Cast Members: Star Wars Saga (Movies Only)
by christophershobris | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 month ago | PublicPerhaps the most important film franchise in the history of cinema is Star Wars. The influence from this is unmatched and unmeasurable. Some of the most iconic moments, and repeatable dialogue that has been bolted into our memories forever. Star Wars reigns supreme as the epitome of what the art of cinema is all about. Another important contribution considerably includes the numerous men and women who worked on the films, whether on-screen or off. For this list, I’m going to honor the people who helped bring these legendary characters to life with the aid of acting. Either in costume, in person, or voice over, here are the performers involved in Star Wars.
1. Mark Hamill
Actor | Star Wars
Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - a role he reprised in Star Wars: Episode VII - ...
Character: Luke Skywalker
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
2. Harrison Ford
Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark
Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, ...
Character: Han Solo
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
3. Carrie Fisher
Actress | Star Wars
Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California, to singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return ...
Character: Princess Leia Organa
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
4. Alec Guinness
Actor | Star Wars
Alec Guinness was an English actor. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence...
Character: Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
5. Anthony Daniels
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Initially not a science fiction fan, theatre actor Anthony Daniels was persuaded by his agent to meet George Lucas for the casting of C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). He went on to perform the character, both his voice and body in the suit, for all the episodic Star Wars films ...
Character: C-3PO (in-costume)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
6. Kenny Baker
Actor | Time Bandits
Kenny Baker was born on August 24, 1934 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Elephant Man (1980). He was married to Eileen Baker. He died on August 13, 2016 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.
Character: R2-D2 (in-costume)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Character: Paploo
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
7. Peter Mayhew
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Peter Mayhew was born on May 19, 1944 in Barnes, London, England, to Constance Elizabeth (Yeates) and Walter Henry Mayhew. Later resident in Texas, this former resident of Yorkshire, England, was working as a hospital attendant at the King's College Hospital in London when film producer Charles H. ...
Character: Chewbacca “Chewie” (in-costume)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
8. James Earl Jones
Actor | Rogue One
Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...
Character: Darth Vader (voice)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
9. David Prowse
Actor | Star Wars
David "Dave" Prowse was born into a working class family on 1 July, 1935 in Bristol, England, UK. He was raised by his mother and never knew his father. As a child, David was disadvantaged and a poor student, he found a passion for bodybuilding and weight training in his early teens, as a young ...
Character: Darth Vader (in-costume)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1977)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
10. Peter Cushing
Actor | Star Wars
Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was ...
Character: Grand Moff Tarkin
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
11. Phil Brown
Actor | Star Wars
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Phil Brown was the son of a doctor whose work took the family all around the country. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New York's Group Theatre. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre ...
Character: Uncle Owen
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
12. Shelagh Fraser
Actress | Star Wars
Shelagh Fraser was born on November 25, 1920 in Purley, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), The History of Mr. Polly (1949) and Doomwatch (1970). She was married to Anthony Squire. She died on August 29, 2000 in London, England, UK.
Character: Aunt Beru
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
13. Jack Purvis
Actor | Time Bandits
Jack Purvis was born on July 13, 1937 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985) and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). He was married to Marjie Purvis. He died on November 11, 1997 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
Character: Chief Jawa
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
14. Alex McCrindle
Actor | Star Wars
Alex McCrindle was born on August 3, 1911 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Eye of the Needle (1981) and Witch Wood (1964). He was married to Honor Arundel and Sandy . He died on April 20, 1990 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital,...
Character: General Dodonna
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
15. Eddie Byrne
Actor | Star Wars
Eddie Byrne was born on January 31, 1911 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Island of Terror (1966) and Odd Man Out (1947). He died on August 21, 1981 in Dublin, Ireland.
Character: General Willard
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
16. Don Henderson
Actor | Star Wars
As an amateur actor as a dare he auditioned for the RSC and was not only accepted, but he stayed for 6 years. Best known as Sgt Bulman in XYY Man (77) he then made several series of Strangers (79 -82). His films include Star Wars, Callan, The Prince and the Pauper and The Big Sleep.
Character: General Taggi
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
17. Richard LeParmentier
Actor | Star Wars
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) was Richard LeParmentier's third film after moving to Britain from the United States in 1974. Richard has appeared in over fifty films and TV shows. He used to reside in Bath, UK, and worked as a screenwriter. He also developed a comedy-drama series for the...
