Notable Alumni of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama [Sorted List]

1. Chris Gascoyne

1968-. (aged 58)

actor television actor

Chris Gascoyne is an English film, theatre and television actor. He is best known for his role as Peter Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street. Making his first appearance in December 2000 during a live, 50 minute episode for the show's 40th anniversary.

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2. William Houston

1968-. (aged 58)

stage actor film actor

William Houston, sometimes credited as Will Houston, is an English actor.

3. Jane Menelaus

1959-. (aged 67)

actor film actor

Jane Menelaus is an Australian actress who trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.

4. Harriet Thorpe

1957-. (aged 69)

actor

Harriet Amelia Thorpe is an English actress. Thorpe trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. She is known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Brittas Empire (1991–1997) and Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), and has also starred in the West End musicals Cabaret (2006), Wicked (2008) and Mamma Mia! (2010). In 2023, she took over the role of...

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5. Cameron Mackintosh

1946-. (aged 80)

theatrical producer record producer impresario

Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh is a British theatrical producer and theatre owner notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his success in 1990, he was described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" by the New York Times. He is the producer of shows including Les Misérables, The...

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6. Richard Gibson

1954-. (aged 72)

film actor actor television actor

Richard Gibson is a Ugandan-born British actor, best known for his role as the archetypal Gestapo Officer Herr Otto Flick in the BBC hit sitcom series, 'Allo 'Allo!.

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7. Frances Lee McCain

1944-. (aged 82)

television actor film actor

Frances Lee McCain is an American actress.

8. Ann Todd

1907-1993 (aged 86)

actor film actor

Dorothy Ann Todd was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in The Seventh Veil (1945). From 1949 to 1957 she was married to David Lean who directed her in The Passionate Friends (1949), Madeleine (1950), and The Sound Barrier (1952). She was a member of The Old Vic theatre company and in...

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9. Bruce Robinson

1946-. (aged 80)

television director actor director writer prose writer

Bruce Robinson is an English actor, director, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote and directed Withnail and I (1987), a film with comic and tragic elements set in London in the late 1960s, which drew on his experiences as a struggling actor, living in poverty in Camden Town. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The...

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10. Lizzie Cundy

1968-. (aged 58)

journalist television presenter

Elizabeth Jane Cundy is an English socialite, TV personality and former wife of footballer Jason Cundy.

11. Rebecca Root

1969-. (aged 57)

voice coach opera vocal coach actor comedian

Rebecca Root is an English actress, comedian and voice coach. She is most well-known for playing the leading role in the 2015 BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl. She has performed the role of Siobhan in the National Theatre's touring production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

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12. Peggy Ashcroft

1907-1991 (aged 84)

film actor actor stage actor

Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades.

13. John Laurie

1897-1980 (aged 83)

stage actor theatrical director television actor actor film actor

John Paton Laurie was a Scottish stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in scores of feature films with directors including Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Michael Powell and Laurence Olivier, generally playing memorable small or supporting roles. As a stage actor, he was cast in Shakespearean roles and was a speaker of verse, especially of Robert Burns. He is also...

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14. Akosua Busia

1966-. (aged 60)

novelist film actor film director songwriter actor

Akosua Gyamama Busia is a Ghanaian actress, writer and songwriter. She is known to film audiences for playing Nettie Harris in the 1985 film The Color Purple. She is the daughter of Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia.

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15. Barry Foster

1927-2002 (aged 75)

film actor television actor stage actor

John Barry Foster was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. He was best known for portraying the title character in the British crime series Van der Valk (1972–1992) and Bob Rusk in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).

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16. Zoe Boyle

1989-. (aged 37)

actor

Zoe Boyle is an English actress known for her roles as Lavinia Swire on the series Downton Abbey and Trinity Ashby on Sons of Anarchy.

17. Liz Solari

1983-. (aged 43)

actor activist

María Isabel Solari Poggio, known as Liz Solari, is an Argentine actress and model. She developed a long career in modeling before becoming established as an actress in local and foreign cinema and television. She is a UNICEF Ambassador in Argentina.

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18. Cherie Lunghi

1952-. (aged 74)

film actor actor stage actor

Cherie Mary Lunghi is an English film, television, theatre actress and voice-over artist. She is known for her roles in many British dramas. Her international fame stems from her role as Guenevere in the 1981 film Excalibur. Lunghi's long list of screen, stage and TV credits include football manager Gabriella Benson in the 1990s television series The Manageress and a...

