Old Etonians
by Basilesque | created - 23 Jun 2012 | updated - 15 Aug 2013 | PublicActors who studied at Eton College
1. Eddie Redmayne
Actor | Les Misérables
British actor Eddie Redmayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor (for The Theory of Everything (2014)).
Edward John David Redmayne was born and raised in London, England, the son of Patricia (Burke) and Richard Charles Tunstall Redmayne, a businessman. His great-grandfather was Sir Richard ...
2. Tom Hiddleston
Actor | The Avengers
Thomas William Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, to English-born Diana Patricia (Servaes) and Scottish-born James Norman Hiddleston. His mother is a former stage manager, and his father, a scientist, was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. He started off at the preparatory ...
3. Simon Woods
Actor | Pride & Prejudice
Simon Woods was born in 1980 in England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Penelope (2006) and Rome (2005). He has been married to Christopher Bailey since 2012.
4. Sebastian Armesto
Actor | Anonymous
Sebastian Armesto (born 3 June 1982) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is the son of the historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. He was educated at Eton College. Armesto has acted in high-profile theatre productions in Britain, including three shows at the National Theatre and one at...
5. Harry Lloyd
Actor | The Theory of Everything
Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Will Scarlet in the 2006 BBC drama Robin Hood, Jeremy Baines in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", Viserys Targaryen in the first season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, Peter ...
6. Max Pirkis
Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Born in 1989, Max Pirkis performed in several school plays before winning his first role in a motion picture, as the ultra kind and friendly Midshipman Lord Blakeney in the blockbuster Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) starring Russell Crowe, reading for the part alongside Max ...
7. Julian Ovenden
Actor | Bridgerton
Julian Ovenden was born on November 29, 1976 in Sheffield, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Bridgerton (2020), Downton Abbey (2010) and Adult Material (2020). He has been married to Kate Royal since December 20, 2010. They have two children.
8. Jordan Frieda
Actor | Prince William
Jordan Frieda was born on June 17, 1977. He is an actor, known for Prince William (2002), Out of Season (2004) and Daniel Deronda (2002).
9. Oliver Milburn
Actor | The Descent
Born in Dorset, England, Oliver went to school at the prestigious Eton College, and was member of a drama group called Double Edge Drama. He did not train to be an actor at university but went instead straight into television, with an extensive stint on the soap opera "Families" (which also kicked ...
10. Bear Grylls
Producer | You vs. Wild
Bear Grylls was born on June 7, 1974 in Isle of Wight, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for You vs. Wild (2019), You vs. Wild: Out Cold (2021) and The Count of Monte Cristo. He has been married to Shara Cannings-Knight since January 19, 2000. They have three children.
Okay, he's not an actor, but he is a television personality.
11. Dominic Cazenove
Actor | All the Money in the World
Dominic was born in London, England. He went to Eton College and then to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he studied zoology, but more importantly - discovered his love of acting. He then went back to London to train at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. Dominic now resides in ...
12. Will Adamsdale
Actor | Pirate Radio
Born in England in 1974, Will was partially brought up in America, where his father was in the Army. It was here that he picked up the accent for his comic persona, the motivational speaker Chris John Jackson. He went to Eton College in England and the Oxford School of Drama and started to gain ...
13. Oliver Dimsdale
Actor | Downton Abbey
Oliver Dimsdale was born on October 28, 1972 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Downton Abbey (2010), Grantchester (2014) and The Last Czars (2019). He has been married to Zoë Tapper since December 30, 2008. They have one child.
14. Damian Lewis
Actor | Band of Brothers
Damian Lewis was born on February 11, 1971, in St. John's Wood, London, England, to Charlotte Mary (Bowater), from an upper-class background, and J. Watcyn Lewis, a city broker whose own parents were Welsh. He was raised on Abbey Road in London until the age of 8 with his siblings Gareth, William, ...
15. Will Keen
Actor | Operation Mincemeat
Will Keen was born on March 4, 1970 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Operation Mincemeat (2021), Victor Frankenstein (2015) and Love and Other Disasters (2006). He has been married to María Fernández Ache since August 10, 2002. They have one child.
