Most Popular Actors by Era

🎬 Golden Age Legends (Pre-1970s)

  1. Humphrey Bogart

  2. James Stewart

  3. Cary Grant

  4. Clark Gable

  5. Gregory Peck

  6. Sidney Poitier

  7. Charlton Heston

  8. Marlon Brando

  9. John Wayne

  10. Peter O'Toole

  11. Henry Fonda

  12. Spencer Tracy

  13. Burt Lancaster

  14. Kirk Douglas

  15. Laurence Olivier

  16. Richard Burton

  17. Montgomery Clift

  18. Yul Brynner

  19. Fred Astaire

  20. Gene Kelly

  21. Robert Mitchum

  22. William Holden

  23. James Cagney

  24. Orson Welles

  25. Buster Keaton

  26. Charlie Chaplin

  27. Harold Lloyd

  28. Errol Flynn

  29. Rudolph Valentino

  30. Douglas Fairbanks

  31. Lon Chaney

  32. Alec Guinness

  33. Joseph Cotten

  34. Claude Rains

  35. Paul Muni

  36. Ray Milland

  37. Walter Matthau

  38. Jack Lemmon

  39. George C. Scott

  40. Lee Marvin

  41. Rod Steiger

  42. Anthony Quinn

  43. Robert Ryan

  44. Peter Sellers

  45. Sid Caesar

  46. Mel Brooks

  47. Jerry Lewis

  48. Dean Martin

  49. Bob Hope

🕶️ New Hollywood Icons (1970s–1980s Prime)

  1. Al Pacino

  2. Robert De Niro

  3. Jack Nicholson

  4. Dustin Hoffman

  5. Gene Hackman

  6. Clint Eastwood

  7. Steve McQueen

  8. Paul Newman

  9. Sean Connery

  10. Michael Caine

  11. Richard Dreyfuss

  12. Robert Redford

  13. Martin Sheen

  14. James Earl Jones

  15. Harrison Ford

  16. Christopher Walken

  17. Jeff Bridges

  18. John Travolta

  19. Chevy Chase

  20. Bill Murray

  21. Dan Aykroyd

  22. Robin Williams

  23. Eddie Murphy

  24. Tom Hanks

  25. Kevin Costner

  26. Mel Gibson

  27. Bruce Willis

  28. Arnold Schwarzenegger

  29. Sylvester Stallone

  30. Patrick Swayze

  31. Mickey Rourke

  32. Richard Gere

  33. John Malkovich

  34. William Hurt

  35. Sam Neill

  36. Jeremy Irons

  37. Dennis Hopper

  38. Harvey Keitel

  39. James Woods

  40. Christopher Reeve

  41. Michael Douglas

  42. Danny Glover

  43. Joe Pesci

  44. Ralph Fiennes

  45. Tim Robbins

  46. Gary Oldman

  47. Alan Rickman
     

    🎥 1990s–2000s Superstars

  48. Liam Neeson

     

  49. Kevin Spacey

  50. Matt Damon

  51. Ben Affleck

  52. John Cusack

  53. Don Cheadle

  54. Antonio Banderas

  55. Viggo Mortensen

  56. Steve Carell

  57. Sacha Baron Cohen

  58. Taye Diggs

🚀 Franchise / Pop-Culture Heavyweights

  1. Tobey Maguire

  2. Andrew Garfield

  3. Robert Pattinson

  4. Daniel Radcliffe

  5. Rupert Grint

  6. Elijah Wood

  7. Orlando Bloom

  8. Sean Astin

  9. John Boyega

  10. Oscar Isaac

🌟 Current Stars & Breakouts

  1. Austin Butler

  2. Barry Keoghan

  3. Jacob Elordi

  4. Jeremy Allen White

  5. Joe Keery

  6. Timothée Chalamet

  7. Noah Centineo

  8. Dylan O’Brien

  9. Logan Lerman

  10. Lucas Hedges

  11. Justice Smith

  12. Caleb Landry Jones

  13. Taron Egerton

  14. Dev Patel

  15. Paul Mescal

💥 Marvel / DC Powerhouses

  1. Chris Hemsworth

  2. Chris Evans

  3. Chris Pratt

  4. Tom Holland

  5. Sebastian Stan

  6. Anthony Mackie

  7. Jeremy Renner

  8. Paul Rudd

  9. Josh Brolin

  10. Michael B. Jordan

  11. Henry Cavill

  12. Zachary Levi

  13. Jason Momoa

  14. Ezra Miller

  15. Ben Barnes

🎭 Respected Indie & Character Actors

  1. Sam Rockwell

  2. David Oyelowo

  3. John Hawkes

  4. Willem Dafoe

  5. Mark Strong

  6. Chiwetel Ejiofor

  7. Ciarán Hinds

  8. David Thewlis

  9. Michael Shannon

  10. Toby Jones

🎤 Comedic Powerhouses

  1. Bill Hader

  2. Jason Sudeikis

  3. Will Ferrell

  4. Adam Sandler

  5. Jonah Hill

  6. Seth Rogen

  7. Andy Samberg

  8. Zach Galifianakis

  9. Craig Robinson

  10. Jordan Peele

📺 TV Legends Turned Film Stars

  1. Bryan Cranston

  2. Aaron Paul

  3. Bob Odenkirk

  4. Jon Hamm

  5. Matthew McConaughey

  6. Woody Harrelson

  7. James Gandolfini

  8. Steve Buscemi

  9. Michael Imperioli

  10. Kit Harington

🌍 Global Superstars

  1. Jean Dujardin

  2. Omar Sy

  3. Shah Rukh Khan

  4. Irrfan Khan

  5. Hrithik Roshan

  6. Takeshi Kaneshiro

  7. Tony Leung Chiu-wai

  8. Song Kang-ho

  9. Daniel Wu

  10. Bruce Lee

🐐 Favourites with Massive Filmographies

  1. Denzel Washington

  2. James Dean

  3. J.K. Simmons

  4. Stanley Tucci

  5. John Lithgow

  6. Oliver Reed

  7. Rock Hudson

  8. Samuel L Jackson

  9. Brad Pitt

  10. Morgan Freeman
  11. Leonardo DiCaprio
  12. Keanu Reeves
  13. Ryan Gosling

  14. Idris Elba

  15. Ryan Reynolds

  16. Tom Hardy

  17. Nicholas Hoult

  18. Paul Mescal

  19. Jamie Dornan

  20. Jake Gyllenhaal
  21. Bradley Cooper

  22. Heath Ledger
  23. Jared Leto

  24. Orlando Bloom
  25. Channing Tatum
  26. Rami Malek
  27. Donald Glover
  28. Christian Bale
  29. Patrick Dempsey
  30. Wesley Snipes

  31. Jean Claude Van Damme
  32. Jude Law

  33. Daniel Craig

  34. Dolph Lundgren

  35. Charlie Sheen
  36. Jason Statham

  37. Vin Diesel

  38. Paul Walker

  39. Tyrese
  40. Pierce Brosnan

  41. Hugh Grant

  42. James McAvoy

  43. Johnny Depp

  44. Ewan McGregor
  45. Eddie Redmayne

  46. Ethan Hawke

  47. James Franco

  48. Owen Wilson

  49. Sean Bean

  50. Tom Hiddleston
  51. Theo James

  52. Stephen Graham

  53. Joaquin Phoenix

  54. River Phoenix

  55. Michael Fassbender

  56. Tom Cruise
  57. Hugh Jackman
  58. Russell Crowe

  59. Robert Downey Jr.
  60. Gerard Butler

  61. Nicolas Cage

  62. Pedro Pascal

  63. Liam Hemsworth
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