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19. Jefferson Hall

1977-. (aged 49)

film actor actor television actor

Jefferson Hall, occasionally credited as Robert Hall in his earlier roles, is an English actor. He is known for the roles of Hugh of the Vale in Game of Thrones (2011), Varg in Wizards vs Aliens on CBBC (2012–2013), Torstein in Vikings (2013–2015), Aaron Korey in Halloween (2018), twins Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister in House of the Dragon (2022–present),...

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20. Rachel Parris

1984-. (aged 42)

actor comedian improviser

Rachel Sarah Parris is an English comedian, musician, actress and presenter. She hosted the satirical news show Late Night Mash (formerly The Mash Report).

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21. Virginia Anne McKenna

1931-. (aged 95)

stage actor singer actor film actor

Dame Virginia Anne McKenna is a British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films The Cruel Sea (1953), A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with the Born Free Foundation.

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22. Eleanor Matsuura

1983-. (aged 43)

film actor actor stage actor

Eleanor Matsuura is a British actress best known for her roles as Yumiko in The Walking Dead, Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs.

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23. Anna Lee

1913-2004 (aged 91)

voice actor television actor actor film actor

Anna Lee, MBE was an English and American actress, labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".

24. Corey Johnson

1961-. (aged 65)

film actor actor television actor

Corey Johnson is an American character actor largely active in the UK, known for his supporting roles in Hellboy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Captain Philips, The Bourne Ultimatum, Kick-Ass, Ex Machina, the Spooks episode "The Special", the Doctor Who episode "Dalek" and The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Richard S. Fuld, Jr., the final chairman & CEO of Lehman...

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25. Stephen Tompkinson

1965-. (aged 61)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Stephen Phillip Tompkinson is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in Chancer (1990), Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in Grafters (1998–1999), Danny Trevanion in Wild at Heart (2006–2013) and the titular Alan Banks in DCI Banks (2010–2016). He won the 1994 British Comedy Award for...

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26. Christopher Timothy

1940-. (aged 86)

film director television actor writer actor film actor

Christopher Timothy is a British actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera Doctors and Ted Murray in the BBC One primetime soap opera EastEnders.

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27. Fern Britton

1957-. (aged 69)

television presenter writer journalist

Fern M. Philomena Britton is an English television presenter and author. After beginning her career as a continuity announcer and a newsreader, she went on to co-present Breakfast Time in the 1980s and hosted the cookery game show Ready Steady Cook between 1994 and 2000 on BBC One. Britton presented the ITV daytime programme This Morning from 1999 to 2009....

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28. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

1985-. (aged 41)

actor television actor

Nathan Lloyd Stewart-Jarrett is an English actor. He starred as Curtis Donovan in the E4 series Misfits and Ian in the Channel 4 series Utopia (2013–2014). He is also known for his theatre work, earning a WhatsOnStage Award nomination for his performance in Angels in America. His films include The Comedian (2012), War Book (2014), Mope (2019), Candyman (2021), and...

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29. Lalla Ward

1951-. (aged 75)

stage actor artist actor writer painter

Sarah Jill "Lalla" Ward is an English actress, voice artist and author who is best known for playing the role of Romana II in the BBC television series Doctor Who from 1979 to 1981.

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30. James Faulkner

1948-. (aged 78)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

James Sebastian Faulkner is a British actor. He is best known for playing Pope Sixtus IV in the television series Da Vinci's Demons (2014–2015), Randyll Tarly in the television series Game of Thrones (2016–2017), and Saint Paul in the film Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018).

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31. Ben Browder

1962-. (aged 64)

television actor film director actor film actor

Robert Benedict Browder is an American actor, writer and film director. He is best known for his roles as John Crichton in Farscape and Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1.

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32. John Lynch

1952-. (aged 74)

lawyer politician

John Lynch is an actor and novelist from Northern Ireland. He won the AFI Award for Best Actor for the 1995 film Angel Baby. His other film and television appearances include Cal (1984), The Secret Garden (1993), In the Name of the Father (1993), Sliding Doors (1998), The Fall (2013–2016), Medici (2019), The Head (2020–2024), The Banishing (2021), and Blue...

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33. Philip Glenister

1963-. (aged 63)

film actor actor television actor

Philip Haywood Glenister is an English actor. He is known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in the BBC series Life on Mars (2006–2007) and its sequel Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010). He also played DCI William Bell in State of Play (2003) and Reverend Anderson in Outcast (2016–2018).

