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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
- Jovan Adepo (British-American)
- Scott Adkins
- Jenny Agutter
- Freema Agyeman
- Riz Ahmed (See also British Music)
- Anthony Ainley
- David Ajala
- Adeel Akhtar
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Sophie Aldred
- Jessica Alexander
- Sarah Alexander
- Roger Allam
- Freya Allan
- Alfie Allen
- Dave Allen
- Joe Alwyn
- Nikki Amuka-Bird
- 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)
- Jacob Anderson
- Jean Anderson
- Paul Anderson
- Sylvia Anderson
- Anthony Andrews
- Chris Andrews
- Harry Andrews
- Julie Andrews
- Naveen Andrews
- Vanessa Angel
- Michael Angelis
- Chloë Annett
- Nonso Anozie
- Gethin Anthony
- Lysette Anthony
- Gabrielle Anwar
- Emma Appleton
- Robert Aramayo
- Ben Aris
- Jonathan Aris
- Richard Armitage
- Alexander Armstrong
- Alun Armstrong
- Vic Armstrong
- Gemma Arterton
- Carole Ashby
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Simone Ashley
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths
- Robin Askwith
- Lilly Aspell
- Jayne Atkinson (born in England and moved to the US when she was 9)
- Rowan Atkinson
- Richard Attenborough
- Hayley Atwell note
- Lionel Atwill
- C. Aubrey Smith
- Tom Austen
- Richard Ayoade
- Hermione Baddeley (later moved to America)
- Nina Baden-Semper (Moved from Trinidad)
- Bill Bailey
- Jonathan Bailey
- Colin Baker
- Kenny Baker
- Stanley Baker
- Tom Baker
- Patrick Baladi
- Christian Bale
- Ella Balinska
- Ellie Bamber
- Jamie Bamber
- Leslie Banks
- Morwenna Banks
- Trevor Bannister
- Jack Bannon
- Frances Barber
- Eric Barker
- Ronnie Barker
- Peter Barkworth
- Aneurin Barnard
- Ben Barnes
- Cooper Barnes (British-American)
- Samuel Barnett
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Amanda Barrie
- Chris Barrie
- John Barrowman
- Mischa Barton
- Alfie Bass
- Tom Bateman
- Alan Bates
- Michael Bates
- Timothy Bateson
- Joey Batey
- David Battley
- Helen Baxendale
- Mathew Baynton
- Amelia Bayntun
- Colin Bean
- Sean Bean
- India de Beaufort
- Kathryn Beaumont
- Bernadette Beck
- James Beck
- Kate Beckinsale
- Richard Beckinsale
- Tony Beckley
- Emily Beecham
- Christopher Beeny
- Catherine Bell (Scottish-Iranian actress born in London. She is Scottish from her father's side)
- Jamie Bell
- John Bell
- Amanda Bellamy
- Lynda Bellingham
- Gina Bellman
- Kingsley Ben-Adir
- Tiana Benjamin
- Eliza Bennett
- Fleur Bennett
- Harold Bennett
- Skye Bennett (British-American actress born in London. Her parents are American)
- Perry Benson
- Michael Bentine
- Emily Bergl
- Steven Berkoff
- Andrée Bernard
- Antonia Bernath
- Matt Berry
- Michael Berry Jr.
- Eve Best
- Paul Bettany
- Stewart Bevan
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Esmé Bianco
- Peter Birch
- Jack Birkett
- Jane Birkin
- John Bishop
- Nic Bishop (born in England but raised in Australia)
- Jacqueline Bisset
- Joe Black
- Honor Blackman
- Paul Blackthorne
- Caitlin Blackwood
- George Blagden
- JB Blanc
- Susie Blake
- Julian Bleach
- BRIAN BLESSED
- Brenda Blethyn
- Caroline Bliss
- Claire Bloom
- Nick Blood
- Orlando Bloom
- Callum Blue
- Emily Blunt
- John Bluthal (lived in both Australia and England)
- Dirk Bogarde
- Samantha Bond
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Nazanin Boniadi (born in Iran, raised in England, has spent her career in the United States)
- Anthony Booth
- Connie Booth (born in America and moved to England)
- Arthur Bostrom
- Jamie Campbell Bower
- Lisa Bowerman
- David Bowie (See also British Music)
- Peter Bowles
- Josh Bowman
- Felix Bowness
- Billy Boyd
- Stephen Boyd
- John Boyega
- Frankie Boyle
- Zoe Boyle
- Lucy Boynton (was born in New York to British parents)
- David Bradley
- Doug Bradley
- Ben Bradshaw
- Millie Brady
- Wilfrid Brambell
- Kenneth Branagh
- Vanessa Branch
- Russell Brand
- Susie Brann
- Louise Brealey
- Ewen Bremner
- Owen Brenman
- Bernard Bresslaw
- Jeremy Brett
- David Brierly
- Richard Briers
- Nicholas Briggs
- Isa Briones (American actress born in London)
- Teo Briones (American actor born in Oxford)
- Jim Broadbent
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- Ronnie Brody
- Eleanor Bron
- Kelly Brook
- Siân Brooke
- Charlie Brooker
- Ray Brooks
- Arthur Brough
- Jessica Brown Findlay
- Millie Bobby Brown
- Angela Bruce
- Nigel Bruce
- Shalom Brune-Franklin (born in England with Mauritian and Thai heritage, lived in Australia from the age of 14)
- Dora Bryan
- Nicola Bryant
- Rob Brydon
- Karen Bryson
- Dan Bull (See also British Music)
- Dominic Burgess
- MyAnna Buring
- Mike Burns
- Daisy Burrell
- Paula Burrows (born in Canada but raised in Scotland)
- 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
- Simon Cadell
- Michael Caine
- Jonathan Cake
- Dayton Callie
- James Callis
- Bobby Calloway (Anglo-Irish)
- Phyllis Calvert
- 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)
- Gerald Campion
- Esma Cannon (Born in Australia and moved to England)
- Peter Capaldi
- Emily Carey
- Robert Carlyle
- Jane Carr
- Jimmy Carr
- Liz Carr
- Leo G. Carroll
- Madeleine Carroll
- Jasper Carrott
- Silas Carson
- Ryan Cartwright
- Veronica Cartwright (born and raised in Bristol, later moved to the U.S.)
