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by martin_movies77 | created - 28 Dec 2010 | updated - 9 months ago | Public
1. Edward Norton
Actor | Fight Club
American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Harrison Norton was born on August 18, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Columbia, Maryland.
His mother, Lydia Robinson "Robin" (Rouse), was a foundation executive and teacher of English, and a daughter of famed real estate developer ...
1. American History X (1998) .... Derek Vinyard 2. Primal Fear (1996) .... Aaron 3. 25th Hour (2002) .... Monty Brogan 4. The Score (2001) .... Jack Teller 5. Fight Club (1999) .... The Narrator 6. Rounders (1998) .... Lester 'Worm' Murphy 7. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) .... Mike 8. The Illusionist (2006) .... Eisenheim 9. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) .... Alan Isaacman 10. Death to Smoochy (2002) .... Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy the Rhino 11. Keeping the Faith (2000) .... Father Brian Finn
2. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
1. Blood Diamond (2006) .... Danny Archer 2. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) .... Arnie Grape 3. The Departed (2006) .... Billy Costigan 4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) .... Jordan Belfort 5. The Aviator (2004) .... Howard Hughes 6. Catch Me If You Can (2002) .... Frank Abagnale Jr. 7. Shutter Island (2010) .... Teddy Daniels 8. Titanic (1997) .... Jack Dawson 9. The Basketball Diaries (1995) .... Jim Carroll 10. Inception (2010) .... Cobb 11. The Great Gatsby (2013) .... Jay Gatsby 12. Django Unchained (2012) .... Calvin Candie 13. Romeo + Juliet (1996) .... Romeo 14. Revolutionary Road (2008) .... Frank Wheeler 15. Body of Lies (2008) .... Roger Ferris
3. Christian Bale
Actor | The Dark Knight
Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...
1. The Fighter (2010) .... Dicky Eklund 2. American Psycho (2000) .... Patrick Bateman 3. Batman Begins / The Dark Knight / The Dark Knight Rises (2005/2008/2012) .... Bruce Wayne / Batman 4. The Prestige (2006) .... Alfred Borden 5. The Machinist (2004) .... Trevor Reznik 6. 3:10 to Yuma (2007) .... Dan Evans 7. Equilibrium (2002) .... John Preston 8. The Big Short (2015) .... Michael Burry 9. Ford v Ferrari (2019) .... Ken Miles
4. Johnny Depp
Actor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. He was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one ...
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) .... Jack Sparrow 2. Edward Scissorhands (1990) .... Edward Scissorhands 3. Blow (2001) .... George Jung 4. Finding Neverland (2004) .... Sir James Matthew Barrie 5. Donnie Brasco (1997) .... Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone 6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) .... Sweeney Todd 7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) .... Willy Wonka 8. The Libertine (2004) .... Rochester 9. Sleepy Hollow (1999) .... Ichabod Crane 10. Alice in Wonderland (2010) .... Mad Hatter
5. Geoffrey Rush
Actor | The King's Speech
Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. ...
1. Quills (2000) .... The Marquis de Sade 2. Shakespeare in Love (1998) .... Philip Henslowe 3. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) .... Barbossa 4. Shine (1996) .... David Helfgott - Adult 5. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) .... Peter Sellers 6. House on Haunted Hill (1999) .... Stephen H. Price 7. Munich (2005) .... Ephraim 8. The King's Speech (2010) .... Lionel Logue
6. Russell Crowe
Actor | Les Misérables
Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham),...
1. A Beautiful Mind (2001) .... John Nash 2. Gladiator (2000) .... Maximus 3. The Insider (1999) .... Jeffrey Wigand 4. The Loudest Voice (2019) .... Roger Ailes 5. L.A. Confidential (1997) .... Wendell 'Bud' White 6. American Gangster (2007) .... Richie Roberts 7. Proof of Life (2000) .... Terry Thorne 8. 3:10 to Yuma (2007) .... Ben Wade 9. A Good Year (2006) .... Max Skinner 10. Cinderella Man (2005) .... Jim Braddock
7. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen ...
