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This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in film, radio, stage and television.


Born in 18th century

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Maria Foote Maria Stanhope, Countess of Harrington (24 July 1797? - 27 December 1867), better known as Maria Foote, was a British actress and peeress in the nineteenth century. Early life Foote was born 24 July 1797(?) at Plymouth. Her father, Samuel T. Foot ...
(1797?–1867) *
Henry Gattie Henry Gattie (1774–1844) was a British actor and singer. Early life Gattie, was born near Bath, Somerset in 1774, and brought up to the trade of a wig-maker. Career Very early in life he acquired a liking for the theatre. At the age of nine ...
(1774–1844) * Elizabeth Hartley (1750?–1824) *
John Philip Kemble John Philip Kemble (1 February 1757 – 26 February 1823) was a British actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on t ...
(1757–1823) *
Maria Theresa Kemble Maria Theresa Kemble (1774–1838), née Marie Thérèse Du Camp, was an Austrian-born English actress, singer, dancer and comic playwright on the stage. She was the wife of actor Charles Kemble. Early life She was the daughter of Jeanne Dufour ...
(1774–1838) (born in
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Charles Mathews Charles Mathews (28 June 1776, London – 28 June 1835, Devonport) was an English theatre manager and comic actor, well known during his time for his gift of impersonation and skill at table entertainment. His play ''At Home'', in which he pla ...
(1776–1835) *
Mary Wells Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s. Along with The Supremes, The Miracles, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the F ...
(1762–1829)


Born in 1800–1829

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George John Bennett George John Bennett (1800–1879) was for nearly 40 years a Shakespearian actor on the London stage, notably Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Life He was the son of the eminent popular comedian George Bennett anHarriet Morland, the daughter of ...
(1800–1879) *
Clara Fisher Clara Fisher (14 July 1811 – 12 November 1898) was a British prodigy who, at the age of six, began performing on the London stage in 1817. Ten years later, she made her New York debut in 1827. Her acting career lasted for 72 years and in he ...
(1811–1898) *
Isabella Glyn Isabella Glyn (22 May 1823 – 18 May 1889) was a well-known Victorian-era Shakespearean actress.Adelaide Calvert (1836–1921) * Amy Fawsitt (1836–1876) *
Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility ( ...
(1838–1905) *
John Lawrence Toole John Lawrence (J. L.) Toole (12 March 1830 – 30 July 1906) was an English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. He was famous for his roles in farce and in serio-comic melodramas, in a career that spanned more than four decades, ...
(1830–1906)


Born in the 1840s

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Helen Barr Helen Barr is an academic specialising in English literature on the late medieval period. She has spent her entire career at the University of Oxford, and, in 2016, the university awarded her the title of Professor of English Literature. Career B ...
(1840–1904) *
Lydia Foote Lydia Foote, born Lydia Alice Legg (1843 – 30 May 1892), was an English actress. She played leading roles from the 1850s to the 1880s, including at the Lyceum Theatre, the Olympic Theatre, the Prince of Wales's Theatre and the Adelphi Theatre ...
(1843–1892) *
Adelaide Neilson Lilian Adelaide Neilson (3 March 184815 August 1880), born Elizabeth Ann Brown, was a British stage actress. Early life Neilson was the daughter of a strolling actress, Anne Brown, and was born, out of wedlock, at 35 St Peters Square Leeds ...
(1847–1880) *
Mary Frances Scott-Siddons Mary Frances Scott-Siddons (1844 – 8 November 1896), frequently referred to as Mrs. Scott-Siddons, was a British actor and dramatic reader. Her paternal great-grandmother was Sarah Siddons. After a struggle, Scott-Siddons secured an engagemen ...
(1844–1896) *
Edward O'Connor Terry Edward O'Connor Terry (10 March 1844 – 2 April 1912) was an English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. Life and career Terry was born in London, allegedly the illegitimate son of Feargu ...
(1844–1912) *
Ellen Terry Dame Alice Ellen Terry, (27 February 184721 July 1928), was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and tour ...
(1847–1928) *
Kate Terry Kate Terry (21 April 1844 – 6 January 1924) was an English actress. The elder sister of the actress Ellen Terry, she was born into a theatrical family, made her debut when still a child, became a leading lady in her own right, and left the stag ...
(1844–1924)


Born in the 1850s

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Gwynne Herbert Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress. Partial filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The Christian'' (1915) * ''The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915) * '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * '' T ...
(1859–1946) *
Frederick Kerr Frederick Kerr (born Frederick Grinham Keen, 11 October 1858 – 3 May 1933) was an English actor who appeared on stage in both London and New York and in British and American films; he also worked as a major theatrical manager in London. Early ...
(1858–1933) * Jennie Lee (1854–1930) *
Tom Ricketts Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of ''A Christm ...
(1853–1939) *
Marion Terry Marion Bessie Terry (born Mary Ann Bessy Terry; 13 October 1853 – 21 August 1930) was an English actress. In a career spanning half a century, she played leading roles in more than 125 plays. Always in the shadow of her older and more famous si ...
(1853–1930)


Born in the 1860s

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George Arliss George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he ...
(1868–1946) * George Bellamy (1866–1944) *
Lionel Belmore Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 – 30 January 1953) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century. Life and career Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lil ...
(1867–1953) *
Adeline Hayden Coffin Adeline Maria Elisabeth Hayden Coffin (née de Leuw; 20 June 1862 – 31 March 1939) was a German-born British actress. In an advertisement for her professional availability in 1921 she described herself, or was described by her agent, as suita ...
(1862–1939) (born in
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Brandon Hurst Brandon Hurst (30 November 1866 – 15 July 1947) was an English stage and film actor. Early life Born in London, England, Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s. Before he began acting professionall ...
(1866–1947) *
Julia Neilson Julia Emilie Neilson (12 June 1868 – 27 May 1957) was an English actress best known for her numerous performances as Lady Blakeney in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', for her roles in many tragedies and historical romances, and for her portrayal of ...
(1868–1957) *
Olga Nethersole Olga Isabella Nethersole, CBE, RRC (18 January 1866 – 9 January 1951) was an English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse and health educator. Career Olga Isabella Nethersole was born in London, of Spanish descent on her mother's side ...
(1867–1951) *
Morton Selten Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Biography At birth, Selten was given the name Morton Richard Stubbs and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, a ...
(1860–1939) *
C. Aubrey Smith Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (21 July 1863 – 20 December 1948) was an English Test cricketer who became a stage and film actor, acquiring a niche as the officer-and-gentleman type, as in the first sound version of ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937) ...
(1863–1948) *
Fred Terry Fred Terry (9 November 1863 – 17 April 1933) was an English actor and theatrical manager. After establishing his reputation in London and in the provinces for a decade, he joined the company of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree where he remained for f ...
(1863–1933) *
Henry Vibart Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – 30 August 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era ...
(1863–1943) *
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(1865–1948)


Born in the 1870s

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Marie Ault Marie Ault (2 September 1870 – 9 May 1951) was a British character actress of stage and film. Biography Born as Mary Cragg, in Wigan, Lancashire, (now Greater Manchester. England. Ault was a star in many British films of the silent era but is ...
(1870–1951) *
Constance Collier Constance Collier (born Laura Constance Hardie; 22 January 1878 – 25 April 1955) was an English stage and film actress and acting coach. She wrote hit plays and films with Ivor Novello and she was the first person to be treated with insu ...
(1878–1955) *
Nigel De Brulier Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer; 8 August 1877 – 30 January 1948) was an English stage and film actor who began his career in the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States. Biography De Brulier was born in Frenchay, a ...
(1877–1948) *
Edward Gordon Craig Edward Henry Gordon CraigSome sources give "Henry Edward Gordon Craig". (born Edward Godwin; 16 January 1872 – 29 July 1966), sometimes known as Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; he worked as an actor, director and ...
(1872–1966) *
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(1874–1967) *
Seymour Hicks Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and p ...
(1871–1949) *
Halliwell Hobbes Herbert Halliwell Hobbes (16 November 187720 February 1962) was an English actor. Early years The future actor was the son of William Albert Hobbes (1841-1909), a Warwickshire solicitor, and his wife, Marion Hobbes, née Dennis, (1838-1925). ...
(1877–1962) *
Montagu Love Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor. Early years Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...
(1877–1943) * Maggie Moffat (1873–1943) *
Roy Redgrave George Ellsworthy "Roy" Redgrave (26 April 1873 – 25 May 1922) was an English stage and silent film actor. Redgrave is considered to be the first member of the Redgrave acting dynasty. Early life Born George Edward Redgrave in 122 Kenningt ...
(1873–1922) *
Henry Stephenson Henry Stephenson (born Harry Stephenson Garraway; 16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British actor. He portrayed friendly and wise gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Sir Joseph Banks in ''Mutiny on the Bo ...
(1871–1956) *
Mabel Terry-Lewis Mabel Gwynedd Terry-Lewis (born as Mabel Gwynedd Lewis) ( 28 October 1872 – 28 November 1957) was an English actress and a member of the Terry-Gielgud dynasty of actors of the 19th and 20th centuries. After a successful career in her twe ...
(1872–1957) *
Ernest Thesiger Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE (15 January 1879 – 14 January 1961) was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film ''Bride of Frankenstein'' (1935). Biography E ...
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Henry Travers Travers John Heagerty (5 March 1874 – 18 October 1965), known professionally as Henry Travers, was an English film and stage character actor. His best known role was the guardian angel Clarence Odbody in the 1946 film ''It's a Wonderful Life' ...
(1874–1965) *
H.B. Warner Henry Byron Warner (born Henry Byron Lickfold, 26 October 1876 – 21 December 1958) was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in '' The King of Kings''. In later years, he successfu ...
(1876–1958)


Born in the 1880s

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Lionel Atwill Lionel Alfred William Atwill (1 March 1885 – 22 April 1946) was an English stage and screen actor. He began his acting career at the Garrick Theatre. After coming to the U.S., he subsequently appeared in various Broadway plays and Hollywood f ...
(1885–1946) *
Viva Birkett Viva Birkett (14 February 1887 – 27 June 1934) was a British stage actress active on both sides of the Atlantic over the early decades of the twentieth century. Early life and career Valentine (originally recorded as Valentina) Viola Birkett ...
(1887–1934) *
Paul Cavanagh William Grigs Atkinson (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Cavanagh, was an English film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959. Life and career Cavanagh was born in Felling, ...
(1888–1964) *
Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...
(1889–1977) *
May Clark May Clark (1 June 1885 – 17 March 1971) was an English silent film actress turned cinematographer. She played Alice in the 1903 film ''Alice in Wonderland'', the first film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 1865 children's book ''Alice's Adven ...
(1885–1971) *
Gladys Cooper Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress, theatrical manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television. Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musi ...
(1888–1971) *
Donald Crisp Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ...
(1882–1974) *
Edith Evans Dame Edith Mary Evans, (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was no ...
(1888–1976) *
Lynn Fontanne Lynn Fontanne (; 6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was an English actress. After early success in supporting roles in the West End, she met the American actor Alfred Lunt, whom she married in 1922 and with whom she co-starred in Broadway and We ...
(1887–1983) *
Will Hay William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings. His film '' O ...
(1888–1949) *
Holmes Herbert Holmes Herbert (born Horace Edward Jenner; 30 July 1882 – 26 December 1956) was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952, often as a British gentleman. Early life Born Horace Edward Jenner, (some sou ...
(1882–1956) *
Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff (), was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film ''Frankenstein'' (1931) (his 82nd film) established h ...
(1887–1969) *
Ralph Lynn Ralph Clifford Lynn (8 March 1882 – 8 August 1962) was an English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film. Lynn became an actor at the age of 18 ...
(1882–1962) *
Miles Malleson William Miles Malleson (25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles i ...
(1888–1969) *
Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Mile ...
(1888–1946) *
Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made se ...
(1886–1959) (naturalised American citizen) *
Beryl Mercer Beryl Mercer (August 13, 1882 – July 28, 1939) was a Spanish-born American actress of stage and screen who was based in the United States. Early years Beryl Mercer was born to British parents in Seville on 13 August 1882. Her father wa ...
(1882–1939) *
Dorothy Minto Dorothy Minto ('' née'' Scott) ( – 6 December 1957) was a prominent actress on the London stage between 1905 and the mid-1930s, notably appearing in the first runs of several plays written by George Bernard Shaw. She also featured in a s ...
(1886–1957) * Una O'Connor (1880–1959) (naturalised American citizen) *
Reginald Owen John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was a British actor. He was known for his many roles in British and American films and television programs. Career The son of Joseph and Frances Owen, Reginald Owen studied at Sir Herbert ...
(1887–1972) *
Nancy Price Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and ...
(1880–1970) *
Claude Rains William Claude Rains (10 November 188930 May 1967) was a British actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in ''The Invisible Man'' (1933), he appeared in such highly regarded films as '' ...
(1889–1967) *
Elisabeth Risdon Elisabeth Risdon (born Daisy Cartwright Risdon; 26 April 1887 – 20 December 1958) was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1913 and 1952. A beauty in her youth, she usually played in society parts. In later ...
(1887–1958) *
Margaret Scudamore Margaret Scudamore (13 November 1881 – 5 October 1958) was an English theatre and film actress who began in '' ingenue'' roles before achieving a prolonged career in stage and screen support roles. She and her first husband, Roy Redgrave ...
(1884–1958) * Gladys Sylvani (1884–1953) *
Godfrey Tearle Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle (12 October 1884 – 9 June 1953) was a British actor who portrayed the quintessential British gentleman on stage and in both British and US films. Biography Born in New York City and brought up in Britain, he was t ...
(1884–1953) *
Margaret Wycherly Margaret De Wolfe Wycherly (born Margaret De Wolfe, 26 October 1881 – 6 June 1956) was an English stage and film actress. She spent many years in the United States and is best remembered for her Broadway roles and Hollywood character parts. On ...
(1881–1949) *
George Zucco George Zucco (11 January 1886 – 27 May 1960) was a British character actor who appeared in plays and 96 films, mostly American-made, during a career spanning over two decades, from the 1920s to 1951. In his films, he often played a suave ...
(1886–1960)


