Favorite thespians
by Happy_Evil_Dude | created - 02 Mar 2014 | updated - 16 Sep 2014 | Public
1. Yvan Attal
Writer | Les choses humaines
Yvan Attal was born on January 4, 1965 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for The Accusation (2021), Rush Hour 3 (2007) and Munich (2005).
Based upon:
Anthony Zimmer
Le Serpent
Munich
2. Eric Bana
Actor | Dirty John
Eric Bana was born Eric Banadinovic on August 9, 1968, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is the younger of two brothers. His father, named Ivan Banadinovic, came from Zagreb, Croatia, and worked as a manager for Caterpillar Inc. His mother, named Eleanor Banadinovic, came from a German family ...
Based upon:
Closed Circuit
Hanna
Munich
Troy
3. Sean Bean
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sean Bean's career since the eighties spans theatre, radio, television and movies. Bean was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Rita (Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. He worked for his father's welding firm before he decided to become an actor. He attended RADA in London and appeared in a ...
Based upon:
GoldenEye
National Treasure
Patriot Games
The Lord of the Rings
Troy
4. Rachel Bilson
Actress | Jumper
Rachel Bilson was born in Los Angeles, to Janice (Stango), a sex therapist, and Danny Bilson. Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish and her mother is of Italian descent. She began acting while still at Notre Dame High School. She graduated high school in 1999 and went to Grossmont College but dropped out ...
Based upon:
The Last Kiss
The O.C.
Counter-evidence:
Jumper
5. Sophia Bush
Actress | John Tucker Must Die
Sophia Bush has captured film and television audiences with her range of roles and diverse characters She was born on July 8, 1982, in Pasadena, California, and is an only child. Her father, Charles William Bush, is a renowned advertising and celebrity photographer, and her mother, Maureen E. (...
Based upon:
One Tree Hill
The Hitcher
6. Nicolas Cage
Actor | Face/Off
Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...
Based upon:
Just about anything the man's ever done! He shines, even in bad films, giving it his all and believing in the material. But, a selection nevertheless:
Drive Angry 3D
Kick-Ass
Knowing
Lord of War
National Treasure 1 & 2
Seeking Justice
Snake Eyes
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Trespass
7. Jim Carrey
Actor | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Jim Carrey, Canadian-born and a U.S. citizen since 2004, is an actor and producer famous for his rubbery body movements and flexible facial expressions. The two-time Golden Globe-winner rose to fame as a cast member of the Fox sketch comedy In Living Color (1990) but leading roles in Ace Ventura: ...
Based upon:
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Dumb & Dumber
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I Love You Phillip Morris
Kick-Ass 2
Liar Liar
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The Cable Guy
The Mask
The Number 23
The Truman Show
Yes Man
8. Vincent Cassel
Actor | Black Swan
Blue-eyed Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a journalist mother, Sabine Litique. Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of European cinema. First in La haine (1995), the young actor, ...
Based upon:
Eastern Promises
Le Pacte des Loups
Les Rivières Pourpres
Mesrine
9. Don Cheadle
Actor | Crash
Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 29, 1964. His childhood found him moving from city to city with his family: mother Bettye (née North), a teacher; father Donald Frank Cheadle Sr., a clinical psychologist; sister Cindy; and brother Colin. After graduating from high...
Based upon:
After the Sunset
Crash
Flight
Hotel Rwanda
10. Tom Cruise
Actor | Top Gun
In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...
Based upon:
Born on the Fourth of July
Collateral
Jack Reacher
Knight and Day
Minority Report
Mission: Impossible 1-4
Rain Man
The Last Samurai
Tropic Thunder
Valkyrie
Vanilla Sky
11. Johnny Depp
Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...
Based upon:
Benny & Joon
Edward Scissorhands
Finding Neverland
Pirates of the Caribbean
12. Cameron Diaz
Actress | Vanilla Sky
Cameron Diaz, an American actress, was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, ...
Based upon:
A Life Less Ordinary
Bad Teacher
Being John Malkovich
Gambit
In Her Shoes
Knight and Day
The Box
The Holiday
Vanilla Sky
13. Colin Farrell
Actor | The Lobster
Colin Farrell is one of Ireland's biggest stars in Hollywood and abroad. His film presence has been filled with memorable roles that range from an inwardly tortured hit man, to an adventurous explorer, a determined-but-failing writer, and the greatest military leader in history.
Farrell was born on ...
Based upon:
Cassandra's Dream
Crazy Heart
Dead Man Down
Fright Night
In Bruges
Phone Booth
14. Emilie Granier
Actress | Cut
Emilie Granier is known for Cut (2013), Plus belle la vie (2004) and Les Louves de Virginia (2018).
Based upon:
Paris 16
15. Eva Green
Actress | Casino Royale
French actress and model Eva Gaëlle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France. Her father, Walter Green, is a dentist who appeared in the 1966 film Balthazar (1966). Her mother, Marlène Jobert, is an actress turned children's book writer. Eva's mother was born in Algeria, of French, Spanish,...
