A list of actors and comedians from (or associated with) the United Kingdom.
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A to C
- Amanda Abbington
- Ian Abercrombie
- Christine Adams
- Cynthia Addai-Robinson (American actress born in London)
- Mark Addy
- Scott Adkins
- Jenny Agutter
- Freema Agyeman
- Riz Ahmed (See also British Music)
- Anthony Ainley
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Sophie Aldred
- Roger Allam
- Alfie Allen
- Dave Allen
- Gillian Anderson (She's American, but works prominently in British shows and films after her stint in The X-Files)
- Anthony Andrews
- Julie Andrews
- Naveen Andrews
- Vanessa Angel
- Gethin Anthony
- Lysette Anthony
- Gabrielle Anwar
- Richard Armitage
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths
- Gemma Arterton
- Rowan Atkinson
- Richard Attenborough
- Hayley Atwell
- Lionel Atwill
- Richard Ayoade
- Bill Bailey
- Colin Baker
- Kenny Baker
- Tom Baker
- Christian Bale
- Jamie Bamber
- Leslie Banks
- Jack Bannon
- Aneurin Barnard
- Ben Barnes
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Chris Barrie
- John Barrowman
- Mischa Barton
- David Battley
- Sean Bean
- Kate Beckinsale
- Catherine Bell (Scotish-Iranian actress born in London. She is Scottish from her father's side)
- Jamie Bell
- Gina Bellman
- Tiana Benjamin
- Michael Bentine
- Emily Bergl
- Steven Berkoff
- Matt Berry
- Paul Bettany
- Esmé Bianco
- Jamie Campbell Bower
- David Bowie (See also British Music)
- John Boyega
- Frankie Boyle
- Lucy Boynton (was born in New York to British parents)
- David Bradley
- Doug Bradley
- Wilfrid Brambell
- Kenneth Branagh
- Russell Brand
- Louise Brealey
- Bernard Bresslaw
- Jeremy Brett
- Richard Briers
- Nicholas Briggs
- Jim Broadbent
- Kelly Brook
- Charlie Brooker
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- Jessica Brown Findlay
- Millie Bobby Brown
- Nicola Bryant
- Rob Brydon
- Dan Bull (See also British Music)
- MyAnna Buring
- Saffron Burrows
- Kate Burton (Welsh-American actress. She is Welsh from her father's side)
- Richard Burton
- Gerard Butler
- Asa Butterfield
- Peter Butterworth
- Scarlett Byrne
- Melanie C (See also British Music)
- Santiago Cabrera
- Michael Caine
- Jonathan Cake
- Dayton Callie
- James Callis
- Hamilton Camp
- Adam Campbell
- Georgina Campbell
- Naomi Campbell
- Peter Capaldi
- Emily Carey
- Robert Carlyle
- Jane Carr
- Jimmy Carr
- Leo G. Carroll
- Madeleine Carroll
- Jasper Carrott
- Veronica Cartwright (born and raised in Bristol, later moved to the U.S.)
- Kim Cattrall (born and raised in Liverpool, later moved to Canada)
- Jessie Cave
- Henry Cavill
- Gemma Chan
- Christina Chong
- Charlie Chaplin
- Oona Chaplin (Chilean-English actress born in Spain. She regularly appears in British shows and movies)
- Graham Chapman
- Craig Charles
- Gwendoline Christie
- Julie Christie
- Emilia Clarke
- Warren Clarke
- John Cleese
- Carol Cleveland
- Martin Clunes
- Lauren Cohan
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Lily Cole
- Jenna Coleman
- Joan Collins
- Lily Collins (English-American actress who identifies to both nationalities. She is English from her father's side)
- Paul Collins
- Olivia Colman
- Ronald Colman
- Robbie Coltrane
- Jodie Comer
- Sean Connery
- Billy Connolly
- Kenneth Connor
- Paddy Considine
- Steve Coogan
- Peter Cook
- Olivia Cooke
- Dominic Cooper
- Poppy Corby-Tuech (English-French actress)
- James Corden
- Hermione Corfield
- James Cosmo
- Angel Coulby
- Nicholas Courtney
- Brian Cox
- Charlie Cox
- Richard Ian Cox (born and raised in Wales, later moved to Canada. Holds dual citizenship)
- Jonny Coyne
- Daniel Craig
- Michael Crawford
- Bernard Cribbins
- Mackenzie Crook
- Cameron Cuffe
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Alan Cumming
- Tony Curran
- Tim Curry
- Peter Cushing
- Henry Ian Cusick
D to G
- Maryam d'Abo
- Olivia d'Abo (born in London to English parents, later moved to the U.S.)
