The 50 Fittest And Funniest Men Ever
by davehickmott | created - 12 Mar 2011 | updated - 27 Mar 2011 | PublicFIT
1. Noel Fielding
Actor | The Mighty Boosh
Noel Fielding was born to Dianne Fielding and Ray Fielding, on May 21 1973. He has once revealed on The Russell Brand Show, on Radio 2, that he has a French grandmother. Fielding once stated that he was never baptised, he hasn't got a middle name and he does not follow any religion. He was once ...
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2. Chris Addison
Actor | The Thick of It
Born in Cardiff, Chris Addison grew up in Manchester where he attended the Manchester Grammar School before going on to study at the University of Birmingham. Following his graduation in 1994, he put ambitions to direct theatre on hold and "drifted into stand-up comedy" which became his full-time ...
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3. Adam Hills
Writer | Spicks and Specks
Adam Hills was born on July 10, 1970 in Sydney, Australia. He is a writer and producer, known for Spicks and Specks (2005), The Last Leg (2012) and Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight (2011). He has been married to Ali McGregor since December 2009. They have two children.
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4. Lee Pace
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
One of the most versatile actors working in Hollywood today, Lee Pace has established himself as a powerful leading man, consistently delivering compelling performances in film, television, and on stage.
Pace will next be seen in the highly anticipated Apple TV+ series FOUNDATION. Scheduled for a ...
5. Rodrigo Santoro
Actor | 300
Rodrigo Santoro is a world-renown actor who starred alongside Academy Award Winner Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jeffrey Wright in the hit HBO series "Westworld," created by Jonah Nolan and produced by J.J. Abrams. Rodrigo played the male lead in the Hulu series "Reprisal" for producer ...
6. Tom Wisdom
Actor | 300
Tom Wisdom was born on February 18, 1973 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 300 (2006), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008).
7. Mark Watson
Writer | Mark Watson - The Infinite Show
Mark Watson was born on February 13, 1980 in Bristol, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Mark Watson - The Infinite Show (2022), A Child's Christmases in Wales (2009) and We Need Answers (2009).
8. Jack Whitehall
Actor | Jungle Cruise
Jack Whitehall was a child actor in various television dramas, but decided to pursue stand-up comedy after leaving school. He was a finalist in the So You Think You're Funny talent hunt at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, and was nominated for best newcomer at this year's Chortle Awards. In December ...
9. Heath Ledger
Actor | Brokeback Mountain
When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...
10. Joe Armstrong
Actor | Robin Hood
Joe Armstrong was born on October 7, 1978 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Robin Hood (2006), Blackpool (2004) and Darkest Hour (2017).
11. Matt Di Angelo
Actor | The Smoke
Matt Di Angelo was born on May 1, 1987 in Enfield, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Smoke (2014), EastEnders (1985) and I Dream (2004). He has been married to Sophia Perry since September 4, 2021. They have two children.
12. James Marsters
Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
James graduated from Davis High School and attended Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. After spending ten years doing stage work he finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. After appearing in several guest roles...
13. Josh Groban
Soundtrack | Troy
Josh Groban was born on February 27, 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Troy (2004), The Polar Express (2004) and Beauty and the Beast (2017).
14. Benedict Cumberbatch
Actor | The Imitation Game
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold ...
15. James McAvoy
Actor | Filth
McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St ...
16. Matthew Goode
Actor | Stoker
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. His films include Chasing Liberty (2004), Match Point (2005), Imagine Me and You (2006), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Watchmen (2009), A Single Man (2009), Leap Year (2010), Stoker (2013) and The Imitation Game (2014). Goode also ...
17. Neil Patrick Harris
Actor | How I Met Your Mother
Neil Patrick Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 15, 1973. His parents, Sheila Gail (Scott) and Ronald Gene Harris, were lawyers and ran a restaurant. He grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a small town 120 miles south of Albuquerque, where he first took up acting in the fourth grade. ...
18. Richard Armitage
Actor | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Richard Crispin Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England, to Margaret (Hendey), a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, where he discovered his love for acting. He took part in many theatre productions all over the UK, from ...
19. Tom Ellis
Actor | Lucifer
Tom Ellis is a Welsh actor from Cardiff, Wales. He is best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar in the American television series Lucifer (2016-2021).
Ellis was born in Cardiff. He studied BA Dramatic Studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (previously the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and...
