British Actors and Comedians

A list of actors and comedians from (or associated with) the United Kingdom.

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A to C

• Amanda Abbington
• Ian Abercrombie
• Andrew Ableson
• Naomi Ackie
• Christine Adams
• Cynthia Addai-Robinson (American actress born in London)
• Mark Addy
• Lolly Adefope
• Scott Adkins
• Jenny Agutter
• Freema Agyeman
• Riz Ahmed (See also British Music)
• Anthony Ainley
• David Ajala
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
• Sophie Aldred
• Roger Allam
• Freya Allan
• Alfie Allen
• Dave Allen
• Gillian Anderson (She's American, but was raised for part of her childhood in England and works prominently in British shows and films after her stint on The X-Files)
• Paul Anderson
• Anthony Andrews
• Julie Andrews
• Naveen Andrews
• Vanessa Angel
• Gethin Anthony
• Lysette Anthony
• Gabrielle Anwar
• Emma Appleton
• Robert Aramayo
• Jonathan Aris
• Richard Armitage
• Alexander Armstrong
• Gemma Arterton
• Peggy Ashcroft
• Simone Ashley
• Roger Ashton-Griffiths
• Lilly Aspell
• Jayne Atkinson (born in England and moved to the US when she was 9)
• Rowan Atkinson
• Richard Attenborough
• Hayley Atwell
• Lionel Atwill
• C. Aubrey Smith
• Tom Austen
• Richard Ayoade
• Bill Bailey
• Jonathan Bailey
• Colin Baker
• Kenny Baker
• Tom Baker
• Christian Bale
• Ella Balinska
• Jamie Bamber
• Leslie Banks
• Jack Bannon
• Frances Barber
• Aneurin Barnard
• Ben Barnes
• Samuel Barnett
• Sacha Baron Cohen
• Chris Barrie
• John Barrowman
• Mischa Barton
• Tom Bateman
• Alan Bates
• David Battley
• Helen Baxendale
• Sean Bean
• India de Beaufort
• Kathryn Beaumont
• Kate Beckinsale
• Catherine Bell (Scottish-Iranian actress born in London. She is Scottish from her father's side)
• Jamie Bell
• Gina Bellman
• Tiana Benjamin
• Skye Bennett (British-American actress born in London. Her parents are American)
• Michael Bentine
• Emily Bergl
• Steven Berkoff
• Antonia Bernath
• Matt Berry
• Paul Bettany
• Esmé Bianco
• Jack Birkett
• Jane Birkin
• John Bishop
• Nic Bishop (born in England but raised in Australia)
• Jacqueline Bisset
• Honor Blackman
• Paul Blackthorne
• Caitlin Blackwood
• George Blagden
• JB Blanc

• BRIAN BLESSED
• Brenda Blethyn
• Nick Blood
• Orlando Bloom
• Callum Blue
• Emily Blunt
• Dirk Bogarde
• Samantha Bond
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Nazanin Boniadi (born in Iran, raised in England, has spent her career in the United States)

• Jamie Campbell Bower
• Lisa Bowerman
• David Bowie (See also British Music)
• Josh Bowman
• Billy Boyd
• Stephen Boyd
• John Boyega
• Frankie Boyle
• Zoe Boyle
• Lucy Boynton (was born in New York to British parents)
• David Bradley
• Doug Bradley
• Millie Brady
• Wilfrid Brambell
• Kenneth Branagh
• Vanessa Branch
• Russell Brand
• Louise Brealey
• Ewen Bremner
• Bernard Bresslaw
• Jeremy Brett
• Richard Briers
• Nicholas Briggs
• Isa Briones (American actress born in London)
• Teo Briones (American actor born in Oxford)
• Jim Broadbent
• Eleanor Bron
• Kelly Brook
• Charlie Brooker
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster
• Jessica Brown Findlay
• Millie Bobby Brown
• Nigel Bruce
• Shalom Brune-Franklin (born in England with Mauritian and Thai heritage, lived in Australia from the age of 14)
• Nicola Bryant
• Rob Brydon
• Karen Bryson
• Dan Bull (See also British Music)
• Dominic Burgess
• 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
• Earl Cameron (born in Bermuda and seemingly didn't take British nationality, but worked almost exclusively in British media)
• Hamilton Camp
• Adam Campbell
• Georgina Campbell