- Roy Castle
- Kim Cattrall (born and raised in Liverpool, later moved to Canada)
- Maxwell Caulfield (British-American)
- Jessie Cave
- Henry Cavill
- John Challis
- Anya Chalotra
- Cyril Chamberlain
- Emma Chambers
- Gemma Chan
- Julia Chan
- Ben Chaplin
- 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
- Jan Chappell
- Craig Charles
- Christina Chong
- Oliver Chris
- Gwendoline Christie
- Julie Christie
- Eric Christmas
- Sarita Choudhury
- Stephen Churchett
- Sam Claflin
- Morfydd Clark
- Emilia Clarke
- Noel Clarke
- Warren Clarke
- Julian Clary
- John Cleese
- John Clegg
- Carol Cleveland
- Scott Cleverdon
- Zena Clifton
- John Clive
- Martin Clunes
- Michaela Coel
- Lauren Cohan
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Finn Cole
- Lily Cole
- Tosin Cole
- Jenna Coleman
- Harry Collett
- Joan Collins
- Rob James Collier
- John D. 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
- Shelley Conn
- Ruth Connell
- Jason Connery
- Sean Connery
- Billy Connolly
- Kenneth Connor
- Kit Connor
- Paddy Considine
- Tom Conti
- Steve Coogan
- Peter Cook
- Kirsten Cooke
- Olivia Cooke
- Pat Coombs
- Dominic Cooper
- Kenneth Cope
- Harry H. Corbett
- Poppy Corby-Tuech (English-French actress)
- James Corden
- Allan Corduner
- Hermione Corfield
- Lee Cornes
- Judy Cornwell
- Emma Corrin
- James Cosmo
- Ritchie Coster
- Angel Coulby
- George Coulouris
- Diana Coupland
- Hazel Court
- Nicholas Courtney
- Elliot Cowan
- Brenda Cowling
- 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
- Sarah Craze
- Bernard Cribbins
- Stephen Critchlow
- Mackenzie Crook
- Annette Crosbie
- Ben Cross
- Brian Croucher
- Sara Crowe (Scottish)
- David Cubitt (born in England and raised in Canada)
- Cameron Cuffe
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Alan Cumming
- Michael Cumpsty
- Pamela Cundell
- Tony Curran
- Tim Curry
- Peter Cushing
- Henry Ian Cusick
- Jack Cutmore-Scott
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
- Alexandra Dane (born in South Africa and moved to England)
- Suzanne Danielle
- Anthony Daniels
- Ben Daniels
- Gary Daniels
- Larry Dann
- Emma D'Arcy
- James D'Arcy
- Maria Darling
- Paul Darrow
- Arthur Darvill
- Jack Davenport
- Karen David (Indian-born, Dual citizen with Canada)
- Gareth David-Lloyd (Welsh)
- Greg Davies
- Janet Davies
- Windsor Davies (Welsh)
- Candy Davis
- Julia Davis
- Lucy Davis
- Phil Davis
- Warwick Davis
- Peter Davison
- Anna Dawson
- David Dawson
- Alex Day
- Wallis Day
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Iain De Caestecker
- Olivia de Havilland
- Julia Deakin
- Julie-Ann Dean
- Angus Deayton
- Rupert Degas
- Cara Delevingne
- Roger Delgado
- Jamie Demetriou
- Natasia Demetriou
- Joe Dempsie
- Judi Dench
- Reginald Denny
- Michael Des Barres
- Sebastian de Souza
- Theo Devaney
- Ed Devereaux (born in Australia and moved to England)
- Katrina Devine (born in Northern Ireland and later moved to New Zealand at age 6)
- Annabelle Dexter-Jones
- Rudi Dharmalingam
- Sacha Dhawan
- Mandeep Dhillon
- 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
- Hannah Dodd
- Ken Dodd
- Lou Doillon (French-British)
- Robert Donat
- Jack Doolan
- Natalie Dormer
- Jamie Dornan
- Diana Dors
- Angela Douglas
- Jack Douglas
- Sarah Douglas
- Alexandra Dowling
- Angela Down
- Robin Atkin Downes
- Maria Doyle Kennedy (She's Irish but mostly appears in British shows)
- Poppy Drayton
- James Dreyfus
- Minnie Driver
- Alastair Duncan
- Lindsay Duncan
- Clive Dunn
- Jason Durr
- Janine Duvitski
- Leslie Dwyer
- Valentine Dyall
- Mark Dymond
- Phoebe Dynevor
- Sheena Easton
- Shirley Eaton
- Christopher Eccleston
- Paul Eddington
- Robert Eddison
- Daisy Edgar-Jones
- Adrian Edmondson
- Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Welsh)
- Paddi Edwards (born in England and later moved to the US)
- Tamsin Egerton
- Taron Egerton
- Samantha Eggar
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Carmen Ejogo
- Idris Elba
