List of British actors

This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in theatre, film, television, and radio.

Born in 18th century

Sophia Baddeley (1745–1786)
Margaret Agnes Bunn (1799–1883)
Louisa Chatterley (1797–1866)
Maria Foote (1797?–1867)
Henry Gattie (1774–1844)
Charlotte Goodall (1766–1830)
Elizabeth Hartley (1750?–1824)
Ann Catherine Holbrook (1780–1837)
John Philip Kemble (1757–1823)
Maria Theresa Kemble (1774–1838) (born in Vienna, Austria)
Henrietta Amelia Leeson (1751–1826)
Charles Mathews (1776–1835)
Harriet Siddons (1783–1844)
James Prescott Warde (1792–1840)
Mary Wells (1762–1829)
Charles Mayne Young (1777–1856)

Born in 1800–1829

George John Bennett (1800–1879)
Ira Aldridge (1807—1867)
Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett (1812–1858)
Sarah Fairbrother (1814–1890)
Helena Faucit (1817–1898)
Clara Fisher (1811–1898)
Isabella Glyn (1823–1889)
Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809–1873)
Laura Honey (1816–1843)
Priscilla Horton (1818–1895)
Frances Eleanor Jarman (1802–1873)
Charles Kean (1811–1868) (born in Ireland)
Ellen Kean (1805–1888)
Mary Anne Keeley (1805–1899)
Fanny Kemble (1809–1893)
Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807–1874)
Maria Ann Lovell (1803–1877)
Mary Anne Stirling (1815–1895)
Charlotte Vandenhoff (1816–1860)
Mary Warner (1804–1854)

Born in the 1830s

Adelaide Calvert (1836–1921)
Amy Fawsitt (1836–1876)
Henry Irving (1838–1905)
Eliza Newton (1837–1882)
John Lawrence Toole (1830–1906)
Charles Wyndham (1837–1919)

Born in the 1840s

Helen Barr (1840–1904)
Eleanor Bufton (1842–1893)
Lydia Foote (1843–1892)
Susan Galton (1849–1918)
Henrietta Hodson (1841–1910)
Adelaide Neilson (1847–1880)
Mary Frances Scott-Siddons (1844–1896)
Edward O'Connor Terry (1844–1912)
Ellen Terry (1847–1928)
Kate Terry (1844–1924)
Arthur Williams (1844–1916)

Born in the 1850s

George Alexander (1858–1918)
Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917)
Charles Danby (1858–1906)
Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853–1937)
Charles Hawtrey (1858–1923)
Gwynne Herbert (1859–1946)
Marion Hood (1854–1912)
Frederick Kerr (1858–1933)
Lillie Langtry (1853–1929)
Marion Terry (1853–1930)

Born in the 1860s

George Arliss (1868–1946)
George Bellamy (1866–1944)
Lionel Belmore (1867–1953)
Nina Boucicault (1867–1950)
Arthur Bourchier (1863–1927)
Beatrice Campbell (1965–1940)
Lyn Harding (1867–1952)
Adeline Hayden Coffin (1862–1939) (born in Gräfrath, Germany)
C. Hayden Coffin (1862–1935)
Brandon Hurst (1866–1947)
Letty Lind (1861–1923)
A. E. Matthews (1869–1960)
Cyril Maude (1862–1951)
Winifred Mayo (1869–1967)
Julia Neilson (1868–1957)
Olga Nethersole (1867–1951)
Edmund Payne (1863–1914)
Courtice Pounds (1861–1927)
Morton Selten (1860–1939)
C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948)
Marie Tempest (1864–1942)
Fred Terry (1863–1933)
Henry Vibart (1863–1943)
May Whitty (1865–1948)
Haidee Wright (1867–1943)
Huntley Wright (1868–1941)

Born in the 1870s

Henry Ainley (1879–1945)
Marie Ault (1870–1951)
Muriel Beaumont (1876–1957)
Lilian Braithwaite (1873–1948)
Constance Collier (1878–1955)
Finlay Currie (1878–1968)
Nigel De Brulier (1877–1948)
Agnes Fraser (1876–1968)
Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966)
Mary Garden (1874–1967)
Evie Greene (1875–1917)
George Grossmith Jr. (1874–1935)
Seymour Hicks (1871–1949)
Halliwell Hobbes (1877–1962)
Mabel Love (1874–1953)
Montagu Love (1877–1943)
Maggie Moffat (1873–1943)
Gertie Millar (1879–1952)
Roy Redgrave (1873–1922)
Ada Reeve (1874–1966)
Henry Stephenson (1871–1956)
Ellaline Terriss (1871–1971)
Mabel Terry-Lewis (1872–1957)
Ernest Thesiger (1879–1961)
Henry Travers (1874–1965)
Irene Vanbrugh (1872–1949)
Violet Vanbrugh (1876–1942)
H.B. Warner (1876–1958)

Born in the 1880s

Lionel Atwill (1885–1946)
Viva Birkett (1887–1934)
Paul Cavanagh (1888–1964)
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
May Clark (1885–1971)
Gladys Cooper (1888–1971)
Donald Crisp (1882–1974)
Evelyn D'Alroy (1881–1915)
Zena Dare (1887–1975)
Lily Elsie (1886–1962)
Edith Evans (1888–1976)
Lilian Fontaine (1886–1975)
Lynn Fontanne (1887–1983)
Alec Fraser (1884–1956)
Leslie Fuller (1888–1948)
Will Hay (1888–1949)
Holmes Herbert (1882–1956)
Boris Karloff (1887–1969)
Nora Kerin (1881–1970)
Ralph Lynn (1882–1962)
Miles Malleson (1888–1969)
Miles Mander (1888–1946)
Victor McLaglen (1886–1959) (naturalised American citizen)
Philip Merivale (1886–1946)
Dorothy Minto (1886–1957)
Reginald Owen (1887–1972)
Nancy Price (1880–1970)
Claude Rains (1889–1967)
Gabrielle Ray (1883–1973)
Elisabeth Risdon (1887–1958)
Margaret Scudamore (1884–1958)
Florence Smithson (1884–1936)
May Leslie Stuart (1887–1956)
Gladys Sylvani (1884–1953)
Godfrey Tearle (1884–1953)
Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976)
Tom Walls (1883–1949)
Margaret Wycherly (1881–1949)
George Zucco (1886–1960)

Born in the 1890s

Ronald Adam (1896–1979)
Chesney Allen (1893–1983)
Leslie Banks (1890–1952)
Harold Bennett (1899–1981)
Amy Brandon Thomas (1890–1974)
Nigel Bruce (1895–1953)
Violet Carson (1898–1983)
Laddie Cliff (1891–1937)
Ivy Close (1890–1968)
Maurice Colbourne (1894–1965)

Ronald Colman (1891–1958)
Harry Cording (1891–1954)
Cicely Courtneidge (1893–1980)
Noël Coward (1899–1973)
Henry Daniell (1894–1963)
Phyllis Dare (1890–1975)
Reginald Denny (1891–1967)
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1891–1992)
Alexander Field (Actor) (1892–1971)
Bud Flanagan(1896–1968)
Hermione Gingold (1897–1987)
Cedric Hardwicke (1893–1964)
Robertson Hare (1891–1979)
Kathleen Harrison (1892–1995)
Stanley Holloway (1890–1982)
Leslie Howard (1893–1943)
Bobby Howes (1895–1972)
Jack Hulbert (1892–1978)
Mervyn Johns (1899–1992)
Lillian Kemble-Cooper (1892–1977)
Jack Lambert (1899–1976)
Charles Laughton (1899–1962)
Stan Laurel (1890–1965)
John Laurie (1897–1980)
Flora Le Breton (1899–1951)
Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989) (born in Toronto, Canada)
John Loder (1898–1988)
Stanley Lupino (1893–1942)
Herbert Marshall (1890–1966)
Orlando Martins (1899–1985)
Max Miller (actor-comedian) (1894–1963)
Clifford Mollison (1897–1986)
Alan Mowbray (1896–1969)
Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932)
Phyllis Neilson-Terry (1892–1977)
Vic Oliver (1898–1964)
Cecil Parker (1897–1971)
Basil Rathbone (1892–1967)
Philip Ray (1898-1978)
Kynaston Reeves (1893–1971)
Arnold Ridley (1896–1984)
Margaret Rutherford (1892–1972)
Olive Sloane (1896–1963)
Reginald Tate (1896–1955)
Barbara Tennant (1892–1982)
Heather Thatcher (1896–1987)
Arthur Treacher (1894–1975) (naturalised American citizen)
Norma Varden (1898–1989)
Jack Warner (1895–1981)

Born in the 1900s

Marguerite Allan (1905–1994) (born in Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991)
Arthur Askey (1900–1982)
Angela Baddeley (1904–1976)
Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986)
Patrick Barr (1908–1985) (born in Akola, India)
Ballard Berkeley (1904–1988)
Leslie Bradley (1907–1974)
Arthur Brough (1905–1978)
Jane Carr (1909–1957)
Edward Chapman (1901–1977)
Sylvia Coleridge (1909–1986)
Tom Conway (1904–1967) (born in St. Petersburg, Russia)
Beryl Cooke (1906–2001)
Roland Culver (1900–1984)
Brenda Dean Paul (1907–1959)
Maurice Denham (1909–2002)
Robert Donat (1905–1958)
Evelyn Dove (1902–1987)
Angela du Maurier (1904–2002)
Leslie Dwyer (1906–1986)
Valentine Dyall (1908–1985)
Jean Forbes-Robertson (1905–1962)
Leslie French (1904–1999)
Greer Garson (1904–1996) (naturalised American citizen)
Leo Genn (1905–1978)
John Gielgud (1904–2000)
Cary Grant (1904–1986) (naturalised American citizen)
Rex Harrison (1908–1990)
William Hartnell (1908–1975)
Joan Hickson (1906–1998)
Bob Hope (1903–2003) (naturalised American citizen)
John Houseman (1902–1988) (British and American citizenship)
Benita Hume (1906–1967)
Raymond Huntley (1904-1990)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903–1991)
Freda Jackson (1907–1990)
Ursula Jeans (1906–1973)
Celia Johnson (1908–1982)
Griffith Jones (1909–2007)
James Robertson Justice (1907–1975)
Moultrie Kelsall (1904–1980)
Joan Kemp-Welch (1906–1999)
Esmond Knight (1906–1987)
Bernard Lee (1908–1981)
Beatrix Lehmann (1903–1979)
Queenie Leonard (1905–2002)
Roger Livesey (1906–1976)
Charles Lloyd-Pack (1902–1983)
James Mason (1909–1984)
Guy Middleton (1907–1973)
John Mills (1908–2005)
Robert Morley (1908–1992)
Clive Morton (1904–1975)
Alan Napier (1903–1988)
Anna Neagle (1904–1986)
Robert Newton (1905–1956)
Anthony Nicholls (1902–1977)
Dandy Nichols (1907–1986)
Mary Odette (1901–1987) (born in Dieppe, France)
Laurence Olivier (1907–1989)
J. Pat O'Malley (1904–1985)
Michael Redgrave (1908–1985)
Trevor Reid (1908–1965)
Michael Rennie (1909–1971) (naturalised American citizen)
Ralph Richardson (1902–1983)
John Robinson (1908–1979)
Flora Robson (1902–1984)
Oriel Ross (1907–1994)
George Sanders (1906–1972) (born in Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Eileen Sharp (1900–1958)
Sebastian Shaw (1905–1994)
Ida Shepley (1908–1975)
Alastair Sim (1900–1976)
Francis L. Sullivan (1903–1956)
Nora Swinburne (1902–2000)
Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) (naturalised American citizen)
Ralph Truman (1900–1977)
Ronald Ward (1901–1978)
Naunton Wayne (1901–1970)
Alan Webb (1906–1982)
Lockwood West (1905–1989)
Eileen Winterton (1903–2004)
Donald Wolfit (1902–1968)
Diana Wynyard (1906–1964)

