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Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe

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Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine (Ermes Effron Borgnino, 1917-2012), American actor, Oscar winner for Marty (1955), star of McHale's Navy and Airwolf, voice of Mermaid Man in SpongeBob SquarePants.

Ernest Harden Jr.

Ernest Harden Jr., also credited as Ernest Harden, is an American actor and producer born 1952 in Detroit, known for The Jeffersons, White Mama, and his 2026 Emmy-winning guest role as Louie Cloverfield on The Pitt.

Ernest Kingsley Jr

Ernest Kingsley Jr, also credited as Ernest Kingsley Junior, is an English stage and television actor who plays the adult Wash Black in Hulu's Washington Black (2025).

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee Thomas (born 1950 or 1949, Gary, Indiana) is an American actor, Roger "Raj" Thomas on What's Happening!! and What's Happening Now!!, and Mr. Omar on Everybody Hates Chris; also Malcolm X and Funny People.

Ernestine Johnson Morrison

Ernestine Johnson Morrison is an American actress, spoken word poet, and producer, best known for her viral poem "Average Black Girl" on The Arsenio Hall Show.

Ernie Dingo

Ernie Dingo (born 1956, Oondamooroo) is a Yamatji Australian actor and TV presenter from Bullardoo Station, WA, known for Tudawali, Crocodile Dundee II, The Great Outdoors, and the Order of Australia.

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson (Earnest Lee Hudson, born 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan) is an American actor known as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters films, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz, and star of Quantum Leap and Boston Blue.

Ernie Kovacs

Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), American comedian and television pioneer from Trenton, New Jersey, creator of The Ernie Kovacs Show, the wordless Eugene, and Percy Dovetonsils; known for visual gags, camera experimentation, and posthumous Emmy and Hall of Fame honors.

Ernie Lively

Ernie Lively (Ernest Wilson Brown Jr., 1947–2021), American character actor, acting coach, and director; father of Blake Lively; known for Passenger 57, Turner & Hooch, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn (1909–1959), Australian-born Hollywood swashbuckler star of Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood; acquitted at his 1943 statutory rape trial; died in Vancouver aged 50.

Erroll Shand

Erroll Shand (born 1973) is a New Zealand actor trained at the University of Southern Queensland, known for Terry Clark in Underbelly, Patrick Harrows in The Twelve, and Edgar Price in Evil Dead Burn.

Eryk Kulm

Eryk Kulm (Eryk Kulm Jr.), Polish actor born 1990, star of Filip (2022), Bokser (2024), and the Chopin biopic Chopin, Chopin! (2025); Eagle-winning best actor who performs his own piano parts.

Esai Morales

Esai Morales (Esaí Manuel Morales D'Clet, born 1962), American actor of Puerto Rican descent from Brooklyn: Bob Morales in La Bamba (1987), Lt. Tony Rodriguez on NYPD Blue, Gabriel in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning, NHFA co-founder.

Esmé Bianco

Esmé Augusta Bianco, English actress, model, and burlesque performer born 1982 in St Albans; best known as Ros in Game of Thrones seasons 1–3 and Jane Chatwin in The Magicians; settled 2023 lawsuit against Marilyn Manson.

Esra Bilgiç

Esra Bilgiç (born 1992, Ankara) is a Turkish actress who played Halime Hatun in Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014–2018), later starring in Ramo, Kanunsuz Topraklar, and the Atatürk films; distinct from academic Esra Ercan Bilgiç.

Essie Davis

Essie Davis (Esther Davis), Australian actress born 1970 in Hobart, Tasmania; NIDA graduate known for Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Amelia in The Babadook; Olivier Award 2003, Tony nominee, two AACTA wins.

Estella Warren

The Canadian actress and model Estella Warren gained initial attention as a synchronized swimming champion, then moved to modeling and appeared in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001).

Estelle Getty

Estelle Getty (Estelle Scher-Gettleman, 1923–2008), American actress and comedian; Broadway's Mrs. Beckoff in Torch Song Trilogy, Emmy-winning Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls, Disney Legend 2009.

Estelle Harris

Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1928-2022), American actress and comedian, played Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld (27 episodes, 1992-1998) and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story 2, 3, and 4.

Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons (born November 20, 1927), American actress and stage director; Oscar winner for Bonnie and Clyde, first female network TV political reporter on Today, Bev Harris on Roseanne, Actors Studio artistic director.

Estelle Reiner

Estelle Reiner (Estelle Lebost, 1914-2008), American jazz singer, painter, and actress, wife of Carl Reiner and mother of Rob Reiner; delivered "I'll have what she's having" in When Harry Met Sally and began singing professionally at 65.

Estelle Winwood

Estelle Winwood (born Estelle Ruth Goodwin, 1883–1984) was an English-born stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from the Liverpool Repertory Company and Broadway (1916) to Hollywood films including The Producers and Murder by Death, retiring after 80 years as the Screen Actors Guild's oldest member.

Ester Expósito

Ester Expósito (Madrid, 26 January 2000) is the Spanish actress known as Carla Rosón in Netflix's Élite, later starring in Venus (Fotogramas de Plata 2022), Perdidos en la noche, El llanto, and El talento.

Estevez family

The Estevez family, also called the Sheen family, is an American acting dynasty of Spanish-Irish descent: Martin Sheen (born Ramón Estévez, never legally renamed), brother Joe, and children Emilio, Ramon, Charlie Sheen, and Renée Estevez.

Esther McGregor

Esther (Esther-Rose) McGregor, born 2001 in London, is a British actress, model, musician, and tattoo artist, daughter of Ewan McGregor; known for We Were Liars, Babygirl, The Room Next Door, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Esther Rolle

Esther Rolle (1920-1998), American stage and television actress, played Florida Evans on Maude and Good Times, one of TV's first two-parent Black families; Emmy winner who protested stereotyping on Good Times.

Esther Smith

Esther Smith, born 1986 in Stourbridge, is an English actress known as Nikki Newman in Apple TV+'s Trying (BAFTA-nominated), Rachel in Cuckoo, and the original Delphi Diggory in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Esther Williams

Esther Williams (Esther Jane Williams, 1921-2013), America's Mermaid, was a U.S. swimming champion and MGM star of 26 Technicolor aquamusicals including Bathing Beauty and Million Dollar Mermaid.

Ethan Browne

Ethan Browne (born 1991) is a New Zealand Māori actor who plays Tane Parata on Home and Away since 2020; NIDA graduate, formerly a civil engineer. Distinct from Ethan Zane Browne (1973–2025), Jackson Browne's son.

Ethan Cutkosky

Ethan Cutkosky (Ethan Francis Cutkosky), American actor born 1999 in St. Charles, Illinois; played Carl Gallagher in all 134 episodes of Showtime's Shameless (2011–2021), the SVU villain Henry Mesner, and Wayne in Happy Gilmore 2 (2025); also a musician and founder of the Khaotic Collective clothing brand.