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34. Alex Hassell

1980-. (aged 46)

film actor actor television actor

Alexander Stephen Hassell is an English actor, and co-founder of The Factory Theatre Company. He has played roles on screen in Bonkers (2007), Suburbicon (2017), The Miniaturist (2017), Genius (2018), The Boys (2019), Cowboy Bebop (2021), His Dark Materials (2022), Locked In (2023), and Rivals (2024).

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35. Hannah New

1984-. (aged 42)

film actor actor model

Hannah New is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as Lady Tilly Arnold on Bridgerton, as well as Eleanor Guthrie on the television show Black Sails and for her role as Rosalinda Fox in The Time in Between.

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36. Amanda Donohoe

1962-. (aged 64)

stage actor film actor

Amanda Donohoe is an English actress. She first came to public attention at age 16 for her relationship with pop singer Adam Ant, appearing in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants singles "Antmusic" (1980) and "Stand and Deliver" (1981) during their four-year relationship. After making her film debut in Foreign Body (1986), she co-starred in Castaway with...

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37. Michael Beck

1949-. (aged 77)

actor

Michael Beck is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan in The Warriors (1979) as Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980), and as Koda in Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983).

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38. Gok Wan

1974-. (aged 52)

fashion designer autobiographer journalist wardrobe stylist

Gok Wan MBE is a British fashion consultant, author, television presenter, actor, DJ and chef.

39. Tony Robinson

1946-. (aged 80)

television actor television presenter television producer author children's writer

Sir Anthony Robinson is an English actor, author, broadcaster, and political activist. He played Baldrick in the BBC television sitcom Blackadder and has presented many historical documentaries, including the Channel 4 series Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History. He has written 16 children's books.

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40. Victoria Tennant

1950-. (aged 76)

film actor film producer screenwriter

Victoria Tennant is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the TV miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, in which she appeared as actor Robert Mitchum's on-screen love interest, Pamela Tudsbury, as well as her supporting roles in All of Me (1984), The Holcroft Covenant (1985), Flowers in the Attic (1987), The Handmaid's Tale...

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41. Harold Pinter

1930-2008 (aged 78)

actor director writer playwright screenwriter

Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964) and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. His screenplay adaptations of...

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42. Angus Macfadyen

1963-. (aged 63)

film actor television actor stage actor

Angus Macfadyen is a Scottish actor. His roles include Robert the Bruce, both in Braveheart and Robert the Bruce, Komodo in Warriors of Virtue, Vice-Counsel Dupont in Equilibrium, Jeff Denlon in the Saw franchise, Robert Rogers in the AMC historical drama Turn: Washington's Spies, McCreedy in Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo, and biologist James Murray in The Lost City...

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43. Nonso Anozie

1978-. (aged 48)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Nonso Anozie is a British actor. On television, he is known for his roles as Xaro Xhoan Daxos in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012), R.M. Renfield on the Sky series Dracula (2013), Abraham Kenyatta on the CBS series Zoo (2015–2017), and Tommy Jepperd on the Netflix series Sweet Tooth (2021–2024). For the latter, he won a Children's and...

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44. Claire Bloom

1931-. (aged 95)

autobiographer stage actor actor film actor

Patricia Claire Bloom is an English actress. She is known for leading roles on stage and screen and has received two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

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45. Pauline Collins

1940-2025 (aged 85)

actor

Pauline Angela Collins was a British actress who first rose to fame portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1973) and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah (1979). In 1992, she published her autobiography, Letter to Louise.

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46. Morgane Polanski

1993-. (aged 33)

actor film director model

Morgane Polanski is a French actress, best known for portraying Princess Gisla in the History Channel series Vikings.

47. Linus Roache

1964-. (aged 62)

actor

Linus William Roache is a British actor. He played Executive ADA Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas Law & Order (2008–2010) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011–2012), and also played Ecbert, King of Wessex in Vikings from 2014 to 2017.

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48. Zoë Wanamaker

1949-. (aged 77)

television actor voice actor stage actor film actor

Zoë Wanamaker is an American-born British actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 by Queen Elizabeth II. She has received numerous accolades including a Laurence Olivier Award and nominations for three BAFTA Awards, and four Tony Awards.