- Steven Elder
- Kevin Eldon
- Jessica Ellerby
- Su Elliot
- Denholm Elliott
- Greg Ellis
- Tom Ellis
- Ben Elton
- Cary Elwes
- Annes Elwy (Welsh)
- Gideon Emery
- Nathalie Emmanuel
- Arthur English
- Jennifer English
- Alfred Enoch
- Cynthia Erivo
- Norman Eshley
- Paapa Essiedu
- Don Estelle
- Alice Evans
- Barry Evans
- Luke Evans
- Maurice Evans
- Rupert Evans
- Alice Eve
- Rupert Everett
- Daniel Ezra
- O-T Fagbenle
- Christopher Fairbank
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Made frequent appearances in British films and television, a confessed Anglophile)
- Michelle Fairley
- Francesca Faridany (dual citizen with United States)
- Daniel Fathers
- Janina Faye
- Sheila Fearn
- JJ Feild (British-American)
- Marty Feldman
- Julian Fellowes
- Tom Felton
- Emerald Fennell
- Craig Ferguson
- Rebecca Ferguson
- Julie Fernandez
- Fenella Fielding
- Noel Fielding
- Joseph Fiennes
- Ralph Fiennes
- Jon Finch
- Albert Finney
- Yasmin Finney
- Colin Firth
- Peter Firth
- David Dayan Fisher
- Isla Fisher (born to Scottish parents, later moved to Australia)
- Tara Fitzgerald
- Tommy Flanagan
- James Fleet
- Kate Fleetwood
- Lucy Fleming
- Jason Flemyng
- Jerome Flynn
- Judy Flynn
- Joan Fontaine
- Jon Foo
- Moira Foot
- Carole Ann Ford
- Claire Forlani
- Ben Forster
- Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
- Derek Fowlds
- Bernard Fox (Welsh actor)
- Edward Fox
- Emilia Fox
- Phoebe Fox
- Claire Foy
- James Frain
- Derek Francis
- Anna Francolini
- Nicholas Frankau
- Fabien Frankel
- Pamela Franklin
- Patricia Franklin
- Richard Franklin
- Hugh Fraser
- Laura Fraser
- Liz Fraser
- Lynne Frederick
- Martin Freeman
- Paul Freeman
- Dawn French
- Anna Friel
- Rupert Friend
- Rebecca Front
- Nick Frost
- Joel Fry
- Stephen Fry
- Fiona Fullerton
- Judith Furse
- Hugh Futcher
- Elyes Gabel
- Peter Gadiot
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (French-English actress. She is English from her mother's side)
- Vincent Gale (Canadian national born in Scotland)
- Nicholas Galitzine
- Stirling Gallacher
- 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
- Judy Geeson
- Sally Geeson
- Brian George (Israeli-English actor)
- Helen George
- George Georgiou
- Ruth Gemmell
- Ricky Gervais
- Millie Gibson
- John Gielgud
- Marcus Gilbert
- Mandip Gill
- Karen Gillan
- Mo Gilligan
- Peter Gilmore
- Iain Glen
- Philip Glenister
- Julian Glover
- Tom Glynn-Carney
- Trevor Goddard
- Tommy Godfrey
- Adam Godley
- Brett Goldstein
- Michelle Gomez
- Francesca Gonshaw
- Caroline Goodall
- Matthew Goode
- Henry Goodman
- The Goon Show
- Mia Goth
- Harry Van Gorkum
- Burn Gorman
- Norah Gorsen
- Michael Gough
- David Graham
- Stephen Graham
- Holliday Grainger
- Stewart Granger
- Bob Grant
- Cary Grant
- Deborah Grant
- Hugh Grant
- Richard E. Grant
- Ross Grant
- Rupert Graves
- Charles Gray
- Mackenzie Gray
- Anthony Green
- Sydney Greenstreet
- Emma Greenwell
- Stephen Greif
- Minna Grey
- David Griffin
- Anastasia Griffith
- Fred Griffiths
- Lucy Griffiths
- Lucy Griffiths (1919)
- Richard Griffiths
- Rupert Grint
- Clare Grogan (Scottish)
- 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
- Jack Haig
- Jefferson Hall
- Rebecca Hall (English-American actress. She is English from her father's side)
- Susan Hampshire
- Tony Hancock
- Irene Handl
- Ian Hanmore
- John Hannah
- Diana Hardcastle
- Rasmus Hardiker
- Cedric Hardwicke
- Edward Hardwicke
- Robert Hardy
- Tom Hardy
- Doris Hare
- David Harewood
- Kit Harington
- Anita Harris
- Jamie Harris
- Jared Harris
- Naomie Harris
- Richard Harris
- Rosemary Harris
- Sean Harris
- Gail Harrison
- Rex Harrison
- Ian Hart
- Miranda Hart
- Kim Hartman
- William Hartnell
- Laurence Harvey (born in Lithuania, but settled in the United Kingdom in his teens)
- Imogen Hassall
- Tamer Hassan
- Jonah Hauer King
- Keeley Hawes
- Carol Hawkins
- Sally Hawkins
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Charles Hawtrey