Character: General Motti
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
18. Leslie Schofield
Actor | Star Wars
After his parents divorced, he became a wayward, rebellious teenager. Deciding he should instill himself with some discipline, he joined a naval training ship for two years. His first taste of acting came during ten years subsequent service in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
Character: Commander
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
19. Drewe Henley
Actor | Star Wars
Drewe Henley was born in 1940 in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Wuthering Heights (1967) and Space: 1999 (1975). He was married to Linda Lee Henley, Felicity Kendal and Jacqueline Pearce. He died on February ...
Character: Red Leader
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
20. Denis Lawson
Actor | Star Wars
Although he was born in Glasgow he was moved to Crieff when 3 which was where his father had a jewelers shop. At 17 he failed to get into The Royal Academy of Music and Drama so got a job selling carpets for a while until he succeeded in getting into the Academy on his 2nd application and where he ...
Character: Wedge Antilles
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
21. Garrick Hagon
Actor | Star Wars
Garrick Hagon was born in London, England, UK. Garrick is an actor and director, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Mission: Impossible (1996) and The Message (1976). Garrick has been married to Liza Ross since 1965. They have two children.
Character: Biggs
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
22. Jack Klaff
Actor | Star Wars
Jack Klaff was born on August 6, 1951 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and writer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and King David (1985).
Character: John D
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
23. William Hootkins
Actor | Star Wars
William Michael Hootkins was born on July 5, 1948, in Dallas, Texas. He moved to London, England in the early '70s and lived there up until 2002. Hootkins was an actor at Theatre Intime while attending Princeton University where he learned how to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. He also trained as an...
Character: Porkins
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
24. Angus MacInnes
Actor | Star Wars
Angus MacInnes was born on October 27, 1947 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Hellboy (2004) and Witness (1985).
Character: Gold Leader
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
25. Jeremy Sinden
Actor | Star Wars
Jeremy Sinden was born on June 14, 1950 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Chariots of Fire (1981) and The Far Pavilions (1984). He was married to Delia Lindsay. He died on May 29, 1996 in London, England, UK.
Character: Gold Two
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
26. Graham Ashley
Actor | Star Wars
Graham Ashley was born on April 26, 1927 in Northampton, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), The Avengers (1961) and Dixon of Dock Green (1955). He died on October 30, 1979 in Islington, London, England, UK.
Character: Gold Five
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
27. Alfie Curtis
Actor | The Elephant Man
Alfie Curtis was born on July 28, 1930 in Stepney, London, England. Alfie began acting on various British television shows in 1973. With his tallish (5'10"), burly build, intimidating presence, and rough face (the latter was the result of a terrible childhood accident), Curtis was especially ...
Character: Dr. Evazan
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
28. Peter Geddis
Actor | Accident
Peter Geddis was born in 1937 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Accident (1978), Shoulder to Shoulder (1974) and Casualty (1986). He was married to Rebecca Oswin and Edna Spencer. He died in 2018 in Warwickshire, England, UK.
Character: Raymus Antilles
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
29. Billy Dee Williams
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams on April 6, 1937 in New York City. Billy Dee has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 50+ years. He is easily best known to international film audiences as the roguish Lando Calrissian in the last two ...
Character: Lando Calrissian
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
30. Frank Oz
Actor | The Muppet Show
Frank Richard Oznowicz was born in Hereford, England to puppeteers Frances and Isidore Oznowicz. His family moved to Montana in 1951, eventually settling in Oakland, California. As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice puppeteer at Children's Fairyland amusement park. He is one of the primary ...
Character: Yoda (puppeteer and voice)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
31. John Hollis
Actor | Flash Gordon
John Hollis was born on November 12, 1927 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Flash Gordon (1980), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Superman II (1980). He was married to Sheila Forrester and Gabrielle Hamilton. He died on October 18, 2005 in Richmond ...
Character: Lobot
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
32. Bruce Boa
Actor | Full Metal Jacket
Bruce Boa was born on July 10, 1930 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Full Metal Jacket (1987), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Octopussy (1983). He was married to Cherry. He died on April 17, 2004 in Surrey, England, UK.
