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This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in film, radio, stage and television This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
These actors were aged 19 or less at the time they started acting but are currently 20 or over. The list also includes deceased child actors. Movies and/or TV series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming. For a list of current child actors from the UK see List of British current child actors.
Tilda Swinton (born 1960) Alma Taylor (1895–1974) Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) Juno Temple (born 1989) Kristin Scott Thomas (born 1960) Emma Thompson (born 1959) Ralph Truman (1900–1977) Emma Watson (born 1990) Chrissie White (1895–1989) Michael Wilding (1912–1979) Tom Wilkinson (1948-2023) Kate Winslet (born 1975) Ray Winstone ...
Brit Pack" is a term that has been used to refer to specific groups of young British actors who have achieved success in Hollywood, as well as more generally to the entire group of such actors. According to TalkTalk , "every decade brings a new Brit Pack, another disparate group of actors backed by the media to achieve simultaneous Hollywood ...
This is a list of comedians of British birth or famous mainly in Britain. Many of the comedy panel-game regulars and sitcom actors may not be regarded as comedians by some people but they are included here because this page uses the word "comedian" in its broadest possible sense. Fictional comedians are not included.
Black British male actors (319 P) C. British male child actors (4 C, 25 P) E. British expatriate male actors in the United States (3 C, 111 P) British expatriate male ...
Firth was born in the village of Grayshott, Hampshire, [8] to parents who were academics and teachers. His mother, Shirley Jean (née Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at King Alfred's College (now the University of Winchester); and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, was a history lecturer at King Alfred's and education officer for the Nigerian government.
Walt Disney saw Tiger Bay and offered Hayley Mills the lead role in Pollyanna (1960). Disney also offered John Mills the lead in the adventure film Swiss Family Robinson (1960), which was a huge hit. He did Ross (1960–61) on stage. The Rank Organisation insisted Mills play the role of the priest in The Singer Not the Song (1961) opposite Dirk ...