Born in the 1910s

Harry Andrews (1911–1989)
Bernard Archard (1916–2008)
Peter Arne (1918–1983)
Renee Asherson (1915–2014)
Alfie Bass (1916–1987)
Peggy Batchelor (1916–2020)
Sam Beazley (1916–2017)
Martin Benson (1918–2010)
Pamela Brown (1917–1975)
Brenda Bruce (1919–1996)
Hugh Burden (1913–1985)
Alfred Burke (1918–2011)
Edward Burnham (1916–2015)
Peter Butterworth (1915–1979)
Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977)
Phyllis Calvert (1915–2002)
Earl Cameron (1917–2020)
Eric Christmas (1916–2000)
Diana Churchill (1913–1994)
Alec Clunes (1912–1970)
Bryan Coleman (1911–2005)
Noel Coleman (1919–2007)
Peter Copley (1915–2008)
Peter Cushing (1913–1994)
Anthony Dawson (1916–1992)
Roger Delgado (1918–1973)
Michael Denison (1915–1998)
Robert Dorning (1913–1989)
Hamilton Dyce (1912–1972)
Arthur English (1919–1995)
Peter Finch (1916–1977)
Robert Flemyng (1912–1995)
Joan Fontaine (1917–2013) (naturalised American citizen; born in Tokyo, Japan)
Gretchen Franklin (1911–2005)
Michael Goodliffe (1914–1976)
Harold Goodwin (1917–2004)
Marius Goring (1912–1998)
Michael Gough (1916–2011) (born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Dulcie Gray (1915–2011)
John Gregson (1919–1975)
Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)
Lucy Griffiths (1919–1982)
Alec Guinness (1914–2000)
Jimmy Hanley (1918–1970)
Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020) (naturalised American citizen; born in Tokyo, Japan)
Jack Hawkins (1910–1973)
Charles Hawtrey (1914–1988)
Pauline Henriques (1914–1998) (born in Kingston, Jamaica)
Wendy Hiller (1912–2003)
Thora Hird (1911–2003)
Michael Hordern (1911–1995)
Trevor Howard (1913–1988)
Betty Huntley-Wright (1911–1993)
Richard Hurndall (1910–1984)
Sid James (1913–1976)
Edward Jewesbury (1917–2001)
Margo Johns (1919–2009)
Emrys Jones (1915–1972)
Geoffrey Keen (1916–2005)
Rachel Kempson (1910–2003)
Sam Kydd (1915–1982)
Vivien Leigh (1913–1967) (born in Darjeeling, India)
John Le Mesurier (1912–1983)
Desmond Llewelyn (1914–1999)
Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990)
Arthur Lowe (1915–1982)
Marne Maitland (1914–1991) (born in Calcutta, India)
Margery Mason (1913-2014)
Frank Middlemass (1919–2006)
Kenneth More (1914–1982)
Peggy Mount (1915–2001)
Lionel Murton (1915–2006)
David Niven (1910–1983)
Merle Oberon (1911–1979) (born in Mumbai, India)
Nigel Patrick (1912–1981)
Laurence Payne (1919–2009)
Lennard Pearce (1915–1984)
Jon Pertwee (1919–1996)
Donald Pleasence (1919–1995)
Olaf Pooley (1914–2015)
Dennis Price (1915–1973)
Anthony Quayle (1913–1989)
Luise Rainer (1910–2014) (born in Düsseldorf, Germany)
Joyce Redman (1918–2012)
Beryl Reid (1919–1996)
Michael Ripper (1913–2000)
Paul Rogers (1917–2013)
Fanny Rowe (1913–1988)
Joan Sanderson (1912–1992)
Zohra Sehgal (1912–2014)
Frank Singuineau (1913–1992)
June Spencer (1919–2024)
Nigel Stock (1919–1986)
Sydney Tafler (1916–1979)
Richard Todd (1919–2009)
Terry-Thomas (1911–1990)
David Tomlinson (1917–2000)
Geoffrey Toone (1910–2005)
Reg Varney (1916–2008)
Kay Walsh (1911–2005)
Thorley Walters (1913–1991)
Jack Watson (1915–1999)
Richard Wattis (1912–1975)
Eileen Way (1911–1994)
Anna Wing (1914–2013)
Norman Wisdom (1915–2010)
Googie Withers (1917–2011)
John Witty (1915–1990)

Born in the 1920s

A–M

Joss Ackland (1928–2023)
Michael Aldridge (1920–1994)
Jean Alexander (1926–2016)
Terence Alexander (1923–2009)
Patrick Allen (1927–2006)
Nicholas Amer (1923–2019)
Daphne Anderson (1922–2013)
Robert Arden (1922–2004) (naturalised American citizen)
Richard Attenborough (1923–2014)
Alan Badel (1923–1982)
Jill Balcon (1925–2009)
Sheila Ballantine (1928–2026)
Ian Bannen (1928–1999)
Ronnie Barker (1929–2005)
Peter Barkworth (1929–2006)
Thelma Barlow (born 1929)
John Barron (1920–2004)
Geoffrey Bayldon (1924–2017)
James Beck (1929–1973)
Tony Beckley (1929–1980)
Michael Beint (1925–2026)
Jill Bennett (1926–1990)
John Bennett (1928–2005)
Thane Bettany (1929–2015) (born in Sarawak)
Honor Blackman (1925–2020)
Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999)
Peter Brace (1924–2018)
Tony Britton (1924–2019)
Lyndon Brook (1926–2004)
Faith Brook (1922–2012)
June Brown (1927–2022)
Robert Brown (1921–2003)
Dora Bryan (1923–2014)
Peter Burton (1921–1989)
Richard Burton (1925–1984)
Sheila Burrell (1922–2011)
Kathleen Byron (1921–2009)
John Carlin (1929–2017)
Ian Carmichael (1920–2010)
Peter Cellier (born 1928)
Geoffrey Chater (1921–2021)
Tom Chatto (1920–1982)
George Cole (1925–2015)
Bonar Colleano (1924–1958)
Nicholas Courtney (1929–2011)
Michael Craig (born 1929)
Bernard Cribbins (1928–2022)
Graham Crowden (1922–2010)
Peggy Cummins (1925–2017)
Paul Daneman (1925–2001)
Paul Danquah (1925–2015)
Nigel Davenport (1928–2013)
Jeffery Dench (1928–2014)
Edna Doré (1921–2014)
Roy Dotrice (1923–2017)
Jack Douglas (1927–2008)
Carl Duering (1923–2018) (born in Germany)
Clive Dunn (1920–2012)
Paul Eddington (1927–1995)
Mark Eden (1928–2021)
Denholm Elliott (1922–1992)
Andrew Faulds (1923–2000)
Fenella Fielding (1927–2018)
Frank Finlay (1926–2016)
Gerald Flood (1927–1989)
Bryan Forbes (1926–2013)
Barry Foster (1927–2002)
Bernard Fox (1927–2016)
William Franklyn (1925–2006)
Beulah Garrick (born 1921)
David Graham (1925–2024)
Charles Gray (1928–2000)
Elspet Gray (1929–2013)
Nigel Green (1924–1972) (born in Pretoria, South Africa)
Joan Greenwood (1921–1987)
James Grout (1927–2012)
Robert Hardy (1925–2017)
Gerald Harper (1929–2025)
Rosemary Harris (born 1927) (naturalised American citizen)
Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001)
Damaris Hayman (1929–2021)
Jack Hedley (1929–2021)
Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) (born in Ixelles, Belgium)
Bernard Hepton (1925–2018)
Barbara Hicks (1924–2013)
Jacqueline Hill (1929–1993)
John Horsley (1920–2014)
Donald Houston (1923–1991)
Glyn Houston (1925–2019)
Peter Hughes (1922–2019)
Russell Hunter (1925–2004)
Gordon Jackson (1923–1990)
Hattie Jacques (1922–1980)
Saeed Jaffrey (1929–2015)
Emrys James (1928–1989)
Colin Jeavons (born 1929)
Peter Jeffrey (1929–1999)
Lionel Jeffries (1926–2010)
Errol John (1924–1988)
Margaret John (1926–2011)
Glynis Johns (1923–2024)
Freddie Jones (1927–2019)
Peter Jones (1920–2000)
Patrick Jordan (1923–2020)
Yootha Joyce (1927–1980)
Miriam Karlin (1925–2011)
Maurice Kaufmann (1927–1997)
Bernard Kay (1928–2014)
Andrew Keir (1926–1997)
Elizabeth Kelly (1921–2025)
Deborah Kerr (1921–2007)
Patricia Kirkwood (1921–2007)
Danny La Rue (1927–2009)
Cleo Laine (1927–2025)
Harry Landis (1926–2022)
Angela Lansbury (1925–2022) (naturalised American citizen)
Philip Latham (1929–2020)
Peter Lawford (1923–1984)
Christopher Lee (1922–2015)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt (1920–2005)
Margaret Leighton (1922–1976)
Barry Letts (1925–2009)
Stephen Lewis (1926–2015)
Raymond Llewellyn (1928–2026)
David Lodge (1921–2003)
Barbara Lott (1920–2002)
Fulton Mackay (1922–1987)
Patrick Macnee (1922–2015)
Victor Maddern (1928–1993)
Carol Marsh (1926–2010)
Reginald Marsh (1926–2001)
Sheila Mathews (1927–2026)
Francis Matthews (1927–2014)
James Maxwell (1929–1995)
Bill Maynard (1928–2018)
Alec McCowen (1925–2017)
Buster Merryfield (1920–1999)
Peter Miles (1928–2018)
Warren Mitchell (1926–2015)
Ron Moody (1924–2015)
Roger Moore (1927–2017)
Aubrey Morris (1926–2015)
Barbara Murray (1929–2014)

N–Z

John Nettleton (1929–2023)
John Neville (1925–2011)
Geoffrey Palmer (1927–2020)
Nicholas Parsons (1923–2020)
John Paul (1921–1995)
Muriel Pavlow (1921–2019)
Donald Pelmear (1924–2025)
Bill Pertwee (1926–2013)
Conrad Phillips (1925–2016)
Dorothea Phillips (born 1928)
Leslie Phillips (1924–2022)
Joan Plowright (1929–2025)
Eric Porter (1928–1995)
Peter Pratt (1923–1995)
Pearl Prescod (1920–1966) (born in Tobago)
John Quarmby (1929–2019)
Oscar Quitak (1926–2023)
Moira Redmond (1928–2006)
Aubrey Richards (1920–2000)
Robert Rietti (1923–2015)
John Ringham (1928–2008)
Brian Rix (1924–2016)
Rachel Roberts (1927–1980) (dual British and American citizenship)
George Rose (1920–1988)
Norman Rossington (1928–1999)
Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984)
Patricia Routledge (1929–2025)
William Russell (1924–2024)
Peter Sallis (1921–2017)
Paul Scofield (1922–2008)
Terry Scott (1927–1994)
Elizabeth Sellars (1921–2019)
Peter Sellers (1925–1980)
Renu Setna (born 1928/1929) (born in Pakistan during British rule)
Robert Shaw (1927–1978)
Susan Shaw (1929–1978)
Dinah Sheridan (1920–2012)
Carmen Silvera (1922–2002)
Sheila Sim (1922–2016)
Jean Simmons (1929–2010)
Donald Sinden (1923–2014)
Daphne Slater (1928–2012)
Liz Smith (1921–2016)
Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008)
Anthony Steel (1920–2001)
Roy Stewart (1925–2008) (born in Jamaica)
John Stone (1924–2007)
Philip Stone (1924–2003)
Kevin Stoney (1921–2008)
Mollie Sugden (1922–2009)
Eric Sykes (1923–2012)
Pauline Tennant (1927–2008)
Frank Thornton (1921–2013)
Bill Travers (1922–1994)
Frederick Treves (1925–2012)
Patrick Troughton (1920–1987)
Peter Ustinov (1921–2004)
Peter Vaughan (1923–2016)
Jack Watling (1923–2001)
Moray Watson (1928–2017)
Laurie Webb (1924–2026)
Peter Welch (1922–1984)
June Whitfield (1925–2018)
Paul Whitsun-Jones (1923–1974)
Brian Wilde (1927–2008)
Kenneth Williams (1926–1988)
Douglas Wilmer (1920–2016)
Frank Windsor (1928–2020)
John Woodnutt (1924–2006)
John Woodvine (1929–2025)
Peter Wyngarde (c. 1926 or 1927–2018) (born in Marseille, France or Singapour)
Arnold Yarrow (1920–2024)