• Naomi Campbell
• Neve Campbell (Canadian-British dual citizen)
• Peter Capaldi
• Emily Carey
• Robert Carlyle
• Jane Carr
• Jimmy Carr
• Leo G. Carroll
• Madeleine Carroll
• Jasper Carrott
• Ryan Cartwright
• 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
• Geraldine Chaplin
• Oona Chaplin (Chilean-English actress born in Spain. She regularly appears in British shows and movies)
• Dean-Charles Chapman
• Graham Chapman
• Craig Charles
• Anya Chalotra
• Gwendoline Christie
• Julie Christie
• Sarita Choudhury
• Sam Claflin
• Emilia Clarke
• Noel Clarke
• Warren Clarke
• John Cleese
• Carol Cleveland
• Martin Clunes
• Michaela Coel
• Lauren Cohan
• Sacha Baron Cohen
• Finn Cole
• Lily Cole
• Tosin 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
• Ruth Connell
• 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
• Emma Corrin
• James Cosmo
• Angel Coulby
• George Coulouris
• Hazel Court
• Nicholas Courtney
• Elliot Cowan
• Brian Cox
• Charlie Cox
• Richard Ian Cox (born and raised in Wales, later moved to Canada. Holds dual citizenship)
• Richard Coyle
• Jonny Coyne
• Daniel Craig
• Kenneth Cranham
• Michael Crawford
• Michael Craze
• Bernard Cribbins
• Mackenzie Crook
• Ben Cross
• David Cubitt (born in England and raised in Canada)
• Cameron Cuffe
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Alan Cumming
• Tony Curran
• Tim Curry
• Peter Cushing
• Henry Ian Cusick
• Jack Cutmore-Scott

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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
• Ben Daniels
• Gary Daniels
• James D'Arcy
• Paul Darrow
• Arthur Darvill
• Jack Davenport
• Karen David (Indian-born, Dual citizen with Canada)
• Greg Davies
• Lucy Davis
• Phil Davis
• Warwick Davis
• Peter Davison
• David Dawson

• Alex Day
• Wallis Day
• Daniel Day-Lewis
• Iain De Caestecker
• Olivia de Havilland
• Cara Delevingne
• Roger Delgado
• Joe Dempsie
• Judi Dench
• Reginald Denny
• Michael Des Barres
• Sebastian de Souza
• Theo Devaney
• Katrina Devine (born in Northern Ireland and later moved to New Zealand at age 6)
• Annabelle Dexter-Jones
• Sacha Dhawan
• Kate Dickie
• Harris Dickinson
• Sandra Dickinson (US-UK dual citizen)
• Neil Dickson
• Frank Dillane
• Stephen Dillane
• Sophia Di Martino
• Catherine Disher (born in England and later moved to Canada)
• Michelle Dockery
• Ken Dodd
• Robert Donat
• Natalie Dormer
• Jamie Dornan

• Alexandra Dowling
• Robin Atkin Downes
• Maria Doyle Kennedy (She's Irish but mostly appears in British shows)

• Poppy Drayton
• Minnie Driver
• Alastair Duncan

• Jason Durr
• Mark Dymond
• Sheena Easton
• Shirley Eaton
• Christopher Eccleston
• Paul Eddington
• Robert Eddison
• Adrian Edmondson
• Paddi Edwards (born in England and later moved to the US)

• Taron Egerton
• Samantha Eggar
• Chiwetel Ejiofor
• Idris Elba
• Steven Elder
• Kevin Eldon
• Denholm Elliott
• Greg Ellis
• Tom Ellis
• Ben Elton
• Cary Elwes
• Gideon Emery
• Nathalie Emmanuel
• Cynthia Erivo
• Alfred Enoch
• Alice Evans
• Luke Evans
• Maurice Evans
• Rupert Evans
• Alice Eve

