This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in theatre, film, television, and radio.
Born in 18th century
Sophia Baddeley (1745–1786) Margaret Agnes Bunn (1799–1883) Louisa Chatterley (1797–1866) Maria Foote (1797?–1867) Henry Gattie (1774–1844) Charlotte Goodall (1766–1830) Elizabeth Hartley (1750?–1824) Ann Catherine Holbrook (1780–1837) John Philip Kemble (1757–1823) Maria Theresa Kemble (1774–1838) (born in Vienna, Austria) Henrietta Amelia Leeson (1751–1826) Charles Mathews (1776–1835) Harriet Siddons (1783–1844) James Prescott Warde (1792–1840) Mary Wells (1762–1829) Charles Mayne Young (1777–1856)
Born in 1800–1829
George John Bennett (1800–1879) Ira Aldridge (1807—1867) Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett (1812–1858) Sarah Fairbrother (1814–1890) Helena Faucit (1817–1898) Clara Fisher (1811–1898) Isabella Glyn (1823–1889) Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809–1873) Laura Honey (1816–1843) Priscilla Horton (1818–1895) Frances Eleanor Jarman (1802–1873) Charles Kean (1811–1868) (born in Ireland) Ellen Kean (1805–1888) Mary Anne Keeley (1805–1899) Fanny Kemble (1809–1893) Harriette Deborah Lacy (1807–1874) Maria Ann Lovell (1803–1877) Mary Anne Stirling (1815–1895) Charlotte Vandenhoff (1816–1860) Mary Warner (1804–1854)
Born in the 1830s
Adelaide Calvert (1836–1921) Amy Fawsitt (1836–1876) Henry Irving (1838–1905) Eliza Newton (1837–1882) John Lawrence Toole (1830–1906) Charles Wyndham (1837–1919)
Born in the 1840s
Helen Barr (1840–1904) Eleanor Bufton (1842–1893) Lydia Foote (1843–1892) Susan Galton (1849–1918) Henrietta Hodson (1841–1910) Adelaide Neilson (1847–1880) Mary Frances Scott-Siddons (1844–1896) Edward O'Connor Terry (1844–1912) Ellen Terry (1847–1928) Kate Terry (1844–1924) Arthur Williams (1844–1916)
Born in the 1850s
George Alexander (1858–1918) Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917) Charles Danby (1858–1906) Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853–1937) Charles Hawtrey (1858–1923) Gwynne Herbert (1859–1946) Marion Hood (1854–1912) Frederick Kerr (1858–1933) Lillie Langtry (1853–1929) Marion Terry (1853–1930)
Born in the 1860s
George Arliss (1868–1946) George Bellamy (1866–1944) Lionel Belmore (1867–1953) Nina Boucicault (1867–1950) Arthur Bourchier (1863–1927) Beatrice Campbell (1965–1940) Lyn Harding (1867–1952) Adeline Hayden Coffin (1862–1939) (born in Gräfrath, Germany) C. Hayden Coffin (1862–1935) Brandon Hurst (1866–1947) Letty Lind (1861–1923) A. E. Matthews (1869–1960) Cyril Maude (1862–1951) Winifred Mayo (1869–1967) Julia Neilson (1868–1957) Olga Nethersole (1867–1951) Edmund Payne (1863–1914) Courtice Pounds (1861–1927) Morton Selten (1860–1939) C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948) Marie Tempest (1864–1942) Fred Terry (1863–1933) Henry Vibart (1863–1943) May Whitty (1865–1948) Haidee Wright (1867–1943) Huntley Wright (1868–1941)
Born in the 1870s
Henry Ainley (1879–1945) Marie Ault (1870–1951) Muriel Beaumont (1876–1957) Lilian Braithwaite (1873–1948) Constance Collier (1878–1955) Finlay Currie (1878–1968) Nigel De Brulier (1877–1948) Agnes Fraser (1876–1968) Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966) Mary Garden (1874–1967) Evie Greene (1875–1917) George Grossmith Jr. (1874–1935) Seymour Hicks (1871–1949) Halliwell Hobbes (1877–1962) Mabel Love (1874–1953) Montagu Love (1877–1943) Maggie Moffat (1873–1943) Gertie Millar (1879–1952) Roy Redgrave (1873–1922) Ada Reeve (1874–1966) Henry Stephenson (1871–1956) Ellaline Terriss (1871–1971) Mabel Terry-Lewis (1872–1957) Ernest Thesiger (1879–1961) Henry Travers (1874–1965) Irene Vanbrugh (1872–1949) Violet Vanbrugh (1876–1942) H.B. Warner (1876–1958)
Born in the 1880s
