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Sinister sequels, eerie indies, and blockbuster boo-fests — here are the most exciting horror movies and shows to add to your Watchlist.

The Best New and Upcoming Horror

From [link=/name/nm6180088/]Young Mazino[/link] in "[link=/title/tt3581920]The Last of Us[/link]" to [link=/name/nm12043107]Sarah Bock[/link] in "[link=/title/tt11280740]Severance[/link]," check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Asian Hollywood Stars to Watch

From <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm6180088/?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Young Mazino</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt3581920?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">The Last of Us</a>&quot; to <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm12043107?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Sarah Bock</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt11280740?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Severance</a>,&quot; check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Mark Strong in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

Mark Strong in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry, Elton John, Pedro Pascal, Mark Strong, Channing Tatum, and Taron Egerton in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

Mark Strong and Emma Stone in Cruella (2021)

Miranda Richardson and Mark Strong in The Young Victoria (2009)

Miranda Richardson, Mark Strong, and Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria (2009)

Jake Curran, Mark Strong, and Barney Clark in Oliver Twist (2005)

Jamie Foreman, Mark Strong, and Barney Clark in Oliver Twist (2005)

Mark Strong in Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

Mark Strong and Dave Chapman in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)

Mark Strong and Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)

Mark Strong and Jack Dylan Grazer in Shazam! (2019)

Nash Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Fares Fares, Callan Mulvey, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong, Aron Eastwood, Jessica Chastain, Phil Somerville, and Taylor Kinney in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Mark Strong and Jeff Mash in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Kyle Chandler, Harold Perrineau, and Mark Strong in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Kate Beckinsale and Mark Strong in Emma (1996)

Paul Rudd and Mark Strong in The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, and Sophie Cookson in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Colin Firth, Mark Strong, and Taron Egerton in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Mark Strong and Taron Egerton in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Mark Strong in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Andrew Grainger and Mark Strong in 6 Days (2017)

Mark Strong and Jessica Chastain in Miss Sloane (2016)

British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law.

Strong was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London, England, to an Austrian mother and an Italian father. His father left the family not long after he was born, and his mother worked as an au pair to raise the boy on her own. Strong's mother had his name legally changed, by deed poll, when he was young in order to help him better assimilate with his peers. He became Mark Strong.

Strong attended Wymondham College in Norfolk, and studied at the university level in Munich with the intent of becoming a lawyer. After a year, he returned to London to study English and Drama at Royal Holloway. He went on to further master his craft of at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Although Americans are most familiar with Strong's roles as Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011), mob boss Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010), and Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009), British audiences know him from his long history as a television actor. He also starred in as numerous British stage productions, including plays at the Royal National Theatre and the RSC.

His most prominent television parts include Prime Suspect 3 (1993) and Prime Suspect: The Last Witness (2003) as Inspector Larry Hall, and starring roles in the BBC Two dramas Our Friends in the North (1996) and The Long Firm (2004), the latter of which netted Strong a BAFTA nomination. He also played Mr. Knightley in the 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's classic tale Emma (1996).

Strong resides in London with his wife Liza Marshall, with whom he has two sons, the younger of which is the godson of his longtime friend Daniel Craig.

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