Based upon:
Arsène Lupin
Casino Royale
Dark Shadows
Kingdom of Heaven
The Golden Compass
16. Aamir Khan
Actor | Taare Zameen Par
Aamir Khan was born on March 14, 1965 in Mumbai. He is one of the most successful Indian Bollywood actors who is also known as "Mr. Perfectionist of Bollywood". With his recent successes in both the Indian and Chinese film markets, he has shouldered his way into becoming one of the world's biggest ...
Based upon:
3 Idiots
Dhobi Ghat
Dhoom 3
Dil Chahta Hai
Fanaa
Lagaan
Mangal Pandey
Rang de Basanti
Taare Zameen Par
17. Keira Knightley
Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born ...
Based upon:
Anna Karenina
Atonement
King Arthur
Love Actually
Never Let Me Go
Pride & Prejudice
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
18. Diane Kruger
Actress | Inglourious Basterds
Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, near Hildesheim, Germany, to Maria-Theresa, a bank employee, and Hans-Heinrich Heidkrüger, a computer specialist. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She returned to Germany and became a top ...
Based upon:
Inglourious Basterds
Joyeux Noël
Les Adieux à la Reine
Michel Vaillant
National Treasure 1 & 2
Troy
Wicker Park
19. Rachel McAdams
Actress | The Notebook
Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel became involved with acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 ...
Based upon:
About Time
Midnight in Paris
Red Eye
The Notebook
Wedding Crashers
20. Mandy Moore
Actress | A Walk to Remember
Amanda Leigh Moore was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 10, 1984, to Stacy (Friedman), a former news reporter, and Don Moore, an airline pilot. During her childhood, her family moved to Orlando, Florida, where she was raised. She has Russian Jewish (from her maternal grandfather), English, ...
Based upon:
most of her work, she has the ability to brighten up even the most dreary film with her presence, providing the lone bright spot (ie Because I Said So). Notably:
A Walk To Remember
Saved!
Tangled
The Princess Diaries
21. Masami Nagasawa
Actress | Gintama
She was born in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on June 3, 1987. Her father Nagasawa Kazuaki was a professional football player and on Japan's national team who later became a coach for Jubilo Iwata. She won the Toho Cinderella contest in 1999 and joined the entertainment business in 2000 with ...
Based upon:
Rough
Touch
22. Clive Owen
Actor | Children of Men
British actor Clive Owen is one of a handful of stars who, though he is best known for his art house films, can handle more mainstream films with equal measures of grace and skill. Owen is typically cast as characters whose primary traits are a balance of physical strength, intellect, conflicting ...
Based upon:
Children of Men
Closer
Inside Man
King Arthur
Shadow Dancer
Sin City
23. Natalie Portman
Actress | Black Swan
Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).
Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an ...
Based upon:
Closer
Garden State
Léon: The Professional
My Blueberry Nights
Star Wars Episode I, II & III
Thor 1 & 2
V For Vendetta
24. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...
Based upon:
Commando
Kindergarten Cop
Last Action Hero
Predator
Terminator 1, 2 & 3
Total Recall
True Lies
25. Julia Stiles
Actress | 10 Things I Hate About You
Lovely, Julia (O'Hara) Stiles, of Irish, English and German heritage, was born on March 28, 1981 in New York City, the outgoing daughter and eldest of three children of a Greenwich Village artist mother, Judith Newcomb Stiles, and an elementary school teacher father, John O'Hara.
Encouraged to take ...
Based upon:
Closed Circuit
Dexter
Save The Last Dance
Silver Linings Playbook
10 Things I Hate About You
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum
The Cry of the Owl
26. Rachel Weisz
Actress | The Constant Gardener
Rachel Hannah Weisz was born on 7 March, 1970, in London, U.K., to Edith Ruth (Teich), a psychoanalyst, and George Weisz, an inventor. Her parents both came to England around 1938. Her father is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and her mother, from Vienna, was of Italian and Austrian Jewish heritage. ...
Based upon:
About a Boy
Constantine
My Blueberry Nights
The Constant Gardener
The Fountain
The Mummy
27. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
Based upon:
Aladdin
Dead Again
Dead Poets Society
Good Morning Vietnam
Hook
Jack
Mrs. Doubtfire
One Hour Photo
28. Reese Witherspoon
Producer | Wild
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...
Based upon:
Cruel Intentions
Election
Pleasantville
Walk the Line
Water for Elephants
29. Preity G Zinta
Actress | Veer-Zaara
Preity Zinta shot to fame as the refreshing, cool, wet model in the Liril commercial. She also modeled for Perk and her dimpled smile won the hearts of millions. Preity never thought she would be an actress. Kapoor saw her in the Liril commercial and liked her so much that he instantly decided that...
Based upon:
Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Se..
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Koi... Mil Gaya
Lakshya
Salaam Namaste
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