The Most Famous
ACTORS from Costa Rica
This page contains a list of the greatest Costa Rican Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 1 of which were born in Costa Rica. This makes Costa Rica the birth place of the 127th most number of Actors behind Dominica, and Rwanda.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Costa Rican Actors of all time. This list of famous Costa Rican Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1922 - 1978)
With an HPI of 55.71, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein is the most famous Costa Rican Actor. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (née Felicia María Cohn Montealegre; February 6, 1922 – June 16, 1978) was an American actress born in Costa Rica. Montealegre appeared in televised dramas and theatrical roles. She also performed with symphony orchestras in dramatic acting and narrating roles. Her collaborators included her husband Leonard Bernstein.
2. Giannina Facio (b. 1955)
With an HPI of 50.29, Giannina Facio is the 2nd most famous Costa Rican Actor. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Giannina Facio, Lady Scott (born Giannina Facio Franco; September 10, 1955), is a Costa Rican actress who has appeared in several films, especially those of her husband, British film director and producer Sir Ridley Scott. She first worked with Scott on White Squall and has been his partner since Hannibal. Gladiator was the first of two films in which she plays the wife of Russell Crowe's character, the other being Body of Lies. Since White Squall, Facio has made appearances in all of Scott's films except for American Gangster, The Martian, Alien: Covenant, The Last Duel, House of Gucci and Napoleon.
3. Harry Shum Jr. (b. 1982)
With an HPI of 40.89, Harry Shum Jr. is the 3rd most famous Costa Rican Actor. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages.
Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015), Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016–2019), and Benson Kwan on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy (2022–present). He was nominated for six Screen Actors Guild Awards for best ensemble performance in Crazy Rich Asians, Glee and Everything Everywhere All at Once, winning for the latter two. Shum won The Male TV Star of 2018 award in the E! People's Choice Awards for Shadowhunters. Shum has appeared in the films Step Up 2: The Streets (2008), Step Up 3D (2010), White Frog (2012), Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), the Hulu web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (2010–2011) and the YouTube Originals series Single by 30 (2016). In 2020, he starred in Universal Pictures's romantic drama All My Life. In 2021, Shum starred in the thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion and appeared in Netflix's holiday rom-com Love Hard. In 2022, Shum had a supporting role in A24's critically acclaimed film Everything Everywhere All at Once, and is set to star in a Crazy Rich Asians spinoff centered around his and Gemma Chan's characters.
4. Daniel Zovatto (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 28.38, Daniel Zovatto is the 4th most famous Costa Rican Actor. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Daniel Zovatto Blanco (born June 28, 1991) is a Costa Rican and American film and television actor. Since 2012, he has starred in films of the horror genre, Beneath (2013), It Follows (2014), and Don't Breathe (2016), The Pope's Exorcist (2023), Woman Of The Hour (2024) as well as the romantic comedy Laggies (2014). Zovatto made his television debut in 2014, guest starring in an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He has since held recurring roles as Gideon LeMarchal in Revenge (2014), and Jack in Fear the Walking Dead (2016). In 2018, he appeared in one of the lead roles in HBO's Here And Now, and a year later, he was cast in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as the series protagonist, which premiered in 2020.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Costa Rican actors born between 1922 and 1991. Of these 4, 3 (75.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Costa Rican actors include Giannina Facio, Harry Shum Jr., and Daniel Zovatto. The most famous deceased Costa Rican actors include Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. As of April 2024, 3 new Costa Rican actors have been added to Pantheon including Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Giannina Facio, and Daniel Zovatto.
Living Costa Rican Actors
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Giannina Facio
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Harry Shum Jr.
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Daniel Zovatto
1991 - Present
HPI: 28.38
Deceased Costa Rican Actors
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Go to all RankingsFelicia Montealegre Bernstein
1922 - 1978
HPI: 55.71
Giannina Facio
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Daniel Zovatto
1991 - Present
HPI: 28.38