1. Annie Hall (1977) .... Alvy Singer 2. Love and Death (1975) .... Boris 3. Sleeper (1973) .... Miles Monroe 4. Deconstructing Harry (1997) .... Harry Block 5. Scoop (2006) .... Sid Waterman 6. Play It Again, Sam (1972) .... Allan 7. Anything Else (2003) .... David Dobel 8. Everyone Says I Love You (1996) .... Joe Berlin 9. Manhattan (1979) .... Isaac 10. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) .... Mickey 11. Hollywood Ending (2002) .... Val 12. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) .... CW Briggs 13. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) .... Larry Lipton 14. Bananas (1971) .... Fielding Mellish 15. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) .... Cliff Stern
8. Morgan Freeman
Actor | Driving Miss Daisy
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) .... Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding 2. Million Dollar Baby (2004) .... Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris 3. Driving Miss Daisy (1989) .... Hoke Colburn 4. Se7en (1995) .... Detective Lt. William Somerset 5. Invictus (2009) .... Nelson Mandela 6. Kiss the Girls (1997) .... Dr. Alex Cross 7. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) .... Azeem 8. Bruce Almighty (2003) .... God 9. High Crimes (2002) .... Charles W. Grimes 10. Amistad (1997) .... Theodore Joadson 11. Chain Reaction (1996) .... Paul Shannon 12. The Dark Knight (2008) .... Lucius Fox
9. Jim Carrey
Actor | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Jim Carrey, Canadian-born and a U.S. citizen since 2004, is an actor and producer famous for his rubbery body movements and flexible facial expressions. The two-time Golden Globe-winner rose to fame as a cast member of the Fox sketch comedy In Living Color (1990) but leading roles in Ace Ventura: ...
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) .... Joel Barish 2. The Truman Show (1998) .... Truman Burbank 3. Man on the Moon (1999) (also as Tony Clifton) .... Andy Kaufman 4. The Mask (1994) .... Stanley Ipkiss 5. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) .... Ace Ventura 6. Liar Liar (1997) .... Fletcher Reede 7. Bruce Almighty (2003) .... Bruce Nolan 8. Yes Man (2008) .... Carl 9. Dumb & Dumber (1994) .... Lloyd Christmas 10. Batman Forever (1995) .... Riddler / Dr. Edward Nygma
10. Will Smith
Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...
1. Ali (2001) .... Cassius Clay / Cassius X / Muhammad Ali 2. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) .... Chris Gardner 3. Enemy of the State (1998) .... Robert Clayton Dean 4. Seven Pounds (2008) .... Ben 5. Hitch (2005/I) .... Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens 6. Men in Black (1997) .... James Darrel Edwards III / Agent J 7. I, Robot (2004) .... Del Spooner 8. I Am Legend (2007) .... Robert Neville 9. Independence Day (1996) .... Captain Steven Hiller 10. Bad Boys (1995) .... Mike Lowery
11. Kevin Spacey
Actor | L.A. Confidential
Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
1. American Beauty (1999) .... Lester Burnham 2. The Usual Suspects (1995) .... Roger 'Verbal' Kint 3. The Life of David Gale (2003) .... David Gale 4. Pay It Forward (2000) .... Eugene Simonet 5. The Negotiator (1998) .... Chris Sabian 6. L.A. Confidential (1997) .... Jack Vincennes 7. Se7en (1995) .... John Doe 8. Beyond the Sea (2004) .... Bobby Darin
12. Bruce Willis
Actor | Die Hard
Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.
Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...
1. Die Hard (1988) .... Officer John McClane 2. Live Free or Die Hard (2007) .... John McClane 3. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) .... John McClane 4. Die Hard 2 (1990) .... Lt. John McClane 5. The Sixth Sense (1999) .... Dr. Malcolm Crowe 6. The Fifth Element (1997) .... Korben Dallas 7. Hudson Hawk (1991) .... Hudson Hawk 8. The Whole Nine Yards (2000) .... Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski 9. Unbreakable (2000) .... David Dunn 10. Twelve Monkeys (1995) .... James Cole 11. Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Butch Coolidge 12. Sin City (2005) .... Hartigan
13. Jack Nicholson
Actor | Chinatown
Jack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through ...
1. As Good as It Gets (1997) .... Melvin Udall 2. Batman (1989) .... Joker / Jack Napier 3. The Shining (1980) .... Jack Torrance 4. The Departed (2006) .... Frank Costello 5. Anger Management (2003) .... Dr. Buddy Rydell 6. Something's Gotta Give (2003) .... Harry Sanborn 7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) .... R.P. McMurphy 8. A Few Good Men (1992) .... Col. Nathan R. Jessep
14. Nicolas Cage
Actor | Face/Off
Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...
1. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) .... Ben Sanderson 2. Adaptation. (2002) .... Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman 3. Matchstick Men (2003) .... Roy Waller 4. Con Air (1997) .... Cameron Poe 5. The Rock (1996) .... Dr. Stanley Goodspeed 6. Face/Off (1997) .... Castor Troy / Sean Archer 7. National Treasure (2004) .... Benjamin Franklin Gates 8. National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) .... Ben Gates 9. The Family Man (2000) .... Jack Campbell 10. City of Angels (1998) .... Seth 11. Snake Eyes (1998) .... Rick Santoro 12. Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Memphis Raines
15. Ralph Fiennes
Actor | The Constant Gardener
Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus ...
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) .... Lord Voldemort 2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) .... Lord Voldemort 3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) .... Lord Voldemort 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) .... Lord Voldemort 5. Red Dragon (2002) .... Francis Dolarhyde 6. The Constant Gardener (2005) .... Justin Quayle 7. The English Patient (1996) .... Count Laszlo de Almásy 8. Schindler's List (1993) .... Amon Goeth 9. The Reader (2008) .... Michael Berg
16. Denzel Washington
Actor | Fences
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...
1. Training Day (2001) .... Det. Alonzo Harris 2. The Hurricane (1999) .... Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter 3. American Gangster (2007) .... Frank Lucas 4. John Q (2002) .... John Quincy Archibald 5. He Got Game (1998) .... Jake Shuttlesworth 6. Remember the Titans (2000) .... Coach Herman Boone 7. Safe House (2012) .... Tobin Frost 8. The Bone Collector (1999) .... Lincoln Rhyme 9. Fallen (1998) .... John Hobbes 10. Philadelphia (1993) .... Joe Miller 11. Deja Vu (2006) .... Agent Doug Carlin - ATF 12. Inside Man (2006) .... Detective Keith Frazier 13. Man on Fire (2004) .... Creasy 14. Out of Time (2003/I) .... Matt Lee Whitlock
17. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
1. The Godfather (1972) .... Michael 2. The Godfather: Part II (1974) .... Michael 3. The Godfather: Part III (1990) .... Don Michael Corleone 4. Scarface (1983) .... Tony Montana 5. Carlito's Way (1993) .... Carlito 'Charlie' Brigante 6. Scent of a Woman (1992) .... Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade 7. The Insider (1999) .... Lowell Bergman 8. The Devil's Advocate (1997) .... John Milton 9. Donnie Brasco (1997) .... Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero 10. Heat (1995) .... Lt. Vincent Hanna 11. Insomnia (2002) .... Will Dormer 12. Any Given Sunday (1999) .... Tony D'Amato
18. John Cusack
Actor | Grosse Pointe Blank
John Cusack is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, he has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out--all the while avoiding the media spotlight. John was born in Evanston, Illinois, to an Irish-American ...
1. High Fidelity (2000) .... Rob Gordon 2. Being John Malkovich (1999) .... Craig Schwartz 3. Serendipity (2001) .... Jonathan Trager 4. Con Air (1997) .... Vince Larkin 5. Bullets Over Broadway (1994) .... David Shayne 6. The Raven (2012/I) .... Edgar Allan Poe 7. Must Love Dogs (2005) .... Jake 8. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) .... Martin Q. Blank 9. Say Anything... (1989) .... Lloyd Dobler 10. Identity (2003) .... Ed
19. Ewan McGregor
Actor | Moulin Rouge!
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents ...
1. Moulin Rouge! (2001) .... Christian 2. The Impossible (2012) .... Henry 3. Trainspotting (1996) .... Renton 4. Big Fish (2003) .... Ed Bloom - Young 5. The Island (2005) .... Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln 6. Perfect Sense (2011) .... Michael 7. Angels & Demons (2009) .... Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
20. Robert De Niro
Actor | Cape Fear
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...
21. Tom Hanks
Producer | Cast Away
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...
22. Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor | Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, the son of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and ...
23. Joaquin Phoenix
Actor | Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. His parents, from the continental United States, were then serving as Children of God missionaries. His mother is from a Jewish family from New ...
1. Joker (2019) .... Arthur Fleck 2. Gladiator (2000) .... Commodus 3. Quills (2000) .... Coulmier 4. Her (2013) .... Theodore
24. Dev Patel
Actor | Slumdog Millionaire
Dev Patel was born in Harrow, London, to Anita, a caregiver, and Raj Patel, who works in IT. His parents, originally from Nairobi, Kenya, are both of Gujarati Indian descent. His first role was in the UK TV series Skins (2007). His breakout role was in the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire (...
1. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) .... Older Jamal 2. Lion (2016) .... Saroo Brierley 3. Hotel Mumbai (2019) .... Arjun 4. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) .... Sonny Kapoor 5. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) .... Sonny Kapoor
25. Hugh Jackman
Actor | Les Misérables
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film ...
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