Bunbury, Western Australia. She studied at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School. Her father, ...

61. Elijah M. Cooper

Actor | Goosebumps

Elijah M. Cooper is known for Goosebumps (2023), 9-1-1 (2018) and Chicago P.D. (2014).

62. J. Cameron Barnett

Actor | Killjoys

J. Cameron Barnett is an actor who lives and was trained in New York City, and studies Film/TV with Ted Sluberski. He was born and raised in Batesville, Arkansas. Cameron has performed Off-Broadway, Regionally and in National and International Tours. Cameron is also a published interior designer ...

63. James Hutchison III

Stunts | Avengers: Endgame

James Hutchison III is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Average Joe (2023) and Doom Patrol (2019).

64. Gary Peebles

Stunts | Black Adam

Gary Peebles is known for Black Adam (2022), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).



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