- Linda Hayden
- Richard Haydn
- Melvyn Hayes
- Patricia Hayes
- Hattie Hayridge
- James Hayter
- Pippa Haywood
- Anthony Head
- Daisy Head
- Lena Headey
- Tim Healy
- Roy Heather
- David Hemblen (born in England and later moved to Canada)
- Isaac Hempstead-Wright
- Don Henderson
- Shirley Henderson
- Ian Hendry
- Georgie Henley
- Paul Henreid (Austrian-British-American triple citizen)
- Duane Henry
- Guy Henry
- Lenny Henry
- Douglas Henshall
- Elizabeth Henstridge
- 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)
- Donald Hewlett
- Sherrie Hewson
- Joanne Heywood
- Edward Hibbert (born in the US to English parents, raised in England and returned to the US)
- Stephen Hibbert
- Joan Hickson
- Tom Hiddleston
- Paul Higgins
- Freddie Highmore
- Benny Hill
- Conleth Hill
- Jacqueline Hill
- Melanie Hill
- Rose Hill
- Wendy Hiller
- Ciarán Hinds
- Frazer Hines
- Andy Ho (moved from Singapore)
- Douglas Hodge
- Edward Hogg
- Diane Holland (Born in Australia and moved to England)
- Jeffrey Holland
- Tom Holland
- Tom Hollander
- John Hollis
- Julian Holloway
- Stanley Holloway
- Ian Holm
- Adrian Holmes (born in Northern Wales, raised in Canada)
- David Holt
- Gary Holton
- Ewan Hooper (Scottish)
- Robin Hooper
- Bob Hope (born in London, moved to the USA as a 5-year-old)
- Charlotte Hope
- Anthony Hopkins
- Tom Hopper
- Michael Hordern
- Alex Horne
- Mathew Horne
- Jane Horrocks
- Bernard Horsfall
- John Horsley
- Bob Hoskins
- Nicholas Hoult
- Donald Houston
- Renée Houston
- William Houston
- Andrew Howard
- Barry Howard
- Leslie Howard
- Rikki Howard
- Trevor Howard
- Adam Howden
- Anthony Howell
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste
- Frankie Howerd
- Billy Howle
- Finola Hughes
- Geoffrey Hughes
- Charlie Hunnam
- David Hunt
- Ella Hunt
- Ian Hunter
- Kathryn Hunter
- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
- Elizabeth Hurley
- John Hurt
- Olivia Hussey
- Jack Huston
- Caroline Hutchison
- Stephanie Hyam
- Jonathan Hyde
- Alex Hyde-White (raised/mostly works in US)
- Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Jessica Hynes
- Armando Iannucci
- Eric Idle
- Damson Idris
- Rhys Ifans
- Osy Ikhile
- Angus Imrie
- Celia Imrie
- Ralph Ineson
- John Inman
- Jill Ireland
- Jeremy Irons
- Max Irons
- Jeremy Irvine
- Penny Irving
- Jason Isaacs
- Paulette Ivory
- Chukwudi Iwuji
- Suzy Eddie Izzard
- Anthony Jackson
- David Jackson
- Gildart Jackson
- Glenda Jackson
- Laura Jackson
- Neil Jackson
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen
- Derek Jacobi
- Hattie Jacques
- Frederick Jaeger (born in Germany and raised in England)
- Maddison Jaizani
- Bradley James
- Lennie James
- Lily James
- Sidney James (born in South Africa, held British citizenship)
- Theo James
- Louise Jameson
- Jameela Jamil
- David Janson
- Martin Jarvis
- David Jason
- Harvey Jason
- Tony Jay
- Michael Jayston
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste
- Isabel Jeans
- Claudia Jessie
- Garth Jennings
- Caroline John
- Danny John-Jules
- David John
- Hannah John-Kamen
- Terry John
- Glynis Johns
- Helen Johns (British-Canadian)
- Darlene Johnson (born in Australia and later moved to England)
- Richard Johnson
- Vivienne Johnson
- Sue Johnston
- Felicity Jones
- Finn Jones
- Freddie Jones
- Gary Jones (born in England and later moved to Canada in the 1980s)
- Lucie Jones
- Mark Lewis Jones
- Peter Jones
- Suranne Jones
- Terry Jones
- Toby Jones
- Vinnie Jones
- Lesley Joseph
- Paterson Joseph
- Yootha Joyce
- Cush Jumbo
- James Robertson Justice
- Noah Jupe
- Hakeem Kae-Kazim
- Brigitte Kahn (born in Germany)
- Daniel Kaluuya
- Matt Kane
- Natacha Karam
- Anna Karen (born in South Africa and moved to England in her late teens)
- Boris Karloff
- Ravi Kapoor
- Amara Karan
- Paul Kasey
- Tunji Kasim (Scottish-Nigerian, born in Scotland)
- Simon Kassianides
- Peter Kay
- Robbie Kay
- Davy Kaye
- Gorden Kaye
- Robert Kazinsky
- Dominic Keating
- Michael Keating
