The Most Famous
ACTORS from Guyana
This page contains a list of the greatest Guyanese Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 2 of which were born in Guyana. This makes Guyana the birth place of the 101st most number of Actors behind Saudi Arabia, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Guyanese Actors of all time. This list of famous Guyanese Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. CCH Pounder (b. 1952)
With an HPI of 50.74, CCH Pounder is the most famous Guyanese Actor. Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952) is an American actress. She portrayed Mo'at in the Avatar franchise, Amanda Waller in various DC media, and Claudette Wyms in the FX police drama series The Shield (2002–2008). She has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in The X-Files, ER, The Shield, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Pounder portrayed Dr. Angela Hicks in the medical drama series ER (1994–1997), Irene Frederic in Warehouse 13 (2009–2014), and District Attorney Tyne Patterson in Sons of Anarchy (2013–2014). From 2014 until the show's conclusion in 2021, she portrayed medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade on the police drama series NCIS: New Orleans. Pounder was also the voice of Amanda Waller in the animated show Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006), a role that she has reprised in later DC Comics media. As well as the voice of the recurring role of Kadma on W.I.T.C.H.. In film, she appeared in All That Jazz (1979), Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Bagdad Cafe (1987), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Demon Knight (1995), Face/Off (1997), End of Days (1999), Orphan (2009), Avatar (2009), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
2. Letitia Wright (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 39.90, Letitia Wright is the 2nd most famous Guyanese Actor. Her biography has been translated into 42 different languages.
Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a Guyanese-British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She then had her breakthrough for her role in the 2015 film Urban Hymn, for which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits. In 2018, she attained global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther, for which she won an NAACP Image Award and a SAG Award. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Guyanese actors born between 1952 and 1993. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Guyanese actors include CCH Pounder, and Letitia Wright.
