Famous Actors

The ranked list (from #51)

1. 51Catherine DeneuveFilm actress who starred in Belle de Jour and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and became a leading face of French cinema.🇫🇷French · Born October 22, 1943
2. 52Harrison FordPlayed Han Solo in Star Wars and the archaeologist Indiana Jones in the Raiders of the Lost Ark series.🇺🇸American · Born July 13, 1942
3. 53Chuck NorrisKarate champion turned action star of Walker, Texas Ranger and countless internet jokes.🇺🇸American · Born March 10, 1940 · Died March 19, 2026
4. 54Anthony QuinnPlayed the title role in Zorba the Greek and won Oscars for Viva Zapata! and Lust for Life.🇲🇽Mexican · Born April 21, 1915 · Died June 3, 2001
5. 55Hedy LamarrHollywood star of Samson and Delilah who co-invented a frequency-hopping radio system.Austrian-American · Born November 9, 1914 · Died January 19, 2000
6. 56Toshirō MifuneJapanese screen great who starred in Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon and Seven Samurai, among many other films.🇯🇵Japanese · Born April 1, 1920 · Died December 24, 1997
7. 57Alan RickmanPlayed Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films and the villainous Hans Gruber in Die Hard.🇬🇧British · Born February 21, 1946 · Died January 14, 2016
8. 58Will SmithRapper turned actor who starred in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and won the Best Actor Oscar for King Richard.🇺🇸American · Born September 25, 1968
9. 59Liam NeesonPlayed Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, later becoming an action star through the thriller Taken.British-Irish · Born June 7, 1952
10. 60Vivien LeighWon Academy Awards for playing Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.🇬🇧British · Born November 5, 1913 · Died July 8, 1967
11. 61James DeanStarred as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause, which was released shortly after his fatal car crash.🇺🇸American · Born February 8, 1931 · Died September 30, 1955
12. 62Steven SeagalAikido practitioner turned action star of films such as Above the Law and Under Siege.🇺🇸American · Born April 10, 1952
13. 63Kirk DouglasStarred as the rebel slave leader in Spartacus, and helped end the Hollywood blacklist by crediting its writer Dalton Trumbo.🇺🇸American · Born December 9, 1916 · Died February 5, 2020
14. 64John WayneHollywood Western icon who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Rooster Cogburn in True Grit.🇺🇸American · Born May 26, 1907 · Died June 11, 1979
15. 65Katharine HepburnHollywood star who won a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress, including for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.🇺🇸American · Born May 12, 1907 · Died June 29, 2003
16. 66Richard GereLeading man of American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman and Pretty Woman, who also starred in the musical Chicago.🇺🇸American · Born August 31, 1949
17. 67Steve McQueenStarred in The Great Escape and Bullitt, projecting a cool antihero image that made him a major box-office draw.🇺🇸American · Born March 24, 1930 · Died November 7, 1980
18. 68Dwayne JohnsonBecame a star wrestler known as the Rock in WWE before leading films such as Jumanji and the Fast and Furious series.🇺🇸American · Born May 2, 1972
19. 69Vin DieselAction star best known as Dominic Toretto, the street-racing hero at the centre of the Fast & Furious franchise.🇺🇸American · Born July 18, 1967
20. 70Tom SelleckWon an Emmy in 1984 for playing the Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I.🇺🇸American · Born January 29, 1945
21. 71Robert Downey Jr.Actor who played Tony Stark in the Marvel films and won an Oscar for Oppenheimer.🇺🇸American · Born April 4, 1965
22. 72Judy GarlandActress and singer who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and introduced the song Over the Rainbow.🇺🇸American · Born June 10, 1922 · Died June 22, 1969
23. 73Tom HanksWon consecutive Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, and voiced Woody in the Toy Story films.🇺🇸American · Born July 9, 1956
24. 74Brad PittWon an Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and starred in Fight Club.🇺🇸American · Born December 18, 1963