Born in the 1890s

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Leslie Banks Leslie James Banks CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) was an English stage and screen actor, director and producer, now best remembered for playing gruff, menacing characters in black-and-white films of the 1930s and 1940s, but also the Choru ...
(1890–1952) *
Harold Bennett Harold Frank Bennett (17 November 1898 – 11 September 1981) was an English actor, active in stage, television and film best remembered for being in sitcoms written and produced by David Croft, having played 'Young Mr. Grace' in the 1970s Bri ...
(1899–1981) *
Nigel Bruce William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series ''The New Adventures of Sherlock H ...
(1895–1953) *
Violet Carson Violet Helen Carson, OBE (1 September 1898 – 26 December 1983) was a British actress of radio, stage and television, and a singer and pianist, who had a long and celebrated career as an actress and performer during the early days of BBC Rad ...
(1898-1983) *
Ivy Close Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929.
(1890–1968) *
Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...
(1891–1958) *
Harry Cording Hector William "Harry" Cording (26 April 1891 – 1 September 1954) was an English-American actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles in the films '' The Black Cat'' (1934) and ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938). Life and career ...
(1891–1954) *
Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and ...
(1899–1973) *
Henry Daniell Charles Henry Pywell Daniell (5 March 1894 – 31 October 1963) was an English actor who had a long career in the United States on stage and in cinema. He came to prominence for his portrayal of villainous roles in films such as '' Camille'' (1 ...
(1894–1963) * Reginald Denny (1891–1967) *
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies, (25 January 1891 – 27 January 1992) was a British actress and centenarian. Early life She was born in London of a Welsh family; the name "Ffrangcon" is said to originate from a valley in Snowdonia. Her pare ...
(1891–1992) *
Hermione Gingold Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold (; 9 December 189724 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric character. Her signature drawling, deep voice was a result of nodules on her vocal cords she developed in the 1920s and e ...
(1897–1987) *
Cedric Hardwicke Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (19 February 1893 – 6 August 1964) was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly 50 years. His theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw, and ...
(1893–1964) *
Kathleen Harrison Kathleen Harrison (23 February 1892 – 7 December 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working ...
(1892–1995) *
Leslie Howard Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer.Obituary ''Variety'', 9 June 1943. He wrote many stories and articles for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', and '' Vanity Fair'' and was one ...
(1893–1943) *
Mervyn Johns Mervyn Johns (born David Mervyn John; 18 February 18996 September 1992) was a Welsh stage, film and television character actor who became a star of British films during the Second World War. Johns was known for his "mostly mild-mannered, lugubrio ...
(1899–1992) *
Lillian Kemble-Cooper Lillian Kemble-Cooper (March 21, 1892 – May 4, 1977) was an English-American actress who had a successful career on Broadway and in Hollywood film. Biography Early life Lillian Kemble-Cooper was a member of the Kemble family, a family of ...
(1892–1977) * Jack Lambert (1899–1976) *
Charles Laughton Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British actor. He was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future w ...
(1899–1962) *
Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was one half of the comedy double act, duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Ha ...
(1890–1965) *
John Laurie John Paton Laurie (25 March 1897 – 23 June 1980) was a Scottish actor. In the course of his career, Laurie performed on the stage and in films as well as television. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in the sitcom ''Dad's Army'' (196 ...
(1897–1980) *
Flora Le Breton Flora Le Breton (1899 – 11 July 1951 in Brooklyn, New York City) was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was a dainty blonde with dark blue eyes. In the UK she was called both ''the British Mary Pickford'' an ...
(1899–1951) *
Beatrice Lillie Beatrice Gladys Lillie, Lady Peel (29 May 1894 – 20 January 1989), known as Bea Lillie, was a Canadian-born British actress, singer and comedic performer. She began to perform as a child with her mother and sister. She made her West End debu ...
(1894–1989) (born in
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Herbert Marshall Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the Uni ...
(1890–1966) *
Alan Mowbray Alan Mowbray (born Alfred Ernest Allen; 18 August 1896 – 25 March 1969) was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood. Early life Mowbray was born in London, England. He served with distinction in the British Army in W ...
(1896–1969) *
Dennis Neilson-Terry Dennis Neilson-Terry (21 October 1895 – 14 July 1932) was a British actor, theatre manager and producer, who starred in a number of films between 1917 and 1932. He was the son of the actor Fred Terry and his wife, the actress Julia Neilson ...
(1895–1932) *
Phyllis Neilson-Terry Phyllis Neilson-Terry (15 October 1892 – 25 September 1977) was an English actress. She was a member of the third generation of the theatrical dynasty the Terry family. After early successes in the classics, including several leading William ...
(1892–1977) *
Cecil Parker Cecil Parker (born Cecil Schwabe, 3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English actor with a distinctively husky voice, who usually played supporting roles, often characters with a supercilious demeanour, in his 91 films made between ...
(1897–1971) *
Basil Rathbone Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume ...
(1892–1967) *
Kynaston Reeves Philip Arthur Reeves (29 May 18935 December 1971), known professionally as Kynaston Reeves, was an English character actor who appeared in numerous films and many television plays and series. Early life Reeves was born in London on 29 May 189 ...
(1893–1971) *
Margaret Rutherford Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English actress of stage, television and film. She came to national attention following World War II in the film adaptations of Noël Coward's '' Blithe Spirit'', and Osca ...
(1892–1972) *
Olive Sloane Olive Sloane (16 December 1896 – 28 June 1963) was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death. Sloane's career trajectory was unusual in that for most of her professional life she was e ...
(1896–1963) *
Barbara Tennant Barbara Tennant (19 May 1892 – 18 March 1982) was an English actress. She appeared in over a hundred silent films between 1912 and 1928. Early life Barbara Tennant was born in London, and began performing there. She moved to North America a ...
(1892–1982) *
Arthur Treacher Arthur Veary Treacher (, 23 July 1894 – 14 December 1975) was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English types, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P.G. Wodehouse valet c ...
(1894–1975) (naturalised American citizen) *
Norma Varden Norma Varden Shackleton (20 January 1898 – 19 January 1989), known professionally as Norma Varden, was an English-American actress with a long film career. Life and career Early life Born in London, the daughter of a retired sea captain ...
(1898–1989)


Born in the 1900s

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Marguerite Allan Helen Marguerite Allan (30 August 1905 – 29 January 1994) was a Russian-born British actress, who appeared in film roles between 1928 and 1942 Allan was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia before moving to the United Kingdom, where she married Ken ...
(1905–1994) (born in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia) *
Peggy Ashcroft Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was deter ...
(1907–1991) *
Arthur Askey Arthur Bowden Askey, (6 June 1900 – 16 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor. Askey was known for his short stature (5' 2", 1.58 m) and distinctive horn-rimmed glasses, and his playful humour incorporating improvisation ...
(1900–1982) *
Hermione Baddeley Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as "brassy" or "blowsy".Folkart, Burt, "Noted ...
(1906–1986) *
Patrick Barr Patrick David Barr (13 February 1908 – 29 August 1985) was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series. Biography Born in Akola, British India in 1908, Barr was educate ...
(1908–1985) (born in
Akola Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. Akola ...
, India) *
Ballard Berkeley Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for playing Major Gowen in the British television sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''. Life an ...
(1904–1988) *
Leslie Bradley Leslie Ernest Bradley (1 September 1907 – 20 July 1974) was an English actor. He died in Desert Hot Springs, California. Filmography * '' The Way of Youth'' (1934) as Lieut. Burton (film debut) * ''Play Up the Band'' (1935) as Jack Heck ...
(1907–1974) *
Arthur Brough Arthur Brough (born Frederick Arthur Baker; 26 February 1905 – 28 May 1978) was a British actor and theatre founder, producer and director best known for portraying the character of bumbling senior menswear salesman Ernest Grainger on the BBC ...
(1905–1978) *
Jane Carr Ellen Jane Carr (born 13 August 1950) is an English actress. She is well known for her first film role as Mary McGregor in drama '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969) and the voice role of " Pud'n" on the animated ''The Grim Adventures of ...
(1909–1957) *
Tom Conway Tom Conway (born Thomas Charles Sanders, 15 September 1904 – 22 April 1967) was a British film, television, and radio actor remembered for playing private detectives (including The Falcon, Sherlock Holmes, Bulldog Drummond, and The Saint) ...
(1904–1967) (born in
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia) *
Brenda Dean Paul Brenda Irene Isabelle Frances Theresa Dean Paul (8 May 1907 – 26 July 1959), generally known by her stage name Brenda Dean Paul, was a British silent film actress, socialite, and " Bright Young Thing" in the 1920s. Her use of illegal drugs la ...
(1907–1959) *
Robert Donat Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) and ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for ...
(1905–1958) *
Leslie Dwyer Leslie Gilbert Dwyer (28 August 1906 – 26 December 1986) was an English film and television actor. Career He was born in Catford, the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his firs ...
(1906–1986) *
Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia ...
(1909–1959) (born in
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and later naturalised American citizen) *
Valentine Dyall Valentine Dyall (7 May 1908 – 24 June 1985) was an English character actor. He worked regularly as a voice actor, and was known for many years as "The Man in Black", the narrator of the BBC Radio horror series '' Appointment with Fear'' ...
(1908–1985) *
Leslie French Leslie Richard French (23 April 1904 – 21 January 1999) was a British actor of stage and screen. French was primarily a theatre actor, as well as a director, singer and dancer, with a varied career that included the classics, music ...
(1904–1999) *
Greer Garson Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was an English-American actress and singer. She was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the hom ...
(1904–1996) (naturalised American citizen) *
Leo Genn Leopold John Genn (9 August 190526 January 1978) was an English actor and barrister. Distinguished by his relaxed charm and smooth, "black velvet" voice, he had a lengthy career in theatre, film, television, and radio; often playing aristocr ...
(1905–1978) *
John Gielgud Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the Briti ...
(1904–2000) *
Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...
(1904–1986) (naturalised American citizen) *
Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play ''French Without Tears'', in what ...
(1908–1990) *
William Hartnell William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the First Doctor, first incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' from 1963 to 1966. In film, ...
(1908–1975) *
Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 5 ...
(1903–2003) (naturalised American citizen) *
Benita Hume Benita Hume (14 October 1907 – 1 November 1967) was an English theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1925 and 1955. Life and career She was married to film actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958 ...
(1906–1967) *
Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White (12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was a British character actor of stage, film and television. He achieved international recognition for his role as Colonel Pickering in the film version of the musical ''My Fair Lady'' (1964). Ea ...
(1903–1991) *
Freda Jackson Freda Maud Jackson (29 December 1907 – 20 October 1990) was an English stage actress who also worked in film and television. Early life and career Jackson was born in Nottingham in 1907. She made her stage debut on 1 January 1934 at the ...
(1907–1990) *
Celia Johnson Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson, (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress, whose career included stage, television and film. She is especially known for her roles in the films ''In Which We Serve'' (1942), ''This Happy Bree ...
(1908–1982) * Griffith Jones (1909–2007) *
Moultrie Kelsall Moultrie Rowe Kelsall (24 October 1904 – 13 February 1980)Biographical info
Esmond Knight Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half-blind. He had been badly wounded in 1941 while on active ...
(1906–1987) *
Bernard Lee John Bernard Lee (10 January 190816 January 1981) was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from t ...
(1908–1981) *
Queenie Leonard Queenie Leonard (born Pearl Walker; 18 February 1905 – 17 January 2002) was a British actress. She was the last surviving cast member of ''And Then There Were None'' (1945) until her death in 2002. Biography She was born as Pearl Walk ...
(1905–2002) *
Roger Livesey Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 – 4 February 1976) was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'', ''I Know Where I'm Going!' ...
(1906–1976) *
Charles Lloyd-Pack Charles Lloyd-Pack (10 October 1902 – 22 December 1983) was a British film, television and stage actor. Life and career Lloyd-Pack was born at Wapping, East London, to working-class parents. He was seen in several horror films produced by th ...
(1902–1983) *
James Mason James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...
(1909–1984) *
Guy Middleton Guy Middleton Powell (14 December 1906 – 30 July 1973), better known as Guy Middleton, was an English character actor, film character actor. Biography Guy Middleton was born in Hove, Sussex, and originally worked in the London Stock Exch ...
(1907–1973) *
Anna Neagle Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox (''née'' Robertson; 20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer, and dancer. She was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema ...
(1904–1986) *
Robert Newton Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for hi ...
(1905–1956) * Anthony Nicholls (1902–1977) *
Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born film actress. Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number o ...
(1901–1987) (born in
Dieppe Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newha ...
, France) *
Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
(1907–1989) * J. Pat O'Malley (1904–1985) *
Michael Redgrave Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Mourning Becomes Elect ...
(1908–1985) *
Trevor Reid Trevor Reid (25 January 190816 April 1965) was an English actor. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He acted in 47 films from 1938 to 1965. He died at age 57 in London. Selected filmography * ''Dangerous Cargo'' (1954) - Watson * ''M ...
(1908–1965) *
Michael Rennie Michael Rennie (born Eric Alexander Rennie; 25 August 1909 – 10 June 1971) was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the s ...
(1909–1971) (naturalised American citizen) *
Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor who, with John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, was one of the trinity of male actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. He wo ...
(1902–1983) * John Robinson (1908–1979) *
Flora Robson Dame Flora McKenzie Robson (28 March 19027 July 1984) was an English actress and star of the theatrical stage and cinema, particularly renowned for her performances in plays demanding dramatic and emotional intensity. Her range extended from q ...
(1902–1984) *
George Sanders George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous chara ...
(1906–1972) (born in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia) * Sebastian Shaw (1905–1994) *
Francis L. Sullivan Francis Loftus Sullivan (6 January 1903 – 19 November 1956) was an English film and stage actor. Early life Francis Loftus Sullivan attended Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Lancashire, England, whose alumni include Charles Laughton ...
(1903–1956) *
Nora Swinburne Leonora Mary Johnson (24 July 1902 – 1 May 2000), known professionally as Nora Swinburne, was an English people, English actress who appeared in many Cinema of the United Kingdom, British films. Early years Swinburne was born in Bath, Somer ...
(1902–2000) *
Jessica Tandy Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was a British-American actress. Tandy appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAFTA, a Golden Glob ...
(1909–1994) (naturalised American citizen) *
Ralph Truman Ralph du Vergier Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was an English actor, usually cast as either a villain or an authority figure. He possessed a distinguished speaking voice. He was born in London, England. Truman originally studied at t ...
(1900–1977) *
Ronald Ward Ronald Ward (5 April 1901 – 31 March 1978) was a British actor who, alongside his stage work, appeared in more than twenty British films between 1931 and 1956. He was born in Eastbourne in 1901 as Ronald William Ward, and made his screen ...
(1901–1978) *
Naunton Wayne Naunton Wayne (born Henry Wayne Davies, 22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a Welsh character actor, born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Clifton College. His name was changed by deed poll in 1933. Stage actor His fir ...
(1901–1970) * Alan Webb (1906–1982) *
Diana Wynyard Diana Wynyard, CBE (born Dorothy Isobel Cox; 16 January 1906 – 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lewisham, South London, Wynyard began her career on the stage. After performing in Liverpool and Lond ...
(1906–1964)


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Alfie Bass Alfie Bass (born Abraham Basalinsky, 10 April 1916 – 16 July 1987) was an English actor. He was born in Bethnal Green, London, the youngest in a Jewish family with ten children; his parents had left Russia many years before he was born. He a ...
(1916–1987) * Martin Benson (1918–2010) * Pamela Brown (1917–1975) *
Eric Christmas Eric Cuthbert Christmas (19 March 1916 – 22 July 2000) was a British actor, with over 40 films and numerous television roles to his credit. He is probably best known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in th ...
(1916–2000) *
Bryan Coleman Bryan Coleman (29 January 1911 – 4 July 2005) was a British film actor and television actor. In 1954 he appeared in William Douglas Home's comedy '' The Manor of Northstead'' in the West End. Selected filmography * ''Conquest of the Air'' ...
(1911–2005) *
Peter Copley Peter Copley (20 May 1915 – 7 October 2008) was an English television, film and stage actor. Biography Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain. After changing his mind about joining ...
(1915–2008) *
Cyril Cusack Cyril James Cusack (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland’s finest thespians, and was renowned for his int ...
(1910–1993) *
Peter Cushing Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage, and radio roles. He achieved recognition ...
(1913–1994) *
Anthony Dawson Anthony Douglas Gillon Dawson (18 October 1916 – 8 January 1992) was a Scottish actor, best known for his supporting roles as villains in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's ''Dial M for Murder'' (1954) and '' Midnight Lace'' (1960), and playi ...
(1916–1992) *
Arthur English Arthur Leslie Norman English (9 May 1919 – 16 April 1995) was an English television, film and stage actor and comedian from the music hall tradition. Early life English was born at 22 Lysons Road in Aldershot,'Arthur English, ''Aldershot H ...
(1919–1995) *
Peter Finch Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia as a teenager and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville ...
(1916–1977) *
Joan Fontaine Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Fontaine appeared ...
(1917–2013) (naturalised American citizen; born in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
, Japan) *
Michael Goodliffe Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe (1 October 1914 – 20 March 1976) was an English actor known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working-class parts. Biography Goodliffe was ...
(1914–1976) * Harold Goodwin (1917–2004) *
Marius Goring Marius Re Goring, (23 May 191230 September 1998) was a British stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for the four films he made with Powell & Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in '' A Matter of Life and Death'' and as Julian Cr ...
(1912–1998) *
Michael Gough Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthu ...
(1916–2011) (born in
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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
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Dulcie Gray Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison, (''née'' Bailey; 20 November 1915 – 15 November 2011), known professionally as Dulcie Gray, was a British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist. While at drama school in the late 1930s she met ...
(1915–2011) *
John Gregson Harold Thomas Gregson (15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975), known professionally as John Gregson, was an English actor of stage, television and film, with 40 credited film roles. He was best known for his crime drama and comedy roles. He was cr ...
(1919–1975) *
Joyce Grenfell Joyce Irene Grenfell OBE (''née'' Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo s ...
(1910–1979) * Lucy Griffiths (1919–1982) *
Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing comedies, including ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (194 ...
(1914–2000) *
Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British-American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. ...
(1916–2020) (naturalised American citizen; born in Tokyo, Japan) *
Jack Hawkins John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 – 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was known for his portrayal of mili ...
(1910–1973) *
Wendy Hiller Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation ''Rating the Movie Stars'', desc ...
(1912–2003) *
Michael Hordern Sir Michael Murray Hordern CBE (3 October 19112 May 1995)Morley, Sheridan"Hordern, Michael Murray (1911–1995)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, May 2009, accessed 22 July 2015 was ...
(1911–1995) *
Trevor Howard Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage, film, and television actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved star status with his role in the film ''Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by ''T ...
(1913–1988) *
Richard Hurndall Richard Gibbon Hurndall (3 November 1910 – 13 April 1984) was an English actor. He is best remembered for replacing William Hartnell in the role of the First Doctor for '' Doctor Who's'' 20th anniversary special ''The Five Doctors''. Career ...
(1910–1984) *
Sid James Sidney James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a British actor and comedian whose career encompassed radio, television, stage and screen. He was best known for numerous roles in the Carry On film series. Born to a mid ...
(1913–1976) *
Margo Johns Margo Johns (4 September 1919 – 29 September 2009) was a British actress and the first wife of actor William Franklyn, and mother of actress Sabina Franklyn. Her film credits include ''Murder at the Windmill'' (1949), ''Konga'' (1961) and ''T ...
(1919–2009) *
Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many films. He is well known for playing British Defence Minister Sir Frederick Gray in the ''James Bond'' films. Biography Early li ...
(1916–2005) *
Rachel Kempson Rachel, Lady Redgrave (28 May 1910 – 24 May 2003), known primarily by her birth name Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty. Career Kempson trained at RADA ...
(1910–2003) *
Sam Kydd Samuel John Kydd (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British-Irish actor. His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in '' Crane'' and its sequel ''Orlando''. He als ...
(1915–1982) *
Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( ; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her definitive performances as Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gon ...
(1913–1967) (born in
Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...
, India) *
Desmond Llewelyn Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn (; 12 September 1914GRO Register of Births: DEC 1914 11a 490 NEWPORT M. – Desmond W. Llewelyn, mmn = Wilkinson – 19 December 1999GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 2000 A70E 247 EASTBOURNE – Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn, D ...
(1914–1999) *
Margaret Lockwood Margaret Mary Day Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990), was an English actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938), ''Night Train to Munich' ...
(1916–1990) *
Arthur Lowe Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor. His acting career spanned 36 years, including starring roles in numerous theatre and television productions. He played Captain Mainwaring in the British sitcom ''Dad' ...
(1915–1982) *
Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More, Order of the British Empire#Current classes, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many ...
(1914–1982) *
David Niven James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Major Pollock in ''Separate Tables'' (1958). Niven's other roles ...
(1910–1983) *
Merle Oberon Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). After her success in ''The Scarle ...
(1911–1979) (born in
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
, India) *
Nigel Patrick Nigel Patrick (born Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman; 2 May 1912 – 21 September 1981) was an English actor and stage director born into a theatrical family. During the late 1940s and 1950s, he became known as a debonair leading man in Brit ...
(1912–1981) *
Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996) was an English actor, comedian, entertainer, cabaret performer and TV presenter. Born into a theatrical family, he served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during ...
(1919–1996) *
Donald Pleasence Donald Henry Pleasence (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before transitioning into a screen career, where he played numerous supporting and character roles including RAF ...
(1919–1995) *
Dennis Price Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) was an English actor, best remembered for his role as Louis Mazzini in the film ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (1949) and for his portrayal of the omnicompetent valet Jeeves ...
(1915–1973) *
Anthony Quayle Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor and theatre director. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969). ...
(1913–1989) *
Luise Rainer Luise Rainer ( , ; 12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German-American-British film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her ...
(1910–2014) (born in Düsseldorf, Germany) *
Joyce Redman Joyce Olivia Redman (7 December 1915Jonathan Croall, "Redman, Joyce Olivia (1915–2012)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 201available online Retrieved 1 April 2020. – 9 May 2012) was an Anglo-Irish a ...
(1918–2012) *
Michael Ripper Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor. He began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he was seldom credited. Along with Michael Gough ...
(1913–2000) * Paul Rogers (1917–2013) * June Spencer (born 1919) *
Sydney Tafler Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s. Personal life Tafler was bor ...
(1916–1979) *
Richard Todd Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 19193 December 2009) was an Irish-British actor known for his leading man roles of the 1950s. He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, and an Academy Award for Best Actor n ...
(1919–2009) *
Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members of th ...
(1911–1990) *
David Tomlinson David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English stage, film, and television actor and comedian. Having been described as both a leading man and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles as authori ...
(1917–2000) *
Richard Wattis Richard Wattis (25 February 1912 – 1 February 1975) was an English actor, co-starring in many popular British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Richard Cameron Wattis was born on 25 February 1912 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, the ...
(1912–1975) *
Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless onscreen character often called Norman ...
(1915–2010) *
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(1917–2011)


Born in the 1920s

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Joss Ackland Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (born 29 February 1928) is an English retired actor who has appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Del ...
(born 1928) * Robert Arden (1922–2004) (naturalised American citizen) * Richard Attenborough (1923–2014) * Jill Balcon (1925–2009) * Ronnie Barker (1929–2005) * Geoffrey Bayldon (1924–2017) * Thane Bettany (1929–2015) (born in Sarawak) * Honor Blackman (1925–2020) * Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999) * Lyndon Brook (1926–2004) * Robert Brown (British actor), Robert Brown (1921–2003) * Tony Britton (1924–2019) * Dora Bryan (1923–2014) * Peter Burton (1921–1989) * Richard Burton (1925–1984) * Tom Chatto (1920–1982) * George Cole (actor), George Cole (1925–2015) * Bonar Colleano (1924–1958) * Bernard Cribbins (1928–2022) * Peggy Cummins (1925–2017) * Paul Danquah (1925–2015) * Nigel Davenport (1928–2013) * Jeffery Dench (1928–2014) * Edna Doré (1921–2014) * Roy Dotrice (1923–2017) * Mark Eden (1928–2021) * Fenella Fielding (1927–2018) * Frank Finlay (1926–2016) * Gerald Flood (1927–1989) * Bernard Fox (actor), Bernard Fox (1927–2016) * William Franklyn (1925–2006) * Charles Gray (actor), Charles Gray (1928–2000) * Nigel Green (1924–1972) (born in Pretoria, South Africa) * Joan Greenwood (1921–1987) * Robert Hardy (1925–2017) * Rosemary Harris (born 1927) (naturalised American citizen) * Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001) * Jack Hedley (1929–2021) * Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) (born in Ixelles, Belgium) * Barbara Hicks (1924–2013) * Jacqueline Hill (1929–1993) * Donald Houston (1923–1991) * Glyn Houston (1925–2019) * Colin Jeavons (born 1929) * Lionel Jeffries (1926–2010) * Margaret John (1926–2011) * Glynis Johns (born 1923) (Born in South Africa) * Miriam Karlin (1925–2011) * Maurice Kaufmann (1927–1997) * Deborah Kerr (1921–2007) * Danny La Rue (1927–2009) * Cleo Laine (born 1927) * Harry Landis (1926–2022) * Angela Lansbury (1925–2022) (naturalised American citizen) * Peter Lawford (1923–1984) * Christopher Lee (1922–2015) * Ronald Leigh-Hunt (1920–2005) * Margaret Leighton (1922–1976) * David Lodge (actor), David Lodge (1921–2003) * Joan Lorring (1926–2014) * Victor Maddern (1928–1993) * Ron Moody (1924–2015) * Roger Moore (1927–2017) * John Neville (actor), John Neville (1925–2011) * Geoffrey Palmer (actor), Geoffrey Palmer (1927–2020) * Conrad Phillips (1925–2016) * Leslie Phillips (1924–2022) * Joan Plowright (born 1929) * Eric Porter (1928–1995) * Robert Rietti (1923–2015) * Brian Rix (1924–2016) * Rachel Roberts (actress), Rachel Roberts (1927–1980) (dual British and American citizenship) * George Rose (actor), George Rose (1920–1988) * Norman Rossington (1928–1999) * Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984) * Patricia Routledge (born 1929) * William Russell (English actor), William Russell (born 1924) * Peter Sallis (1921–2017) * Paul Scofield (1922–2008) * Peter Sellers (1925–1980) * Susan Shaw (1929–1978) * Dinah Sheridan (1920–2012) * Sheila Sim (1922–2016) * Jean Simmons (1929–2010) * Donald Sinden (1923–2014) * Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008) * Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel (1920–2001) * Mollie Sugden (1922–2009) * Eric Sykes (1923–2012) * Frank Thornton (1921–2013) * Bill Travers (1922–1994) * Patrick Troughton (1920–1987) * Peter Ustinov (1921–2004) * Jack Watling (1923–2001) * Moray Watson (1928–2017) * June Whitfield (1925–2018) * Kenneth Williams (1926–1988) * Peter Wyngarde (1927–2018) (born in Marseille, France)


Born in the 1930s


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* Anthony Ainley (1932–2004) * Julie Andrews (born 1935) * Eileen Atkins (born 1934) * Kenny Baker (English actor), Kenny Baker (1934–2016) * Tom Baker (born 1934) * Trevor Bannister (1934–2011) * Alan Bates (1934–2003) * David Battley (1935–2003) * Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938) * Brian Bedford (1935–2016) (naturalised American citizen) * Rodney Bewes (1937–2017) * Colin Blakely (1930–1987) * Brian Blessed (born 1936) * Claire Bloom (born 1931) * James Bolam (born 1935) * Bette Bourne (born 1939) * Roy Boyd (born 1938) * Stephen Boyd (1931–1977) * Jeremy Brett (1933–1995) * Roger Brierley (1935–2005) * Richard Briers (1934–2013) * Eleanor Bron (born 1938) * David Burke (British actor), David Burke (born 1934) * Mark Burns (actor), Mark Burns (1936–2007) * Patsy Byrne (1933–2014) * Michael Caine (born 1933) * John Cater (1932–2009) * Tony Church (1930–2008) * John Cleese (born 1939) * Joan Collins (born 1933) * Paul Collins (actor), Paul Collins (born 1937) * Neil Connery (1938–2021) * Sean Connery (1930–2020) * Peter Cook (1937–1995) * Nicolas Coster (born 1933) * Tom Courtenay (born 1937) * Wendy Craig (born 1934) * Anna Cropper (1938–2007) * Annette Crosbie (born 1934) * Frances Cuka (1936–2020) * Roland Curram (born 1932) * Jim Dale (born 1935) * Ann Davies (actress), Ann Davies (1934–2022) * Richard Dawson (1932–2012) (naturalised American citizen) * Judi Dench (born 1934) * Eileen Derbyshire (born 1931) * Diana Dors (1931–1984) * Shirley Eaton (born 1937) * Samantha Eggar (born 1939) * Shirley Anne Field (born 1938) * Albert Finney (1936–2019) * Barry Foster (actor), Barry Foster (1931–2002) * Edward Fox (actor), Edward Fox (born 1937) * James Fox (born 1939) * Jill Gascoine (1937–2020) * Peter Gilmore (1931–2013) (born in Leipzig, Germany) * Julian Glover (born 1935) * Susan Hampshire (born 1937) * Sheila Hancock (born 1933) * Edward Hardwicke (1932–2011) * Noel Harrison (1934–2013) * Malcolm Hebden (born 1939) * Anne Heywood (born 1931) * Ian Holm (1931–2020) * Anthony Hopkins (born 1937) (naturalised American citizen) * Sally Ann Howes (1930–2021) * John Inman (1935–2007) * Jill Ireland (1936–1990) * Glenda Jackson (born 1936) * Derek Jacobi (born 1938) * Michael Jayston (born 1935) * Barbara Jefford (1930–2020) * Barbara Knox (born 1933) * Phyllida Law (born 1932) * Rosemary Leach (1935–2017) * Ann Lynn (1933–2020) * Anna Massey (1937–2011) * David McCallum (born 1933) (naturalised American citizen) * Geraldine McEwan (1932–2015) * Ian McKellen (born 1939) * Ann Mitchell (born 1939) * Dudley Moore (1935–2002) * Patrick Mower (born 1938)


N–Z

* Anthony Newley (1931–1999) * Nanette Newman (born 1934) * Simon Oates (1932–2009) * Peter O'Toole (1932–2013) * Judy Parfitt (born 1935) * Dorothy Paul (born 1937) * Siân Phillips (born 1933) * Christina Pickles (born 1935) * Vivian Pickles (born 1931) * Ingrid Pitt (1937–2010) * Mike Pratt (actor), Mike Pratt (1931–1976) * David Prowse (1935–2020) * Peter Purves (born 1939) * Anna Quayle (1932–2019) * Corin Redgrave (1939–2010) * Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937) * Oliver Reed (1938–1999) * Anne Reid (born 1935) * Ian Richardson (1934–2007) * Diana Rigg (1938–2020) * William Roache (born 1932) * Patsy Rowlands (1931–2005) * David Ryall (1935–2014) * Prunella Scales (born 1932) * Barbara Shelley (1932–2021) * Carole Shelley (1939–2018) * Joan Sims (1930–2001) * Roy Skelton (1931–2011) * Maggie Smith (born 1934) * Nicholas Smith (actor), Nicholas Smith (1934–2015) * Anne Stallybrass (1938–2021) * Terence Stamp (born 1938) * John Stride (1936–2018) * Una Stubbs (1937–2021) * Janet Suzman (born 1939) * Clive Swift (1936–2019) * Sylvia Syms (born 1934) * Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) (dual citizenship; born to American parents living in England) * Josephine Tewson (1931–2022) * Angela Thorne (born 1939) * Ricky Tomlinson (born 1939) * Bridget Turner (1939–2014) * Margaret Tyzack (1931–2011) * Anthony Valentine (1939–2015) * James Villiers (1933–1998) * Shani Wallis (born 1933) (naturalised American citizen) * Jan Waters (born 1937) * Anita West (born 1935) * Timothy West (born 1934) * Paxton Whitehead (born 1937) * Billie Whitelaw (1932–2014) * Michael Williams (actor), Michael Williams (1935–2001) * Richard Wilson (Scottish actor), Richard Wilson (born 1936) * Barbara Windsor (1937–2020) * Edward Woodward (1930–2009) * Gabriel Woolf (born 1932) * Dana Wynter (1931–2011) (born in Berlin, Germany) * Susannah York (1939–2011)


Born in the 1940s


A–M

* Maria Aitken (born 1945) * John Alderton (born 1940) * Anthony Andrews (born 1948) * Francesca Annis (born 1945) * Alun Armstrong (born 1946) * Sean Arnold (1941–2020) * Jane Asher (born 1946) * Colin Baker (born 1943) * Stephanie Beacham (born 1947) * Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979) * Geoffrey Beevers (born 1941) * Mike Berry (singer), Mike Berry (born 1942) * Martine Beswick (born 1941) (born in Port Antonio, Jamaica) * Jane Birkin (born 1946) * Jacqueline Bisset (born 1944) * Cilla Black (1943–2015) * Brenda Blethyn (born 1946) * David Bowie (1947–2016) * Jim Broadbent (born 1949) * Paul Brooke (born 1944) * Jeremy Bulloch (1945–2020) * Peter Burroughs (born 1947) * David Calder (actor), David Calder (born 1946) * Simon Callow (born 1949) * Ken Campbell (1941–2011) * Jim Carter (actor), Jim Carter (born 1948) * Anna Carteret (born 1942) (born in Bangalore, India) * Christopher Cazenove (1943–2010) * Julian Chagrin (born 1940) * John Challis (1942–2021) * Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944) (born in Santa Monica, California, United States) * Graham Chapman (1941–1989) * Ian Charleson (1949–1990) * Julie Christie (born 1940) (born in Chabua, India) * Warren Clarke (1947–2014) * Stephanie Cole (born 1941) * David Collings (1940–2020) * Lewis Collins (1946–2013) * Pauline Collins (born 1940) * Billy Connolly (born 1942) * Tom Conti (born 1941) * Ron Cook (born 1948) * Charlotte Cornwell (1949–2021) * Judy Cornwell (born 1940) * Brian Cox (actor), Brian Cox (born 1946) * Kenneth Cranham (born 1944) * Michael Crawford (born 1942) * Ben Cross (1947–2020) * Tim Curry (born 1946) * Timothy Dalton (born 1946) * Charles Dance (born 1946) * Anthony Daniels (born 1946) * Michele Dotrice (born 1948) * Richard Durden (born 1944) * Marianne Faithfull (born 1946) * Sally Faulkner (born 1944) * Pam Ferris (born 1948) (born in Hanover, West Germany) * Barbara Flynn (born 1948) * Carole Ann Ford (born 1940) * Clive Francis (born 1946) * Jan Francis (born 1947) * Michael Gambon (born 1940) * Dana Gillespie (born 1949) * Sheila Gish (1942–2005) * Derek Griffiths (born 1946) * Richard Griffiths (1947–2013) * Georgina Hale (born 1943) * Nicky Henson (1945–2019) * Bernard Hill (born 1944) * Frazer Hines (born 1944) * Patricia Hodge (born 1946) * Julian Holloway (born 1944) * Bob Hoskins (1942–2014) * Geoffrey Hughes (actor), Geoffrey Hughes (1944–2012) * Nerys Hughes (born 1941) * Gareth Hunt (1942–2007) * John Hurt (1940–2017) * Judy Huxtable (born 1942) * Jonathan Hyde (born 1948) * Eric Idle (born 1943) * Jeremy Irons (born 1948) * Susan Jameson (born 1941) * David Jason (born 1940) * Paul Jesson (born 1946) * Caroline John (1940–2012) * Gemma Jones (born 1942) * Terry Jones (1942–2020) * Penelope Keith (born 1940) * Sam Kelly (1943–2014) * Felicity Kendal (born 1946) * Cheryl Kennedy (born 1947) * Ben Kingsley (born 1943) * Michael Kitchen (born 1948) * Jane Lapotaire (born 1944) * Rula Lenska (born 1947) * Valerie Leon (born 1943) * Maureen Lipman (born 1946) * Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944–2014) * Judy Loe (born 1947) * Joanna Lumley (born 1946) (born in Srinagar, India) * Katy Manning (born 1946) * Judy Matheson (born 1945) * Sylvester McCoy (born 1943) * Malcolm McDowell (born 1943) (naturalised American citizen) * Sarah Miles (born 1941) * Brian Miller (actor), Brian Miller (born 1941) * Hayley Mills (born 1946) * Juliet Mills (born 1941) (naturalised American citizen) * Helen Mirren (born 1945) * Angela Morant (born 1941) * Caroline Munro (born 1949)


N–Z

* Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022) * Bill Nighy (born 1949) * Maureen O'Brien (born 1943) * Ian Ogilvy (born 1943) * Elaine Paige (born 1948) * Michael Palin (born 1943) * Bill Paterson (actor), Bill Paterson (born 1945) * Jacqueline Pearce (1943–2018) * Susan Penhaligon (born 1949) * Joanna Pettet (born 1942) * Ronald Pickup (1940–2021) * Tim Pigott-Smith (1946–2017) * Angela Pleasence (born 1941) * Adrienne Posta (born 1949) * Pete Postlethwaite (1946–2011) * Robert Powell (born 1944) * Jonathan Pryce (born 1947) * Diana Quick (born 1946) * Charlotte Rampling (born 1946) * Lynn Redgrave (1943–2010) * Angharad Rees (1944–2012) * Roger Rees (1944–2015) (naturalised American citizen) * John Rhys-Davies (born 1944) * Wendy Richard (1943–2009) * Alan Rickman (1946–2016) * Roshan Seth (born 1942) * Elisabeth Sladen (1946–2011) * David Soul (born 1943) (naturalised British citizen) * Ringo Starr (born 1940) * Alison Steadman (born 1946) * Patrick Stewart (born 1940) * David Suchet (born 1946) * Nigel Terry (1945–2015) * Frances de la Tour (born 1944) * Rita Tushingham (born 1942) * Twiggy (born 1949) * Nick Ullett (born 1941) (naturalised American citizen) * Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949) (born in New York City; naturalised American citizen) * David Warbeck (1941–1997) * David Warner (actor), David Warner (1941–2022) * Dennis Waterman (1948–2022) * Deborah Watling (1948–2017) * Dilys Watling (1943–2021) * Sheila White (actress), Sheila White (1948–2018) * Tom Wilkinson (born 1948) * Anneke Wills (born 1941) * Hamish Wilson (1942–2020) * Penelope Wilton (born 1946) * Tessa Wyatt (born 1948) * Michael York (born 1942)


Born in the 1950s


A–M

* Jenny Agutter (born 1952) * Roger Allam (born 1953) * Keith Allen (actor), Keith Allen (born 1953) * Kevin Allen (director), Kevin Allen (born 1959) * Debbie Arnold (born 1955) * Rowan Atkinson (born 1955) * Imogen Bain (1959–2014) * Paul Barber (actor), Paul Barber (born 1951) * Michael Barrymore (born 1952) * Robert Bathurst (born 1957) * Sean Bean (born 1959) * Tim Bentinck (born 1953) * Philip Bretherton (born 1955) * Moira Brooker (born 1957) * Pierce Brosnan (born 1953) (born in Drogheda, County Louth Ireland) (naturalised American citizen) * Ralph Brown (born 1957) * Suzanne Burden (born 1958) * Kate Burton (actress), Kate Burton (born 1957) (born in Geneva, Switzerland; has British and American citizenship) * Peter Capaldi (born 1958) * Jane Carr (born 1950) * Kim Cattrall (born 1956) (English-Canadian, Anglo-Canadian-American) * Maxwell Caulfield (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen) * Simon Chandler (born 1953) * Daniel Chatto (born 1957) * Julie Dawn Cole (born 1957) * Robbie Coltrane (1950–2022) * Gerry Cowper (born 1958) * Peter Davison (born 1951) * Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957) * Reece Dinsdale (born 1959) * Karen Dotrice (born 1955) * Sarah Douglas (actress), Sarah Douglas (born 1952) * Lesley-Anne Down (born 1954) (naturalised American citizen) * Lindsay Duncan (born 1950) * Sheena Easton (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen) * Kevin Eldon (born 1959) * Trevor Eve (born 1951) * Rupert Everett (born 1959) * Peter Firth (born 1953) * Marsha Fitzalan (born 1953) (born in Bonn, West Germany) * Frances Fisher (born 1952) (naturalised American citizen) * Pamela Franklin (born 1950) (born in Yokohama, Japan) * Sabina Franklyn (born 1954) * Lynne Frederick (1954–1994) * Dawn French (born 1957) * Stephen Fry (born 1957) * Fiona Fullerton (born 1956) (born in Nigeria) * Susan George (actress), Susan George (born 1950) * Caroline Goodall (born 1959) * Candace Glendenning (born 1953) * Richard E. Grant (born 1957) (born in Mbabane, Swaziland) * Cathryn Harrison (1959–2018) * Nigel Havers (born 1951) * Anthony Head (born 1954) * Lenny Henry (born 1958) * Sherrie Hewson (born 1950) * Ciarán Hinds (born 1953) * Jane How (born 1950) * Finola Hughes (born 1959) * Olivia Hussey (born 1951) * Alex Hyde-White (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen) * Celia Imrie (born 1952) * Geraldine James (born 1950) * Louise Jameson (born 1951) * David Janson (born 1950) * Gerard Kelly (1959–2010) * Gary Kemp (born 1959) * Alice Krige (born 1954) (born in Upington, South Africa) * Hugh Laurie (born 1959) * Josie Lawrence (born 1959) * Helen Lederer (born 1954) * Sylvestra Le Touzel (born 1958) * Delroy Lindo (born 1952) (British-American) * Robert Llewellyn (born 1956) * Phyllis Logan (born 1956) * Cherie Lunghi (born 1952) * Rik Mayall (1958–2014) * Joe McGann (born 1958) * Paul McGann (born 1959) * Alfred Molina (born 1953) (naturalised American citizen) * Fiona Mollison (born 1954) * Peter Mullan (born 1959)


N–Z

* Liam Neeson (born 1952) (naturalised American citizen) * Vincenzo Nicoli (born 1958) * Gary Oldman (born 1958) * Helen Pearson (born 1959) * Julie Peasgood (born 1956) * Pauline Quirke (born 1959) * Adrian Rawlins (born 1958) * Amanda Redman (born 1957) * Miranda Richardson (born 1958) * Laurance Rudic (born 1952) * Patrick Ryecart (born 1952) * Jennifer Saunders (born 1958) * David Schofield (actor), David Schofield (born 1951) * Jenny Seagrove (born 1957) (born in Federation of Malaya, Malaya) * Nabil Shaban (born 1953) (born in Amman, Jordan) * Jane Seymour (actress), Jane Seymour (born 1951) (naturalised American citizen) * Ruth Sheen (born 1952) * Jeremy Sinden (1950–1996) * Marc Sinden (born 1954) * Marina Sirtis (born 1955) (naturalised American citizen) * Tony Slattery (born 1959) * Timothy Spall (born 1957) * Imelda Staunton (born 1956) * Juliet Stevenson (born 1956) * Mark Strickson (born 1959) * Trudie Styler (born 1954) * Mary Tamm (1950–2012) * Emma Thompson (born 1959) * Harriet Thorpe (born 1957) * Tracey Ullman (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen) * Julian Wadham (born 1958) * Harriet Walter (born 1950) * Julie Walters (born 1950) * Lalla Ward (born 1951) * Giles Watling (born 1953) * Kevin Whately (born 1951) * Peter Wight (actor), Peter Wight (born 1950) * Jack Wild (1952–2006) * Mark Williams (actor), Mark Williams (born 1959) * Ray Winstone (born 1957) * Victoria Wood (1953–2016) * Susan Wooldridge (born 1950) * David Yip (born 1951)