- Hugh Keays-Byrne (Born in India to British parents and later moved to Australia)
- Toby Kebbell
- Michelle Keegan
- Dafne Keen
- Mimi Keene
- Will Keen
- Tilly Keeper
- Penelope Keith
- Sam Kelly
- Erin Kellyman
- Will Kemp
- Ellie Kendrick
- Gus Kenworthy
- David Kernan
- Deborah Kerr
- John Keston
- Skandar Keynes
- Oliver Kieran-Jones
- Mark Killeen
- Georgia King
- Rowena King
- Ben Kingsley
- Ferdinand Kingsley
- Alex Kingston
- Rory Kinnear
- Roy Kinnear
- Vanessa Kirby
- Jemima Kirke
- Michael Kitchen
- Roger Kitter
- Gertan Klauber (born in Czechoslovakia)
- Elizabeth Knight
- Elliot Knight
- Rosalind Knight
- Keira Knightley
- Michael Knowles
- Sally Knyvette
- Rahul Kohli
- Burt Kwouk
- Ronald Lacey
- James Lance
- Jackie Lane
- Belinda Lang
- Bonnie Langford
- Diane Langton
- Angela Lansbury (born in the UK, naturalized to the USA)
- Shazad Latif
- Charles Laughton
- Laurel and Hardy (Laurel was British, Hardy American)
- Hugh Laurie
- John Laurie
- Ian Lavender
- Lucien Laviscount
- Jude Law
- Thomas Law
- Peter Lawford
- Bruno Lawrence (New Zealand actor born in the UK)
- Colin Lawrence (Canadian actor born in London, England)
- Alex Lawther
- Dilys Laye
- George Layton
- Kelly LeBrock (born in the USA but grew up in the UK, with her mother being Northern Irish)
- Anais Lee (British-American, father is English)
- Bernard Lee
- Christopher Lee
- Francis Lee
- Stewart Lee
- John Leeson
- Jane Leeves
- Vivien Leigh
- Margaret Leighton
- John Le Mesurier
- Rula Lenska
- Valerie Leon
- Georgina Leonidas
- Stephanie Leonidas
- Rose Leslie
- Anton Lesser
- Katie Leung
- John Levene
- Alun Lewis
- Charlotte Lewis
- Damian Lewis
- Matthew Lewis
- Stephen Lewis
- Victor Lewis-Smith
- Jessie Mei Li
- John Light
- Andrew Lincoln
- Delroy Lindo
- Robert Lindsay
- Louise Linton
- Eugene Lipinski
- Maureen Lipman
- Desmond Llewelyn
- Robert Llewellyn
- Harry Lloyd
- Hugh Lloyd
- Max Lloyd-Jones
- Roger Lloyd-Pack
- Harry Locke
- Margaret Lockwood
- John Loder
- David Lodge
- Jimmy Logan
- Herbert Lom (Austrian-Czech-born British actor)
- Louise Lombard
- Adam Long
- Terence Longdon
- Michael Lonsdale
- Stephen Lord
- Pixie Lott
- Elsie Lovelock
- Norman Lovett
- Ophelia Lovibond
- Jack Lowden
- Arthur Lowe
- Sophie Lowe (born in UK, later moved to Australia)
- Matt Lucas
- Cyril Luckham
- Camilla Luddington
- Joanna Lumley
- Ida Lupino
- Jay Lycurgo
- Lashana Lynch
- Susan Lynch
- Nicholas Lyndhurst
M to O
- Kelly Macdonald
- Kenneth MacDonald
- Angus Macfadyen
- Matthew Macfadyen
- Lee Mack
- George MacKay
- Emma Mackey note
- Pearl Mackie
- Martha Mackintosh
- Lewis MacLeod
- Patrick Macnee
- Richard Madden
- Victor Maddern
- Archie Madekwe
- Anna Madeley
- Rebecca Mader
- Philip Madoc
- Ruth Madoc (Welsh)
- Patrick Magee
- Sean Maguire
- Janet Mahoney
- John Mahoney
- Patrick Malahide
- Christopher Malcolm (born in Scotland, raised in Canada, later came back to the UK)
- Paula Malcomson
- Tania Mallet
- Aasif Mandvi (born in India, raised in England, and later moved to the US)
- Angelica Mandy
- Katy Manning
- John Louis Mansi
- Amy Manson
- Doreen Mantle (born in South Africa to English parents, later moved back to the UK)
- Madeleine Mantock
- Emma Manton
- Lesley Manville
- Joseph Marcell
- Forbes March (born in England but raised in Canada)
- Miriam Margolyes
- Peter Marinker
- Richard Marner (born in Russia but moved to England)
- Tim Marriott
- Eddie Marsan
- Faye Marsay
- Betty Marsden
- Jean Marsh
- Keith Marsh
- Herbert Marshall
- Zena Marshall
- Ian Marter
- Gary Martin
- Jo Martin
- Larry Martyn
- MasakoX
- James Mason
- Anna Massey
- Eleanor Matsuura
- Giles Matthey
- Joseph Mawle
- Jodhi May
- Rik Mayall
- Peter Mayhew
- Bill Maynard
- Belinda Mayne
- Gugu Mbatha Raw
- James McAvoy
- Ross McCall
- David McCallum
- Rory McCann
- LeRoy McClain (British-American)
- Stephen McCole
- Alec McCowen
- Sylvester McCoy
- Alex McCrindle
- Helen McCrory
- Ian McCulloch
- Ian McDiarmid