• Rupert Everett
• Daniel Ezra
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Made frequent appearances in British films and television, a confessed Anglophile)
• Michelle Fairley
• Francesca Faridany (dual citizen with US)
• Marty Feldman
• Julian Fellowes
• Tom Felton
• Craig Ferguson
• Rebecca Ferguson
• Noel Fielding
• Joseph Fiennes
• Ralph Fiennes
• Jon Finch
• Albert Finney
• Colin Firth
• Peter 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
• Phoebe Fox
• Claire Foy
• James Frain
• Anna Francolini
• Pamela Franklin
• Laura Fraser
• Lynne Frederick
• Martin Freeman
• Dawn French
• Anna Friel

• Rebecca Front
• Nick Frost

• Joel Fry
• Stephen Fry
• Fiona Fullerton
• Elyes Gabel
• Peter Gadiot
• Charlotte Gainsbourg (French-English actress. She is English from her mother's side)
• Vincent Gale (Canadian national born in Scotland)
• Teresa Gallagher
• Michael Gambon
• Romola Garai
• Andrew Garfield
• Liam Garrigan
• James Garrett
• Greer Garson
• Mark Gatiss
• Ncuti Gatwa (born in Rwanda but raised in Scotland)
• Chris Gauthier (born in England and lives in Canada)
• Eunice Gayson
• Brian George (Israeli-English actor)
• Helen George
• Ricky Gervais
• John Gielgud
• Mandip Gill
• Karen Gillan
• Iain Glen
• Philip Glenister
• Julian Glover
• Trevor Goddard
• Adam Godley
• Brett Goldstein
• Michelle Gomez
• Caroline Goodall
• Matthew Goode
• The Goon Show
• Mia Goth
• Harry Van Gorkum
• Burn Gorman
• Michael Gough
• Holliday Grainger
• Cary Grant
• Hugh Grant
• Richard E. Grant
• Ross Grant
• Rupert Graves
• Charles Gray
• Mackenzie Gray
• Anthony Green
• Sydney Greenstreet
• Emma Greenwell
• Anastasia Griffith
• Lucy Griffiths
• 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
• Peter Guinness
• Edmund Gwenn

H to L

• Harry Hadden-Paton
• Laura Haddock
• David Haig
• Rebecca Hall (English-American actress. She is English from her father's side)
• Tony Hancock
• John Hannah
• Diana Hardcastle
• Cedric Hardwicke
• Robert Hardy
• Tom Hardy
• David Harewood
• Kit Harington
• Jamie Harris
• Jared Harris
• Naomie Harris
• Richard Harris
• Rosemary Harris
• Sean Harris
• Rex Harrison

• Miranda Hart
• William Hartnell
• Laurence Harvey (born in Lithuania, but settled in the United Kingdom in his teens)
• Tamer Hassan
• Keeley Hawes
• Sally Hawkins
• Nigel Hawthorne
• Charles Hawtrey
• Linda Hayden
• Isaac Hempstead-Wright
• Elizabeth Henstridge
• Anthony Head
• Daisy Head
• Lena Headey
• David Hemblen (born in England and later moved to Canada)
• Cedric Smith (English-Canadian)
• Shirley Henderson
• Ian Hendry
• Georgie Henley
• Paul Henreid (Austrian-British-American triple citizen)
• Duane Henry
• Guy Henry
• Lenny Henry
• Jessica Henwick
• Audrey Hepburn (born in Brussels, Belgium, but moved to the UK later)
• Richard Herring
• Sam Heughan
• Christopher Hewett
• David Hewlett (born in the UK, later moved to the USA)
• Edward Hibbert (born in the US to English parents, raised in England and returned to the US)
• Stephen Hibbert
• Tom Hiddleston
• Paul Higgins
• Freddie Highmore
• Benny Hill
• Conleth Hill
• Jacqueline Hill
• Wendy Hiller
• Ciarán Hinds
• Frazer Hines
• Douglas Hodge
• Tom Holland
• Tom Hollander
• John Hollis
• Ian Holm
• Adrian Holmes (born in Northern Wales, raised in Canada)
• Bob Hope (born in the UK, later moved to the USA)
• Charlotte Hope
• Anthony Hopkins
• Tom Hopper
• Jane Horrocks
• Bob Hoskins
• Nicholas Hoult
• Donald Houston
• Andrew Howard
• Leslie Howard
• Trevor Howard
• Adam Howden
• Anthony Howell
• Kirby Howell-Baptiste
• Frankie Howerd
• Billy Howle
• Finola Hughes
• Charlie Hunnam
• David Hunt
• Ian Hunter
• Kathryn Hunter
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
• Elizabeth Hurley
• John Hurt
• Olivia Hussey
• Jack Huston
• Stephanie Hyam
• Jonathan Hyde
• Jessica Hynes
• Armando Iannucci
• Eric Idle
• Rhys Ifans
• Osy Ikhile
• Celia Imrie
• Ralph Ineson
• Jeremy Irons

