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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Andrew McCarthy

Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born 1962), American actor of the Brat Pack era (St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Mannequin), later a television director and New York Times bestselling travel writer.

Andrew Phung

Andrew Phung (born 1984, Calgary) is a Canadian actor, improviser, and host of Chinese-Vietnamese descent, known as Kimchee on Kim's Convenience and as co-creator and star of Run the Burbs, a multiple Canadian Screen Award winner.

Andrew Prine

Andrew Prine (Andrew Lewis Prine, 1936–2022), American character actor of Westerns, war films, and horror; James Keller in The Miracle Worker, star of Wide Country, Chisum, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, V, and Gettysburg; died in Paris of natural causes.

Andrew Robinson (actor)

Andrew Jordt Robinson (born 1942, New York City) is an American stage, film, and television character actor, famed as Scorpio in Dirty Harry, Larry Cotton in Hellraiser, and Elim Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; also a director, USC acting teacher, and author of A Stitch in Time.

Andrew Sachs

Andrew Sachs (Andreas Siegfried Sachs, 1930-2016), German-born British actor and refugee from Nazi Germany, best known as Manuel in Fawlty Towers; also radio's Father Brown, Dr Watson, and Jeeves, and the 2008 Sachsgate controversy.

Andrew Scott (actor)

Andrew Scott (born 1976, Dublin), Irish actor known as Moriarty in Sherlock, the Hot Priest in Fleabag, and Hamlet in Robert Icke's 2017 production; two-time Olivier Award winner and 2025 Drama Desk winner for his one-man Vanya.

Andrew Shue

Andrew Shue (born 1967, South Orange, NJ) is an American actor, soccer player, and entrepreneur: Billy Campbell on Melrose Place 1992-1998, LA Galaxy midfielder in MLS's 1996 inaugural season, and co-founder of Do Something and CafeMom.

Andrew Walker (actor)

Andrew W. Walker (born 1979, Montréal) is a Canadian actor and producer, Hallmark leading man in more than 20 films including the Three Wise Men trilogy and Curious Caterer Mysteries, and winner of the Whistler Film Festival's Borsos Award for Steel Toes.

Andrew-Lee Potts

Andrew-Lee Potts (born 1979, Bradford) is an English actor known as Connor Temple in ITV's Primeval and the Hatter in Syfy's Alice; also director-writer of Firecracker (2024) and head of Keychain Productions.

Andrzej Konopka (actor)

Andrzej Konopka (born 1969, Wyśmierzyce) is a Polish film, theatre, and TV actor, PWST Kraków graduate, husband of director Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Orzeł-winning supporting actor for LARP (2025), known for Chrzciny and Chłopi.

Andy Buckley

Andy Buckley (Andrew Patrick Buckley Jr., born 1965, Salem, Massachusetts) is an American actor who plays David Wallace on The Office while working as a Merrill Lynch financial advisor; also known for Veep, Scorpion, and Jurassic World.

Andy Daly

Andy Daly (Andrew Daly, born 1971) is an American character comedian and actor from Mount Kisco, New York, known for MADtv, Comedy Bang! Bang! characters, his Comedy Central series Review, and The Andy Daly Podcast Project.

Andy García

Andy García (Andrés Arturo García Menéndez), Cuban-American actor born 1956 in Havana, exiled to Miami as a child; Oscar-nominated for The Godfather Part III, star of The Untouchables and Ocean's Eleven, director of The Lost City and Diamond.

Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith (1926-2012), American actor, comedian, and Southern gospel singer from Mount Airy, North Carolina. Known as Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68) and Ben Matlock on Matlock (1986-95); Grammy and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.

Andy Hallett

Andy Hallett (Andrew Alcott Hallett, 1975-2009), American actor and singer from Osterville, Massachusetts, played the green demon Lorne on Angel (2000-2004) after Joss Whedon saw him singing karaoke; died of heart failure at 33.