- Gary McDonald
- Jessica McDonald
- Mac McDonald (Moved from America)
- Naomi McDonald
- Roddy McDowall
- Malcolm McDowell
- Natascha McElhone
- Ian McElhinney
- Peter McEnery
- Harry McEntire
- Colin McFarlane
- Paul McGann
- Paul McGillion
- Ewan McGregor
- Stuart McGugan (Scottish)
- Tim McInnerny
- Neve McIntosh
- Pollyanna McIntosh
- Michael McIntyre
- Gina McKee
- Ian McKellen
- Virginia McKenna
- Kevin McKidd
- Val McLane
- Kevin McNally
- Ian McShane
- Graham McTavish
- Michael Medwin
- Harry Melling
- Andrée Melly
- Tobias Menzies
- Stephen Merchant
- Tamzin Merchant
- Jason Merrells
- Simon Merrells
- Jane Merrow
- Zienia Merton
- William Mervyn
- Vicki Michelle
- Tuppence Middleton
- Ben Miles
- Peter Miles
- Sarah Miles
- Ray Milland
- Ben Miller
- Jonny Lee Miller
- Ruby Miller
- Sienna Miller
- T'Nia Miller
- Spike Milligan
- Hayley Mills
- John Mills
- Juliet Mills (later moved to America)
- Joseph Millson
- Max Minghella
- Hilary Minster
- Helen Mirren
- Tom Mison
- Jimi Mistry
- Christopher Mitchell
- David Mitchell
- Ewan Mitchell
- Warren Mitchell
- Rhona Mitra
- Sonoya Mizuno
- Chuku Modu
- Donald Moffat
- Georgia Moffett
- Anjli Mohindra
- Alfred Molina
- Terry Molloy
- 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
- Diane Morgan
- Joseph Morgan
- Robert Morley
- Chris Morris
- Julian Morris
- David Morrissey
- Barry Morse (England-born but grew up in Canada)
- Emily Mortimer
- Samantha Morton
- Wunmi Mosaku
- William Moseley
- Patrick Mower
- Stephen Moyer
- Oliver Muirhead
- Peter Mullan
- Carey Mulligan
- Caroline Munro
- Brian Murphy
- Barbara Murray
- Brian Murray
- Hannah Murray
- Jaime Murray
- Eve Myles
- Sophia Myles
- Parminder Nagra
- Jimmy Nail
- Alan Napier
- Christopher Neame
- Matthew Needham
- Liam Neeson
- Sam Neill (Being half Northern Irish and New Zealander, he worked in both medias)
- James Nesbitt
- John Neville
- Barbara New
- Neil Newbon
- Anthony Newley (also a British musician)
- Alec Newman
- Thandiwe Newton
- Dandy Nichols
- Lesley Nicol
- Michael Nightingale
- Bill Nighy
- David Niven
- David Niven Jr.
- Ross Noble
- Margaret Nolan
- Jeremy Northam
- James Norton
- Kayvan Novak
- Pat Nye
- Merle Oberon
- Chris Obi
- Maureen O'Brien
- Richard O'Brien
- Richard O'Callaghan
- Jack O'Connell
- Frances O'Connor note
- 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'Neill
- DeObia Oparei
- Rita Ora (See also British Music)
- Julian Orchard
- Julia Ormond
- Gary Olsen
- Brian Osborne
- John Osborne
- Brian Oulton
- Bill Owen
- Clive Owen
- Lloyd Owen
- David Oyelowo
- Hal Ozsan
P to R
- Steven Pacey
- Wendy Padbury
- Regé-Jean Page
- Nicola Pagett
- Yasmin Paige
- Michael Palin
- Marianna Palka
- Sam Palladio
- Geoffrey Palmer
- Paloma Faith (See also British Music)
- Ray Park
- Nathaniel Parker
- Nico Parker
- Katherine Parkinson
- Robin Parkinson
- Louis Partridge
- Luke Pasqualino
- Dev Patel
- Himesh Patel
- Bill Paterson
- Robert Pattinson
- Adrian Paul
- Bruce Payne
- Tom Payne
- Amanda Pays
- Trevor Peacock
- Tessa Peake-Jones
- Jacqueline Pearce
- Lennard Pearce
- Bob Peck
- Simon Pegg
- Amy Pemberton
- Rupert Penry-Jones
- Bailey Pepper
- Lance Percival
- Chance Perdomo (Biritsh-American)
- Alexander Perkins
- Bill Pertwee
- Jon Pertwee
- Sean Pertwee
- Gordon Peters
- Alex Pettyfer
- Leslie Phillips
- Siân Phillips
- Ambrosine Phillpotts
- Marc Pickering
- Christina Pickles (born in UK, later moved to the US)
- Jim Piddock
- Emma Pierson
- Rosamund Pike
- Karl Pilkington
- Billie Piper (See also British Music)
- Jacki Piper
- Chloe Pirrie
- Ingrid Pitt (Polish-British)
- Donald Pleasence
- Su Pollard
- Peter Polycarpou
- Imogen Poots
- Anna Popplewell
- Adrienne Posta
- Pete Postlethwaite
- Sarah-Jane Potts
- Olivia Poulet
- Will Poulter
- Natalie Press
- Donna Preston
- Bryan Pringle
- Dominique Provost-Chalkley
- David Prowse
- Jonathan Pryce
- Florence Pugh
- Mavis Pugh
- Lara Pulver
- Lucy Punch
- James Purefoy
