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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Francesca Hilton

Francesca Hilton (Constance Francesca Gabor Hilton, 1947–2015) was an American actress, photographer, and comedian, the only child of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Conrad Hilton, great aunt of Paris Hilton, and heir to a contested estate.

Francesca Xuereb

Francesca Xuereb (born 1998, Detroit) is an American actress known for Kim White in Room 203 (2022), Cheyenne in Landman season 2, and Erin in Ted; BFA from Loyola Marymount University.

Francesco Carril

Francesco Carril is a Spanish actor and theater director, born in Madrid in 1986, known for his stage career and his film work with director Jonás Trueba.

Francesco Quinn

Francesco Quinn (Francesco Daniele Quinn), Italian-born American actor (1963–2011), son of Anthony Quinn; played Rhah in Platoon, Syed Ali on 24, and Tomas del Cerro on The Young and the Restless; died of a suspected heart attack in Malibu at 48.

Francesco Russo (actor)

Francesco Russo (born 1993, Caserta, Italy) is an Italian actor and documentary director; known for Bruno Soccavo in L'amica geniale, Fabrizio in A Classic Horror Story (2021), and Cesare Rossi in M - Il figlio del secolo, distinct from namesakes.

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone (Stanislas Pascal Franchot-Tone, 1905–1968), American stage and film actor, Group Theatre founding member and MGM leading man; Oscar-nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); first husband of Joan Crawford.

Francia Raisa

Francia Raisa (Francia Raisa Almendárez), American actress born 1988 in Los Angeles, of Mexican and Honduran descent; star of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, grown-ish, and How I Met Your Father; donated a kidney to Selena Gomez in 2017.

Francis X. Bushman

Francis X. Bushman (1883-1966), American silent-film actor and director nicknamed King of the Movies; star of His Friend's Wife (1911) and Messala in Ben-Hur (1925); later radio and TV actor.

Francisco San Martín

Francisco San Martín (1985–2025), Spanish actor born in Mallorca, raised in Montana; played Dario Hernandez on Days of Our Lives, Mateo on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Fabian Regalo del Cielo on Jane the Virgin; died in Los Angeles at 39.

Franco Nero

Franco Nero (Francesco Sparanero, born 1941) is an Italian actor famous as the coffin-dragging gunslinger of Sergio Corbucci's Django (1966); over 200 films, Camelot, Buñuel's Tristana, Vanessa Redgrave, 2026 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

François Arnaud (actor)

François Arnaud, born François Landriault-Barbeau in 1985 in Montreal, is a Canadian actor known for Cesare Borgia in The Borgias (2011–2013) and Scott Hunter in Heated Rivalry (2025).

François Chau

François Chau, Cambodian-American actor (born 1959, Phnom Penh), known as Dr. Pierre Chang on Lost, Jules-Pierre Mao on The Expanse, Shredder in TMNT II, and voice roles in Ghost of Tsushima and XCOM.

François Cluzet

François Cluzet, French film and stage actor born 1955 in Paris, César winner for Tell No One (2007) and star of Intouchables (2011), with 11 César nominations and frequent Chabrol collaborations.

Françoise Dorléac

Françoise Dorléac, French actress (1942-1967), elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, known for L'Homme de Rio, La Peau douce, Cul-de-sac, and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort; died aged 25 in a car crash near Nice.

Françoise Pascal

Françoise Pascal names two documented figures: a 17th-century Lyon playwright, author of Agathonphile martyr (1655) and Sésostris (1661), and a Mauritius-born actress (born 1949) known for Mind Your Language and The Iron Rose.

Frank Bonner

Frank Bonner, born Frank Woodrow Boers Jr., was an American actor and television director known for playing Herb Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati from 1978 to 1982.

Frank Cady

Frank Cady, born Frank Randolph Cady (1915–2012), was an American character actor best known as Sam Drucker, the Hooterville general-store owner on Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, and The Beverly Hillbillies.

Frank Dillane

Frank Dillane (born 1991) is a British actor, son of Stephen Dillane and Naomi Wirthner. Known for Tom Riddle in Half-Blood Prince, Nick Clark in Fear the Walking Dead, and Cannes-winning lead in Harris Dickinson's Urchin.

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay (Francis Finlay, 1926–2016) was a British character actor, Oscar-nominated as Iago in Othello (1965), a BAFTA-winning TV lead, Porthos in Lester's Musketeers films, and a 1984 CBE.

Frank Gorshin

Frank Gorshin (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005), American actor, comedian, and impressionist from Pittsburgh; Emmy-nominated as the Riddler on the 1966–68 Batman series and Star Trek's Commissioner Bele, later starring as George Burns on Broadway.

Frank John Hughes

Frank John Hughes (born 1967, Bronx) is an American actor and screenwriter known for Wild Bill Guarnere in Band of Brothers, Tom Fox in Catch Me If You Can, Walden Belfiore in The Sopranos, and Tim Woods in 24.

Frank Kelly

Frank Kelly (Francis Declan Kelly, 1938-2016), Irish actor, singer and writer; Father Jack Hackett in Father Ted; household name via Hall's Pictorial Weekly and Wanderly Wagon; distinct from other Frank Kellys.

Frank Langella

Frank Langella is an American stage and film actor with a six-decade career, four Tony Awards (per Screen Daily), Broadway Dracula and Frost/Nixon, and an Oscar nomination for the 2008 Frost/Nixon film.

Frank Potenza

Frank Potenza, born Francis Michael Potenza, was an American retired New York City police officer known as "Uncle Frank" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from 2003 until his death in 2011.

Frank Silva

Frank Silva (1950–1995), American set dresser and actor, played the demonic BOB in Twin Peaks after David Lynch spotted him in a mirror reflection during pilot filming; also worked on Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart.

Frank Sivero

Frank Sivero (Francesco LoGiudice), Italian-American actor born 1952 in Siculiana, Sicily, raised in Brooklyn; played Genco in The Godfather Part II and Frankie Carbone in Goodfellas; sued Fox over the Simpsons' Louie.

Frank Stallone

Frank Stallone (born 1950, New York) is an American singer and actor, younger brother of Sylvester Stallone, best known for the top-10 single "Far From Over" from Staying Alive (1983) and roles in Barfly and Tombstone.

Frank Sutton

Frank Sutton (1923–1974), American actor, played Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964–69, 150 episodes); Army WWII veteran with Bronze Star and Purple Heart, Columbia drama graduate, statue in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Frank Thornton

Frank Thornton (Frank Thornton Ball, 1921-2013), English comedy actor, Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? (1972-1985) and Truly in Last of the Summer Wine (1997-2010); also stage farceur and film character actor.

Frank Vincent

Frank Vincent (Frank Vincent Gattuso, 1937 or 1939 to 2017) was an American character actor and former drummer known for Billy Batts in Goodfellas, Frank Marino in Casino, and Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos.