Most Famous British Actors & Filmmakers

50 British Actors & Filmmakers in view out of 902

Film & TV 902
United Kingdom 9,803
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin British Film 1889 – 1977
#23
John Lennon
John Lennon British Producer 1940 – 1980
#27
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock British Film 1899 – 1980
#77
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling British Film Born 1965
#79
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn British Actor 1929 – 1993
#159
SC
Sean Connery British Actor 1930 – 2020
#261
Emma Watson
Emma Watson British Actress Born 1990
#281
Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet British Actor Born 1975
#321
Sting (musician)
Sting (musician) British Actor Born 1951
#326
Phil Collins
Phil Collins British Actor Born 1951
#335
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee British Actor 1922 – 2015
#340
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins British Film Born 1937
#365
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger British Actor Born 1943
#394
Cary Grant
Cary Grant British Actor 1904 – 1986
#467
Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley British Actor Born 1985
#472
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh British Actor 1913 – 1967
#481
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier British Actor 1907 – 1989
#493
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-Jones British Actor Born 1969
#501
Michael Caine
Michael Caine British Actor Born 1933
#511
Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews British Actor Born 1935
#563
AR
Alan Rickman British Actor 1946 – 2016
#576
Roger Moore
Roger Moore British Actor 1927 – 2017
#604
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis British Actor Born 1957
#614
Judi Dench
Judi Dench British Actor Born 1934
#622
Richard Burton
Richard Burton British Actor 1925 – 1984
#647
Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott British Film Born 1937
#680
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson British Actor Born 1959
#690
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart British Actor Born 1940
#703
David Attenborough
David Attenborough British Actor Born 1926
#716
Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen British Actor Born 1939
#720
Christian Bale
Christian Bale British Actor Born 1974
#790
Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons British Actor Born 1948
#802
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith British Actor Born 1934
#839
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant British Comedian Born 1960
#841
Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor British Actor Born 1971
#852
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers British Actor 1925 – 1980
#856
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig British Actor Born 1968
#868
Colin Firth
Colin Firth British Actor Born 1960
#873
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz British Actor Born 1970
#875
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter British Actor Born 1966
#887
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes British Actor Born 1962
#897
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke British Screenwriter 1917 – 2008
#901
Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley British Actor Born 1943
#904
John Cleese
John Cleese British Actor Born 1939
#933
Naomi Watts
Naomi Watts British Actor Born 1968
#936
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson British Actor Born 1952
#946
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave British Screenwriter Born 1937
#950
Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson British Actor Born 1955
#963
Jude Law
Jude Law British Actor Born 1972
#968
John Hurt
John Hurt British Actor 1940 – 2017
#1,059

By the numbers

Inside the United Kingdom Actors & Filmmakers

902 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous the united kingdom actors & filmmakers born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among the United Kingdom Actors & Filmmakers peaked in the 1940s with 118 people.

What the United Kingdom Actors & Filmmakers Are Known For

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Actor are the United Kingdom Actors & Filmmakers's biggest group — 71% of all notables (644).

The United Kingdom Actors & Filmmakers over-index on comedian — 35.5× the global rate.

  1. Actor644
  2. Film64
  3. Comedian41
  4. Screenwriter40
  5. Producer25
  6. Presenter22
  7. Model12
  8. Radio9
  1. Comedian4135.5×
  2. Producer2524.5×
  3. Presenter2223.2×
  4. Radio922.1×
  5. Actor64415.4×
  6. Screenwriter4014.1×
  7. Film646.9×
  8. Model126.8×

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