- Ella Purnell
- Peter Purves
- Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Caroline Quentin
- Joseph Quinn
- Patricia Quinn
- Pauline Quirke
- Catherine Rabett
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Jessica Raine
- Luise Rainer (German-American-British)
- Claude Rains
- Miranda Raison
- T. J. Ramini
- Charlotte Rampling
- Bella Ramsey
- RandomDCE
- Gayle Rankin
- David Rappaport
- Basil Rathbone
- Philip Ray
- Adam Rayner
- Rachel Redford
- Jemma Redgrave
- Lynn Redgrave
- Michael Redgrave
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Eddie Redmayne
- Manning Redwood (Moved from America)
- Oliver Reed
- Roger Rees
- Linda Regan
- Toby Regbo
- Beryl Reid
- 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)
- Wendy Richard
- Erin Richards
- Gavin 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
- Arnold Ridley
- Daisy Ridley
- Daniel Rigby
- Emma Rigby
- Diana Rigg
- Sam Riley
- Talulah Riley
- Andrea Riseborough
- Charlotte Ritchie
- Reece Ritchie
- Blake Ritson
- Paul Ritter
- Pat Roach
- Linus Roache
- Michael Robbins
- Ivor Roberts
- Luke Roberts
- Tony Robinson
- Vinette Robinson
- Zuleikha Robinson
- Ben Robson
- Linda Robson
- Stacey Roca
- Claudette Roche
- Sebastian Roché (French-Scottish actor. He is Scottish from his mother's side)
- Michael E. Rodgers
- Jessye Romeo
- Sharon Rooney
- Golda Rosheuvel
- David Ross
- Jonathan Ross
- Neil Ross
- Norman Rossington
- Carlo Rota (British-Canadian)
- Tim Roth
- Patricia Routledge
- Jo Rowbottom
- Patsy Rowlands
- Deep Roy
- Derek Royle
- Vyto Ruginis
- Joanna Ruiz
- Willie Rushton
- William Russell
- Anna Rust
- Camilla Rutherford
- Margaret Rutherford
- Chris Wiggins
- Matt Ryan
- Michelle Ryan
- Juliet Rylance
- Mark Rylance
S to V
- Phia Saban
- Andrew Sachs
- Robin Sachs
- Anthony Sagar
- Grace Saif
- Pamela Salem
- Peter Sallis
- Colin Salmon
- Emma Samms
- George Sanders
- Julian Sands
- Danny Sapani
- Joshua Sasse
- Jennifer Saunders
- Julia Sawalha
- Prunella Scales
- Joanna Scanlan
- Adrian Scarborough
- Frederick Schmidt
- Kaya Scodelario
- Paul Scofield
- Dougray Scott
- Naomi Scott
- Terry Scott
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Serena Scott Thomas
- Angela Scoular
- David Scully
- Harry Secombe
- Peter Sellers
- Peter Serafinowicz
- Andy Serkis
- Rufus Sewell
- Carolyn Seymour
- Jane Seymour (Actress)
- Dino Shafeek (born in Bangladesh)
- Anna Shaffer
- Gary Shail
- Erin Shanagher
- Paul Shane
- Cyril Shaps
- 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
- Dominic Sherwood
- Reshma Shetty (dual American-British citizenship)
- Valerie Shute
- Alexander Siddig
- Frank Sidebottom
- Carmen Silvera (Born in Canada and moved to England)
- Alastair Sim
- Meera Simhan
- John Simm
- Jean Simmons (British-American actress)
- Eugene Simon
- Josette Simon
- Hannah Simone
- Joan Sims
- Adam Sinclair
- Edward Sinclair
- Guy Siner (Born in America and moved to England)
- Marina Sirtis
- Ed Skrein
- Ione Skye (born in England to British and American parents, but raised in the US)
- Elisabeth Sladen
- Sharon Small
- Jack Smethurst
- Michael Smiley
- Cedric Smith (English-Canadian)
- Liz Smith
- Madeline Smith
- Maggie Smith
- Matt Smith
- Mel Smith
- Nicholas Smith
- Sheridan Smith
- Michael Socha
- David Soul (dual American-British citizenship)
- Rafe Spall
- Timothy Spall
- Hannah Spearritt
- Scott Speedman (born in England but raised in Canada)
- Hugo Speer
- Charlotte Spencer
- Sam Spruell
- Kathy Staff
- Terence Stamp
- Clive Standen
- Oliver Stark
- Dan Starkey
- Jason Statham
- Imelda Staunton
- Shirley Stelfox
- Gavin Stenhouse
- Yutte Stensgaard (emigrated from Denmark)
- Susan Stephen
- Toby Stephens
- Roxy Sternberg
- Dan Stevens
- Ronnie Stevens
- Ray Stevenson
- Andrew Stewart-Jones
- Catrin Stewart
- Patrick Stewart
- Robin Stewart (later moved to Australia)
- Rachael Stirling
- Julia St. John
- Mark Strickson
- Mark Stobbart
- Nigel Stock
- Sara Stockbridge