Born in the 1960s


A–M

* Mark Addy (born 1964) * Caroline Aherne (1963–2016) * Holly Aird (born 1969) * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 1967) * Sophie Aldred (born 1962) * Gillian Anderson (born 1968) (American-British; born in Chicago, Illinois, United States) * Adjoa Andoh (born 1963) * Naveen Andrews (born 1969) (naturalised American citizen) * Lysette Anthony (born 1963) * Lorraine Ashbourne (born 1961) * Bill Bailey (born 1965) * Matt Bardock (born 1969) * Chris Barrie (born 1960) * John Barrowman (born 1967) (dual British and American citizenship) * Simon Russell Beale (born 1961) (born in Penang,
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) * Samantha Beckinsale (born 1966) * Gina Bellman (born 1966) (born in Auckland, New Zealand) * Nick Berry (born 1963) * Caroline Bliss (born 1961) * Samantha Bond (born 1961) * Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966) * Hugh Bonneville (born 1963) * Kenneth Branagh (born 1960) * Lucy Briers (born 1967) * Kathy Burke (born 1964) * Gerard Butler (born 1969) * Robert Carlyle (born 1961) * Raquel Cassidy (born 1968) * Caroline Catz (born 1969) * Anna Chancellor (born 1965) * Ben Chaplin (born 1969) * Craig Charles (born 1964) * Maggie Cheung (born 1964) (born in British Hong Kong) * Tracey Childs (born 1963) * Flaminia Cinque (born 1964) * Lucy Cohu (born 1968) * Jason Connery (born 1963) * Steve Coogan (born 1965) * Daniel Craig (born 1968) * Greg Cruttwell (born 1960) * Alan Cumming (born 1965) (naturalised American citizen) * Henry Ian Cusick (born 1967) (born in Peru) * Alan Davies (born 1966) * Hugh Dennis (born 1962) * Amanda Donohoe (born 1962) * Blythe Duff (born 1962) * Jason Durr (born 1967) (born in Singapore) * Christopher Eccleston (born 1964) * Cary Elwes (born 1962) * Michelle Fairley (born 1963) * Craig Ferguson (born 1962) (naturalised American citizen) * Ralph Fiennes (born 1962) * Siobhan Finneran (born 1966) * Colin Firth (born 1960) * Tommy Flanagan (actor), Tommy Flanagan (born 1965) * Jason Flemyng (born 1966) * Dexter Fletcher (born 1966) * Michael French (born 1962) * Maria Friedman (born 1960) (born in Switzerland) * Sadie Frost (born 1965) * Jenny Funnell (born 1963) * Mark Gatiss (born 1966) * Ruth Gemmell (born 1967) * Ricky Gervais (born 1961) * Lou Gish (1967–2006) * Philip Glenister (born 1963) * Robert Glenister (born 1960) * Adam Godley (born 1964) * Michelle Gomez (born 1966) * Tom Goodman-Hill (born 1968) * Julie Graham (born 1965) * Hugh Grant (born 1960) * Rupert Graves (born 1963) * Robson Green (born 1964) * Tamsin Greig (born 1966) * John Hannah (actor), John Hannah (born 1962) * Caroline Harker (born 1966) * Susannah Harker (born 1965) * Jared Harris (born 1961) * Sean Harris (born 1966) * Ian Hart (born 1964) * Tamer Hassan (born 1968) * Greg Hemphill (born 1969) * Shirley Henderson (born 1965) * Ruthie Henshall (born 1967) * Tom Hollander (born 1967) * Jane Horrocks (born 1964) * Steve Huison (born 1962) * Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965) * Llŷr Ifans (born 1968) * Rhys Ifans (born 1967) * Jason Isaacs (born 1963) * Kate Isitt (born 1965) * Marianne Jean-Baptiste (born 1967) * Danny John-Jules (born 1960) * Toby Jones (born 1966) * Vinnie Jones (born 1965) * Hakeem Kae-Kazim (born 1962) (born in Lagos, Nigeria) * Martin Kemp (born 1961) * Patsy Kensit (born 1968) * Ford Kiernan (born 1962) * Claire King (born 1963) * Alex Kingston (born 1963) * Jo-Anne Knowles (born 1969) * Bonnie Langford (born 1964) * Chris Larkin (born 1967) * Jane Leeves (born 1961) * Dave Legeno (1963–2014) * Adrian Lester (born 1968) * Natasha Little (born 1969) * Richard Lumsden (born 1965) * Nicholas Lyndhurst (born 1961) * Helen McCrory (1968–2021) * Sandy McDade (born 1964) * Colin McFarlane (born 1961) * Mark McGann (born 1961) * Stephen McGann (born 1963) * Ben Miles (born 1967) * Ben Miller (born 1966) * Poppy Miller (born 1969) * Julianne Moore (born 1960) (naturalised British citizen) * David Morrissey (born 1964) * Neil Morrissey (born 1962) * Stephen Moyer (born 1969)


N–Z

* James Nesbitt (born 1965) * Hermione Norris (born 1967) * Jeremy Northam (born 1961) * David O'Hara (born 1965) * Tracy-Ann Oberman (born 1966) * Sophie Okonedo (born 1968) * Julia Ormond (born 1965) * Clive Owen (born 1964) * Lisa Palfrey (born 1967) * Sarah Parish (born 1968) * Nathaniel Parker (born 1962) * Sean Pertwee (born 1964) * James Purefoy (born 1964) * Caroline Quentin (born 1960) * Jemma Redgrave (born 1965) * Saskia Reeves (born 1961) * Joely Richardson (born 1965) * Natasha Richardson (1963–2009) * Fay Ripley (born 1966) * Linus Roache (born 1964) * Tim Roth (born 1961) * Catherine Russell (British actress), Catherine Russell (born 1966) * Daniel Ryan (actor), Daniel Ryan (born 1968) * Mark Rylance (born 1960) * Rebecca Saire (born 1963) * Colin Salmon (born 1961) * Emma Samms (born 1960) * Julia Sawalha (born 1968) * Joanna Scanlan (born 1961) * Adrian Scarborough (born 1968) * Dougray Scott (born 1965) * Kristin Scott Thomas (born 1960) * Andy Serkis (born 1964) * Rufus Sewell (born 1967) * Josette Simon (born 1960) * Michael Sheen (born 1969) * Mark Sheppard (born 1964) * Nicollette Sheridan (born 1963) (naturalised American citizen) * Alexander Siddig (born 1965) (born in Wad Madani, Sudan) * Nina Sosanya (born 1969) * Hugo Speer (born 1969) * Samantha Spiro (born 1968) * Jason Statham (born 1967) * Toby Stephens (born 1969) * Ray Stevenson (actor), Ray Stevenson (born 1964) * Mark Strong (born 1963) * Imogen Stubbs (born 1961) * Sarah Sutton (born 1961) * Peter Sullivan (actor), Peter Sullivan (born 1964) * Tilda Swinton (born 1960) * Catherine Tate (born 1968) * David Thewlis (born 1963) * Sophie Thompson (born 1962) * Stephen Tompkinson (born 1965) * Cathy Tyson (born 1965) * Eamonn Walker (born 1962) * Polly Walker (born 1966) * Julie T. Wallace (born 1961) * Bradley Walsh (born 1960) * Marc Warren (born 1967) * Emily Watson (born 1967) * Naomi Watts (born 1968) * Dominic West (born 1969) * Joanne Whalley (born 1964) * Olivia Williams (born 1968) * Peter Wingfield (born 1962) * Emily Woof (born 1967) * Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)


Born in the 1970s


A–M

* Amanda Abbington (born 1974) * Christine Adams (actress), Christine Adams (born 1974) * Freema Agyeman (born 1979) * Sarah Alexander (born 1971) * Nikki Amuka-Bird (born 1976) * Chloë Annett (born 1971) * Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970) (naturalised American citizen) * Lucy Akhurst (born 1970) * Richard Armitage (actor), Richard Armitage (born 1971) * Alexander Armstrong (born 1970) * Joe Armstrong (actor), Joe Armstrong (born 1978) * Kate Ashfield (born 1972) * Richard Ayoade (born 1977) * Kate Baines (born 1978) * Christian Bale (born 1974) (naturalised American citizen) * Jamie Bamber (born 1973) (dual British and American citizen) * Yasmin Bannerman (born 1970) * Nicole Barber-Lane (born 1972) * Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971) * Helen Baxendale (born 1970) * Kate Beckinsale (born 1973) * Max Beesley (born 1971) * Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970) * Matt Berry (born 1974) * Eve Best (born 1971) * Paul Bettany (born 1971) * Orlando Bloom (born 1977) * Vanessa Branch (born 1973) (dual British and American citizenship) * Russell Brand (born 1975) * Ewen Bremner (born 1970) * Dannielle Brent (born 1979) * Liz May Brice (born 1975) * Kellie Bright (born 1976) * Clare Buckfield (born 1976) * Julie Buckfield (born 1976) * Saffron Burrows (born 1972) (naturalised American citizen) * Georgina Cates (born 1975) * Noel Clarke (born 1975) * Olivia Colman (born 1974) * Shelley Conn (born 1976) * Paddy Considine (born 1973) * Dominic Cooper (born 1978) * James Corden (born 1978) * Christian Coulson (born 1978) * Julie Cox (born 1973) * Richard Coyle (born 1974) * Mackenzie Crook (born 1971) * Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976) * Hugh Dancy (born 1975) * Jack Davenport (born 1973) * Lucy Davis (born 1973) * Warwick Davis (born 1970) * Rupert Degas (born 1970) * Dustin Demri-Burns (born 1978) * Kate Dickie (born 1971) * Mikyla Dodd (born 1978) * Jason Done (born 1973) * Shaun Dooley (born 1974) * Minnie Driver (born 1970) (naturalised American citizen) * Anne-Marie Duff (born 1970) * Sharon Duncan-Brewster (born 1976) * Terri Dwyer (born 1973) * Danny Dyer (born 1977) * Jeremy Edwards (born 1971) * Chiwetel Ejiofor (born 1977) * Idris Elba (born 1972) * Tom Ellis (actor), Tom Ellis (born 1978) * Luke Evans (born 1979) * Niki Evans (born 1972) * JJ Feild (born 1978) (born in Boulder, Colorado, United States) (British-American actor) * Joseph Fiennes (born 1970) * Emilia Fox (born 1974) * Martin Freeman (born 1971) * Anna Friel (born 1976) * Nick Frost (born 1972) * Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971) * Matthew Goode (born 1978) * Claire Goose (born 1975) * Sarah Gordy (born 1978) * Burn Gorman (born 1974) (born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, California, United States) * Stephen Graham (born 1973) * Rachel Grant (born 1977) * Eva Gray (actress), Eva Gray (born 1970) * Angela Griffin (born 1976) * Ioan Gruffudd (born 1973) * Sienna Guillory (born 1975) * Suzanne Hall (born 1972) * Ian Hallard (born 1974) * Tom Hardy (born 1977) * Ricci Harnett (born 1973) * Naomie Harris (born 1976) * Miranda Hart (born 1972) * Keeley Hawes (born 1976) * Sally Hawkins (born 1976) * Rebecca Hazlewood (born 1977) * Lena Headey (born 1973) (born in Hamilton, Bermuda) * Tina Hobley (born 1971) * Anna Hope (born 1974) * Jim Howick (born 1975) * Jessica Hynes (born 1972) * Jynine James (born 1972) * Samantha Janus (born 1972) * Tonicha Jeronimo (born 1977) * Susy Kane (born 1978) * Rose Keegan (born 1971) * Katherine Kelly (actress), Katherine Kelly (born 1979) * Andrew Lancel (born 1970) * Jude Law (born 1972) * Adam Levy (actor), Adam Levy (born 1970) * Damian Lewis (born 1971) * Andrew Lincoln (born 1973) * Emily Lloyd (born 1970) * Jamie Lomas (born 1975) * Louise Lombard (born 1970) * Matt Lucas (born 1974) * Kelly Macdonald (born 1976) * Matthew Macfadyen (born 1974) * Anna Maxwell-Martin (born 1977) * Kris Marshall (born 1973) * Jodhi May (born 1975) * James McAvoy (born 1979) * Ewan McGregor (born 1971) * Tobias Menzies (born 1974) * Jonny Lee Miller (born 1972) (naturalised American citizen) * Wentworth Miller (born 1972) (dual British and American citizenship) * Jimi Mistry (born 1973) * Rhona Mitra (born 1976) * Dominic Monaghan (born 1976) * Tanya Moodie (born 1972/1973) (born in Canada) * Hattie Morahan (born 1978) * Tara Moran (born 1971) * Emily Mortimer (born 1971) (naturalised American citizen) * Samantha Morton (born 1977) * Richard Mylan (born 1973) * Eve Myles (born 1978)


N–Z

* Parminder Nagra (born 1975) * Thandiwe Newton (born 1972) * Kerry Norton (born 1974) * John Oliver (born 1977) * DeObia Oparei (born 1971) * Tamzin Outhwaite (born 1970) * David Oyelowo (born 1976) (naturalised American citizen) * Joanna Page (born 1977) * Patsy Palmer (born 1972) * Archie Panjabi (born 1972) * Ray Park (born 1974) * Martin Parr (actor), Martin Parr (born 1970) * Simon Pegg (born 1970) * Rupert Penry-Jones (born 1970) * Alistair Petrie (born 1970) * Sally Phillips (born 1970) * Nick Pickard (born 1975) * Rosamund Pike (born 1979) * Lucy Punch (born 1977) * James Redmond (actor), James Redmond (born 1971) * Matthew Rhys (born 1974) * Golda Rosheuvel (born 1970) (born in Guyana) * Laila Rouass (born 1971) * Andrew Scarborough (born 1973) * Peter Serafinowicz (born 1972) * John Simm (born 1970) * Dan Renton Skinner (born 1973) * Harvey Spencer Stephens (born 1970) * Jim Sturgess (born 1978) * Claire Sweeney (born 1971) * Davinia Taylor (born 1977) * Joanna Taylor (born 1978) * Kerrie Taylor (born 1973) * David Tennant (born 1971) * Marsha Thomason (born 1976) * Indira Varma (born 1973) (dual British and Swiss citizenship) * Johnny Vegas (born 1970) * Hannah Waddingham (born 1974) * Sonya Walger (born 1974) (naturalised American citizen) * Nicola Walker (born 1970) * David Walliams (born 1971) * Rachel Weisz (born 1970) (naturalised American citizen) * Joe Wilkinson (born 1975) * Finty Williams (born 1972) * Beth Winslet (born 1978) * Kate Winslet (born 1975) * Duncan Wisbey (born 1971) * Benedict Wong (born 1971) * Rik Young (born 1978)


