Charlie Chaplin
1889 - 1977
HPI 89.85197 languages
Charlie Chaplin is most famous for his role as the Little Tramp in the silent comedy films, such as The Kid and The Gold Rush.
The Most Famous
Actors from United Kingdom
1,621 notable people
Trending Actors from United Kingdom This Week
The top 10 Actors from United Kingdom trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1
Lucy Davis
b. 1973
Trending in English (#1), Italian (#4), Dutch (#19), German (#27), Spanish (#35), French (#44), Portuguese (#59), and Polish (#61) Wikipedia...
- #2
Owain Yeoman
b. 1978
Trending in English (#4) and Dutch (#236) Wikipedia (65,486 views, on Aug 11).
- #3
Matthew Rhys
b. 1974
Trending in English (#5), Portuguese (#244), and Spanish (#317) Wikipedia (61,423 views, on Aug 13).
- #4
Stan Laurel
1890 - 1965
Trending in Polish (#12) Wikipedia (1,470 views, on Aug 13).
- #5
Kate Beckinsale
b. 1973
Trending in German (#15), Spanish (#337), and English (#382) Wikipedia (4,596 views, on Aug 11).
- #6
Ed Skrein
b. 1983
Trending in French (#20) Wikipedia (4,631 views, on Aug 11).
- #7
Robert Pattinson
b. 1986
Trending in English (#22), Chinese (#34), Russian (#43), Italian (#53), German (#76), French (#79), Spanish (#84), Dutch (#121), Hungarian...
- #8
Charlotte Gainsbourg
b. 1971
Trending in German (#22), French (#75), and Russian (#202) Wikipedia (4,372 views, on Aug 12).
- #9
Rowan Atkinson
b. 1955
Trending in Portuguese (#22) and Arabic (#149) Wikipedia (1,172 views, on Aug 13).
- #10
Florence Pugh
b. 1996
Trending in Portuguese (#27), English (#31), Spanish (#59), Italian (#72), Russian (#82), Chinese (#112), German (#135), and French (#164)...
This page contains a list of the greatest British Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 15,712 Actors, 1,609 of which were born in United Kingdom. This makes United Kingdom the birth place of the 2nd most number of Actors.
Top 10 British Actors
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary British Actors of all time. This list of famous British 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 British Actors.
#1 #2 
Anthony Hopkins
b. 1937
HPI 83.87104 languagesAnthony Hopkins is most famous for his role as Hannibal Lecter in the movie Silence of the Lambs.
#3 
Richard Burton
1925 - 1984
HPI 81.9574 languagesRichard Burton is most famous for being a Welsh actor and writer. He is most known for his roles in "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
#4 
Sean Connery
1930 - 2020
HPI 81.18125 languagesSean Connery is most famous for his role as James Bond in the James Bond series of films.
#5 
Elizabeth Taylor
1932 - 2011
HPI 80.56114 languagesElizabeth Taylor is most famous for her acting career, which spanned six decades and won her two Academy Awards and eight Golden Globe Awards.
#6 
Christopher Lee
1922 - 2015
HPI 79.50104 languagesChristopher Lee is most famous for his role as Count Dracula in the Hammer Horror films.
#7 
Alan Rickman
1946 - 2016
HPI 79.0484 languagesAlan Rickman is most famous for playing the role of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.
#8 
Liam Neeson
b. 1952
HPI 78.8887 languagesLiam Neeson is most famous for his role as Oskar Schindler in the film Schindler's List.
#9 
Maggie Smith
1934 - 2024
HPI 77.9490 languagesMaggie Smith is most famous for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter series.
#10 
Ian McKellen
b. 1939
HPI 77.8077 languagesIan McKellen is most famous for playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies.
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable British Actors grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Actors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Actors since 1700.
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