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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Monty Woolley

Monty Woolley (Edgar Montillion Woolley, 1888–1963), American actor and director, Yale drama professor turned Broadway star, famous as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner and twice Oscar-nominated.

Moon Bloodgood

Moon Bloodgood (Korinna Moon Bloodgood, born 1975) is an American actress and former Laker Girl known for Dr. Anne Glass in Falling Skies and Blair Williams in Terminator Salvation.

Moon Zappa

Moon Unit Zappa (born 1967), American actress, writer, and daughter of Frank Zappa; voice of the 1982 hit "Valley Girl"; author of the 2024 memoir Earth to Moon; eldest of the four Zappa siblings.

Morena Baccarin

Morena Baccarin (born 1979, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-American actress known for Inara Serra in Firefly/Serenity, Jessica Brody in Homeland (2013 Emmy nomination), Vanessa in the Deadpool films, Dr. Leslie Thompkins in Gotham, and Sheriff Mickey Fox in Sheriff Country.

Morfydd Clark

Morfydd Clark is a Welsh actress, born in Sweden and raised in Cardiff, known for Saint Maud and for playing Galadriel in The Rings of Power.

Morgan Brittany

Morgan Brittany (Suzanne Cupito), American actress born 1951 in Los Angeles; child star of Gypsy and The Birds, later Katherine Wentworth on Dallas (1981–1987) and a conservative commentator.

Morgan Davies

Morgan Davies (formerly billed Morgana Davies) is a Sydney-based Australian actor, CP Artist Management, He/Him/They/Them, known as Danny in Evil Dead Rise (2023) and Koby in Netflix's One Piece, with AFI-nominated child roles in The Tree and The Hunter.

Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny, 1950, Dallas) is an American actress known for Search for Tomorrow, Flamingo Road, Falcon Crest, the original Jenna Wade on Dallas, Friends, and AIDS activism.

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American actor and narrator, Air Force radar repairman 1955-1959, Oscar winner for Million Dollar Baby, known for Shawshank, Driving Miss Daisy, and his distinctive voice.

Morgan Kohan

Morgan Kohan (born 1993, Summerland, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress, lead of Sullivan's Crossing (Maggie Sullivan) and Hallmark's When Hope Calls (Lillian Walsh), trained at Toronto's Randolph Academy.

Morgan Saylor

Morgan Saylor (Morgan Frances Saylor, born 1994) is an American actress from Chicago and Atlanta, known as Dana Brody in Showtime's Homeland and for lead roles in the indies White Girl, Novitiate, and Blow the Man Down.

Morgan Spector

Morgan Spector (Morgan Michael Spector), American actor and producer born 1980 in Sonoma County, California; Reed College 2002 graduate, ACT-trained. Known for Herman Levin in HBO's The Plot Against America and George Russell in The Gilded Age; married to Rebecca Hall.

Morgan Woodward

Morgan Woodward (Thomas Morgan Woodward, 1925–2019), American character actor of Cool Hand Luke's Boss Godfrey, Dallas's Punk Anderson, record 19 Gunsmoke guest spots, and two Star Trek episodes.

Morgana Ignis

Morgana Gwendolyn Ignis (born 1989) is an American transgender actress, writer, and puppeteer from Los Angeles, known for creature roles like Teeth in Moon Garden and voicing Sallie May in Helluva Boss.

Morgana O'Reilly

Morgana O'Reilly (born 1985) is a New Zealand actor known for Housebound (2014), Neighbours' Naomi Canning, the Emmy-winning INSiDE, and Pam in The White Lotus season 3; also writer of Stories About My Body.

Morgana Robinson

Morgana Robinson (born 1982, Shepparton, Victoria) is an Australian-born British comedian, impressionist, writer and actress. Known for The Morgana Show, House of Fools, The Windsors, the 2018 BAFTA-winning Morgana Robinson's Summer, and winning Taskmaster series 12 (2021).

Morgane Polanski

Morgane Polanski, French actress and director born 1993 in Paris, daughter of Roman Polanski and Emmanuelle Seigner; known as Princess Gisla in Vikings and as Krystyna Skarbek in The Partisan.

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut (born 1969, Cerritos, California) is an American actor and producer known for Ricky in Boyz n the Hood, Lance in The Best Man films, Rosewood, and CBS's Watson; two-time NAACP Image Award winner.

Morven Christie

Morven Christie (born 1981) is a Scottish actress, a Drama Centre London graduate known for The A Word, The Bay, The Replacement, Grantchester, and three BAFTA Scotland nominations.

Morwenna Banks

Morwenna Banks, also known as Tamsin Morwenna Banks, is an English actress, comedian, writer and producer born in Cornwall, known for Absolutely, Peppa Pig's Mummy Pig, Miss You Already, Damned, Funny Woman, Slow Horses, and Down Cemetery Road.

Moses Brings Plenty

Moses "Mo" Brings Plenty (born 1969), Oglala Lakota actor, drummer with Brulé, and cultural advisor; plays Rainwater's right-hand man Mo on Yellowstone (2018–2024) and coordinates American Indian affairs across Taylor Sheridan's shows.

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn (1929-1993), American stage, film, and TV actor; Negro Ensemble Company founding resident member, Bumpy Jonas in Shaft, Emmy-nominated for Roots, and Shakespearean performer.

Moses Ingram

Moses Ingram (Monique Denise Ingram) is an American actress from Baltimore and a Yale School of Drama graduate, known as Jolene in The Queen's Gambit, Reva/Third Sister in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Cleo Johnson in Lady in the Lake.

Motaz Malhees

Motaz Malhees (معتز ملحيس), Palestinian actor born 1992 in Jenin, Freedom Theatre-trained, star of The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025); Venice Grand Jury Prize, Oscar nominee barred from the 98th Academy Awards by the US travel ban.

Moyna Macgill

Moyna Macgill (Charlotte Lillian McIldowie, 1895–1975) was a Belfast-born stage and screen actress, West End player and later Hollywood character actress, mother of Angela Lansbury.

Mr. T

Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud, born 1952, Chicago) is an American actor and retired wrestler famous for Clubber Lang in Rocky III, B.A. Baracus on The A-Team, his mohawk, gold chains, and 'I pity the fool!'

Ms. Pat

Ms. Pat (Patricia Williams-Lee), Atlanta-born comedian, author, podcaster, and actress; creator and star of BET+ sitcom The Ms. Pat Show; memoirs Rabbit and Ms. American Dream; Netflix special Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?

Murat Yıldırım (actor)

Murat Yıldırım, born 1979 in Konya, is a Turkish actor known for Fırtına, Asi, Suskunlar, Ramo, Aziz, Teşkilat, and Güller ve Günahlar, and host of Kim Milyoner Olmak İster (2017-2019).

Murray Bartlett

Murray Bartlett, Australian actor from Sydney and NIDA graduate (1991), won a 2022 Emmy as Armond in The White Lotus; also known for Looking, Welcome to Chippendales, and The Last of Us.

Murray Head

Murray Head, born Murray Seafield Saint-George Head in 1946 in London, is a British singer and actor best known for the songs One Night in Bangkok and Superstar.