Born in the 1930s

A–M

Anthony Ainley (1932–2004)
Ronald Allen (1930–1991)
Julie Andrews (born 1935)
Eileen Atkins (born 1934)
Allister Bain (1932–2026)
George Baker (1931–2011)
Kenny Baker (1934–2016)
Tom Baker (born 1934)
Trevor Bannister (1934–2011)
David Baron (born 1933)
Lynda Baron (1939–2022)
Keith Barron (1934–2017)
Alan Bates (1934–2003)
David Battley (1935–2003)
Trevor Baxter (1932–2017)
Kathryn Beaumont (born 1937)
Brian Bedford (1935–2016) (naturalised American citizen)
Steven Berkoff (born 1937)
Rodney Bewes (1937–2017)
Colin Blakely (1930–1987)
Brian Blessed (born 1936)
Claire Bloom (born 1931)
James Bolam (born 1935)
Bette Bourne (1939–2024)
Peter Bowles (1936–2022)
Roy Boyd (1938–2024)
Stephen Boyd (1931–1977)
Bernard Bresslaw (1934–1993)
Jeremy Brett (1933–1995)
Yvonne Brewster (1938–2025)
Roger Brierley (1935–2005)
Richard Briers (1934–2013)
Eleanor Bron (born 1938)
Ray Brooks (1939–2025)
David Burke (1934–2026)
Mark Burns (1936–2007)
Patsy Byrne (1933–2014)
Michael Caine (born 1933)
Timothy Carlton (born 1939)
John Cater (1932–2009)
Tony Caunter (1937–2025)
Tony Church (1930–2008)
John Cleese (born 1939)
Maurice Colbourne (1939–1989)
Joan Collins (born 1933)
Paul Collins (born 1937)
Neil Connery (1938–2021)
Sean Connery (1930–2020)
Peter Cook (1937–1995)
Kenneth Cope (1931–2024)
Ronnie Corbett (1930–2016)
Adrienne Corri (1931–2016)
James Cossins (1933–1997)
Nicolas Coster (1933–2023)
Tom Courtenay (born 1937)
Wendy Craig (born 1934)
Anna Cropper (1938–2007)
Annette Crosbie (born 1934)
Frances Cuka (1936–2020)
Roland Curram (1932–2025)
Jill Curzon (1938–2026)
Iain Cuthbertson (1930–2009)
David Daker (1935–2026)
Jim Dale (born 1935)
Ann Davies (1934–2022)
Oliver Ford Davies (born 1939)
Richard Dawson (1932–2012) (naturalised American citizen)
Judi Dench (born 1934)
Eileen Derbyshire (born 1931)
Edward de Souza (born 1932)
Diana Dors (1931–1984)
Shirley Eaton (born 1937)
Glynn Edwards (1931–2018)
Samantha Eggar (1939–2025)
Shirley Anne Field (1936–2023)
Albert Finney (1936–2019)
Derek Fowlds (1937–2020)
Edward Fox (born 1937)
James Fox (born 1939)
Richard Franklin (1936–2023)
Peter Fraser (born 1932/1933)
Jill Gascoine (1937–2020)
William Gaunt (born 1937)
Tom Georgeson (1936–2026)
Peter Gilmore (1931–2013) (born in Leipzig, Germany)
Brian Glover (1934–1997)
Julian Glover (born 1935)
Kenneth Haigh (1931–2018)
Patricia Haines (1932–1977)
Mona Hammond (1935–2022)
Roger Hammond (1936–2012)
Susan Hampshire (born 1937)
Sheila Hancock (born 1933)
Edward Hardwicke (1932–2011)
Noel Harrison (1934–2013)
Malcolm Hebden (born 1939)
Don Henderson (1931–1997)
Janet Henfrey (born 1935)
Anne Heywood (1931–2023)
Ram John Holder (born 1934)
Ian Holm (1931–2020)
Anthony Hopkins (born 1937) (naturalised American citizen)
Penelope Horner (born 1939)
Bernard Horsfall (1930–2013)
Sally Ann Howes (1930–2021)
John Inman (1935–2007)
Jill Ireland (1936–1990)
Barry Jackson (1938–2013)
Glenda Jackson (1936–2023)
Derek Jacobi (born 1938)
Michael Jayston (1935–2024)
Barbara Jefford (1930–2020)
Edward Judd (1932–2009)
Anna Kashfi (1934–2015)
Barbara Knox (born 1933)
Ronald Lacey (1935–1991)
Dinsdale Landen (1932–2003)
Andria Lawrence (1936–2025)
Phyllida Law (1932–2026)
Rosemary Leach (1935–2017)
Angus Lennie (1930–2014)
Bernard Lloyd (1934–2018)
Kenny Lynch (1938–2019)
Ann Lynn (1933–2020)
Philip Madoc (1934–2012)
Louis Mahoney (1938–2020) (born in the Gambia)
Jean Marsh (1934–2025)
Derek Martin (1933–2026)
Anna Massey (1937–2011)
Jamila Massey (born 1934) (born in British India)
David McCallum (1933–2023) (naturalised American citizen)
Geraldine McEwan (1932–2015)
Stanley McGeagh (1936–2025)
Ian McKellen (born 1939)
Virginia McKenna (born 1931)
Michael McStay (1933–2025)
Stanley Meadows (1931–2025)
Ann Mitchell (born 1939)
Donald Moffat (1930–2018)
Dudley Moore (1935–2002)
Garfield Morgan (1931–2009)
Patrick Mower (born 1938)
Brian Murphy (1932–2025)

N–Z

Sally Nesbitt (born 1938)
Anthony Newley (1931–1999)
Jonathan Newth (born 1939)
Geraldine Newman (born 1934)
Nanette Newman (born 1934)
John Nolan (1938–2026)
John Normington (1937–2007)
Simon Oates (1932–2009)
Kate O'Mara (1939–2014)
Geraldine Moffat (born 1939)
Peter O'Toole (1932–2013)
Judy Parfitt (born 1935)
Dorothy Paul (born 1937)
Siân Phillips (born 1933)
Donald Pickering (1933–2009)
Christina Pickles (born 1935)
Vivian Pickles (born 1931)
Ingrid Pitt (1937–2010)
Mike Pratt (1931–1976)
Tim Preece (born 1938)
David Prowse (1935–2020)
Peter Purves (born 1939)
Anna Quayle (1932–2019)
Corin Redgrave (1939–2010)
Vanessa Redgrave (born 1937)
Oliver Reed (1938–1999)
Anne Reid (born 1935)
Ian Richardson (1934–2007)
John Richardson (1934–2021)
Terence Rigby (1937–2007)
Diana Rigg (1938–2020)
William Roache (born 1932)
Michael Robbins (1930–1992)
Anton Rodgers (1933–2007)
Patsy Rowlands (1931–2005)
David Ryall (1935–2014)
Andrew Sachs (1930–2016)
Nadim Sawalha (born 1933)
Prunella Scales (1932–2025)
Leslie Schofield (born 1938)
Janette Scott (born 1938)
Michael Sheard (1938–2005)
Barbara Shelley (1932–2021)
Carole Shelley (1939–2018)
Derrick Sherwin (1936–2018)
Joan Sims (1930–2001)
Roy Skelton (1931–2011)
Jack Smethurst (1932–2022)
Maggie Smith (1934–2024)
Nicholas Smith (1934–2015)
Anne Stallybrass (1938–2021)
Terence Stamp (1938–2025)
Tommy Steele (born 1936)
Robert Stephens (1931–1995)
John Stride (1936–2018)
Veronica Strong (born 1938)
Una Stubbs (1937–2021)
Janet Suzman (born 1939)
Clive Swift (1936–2019)
Sylvia Syms (1934–2023)
Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) (dual citizenship; born to American parents living in England)
Josephine Tewson (1931–2022)
Angela Thorne (1939–2023)
Malcolm Tierney (1938–2014)
Ricky Tomlinson (born 1939)
Bill Treacher (1930–2022)
Bridget Turner (1939–2014)
Margaret Tyzack (1931–2011)
Anthony Valentine (1939–2015)
Wanda Ventham (born 1935)
James Villiers (1933–1998)
Rudolph Walker (born 1939)
Bill Wallis (1936–2013)
Shani Wallis (born 1933) (naturalised American citizen)
Hugh Walters (1939–2015)
Jan Waters (born 1937)
Anita West (born 1935)
Timothy West (1934–2024)
Paxton Whitehead (1937–2023)
Billie Whitelaw (1932–2014)
Jeffry Wickham (1933–2014)
Frank Williams (1931–2022)
Michael Williams (1935–2001)
Wendy Williams (1934–2019)
Nicol Williamson (1936–2011)
Richard Wilson (born 1936)
Barbara Windsor (1937–2020)
Michael Wisher (1935–1995)
John Wood (1930–2011)
Peter Woodthorpe (1931–2004)
Edward Woodward (1930–2009)
Gabriel Woolf (born 1932)
Dana Wynter (1931–2011) (born in Berlin, Germany)
Susannah York (1939–2011)
Barbara Young (1931–2023)