• Jeremy Irvine
• Jason Isaacs
• Paulette Ivory
• Eddie Izzard

• Gildart Jackson
• Glenda Jackson
• Neil Jackson
• Oliver Jackson-Cohen
• Derek Jacobi
• Hattie Jacques
• Bradley James
• Lennie James
• Lily James
• Sidney James (born in South Africa, held British citizenship)
• Theo James
• Louise Jameson
• Jameela Jamil
• Martin Jarvis
• David Jason
• Tony Jay
• Michael Jayston
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste
• Isabel Jeans
• Garth Jennings
• Caroline John
• Danny John-Jules
• Hannah John-Kamen
• Glynis Johns
• Felicity Jones
• Finn Jones
• Freddie Jones
• Gary Jones (born in England and later moved to Canada in the 1980s)

• Lucie Jones
• Mark Lewis Jones
• Suranne Jones
• Terry Jones
• Toby Jones
• Vinnie Jones
• Paterson Joseph
• Cush Jumbo
• Noah Jupe
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim
• Daniel Kaluuya
• Matt Kane
• Natacha Karam
• Boris Karloff
• Ravi Kapoor
• Paul Kasey
• Simon Kassianides
• Peter Kay
• Robert Kazinsky
• Dominic Keating
• Hugh Keays-Byrne (Born in India to British parents and later moved to Australia)
• Toby Kebbell
• Dafne Keen
• Will Keen
• Michelle Keegan

• Erin Kellyman
• Ellie Kendrick
• Gus Kenworthy
• Deborah Kerr
• John Keston
• Skandar Keynes
• Georgia King
• Rowena King
• Ben Kingsley
• Alex Kingston
• Rory Kinnear
• Vanessa Kirby
• Jemima Kirke
• Michael Kitchen
• Elliot Knight
• Keira Knightley
• Rahul Kohli
• Jackie Lane
• Bonnie Langford
• 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)
• Bernard Lee
• Christopher Lee
• Stewart Lee
• John Leeson
• Jane Leeves
• Vivien Leigh
• Margaret Leighton
• Georgina Leonidas
• Stephanie Leonidas
• Rose Leslie
• Anton Lesser

• Katie Leung
• Charlotte Lewis
• Damian Lewis
• Matthew Lewis
• Victor Lewis-Smith
• Jessie Mei Li
• Andrew Lincoln
• Delroy Lindo
• Robert Lindsay
• Louise Linton
• Robert Llewellyn
• Desmond Llewelyn
• Harry Lloyd
• Max Lloyd-Jones
• Margaret Lockwood
• John Loder
• Herbert Lom (Austrian-Czech-born British actor)
• Louise Lombard
• Adam Long
• Michael Lonsdale
• Pixie Lott
• Ophelia Lovibond
• Jack Lowden
• Arthur Lowe
• Sophie Lowe (born in UK, later moved to Australia)
• Camilla Luddington
• Joanna Lumley
• Ida Lupino
• Jay Lycurgo
• Lashana Lynch
• Susan Lynch
• Nicholas Lyndhurst

