English male Shakespearean actors

The list English male Shakespearean actors includes Tom Hiddleston, Andrew Garfield, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jude Law and Dominic Cooper. The list consists of 292 members.

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Tom Hiddleston

English actor (born 1981)

Overview: Thomas William Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981) is an English actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, and has been nominated for two ...

Date of birth: 9 February 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Zawe Ashton (Engaged)

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Best Male Newcomer Empire Award winners 9T

People educated at Windlesham House School 91T

Male Shakespearean actors 308T
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Andrew Garfield

English and American actor (born 1983)

Overview: Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He has received various accolades, including a Tony Award, a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nom ...

Date of birth: 20 August 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Kate Tomas (Dating)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Best Actor BAFTA Award (television) winners 56T

Male actors of Russian descent 80T
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Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

Overview: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his roles on the screen and stage, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including a Primetime ...

Date of birth: 19 July 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Sophie Hunter (Married)

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Best Actor BAFTA Award (television) winners 56T

Male motion capture actors 31T

Formerly missing people 674T
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Richard Armitage

English actor

Overview: Richard Crispin Armitage (born 22 August 1971) is an English actor. He received recognition in the UK with his first leading role as John Thornton in the British television programme North & South (2004) ...

Date of birth: 22 August 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Male actors from Leicestershire 34T

Male Shakespearean actors 304T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T
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Jude Law

English actor

Overview: David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He has received multiple awards including a BAFTA Film Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Tony Awards. In 2007 ...

Date of birth: 29 December 1972

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Phillipa Coan (Married)

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César Honorary Award recipients 87T

Empire Hero Award winners 5T

People educated at Corelli College 1T
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Dominic Cooper

English actor

Overview: Dominic Edward Cooper (born 2 June 1978) is an English actor. He has worked in television, film, theatre, and radio, including Mamma Mia! and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. He portrayed Jesse ...

Date of birth: 2 June 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Gemma Chan (Dating)

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Male Shakespearean actors 304T

Male actors from Kent 179T

Male actors from London 1,398T
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Eddie Redmayne

British actor (born 1982)

Overview: Edward John David Redmayne OBE (born 6 January 1982) is an English actor. He began his professional acting career as a youth in West End theatre, before making his screen debut in 1998 with guest tel ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Hannah Redmayne (Married)

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Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

People with color blindness 41T
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Tim Curry

British actor (born 1946)

Overview: Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He is known for working in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television, most often portraying villainous characters. Curry ...

Date of birth: 19 April 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Broadway actors 482T

Male Shakespearean actors 304T

British expatriate male actors in the United States 258T
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Sean Bean

English actor (born 1959)

Overview: Shaun Mark "Sean" Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in ...

Date of birth: 17 April 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Male actors from Sheffield 36T

Best Actor BAFTA Award (television) winners 55T

International Emmy Award for Best Actor winners 19T
10.

Rufus Sewell

British actor (born 1967)

Overview: Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English film and stage actor. In film, he has appeared in Carrington (1995), Hamlet (1996), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dark City (1998), The Legend of Zorro ...

Date of birth: 29 October 1967

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Vivian Benitez (Married)

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Actors from Twickenham 5T

People educated at Orleans Park School 7T

21st-century translators 490T
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Ralph Fiennes

English actor (born 1962)

Overview: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre ...

Date of birth: 22 December 1962

Age: 61

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Amelia Richards (Dating)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Actors from Ipswich 20T
12.

Ian McKellen

English actor (born 1939)

Overview: Sir Ian Murray McKellen CH CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. His career spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. He is the recipient ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Prostate cancer survivors 8T

Shorty Award winners 210T
13.

Damian Lewis

English actor and producer

Overview: Damian Watcyn Lewis OBE (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor and producer. He played U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which earned him a Golden Globe nomi ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Alison Mosshart (Dating)

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Actors from St John's Wood 9T

People educated at Ashdown House 14T

Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners 44T
14.

Alan Rickman

English actor (1946–2016)

Overview: Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his languid tone and delivery, Rickman's signature sound was the result of a speech impediment ...

Date of birth: 21 February 1946

Date of death: 14 January 2016

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

People with speech impediment 47T

2016 deaths 9,448T
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Harry Lloyd

British actor

Overview: Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Will Scarlet in the 2006 BBC drama Robin Hood, Jeremy Baines in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes "Human ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Jayne Hong (Married)

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Male actors from London 1,398T

English people of Czech-Jewish descent 23T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T
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Al Weaver

English actor

Overview: Alexander Paul Weaver (born 3 January 1981) is an English actor and writer.

Date of birth: 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male Shakespearean actors 304T

English male stage actors 2,411T

English male film actors 3,279T
17.

Dan Stevens

English actor

Overview: Daniel Jonathan Stevens (born 10 October 1982) is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV acclaimed period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–12) ...

Date of birth: 10 October 1982

Age: 41

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Susie Hariet (Married)

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Male Shakespearean actors 304T

Male actors from Kent 179T

Male actors from London 1,398T
18.

Tom Burke

English actor

Overview: Tom Burke (born 30 June 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Athos in the 2014-2016 BBC series The Musketeers, as Dolokhov in the 2016 BBC literary-adaptation miniseries War & Peace ...

Date of birth: 30 June 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Calder Marshall family 5T

People with dyslexia 220T

Ian Charleson Award winners 22T
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Elliot Cowan

British actor

Overview: Elliot Cowan (born 9 July 1976) is an English actor, known for portraying Corporal Jem Poynton in Ultimate Force, Mr Darcy in Lost in Austen, and Ptolemy in the 2004 film Alexander. He also starred as ...

Date of birth: 9 July 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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People from Dalston 39T

Male Shakespearean actors 304T

English male voice actors 594T
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Anthony Howell

British actor

Overview: Not to be confused with the performance artist Anthony Howell.

Date of birth: 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Male Shakespearean actors 304T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T

English male stage actors 2,411T