Born in the 1940s

A–M

Maria Aitken (born 1945)
John Alderton (born 1940)
Anthony Andrews (born 1948)
Francesca Annis (born 1945)
Alun Armstrong (born 1946)
Sean Arnold (1941–2020)
Jane Asher (born 1946)
Nina Baden-Semper (born 1945)
Colin Baker (born 1943)
Desmond Barrit (1944–2026)
Stephanie Beacham (born 1947)
Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979)
Geoffrey Beevers (born 1941)
Floella Benjamin (born 1949)
Mike Berry (1942–2025)
Martine Beswick (born 1941) (born in Port Antonio, Jamaica)
Christopher Biggins (born 1948)
John Bindon (1943–1993)
Jane Birkin (1946–2023)
Jacqueline Bisset (born 1944)
Cilla Black (1943–2015)
Isobel Black (born 1942)
Isla Blair (born 1944)
Brenda Blethyn (born 1946)
David Bowie (1947–2016)
David Bradley (born 1942)
Nick Brimble (born 1944)
Jim Broadbent (born 1949)
Paul Brooke (born 1944)
Jeremy Bulloch (1945–2020)
Geoffrey Burridge (1948–1987)
Peter Burroughs (born 1947)
David Calder (born 1946)
Simon Callow (born 1949)
Ken Campbell (1941–2008)
Jim Carter (born 1948)
Anna Carteret (born 1942) (born in Bangalore, India)
Christopher Cazenove (1943–2010)
Julian Chagrin (born 1940)
John Challis (1942–2021)
Geraldine Chaplin (born 1944) (born in Santa Monica, California, United States)
Graham Chapman (1941–1989)
Ian Charleson (1949–1990)
Julie Christie (born 1940) (born in Chabua, India)
Warren Clarke (1947–2014)
Stephanie Cole (1941–2026)
David Collings (1940–2020)
Lewis Collins (1946–2013)
Pauline Collins (1940–2025)
Billy Connolly (born 1942)
Tom Conti (born 1941)
Ron Cook (born 1948)
Charlotte Cornwell (1949–2021)
Judy Cornwell (born 1940)
James Cosmo (born 1947)
Brian Cox (born 1946)
Kenneth Cranham (born 1944)
Michael Crawford (born 1942)
Ben Cross (1947–2020)
Tim Curry (1946–2026)
Timothy Dalton (born 1946)
Roger Daltrey (born 1944)
Charles Dance (born 1946)
Anthony Daniels (born 1946)
Anita Dobson (born 1949)
Michele Dotrice (born 1948)
Gabrielle Drake (born 1944)
Richard Durden (born 1944)
Peter Egan (born 1946)
Marianne Faithfull (1946–2025)
Suzan Farmer (1942–2017)
Sally Faulkner (born 1946)
Julian Fellowes (born 1949)
Pam Ferris (born 1948) (born in Hanover, West Germany)
Barbara Flynn (born 1948)
Carole Ann Ford (born 1940)
Clive Francis (born 1946)
Jan Francis (born 1947)
Hugh Fraser (born 1945)
Paul Freeman (born 1943)
Christopher Gable (1940–1998)
Michael Gambon (1940–2023)
Judy Geeson (born 1948)
Dana Gillespie (born 1949)
Sheila Gish (1942–2005)
Leslie Grantham (1947–2018)
Pamela Greer (1941–2026) (born in Zambia)
Derek Griffiths (born 1946)
Richard Griffiths (1947–2013)
Georgina Hale (1943–2024)
Prentis Hancock (1942–2025)
Richard Heffer (born 1946)
Nicky Henson (1945–2019)
Bernard Hill (1944–2024)
Frazer Hines (born 1944)
Patricia Hodge (born 1946)
Julian Holloway (1944–2025)
Bob Hoskins (1942–2014)
Geoffrey Hughes (1944–2012)
Nerys Hughes (born 1941)
Gareth Hunt (1942–2007)
John Hurt (1940–2017)
Judy Huxtable (born 1942)
Jonathan Hyde (born 1948)
Eric Idle (born 1943)
Jeremy Irons (born 1948)
Philip Jackson (born 1948)
Oscar James (born 1942)
Susan Jameson (born 1941)
Martin Jarvis (born 1941)
David Jason (born 1940)
Paul Jesson (born 1946)
Caroline John (1940–2012)
Sue Johnston (born 1943)
Gemma Jones (born 1942)
Nicholas Jones (born 1946)
Paul Jones (born 1942)
Terry Jones (1942–2020)
Stefan Kalipha (born 1940)
Michael Keating (1947–2026)
Diane Keen (born 1946)
Penelope Keith (1940–2026)
Sam Kelly (1943–2014)
Felicity Kendal (born 1946)
Cheryl Kennedy (born 1947)
Ben Kingsley (born 1943)
Jeffery Kissoon (born 1947)
Michael Kitchen (born 1948)
Alan Lake (1940–1984)
Jane Lapotaire (1944–2026)
Ian Lavender (1946–2024)
Rula Lenska (born 1947)
Valerie Leon (born 1943)
Denis Lill (born 1942)
Robert Lindsay (born 1949)
Maureen Lipman (born 1946)
Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944–2014)
Judy Loe (1947–2025)
Joanna Lumley (born 1946) (born in Srinagar, India)
John Mahoney (1940–2018) (naturalised American citizen)
Patrick Malahide (born 1945)
Katy Manning (born 1946)
Miriam Margolyes (born 1941)
Ian Marter (1944–1986)
Judy Matheson (born 1945)
Sylvester McCoy (born 1943)
Ian McDiarmid (born 1944)
Malcolm McDowell (born 1943) (naturalised American citizen)
Julia McKenzie (born 1941)
Ian McShane (born 1942)
Clive Merrison (born 1945)
Sarah Miles (born 1941)
Brian Miller (born 1941)
Hayley Mills (born 1946)
Juliet Mills (born 1941) (naturalised American citizen)
Helen Mirren (born 1945)
Terry Molloy (born 1947)
Angela Morant (1941–2026)
Caroline Munro (born 1949)

N–Z

John Nettles (born 1943)
Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022)
Paul Nicholas (born 1944)
Bill Nighy (born 1949)
Margaret Nolan (1943–2020)
Frank Oz (born 1944)
Maureen O'Brien (born 1943)
Ian Ogilvy (born 1943)
Elaine Paige (born 1948)
Michael Palin (born 1943)
Bill Paterson (born 1945)
Jacqueline Pearce (1943–2018)
Susan Penhaligon (born 1949)
Joanna Pettet (1942–2026)
Anton Phillips (born 1943) (born in Jamaica)
Ronald Pickup (1940–2021)
Tim Pigott-Smith (1946–2017)
Angela Pleasence (1941–2026)
Adrienne Posta (born 1949)
Pete Postlethwaite (1946–2011)
Robert Powell (born 1944)
Jonathan Pryce (born 1947)
Diana Quick (born 1946)
Charlotte Rampling (born 1946)
Lynn Redgrave (1943–2010)
Angharad Rees (1944–2012)
Roger Rees (1944–2015) (naturalised American citizen)
Mike Reid (1940–2007)
John Rhys-Davies (born 1944)
Wendy Richard (1943–2009)
Alan Rickman (1946–2016)
Sheila Ruskin (born 1946)
Clive Russell (born 1945)
Roshan Seth (born 1942)
Martin Shaw (born 1945)
Catherine Schell (born 1944)
Robert Sidaway (1942–2024)
William Simons (1940–2019)
Elisabeth Sladen (1946–2011)
David Soul (1943–2024) (naturalised British citizen)
Ringo Starr (born 1940)
Alison Steadman (born 1946)
Patrick Stewart (born 1940)
David Suchet (born 1946)
Nigel Terry (1945–2015)
John Thaw (1942–2002)
Christopher Timothy (born 1940)
Frances de la Tour (born 1944)
Rita Tushingham (born 1942)
Twiggy (born 1949)
Nick Ullett (born 1941) (naturalised American citizen)
Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949) (born in New York City; naturalised American citizen)
David Warbeck (1941–1997)
David Warner (1941–2022)
James Warwick (born 1947)
Dennis Waterman (1948–2022)
Deborah Watling (1948–2017)
Dilys Watling (1943–2021)
Carol White (1943–1991)
Sheila White (1948–2018)
Tom Wilkinson (1948–2023)
Kate Williams (born 1941)
Anneke Wills (born 1941)
Hamish Wilson (1942–2020)
Penelope Wilton (born 1946)
Tessa Wyatt (born 1948)
Stephen Yardley (born 1942)
Michael York (born 1942)

Born in the 1950s

A–M

Jenny Agutter (born 1952)
Roger Allam (born 1953)
Keith Allen (born 1953)
Kevin Allen (born 1959)
John Altman (born 1952)
Debbie Arnold (born 1955)
Robin Askwith (born 1950)
Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)
Imogen Bain (1959–2014)
David Banks (born 1951)
Paul Barber (born 1951)
Michael Barrymore (born 1952)
Robert Bathurst (born 1957)
Sean Bean (born 1959)
Tim Bentinck (born 1953)
Philip Bretherton (born 1955)
Moira Brooker (born 1957)
Philip Martin Brown (born 1956)
Ralph Brown (born 1957)
Suzanne Burden (born 1958)
Kate Burton (born 1957) (born in Geneva, Switzerland; has British and American citizenship)
Peter Capaldi (born 1958)
Jane Carr (born 1950)
Kim Cattrall (born 1956) (Anglo-Canadian-American)
Maxwell Caulfield (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen)
Simon Chandler (born 1953)
Daniel Chatto (born 1957)
Keith Chegwin (1957–2017)
Julie Dawn Cole (born 1957)
Phil Collins (born 1951)
Robbie Coltrane (1950–2022)
Gerry Cowper (born 1958)
Doña Croll (born 1953)
Phil Davis (born 1953)
Peter Davison (born 1951)
Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957)
Angus Deayton (born 1956)
Les Dennis (born 1953)
Reece Dinsdale (born 1959)
Karen Dotrice (born 1955)
Sarah Douglas (born 1952)
Lesley-Anne Down (born 1954) (naturalised American citizen)
Lindsay Duncan (born 1950)
Sheena Easton (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen)
Kevin Eldon (born 1959)
Trevor Eve (born 1951)
Rupert Everett (born 1959)
Nicholas Farrell (born 1955)
Peter Firth (born 1953)
Fish (born 1958)
Marsha Fitzalan (born 1953) (born in Bonn, West Germany)
Frances Fisher (born 1952) (naturalised American citizen)
Pamela Franklin (born 1950) (born in Yokohama, Japan)
Sabina Franklyn (born 1954)
Lynne Frederick (1954–1994)
Dawn French (born 1957)
Stephen Fry (born 1957)
Fiona Fullerton (born 1956) (born in Nigeria)
Susan George (born 1950)
Candace Glendenning (born 1953)
Liza Goddard (born 1950)
Caroline Goodall (born 1959)
Richard E. Grant (born 1957) (born in Mbabane, Swaziland)
Cathryn Harrison (1959–2018)
Nigel Havers (born 1951)
Anthony Head (1954–2026)
Lenny Henry (born 1958)
Sherrie Hewson (born 1950)
Ciarán Hinds (born 1953)
Jane How (born 1950)
Finola Hughes (born 1959)
Olivia Hussey (1951–2024)
Alex Hyde-White (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen)
Celia Imrie (born 1952)
Geraldine James (born 1950)
Louise Jameson (born 1951)
David Janson (born 1950)
Alex Jennings (born 1957)
Gerard Kelly (1959–2010)
Gary Kemp (born 1959)
Alice Krige (born 1954) (born in Upington, South Africa)
Trevor Laird (born 1957)
Wayne Laryea (born 1952)
Hugh Laurie (born 1959)
Josie Lawrence (born 1959)
Sylvestra Le Touzel (born 1958)
Nigel Le Vaillant (born 1957)
Helen Lederer (born 1954)
Delroy Lindo (born 1952) (British-American)
Robert Llewellyn (born 1956)
Phyllis Logan (born 1956)
Cherie Lunghi (born 1952)
Kenneth MacDonald (1950–2001)
Art Malik (born 1952)
Lesley Manville (born 1956)
Rik Mayall (1958–2014)
Steve McFadden (born 1959)
Joe McGann (born 1958)
Paul McGann (born 1959)
Peter Mensah (born 1959) (born in Ghana)
Alfred Molina (born 1953) (naturalised American citizen)
Fiona Mollison (born 1954)
Wendy Morgan (born 1958)
Peter Mullan (born 1959)