16. Dominic West
Actor | The Wire
Dominic West was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England as Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wire (2002), Chicago (2002), 300 (2006), The Affair (2014) and The Forgotten (2004). He has been married to Catherine Fitzgerald since June 26, 2010. They have ...
17. Nicholas Rowe
Actor | Young Sherlock Holmes
Speaks fluent Spanish and French. Lives in London. Attended Bristol University (BA in Hispanic Studies). Has appeared in numerous British plays and television programs. Most recognized by Americans as Sherlock Holmes in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985). The son of a member of Parliament. Lived with Lou...
18. Hugh Laurie
Actor | House M.D.
Hugh was born in Oxford, England on June 11, 1959, to Patricia (Laidlaw) and William George Ranald Mundell "Ran" Laurie, a doctor, both of Scottish descent. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Son of an Olympic gold medalist in the sport, he rowed for the England youth team (1977) and for ...
19. Charles Shaughnessy
Actor | The Magicians
Charles was born into a show business family. His father, Alfred Shaughnessy, was the principal writer for the popular London Weekend Television/ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) and his mother, Jean Lodge, was an actress. He started appearing in plays during school. He attended Eton College ...
20. Jeremy Child
Actor | A Fish Called Wanda
After studying at Eton, Jeremy Child worked for a short while in the City of London but left at his earliest opportunity, which was a disappointment to his father, who'd worked in the Foreign Office, and had hoped that his son would join the Guards. To please his father Jeremy had an interview for ...
21. Ian Ogilvy
Actor | Death Becomes Her
Ian Ogilvy was born on September 30, 1943 in Woking, Surrey, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Death Becomes Her (1992), I, Claudius (1976) and My Life in Ruins (2009). He has been married to Kathryn Holcomb since 1992. He was previously married to Diane Sarah Patricia Hart.
22. Heathcote Williams
Actor | Basic Instinct 2
Heathcote Williams was born on November 15, 1941 in Helsby, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Basic Instinct 2 (2006), City of Ember (2008) and The Legend of 1900 (1998). He died on July 1, 2017 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
23. Jeremy Clyde
Soundtrack | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
Jeremy Clyde was born on March 22, 1941 in Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), The Musketeer (2001) and North Sea Hijack (1980).
24. Christopher Cazenove
Actor | A Knight's Tale
Christopher Cazenove was born on December 17, 1943 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Knight's Tale (2001), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) and Dynasty (1981). He was married to Angharad Rees. He died on April 7, 2010 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
25. Jeremy Brett
Actor | My Fair Lady
The refined and debonair English actor Jeremy Brett will forever be best remembered for his long-running and critically acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for Britain's Granada Television. From a privileged background, Brett was educated at England's most prestigious independent school, Eton ...
26. Jonathan Cecil
Actor | History of the World: Part I
Jonathan Cecil is deeply treasured as the narrator of countless books by comedic novelist P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975) in audiobook version on Audible and also largely available on YouTube. Listeners love him particularly for his readings of the Bertie Wooster and Jeeves books, such as "Leave it ...
27. John Standing
Actor | V for Vendetta
Sir John Standing is one of England's most respected stage, film and television actors. From a distinguished acting dynasty which includes his great-grandfather Herbert Standing (1846-1923), grandfather Sir Guy Standing (1873-1937) and mother, the actress Kay Hammond, John Robert Leon Standing, ...
28. Daniel Massey
Actor | Star!
Daniel Massey was an English actor of Canadian descent, best known for portraying his godfather Noël Coward (1899-1973) in the critically acclaimed film "Star!" (1968). For this role he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. It was his only Academy Award nomination.
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29. Patrick Macnee
Actor | The Avengers
British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her ...
30. Michael Bentine
Writer | The Sandwich Man
When he appeared at the London Palladium in 1948 sporting an untidy black beard he brought the house down with a 5 minute act using an antique chair back which became a ships rudder , a harp, a flag, a comb and a cows udder, He was booked for the Royal Variety show and looked set for stardom but 5 ...
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