20. Matt Smith
Actor | Doctor Who
Matt Smith is an English actor who shot to fame in the UK aged 26 when he was cast by producer Steven Moffat as the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC's iconic science-fiction adventure series Doctor Who (2005).
Matthew Robert Smith was born and raised in Northampton, the son of Lynne (Fidler) and David ...
21. Simon Amstell
Writer | Benjamin
Amstell was born on 29 November 1979 and was raised in Gants Hill, London. The lively and determined chap made his first television appearance in 1993 when he appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4 game show GamesMaster (1992-1998), which he unfortunately lost, but this did not falter him on his...
22. Russell Howard
Writer | Russell Howard: Live
Russell Howard was born on March 23, 1980 in Bristol, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Russell Howard: Live (2008), Russell Howard Live: Dingledodies (2009) and Russell Howard's Good News (2009).
23. Ed Byrne
Actor | Are You Ready for Love?
Ed Byrne was born on April 10, 1972 in Swords, Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Are You Ready for Love? (2006), Sam's Game (2001) and Doctors (2000). He has been married to Claire Walker since June 5, 2008. They have two children.
24. Tachia Newall
Actor | Dune
Tachia Newall is known for Dune (2021), Waterloo Road (2006) and Hamlet (2015).
25. William Ash
Actor | Hush
William Ash was born on January 13, 1977 in Chadderton, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Hush (2008), Mad About Mambo (2000) and Until Death (2007).
26. Jack McMullen
Actor | Ford v Ferrari
Jack McMullen was born on February 22, 1991 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Ford v Ferrari (2019), Time (2021) and The Souvenir: Part II (2021).
27. Kris Marshall
Actor | Love Actually
Kristopher Marshall is an English actor who has been starring in films, on television, and on stage for more than 20 years. He has played Nick Harper in "My Family", Colin Frissell in the 2003 film "Love Actually", Gratiano in "The Merchant of Venice", and Dave in the first series of "Citizen Khan"...
28. Tom Chambers
Actor | Father Brown
Tom was born in Darley Dale in Derbyshire, England. He went to Repton School and, in between school and holidays, was in the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT), where Jude Law and Jonny Lee Miller also had early training. He was approached by the Austrian Olympic skiing team but continued to ...
29. Lucien Laviscount
Actor | The Bye Bye Man
Lucien Laviscount was born on June 9, 1992 in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Bye Bye Man (2017), Snatch (2017) and Emily in Paris (2020).
30. Jack P. Shepherd
Actor | Coronation Street
Jack P. Shepherd was born on January 14, 1988 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and talent agent, known for Coronation Street (1960), Taubman (2016) and The Jeremy Kyle Show (2005).
31. Ben Price
Writer | Hope Dies Last
3 Minutes of Silence marks Ben's 4th film as a Director/Writer with production company Bolo Films. Ben began his career in theatre as an actor and director, running his own theatre company in the North East of England. On moving to London, Ben studied acting at the Drama Centre and the Royal ...
32. Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Actor | Kick-Ass
Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English stage, television, and film actor.
He was born Aaron Perry Johnson in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Sarah and Robert Johnson, a civil engineer. He has a sister, Gemma Johnson, who had a small role in his movie Tom & Thomas (2002). Aaron is of ...
33. James Corden
Producer | The Late Late Show with James Corden
Describing himself as the "chunky unit," James Kimberley Corden was born in Hillingdon, London, England and raised in Buckinghamshire, England, the son of Margaret (Collins), a social worker, and Malcolm Corden, a musician. He studied drama at the Jackie Palmer Stage School before going on to ...
34. Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Actor | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Thomas Brodie-Sangster was born on May 16, 1990 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Maze Runner (2014) and Love Actually (2003).
35. Lee Mack
Actor | Not Going Out
Lee Mack was born on August 4, 1968 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Not Going Out (2006), The Sketch Show (2001) and Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show (2005). He has been married to Tara since 2005. They have three children.
36. Adam Garcia
Actor | Coyote Ugly
Adam Garcia is an Australian actor and tap dancer of Colombian descent (his father is from Colombia).
Garcia left university to take the role of Slide in the production of the musical Hot Shoe Shuffle, which toured Australia before transferring to London, England. Garcia stayed on in London to act ...
37. Mathew Horne
Actor | Planet 51
Mathew Horne was born on September 6, 1978 in Nottingham, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Planet 51 (2009), The Nan Movie (2022) and Agatha Raisin (2014). He has been married to Celina Bassili since October 2021.