Andy Mientus

Andy Mientus (Andrew Michael Mientus, born 1986, Pittsburgh) is an American stage and TV actor: Marius in Broadway's Les Misérables revival, Hanschen in Deaf West's Spring Awakening, Kyle Bishop on Smash, Pied Piper on The Flash, husband of Michael Arden.

Andy Nyman

Andy Nyman (born 1966, Leicester), British actor, writer, director, and magician; co-creator of Ghost Stories with Jeremy Dyson, Derren Brown's longtime collaborator, Olivier-nominated for Fiddler on the Roof and The Producers, and star of Judy and Wicked.

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg (born 1978, Berkeley, California) is an American comedian, actor, and musician, a Saturday Night Live cast member 2005-2012, Lonely Island founder with Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, Golden Globe winner for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and star of Palm Springs.

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis (born 1964, Ruislip, London) is an English actor and director famed for performance-capture roles as Gollum, King Kong, Caesar, and Snoke, co-founder of The Imaginarium, and director of The Hunt for Gollum.

Andy Whitfield

Andy Whitfield (1971–2011), Welsh-born Australian actor, star of Spartacus: Blood and Sand (2010) and the film Gabriel (2007); died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma; subject of the documentary Be Here Now.

Aneta Corsaut

Aneta Corsaut (Aneta Louise Corsaut, 1933–1995), American actress from Hutchinson, Kansas, known as Helen Crump on The Andy Griffith Show (1963–1968) and as Jane Martin in The Blob (1958); later roles on The Blue Knight and Matlock.

Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard is a Welsh actor, born 1987 in Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. A Royal Welsh College graduate and 2010 Laurence Olivier Award winner for Spring Awakening, he played Richard III in The White Queen, Gibson in Dunkirk, roles in 1899, Peaky Blinders, and Doctor Who.

Angel Bismark Curiel

Angel Bismark Curiel (born 1995), also billed Angel Bismark, is a Dominican-American actor raised in Liberty City, Miami, known for Esteban 'Lil Papi' Evangelista on FX's Pose (2018-2021) and for the film Critical Thinking.

Angel Coulby

Angel Coulby (born 1980, London) is an English actress, Guinevere/Gwen in all 65 episodes of BBC's Merlin (2008–2012); trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; also Dancing on the Edge, The Tunnel, Good People.

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett (born 1958) is an American actress known for Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, Queen Ramonda in Black Panther, American Horror Story, and 9-1-1; honorary Oscar and Emmy winner.

Angela Bettis

Angela Bettis (born 1973, Austin, Texas) is an American actress, producer, and director known for May (2002), the 2002 TV Carrie, and Girl, Interrupted, and for directing Roman (2006).

Angela Cartwright

Angela Cartwright (born 1952, Altrincham, Cheshire) is an English-born American actress and artist, known as Brigitta in The Sound of Music, Penny Robinson in Lost in Space, and Linda Williams on The Danny Thomas Show; distinct from other Angela Cartwrights.

Angela Douglas

Angela Douglas (Angela Josephine MacDonagh), English actress born 1940 in Gerrards Cross; female lead of four 1960s Carry On films including Carry On Cowboy; widow of Kenneth More; author of Swings and Roundabouts. Not the Canadian thriller author or other namesakes.

Angela E. Gibbs

Angela E. Gibbs (Angela Elayne Gibbs, born 1954, Detroit) is an American actress, writer, director, and acting coach, daughter of Marla Gibbs; known for Ms. Tudi on Black Jesus, Doris in Straight Outta Compton, Cricket on Not Dead Yet, and producing the play 227.

Angela Featherstone

Angela Featherstone (Angela Eileen Featherstone), Canadian actress, writer, director, and foster-care advocate born 1965 in Hamilton, Ontario; known for Chloe on Friends, Linda in The Wedding Singer, Cindy in Seinfeld's "The Maid", and her Pushcart-nominated essays.