Lionel Atwill (1885–1946) Viva Birkett (1887–1934) Paul Cavanagh (1888–1964) Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) May Clark (1885–1971) Gladys Cooper (1888–1971) Donald Crisp (1882–1974) Evelyn D'Alroy (1881–1915) Zena Dare (1887–1975) Lily Elsie (1886–1962) Edith Evans (1888–1976) Lilian Fontaine (1886–1975) Lynn Fontanne (1887–1983) Alec Fraser (1884–1956) Leslie Fuller (1888–1948) Will Hay (1888–1949) Holmes Herbert (1882–1956) Boris Karloff (1887–1969) Nora Kerin (1881–1970) Ralph Lynn (1882–1962) Miles Malleson (1888–1969) Miles Mander (1888–1946) Victor McLaglen (1886–1959) (naturalised American citizen) Philip Merivale (1886–1946) Dorothy Minto (1886–1957) Reginald Owen (1887–1972) Nancy Price (1880–1970) Claude Rains (1889–1967) Gabrielle Ray (1883–1973) Elisabeth Risdon (1887–1958) Margaret Scudamore (1884–1958) Florence Smithson (1884–1936) May Leslie Stuart (1887–1956) Gladys Sylvani (1884–1953) Godfrey Tearle (1884–1953) Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976) Tom Walls (1883–1949) Margaret Wycherly (1881–1949) George Zucco (1886–1960)
Born in the 1890s
Ronald Adam (1896–1979) Chesney Allen (1893–1983) Leslie Banks (1890–1952) Harold Bennett (1899–1981) Amy Brandon Thomas (1890–1974) Nigel Bruce (1895–1953) Violet Carson (1898–1983) Laddie Cliff (1891–1937) Ivy Close (1890–1968) Maurice Colbourne (1894–1965)
Ronald Colman (1891–1958) Harry Cording (1891–1954) Cicely Courtneidge (1893–1980) Noël Coward (1899–1973) Henry Daniell (1894–1963) Phyllis Dare (1890–1975) Reginald Denny (1891–1967) Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1891–1992) Alexander Field (Actor) (1892–1971) Bud Flanagan(1896–1968) Hermione Gingold (1897–1987) Cedric Hardwicke (1893–1964) Robertson Hare (1891–1979) Kathleen Harrison (1892–1995) Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) Leslie Howard (1893–1943) Bobby Howes (1895–1972) Jack Hulbert (1892–1978) Mervyn Johns (1899–1992) Lillian Kemble-Cooper (1892–1977) Jack Lambert (1899–1976) Charles Laughton (1899–1962) Stan Laurel (1890–1965) John Laurie (1897–1980) Flora Le Breton (1899–1951) Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989) (born in Toronto, Canada) John Loder (1898–1988) Stanley Lupino (1893–1942) Herbert Marshall (1890–1966) Orlando Martins (1899–1985) Max Miller (actor-comedian) (1894–1963) Clifford Mollison (1897–1986) Alan Mowbray (1896–1969) Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932) Phyllis Neilson-Terry (1892–1977) Vic Oliver (1898–1964) Cecil Parker (1897–1971) Basil Rathbone (1892–1967) Philip Ray (1898-1978) Kynaston Reeves (1893–1971) Arnold Ridley (1896–1984) Margaret Rutherford (1892–1972) Olive Sloane (1896–1963) Reginald Tate (1896–1955) Barbara Tennant (1892–1982) Heather Thatcher (1896–1987) Arthur Treacher (1894–1975) (naturalised American citizen) Norma Varden (1898–1989) Jack Warner (1895–1981)
Born in the 1900s
Marguerite Allan (1905–1994) (born in Saint Petersburg, Russia) Peggy Ashcroft (1907–1991) Arthur Askey (1900–1982) Angela Baddeley (1904–1976) Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986) Patrick Barr (1908–1985) (born in Akola, India) Ballard Berkeley (1904–1988) Leslie Bradley (1907–1974) Arthur Brough (1905–1978) Jane Carr (1909–1957) Edward Chapman (1901–1977) Sylvia Coleridge (1909–1986) Tom Conway (1904–1967) (born in St. Petersburg, Russia) Beryl Cooke (1906–2001) Roland Culver (1900–1984) Brenda Dean Paul (1907–1959) Maurice Denham (1909–2002) Robert Donat (1905–1958) Evelyn Dove (1902–1987) Angela du Maurier (1904–2002) Leslie Dwyer (1906–1986) Valentine Dyall (1908–1985) Jean Forbes-Robertson (1905–1962) Leslie French (1904–1999) Greer Garson (1904–1996) (naturalised American citizen) Leo Genn (1905–1978) John Gielgud (1904–2000) Cary Grant (1904–1986) (naturalised American citizen) Rex Harrison (1908–1990) William Hartnell (1908–1975) Joan Hickson (1906–1998) Bob Hope (1903–2003) (naturalised American citizen) John Houseman (1902–1988) (British and American citizenship) Benita Hume (1906–1967) Raymond Huntley (1904-1990) Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903–1991) Freda Jackson (1907–1990) Ursula Jeans (1906–1973) Celia Johnson (1908–1982) Griffith Jones (1909–2007) James Robertson Justice (1907–1975) Moultrie Kelsall (1904–1980) Joan Kemp-Welch (1906–1999) Esmond Knight (1906–1987) Bernard Lee (1908–1981) Beatrix Lehmann (1903–1979) Queenie Leonard (1905–2002) Roger Livesey (1906–1976) Charles Lloyd-Pack (1902–1983) James Mason (1909–1984) Guy Middleton (1907–1973) John Mills (1908–2005) Robert Morley (1908–1992) Clive Morton (1904–1975) Alan Napier (1903–1988) Anna Neagle (1904–1986) Robert Newton (1905–1956) Anthony Nicholls (1902–1977) Dandy Nichols (1907–1986) Mary Odette (1901–1987) (born in Dieppe, France) Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) J. Pat O'Malley (1904–1985) Michael Redgrave (1908–1985) Trevor Reid (1908–1965) Michael Rennie (1909–1971) (naturalised American citizen) Ralph Richardson (1902–1983) John Robinson (1908–1979) Flora Robson (1902–1984) Oriel Ross (1907–1994) George Sanders (1906–1972) (born in Saint Petersburg, Russia) Eileen Sharp (1900–1958) Sebastian Shaw (1905–1994) Ida Shepley (1908–1975) Alastair Sim (1900–1976) Francis L. Sullivan (1903–1956) Nora Swinburne (1902–2000) Jessica Tandy (1909–1994) (naturalised American citizen) Ralph Truman (1900–1977) Ronald Ward (1901–1978) Naunton Wayne (1901–1970) Alan Webb (1906–1982) Lockwood West (1905–1989) Eileen Winterton (1903–2004) Donald Wolfit (1902–1968) Diana Wynyard (1906–1964)
Born in the 1910s
Harry Andrews (1911–1989) Bernard Archard (1916–2008) Peter Arne (1918–1983) Renee Asherson (1915–2014) Alfie Bass (1916–1987) Peggy Batchelor (1916–2020) Sam Beazley (1916–2017) Martin Benson (1918–2010) Pamela Brown (1917–1975) Brenda Bruce (1919–1996) Hugh Burden (1913–1985) Alfred Burke (1918–2011) Edward Burnham (1916–2015) Peter Butterworth (1915–1979) Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977) Phyllis Calvert (1915–2002) Earl Cameron (1917–2020) Eric Christmas (1916–2000) Diana Churchill (1913–1994) Alec Clunes (1912–1970) Bryan Coleman (1911–2005) Noel Coleman (1919–2007) Peter Copley (1915–2008) Peter Cushing (1913–1994) Anthony Dawson (1916–1992) Roger Delgado (1918–1973) Michael Denison (1915–1998) Robert Dorning (1913–1989) Hamilton Dyce (1912–1972) Arthur English (1919–1995) Peter Finch (1916–1977) Robert Flemyng (1912–1995) Joan Fontaine (1917–2013) (naturalised American citizen; born in Tokyo, Japan) Gretchen Franklin (1911–2005) Michael Goodliffe (1914–1976) Harold Goodwin (1917–2004) Marius Goring (1912–1998) Michael Gough (1916–2011) (born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Dulcie Gray (1915–2011) John Gregson (1919–1975) Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979) Lucy Griffiths (1919–1982) Alec Guinness (1914–2000) Jimmy Hanley (1918–1970) Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020) (naturalised American citizen; born in Tokyo, Japan) Jack Hawkins (1910–1973) Charles Hawtrey (1914–1988) Pauline Henriques (1914–1998) (born in Kingston, Jamaica) Wendy Hiller (1912–2003) Thora Hird (1911–2003) Michael Hordern (1911–1995) Trevor Howard (1913–1988) Betty Huntley-Wright (1911–1993) Richard Hurndall (1910–1984) Sid James (1913–1976) Edward Jewesbury (1917–2001) Margo Johns (1919–2009) Emrys Jones (1915–1972) Geoffrey Keen (1916–2005) Rachel Kempson (1910–2003) Sam Kydd (1915–1982) Vivien Leigh (1913–1967) (born in Darjeeling, India) John Le Mesurier (1912–1983) Desmond Llewelyn (1914–1999) Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990) Arthur Lowe (1915–1982) Marne Maitland (1914–1991) (born in Calcutta, India) Margery Mason (1913-2014) Frank Middlemass (1919–2006) Kenneth More (1914–1982) Peggy Mount (1915–2001) Lionel Murton (1915–2006) David Niven (1910–1983) Merle Oberon (1911–1979) (born in Mumbai, India) Nigel Patrick (1912–1981) Laurence Payne (1919–2009) Lennard Pearce (1915–1984) Jon Pertwee (1919–1996) Donald Pleasence (1919–1995) Olaf Pooley (1914–2015) Dennis Price (1915–1973) Anthony Quayle (1913–1989) Luise Rainer (1910–2014) (born in Düsseldorf, Germany) Joyce Redman (1918–2012) Beryl Reid (1919–1996) Michael Ripper (1913–2000) Paul Rogers (1917–2013) Fanny Rowe (1913–1988) Joan Sanderson (1912–1992) Zohra Sehgal (1912–2014)