N–Z

Liam Neeson (born 1952) (naturalised American citizen)
Vincenzo Nicoli (born 1958)
Cindy O'Callaghan (born 1956) (born in Ireland)
Gary Oldman (born 1958)
Helen Pearson (born 1959)
Julie Peasgood (born 1956)
Hugh Quarshie (born 1954) (born in Ghana)
Pauline Quirke (born 1959)
Adrian Rawlins (born 1958)
Ian Reddington (born 1957)
Amanda Redman (born 1957)
Miranda Richardson (born 1958)
Laurance Rudic (born 1952)
Patrick Ryecart (born 1952)
Jennifer Saunders (born 1958)
David Schofield (born 1951)
Jenny Seagrove (born 1957) (born in Malaya)
Nabil Shaban (1953–2025) (born in Amman, Jordan)
Jane Seymour (born 1951) (naturalised American citizen)
Ruth Sheen (born 1950)
Jeremy Sinden (1950–1996)
Marc Sinden (born 1954)
Marina Sirtis (born 1955) (naturalised American citizen)
Tony Slattery (1959–2025)
Timothy Spall (born 1957)
Imelda Staunton (born 1956)
Juliet Stevenson (born 1956)
Sting (born 1951)
Mark Strickson (born 1959)
Trudie Styler (born 1954)
Mary Tamm (1950–2012)
Simon Templeman (born 1954)
Emma Thompson (born 1959)
Sally Thomsett (born 1950)
Harriet Thorpe (born 1957)
David Threlfall (born 1953)
Primi Townsend (born 1951)
David Troughton (born 1950)
Michael Troughton (born 1955)
Tracey Ullman (born 1959) (naturalised American citizen)
Rupert Vansittart (born 1958)
Julian Wadham (born 1958)
Harriet Walter (born 1950)
Julie Walters (born 1950)
Lalla Ward (born 1951)
Rachel Ward (born 1957)
Don Warrington (born 1951) (born in Trinidad)
Giles Watling (born 1953)
Kevin Whately (born 1951)
Peter Wight (born 1950)
James Wilby (born 1958)
Jack Wild (1952–2006)
Mark Williams (born 1959)
Gary Wilmot (born 1954)
Ray Winstone (born 1957)
Victoria Wood (1953–2016)
Helen Worth (born 1951)
Susan Wooldridge (born 1950)
David Yip (born 1951)
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958–2023)

Born in the 1960s

A–M

Mark Addy (born 1964)
Caroline Aherne (1963–2016)
Holly Aird (born 1969)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 1967)
Sophie Aldred (born 1962)
Adjoa Andoh (born 1963)
Naveen Andrews (born 1969) (naturalised American citizen)
Lysette Anthony (born 1963)
Lorraine Ashbourne (born 1961)
Bill Bailey (born 1965)
Matt Bardock (born 1969)
Chris Barrie (born 1960)
John Barrowman (born 1967) (dual British and American citizenship)
Simon Russell Beale (born 1961) (born in Penang, Malaysia)
Samantha Beckinsale (born 1966)
Gina Bellman (born 1966) (born in Auckland, New Zealand)
Nick Berry (born 1963)
Jesse Birdsall (born 1963)
Caroline Bliss (born 1961)
Samantha Bond (born 1961)
Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966)
Hugh Bonneville (born 1963)
Kenneth Branagh (born 1960)
Lucy Briers (born 1967)
Kathy Burke (born 1964)
Josette Bushell-Mingo (born 1964)
Gerard Butler (born 1969)
Robert Carlyle (born 1961)
Raquel Cassidy (born 1968)
Caroline Catz (born 1969)
Anna Chancellor (born 1965)
Ben Chaplin (born 1969)
Craig Charles (born 1964)
Maggie Cheung (born 1964) (born in British Hong Kong)
Tracey Childs (born 1963)
Flaminia Cinque (born 1964)
Martin Clunes (born 1961)
Lucy Cohu (born 1968)
Michelle Collins (born 1962)
Jason Connery (born 1963)
Steve Coogan (born 1965)
Daniel Craig (born 1968) (naturalised American citizen)
Greg Cruttwell (born 1960)
Alan Cumming (born 1965) (naturalised American citizen)
Henry Ian Cusick (born 1967) (born in Peru)
Alan Davies (born 1966)
Hugh Dennis (born 1962)
Amanda Donohoe (born 1962)
Neil Dudgeon (born 1961)
Noma Dumezweni (born 1969) (born in Swaziland)
Blythe Duff (born 1962)
Jason Durr (born 1967) (born in Singapore)
Christopher Eccleston (born 1964)
Cary Elwes (born 1962)
Harry Enfield (born 1961)
Michelle Fairley (born 1963)
Craig Ferguson (born 1962) (naturalised American citizen)
Ralph Fiennes (born 1962)
Siobhan Finneran (born 1966)
Colin Firth (born 1960)
Tommy Flanagan (born 1965)
Jason Flemyng (born 1966)
Dexter Fletcher (born 1966)
Geff Francis (born 1964)
Michael French (born 1962)
Maria Friedman (born 1960) (born in Switzerland)
Sadie Frost (born 1965)
Jenny Funnell (born 1963)
Mark Gatiss (born 1966)
Ruth Gemmell (born 1967)
Ricky Gervais (born 1961)
Don Gilet (born 1967)
Lou Gish (1967–2006)
Philip Glenister (born 1963)
Robert Glenister (born 1960)
Adam Godley (born 1964)
Michelle Gomez (born 1966)
Tom Goodman-Hill (born 1968)
Julie Graham (born 1965)
Hugh Grant (born 1960)
Rupert Graves (born 1963)
Michelle Greenidge (born 1969)
Robson Green (born 1964)
Tamsin Greig (born 1966)
Suzanna Hamilton (born 1960)
John Hannah (born 1962)
David Harewood (born 1965)
Caroline Harker (born 1966)
Susannah Harker (born 1965)
Jared Harris (born 1961)
Sean Harris (born 1966)
Ian Hart (born 1964)
Tamer Hassan (born 1968)
Greg Hemphill (born 1969)
Shirley Henderson (born 1965)
Ruthie Henshall (born 1967)
Tom Hollander (born 1967)
Jane Horrocks (born 1964)
Steve Huison (born 1962)
Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965)
Llŷr Ifans (born 1968)
Rhys Ifans (born 1967)
Jason Isaacs (born 1963)
Kate Isitt (born 1965)
Judith Jacob (born 1961)
Lennie James (born 1965)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (born 1967)
Danny John-Jules (born 1960)
Toby Jones (born 1966)
Vinnie Jones (born 1965)
Paterson Joseph (born 1964)
Hakeem Kae-Kazim (born 1962) (born in Lagos, Nigeria)
Martin Kemp (born 1961)
Ross Kemp (born 1964)
Patsy Kensit (born 1968)
Ford Kiernan (born 1962)
Claire King (born 1962)
Alex Kingston (born 1963)
Jo-Anne Knowles (born 1969)
Kwame Kwei-Armah (born 1967)
Sarah Lancashire (born 1964)
Bonnie Langford (born 1964)
Chris Larkin (born 1967)
Jane Leeves (born 1961)
Dave Legeno (1963–2014)
Adrian Lester (born 1968)
Natasha Little (born 1969)
Richard Lumsden (born 1965)
Nicholas Lyndhurst (born 1961)
Eddie Marsan (born 1968)
Jo Martin (born 1969)
Helen McCrory (1968–2021)
Sandy McDade (born 1964)
Colin McFarlane (born 1961)
Mark McGann (born 1961)
Stephen McGann (born 1963)
Josephine Melville (1961–2022)
Ben Miles (born 1966)
Ben Miller (born 1966)
Poppy Miller (born 1969)
David Morrissey (born 1964)
Neil Morrissey (born 1962)
Stephen Moyer (born 1969)

N–Z

James Nesbitt (born 1965)
Hermione Norris (born 1967)
Jeremy Northam (born 1961)
Cyril Nri (born 1961)
David O'Hara (born 1965)
Tracy-Ann Oberman (born 1966)
Femi Elufowoju Jr. (born 1962)
Sophie Okonedo (born 1968)
Julia Ormond (born 1965)
Clive Owen (born 1964)
Lisa Palfrey (born 1967)
Sarah Parish (born 1968)
Nathaniel Parker (born 1962)
Sean Pertwee (born 1964)
James Purefoy (born 1964)
Caroline Quentin (born 1960)
Jemma Redgrave (born 1965)
Saskia Reeves (born 1961)
Joely Richardson (born 1965)
Natasha Richardson (1963–2009)
Fay Ripley (born 1966)
Linus Roache (born 1964)
Tim Roth (born 1961)
Clive Rowe (born 1964)
Catherine Russell (born 1966)
Daniel Ryan (born 1968)
Mark Rylance (born 1960)
Rebecca Saire (born 1963)
Colin Salmon (born 1961)
Emma Samms (born 1960)
Julia Sawalha (born 1968)
Nadia Sawalha (born 1964)
Joanna Scanlan (born 1961)
Adrian Scarborough (born 1968)
Katharine Schlesinger (born 1963)
Dougray Scott (born 1965)
Kristin Scott Thomas (born 1960)
Andy Serkis (born 1964)
Rufus Sewell (born 1967)
Josette Simon (born 1960)
Michael Sheen (born 1969)
Mark Sheppard (born 1964)
Alexander Siddig (born 1965) (born in Wad Madani, Sudan)
Nina Sosanya (born 1969)
Hugo Speer (born 1968)
Samantha Spiro (born 1968)
Jason Statham (born 1967)
Toby Stephens (born 1969)
Ray Stevenson (1964–2023)
Mark Strong (born 1963)
Imogen Stubbs (born 1961)
Terry Sue-Patt (1964–2015)
Peter Sullivan (born 1964)
Sarah Sutton (born 1961)
Tilda Swinton (born 1960)
Meera Syal (born 1961)
Catherine Tate (born 1969)
David Thewlis (born 1963)
Ellen Thomas (born 1964)
Sophie Thompson (born 1962)
Stephen Tompkinson (born 1965)
Steve Toussaint (born 1965)
Cathy Tyson (born 1965)
Eamonn Walker (born 1962)
Polly Walker (born 1966)
Julie T. Wallace (born 1961)
Bradley Walsh (born 1960)
Marc Warren (born 1967)
Emily Watson (born 1967)
Naomi Watts (born 1968)
Dominic West (born 1969)
Samuel West (born 1966)
Joanne Whalley (born 1964)
Lia Williams (born 1964)
Olivia Williams (born 1968)
Peter Wingfield (born 1962)
Adam Woodyatt (born 1968)
Emily Woof (born 1967)
Angus Wright (born 1964)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969)