M to O

• Kelly Macdonald
• Angus Macfadyen
• Matthew Macfadyen
• Lee Mack
• George MacKay
• Emma Mackey ^note Dual French-British citizenship
• Pearl Mackie
• Patrick Macnee
• Richard Madden
• Anna Madeley
• Rebecca Mader
• Philip Madoc
• Sean Maguire
• John Mahoney
• Patrick Malahide
• Paula Malcomson
• Tania Mallet
• Aasif Mandvi (born in India, raised in England, and later moved to the US)
• Angelica Mandy
• Katy Manning
• Amy Manson
• Madeleine Mantock
• Forbes March (born in England but raised in Canada)
• Miriam Margolyes
• Peter Marinker
• Eddie Marsan
• Faye Marsay
• Jean Marsh
• Herbert Marshall
• Zena Marshall
• Ian Marter
• Jo Martin
• MasakoX
• James Mason
• Anna Massey

• Eleanor Matsuura
• Giles Matthey
• Rik Mayall
• Peter Mayhew
• Gugu Mbatha Raw
• James McAvoy
• Ross McCall
• David McCallum
• Rory McCann
• Alec McCowen
• Sylvester McCoy
• Alex McCrindle
• Helen McCrory
• Ian McDiarmid
• Gary McDonald
• Roddy McDowall
• Malcolm McDowell
• Natascha McElhone
• Ian McElhinney
• Peter McEnery
• Colin McFarlane
• Paul McGann
• Ewan McGregor
• Tim McInnerny
• Neve McIntosh
• Pollyanna McIntosh
• Michael McIntyre
• Gina McKee
• Ian McKellen
• Virginia McKenna
• Kevin McKidd
• Ian McShane
• Graham McTavish
• Harry Melling
• Tobias Menzies
• Stephen Merchant
• Tamzin Merchant

• Jane Merrow
• Zienia Merton
• Tuppence Middleton
• Ray Milland
• Jonny Lee Miller
• Sienna Miller
• Spike Milligan
• Hayley Mills
• John Mills
• Max Minghella
• Helen Mirren
• Tom Mison
• Jimi Mistry
• 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
• Janet Montgomery
• Monty Python (group)
• 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

• Chris Morris
• Julian Morris
• David Morrissey
• Barry Morse (England-born but grew up in Canada)

• Emily Mortimer
• Samantha Morton
• Wunmi Mosaku
• William Moseley
• Stephen Moyer
• Oliver Muirhead
• Peter Mullan
• Carey Mulligan
• Caroline Munro
• 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)
• Thandiwe Newton
• Bill Nighy
• David Niven
• Ross Noble
• Margaret Nolan
• Jeremy Northam
• James Norton
• Kayvan Novak
• Maureen O'Brien
• Richard O'Brien
• Jack O'Connell
• Josh O'Connor
• Peter O'Toole

• Ann Ogbomo
• Natasha O'Keeffe
• Sophie Okonedo
• Gary Oldman
• Ingrid Oliver
• John Oliver
• Laurence Olivier
• Kate O'Mara
• Con O'Neil
• DeObia Oparei
• Rita Ora (See also British Music)
• Julia Ormond
• John Osborne
• Clive Owen
• David Oyelowo

P to R

• Wendy Padbury
• Emma Paetz
• Regé-Jean Page
• Nicola Pagett
• Yasmin Paige
• Michael Palin
• Sam Palladio
• Paloma Faith (See also British Music)
• Ray Park
• Nathaniel Parker
• Katherine Parkinson
• Luke Pasqualino
• Dev Patel
• Robert Pattinson
• Adrian Paul
• Bruce Payne
• Tom Payne
• Amanda Pays
• Jacqueline Pearce
• Simon Pegg
• Amy Pemberton
• Jon Pertwee
• Sean Pertwee
• Alex Pettyfer
• Leslie Phillips
• Siân Phillips
• Christina Pickles (born in UK, later moved to the US)
• Jim Piddock
• Rosamund Pike
• Karl Pilkington
• Billie Piper (See also British Music)
• Ingrid Pitt (Polish-British)
• Donald Pleasence
• Imogen Poots
• Anna Popplewell
• Pete Postlethwaite
• Will Poulter