- Jim Dale
- Timothy Dalton
- Charles Dance
- Hugh Dancy
- Anthony Daniels
- James D'Arcy
- Arthur Darvill
- Jack Davenport
- Warwick Davis
- Peter Davison
- David Dawson
- Alex Day
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Iain De Caestecker
- Olivia de Havilland
- Cara Delevingne
- Roger Delgado
- Judi Dench
- Reginald Denny
- Sacha Dhawan
- Kate Dickie
- Harris Dickinson
- Robin Atkin Downes
- Maria Doyle Kennedy (She's Irish but mostly appears in British shows)
- Taron Egerton
- Samantha Eggar
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Idris Elba
- Denholm Elliott
- Greg Ellis
- Tom Ellis
- Ben Elton
- Cary Elwes
- Gideon Emery
- Nathalie Emmanuel
- Cynthia Erivo
- Rupert Everett
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Made frequent appearances in British films and television, a confessed Anglophile)
- Michelle Fairley
- Marty Feldman
- Julian Fellowes
- Tom Felton
- Rebecca Ferguson
- Noel Fielding
- Joseph Fiennes
- Ralph Fiennes
- Jon Finch
- Albert Finney
- Colin Firth
- David Dayan Fisher
- Isla Fisher (born to Scottish parents, later moved to Australia)
- Tara Fitzgerald
- Tommy Flanagan
- Kate Fleetwood
- Jason Flemyng
- Jerome Flynn
- Joan Fontaine
- Carole Ann Ford
- Claire Forlani
- Ben Forster
- Edward Fox
- Emilia Fox
- Claire Foy
- Anna Francolini
- Pamela Franklin
- Laura Fraser
- Martin Freeman
- Anna Friel
- Stephen Fry
- Fiona Fullerton
- Elyes Gabel
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (French-English actress. She is English from her mother's side)
- Michael Gambon
- Romola Garai
- Andrew Garfield
- Greer Garson
- Mark Gatiss
- Eunice Gayson
- Brian George (Israeli-English actor)
- Ricky Gervais
- John Gielgud
- Karen Gillan
- Iain Glen
- Julian Glover
- Matthew Goode
- Michelle Gomez
- Caroline Goodall
- The Goon Show
- Burn Gorman
- Michael Gough
- Holliday Grainger
- Cary Grant
- Hugh Grant
- Richard E. Grant
- Ross Grant
- Rupert Graves
- Charles Gray
- Mackenzie Gray
- Sydney Greenstreet
- Richard Griffiths
- Rupert Grint
- Ioan Gruffudd
- Christopher Guest (English-American actor who identifies to both nationalities who holds dual citizenship. He is English from his father's side)
- Sienna Guillory
- Alec Guinness
- Edmund Gwenn
H to L
- David Haig
- Rebecca Hall (English-American actress. She is English from her father's side)
- John Hannah
- Diana Hardcastle
- Cedric Hardwicke
- Robert Hardy
- Tom Hardy
- David Harewood
- Kit Harington
- Jared Harris
- Naomie Harris
- Richard Harris
- Rosemary Harris
- Sean Harris
- Rex Harrison
- Miranda Hart
- William Hartnell
- Keeley Hawes
- Sally Hawkins
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Charles Hawtrey
- Isaac Hempstead-Wright
- Elizabeth Henstridge
- Anthony Head
- Lena Headey
- Shirley Henderson
- Ian Hendry
- Georgie Henley
- Duane Henry
- Guy Henry
- Lenny Henry
- Jessica Henwick
- Audrey Hepburn (born in Brussels, Belgium, but moved to the UK later)
- Richard Herring
- Sam Heughan
- David Hewlett (born in the UK, later moved to the USA)
- Tom Hiddleston
- Freddie Highmore
- Benny Hill
- Conleth Hill
- Wendy Hiller
- Ciarán Hinds
- Douglas Hodge
- Tom Holland
- Tom Hollander
- John Hollis
- Ian Holm
- Bob Hope (born in the UK, later moved to the USA)
- Charlotte Hope
- Anthony Hopkins
- Bob Hoskins
- Nicholas Hoult
- Andrew Howard
- Leslie Howard
- Trevor Howard
- Adam Howden
- Anthony Howell
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste
- Frankie Howerd
- Charlie Hunnam
- David Hunt
- Ian Hunter
- Elizabeth Hurley
- John Hurt
- Olivia Hussey
- Jack Huston
- Stephanie Hyam
- Jonathan Hyde
- Jessica Hynes
- Armando Iannucci
- Eric Idle
- Rhys Ifans
- Celia Imrie