Character: General Rieekan
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
33. John Ratzenberger
Actor | Cheers
John started the improvisational duo group, "Sal's Meat Market", in Bridgeport, Connecticut with fellow actor and friend Ray Hassett. He was later affiliated with the ensemble group, "The Downtown Cabaret". Coincidentally, he was a friend of Susan Ryan, the mother of Meg Ryan. A mutual friend, also...
Character: Major Derlin
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
34. Jack McKenzie
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Jack McKenzie is known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The House That Jack Built (2018) and Gandhi (1982).
Character: Cal Alder
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
35. John Morton
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
John Morton was born on March 26, 1947. He is an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Flash Gordon (1980) and Superman II (1980).
Character: Dak Ralter
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
36. Christopher Malcolm
Actor | Highlander
Christopher Malcolm was born on August 19, 1946 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Highlander (1986), Labyrinth (1986) and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). He was married to Judith Lloyd. He died on February 15, 2014 in London, England, UK.
Character: Zev Senesca
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
37. Richard Oldfield
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Richard Oldfield is known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Lifeforce (1985) and Lonely Lights (2011).
Character: Hobbie Klivian
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
38. Kenneth Colley
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Kenneth Colley was born on December 7, 1937 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Firefox (1982) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). He has been married to Mary Dunne since 1962.
Character: Admiral Piett
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
39. Michael Sheard
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Michael Sheard was born on June 18, 1938 in Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Outsider (1983) and Mind Your Language (1977). He was married to Rosalind Allaway. He died on August 31, 2005 in Newport, Isle of Wight...
Character: Admiral Ozzel
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
40. Julian Glover
Actor | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Julian Wyatt Glover was born on March 27, 1935 in Hampstead, London, England, to Honor Ellen Morgan (Wyatt), a BBC journalist, and Claude Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer. He is of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. Primarily a classical stage actor, Glover trained at the National Youth ...
Character: General Veers
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
41. Michael Culver
Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Michael Culver was born on June 16, 1938 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), A Passage to India (1984) and Breakaway (1980). He was married to Amanda Ward and Lucinda Curtis. He died on February 27, 2024.
Character: Captain Needa
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
42. Clive Revill
Actor | Avanti!
A grand, well-respected character lead and support of stage, film and television, most people mistakenly think New Zealander Clive Revill is British. A delightfully comic eccentric praised for his sterling work on the musical stage, the blue-eyed, curly, red-haired gent is also highly regarded for ...
Character: The Emperor (voice)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Character: The Emperor (in-costume)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
44. Jeremy Bulloch
Actor | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Jeremy Bulloch was born on February 16, 1945 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, the son of Aziz Diane (Meade) and McGregor Bulloch, an aeronautical engineer. He was the middle of three siblings, along with three older half-brothers from his mother's earlier marriage. Even at the age of ...
Character: Boba Fett (in-costume)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
45. Jason Wingreen
Actor | Archie Bunker's Place
Character actor Jason Wingreen was born on October 9, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City. The son of a Jewish tailor father, Wingreen grew up in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens. Jason attended John Adams High School and majored in English and Speech at Brooklyn College (he initially planned on...
Character: Boba Fett (voice)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
46. Alan Harris
Stand-in and bit player Alan Harris was born on May 28, 1938 in Enfield, Middlesex, London, England. Harris worked as a male model before going on to embark on a career in both films and television as an extra and stand-in. Alan not only appeared in several Star Wars movies in uncredited minor ...
Character: Bossk
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
47. Maurice Bush
Actor | Doctor Who
Boxer and actor Maurice Edward "Morrie" Bush was born on June 3, 1930 in Pimlico, London, England. Bush made his heavyweight boxing debut on October 22, 1951 and fought his last professional fight on April 26, 1955. Maurice participated in 24 fights altogether in his professional boxing career: He ...
Character: Dengar
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
48. Ian McDiarmid
Actor | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Ian McDiarmid was born on August 11, 1944 in Carnoustie, Tayside, Scotland. He studied for a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of St. Andrews, but eventually found that his calling was in theatre. He went to the Royal Academy in Glasgow, where he received the prestigious gold...
Character: Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious/The Emperor
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
49. Sebastian Shaw
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Though primarily a stage actor, Sebastian Shaw appeared in some forty film and television productions from 1930 to 1991. Born in Holt, Norfolk, England, he first appeared on stage as a child in 1913, graduating to lead roles by the late 1920s. It was in 1930 that he made his first film appearance in...
Character: Anakin Skywalker (original theatrical version)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
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