• Dominique Provost-Chalkley
• David Prowse
• Florence Pugh
• Lara Pulver
• Lucy Punch
• James Purefoy
• Ella Purnell
• Peter Purves
• Jonathan Pryce
• Patricia Quinn
• Daniel Radcliffe
• Jessica Raine
• Claude Rains
• Miranda Raison
• T. J. Ramini
• Charlotte Rampling
• Bella Ramsey
• RandomDCE
• David Rappaport
• Basil Rathbone
• Adam Rayner
• Jemma Redgrave
• Lynn Redgrave
• Michael Redgrave
• Vanessa Redgrave
• Oliver Reed
• Eddie Redmayne
• Roger Rees
• Toby Regbo
• Georgina Reilly (Canadian actress born in England)
• Kelly Reilly
• Iwan Rheon
• Steffan Rhodri
• Matthew Rhys
• Paul Rhys
• Phillip Rhys
• John Rhys-Davies
• Cliff Richard (See also British Music)
• Erin Richards
• Ian Richardson
• Joely Richardson
• Miranda Richardson
• Natasha Richardson
• Ralph Richardson
• Maisie Richardson-Sellers
• Shane Richie
• Julian Richings (Canadian but born and raised in England)
• Alan Rickman
• Daisy Ridley
• Daniel Rigby
• Emma Rigby
• Diana Rigg
• Sam Riley
• Talulah Riley

• Andrea Riseborough
• Charlotte Ritchie
• Reece Ritchie
• Blake Ritson
• Pat Roach
• Linus Roache
• Luke Roberts
• Tony Robinson
• Zuleikha Robinson
• Ben Robson
• Claudette Roche
• Sebastian Roché (French-Scottish actor. He is Scottish from his mother's side)
• Michael E. Rodgers
• Jonathan Ross
• Carlo Rota (British-Canadian)
• Tim Roth
• Patsy Rowlands
• Deep Roy
• Vyto Ruginis
• Willie Rushton
• William Russell
• Chris Wiggins
• Matt Ryan
• Michelle Ryan
• Mark Rylance

S to V

• Robin Sachs
• Colin Salmon
• George Sanders
• Julian Sands
• Danny Sapani
• Joshua Sasse
• Jennifer Saunders
• Julia Sawalha
• Joanna Scanlan
• Kaya Scodelario
• Paul Scofield
• Dougray Scott
• Naomi Scott
• Terry Scott
• Kristin Scott Thomas
• Serena Scott Thomas
• David Scully
• Harry Secombe
• Peter Sellers
• Peter Serafinowicz
• Andy Serkis
• Rufus Sewell
• Jane Seymour
• Anna Shaffer
• Erin Shanagher
• John Sharian
• Daniel Sharman
• Will Sharpe
• Charles Shaughnessy
• Martin Shaw
• Robert Shaw
• Michael Sheard
• Michael Sheen
• Barbara Shelley
• Rachel Shenton
• Mark Sheppard
• W. Morgan Sheppard
• Reshma Shetty (dual American-British citizenship)
• Alexander Siddig
• Frank Sidebottom
• Alastair Sim
• Meera Simhan
• John Simm
• Jean Simmons (British-American actress)
• Eugene Simon
• Hannah Simone
• Joan Sims
• Adam Sinclair
• Marina Sirtis
• Ed Skrein
• Ione Skye (born in England to British and American parents, but raised in the US)
• Elisabeth Sladen
• Sharon Small
• Michael Smiley
• Maggie Smith
• Matt Smith
• Mel Smith
• Sheridan Smith
• Michael Socha
• Rafe Spall
• Timothy Spall
• Hannah Spearritt
• Scott Speedman (born in England but raised in Canada)
• Hugo Speer
• Terence Stamp
• Clive Standen
• Oliver Stark
• Dan Starkey
• Jason Statham
• Imelda Staunton
• Toby Stephens
• Roxy Sternberg
• Dan Stevens
• Ray Stevenson
• Andrew Stewart-Jones
• Catrin Stewart
• Patrick Stewart
• Mark Strickson
• Rachael Stirling
• Joss Stone (See also British Music)
• Malcolm Storry
• Ken Stott
• Freddie Stroma
• Mark Strong
• Jim Sturgess
• David Suchet
• Gregg Sulkin

