by EmperorFerus created - 19 Nov 2020 updated - 4 months ago Public Actor 300 Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. His family is of Irish origin. Gerard spent some of his very early childhood in Montreal, Quebec, but was mostly raised, along with his older brother and sister, in his hometown of Paisley. His parents ... Harry Potter Actor Die Another Day Toby Stephens began his acting career while a stagehand at the Chichester Festival Theatre, in end-of-season productions mounted by the crew. In his brief professional career, he has already won the Sir John Gielgud Prize for Best Actor and the Ian Charleson Award for his performance in the title ... Ron Weasley Actress Gosford Park Emily Watson was born and raised in London, the daughter of Katharine Venables, an English teacher, and Richard Watson, an architect. After a self-described sheltered upbringing, Watson attended university for three years in Bristol, studying English literature. She applied to drama school and ... Hermione Granger Actress Bullitt Jacqueline Bisset has been an international film star since the late '60s. She received her first roles mainly because of her stunning beauty, but over time she has become a fine actress respected by fans and critics alike. Bisset has worked with directors John Huston, François Truffaut, George ... Bellatrix Lestrange Actor Sexy Beast Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary Goodman, was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ... Lord Voldemort Actor Gosford Park Alan Bates decided to be an actor at age 11. After grammar school in Derbyshire, he earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Following two years in the Royal Air Force, he joined the new English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre. His West End debut in 1956, at 22... Rubeus Hagrid Actor Logan's Run Michael York was born in Fulmer, England, 27 March 1942. He performed on stage with the National Youth Theatre in London's East End and on international tour. Other early acting experience came through the Oxford University Dramatic Society he graduated from Oxford in1964, the Dundee Repertory, ... Lucius Malfoy Actor The Limey Terence was born in London and spent his early years watching American films and dreamed of being like the stars on the screen, He was awarded a scholarship for the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. In his second Year during an audition Peter Ustinov signed him for the leading role in the film... Professor Snape Actor Dead Ringers British actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, a small island off the south coast of England. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton Sharpe and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. He visited mainland England only once a year. He wound up ... Remus Lupin Actor 45 Years Acting chameleon Sir Tom Courtenay, along with Sir Alan Bates and Albert Finney, became a front-runner in an up-and-coming company of rebel upstarts who created quite a stir in British "kitchen sink" cinema during the early '60s. An undying love for the theatre, however, had Courtenay channeling a ... Mad-Eye Moody Actor Gladiator Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. His notable films include The Trap 1966, playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! 1968, Women in Love 1969, Hannibal Brooks 1969, The Devils 1971, Revolver 1973, ... Peter Pettigrew Actress Mulholland Dr. Naomi Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" Roberts, an antiques dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts Peter Anthony Watts, Pink Floyd's road manager. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. Her father died when she was seven and she ... Luna Lovegood Soundtrack Labyrinth David Bowie was one of the most influential and prolific writers and performers of popular music, but he was much more than that; he was also an accomplished actor, a mime and an intellectual, as well as an art lover whose appreciation and knowledge of it had led to him amassing one of the biggest ... Xenophilius Lovegood Actress The Witches Jenny Runacre was born on August 18, 1946 in Capetown, South Africa, one of four girls in the family. The family moved to London when she was five, where Runacre developed an early love of movies, spending much time watching them in the local cinemas. She attended The Actor's Workshop in Notting ... Narcissa Malfoy Actor Chernobyl Jared Francis Harris was born in London, England. He is the son of Irish actor Richard Harris and Welsh actress Elizabeth Harris Elizabeth Rees, and brother of Damian Harris and Jamie Harris. Despite his lineage, Jared showed little interest in becoming an actor, until he was cast in a college ... Bill Weasley Actor Murder on the Orient Express The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. In 1956, he won a scholarship to RADA where his fellow alumni included Peter O'Toole and Alan Bates. He joined the Birmingham Repertory where he excelled in plays by William Shakespeare. A member of the Royal ... Arthur Weasley Actor Time Bandits British actor David Rappaport earned more roles and respect than most guys his size or any size for that matter who attempted a professional acting career. Born with the genetic condition dwarfism he was 3' 11", he was often typecast in bizarre, sometimes silly and demeaning roles; but, like ... Dobby Actress Mary Poppins Returns English actress Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to writer and barrister Sir John Mortimer and his second wife, Penelope née Gollop. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School in West London, and it was whilst there she began acting. Mortimer moved on from ... Ginny Weasley Actress Clash of the Titans Age has not taken the flower off this Bloom. The well-known and highly respected stage, screen and television actress Claire Bloom continues to be in demand as an octogenarian actress and looks as beautiful as was born Patricia Claire Blume on February 15, 1931, in Finchley, North London, ... Dolores Umbridge Actor Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire A superbly versatile character actor of lugubrious countenance and strong physical presence, Roger was the son of Charles Lloyd Pack, a frequent supporting actor in British films of the '50s and '60s. Roger was educated at Bedales, a prestigious co-educational school in Hampshire, noted for a ... Fenrir Greyback Actor The Mission Although Irish character actor Ray McAnally would become one of his country's most revered stage actors, he will be forever remembered by audiences both here and abroad for a couple of films he made during the last years of his on March 30, 1926, in the seaside town of Buncrana and the ... Uncle Vernon Actress ER Alex Kingston was born on March 11, 1963 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for ER 1994, Doctor Who 2005 and Alpha Dog 2006. She has been married to Jonathan Stamp since July 18, 2015. She was previously married to Florian Haertel and Ralph Fiennes. Nymphadora Tonks Actor Nineteen Eighty-Four One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis Massey, an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ... Pius Thicknesse Actor Captain Phillips Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney was born on Septenber 8, 1938 and came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine for the stage, probably his original intention. He enrolled at acting school in the 1970s. He was a tireless campaigner for racial equality in his ... Kingsley Shacklebolt Actress 8 femmes Emmanuelle Béart was born August 14, 1963, in Gassin, France. She lived with her mother, brothers, and sister on a farm not far from Saint-Tropez in Provence southern France, because her father, singer and poet Guy Béart, did not want his children to be affected by the glamour world of Paris. ... Fleur Delacour Actor The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King David Wenham is an Australian actor who is known for his portrayals of Faramir from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Friar Carl from the Van Helsing franchise and Dilios from 300. He also acted in Moulin Rouge, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales, Dark City, Top of the Lake, SeaChange ... Fred Weasley Actor The League of Gentlemen Mark Gatiss is an accomplished author, actor and playwright. Originally from Sedgefield, County Durham, he graduated from Bretton Hall Drama College with a BA honors in Theatre was one-quarter of the award-winning comedy team The League of Gentlemen 1999, and became heavily involved in ... George Weasley Actor Lawrence of Arabia A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot Ferguson, a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a... Rufus Scrimegour Actor The Long Good Friday Bob Hoskins was described by the director John Mackenzie as "an actor from the British tradition but with an almost American approach, an instinctive approach to acting and knowing how to work with the camera". He was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was ... Mundungus Fletcher Actor Shakespeare in Love Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash, a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is one of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts Ralph Fiennes, an actor; Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Fiennes, a... Neville Longbottom Actor Titanic Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen Hattersley and Herbert Simon Warner. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. He only saw his ... Yaxley Actor Straw Dogs A true character actor in the best sense of the word, offbeat British thespian Peter Vaughan's hefty frame could appear intimidating or marshmallow benevolent; his beady, hollow eyes menacing or tender; his mere presence menacing or avuncular. Adept at playing both sides of the law, his characters ... Elphias Doge Actor The Departed Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in London, England, to Margaret Richardson and Raymond J. Winstone. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his parents had a fruit and vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing ... Scabior Actor My Hero 2000, No Time to Die 2021 and Mock the Week 2005. He was previously married to Catherine Louise Kate Abbot-Anderson and Miranda Carroll. Percy Weasley Actress A Man for All Seasons The lovely Susannah York, a gamine, blue-eyed, cropped-blonde British actress, displayed a certain crossover star quality when she dared upon the Hollywood scene in the early 1960s. A purposefully intriguing, enigmatic and noticeably uninhibited talent, she was born Susannah Yolande Fletcher on ... Charity Burbage Actor The Day After Tomorrow Adrian Lester CBE was born on August 14, 1968 in Birmingham, England. He is a multi award winning actor and director, known for seven seasons of the hit TV show Hustle 2004, The Day After Tomorrow 2004 and Primary Colors 1998 and his extensive classical work in the theatre playing Othello, ... Dean Thomas Actress Fa yeung nin wah Maggie Cheung was born on September 20, 1964, in Hong Kong, and moved at the age of eight with her family to England. After finishing secondary school, she returned to Hong Kong, where she began modeling and appearing in commercials. In 1983 she participated in the Ms. Hong Kong pageant, winning ... Cho Chang Actress The Three Musketeers Her father is Tariq Anwar and her mother is Shireen Anwar. Anwar attended Laleham Church of England Primary and Middle School from 1975 to 1982. Trinian's sketch in the school concert of 1982 gave an early indication of her theatrical leanings. She studied at the London drama and dance school, "... Lavender Brown Actress Chicago Catherine Zeta-Jones was born September 25, 1969 in Swansea, Wales and raised in the nearby town of Mumbles, the only daughter of Patricia nee Fair and David James "Dai" Jones, who formerly owned a sweet factory. She attended Dumbarton House School Swansea. Her father the son of Bertram ... Pansy Parkinson Actor Farming Born and raised in London, England, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje began his career as a model in Milan. He graduated with a masters degree in Law from London's prestigious Kings College, before moving to Los Angeles to make the transition to acting. Fluent in several languages, including English, ... Blaise Zabini Actor Dark City Rufus Sewell was born on the 29th of October 1967 in Twickenham, England. His mother, Jo, was Welsh, and was an artist and painter. His father, Bill Sewell, was an Australian animator who died when Rufus was 10. He has one brother, Caspar. He attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama and... Vincent Crabbe Actor Coronation Street Andrew started in local theatre and as a cabaret singer. He gained fame as the lead role in the groundbreaking medical series "Cardiac Arrest"1994 with Helen Baxendale. He followed this with roles in a number of TV dramas and more controversy in "Soldier Soldier" 1991, "Go Back Out" 1995 TV... Gregory Goyle Actress Lady in the Water After her debut film Mississippi Masala 1991 became an art house hit, Sarita Choudhury was determined not to "go Hollywood," focusing her acting energies on independent film in Jamaica, Mexico, and Italy, the half-Indian, half-English Choudhury studied economics at Queens ... Padma Patil Actress Robin Hood Though English-born, Carole Shelley spent almost her entire award-winning career in the theatre in America, becoming one of Broadway's mainstays and a true pioneer of the American was born in London, England, to Deborah Bloomstein, an opera singer, and Curtis Shelley, a composer. ... Aunt Petunia Actress Green Wing Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the comedy series The Book Group 2002-2003, Green Wing 2004-2007, and Bad Education 2012-2013. She went on to appear as Missy in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who 2014-2017, for which she ... Katie Bell Actor The Dark Knight Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" James and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ... Nigel Actress Underworld Evolution Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her ... Romilda Vane Actress Howards End Jemma Redgrave was born on January 14, 1965 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Howards End 1992, I'll Be There 2003 and The Grid 2004. She was previously married to Timothy W Owen. Leanne Actress 45 Years Tessa Charlotte Rampling was born 5 February 1946 in Sturmer, England, to Isabel Anne Gurteen, a painter, and Godfrey Lionel Rampling, an Olympic gold medalist, army officer, and colonel, who became a NATO commander. She was educated at Jeanne d'Arc Académie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles, ... Alecto Carrow Actor Syriana Nicky Henson was born in London, the son of Harriet Martha Collins and comedian Leslie Henson. He trained as a stage manager at RADA and made his theatrical debut in 1963, thereafter alternating between stage and screen. Henson was a member of the Young Vic Company from its inception in 1970 and ... Amycus Carrow Actor Les Misérables Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film ... Cormac McLaggen Actor Casino Royale Born Leeds, England and trained at Old Vic Theatre School, 1947-1949. First stage appearance in "Tough at the Top" Cochran's last musical in 1949, followed by seasons at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Glasgow Citizen's and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. First in ... Gregorovitch Actress Scrooge Although British actress Kathleen Harrison was born in 1892 in the Lancashire town of Blackburn, she was fondly known for her cockney characters throughout her career. Trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she first married and lived overseas in Argentina for nearly eight years... 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