- Joss Stone (See also British Music)
- Marianne Stone
- Kevin Stoney
- Malcolm Storry
- Ken Stott
- Freddie Stroma
- Gwyneth Strong
- Mark Strong
- Una Stubbs
- Jim Sturgess
- Joris Stuyck
- David Suchet
- Mollie Sugden
- Jessica Sula
- Gregg Sulkin
- Tara Summers
- Donald Sumpter
- Sarah Sutton
- Olivia Swann
- Clive Swift
- Connor Swindells
- Tilda Swinton
- Meera Syal
- 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)
- Lucy Taylor (born in the UK and raised in Australia)
- Noah Taylor (Australian actor born in London. He has appeared in a number of British works since)
- Sean Teale
- Paul Telfer
- Juno Temple
- Simon Templeman
- Natalia Tena
- David Tennant
- Victoria Tennant
- Josephine Tewson
- John Thaw
- Cara Theobold
- David Thewlis
- Antonia Thomas
- Gareth Thomas
- Jameson Thomas
- Talfryn Thomas (Welsh)
- Terry-Thomas
- Marsha Thomason
- Emma Thompson
- Jimmy Thompson
- Frank Thornton
- Harriet Thorpe
- Ramon Tikaram
- Dominique Tipper
- Claire Toeman
- David Tomlinson
- Eleanor Tomlinson
- Stephen Tompkinson
- Pip Torrens
- Steve Toussaint
- Russell Tovey
- Rachel Townsend
- Sarah Trigger
- David Troughton
- Michael Troughton
- Patrick Troughton
- Sam Troughton
- Peter Tuddenham
- Callum Turner
- Jodie Turner-Smith
- Sophie Turner
- Tracey Ullman
- Sam Underwood
- 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.)
- Chris Vance
- Indira Varma
- Reg Varney
- Peter Vaughan
- Conrad Veidt (born in Germany, moved to the UK and was naturalized in 1939)
- Wanda Ventham
- Doremy Vernon
- Sara Vickers
- Tim Vine
- Alexander Vlahos
- Tony Vogel
W to Z
- Hannah Waddingham
- Gary Waldhorn
- Sonya Walger
- Eamonn Walker
- Matthew Walker (Engilsh-Canadian)
- Polly Walker
- Rudolph Walker (Moved from Trinidad in his twenties)
- Kenneth Waller
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- David Walliams
- Annabelle Wallis
- Bradley Walsh
- Harriet Walter
- Julie Walters
- Zoë Wanamaker
- Lalla Ward
- Simon Ward
- Rick Warden
- David Warner
- Matthew Waterhouse
- Suki Waterhouse
- Katarina Waters
- Katherine Waterston (British-American)
- Lizzie Waterworth
- Deborah Watling
- Jack Watling
- Emily Watson
- Emma Watson
- Gwendolyn Watts
- Naomi Watts (Welsh-Australian actress born in England)
- Donald Waugh
- Ruby Wax
- Hugo Weaving
- Robert Webb
- Jake Weber
- Chris Webster
- Ed Weeks
- Perdita Weeks
- Rachel Weisz
- Dolly Wells
- Dominic West
- Samuel West
- Ed Westwick
- Joanne Whalley
- Kevin Whately
- Gemma Whelan
- Ben Whishaw
- Sheila White
- Jack Whitehall
- Fionn Whitehead
- Billie Whitelaw
- Andy Whitfield (born in Wales, later moved to Australia)
- June Whitfield
- Leonard Whiting
- Jodie Whittaker
- Ricky Whittle
- May Whitty
- Keith Wickham
- Chris Wiggins (Canadian actor born in England)
- Paula Wilcox
- Jack Wild
- Brian Wilde
- Devora Wilde (Bulgarian-English)
- Michael Wilding
- Tom Wilkinson
- Frank Williams
- John Williams (actor) (emigrated to US)
- Kate Williams
- Kenneth Williams
- Maisie Williams
- Mark Williams
- Olivia Williams
- Nicol Williamson
- Anneke Wills
- Lydia Wilson (English-American)
- 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
- John Winston
- Ray Winstone
- Alex Winter
- Katia Winter
- Estelle Winwood
- Robert Wisden (born in England and later moved to Canada at age 15)
- Michael Wisher
- Anna May Wong (American actress, but also had a career in British films)
- Benedict Wong
- Jason Wong
- Victoria Wood
- Edward Woodward
- Peter Woodward
- Sam Worthington (born in England, later moved to Australia)
- Alison Wright
- Angus Wright
- Ben Wright
- Bonnie Wright
- Letitia Wright
- Geraint Wyn Davies
- Peter Wyngarde
- David Yip
- Michael York
- Susannah York
- Alan Young (Scottish actor born in England, later moved to Canada then the USA)
- Julie-Christian Young
- Kit Young
- Lana Young (born in Bermuda and later raised in England)
- Luke Youngblood
- Rik Young
- Shane Zaza
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