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49. Cush Jumbo

1985-. (aged 41)

stage actor film actor

Cush Jumbo OBE is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series The Good Wife (2015–2016) and the Paramount Plus spin-off series The Good Fight (2017–2021) and most recently June Lenker in the Apple TV+ series Criminal Record (2024).

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50. Lindsay Duncan

1950-. (aged 76)

stage actor film actor

Lindsay Vere Duncan CBE is a Scottish actress. She is the recipient of three BAFTA nominations and one Scottish BAFTA nomination, as well as two Olivier Awards and a Tony Award for her work on stage.

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51. Lynn Redgrave

1943-2010 (aged 67)

television presenter film actor stage actor television actor voice actor

Lynn Rachel Redgrave was a British and American actress. During a career that spanned five decades, she won two Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award.

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52. Jon Lord

1941-2012 (aged 71)

composer songwriter organist pianist

John Douglas "Jon" Lord was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; he and drummer Ian Paice were the only continuous members in the band between 1968 and 1976, and also from its revival in 1984 until his retirement in 2002. He...

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53. Dawn French

1957-. (aged 69)

television presenter novelist film actor comedian stage actor

Dawn Roma French is a British actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC sketch comedy series French and Saunders (1987–2007) with her friend and comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for starring in the BBC comedy series Murder Most Horrid (1991–1999) and The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007). She has been nominated for seven British...

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54. James Fox

1939-. (aged 87)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

James William Fox is an English actor, known for his work in film and television. He is a member of the Fox family of actors. His career began in the 1960s through leading roles in films such as The Servant (1963), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), and Performance (1970).

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55. James Nesbitt

1965-. (aged 61)

stage actor television actor comedian actor film actor

William James Nesbitt is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical Up on the Roof (1987, 1989) to the political drama Paddywack (1994). He made his feature film debut playing talent agent Fintan O'Donnell in Hear My Song (1991). He got his breakthrough television role playing Adam Williams...

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56. Tom Payne

1982-. (aged 44)

film actor television actor stage actor

Tom Payne is an English actor. He is known for appearing on AMC's The Walking Dead as Paul "Jesus" Rovia, and BBC's Waterloo Road as Brett Aspinall. He portrayed Malcolm Bright on the American television series Prodigal Son from 2019 to 2021. Payne also currently has a recurring role in Law & Order: Organized Crime.

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57. Tracy-Ann Oberman

1966-. (aged 60)

actor film actor

Tracy-Ann Oberman is an English actress, playwright and narrator who is best known as Chrissie Watts in EastEnders (2004–2005, 2024-2026) and Valerie Lewis in Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020).

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58. Kim Medcalf

1973-. (aged 53)

actor

Kim Louise Medcalf is an English actress, singer and model. She is best known for portraying the role of Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2002–2005, 2022–present).

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59. David Nicholls

1966-. (aged 60)

novelist screenwriter writer

David Alan Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter. Initially an actor after graduating from college, he became a screenwriter, notably creating the television series Rescue Me (2002) and adaptations of novels, plays, and memoirs. He is the author of six novels.

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60. Joseph Marcell

1948-. (aged 78)

film actor television actor stage actor

Joseph Marcell is a Saint Lucian-born British actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Geoffrey Butler, the butler on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from September 1990 until the show ended in May 1996.

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61. Catherine Tate

1968-. (aged 58)

screenwriter stage actor writer comedian film actor

Catherine Tate is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004–2007), as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTAs. Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, and reprised...

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62. Peter Davison

1951-. (aged 75)

actor television actor film actor stage actor film director

Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor. He played Tristan Farnon in the 1978 BBC television adaptation of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small stories, and starred as the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1981–1984), at the time the youngest actor to play the role.

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63. Jennifer Saunders

1958-. (aged 68)

autobiographer teacher film actor comedian television actor

Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedian, actress, singer, impressionist, satirist and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, Saunders co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show,...

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64. Julian Sands

1958-2023 (aged 65)

theatrical director film actor stage actor film director television actor

Julian Richard Morley Sands was an English actor. He had his breakout role as George Emerson in A Room with a View (1985) and went on to appear in The Killing Fields (1984); Gothic (1986); Siesta (1987); Warlock (1989); Arachnophobia (1990); Naked Lunch (1991); Boxing Helena (1993); Leaving Las Vegas (1995); The Medallion (2003); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); and The Girl...