25. 75Omar SharifEgyptian star who played Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia and the title role in Doctor Zhivago.🇪🇬Egyptian · Born April 10, 1932 · Died July 10, 2015
26. 76Ed AsnerWon multiple Emmy Awards for playing newsroom boss Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off.🇺🇸American · Born November 15, 1929 · Died August 29, 2021
27. 77Henry FondaWon his only competitive Oscar for On Golden Pond, after classics such as The Grapes of Wrath.🇺🇸American · Born May 16, 1905 · Died August 12, 1982
28. 78Denzel WashingtonTwo-time Oscar winner for Glory and Training Day, and a celebrated stage actor.🇺🇸American · Born December 28, 1954
29. 79Maggie SmithOscar-winning actress of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Downton Abbey and Harry Potter.🇬🇧British · Born December 28, 1934 · Died September 27, 2024
30. 80Robert RedfordLeading man of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid who directed Ordinary People and founded the Sundance Film Festival.🇺🇸American · Born August 18, 1936 · Died September 16, 2025
31. 81Jon VoightWon the Academy Award for Best Actor for Coming Home and starred in Midnight Cowboy.🇺🇸American · Born December 29, 1938
32. 82Ian McKellenPlayed Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, and Magneto in X-Men.🇬🇧British · Born May 25, 1939
33. 83Leslie NielsenDeadpan comic actor who played Dr Rumack in Airplane! and the bumbling Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun films.🇨🇦Canadian · Born February 11, 1926 · Died November 28, 2010
34. 84David HasselhoffStarred as Michael Knight in Knight Rider and as lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in Baywatch.🇺🇸American · Born July 17, 1952
35. 85Kevin CostnerWon Academy Awards for directing and producing Dances with Wolves, in which he also played the lead.🇺🇸American · Born January 18, 1955
36. 86Buster KeatonSilent comedian known as the Great Stone Face, star of The General.🇺🇸American · Born October 4, 1895 · Died February 1, 1966
37. 87Rowan AtkinsonComic actor who created the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean, becoming a global television favourite.🇬🇧British · Born January 6, 1955
38. 88Michael CaineCockney-voiced star who played the title role in Alfie and the suave thief Charlie Croker in The Italian Job.🇬🇧British · Born March 14, 1933
39. 89Tom CruiseHollywood star of Top Gun and the Mission: Impossible films, famous for doing his own stunts.🇺🇸American · Born July 3, 1962
40. 90Jean-Claude Van DammeBelgian martial artist who became a Hollywood action star through Bloodsport and a string of high-kicking 1990s thrillers.🇧🇪Belgian · Born October 18, 1960
41. 91Humphrey BogartPlayed Rick Blaine in Casablanca and won an Oscar for The African Queen.🇺🇸American · Born December 25, 1899 · Died January 14, 1957
42. 92Greta GarboSwedish star of silent and early sound films, including Anna Christie and Ninotchka.Swedish-American · Born September 18, 1905 · Died April 15, 1990
43. 93Jean MaraisActor and frequent Jean Cocteau collaborator, remembered for playing the Beast in Cocteau's film of Beauty and the Beast.🇫🇷French · Born December 11, 1913 · Died November 8, 1998
44. 94Candice BergenActress who won five Emmys for playing the title role in the sitcom Murphy Brown.🇺🇸American · Born May 9, 1946
45. 95Clark GableHollywood leading man nicknamed the King of Hollywood, who played Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind.🇺🇸American · Born February 1, 1901 · Died November 16, 1960
46. 96Richard ChamberlainActor who became a television star in Dr. Kildare and later led the miniseries Shōgun and The Thorn Birds.🇺🇸American · Born March 31, 1934 · Died March 29, 2025
47. 97Gregory PeckWon the Best Actor Oscar for playing the lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.🇺🇸American · Born April 5, 1916 · Died June 12, 2003
48. 98Sharon TateActress of Valley of the Dolls whose murder by the Manson Family shocked America.🇺🇸American · Born January 24, 1943 · Died August 9, 1969
49. 99Cameron DiazComic actress of There's Something About Mary, Charlie's Angels and the voice of Fiona in Shrek.🇺🇸American · Born August 30, 1972
50. 100Sigourney WeaverPlayed the resourceful Ellen Ripley in the Alien films, a landmark role for action heroines in cinema.🇺🇸American · Born October 8, 1949