- Ralph Ineson
- Jeremy Irons
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen
- Derek Jacobi
- Hattie Jacques
- Bradley James
- Lennie James
- Lily James
- Sidney James (born in South Africa, has English citizenship)
- Theo James
- Martin Jarvis
- David Jason
- Tony Jay
- Michael Jayston
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste
- Isabel Jeans
- Danny John Jules
- Hannah John-Kamen
- Glynis Johns
- Aaron Johnson
- Felicity Jones
- Finn Jones
- Freddie Jones
- Lucie Jones
- Mark Lewis Jones
- Suranne Jones
- Terry Jones
- Toby Jones
- Vinnie Jones
- Paterson Joseph
- Cush Jumbo
- Daniel Kaluuya
- Boris Karloff
- Ravi Kapoor
- Peter Kay
- Robert Kazinsky
- Dominic Keating
- Toby Kebbell
- Dafne Keen
- Erin Kellyman
- Ellie Kendrick
- Deborah Kerr
- John Keston
- Skandar Keynes
- Rowena King
- Ben Kingsley
- Alex Kingston
- Rory Kinnear
- Vanessa Kirby
- Michael Kitchen
- Keira Knightley
- Angela Lansbury (born in the UK, naturalized to the USA)
- Charles Laughton
- Laurel and Hardy (Laurel was British, Hardy American)
- Hugh Laurie
- John Laurie
- Jude Law
- Alex Lawther
- Kelly LeBrock (born in the USA but grew up in the UK, with her mother being Northern Irish)
- Christopher Lee
- Stewart Lee
- Vivien Leigh
- Margaret Leighton
- Georgina Leonidas
- Stephanie Leonidas
- Rose Leslie
- Anton Lesser
- Katie Leung
- Damian Lewis
- Matthew Lewis
- Victor Lewis-Smith
- Andrew Lincoln
- Robert Lindsay
- Robert Llewellyn
- Desmond Llewelyn
- Harry Lloyd
- Margaret Lockwood
- Herbert Lom (Austrian-Czech-born British actor)
- Louise Lombard
- Adam Long
- Michael Lonsdale
- Pixie Lott
- Jack Lowden
- Camilla Luddington
- Joanna Lumley
- Ida Lupino
- Lashana Lynch
- Nicholas Lyndhurst
M to P
- Lee Mack
- Patrick Macnee
- Richard Madden
- Rebecca Mader
- Patrick Malahide
- Paula Malcomson
- Tania Mallet
- Angelica Mandy
- Katy Manning
- Miriam Margolyes
- Peter Marinker
- Eddie Marsan
- Faye Marsay
- Jean Marsh
- Herbert Marshall
- Jo Martin
- James Mason
- Anna Massey
- Eleanor Matsuura
- Rik Mayall
- Peter Mayhew
- Gugu Mbatha Raw
- James McAvoy
- Ross McCall
- David McCallum
- Rory McCann
- Alec McCowen
- Sylvester McCoy
- Helen McCrory
- Ian McDiarmid
- Roddy McDowall
- Malcolm McDowell
- Natascha McElhone
- Ian McElhinney
- Peter McEnery
- Paul McGann
- Ewan McGregor
- Tim McInnerny
- Neve McIntosh
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers (He's Irish but mostly works in British media.)
- Tuppence Middleton
- Ray Milland
- Jonny Lee Miller
- Sienna Miller
- Spike Milligan
- Hayley Mills
- John Mills
- Helen Mirren
- David Mitchell
- Rhona Mitra
- Sonoya Mizuno
- Georgia Moffett
- Alfred Molina
- Dominic Monaghan (German-Scottish actor who identifies to both nationalities. He is English from his mother's side)
- Bob Monkhouse
- Ron Moody
- Dudley Moore
- Julianne Moore (American-Scottish actress who identifies to both nationalities. She is Scottish from her mother's side)
- Roger Moore
- Colin Morgan
- Joseph Morgan
- Emily Mortimer
- Samantha Morton
- William Moseley
- Peter Mullan
- Carey Mulligan
- Hannah Murray
- Jaime Murray
- Eve Myles
- Sophia Myles
- Parminder Nagra
- Liam Neeson
- Sam Neill (Being half Northern Irish and New Zealander, he worked in both medias)
- Thandie Newton
- Bill Nighy
- David Niven
- Ross Noble
- Deobia Oparei
- Rita Ora (See also British Music)
- John Osborne
- Clive Owen
- David Oyelowo
- Yasmin Paige
- Michael Palin
- Paloma Faith (See also British Music)
- Ray Park
- Nathaniel Parker
- Luke Pasqualino
- Dev Patel
- Robert Pattinson
- Adrian Paul
- Simon Pegg
- Jon Pertwee
- Sean Pertwee
- Alex Pettyfer
- Leslie Phillips
- Rosamund Pike
- Karl Pilkington