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65. James Purefoy

1964-. (aged 62)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the hit Fox thriller series The Following, Solomon Kane in the film of the same name, and Hap Collins in the Sundance series Hap and...

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66. Hugh Bonneville

1963-. (aged 63)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Hugh Richard Bonniwell Williams DL, known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015. His performance on the show earned him a nomination at the Golden Globes and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, as well as...

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67. Karla Souza

1985-. (aged 41)

television actor model stage actor film actor

Karla Susana Olivares Souza is a Mexican actress known for her roles as Laurel Castillo on the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder and Marina Hayworth on the ABC sitcom Home Economics. She won the International Emmy Award for Best Actress in 2023 for her role as Mariel Saenz in the television movie La Caída.

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68. Jerome Flynn

1963-. (aged 63)

singer director television actor actor film actor

Jerome Patrick Flynn is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Bronn in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–19). His other roles include Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV series Soldier Soldier (1991–95), Bennet Drake in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street (2012–16), Hector in the Black Mirror episode...

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69. Bob Hoskins

1942-2014 (aged 72)

character actor stage actor actor comedian television actor

Robert William Hoskins was an English actor and film director. Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of "tough guy" characters, he began his career on stage before making his screen breakthrough playing Arthur Parker on the 1978 BBC Television serial Pennies from Heaven. He subsequently played acclaimed lead roles in the films The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa...

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70. Jennifer Ehle

1969-. (aged 57)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Jennifer Anne Ehle is an American and British actress. The daughter of writer John Ehle and English actress Rosemary Harris, Ehle started her career acting on stage in the United Kingdom, with the Edinburgh Festival, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the National Theatre. She earned a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and a nomination for the Laurence...

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71. Ben Hardy

1991-. (aged 35)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Ben Hardy is an English actor. A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Hardy made his professional acting debut in 2012 and gained recognition for playing Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2013–2015). He followed this up with his film debut as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and subsequently portrayed Queen drummer Roger Taylor...

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72. Julie Christie

1940-. (aged 86)

film actor voice actor stage actor

Julie Frances Christie is a British actress. Christie's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institute's BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century, and in 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement.

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73. Joseph Morgan

1981-. (aged 45)

television director model film editor actor television actor

Joseph Martin Morgan is an English actor. His accolades including one People's Choice Awards, TV Guide Awards alongside eight nominations for Teen Choice Awards. After studying at Gower College Swansea, he starred in the first series of the Sky One's Hex, portraying Troy and has appeared in supporting roles in films Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World...

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74. Hannah John-Kamen

1989-. (aged 37)

film actor actor stage actor

Hannah Dominique John-Kamen is an English actress. She is known for her television roles in Black Mirror (2011–2016), Killjoys (2015–2019), Brave New World (2020), and Netflix miniseries The Stranger (2020), and has portrayed Ava Starr / Ghost in the superhero films Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) and Thunderbolts* (2025). She has also starred in various films including SAS: Red Notice...

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75. Rupert Everett

1959-. (aged 67)

novelist film actor stage actor film director television actor

Rupert James Hector Everett is an English actor. He first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country (1984) as a gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination. He received a second BAFTA nomination and his first...

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76. Kristin Scott Thomas

1960-. (aged 66)

actor character actor screenwriter film actor stage actor

Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas is a British actress. A five-time BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008 for the Royal Court revival of The Seagull. She was nominated for the Academy Award...

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77. Riz Ahmed

1982-. (aged 44)

film actor activist television actor singer actor

Rizwan Ahmed is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was named by Time as one of the most influential people in the world.

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78. Gael García Bernal

1978-. (aged 48)

screenwriter film director television actor actor film actor

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He is known for his performances in the films Amores perros (2000), Y tu mamá también (2001), Bad Education (2004), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Babel (2006), Coco (2017), Old (2021), Cassandro (2023) and Magellan (2025). On television, he portrayed music conductor Rodrigo De Souza in the series Mozart in the Jungle...

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79. Laurence Olivier

1907-1989 (aged 82)

dramaturge theatrical director television actor character actor film director

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career he had considerable success...

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80. Rufus Sewell

1967-. (aged 59)

stage actor television actor voice actor translator film actor

Rufus Frederik Sewell is a British actor.

81. Kathleen Turner

1954-. (aged 72)

theatrical director film producer film actor stage actor television actor

Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. Known for her distinctive deep husky voice, she is the recipient of two Golden Globes, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and two Tony Awards.