Born in the 1970s

A–M

Amanda Abbington (born 1974)
Christine Adams (born 1974)
Freema Agyeman (born 1979)
Sarah Alexander (born 1971)
Nikki Amuka-Bird (born 1976)
Chloë Annett (born 1971)
Nonso Anozie (born 1978)
Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970) (naturalised American citizen)
Lucy Akhurst (born 1970)
Richard Armitage (born 1971)
Alexander Armstrong (born 1970)
Joe Armstrong (born 1978)
Kate Ashfield (born 1972)
Richard Ayoade (born 1977)
Kate Baines (born 1978)
Christian Bale (born 1974) (naturalised American citizen)
Jamie Bamber (born 1973) (dual British and American citizen)
Yasmin Bannerman (born 1970)
Nicole Barber-Lane (born 1972)
Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971)
Helen Baxendale (born 1970)
Kate Beckinsale (born 1973)
Max Beesley (born 1971)
Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970)
Matt Berry (born 1974)
Eve Best (born 1971)
Paul Bettany (born 1971)
Orlando Bloom (born 1977)
Vanessa Branch (born 1973) (dual British and American citizenship)
Russell Brand (born 1975)
Ewen Bremner (born 1970)
Dannielle Brent (born 1979)
Liz May Brice (born 1975)
Kellie Bright (born 1976)
Clare Buckfield (born 1976)
Julie Buckfield (born 1976)
Saffron Burrows (born 1972) (naturalised American citizen)
Georgina Cates (born 1975)
Noel Clarke (born 1975)
Olivia Colman (born 1974)
Shelley Conn (born 1976)
Paddy Considine (born 1973)
Dominic Cooper (born 1978)
James Corden (born 1978)
Christian Coulson (born 1978)
Julie Cox (born 1973)
Nathalie Cox (born 1978)
Richard Coyle (born 1974)
Mackenzie Crook (born 1971)
Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976)
Hugh Dancy (born 1975)
Jack Davenport (born 1973)
Lucy Davis (born 1973)
Warwick Davis (born 1970)
Rupert Degas (born 1970)
Dustin Demri-Burns (born 1978)
Kate Dickie (born 1971)
Mikyla Dodd (born 1978)
Jason Done (born 1973)
Shaun Dooley (born 1974)
Minnie Driver (born 1970) (naturalised American citizen)
Anne-Marie Duff (born 1970)
Sharon Duncan-Brewster (born 1976)
Terri Dwyer (born 1973)
Danny Dyer (born 1977)
Jeremy Edwards (born 1971)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (born 1977)
Idris Elba (born 1972)
Tom Ellis (born 1978)
Tameka Empson (born 1977)
Luke Evans (born 1979)
JJ Feild (born 1978) (born in Boulder, Colorado, United States) (British-American actor)
Joseph Fiennes (born 1970)
Emilia Fox (born 1974)
Martin Freeman (born 1971)
Anna Friel (born 1976)
Nick Frost (born 1972)
Dean Gaffney (born 1978)
Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 1971)
Matthew Goode (born 1978)
Claire Goose (born 1975)
Sarah Gordy (born 1978)
Burn Gorman (born 1974) (born in Hollywood, California, United States)
Stephen Graham (born 1973)
Rachel Grant (born 1977)
Eva Gray (born 1970)
Angela Griffin (born 1976)
Ioan Gruffudd (born 1973)
Sienna Guillory (born 1975)
Suzanne Hall (born 1972)
Ian Hallard (born 1974)
Tom Hardy (born 1977)
Ricci Harnett (born 1973)
Naomie Harris (born 1976)
Jo Hartley (born 1972)
Miranda Hart (born 1972)
Keeley Hawes (born 1976)
Sally Hawkins (born 1976)
Rebecca Hazlewood (born 1977)
Lena Headey (born 1973) (born in Hamilton, Bermuda)
Christina Hendricks (born 1975) (dual British and American citizenship)
Tina Hobley (born 1971)
Anna Hope (born 1974)
Jim Howick (born 1975)
Jessica Hynes (born 1972)
Jynine James (born 1972)
Samantha Janus (born 1972)
Tonicha Jeronimo (born 1977)
Susy Kane (born 1978)
Rose Keegan (born 1971)
Katherine Kelly (born 1979)
Alison King (born 1973)
Sanjeev Kohli (born 1971)
Martina Laird (born 1971)
Andrew Lancel (born 1970)
Jude Law (born 1972)
Adam Levy (born 1970)
Damian Lewis (born 1971)
Andrew Lincoln (born 1973)
Emily Lloyd (born 1970)
Jamie Lomas (born 1975)
Louise Lombard (born 1970)
Matt Lucas (born 1974)
Kelly Macdonald (born 1976)
Matthew Macfadyen (born 1974)
Anna Maxwell Martin (born 1977)
Kris Marshall (born 1973)
Jodhi May (born 1975)
James McAvoy (born 1979)
Ewan McGregor (born 1971)
Tobias Menzies (born 1974)
Stephen Merchant (born 1974)
Jonny Lee Miller (born 1972) (naturalised American citizen)
Wentworth Miller (born 1972) (dual British and American citizenship)
Jimi Mistry (born 1973)
Rhona Mitra (born 1976)
Dominic Monaghan (born 1976)
Tanya Moodie (born 1972) (born in Canada)
Hattie Morahan (born 1978)
Tara Moran (born 1971)
Emily Mortimer (born 1971) (naturalised American citizen)
Samantha Morton (born 1977)
Diane Morgan (born 1975)
Lucian Msamati (born 1976) (British-Tanzanian)
Richard Mylan (born 1973)
Eve Myles (born 1978)

N–Z

Parminder Nagra (born 1975)
Thandiwe Newton (born 1972)
Kerry Norton (born 1974)
Chris Obi (born 1970)
John Oliver (born 1977)
DeObia Oparei (born 1971)
Tamzin Outhwaite (born 1970)
David Oyelowo (born 1976) (naturalised American citizen)
Joanna Page (born 1977)
Patsy Palmer (born 1972)
Archie Panjabi (born 1972)
Ray Panthaki (born 1979)
Ray Park (born 1974)
Shaun Parkes (born 1973)
Martin Parr (born 1970)
Sarah Patterson (born 1970)
Maxine Peake (born 1974)
Simon Pegg (born 1970)
Rupert Penry-Jones (born 1970)
Alistair Petrie (born 1970)
Sally Phillips (born 1970)
Nick Pickard (born 1975)
Rosamund Pike (born 1979)
Nicholas Pinnock (born 1973)
Hugh Pollard (born 1975)
Lucy Punch (born 1977)
James Redmond (born 1971)
Matthew Rhys (born 1974)
Zuleikha Robinson (born 1977)
Golda Rosheuvel (born 1970) (born in Guyana)
Laila Rouass (born 1971)
Danny Sapani (born 1970)
Andrew Scarborough (born 1973)
Peter Serafinowicz (born 1972)
John Simm (born 1970)
Dan Renton Skinner (born 1973)
Harvey Spencer Stephens (born 1970)
Nicola Stapleton (born 1974)
Rachael Stirling (born 1977) - see Diana Rigg (1938–2020)
Jim Sturgess (born 1978)
Claire Sweeney (born 1971)
Davinia Taylor (born 1977)
Joanna Taylor (born 1978)
Kerrie Taylor (born 1973)
Giles Terera (born 1976)
David Tennant (born 1971)
Marsha Thomason (born 1976)
Indira Varma (born 1973) (dual British and Swiss citizenship)
Johnny Vegas (born 1970)
Charles Venn (born 1973)
Hannah Waddingham (born 1974)
Sonya Walger (born 1974) (naturalised American citizen)
Nicola Walker (born 1970)
David Walliams (born 1971)
Honeysuckle Weeks (born 1979)
Rachel Weisz (born 1970) (naturalised American citizen)
Joe Wilkinson (born 1975)
Finty Williams (born 1972)
Kate Winslet (born 1975)
Duncan Wisbey (born 1971)
Benedict Wong (born 1971)
Owain Yeoman (born 1978)
Rik Young (born 1978)

Born in the 1980s

A–H

Zahra Ahmadi (born 1982)
Riz Ahmed (born 1982)
Laura Aikman (born 1985)
David Ajala (born 1986)
Fisayo Akinade (born 1987)
Edward Akrout (born 1982)
Jodi Albert (born 1983)
Ben Aldridge (born 1985)
Alfie Allen (born 1986)
Lisa Ambalavanar (born 1988)
Aml Ameen (born 1985)
Susie Amy (born 1981)
Jonas Armstrong (born 1981) (born in Dublin, Ireland)
Ritu Arya (born 1988)
Clare-Hope Ashitey (born 1987)
Zawe Ashton (born 1984)
Gemma Arterton (born 1986)
Emily Atack (born 1989)
Aimie Atkinson (born 1987)
Gemma Atkinson (born 1984)
Hayley Atwell (born 1982) (dual British and American citizenship)
Afshan Azad (born 1988)
Jonathan Bailey (born 1988)
Matt Barber (born 1983)
Aneurin Barnard (born 1987)
Ben Barnes (born 1981)
Mischa Barton (born 1986) (naturalised American citizen)
Ali Bastian (born 1982)
Joey Batey (born 1989)
Ben Batt (born 1986)
Mathew Baynton (born 1980)
Emily Beecham (born 1984) (dual British and American citizenship)
Jamie Bell (born 1986)
Rolan Bell (born 1983)
Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 1986)
Pippa Bennett-Warner (born 1988)
Emily Berrington (born 1985)
Lydia Rose Bewley (born 1985)
Jennifer Biddall (born 1980)
Sean Biggerstaff (born 1983)
Gemma Bissix (born 1983)
Emily Blunt (born 1983) (naturalised American citizen)
Cressida Bonas (born 1989)
Zoe Boyle (born 1989)
Charlie Brooks (born 1981)
Jamie Campbell Bower (born 1988)
Hollie-Jay Bowes (born 1989)
Josh Bowman (born 1988)
Anna Brewster (born 1986)
Tom Burke (born 1981)
Guy Burnet (born 1983)
Ryan Cartwright (born 1981)
Natalie Casey (born 1980)
Natalie Cassidy (born 1983)
Jessie Cave (born 1987)
Henry Cavill (born 1983)
Gemma Chan (born 1982)
Carla Chases (born 1984)
Christina Chong (born 1983)
Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988)
Charlotte Church (born 1986)
Sam Claflin (born 1986)
Morfydd Clark (born 1989) (born in Sweden)
Emilia Clarke (born 1986)
Klariza Clayton (born 1989)
Sian Clifford (born 1982)
Margaret Clunie (born 1987)
Michaela Coel (born 1987)
Joe Cole (born 1988)
Lily Cole (born 1988)
Jenna Coleman (born 1986)
Lily Collins (born 1989) (naturalised American citizen)
Christian Cooke (born 1987)
Claire Cooper (born 1980)
Kari Corbett (born 1984)
Angel Coulby (born 1980)
Alice Coulthard (born 1983)
Charlie Cox (born 1982)
Lenora Crichlow (born 1985)
Karla Crome (born 1988)
Ben Cura (born 1988) (born in Argentina)
Yrsa Daley-Ward (born 1989)
Arthur Darvill (born 1982)
Gareth David-Lloyd (born 1981)
Ashley Taylor Dawson (born 1982)
Jamie Demetriou (born 1987) (British-Cypriot)
Joe Dempsie (born 1987/1988)
Sacha Dhawan (born 1984)
Sophia Di Martino (born 1983)
Michelle Dockery (born 1981)
Natalie Dormer (born 1982)
Jamie Dornan (born 1982)
Kathryn Drysdale (born 1981)
Sarah Jayne Dunn (born 1981)
Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987)
Tamsin Egerton (born 1988)
Taron Egerton (born 1989)
Jessica Ellerby (born 1986) (born in Dubai)
Nathalie Emmanuel (born 1989)
Alfred Enoch (born 1988)
Lucy Evans (born 1985)
Alice Eve (born 1982) (naturalised American citizen)
Lloyd Everitt (born 1987)
O-T Fagbenle (born 1981)
Leila Farzad (born 1983)
Louisa Faye (born 1989)
Emerald Fennell (born 1985)
Tom Felton (born 1987)
Jessica Brown Findlay (born 1987)
Johnny Flynn (born 1983)
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (born 1988)
Jessica Fox (born 1983)
Phoebe Fox (born 1987)
Claire Foy (born 1984)
Lily Frazer (born 1988)
Rupert Friend (born 1981)
Joanne Froggatt (born 1980)
Elyes Gabel (born 1983)
Romola Garai (born 1982) (born in Hong Kong)
Andrew Garfield (born 1983) (dual British and American citizenship; born in Los Angeles, California, United States)
Chris Geere (born 1981)
Samia Ghadie (born 1982)
Mandip Gill (born 1988)
Karen Gillan (born 1987)
Henry Golding (born 1987) (born in Betong, Malaysia)
Holliday Grainger (born 1988)
Kelly Greenwood (born 1982)
Lucy Griffiths (born 1986)
Rupert Grint (born 1988)
Kevin Guthrie (born 1988)
David Gyasi (born 1980)
Leah Hackett (born 1985)
Rebecca Hall (born 1982) (dual British and American citizenship)
Rosalind Halstead (born 1984)
Rasmus Hardiker (born 1985)
Kit Harington (born 1986)
Lauren Harris (born 1984)
Aiysha Hart (born 1988)
Toby Hemingway (born 1983)
Sam Heughan (born 1980)
Mitch Hewer (born 1989)
Tom Hiddleston (born 1981)
Edward Holcroft (born 1987)
Cara Horgan (born 1984)
Nicholas Hoult (born 1989)
Kirby Howell-Baptiste (born 1987)
Tom Hughes (born 1985)
Charlie Hunnam (born 1980)