38. Robert Downey Jr.
Actor | Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.
Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...
39. Humphrey Ker
Actor | American Auto
Humphrey Ker was educated at Eton College. He entered Edinburgh University on a military scholarship. But after feeling let down by the base he would be training at, and deciding that comedy was more fun, he gave up on a potential career in the military. Ker read history at Edinburgh University, ...
40. Gino D'Acampo
Self | Gordon, Gino & Fred's Road Trip
With his strong Italian accent and wild personality, Gino D'Acampo is one of Britain's most well known celebrity chefs and television personalities. Born Gennaro D'Acampo in Torre del Greco, Italy, Gino moved to London in 1995 when he was just 19 years old to pursue a career working in restaurants....
41. Nicholas Hoult
Actor | Mad Max: Fury Road
Nicholas Hoult was born on December 7, 1989 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK as Nicholas Caradoc Hoult. His parents are Glenis Hoult, a piano teacher and Roger Hoult, a pilot. He has three siblings, two sisters and one brother. His great-aunt was one of the most popular actresses of her time, ...
42. Rupert Grint
Actor | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint was born in Harlow, Essex, England, the elder son of Joanne (Parsons) and Nigel Grint, who dealt in memorabilia. The first of 5 children, Rupert has one brother and three sisters.
Rupert grew up in Hertfordshire, the English county directly to the north of London, ...
43. Gerard Butler
Actor | 300
Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. His family is of Irish origin. Gerard spent some of his very early childhood in Montreal, Quebec, but was mostly raised, along with his older brother and sister, in his hometown of Paisley. His parents ...
44. Andrew Maxwell
Writer | Andrew Maxwell: Yo Contraire
Andrew Maxwell is known for Andrew Maxwell: Yo Contraire (2019), Comedy Cuts (2007) and Ex on the Beach (2014).
45. Marc Warren
Actor | Wanted
Marc Warren is an English actor, known for his British television roles. His roles have included Albert Blithe in Band of Brothers, Danny Blue in Hustle, Dougie Raymond in The Vice, Dominic Foy in State of Play, Rick in Mad Dogs, the Comte DE Rochefort in The Musketeers and the Gentleman in ...
46. Adrian Lester
Actor | The Day After Tomorrow
Adrian Lester CBE was born on August 14, 1968 in Birmingham, England. He is a multi award winning actor and director, known for seven seasons of the hit TV show Hustle (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Primary Colors (1998) and his extensive classical work in the theatre playing Othello, ...
47. Marcus Brigstocke
Actor | Love Actually
Marcus began his comedy career at Bristol University where he performed stand up and character shows and soon won the BBC New Comedian of 1996. He has since emerged as a major comedy, writing and acting talent, performing in the UK and beyond and has become a regular voice on BBC Radio with an ...
48. Russell Brand
Producer | Arthur
Russell Brand was born on June 4, 1975, in Grays, Essex, England, the son of Barbara Elizabeth (Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. An only child, his parents divorced when he was only six months old, and he was subsequently raised by his mother. Enduring a difficult childhood that saw...
49. Pete Doherty
Soundtrack | Children of Men
Pete Doherty was born on March 12, 1979 in Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Children of Men (2006), Confession of a Child of the Century (2012) and 22 Bullets (2010). He has been married to Katia de Vidas since September 30, 2021. They have one child.
50. Danny Jones
Soundtrack | Just My Luck
Danny Jones was born on March 12, 1986 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Just My Luck (2006), Caminho das Índias (2009) and Dark Passions of a Sexual Serial Killer (2013).
51. Julian Rhind-Tutt
Actor | Notting Hill
Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt is an English actor, best known for playing Dr "Mac" Macartney in the comedy television series Green Wing (2004-2006). Rhind-Tutt was born in West Drayton, Middlesex, the youngest of five; there was a 10-year gap between him and his two brothers and two sisters. He ...
52. Oliver Chris
Actor | King Charles III
Oliver was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. After studying there since 1997, he graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2000 and he soon appeared in the BBC big-budget adaptation of the classic novel Lorna Doone (2000). He followed this with another BBC Show, The Office (...
53. Paul Dano
Actor | There Will Be Blood
An actor for all seasons and all kinds of roles (from dark, difficult characters to more loving ones) Paul Dano has an extensive body work that includes working with directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Steve McQueen, Dayton & Ferris, Ang Lee, Denis Villenueve and Paolo Sorrentino; acting with ...
54. 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. ...
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