• Tara Summers
• Donald Sumpter
• Sarah Sutton
• Olivia Swann
• Tilda Swinton
• Eric Sykes
• Mary Tamm
• Lewis Tan
• Jessica Tandy
• Amanda Tapping
• Catherine Tate
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson
• 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
• Paul Telfer
• Juno Temple
• Natalia Tena
• David Tennant
• John Thaw
• Cara Theobold
• David Thewlis
• Antonia Thomas
• Jameson Thomas
• Terry-Thomas
• Marsha Thomason
• Emma Thompson
• Dominique Tipper
• David Tomlinson
• Eleanor Tomlinson
• Pip Torrens
• Russell Tovey
• Rachel Townsend

• Sarah Trigger

• Patrick Troughton
• Sam Troughton
• Aidan Turner
• Callum 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)
• Steve Valentine (Scottish-American. Holds dual citizenship.)
• Indira Varma
• Peter Vaughan
• Conrad Veidt (born in Germany, moved to the UK and was naturalized in 1939)

• Tim Vine
• Alexander Vlahos
• Tony Vogel

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W to Z

• Hannah Waddingham
• Sonya Walger
• Eamonn Walker
• Polly Walker
• Phoebe Waller-Bridge
• David Walliams
• Annabelle Wallis
• Julie Walters
• Zoë Wanamaker
• Lalla Ward
• Simon Ward
• Rick Warden
• David Warner
• Matthew Waterhouse
• Suki Waterhouse
• Katarina Waters
• Katherine Waterston (British-American)
• Deborah Watling
• Emily Watson
• Emma Watson
• Naomi Watts (Welsh-Australian actress born in England)
• Hugo Weaving
• Robert Webb
• Jake Weber
• Perdita Weeks
• Rachel Weisz
• Dolly Wells
• Dominic West
• Ed Westwick
• Joanne Whalley
• Gemma Whelan
• Ben Whishaw
• Jack Whitehall
• Fionn Whitehead
• Billie Whitelaw
• Andy Whitfield (born in Wales, later moved to Australia)
• Leonard Whiting
• Jodie Whittaker
• Ricky Whittle
• May Whitty
• Keith Wickham
• Chris Wiggins (Canadian actor born in England)
• Jack Wild

• Michael Wilding

• Kenneth Williams
• Maisie Williams
• Mark Williams
• Olivia Williams
• Nicol Williamson
• Anneke Wills
• Richard Wilson
• Ruth Wilson
• Stuart Wilson
• Penelope Wilton
• Philip Winchester (American-English actor. He is English from his mother's side.)
• Peter Wingfield
• Barbara Windsor
• Peter Wingfield
• Sophie Winkleman
• Kate Winslet
• Ray Winstone
• Alex Winter
• Katia Winter
• Estelle Winwood
• Robert Wisden (born in England and later moved to Canada at age 15)
• Michael Wisher
• 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)
• Angus Wright
• Ben Wright
• Bonnie Wright
• Letitia Wright
• Geraint Wyn Davies
• Peter Wyngarde
• Michael York
• Susannah York
• Alan Young (Scottish actor born in England, later moved to Canada then the USA)
• Luke Youngblood
• Catherine Zeta-Jones

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