I–Q

Tracy Ifeachor (born 1985) (Nigerian-British)
Daniel Ings (born 1985)
Max Irons (born 1985)
Bradley James (born 1983)
Lily James (born 1989)
Theo James (born 1984)
Jameela Jamil (born 1986)
Ciara Janson (born 1987)
Kimberly Jaraj (born 1986)
Claudia Jessie (born 1989)
Felicity Jones (born 1983)
Cush Jumbo (born 1985)
Daniel Kaluuya (born 1989)
Amara Karan (born 1984)
Gerard Kearns (born 1984)
Toby Kebbell (born 1982)
Michelle Keegan (born 1987)
Laura Michelle Kelly (born 1981)
Emer Kenny (born 1989)
Darren Kent (1984–2023)
Maria Keogh (born 1982)
Sair Khan (born 1988)
Ferdinand Kingsley (born 1988)
Brooke Kinsella (born 1983)
Malachi Kirby (born 1989)
Jemima Kirke (born 1985) (dual British and American citizenship)
Keira Knightley (born 1985)
Rahul Kohli (born 1985)
Andrew Koji (born 1987)
Gwilym Lee (born 1983)
Stephanie Leonidas (born 1984)
Rose Leslie (born 1987)
Katie Leung (born 1987)
Matthew Lewis (born 1989)
Sarah Linda (born 1987)
Zoë Lister (born 1982)
Harry Lloyd (born 1983)
Henry Lloyd-Hughes (born 1985)
Thomas James Longley (born 1989)
Ophelia Lovibond (born 1986)
Gary Lucy (born 1981)
Jing Lusi (born in 1985) (born in Pudong, Shanghai, China)
Lashana Lynch (born 1987)
Kate Maberly (born 1982)
Pearl Mackie (born 1987)
Richard Madden (born 1986)
Ashley Madekwe (born 1983)
Ruth Madeley (born 1987)
Eleanor Matsuura (born 1983) (born in Tokyo, Japan)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (born 1983)
Matt McCooey (born 1981)
Matthew McNulty (born 1982)
Harry Melling (born 1989)
Tamzin Merchant (born 1987)
Tuppence Middleton (born 1987)
Sienna Miller (born 1981) (dual British and American citizenship; born in New York City)
Max Minghella (born 1985)
Tom Mison (born 1982)
Sonoya Mizuno (born 1986) (born in Tokyo, Japan)
Neet Mohan (born 1985)
Zackary Momoh (born 1988)
Janet Montgomery (born 1985)
Colin Morgan (born 1986)
Joseph Morgan (born 1981)
William Moseley (born 1987)
Sinéad Moynihan (born 1982)
Ashley Mulheron (born 1983)
Tiffany Mulheron (born 1984)
Carey Mulligan (born 1985)
Hannah Murray (born 1989)
Sophia Myles (born 1980)
Adam Nagaitis (born 1985)
Kunal Nayyar (born 1981)
Hannah New (born 1984)
Mary Nighy (born 1984)
David Oakes (born 1983)
Michael Obiora (born 1986)
Tina O'Brien (born 1983)
Natasha O'Keeffe (born 1986)
Chiké Okonkwo (born 1981)
Weruche Opia (born 1987) (born in Lagos, Nigeria)
Regé-Jean Page (born 1988)
Luke Pasqualino (born 1989)
Nikesh Patel (born 1985)
Robert Pattinson (born 1986)
April Pearson (born 1989)
James Phelps (born 1986)
Oliver Phelps (born 1986)
Royce Pierreson (born 1989)
Billie Piper (born 1982)
Chloe Pirrie (born 1987)
Imogen Poots (born 1989)
Anna Popplewell (born 1988)
Jorgie Porter (born 1987)
Cassie Powney (born 1983)
Connie Powney (born 1983)
Ryan Prescott (born 1989)

R–Z

Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989)
George Rainsford (born 1982)
Richard Rankin (born 1983)
Eddie Redmayne (born 1982)
Iwan Rheon (born 1985)
Emma Rigby (born 1989)
Charlotte Riley (born 1981)
Talulah Riley (born 1985)
Charlotte Ritchie (born 1989)
Alexandra Roach (born 1987)
James Roache (born 1985)
Iain Robertson (born 1981)
Morgana Robinson (born 1982)
Sharon Rooney (born 1988)
Jemima Rooper (born 1981)
Tom Rosenthal (born 1988)
Samantha Rowley (born 1988)
Sophie Rundle (born 1988)
Verity Rushworth (born 1985)
Matt Ryan (born 1981)
Michelle Ryan (born 1984)
Amit Shah (born 1981)
Victoria Shalet (born 1981)
Daniel Sharman (born 1986)
Will Sharpe (born 1986)
Judi Shekoni (born 1982)
Jack P. Shepherd (born 1988)
Adele Silva (born 1980)
Hugh Skinner (born 1985)
Ashley Slanina-Davies (born 1989)
Matt Smith (born 1982)
Sheridan Smith (born 1981)
Rafe Spall (born 1983)
Flora Spencer-Longhurst (born 1985)
Clive Standen (born 1981)
Carley Stenson (born 1982)
Dan Stevens (born 1982)
Catrin Stewart (born 1988)
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (born 1985)
Lucy St. Louis (born 1986/1987)
Benjamin Stone (born 1987)
Tom Stourton (born 1987)
Scarlett Strallen (born 1982)
Summer Strallen (born 1985)
Zizi Strallen (born 1990)
Tom Sturridge (born 1985)
James Sutton (born 1983)
Juno Temple (born 1989)
Natalia Tena (born 1984)
Georgia Tennant (born 1984)
Rakhee Thakrar (born 1984)
Phoebe Thomas (born 1983)
Luke Thompson (born 1988)
Gabriel Thomson (born 1986)
Elliott Tittensor (born 1989)
Luke Tittensor (born 1989)
Hannah Tointon (born 1987)
Kara Tointon (born 1983)
Elize du Toit (born 1980) (born in Grahamstown, South Africa)
Nina Toussaint-White (born 1985)
Russell Tovey (born 1981)
Harry Treadaway (born 1984)
Luke Treadaway (born 1984)
Jodie Turner-Smith (born 1986)
Lacey Turner (born 1988)
Charity Wakefield (born 1980)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (born 1985)
Annabelle Wallis (born 1984)
Anna Walton (born 1980)
Hannah Ware (born 1982)
Al Weaver (born 1981)
Charley Webb (born 1988)
Ed Weeks (born 1980)
Anthony Welsh (born 1983)
Ed Westwick (born 1987)
Gemma Whelan (born 1981)
Ben Whishaw (born 1980)
Jack Whitehall (born 1988)
Jodie Whittaker (born 1982)
Ricky Whittle (born 1981)
Gabriella Wilde (born 1989)
Larissa Wilson (born 1989)
Ruth Wilson (born 1982)
Sophie Winkleman (born 1980)
Jaime Winstone (born 1985)
Gabriella Wright (born 1982) (naturalised French citizen)
Luke Youngblood (born 1986)

Born in the 1990s

A–M

Marisa Abela (born 1996)
Samuel Adewunmi (born 1994)
Eubha Akilade (born 1998)
Jessica Allain (born 1997)
Patricia Allison (born 1994)
Jessica Alexander (born 1999)
Olly Alexander (born 1990)
Joe Alwyn (born 1991)
Amber Anderson (born 1992)
Jacob Anderson (born 1990)
Emma Appleton (born 1991)
Jasmine Armfield (born 1998)
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (born 1998)
Simone Ashley (born 1995)
Percelle Ascott (born 1993) (born in Zimbabwe)
Rose Ayling-Ellis (born 1994)
Ella Balinska (born 1996)
Ellie Bamber (born 1997)
Manpreet Bambra (born 1992)
Jasmyn Banks (born 1990)
Lucy May Barker (born 1992)
Ruby Barker (born 1996)
Samantha Barks (born 1990)
Helena Barlow (born 1998)
Sabrina Bartlett (born 1991)
Tommy Bastow (born 1991)
Naomi Battrick (born 1991)
James Baxter (born 1990)
Charlotte Beaumont (born 1995)
Sai Bennett (born 1990)
Eliza Bennett (born 1992)
Edward Bluemel (born 1993)
Tom Blyth (born 1995)
Alana Boden (born 1997)
Douglas Booth (born 1992)
Jamie Borthwick (born 1994)
Max Bowden (born 1994)
John Boyega (born 1992)
Lucy Boynton (born 1994) (born in the United States)
Cassie Bradley (born 1993)
Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 1990)
Gabrielle Brooks (born 1990)
Julia Brown (born 1997)
Simona Brown (born 1994)
Shalom Brune-Franklin (born 1994) (British-Australian)
Céline Buckens (born 1996) (born in Belgium)
Asa Butterfield (born 1997)
Hetti Bywater (born 1994)
Harriet Cains (born 1993)
Georgina Campbell (born 1992)
Bessie Carter (born 1993)
Freddy Carter (born 1993)
Anya Chalotra (born 1995/1996)
Charithra Chandran (born 1997)
Dean-Charles Chapman (born 1997)
Antonia Clarke (born 1995)
Sophie Kennedy Clark (born 1990)
Tony Clay (born 1991)
Rhiannon Clements (born 1994)
Tosin Cole (born 1992)
Hugh Coles (born 1992)
Jodie Comer (born 1993)
Olivia Cooke (born 1993)
Sophie Cookson (born 1990)
Saffron Coomber (born 1994)
Hermione Corfield (born 1993)
Emma Corrin (born 1995)
Ellie Darcey-Alden (born 1999)
Alexa Davies (born 1995)
Jonno Davies (born 1992)
Stephanie Davis (born 1993)
Wallis Day (born 1994)
Fern Deacon (born 1998)
Cara Delevingne (born 1992)
Gemma-Leah Devereux (born 1990)
Sebastian de Souza (born 1993)
Mandeep Dhillon (born 1990)
Hannah Dodd (born 1995)
Thomas Doherty (born 1995)
Omari Douglas (born 1994)
Poppy Drayton (born 1991)
Tyger Drew-Honey (born 1996)
Lucinda Dryzek (born 1991)
Madeline Duggan (born 1994)
Phil Dunster (born 1992)
Phoebe Dynevor (born 1995)
Daisy Edgar-Jones (born 1998)
Fady Elsayed (born 1993)
Paapa Essiedu (born 1990)
Lucy Fallon (born 1995)
Otto Farrant (born 1996)
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (born 1997)
Lorna Fitzgerald (born 1996)
Shannon Flynn (born 1996)
Georgia May Foote (born 1991)
Hanako Footman (born 1994)
Fabien Frankel (born 1994) (British-French)
Nell Tiger Free (born 1999)
Poppy Lee Friar (born 1995)
Nicholas Galitzine (born 1994)
Ncuti Gatwa (born 1992) (born in Kigali, Rwanda)
Amelia Gething (born 1999)
Poppy Gilbert (born 1998) (born in Stockholm, Sweden)
Bally Gill (born 1992)
Mia Goth (born 1993)
Theo Graham (born 1997)
Tallulah Greive (born 1997)
Sorcha Groundsell (born 1998)
Chelsea Halfpenny (born 1991)
Ben Hardy (born 1991)
Danielle Harold (born 1992)
Bilal Hasna (born 1999)
Danny Hatchard (born 1991)
Jonah Hauer-King (born 1995)
Daisy Head (born 1991)
Charlie Heaton (born 1994)
Isaac Hempstead Wright (born 1999)
Georgie Henley (born 1995)
Francesca Henry (born 1995)
Georgia Henshaw (born 1993)
Jessica Henwick (born 1992)
Amy-Leigh Hickman (born 1997)
Freddie Highmore (born 1992)
Maddy Hill (born 1990)
Saffron Hocking (born 1994)
Isabel Hodgins (born 1993)
Tom Holland (born 1996)
Ellis Hollins (born 1999)
Callum Scott Howells (born 1999)
Izuka Hoyle (born 1996)
Nell Hudson (born 1990)
Ella Hunt (born 1998)
Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 1990)
Damson Idris (born 1991)
Martins Imhangbe (born 1991) (British-Nigerian)
Angus Imrie (born 1994)
Kerry Ingram (born 1999)
Jeremy Irvine (born 1990)
Dominique Jackson (born 1991)
Toheeb Jimoh (born 1997)
Shaheen Jafargholi (born 1997)
Shiv Jalota (born 1993)
Amy James-Kelly (born 1995)
Katie Jarvis (born 1991)
David Jonsson (born 1993)
Charlotte Jordan (born 1995)
Jacqueline Jossa (born 1992)
Synnøve Karlsen (born 1996)
Brad Kavanagh (born 1992)
Robbie Kay (born 1995)
Mimi Keene (born 1998)
Tilly Keeper (born 1997)
Aimée Kelly (born 1993)
Siena Kelly (born 1996)
Erin Kellyman (born 1998)
Ellie Kendrick (born 1990)
Holly Kenny (born 1995)
Skandar Keynes (born 1991)
Imogen King (born 1996)
Tommy Knight (born 1993)
Emma Laird (born 1998)
Lucien Laviscount (born 1992)
Thomas Law (born 1992)
Alex Lawther (born 1995)
Dex Lee (born 1993)
Gabriella Leon (born 1996)
Jessie Mei Li (born 1995)
Ricardo P. Lloyd (born 1993)
Georgia Lock (born 1996)
Bobby Lockwood (born 1993)
Aisling Loftus (born 1990)
Jessica Lord (born 1998)
Lily Loveless (born 1990)
George Mackay (born 1992)
Emma Mackey (born 1996) (born in Le Mans, France)
Jessica Madsen (born 1992)
Madeleine Mantock (born 1990)
Noah Marullo (born 1999)
Abby Mavers (born 1990)
Freya Mavor (born 1993)
Lauren McCrostie (born 1996)
Shona McGarty (born 1991)
Katie McGlynn (born 1993)
Mia McKenna-Bruce (born 1997)
Jack McMullen (born 1991)
Lauren McQueen (born 1996)
Ross McLaren (born 1991)
Danny Miller (born 1991)
Nico Mirallegro (born 1991)
Ambika Mod (born 1995/1996)
Anjli Mohindra (born 1990)
Olivia Morris (born 1997)
Zack Morris (born 1998)
Nadine Mulkerrin (born 1993)
Ana Mulvoy-Ten (born 1992)

