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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall (1931–2026), American actor and filmmaker, Oscar winner for Tender Mercies; played Tom Hagen in The Godfather and Kilgore in Apocalypse Now; founded Butchers Run Films.

Robert Earl Jones

Robert Earl Jones (1904 or 1910 to 2006), American stage and screen actor, father of James Earl Jones; Langston Hughes Harlem Suitcase Theatre actor, Broadway debut The Hasty Heart 1945, Luther Coleman in The Sting (1973).

Robert Emms

Robert Emms (Robert James MacPherson, born 1986) is a British actor trained at LAMDA, known for War Horse on stage and screen, Chernobyl's Leonid Toptunov, Atlantis's Pythagoras, Happy Valley, and Andor's Supervisor Lonni Jung.

Robert Englund

Robert Englund (born 1947, Glendale, California) is an American RADA-trained actor famous as Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street films (1984-2003), also known for V's Willie, voice roles, and a 2025 Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

Robert Forster

Robert Forster (1941-2019) was an American actor, not the Australian musician, born Robert Wallace Foster Jr. in Rochester, New York. Oscar-nominated as Max Cherry in Tarantino's Jackie Brown after decades of B-movies; also Medium Cool, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, and Breaking Bad's Ed.

Robert Fuller (actor)

Robert Fuller (born Leonard Leroy Lee, July 29, 1933) is an American retired actor and Texas rancher, known as Jess Harper on Laramie, Cooper Smith on Wagon Train, and Dr. Kelly Brackett on Emergency!, with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

Robert Gant

Robert Gant (born 1968, Tampa, Florida; birth name Robert Gonzalez) is an American actor and former Baker & McKenzie attorney who played HIV-positive Professor Ben Bruckner on Showtime's Queer as Folk (2002–2005), came out publicly in 2002, co-founded Mythgarden, and later played Zor-El on Supergirl. Not the Texas lawyer or filmmaker Roberto Gant.

Robert Ginty

Robert Winthrop Ginty (1948–2009) was an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, star of The Exterminator (1980), Lt. T.J. Wiley in Black Sheep Squadron, later a TV director and Irish theater advocate.

Robert Glenister

Robert Glenister is an English actor best known for playing con man Ash "Three Socks" Morgan in the BBC series Hustle and Nicholas Blake in Spooks.

Robert Gossett

Robert Gossett (born 1954) is an American actor known as Commander Russell Taylor on The Closer and Major Crimes and as Marshall Ashford on General Hospital.

Robert Goulet

Robert Goulet (1933–2007) was an American-born baritone singer and actor who became a Broadway star as Sir Lancelot in Camelot (1960), winning a Grammy and a Tony.

Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams, 1927–2017) was an American actor and singer who played butler Benson DuBois on Soap and the spin-off Benson, won two Emmys, voiced Rafiki in The Lion King, and earned a 1977 Tony nomination for Guys and Dolls.

Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy (1925–2017), English actor known as Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small, Cornelius Fudge in four Harry Potter films, and BAFTA-winning portrayer of Winston Churchill.

Robert Hays

Robert Hays (born 1947, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American actor known as Ted Striker in Airplane! (1980) and its 1982 sequel, star of TV's Starman and Angie, and voice of Iron Man in the 1990s animated series.

Robert Hegyes

Robert Hegyes (1951-2012), American actor and teacher who played Juan Epstein on ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-79), later Detective Manny Esposito on Cagney & Lacey; not the financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Robert Hoffman (actor)

Robert Hoffman (Robert James Hoffman III, born 1980, Gainesville, Florida) is an American actor, dancer, and choreographer known for Step Up 2: The Streets, She's the Man, You Got Served, and his Urban Ninja viral videos.

Robert Horton (actor)

Robert Horton (Meade Howard Horton Jr., 1924–2016) was an American actor and singer, the Flint McCullough of TV's Wagon Train (1957–1962), Broadway's original Starbuck in 110 in the Shade, and star of A Man Called Shenandoah; distinct from the BP executive Sir Robert Horton.

Robert Iler

Robert Iler (born 1985, New York City) is an American actor who played A.J. Soprano on The Sopranos (1999-2007), later moved to Las Vegas as a poker player, and co-hosts the podcast Not Today, Pal with Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

Robert James-Collier

Robert James-Collier (Rob James-Collier, born 1976) is an English actor from Stockport known for Liam Connor in Coronation Street and Thomas Barrow in Downton Abbey and its three films, plus The Ritual, Ackley Bridge, and Cooper & Fry.

Robert John Burke

Robert John Burke, also credited Robert Burke or Robert J. Burke, is an American actor and NY State firefighter captain, known for RoboCop 3, Thinner, Ed Tucker on Law & Order: SVU, and Bart Bass on Gossip Girl.

Robert Joy

Robert Joy, born 1951 in Montréal, Canadian actor and composer; CODCO member, Rhodes scholar, Broadway performer, and known for CSI: NY's Dr. Sid Hammerback and Henry in MGM+'s From.

Robert Kazinsky

Robert Kazinsky (born Robert John Appleby, 1983) is an English actor known for Sean Slater in EastEnders, Chuck Hansen in Pacific Rim, Orgrim Doomhammer in Warcraft, and Warlow in True Blood season 6.

Robert Kelker-Kelly

Robert Kelker-Kelly (1964–2026) was an American soap opera actor, also credited as Robert Kelker Kelly, known for Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives (1992–1995), Sam Fowler on Another World, and Stavros Cassadine on General Hospital; he later became a professional pilot in Missouri.

Robert Klein

Robert Klein (born 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and singer from the Bronx; Second City alumnus, first live comedy concert on HBO (1975), Grammy-nominated for Child of the Fifties, Tony nominee for They're Playing Our Song.

Robert Knepper

Robert Knepper (born 1959, Fremont, Ohio) is an American actor famous as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell on Prison Break (2005–09), with villain roles in Heroes, iZombie, Arrow, The Flash, and films like Hitman and Transporter 3.

Robert Lansing (actor)

Robert Lansing (born Robert Howell Brown, 1928–1994) was an American stage, film, and television actor, remembered for Brig. Gen. Frank Savage in 12 O'Clock High, Steve Carella in 87th Precinct, and Control in The Equalizer.

Robert Lindsay (actor)

Robert Lindsay (Robert Lindsay Stevenson, born 1949, Ilkeston, Derbyshire) is a British actor known for Citizen Smith, G.B.H., My Family, Hornblower, and Me and My Girl, winner of a BAFTA, a Tony, and three Olivier Awards.

Robert Llewellyn

Robert Llewellyn (born 1956, Northampton) is an English actor, comedian, and author who has played Kryten in Red Dwarf since Series III (1989) and presented Scrapheap Challenge and Fully Charged.

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia (Salvatore Loggia, 1930-2015), American character actor; Frank Lopez in Scarface, MacMillan in Big, Feech La Manna in The Sopranos; Oscar-nominated for Jagged Edge, two Emmy nominations.

Robert Longstreet

Robert Longstreet (born 1962 per IMDb; 1975 per TVInsider) is an American actor and producer known for Midnight Mass, Sorry to Bother You, Take Shelter, and recurring roles in Mike Flanagan's Netflix series.