







The Most Famous
Actors from Spain
Trending Actors from Spain This Week
The top 10 Actors from Spain trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1

Luis Tosar
b. 1971
Trending in Spanish (#22) Wikipedia (8,300 views, on Feb 24).
- #2

Millie Bobby Brown
b. 2004
Trending in Hungarian (#56), Spanish (#64), Russian (#107), German (#135), Italian (#139), French (#147), Portuguese (#148), Dutch (#174),...
- #3

Antonio Banderas
b. 1960
Trending in French (#71), Russian (#102), German (#150), and Spanish (#270) Wikipedia (3,868 views, on Feb 22).
- #4

Claudia Salas
b. 1994
Trending in Spanish (#96) Wikipedia (2,540 views, on Feb 22).
- #5

Carmen Maura
b. 1945
Trending in French (#132) Wikipedia (1,784 views, on Feb 24).
- #6

Leonor Watling
b. 1975
Trending in Spanish (#152) Wikipedia (1,893 views, on Feb 22).
- #7

Hiba Abouk
b. 1986
Trending in Spanish (#178) Wikipedia (1,443 views, on Feb 24).
- #8

Elsa Pataky
b. 1976
Trending in Hungarian (#189) and English (#331) Wikipedia (149 views, on Feb 22).
- #9

Neus Asensi
b. 1965
Trending in Spanish (#198) Wikipedia (1,424 views, on Feb 23).
- #10

Mario Casas
b. 1986
Trending in Spanish (#210) Wikipedia (1,574 views, on Feb 22).
Top 10 Actors
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Spanish Actors of all time. This list of famous Spanish Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Spanish Actors.
- #1

Antonio Banderas
b. 1960
HPI 73.6186 langsAntonio Banderas is most famous for his roles in the movies "The Mask of Zorro" and "Desperado."
- #2

Carmen Amaya
1913 - 1963
HPI 71.5050 langsCarmen Amaya was a flamenco dancer and singer who is most famous for being the first female flamenco dancer to perform in North America.
- #4

Penélope Cruz
b. 1974
HPI 70.39102 langsPenélope Cruz is most famous for her roles in films such as Vanilla Sky, Blow, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
- #5

Javier Bardem
b. 1969
HPI 69.9774 langsJavier Bardem is most famous for his role as the villain in the James Bond film Skyfall.
- #6

Carmen Maura
b. 1945
HPI 69.6640 langsCarmen Maura is most famous for her role as Carmen in the film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
- #7

Fernando Rey
1917 - 1994
HPI 69.3240 langsFernando Rey is most famous for his role as the French detective Pepe Le Moko in the film "Casbah" (1948).
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Spanish Actors grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2010s(1)
1990s(30)
1980s(55)
1970s(51)
1960s(38)
1950s(19)
1940s(8)
1930s(15)
1920s(10)
1860s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Actors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Actors since 1700.



















































