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82. Martin Freeman

1971-. (aged 55)

stage actor television actor voice actor actor film actor

Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series...

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83. Vanessa Redgrave

1937-. (aged 89)

screenwriter stage actor film director film actor

Dame Vanessa Redgrave is an English actress and political activist. In a career spanning over six decades, her accolades include an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, Volpi Cup and an Olivier Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. She has also received various honorary awards, including the BAFTA...

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84. Jason Isaacs

1963-. (aged 63)

stage actor television actor voice actor television producer film actor

Jason Isaacs is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of D.J. in Event Horizon (1997), Ronald Quincy in Armageddon (1998), Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), Captain Waggoner in Fury (2014), Georgy...

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85. Joe Alwyn

1991-. (aged 35)

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Joseph Matthew Alwyn is an English actor. Alwyn made his feature film debut as the titular character in Ang Lee's 2016 war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and has since played roles in films such as The Favourite (2018), Boy Erased (2018), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Harriet (2019), Catherine Called Birdy (2022), and The Brutalist (2024), as well...

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86. Jared Harris

1961-. (aged 65)

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Jared Francis Harris is a British actor. The son of actor Richard Harris, he went on to study drama at Duke University and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He has received various accolades including a British Academy Television Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime...

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87. Natasha Richardson

1963-2009 (aged 46)

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Natasha Jane Richardson was an English actress. A member of the Redgrave family, Richardson was a daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and a granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. She was married to Liam Neeson.

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88. Judi Dench

1934-. (aged 92)

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Dame Judith Olivia Dench is a retired English actress. Widely considered one of Britain's greatest actresses, she is noted for her versatile roles on stage and screen. Dench has garnered various accolades throughout a career that spans seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, six British Academy Film Awards...

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89. Andrew Garfield

1983-. (aged 43)

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Andrew Russell Garfield is an English and American actor. He is known for his work in a variety of genres, from superhero to musicals in independent films. His accolades include a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him...

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90. Kit Harington

1986-. (aged 40)

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Christopher Catesby Harington, known professionally as Kit Harington, is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Jon Snow in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination and two nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Critics' Choice Television Awards.

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91. Carrie Fisher

1956-2016 (aged 60)

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Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her—and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the latter using unreleased footage from The Force Awakens. Her other film credits include Shampoo...

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92. James Frain

1968-. (aged 58)

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James Frain is an English actor. His best known television roles include Thomas Cromwell in the Showtime/CBC historical drama The Tudors, Franklin Mott in the HBO drama True Blood (2010), Warwick the Kingmaker in the BBC drama serial The White Queen (2013), John Sumner in the Sky/Canal+ crime drama The Tunnel (2013), Ferdinand Chevalier in the BBC/Space sci-fi thriller Orphan...

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93. Eileen Essell

1922-2015 (aged 93)

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Eileen Joan Essell was an English actress, noted in part for not beginning her screen acting career until the age of 79.

94. Abi Titmuss

1976-. (aged 50)

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Abigail Evelyn Titmuss is an English actress, television personality, and poker player. She is also a former glamour model and nurse.

95. Kevin Whately

1951-. (aged 75)

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Kevin Whately OBE is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Neville "Nev" Hope in the comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Robert "Robbie" Lewis in the British crime dramas Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and Lewis (2006–2015); and Jack Kerruish in the drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995). He has appeared in numerous other roles.

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96. Christopher Eccleston

1964-. (aged 62)

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Christopher Eccleston is an English actor. He is known for his work in various social realist television dramas, as well as for playing the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2005).

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97. Helen Lederer

1954-. (aged 72)

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Helen Margaret Lederer is a British comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Among her television credits are the BBC2 sketch series Naked Video and BBC One's Absolutely Fabulous, in which she played the role of Catriona.

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98. Graham Norton

1963-. (aged 63)

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Graham William Walker, known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish comedian, broadcaster, actor, and writer. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for the comedy chat show The Graham Norton Show (2007–present). He has received the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance three times for the chat show So Graham Norton (1998–2002). He has been noted...

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99. Alice Krige

1954-. (aged 72)

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Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress. Her big break came in 1981, when she starred as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the British historical film Chariots of Fire, and as Eva Galli / Alma Mobley in the American supernatural horror film Ghost Story. She received a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the West...

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100. Charlie Vickers

1992-. (aged 34)

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Charlie Vickers is an Australian actor. He plays Sauron in the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.