- Billie Piper (See also British Music)
- Ingrid Pitt (Polish-British)
- Donald Pleasence
Q to S
- Patricia Quinn
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Jessica Raine
- Claude Rains
- Charlotte Rampling
- RandomDCE
- Basil Rathbone
- Michael Redgrave
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Oliver Reed
- Eddie Redmayne
- Roger Rees
- Kelly Reilly
- Iwan Rheon
- John Rhys-Davies
- Cliff Richard (See also British Music)
- Julian Richings (Canadian but born and raised in England)
- Alan Rickman
- Daisy Ridley
- Daniel Rigby
- Diana Rigg
- Sam Riley
- Talulah Riley
- Pat Roach
- Linus Roache
- Luke Roberts
- Zuleikha Robinson
- Sebastian Roché (French-Scottish actor. He is Scottish from his mother's side)
- Michael E. Rodgers
- Jonathan Ross
- Tim Roth
- Deep Roy
- Willie Rushton
- Chris Wiggins
- Matt Ryan
- Mark Rylance
- Robin Sachs
- Colin Salmon
- George Sanders
- Julian Sands
- Joshua Sasse
- Jennifer Saunders
- Julia Sawalha
- Kaya Scodelario
- Paul Scofield
- Naomi Scott
- Terry Scott
- David Scully
- Harry Secombe
- Peter Sellers
- Andy Serkis
- Rufus Sewell
- Jane Seymour
- Anna Shaffer
- Erin Shanagher
- Will Sharpe
- Martin Shaw
- Robert Shaw
- Michael Sheard
- Michael Sheen
- Rachel Shenton
- Mark Sheppard
- Alexander Siddig
- Frank Sidebottom
- John Simm
- Eugene Simon
- Joan Sims
- Ed Skrein
- Elisabeth Sladen
- Sharon Small
- Michael Smiley
- Maggie Smith
- Matt Smith
- Mel Smith
- Sheridan Smith
- Rafe Spall
- Timothy Spall
- Hannah Spearritt
- Terence Stamp
- Clive Standen
- Dan Starkey
- Jason Statham
- Imelda Staunton
- Toby Stephens
- Dan Stevens
- Ray Stevenson
- Catrin Stewart
- Patrick Stewart
- Rachael Stirling
- Joss Stone (See also British Music)
- Malcolm Storry
T to Z
- Jessica Tandy
- Amanda Tapping
- Catherine Tate
- Anya Taylor-Joy (actress of Mixed Ancestry which includes English and Scottish. She is, however, born in the USA)
- Elizabeth Taylor (born in London, later moved to the USA)
- Noah Taylor (Australian actor born in London. He has appeared in a number of British works since)
- Sean Teale
- Juno Temple
- Natalia Tena
- David Tennant
- John Thaw
- Cara Theobold
- David Thewlis
- Antonia Thomas
- Jameson Thomas
- Terry-Thomas
- Marsha Thomason
- Emma Thompson
- David Tomlinson
- Russell Tovey
- Rachel Townsend
- Aidan Turner
- Jodie Turner Smith
- Sophie Turner
- Tracey Ullman
- Peter Ustinov
- Holly Valance (Australian-English singer and actress. She is English from her mother's side and holds dual citizenship)
- Indira Varma
- Peter Vaughan
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- David Walliams
- Annabelle Wallis
- Julie Walters
- Lalla Ward
- David Warner
- Matthew Waterhouse
- Katarina Waters
- Emily Watson
- Emma Watson
- Naomi Watts (Welsh-Australian actress born in England)
- Hugo Weaving
- Robert Webb
- Jake Weber
- Rachel Weisz
- Gemma Whelan
- Ben Whishaw
- Fionn Whitehead
- Billie Whitelaw
- Andy Whitfield (born in Wales, later moved to Australia)
- Jodie Whittaker
- Ricky Whittle
- May Whitty
- Keith Wickham
- Chris Wiggins (Canadian actor born in England)
- Jack Wild
- Richard Wilson
- Ruth Wilson
- Penelope Wilton
- Philip Winchester (American-English actor. He is English from his mother's side)
- Barbara Windsor
- Kate Winslet
- Ray Winstone
- Benedict Wong
- Anna May Wong (American actress, but also had a career in British films)
- Victoria Wood
- Edward Woodward
- Sam Worthington (born in England, later moved to Australia)
- Bonnie Wright
- Letitia Wright
- Peter Wyngarde
- Michael York
- Alan Young (Scottish actor born in England, later moved to Canada then the USA)
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
