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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Matthew McNulty

Matthew McNulty (Michael Anthony McNulty, born 1982) is a British actor known for Misfits, The Terror, Domina, Deadwater Fell, and films Control and Looking for Eric; sources differ on whether he was born in Manchester or Hanover, Germany.

Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine (born 1959, Loma Linda, California) is an American actor known as Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Brenner in Stranger Things, and Vannevar Bush in Oppenheimer; Volpi Cup winner and environmental activist.

Matthew Morrison

Matthew Morrison, American actor-singer-dancer born in Fort Ord, California; Broadway's original Link Larkin in Hairspray and Tony nominee for The Light in the Piazza; played Will Schuester on Glee (2009–2015), starred in Finding Neverland, and returned to Broadway as Bobby Darin in Just In Time in 2026.

Matthew Moy

Matthew James Moy (born 1984, San Francisco) is an American actor and voice actor known as Han Lee on 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017) and the voice of Lars Barriga in Steven Universe, with credits in Teen Titans Go! and video games.

Matthew Newton

Matthew Newton (Matthew Joseph Newton, born 1977, Melbourne) is an Australian actor, writer, and director, son of Bert and Patti Newton; NIDA graduate known for Looking for Alibrandi, Underbelly, and Three Blind Mice, later US-based; distinct from the writer, photographer, and acting coach of the same name.

Matthew Perry

Matthew Langford Perry (1969–2023), Canadian-American actor, played Chandler Bing on Friends for ten seasons, earning up to $1 million per episode; later wrote a 2022 addiction memoir, advocated drug courts, and died in October 2023.

Matthew Rhys

Matthew Rhys, born Matthew Rhys Evans in 1974, is a Welsh actor known for playing KGB agent Philip Jennings on The Americans, winning an Emmy in 2018, and for Perry Mason.

Matthew Sato

Matthew Keoni Sato (born 2001, Mililani, Hawaii) is an American actor and singer, not the Stanford researcher or musician Matty. Known as Kai in Disney+'s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., Mack in HSMTMTS, and in Imaginary (2024).

Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts (born 1977, Antwerp) is a Belgian actor known for Bullhead, Rust and Bone (César winner), The Drop, The Old Guard, The Regime, and as Krem in Supergirl (2026).

Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer (born 1981, Anklam) is a German actor, director, and producer, son of actors Gitta and Michael Schweighöfer; breakthrough with Soloalbum (2003), directing debut What a Man (2011), Pantaleon Films founder, and international star of Army of Thieves and Oppenheimer.

Matty Cardarople

Matty Cardarople (Matthew Cardarople, born 1983, Exeter, New Hampshire) is an American character actor known for Keith in Stranger Things, the Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender in A Series of Unfortunate Events, Ansel in Reservation Dogs, and roles in Jurassic World and Dumb and Dumber To.

Maude Apatow

Maude Apatow (born 1997), American actress and director, daughter of Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann; plays Lexi Howard on Euphoria and directed Poetic License (2025).

Maude Davey

Maude Davey, Australian actor, director, writer and burlesque performer (The Burlesque Hour, My Life in the Nude, Offspring, The Newsreader), Medal of the Order of Australia 2020; distinct from artists named Davey or Maude in other fields.

Maulik Pancholy

Maulik Pancholy (born 1974, Dayton, Ohio) is an American actor, author, and activist: Jonathan on 30 Rock, Sanjay on Weeds, voice of Baljeet on Phineas & Ferb, Stonewall Honor and Lambda Literary Award-winning author, and co-founder of Act to Change.

Maura Tierney

Maura Tierney (born 1965, Boston) is an American actress known as Lisa Miller on NewsRadio, Abby Lockhart on ER, and Golden Globe-winning Helen Solloway on The Affair; now Lt. Jessica Brady on Law & Order.

Maura West

Maura West (Maura Jo Snyder, born 1972) is an American soap opera actress, Carly Tenney on As the World Turns 1995-2010, Diane Jenkins on The Young and the Restless 2010-2011, and Ava Jerome on General Hospital since 2013; three-time Daytime Emmy winner (2007, 2010, 2015).

Maureen Lipman

Dame Maureen Lipman (born 1946, Hull) is an English actress and columnist known for Agony, the BT 'Beattie' ads, The Pianist, and Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street; Olivier Award winner, DBE 2020.

Maureen McCormick

Maureen Denise McCormick (born 1956) is an American actress, singer, and author best known as Marcia Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch (1969-74). Not the McCormick spice family. Later work: Grease on Broadway, Pen Pals Off-Broadway, 2008 memoir Here's the Story.

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons, 1920–2015), Irish-born Hollywood actress and singer, star of The Quiet Man, Miracle on 34th Street, and How Green Was My Valley; first woman to head a US scheduled airline; honorary Oscar 2014.

Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan (1911–1998), Irish-born actress called Ireland's first film star, played Jane opposite Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan in six MGM films, 1932–1942, and was Mia Farrow's mother; distinct from the WWII agent Paddy O'Sullivan.

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), born Lois Maureen Stapleton in Troy, New York, was an American stage, film, and television actress and two-time Tony, Emmy, and Oscar winner, winning Best Supporting Actress for Emma Goldman in Reds (1981).

Maurice Benard

Maurice Benard (Mauricio José Morales, born 1963) is an American actor, Sonny Corinthos on General Hospital since 1993, three-time Daytime Emmy winner, bipolar disorder advocate, memoirist, and host of the State of Mind podcast.

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), French singer, actor, and music-hall star, Folies Bergère partner of Mistinguett, Hollywood musical lead under Ernst Lubitsch, Oscar and Cecil B. DeMille honoree, and singer of The Aristocats title song.

Maurice Evans (actor)

Maurice Evans (Maurice Herbert Evans, 1901–1989), British-born American actor: Broadway Shakespearean (Richard II, first uncut American Hamlet), G.I. Hamlet for WWII troops, producer of Teahouse of the August Moon, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Bewitched, Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes.

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin (1949–2010) was a Canadian-American character actor of 150+ film and TV roles: Major Fambrough in Dances with Wolves, Nero Wolfe on A&E, Harvey Weingard on Entourage; Genie winner for Whale Music, died on his 61st birthday.

Max Beesley

Max Beesley (Maxton Gig Beesley Jr., born 1971, Burnage, Manchester) is an English actor and session musician. Known for Tom Jones (1997), Bodies, Hotel Babylon, Mad Dogs, Hijack, The Gentlemen, and the 2023 album Zeus.

Max Benitz

Max Benitz, British writer, journalist, and former actor born 1985 in London, known as Midshipman Calamy in Master and Commander (2003) and for the Afghanistan book Six Months Without Sundays.

Max Carver

Max Carver (Robert Maxwell Martensen Jr, born 1988, San Francisco) is an American actor, identical twin of Charlie Carver, known for Desperate Housewives, Teen Wolf's Aiden, The Leftovers, and The Batman.

Max Croes

Max Croes (Maximiliaan Johannes Rudolf Croes, born 1988, Nijmegen) is a Dutch actor and model based in London, known for Resonance (2018), Rocketman (2019), A Working Man (2025), and Pressure (2026).

Max Ehrich

Max Ehrich (born 1991) is an American actor, singer, and dancer known for Fenmore Baldwin on The Young and the Restless, four Daytime Emmy nominations, Netflix's Walk. Ride. Rodeo., and Southern Gospel; distinct from the cabaret artist Max Ehrlich.