Born in the 1980s


A–H

* Zahra Ahmadi (born 1982) * Riz Ahmed (born 1982) * Laura Aikman (born 1985) * Edward Akrout (born 1982) * Jodi Albert (born 1983) * Ben Aldridge (actor), Ben Aldridge (born 1985) * Alfie Allen (born 1986) * Aml Ameen (born 1985) * Susie Amy (born 1981) * Jonas Armstrong (born 1981) (born in Dublin, Ireland) * Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 1987) * Zawe Ashton (born 1984) * Gemma Arterton (born 1986) * Emily Atack (born 1989) * Aimie Atkinson (born 1987) * Gemma Atkinson (born 1984) * Hayley Atwell (born 1982) (dual British and American citizenship) * Afshan Azad (born 1988) * Jonathan Bailey (born 1988) * Matt Barber (actor), Matt Barber (born 1983) * Aneurin Barnard (born 1987) * Ben Barnes (actor), Ben Barnes (born 1981) * Mischa Barton (born 1986) (naturalised American citizen) * Ali Bastian (born 1982) * Ben Batt (born 1986) * Mathew Baynton (born 1980) * Emily Beecham (born 1984) (dual British and American citizenship) * Jamie Bell (born 1986) * Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 1986) * Pippa Bennett-Warner (born 1988) * Emily Berrington (born 1986) * Lydia Rose Bewley (born 1985) * Jennifer Biddall (born 1980) * Sean Biggerstaff (born 1983) * Gemma Bissix (born 1983) * Emily Blunt (born 1983) (naturalised American citizen) * Cressida Bonas (born 1989) * Zoe Boyle (born 1989) * Jamie Campbell Bower (born 1988) * Hollie-Jay Bowes (born 1989) * Josh Bowman (born 1988) * Anna Brewster (born 1986) * Tom Burke (actor), Tom Burke (born 1981) * Guy Burnet (born 1983) * Ryan Cartwright (born 1981) * Natalie Casey (born 1980) * Jessie Cave (born 1987) * Henry Cavill (born 1983) * Gemma Chan (born 1982) * Carla Chases (born 1984) * Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988) * Charlotte Church (born 1986) * Sam Claflin (born 1986) * Emilia Clarke (born 1986) * Klariza Clayton (born 1989) * Sian Clifford (born 1982) * Michaela Coel (born 1987) * Joe Cole (actor), Joe Cole (born 1988) * Lily Cole (born 1988) * Jenna Coleman (born 1986) * Lily Collins (born 1989) (naturalised American citizen) * Claire Cooper (born 1980) * Kari Corbett (born 1984) * Angel Coulby (born 1980) * Alice Coulthard (born 1983) * Charlie Cox (born 1982) * Lenora Crichlow (born 1985) * Ben Cura (born 1988) (born in Argentina) * Arthur Darvill (born 1982) * Gareth David-Lloyd (born 1981) * Ashley Taylor Dawson (born 1982) * Jamie Demetriou (born 1987/1988) (British-Cypriot) * Joe Dempsie (born 1987) * Sacha Dhawan (born 1984) * Sophia Di Martino (born 1983) * Michelle Dockery (born 1981) * Natalie Dormer (born 1982) * Jamie Dornan (born 1982) * Sarah Jayne Dunn (born 1981) * Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987) * Tamsin Egerton (born 1988) * Taron Egerton (born 1989) * Nathalie Emmanuel (born 1989) * Alfred Enoch (born 1988) * Lucy Evans (born 1985) * Alice Eve (born 1982) (naturalised American citizen) * Lloyd Everitt (born 1987) * Leila Farzad (born 1983) * Tom Felton (born 1987) * Jessica Brown Findlay (born 1989) * Johnny Flynn (musician), Johnny Flynn (born 1983) * Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (born 1988) * Jessica Fox (actress), Jessica Fox (born 1983) * Phoebe Fox (born 1987) * Claire Foy (born 1984) * Lily Frazer (born 1988) * Rupert Friend (born 1981) * Joanne Froggatt (born 1980) * Elyes Gabel (born 1983) * Romola Garai (born 1982) (born in Hong Kong) * Andrew Garfield (born 1983) (dual British and American citizenship; born in Los Angeles, California, United States) * Chris Geere (born 1981) * Samia Ghadie (born 1982) * Mandip Gill (born 1988) * Karen Gillan (born 1987) * Henry Golding (born 1987) (born in Betong, Sarawak, Betong, Malaysia) * Holliday Grainger (born 1988) * Kelly Greenwood (born 1982) * Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1986), Lucy Griffiths (born 1986) * Rupert Grint (born 1988) * Kevin Guthrie (born 1988) * David Gyasi (born 1980) * Leah Hackett (born 1985) * Rebecca Hall (born 1982) (dual British and American citizenship) * Rosalind Halstead (born 1984) * Rasmus Hardiker (born 1985) * Kit Harington (born 1986) * Lauren Harris (born 1984) * Toby Hemingway (born 1983) * Sam Heughan (born 1980) * Mitch Hewer (born 1989) * Tom Hiddleston (born 1981) * Edward Holcroft (born 1987) * Nicholas Hoult (born 1989) * Kirby Howell-Baptiste (born 1987) * Charlie Hunnam (born 1980)


I–Q

* Tracy Ifeachor (born 1985) (Nigerian-British) * Daniel Ings (born 1985) * Max Irons (born 1985) * Bradley James (born 1983) * Lily James (born 1989) * Theo James (born 1984) * Jameela Jamil (born 1986) * Ciara Janson (born 1987) * Kimberly Jaraj (born 1986) * Claudia Jessie (born 1989) * Felicity Jones (born 1983) * Cush Jumbo (born 1985) * Daniel Kaluuya (born 1989) * Amara Karan (born 1984) * Gerard Kearns (born 1984) * Toby Kebbell (born 1982) * Michelle Keegan (born 1987) * Laura Michelle Kelly (born 1981) * Emer Kenny (born 1989) * Maria Keogh (born 1982) * Sair Khan (born 1988) * Ferdinand Kingsley (born 1988) * Brooke Kinsella (born 1983) * Malachi Kirby (born 1989) * Jemima Kirke (born 1985) (dual British and American citizenship) * Keira Knightley (born 1985) * Gwilym Lee (born 1983) * Rose Leslie (born 1987) * Katie Leung (born 1987) * Matthew Lewis (actor), Matthew Lewis (born 1989) * Sarah Linda (born 1987) * Zoë Lister (born 1982) * Harry Lloyd (born 1983) * Henry Lloyd-Hughes (born 1985) * Thomas James Longley (born 1989) * Ophelia Lovibond (born 1986) * Gary Lucy (born 1981) * Jing Lusi (born in 1985) (born in Pudong, Shanghai, China) * Lashana Lynch (born 1987) * Kate Maberly (born 1982) * Pearl Mackie (born 1987) * Richard Madden (born 1986) * Ruth Madeley (born 1987) * Gugu Mbatha-Raw (born 1983) * Matt McCooey (born 1981) * Harry Melling (actor), Harry Melling (born 1989) * Tamzin Merchant (born 1987) * Tuppence Middleton (born 1987) * Sienna Miller (born 1981) (born in New York City; dual British and American citizenship) * Tom Mison (born 1982) * Sonoya Mizuno (born 1986) (born in
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, Japan) * Zackary Momoh (born 1988) * Janet Montgomery (born 1985) * Colin Morgan (born 1986) * Joseph Morgan (actor), Joseph Morgan (born 1981) * William Moseley (actor), William Moseley (born 1987) * Sinéad Moynihan (born 1982) * Ashley Mulheron (born 1983) * Tiffany Mulheron (born 1984) * Carey Mulligan (born 1985) * Hannah Murray (born 1989) * Sophia Myles (born 1980) * Adam Nagaitis (born 1985) * Kunal Nayyar (born 1981) * Hannah New (born 1984) * Mary Nighy (born 1984) * Michael Obiora (born 1986) * Natasha O'Keeffe (born 1986) * Regé-Jean Page (born 1988) * Luke Pasqualino (born 1989) * Robert Pattinson (born 1986) * April Pearson (born 1989) * James Phelps (actor), James Phelps (born 1986) * Oliver Phelps (actor), Oliver Phelps (born 1986) * Royce Pierreson (born 1989) * Billie Piper (born 1982) * Chloe Pirrie (born 1987) * Imogen Poots (born 1989) * Anna Popplewell (born 1988) * Jorgie Porter (born 1987) * Cassie Powney (born 1983) * Connie Powney (born 1983)


R–Z

* Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) * George Rainsford (actor), George Rainsford (born 1982) * Richard Rankin (born 1983) * Eddie Redmayne (born 1982) * Iwan Rheon (born 1985) * Emma Rigby (born 1989) * Charlotte Riley (born 1981) * Talulah Riley (born 1985) * Alexandra Roach (born 1987) * James Roache (born 1985) * Iain Robertson (born 1981) * Sharon Rooney (born 1988) * Jemima Rooper (born 1981) * Samantha Rowley (born 1988) * Matt Ryan (actor), Matt Ryan (born 1981) * Michelle Ryan (born 1984) * Verity Rushworth (born 1985) * Amit Shah (actor), Amit Shah (born 1981) * Daniel Sharman (born 1986) * Judi Shekoni (born 1982) * Hugh Skinner (born 1985) * Adele Silva (born 1980) * Ashley Slanina-Davies (born 1989) * Matt Smith (born 1982) * Rafe Spall (born 1983) * Flora Spencer-Longhurst (born 1985) * Clive Standen (born 1981) * Carley Stenson (born 1982) * Dan Stevens (born 1982) * Catrin Stewart (born 1988) * Lucy St. Louis (born 1986/1987) * Benjamin Stone (actor), Benjamin Stone (born 1987) * Tom Stourton (born 1987) * Scarlett Strallen (born 1982) * Summer Strallen (born 1985) * Tom Sturridge (born 1985) * James Sutton (actor), James Sutton (born 1983) * Juno Temple (born 1989) * Natalia Tena (born 1984) * Georgia Tennant (born 1984) * Rakhee Thakrar (born 1984) * Phoebe Thomas (born 1983) * Luke Thompson (actor), Luke Thompson (born 1988) * Gabriel Thomson (born 1986) * Elliott Tittensor (born 1989) * Luke Tittensor (born 1989) * Hannah Tointon (born 1987) * Kara Tointon (born 1983) * Elize du Toit (born 1981) (born in Grahamstown, South Africa) * Russell Tovey (born 1981) * Harry Treadaway (born 1984) * Luke Treadaway (born 1984) * Jodie Turner-Smith (born 1986 or 1988) * Charity Wakefield (born 1980) * Phoebe Waller-Bridge (born 1985) * Annabelle Wallis (born 1984) * Anna Walton (born 1980) * Hannah Ware (born 1982) * Al Weaver (born 1981) * Charley Webb (born 1988) * Ed Weeks (born 1980) * Anthony Welsh (born 1983) * Ed Westwick (born 1987) * Gemma Whelan (born 1981) * Ben Whishaw (born 1980) * Jack Whitehall (born 1988) * Jodie Whittaker (born 1982) * Ricky Whittle (born 1981) * Larissa Wilson (born 1989) * Ruth Wilson (born 1983) * Sophie Winkleman (born 1980) * Jaime Winstone (born 1985) * Gabriella Wright (born 1982) (naturalised French citizen) * Luke Youngblood (born 1986)