N–Z

Rukku Nahar (born 1996)
Mimi Ndiweni (born 1991) (British-Zimbabwean)
Kassius Nelson (born 1997)
Luke Newton (born 1993)
Clair Norris (born 1997)
Agnes O'Casey (born 1995/1996)
Jack O'Connell (born 1990)
Josh O'Connor (born 1990)
Amara Okereke (born 1996)
Vivian Oparah (born 1996)
Harrison Osterfield (born 1996)
Himesh Patel (born 1990)
Chance Perdomo (1996–2024) (born in California)
Alex Pettyfer (born 1990)
Jessica Plummer (born 1992)
Ned Porteous (born 1994)
Joseph Potter (born 1997/98)
Will Poulter (born 1993)
Bel Powley (born 1992)
Kathryn Prescott (born 1991)
Megan Prescott (born 1991)
Dominique Provost-Chalkley (born 1990)
Florence Pugh (born 1996)
Ella Purnell (born 1996)
Joseph Quinn (born 1994)
Toby Regbo (born 1991)
Emily Reid (born 1998)
Ted Reilly (born 1991)
Archie Renaux (born 1997)
Jordan Renzo (born 1993) (British-American)
Sam Retford (born 1999) (born in Australia)
Tanya Reynolds (born 1991)
Dakota Blue Richards (born 1994)
Maisie Richardson-Sellers (born 1992)
Daisy Ridley (born 1992)
Craig Roberts (born 1991)
Jack Rowan (born 1997)
Charlie Rowe (born 1996)
Rebecca Ryan (born 1991)
Lily Sacofsky (born 1994)
Abubakar Salim (born 1993)
Eliot Salt (born 1994)
Banita Sandhu (born 1997)
Paige Sandhu (born 1997)
Rory J. Saper (born 1996)
Alex Sawyer (born 1993)
Kaya Scodelario (born 1992)
Naomi Scott (born 1993)
Anna Shaffer (born 1992)
Rish Shah (born 1997)
Tahirah Sharif (born 1993)
Dominic Sherwood (born 1990)
Sophie Simnett (born 1997)
Marli Siu (born 1993)
Sophie Skelton (born 1994)
Harriet Slater (born 1994)
Eugene Simon (born 1992)
Joshua Sinclair-Evans (born 1995)
Ella-Rae Smith (born 1998)
Toby-Alexander Smith (born 1991)
Ceallach Spellman (born 1995)
Charlotte Spencer (born 1991)
Savannah Steyn (born 1996)
Sam Strike (born 1994)
Oliver Stark (born 1991)
Sophie Stuckey (born 1991)
Harry Styles (born 1994)
Jessica Sula (born 1994)
Gregg Sulkin (born 1992) (naturalised American citizen)
Amita Suman (born 1997) (born in Nepal)
Connor Swindells (born 1996)
Eden Taylor-Draper (born 1997)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (born 1990)
Anya Taylor-Joy (born 1996) (born in Miami, Florida; British-Argentine)
Sean Teale (born 1992)
Thalissa Teixeira (born 1992/1993)
Cara Theobold (born 1990)
Abigail Thorn (born 1993)
Freddie Thorp (born 1994)
Eleanor Tomlinson (born 1992)
Lily Travers (born 1990)
Callum Turner (born 1990)
Sophie Turner (born 1996)
Sam Tutty (born 1998)
Joanna Vanderham (born 1991)
Charlotte Vega (born 1994) (born in Madrid, Spain)
Hannah van der Westhuysen (born 1995)
Joivan Wade (born 1993)
Jordan Waller (born 1992)
Barney Walsh (born 1997)
Suki Waterhouse (born 1992)
Emma Watson (born 1990) (born in Paris, France)
Charlie Wernham (born 1994)
Lydia West (born 1993)
Fionn Whitehead (born 1997)
Maisie Williams (born 1997)
Rose Williams (born 1994)
Kedar Williams-Stirling (born 1994)
David Witts (born 1991)
Jack Wolfe (born 1995)
Aimee Lou Wood (born 1994)
Carla Woodcock (born 1998)
Bethan Wright (born 1996)
Bonnie Wright (born 1991)
Letitia Wright (born 1993) (born in Georgetown, Guyana)
Kit Young (born 1994)
Assad Zaman (born 1990)
Milly Zero (born 1999)

Born in the 2000s

Lauryn Ajufo (born 2000)
Freya Allan (born 2001)
Isabelle Allen (born 2002)
Jade Alleyne (born 2001)
Joe Anders (born in 2003) (born in the U.S.)
Jessie Mae Alonzo (born 2003)
Louis Ashbourne Serkis (born 2004)
Lily-Rose Aslandogdu (born 2003)
Alex Bain (born 2001)
Bukky Bakray (born 2002)
Asha Banks (born 2003)
Ruby Barnhill (born 2004)
Meg Bellamy (born 2002)
Rosie Bentham (born 2001)
Harley Bird (born 2001)
Caitlin Blackwood (born 2000)
Isabella Blake-Thomas (born 2002)
Millie Bobby Brown (born 2004) (born in Spain)
Bobby Brazier (born 2003)
Teo Briones (born 2005)
Emily Carey (born 2003)
Raffey Cassidy (born 2001)
Earl Cave (born 2000)
Kit Connor (born 2004)
Owen Cooper (born 2009)
Esmé Creed-Miles (born 2000)
Sebastian Croft (born 2001)
Amelia Crouch (born 2004)
Cleo Demetriou (born 2001)
Lino Facioli (born 2000)
Georgie Farmer (born 2002)
Spike Fearn (born 2000)
Yasmin Finney (born 2003)
Emily Flain (born 2003)
Amelia Flanagan (born 2008)
Jamie Flatters (born 2000)
William Gao (born 2003)
Millie Gibson (born 2004)
Harry Gilby (born 2001)
Ella Greenwood (born 2001)
Jack Hollington (born 2001)
Lucy Hutchinson (born 2003)
Louis Hynes (born 2001)
Millie Innes (born 2000)
Emilia Jones (born 2002)
Samuel Joslin (born 2002)
Mia Jenkins (born 2000)
Noah Jupe (born 2005)
Alexander James Rodriguez (born 2007) (born in Spain)
Dafne Keen (born 2005) (born in Spain)
Lucia Keskin (born 2001)
Conrad Khan (born 2000)
Sophia Kiely (born 2000)
Honor Kneafsey (born 2004)
Lily Laight (born 2001)
Bleu Landau (born 2005)
Iris Law (born 2000)
Ellie Leach (born 2001)
Indy Lewis (born 2001)
Sam Nivola (born 2003)
Lewis MacDougall (born 2002)
Ramona Marquez (born 2001)
Bailey May (born 2002)
Wilson Mbomio (born 2002)
Isobelle Molloy (born 2000)
Alexander Molony (born 2006)
Elle Mulvaney (born 2002)
Mya-Lecia Naylor (2002–2019)
Safia Oakley-Green (born 2001)
Brenock O'Connor (born 2000)
Woody Norman (born 2009)
Ruby O'Donnell (born 2000)
Isabella Pappas (born 2002) (born in Italy)
Milo Parker (born 2002)
Nico Parker (born 2004)
Louis Partridge (born 2003)
Kia Pegg (born 2000)
Molly Rainford (born 2000)
Tilly Ramsay (born 2001)
Bella Ramsey (born 2003)
Lenny Rush (born 2009)
Isabella Sermon (born 2006)
Darci Shaw (born 2002)
Mimi Slinger (born 2003)
Tamara Smart (born 2005)
Maisie Smith (born 2001)
Isobel Steele (born 2000)
Ruby Stokes (born 2000)
Tom Taylor (born 2001)
Ty Tennant (born 2002)
Mia Threapleton (born 2000)
Amir Wilson (born 2004)
Lara Wollington (born 2003)
Eleanor Worthington Cox (born 2001)
Harry Collett (born 2004)
Roman Griffin Davis (born 2007)
Austin Haynes (born 2008 or 2009)
Archie Yates (born 2009)

Born in the 2010s

Nykiya Adams (born 2012)
Frankie Corio (born 2010)
Matilda Firth (born 2014)
Rocco Haynes (born 2013)
Jude Hill (born 2010)
Jacobi Jupe (born 2013)
Eve Ridley (born 2011)
Amelie Bea Smith (born 2011)
Arabella Stanton (born 2014)
Indica Watson (born 2010)
Alfie Williams (born 2011)

References

↑ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film. p. 742. ISBN 978-0719091391. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
↑ Whitmore, Greg (6 April 2020). "Honor Blackman – a life in pictures". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
↑ Narayanan, Sadhana (3 February 2021). "Interview with Joseph Potter, actor". Voice Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2026. I'm Joseph Potter, I'm 23 and I'm an actor.
↑ "Kate Winslet has son in New York". BBC News. 27 December 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Hibbs, James (8 December 2022). "Who is Mia Threapleton? Meet the I Am Ruth star". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

[1] McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film. p. 742. ISBN 978-0719091391. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[2] Whitmore, Greg (6 April 2020). "Honor Blackman – a life in pictures". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[3] Narayanan, Sadhana (3 February 2021). "Interview with Joseph Potter, actor". Voice Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2026. I'm Joseph Potter, I'm 23 and I'm an actor.

[4] "Kate Winslet has son in New York". BBC News. 27 December 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[5] Hibbs, James (8 December 2022). "Who is Mia Threapleton? Meet the I Am Ruth star". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

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