Born in the 1990s


A–M

* Marisa Abela (born 1996) * Samuel Adewunmi (born 1994) * Eubha Akilade (born 1998) * Patricia Allison (born 1994) * Jessica Alexander (born 1999) * Olly Alexander (born 1990) * Joe Alwyn (born 1991) * Amber Anderson (born 1992) * Emma Appleton (born 1991) * Simone Ashley (born 1995) * Joivan Wade (born 1993) * Percelle Ascott (born 1993) (born in Zimbabwe) * Ella Balinska (born 1996) * Ellie Bamber (born 1997) * Manpreet Bambra (born 1992) * Lucy May Barker (born 1992) * Ruby Barker (born 1996) * Samantha Barks (born 1990) * Helena Barlow (born 1998) * Sabrina Bartlett (born 1991) * Joey Batey (born 1991) * Charlotte Beaumont (born 1995) * Julia Brown (actress), Julia Brown (born 1997) * Tom Blyth (born 1995) * Alana Boden (born 1997) * Charithra Chandran (born 1997) * Eliza Bennett (born 1992) * Alia Bhatt (born 1993) * Edward Bluemel (born 1993) * Douglas Booth (born 1992) * Jamie Borthwick (born 1994) * John Boyega (born 1992) * Lucy Boynton (born 1994) (born in the United States; dual British and American citizenship) * Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 1990) * Gabrielle Brooks (born 1990) * Simona Brown (born 1994) * Shalom Brune-Franklin (born 1994) (British-Australian) * Céline Buckens (born 1996) (born in Belgium) * Asa Butterfield (born 1997) * Harriet Cains (born 1993) * Bessie Carter (born 1993) * Freddy Carter (born 1993) * Anya Chalotra (born 1996) * Dean-Charles Chapman (born 1997) * Antonia Clarke (born 1995) * Morfydd Clark (born 1990) (born in Sweden) * Sophie Kennedy Clark (born 1990) * Tosin Cole (born 1992) * Hugh Coles (born 1992) * Jodie Comer (born 1993) * Olivia Cooke (born 1993) * Sophie Cookson (born 1990) * Hermione Corfield (born 1993) * Emma Corrin (born 1995) * Ellie Darcey-Alden (born 1999) * Alexa Davies (born 1995) * Fern Deacon (born 1998) * Cara Delevingne (born 1992) * Sebastian de Souza (born 1993) * Hannah Dodd (actress), Hannah Dodd (born 1995) * Thomas Doherty (actor), Thomas Doherty (born 1995) * Omari Douglas (born 1994) * Poppy Drayton (born 1991) * Tyger Drew-Honey (born 1996) * Lucinda Dryzek (born 1991) * Madeline Duggan (born 1994) * Phoebe Dynevor (born 1995) * Daisy Edgar-Jones (born 1998) * Fady Elsayed (born 1993) * Otto Farrant (born 1996) * Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (born 1997) * Nell Tiger Free (born 1999) * Poppy Lee Friar (born 1995) * Ncuti Gatwa (born 1992) (born in Kigali, Rwanda) * Poppy Gilbert (born 1996) (born in Stockholm, Sweden) * Mia Goth (born 1993) * Theo Graham (born 1997) * Sorcha Groundsell (born 1998) * Ben Hardy (actor), Ben Hardy (born 1991) * Jonah Hauer-King (born 1995) * Daisy Head (born 1991) * Charlie Heaton (born 1994) * Isaac Hempstead Wright (born 1999) * Georgie Henley (born 1995) * Jessica Henwick (born 1992) * Amy-Leigh Hickman (born 1997) * Freddie Highmore (born 1992) * Tom Holland (born 1996) * Ellis Hollins (born 1999) * Callum Scott Howells (born 1999) * Izuka Hoyle (born 1996) * Nell Hudson (born 1990) * Ella Hunt (born 1998) * Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 1990) * Damson Idris (born 1991) * Martins Imhangbe (born 1991) (British-Nigerian) * Angus Imrie (born 1994) * Kerry Ingram (born 1999) * Jeremy Irvine (born 1990) * Dominique Jackson (British actress), Dominique Jackson (born 1991) * Amy James-Kelly (born 1995) * Jacqueline Jossa (born 1992) * Viveik Kalra (born 1994 or 1998) * Synnøve Karlsen (born 1996) * Brad Kavanagh (born 1992) * Robbie Kay (born 1995) * Mimi Keene (born 1998) * Tilly Keeper (born 1997) * Erin Kellyman (born 1998) * Ellie Kendrick (born 1990) * Skandar Keynes (born 1991) * Tommy Knight (born 1993) * Emma Laird (born 1998) * Lucien Laviscount (born 1992) * Thomas Law (born 1992) * Alex Lawther (born 1995) * Jessie Mei Li (born 1995) * Ricardo P. Lloyd (born 1993) * Georgia Lock (born 1996) * Bobby Lockwood (born 1993) * Jessica Lord (born 1998) * Lily Loveless (born 1990) * George MacKay (actor), George Mackay (born 1992) * Emma Mackey (born 1996) (born in Le Mans, France) * Jessica Madsen (born 1992) * Madeleine Mantock (born 1990) * Noah Marullo (born 1999) * Freya Mavor (born 1993) * Lauren McCrostie (born 1996) * Mia McKenna-Bruce (born 1997) * Lauren McQueen (born 1996) * Danny Miller (actor), Danny Miller (born 1991) * Nico Mirallegro (born 1991) * Ambika Mod (born 1995/1996) * Olivia Morris (born 1997) * Ana Mulvoy-Ten (born 1992)


N–Z

* Rukku Nahar (born 1996) * Mimi Ndiweni (born 1991) (British-Zimbabwean) * Luke Newton (born 1993) * James G. Nunn (born 1993) * Agnes O'Casey (born 1995/1996) * Jack O'Connell (actor), Jack O'Connell (born 1990) * Josh O'Connor (born 1990) * Harrison Osterfield (born 1996) * Dev Patel (born 1990) * Himesh Patel (born 1990) * Alex Pettyfer (born 1990) * Will Poulter (born 1993) * Bel Powley (born 1992) * Kathryn Prescott (born 1991) * Megan Prescott (born 1991) * Dominique Provost-Chalkley (born 1990) * Florence Pugh (born 1996) * Ella Purnell (born 1996) * Joseph Quinn (actor), Joseph Quinn (born 1993 or 1994) * Emily Reid (born 1998) * Archie Renaux (born 1997) * Jordan Renzo (born 1993) (British-American) * Sam Retford (born 1999) (born in Australia) * Tanya Reynolds (born 1991) * Dakota Blue Richards (born 1994) * Maisie Richardson-Sellers (born 1992) * Daisy Ridley (born 1992) * Craig Roberts (born 1991) * Jack Rowan (actor), Jack Rowan (born 1997) * Charlie Rowe (born 1996) * Lily Sacofsky (born 1994) * Eliot Salt (born 1994) * Banita Sandhu (born 1997) * Rory J. Saper (born 1996) * Alex Sawyer (born 1993) * Kaya Scodelario (born 1992) * Naomi Scott (born 1993) * Anna Shaffer (born 1992) * Dominic Sherwood (born 1990) * Sophie Simnett (born 1997) * Sophie Skelton (born 1994) * Eugene Simon (born 1992) * Joshua Sinclair-Evans (born 1995) * Ella-Rae Smith (born 1998) * Ceallach Spellman (born 1995) * Charlotte Spencer (actress), Charlotte Spencer (born 1991) * Sam Strike (born 1994) * Sophie Stuckey (born 1991) * Harry Styles (born 1994) * Jessica Sula (born 1994) * Gregg Sulkin (born 1992) (naturalised American citizen) * Connor Swindells (born 1996) * Eden Taylor-Draper (born 1997) * Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born 1990) * Anya Taylor-Joy (born 1996) (born in Miami, Florida; British-Argentine) * Sean Teale (born 1992) * Thalissa Teixeira (born 1992/1993) * Abigail Thorn (born 1993) * Freddie Thorp (born 1994) * Eleanor Tomlinson (born 1992) * Lily Travers (born 1990) * Callum Turner (born 1990) * Sophie Turner (born 1996) * Sam Tutty (born 1998) * Joanna Vanderham (born 1990) * Hannah van der Westhuysen (born 1995) * Jordan Waller (born 1992) * Suki Waterhouse (born 1992) * Emma Watson (born 1990) (born in Paris, France) * Lydia West (born 1993) * Fionn Whitehead (born 1997) * Maisie Williams (born 1997) * Rose Williams (actress), Rose Williams (born 1994) * Kedar Williams-Stirling (born 1994) * Aimee Lou Wood (born 1994) * Carla Woodcock (born 1998) * Bethan Wright (born 1996) * Bonnie Wright (born 1991) * Letitia Wright (born 1993) (born in Georgetown, Guyana) * Kit Young (born 1994)


Born in the 2000s

* Freya Allan (born 2001) * Isabelle Allen (born 2002) * Jade Alleyne (born 2001) * Alex Bain (actor), Alex Bain (born 2001) * Bukky Bakray (born 2002) * Ruby Barnhill (born 2004) * Rosie Bentham (born 2001) * Harley Bird (born 2001) * Caitlin Blackwood (born 2000) * Isabella Blake-Thomas (born 2002) * Millie Bobby Brown (born 2004) (born in Spain) * Emily Carey (born 2003) * Raffey Cassidy (born 2001) * Earl Cave (born 2000) * Kit Connor (born 2004) * Sebastian Croft (born 2001) * Cleo Demetriou (born 2001) * Lino Facioli (born 2000) * Yasmin Finney (born 2003) * William Gao (born 2003) * Harry Gilby (born 2001) * Ella Greenwood (born 2001) * Chloe Hawthorn (born 2002) * Jack Hollington (born 2001) * Lucy Hutchinson (actress), Lucy Hutchinson (born 2003) * Louis Hynes (born 2001) * Millie Innes (born 2000) * Emilia Jones (born 2002) * Samuel Joslin (born 2002) * Mia Jenkins (born 2000) * Noah Jupe (born 2004 or 2005) * Alexander James Rodriguez (born 2007) (born in Spain) * Dafne Keen (born 2005) (born in Spain) * Sophia Kiely (born 2000) * Honor Kneafsey (born 2004) * Lily Laight (born 2001) * Ellie Leach (born 2001) * Lewis MacDougall (born 2002) * Ramona Marquez (born 2001) * Bailey May (born 2002) * Isobelle Molloy (born 2000) * Elle Mulvaney (born 2002) * Mya-Lecia Naylor (2002–2019) * Brenock O'Connor (born 2000) * Ruby O'Donnell (born 2000) * Isabella Pappas (born 2002) (born in Italy) * Milo Parker (born 2002) * Nico Parker (born 2004) * Louis Partridge (born 2003) * Kia Pegg (born 2000) * Tilly Ramsay (born 2001) * Bella Ramsey (born 2003) * Darci Shaw (born 2002) * Mimi Slinger (born 2003) * Tamara Smart (born 2005) * Maisie Smith (born 2001) * Isobel Steele (born 2000) * Ruby Stokes (born 2000) * Tom Taylor (actor), Tom Taylor (born 2001) * Amir Wilson (born 2004) * Lara Wollington (born 2003) * Eleanor Worthington Cox (born 2001)


Born in the 2010s

* Indica Watson (born 2010)


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* Vivienne Acheampong * Robert Boulter * Lu Corfield * Brian Cowan * Nathalie Cox * Gabrielle Creevy * Bart Edwards * Ray Fearon * Daniel Francis (actor), Daniel Francis * Kevin Howarth * Emma Laird * Jo Martin * Leonora Moore * Helen Noble * Travis Oliver * Rob Ostlere * Jenny Rainsford * Georgina Redhead * Charlotte Ritchie * Katharine Schlesinger * Karla-Simone Spence * Simon Templeman * Michael Thomson (actor), Michael Thomson * Imogen Toner * Micheal Ward * Eve White * Toby Williams (comedian), Toby Williams


See also

* Cinema of the United Kingdom * Lists of actors * Lists of British people * Radio in the United Kingdom * Television in the United Kingdom * Theatre of the United Kingdom * List of British Academy Award nominees and winners * List of Irish actors


References

{{European actors British actors, * Lists of actors by nationality, British Lists of British people by occupation, Actors