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Film actor Biographies
Every archived life recorded as film actor, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Vlad Zamfir
b. March 1, 1974
Romanian actor
Contemporary era
Brock Pierce
b. November 14, 1980
Entrepreneur, former child actor
Heather Morgan
American actor and comedian
Modern era
Ronald Reagan
February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004
President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
Modern era
Eva Peron
May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952
Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
Modern era
Hedy Lamarr
November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000
Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)
Modern era
Luciano Pavarotti
October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007
Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)
Modern era
Charlie Chaplin
April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977
Silent-film genius whose Tramp became cinema's first icon
Modern era
Martin Scorsese
b. November 17, 1942
American filmmaker (born 1942)
Modern era
Greta Garbo
September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990
Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)
Modern era
Humphrey Bogart
December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957
American actor (1899–1957)
Modern era
Ingrid Bergman
August 29, 1915 – August 29, 1982
Swedish actress (1915–1982)
Modern era
Katharine Hepburn
May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003
American actress (1907–2003)
Modern era
Audrey Hepburn
May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993
British actress (1929–1993)
Modern era
Grace Kelly
November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982
American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)
Modern era
Marilyn Monroe
June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Modern era
Judy Garland
June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969
American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian (1922–1969)
Modern era
Fred Astaire
May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987
American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)
Modern era
Clark Gable
February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960
American actor (1901–1960)
Modern era
Cary Grant
January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986
British-American actor (1904–1986)
Modern era
John Wayne
May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979
American actor (1907–1979)
Modern era
Laurence Olivier
May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989
English actor and director (1907–1989)
Modern era
James Dean
February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955
American actor (1931–1955)
Modern era
Marlon Brando
April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004
American actor (1924–2004)
Modern era
Paul Newman
January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008
American actor (1925–2008)
Modern era
Clint Eastwood
b. May 31, 1930
American actor and film director (born 1930)
Modern era
Sidney Poitier
February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022
Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)
Modern era
Sean Connery
August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
Modern era
Robert De Niro
b. August 17, 1943
American actor (born 1943)
Modern era
Al Pacino
b. April 25, 1940
American actor (born 1940)
Modern era
Jack Nicholson
b. April 22, 1937
American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)
Contemporary era
Meryl Streep
b. June 22, 1949
American actress
Contemporary era
Tom Hanks
b. July 9, 1956
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
Contemporary era
Denzel Washington
b. December 28, 1954
American actor (born 1954)
Contemporary era
Robin Williams
July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014
American actor and comedian (1951–2014)
Contemporary era
Leonardo DiCaprio
b. November 11, 1974
American actor and producer (born 1974)
Contemporary era
Johnny Depp
b. June 9, 1963
American actor (born 1963)
Contemporary era
Brad Pitt
b. December 18, 1963
American actor (born 1963)
Contemporary era
Angelina Jolie
b. June 4, 1975
American actress (born 1975)
Contemporary era
Julia Roberts
b. October 28, 1967
American actress (born 1967)
Contemporary era
Will Smith
b. September 25, 1968
American actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968)
Contemporary era
Keanu Reeves
b. September 2, 1964
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
Contemporary era
Bruce Lee
November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973
Martial artist and actor who carried kung fu to the world
Contemporary era
Jackie Chan
b. April 7, 1954
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
Modern era
Amitabh Bachchan
b. October 11, 1942
Indian film actor (born 1942)
Contemporary era
Heath Ledger
April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008
Australian actor (1979–2008)
Contemporary era
Chadwick Boseman
November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020
American actor (1976–2020)
Modern era
Frank Sinatra
December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998
American singer and actor (1915–1998)
Contemporary era
Umm Kulthum
December 31, 1898 – February 3, 1975
Egyptian singer called the Voice of the Arabs
Modern era
Elvis Presley
January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
Modern era
Bob Dylan
b. May 24, 1941
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Contemporary era
Elton John
b. March 25, 1947
British singer, songwriter and musician (born 1947)
Modern era
Lata Mangeshkar
September 28, 1929 – February 6, 2022
Indian singer (1929–2022)
Contemporary era
Prince
June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016
American musician (1958–2016)
Contemporary era
Whitney Houston
August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012
American singer, actress, and film producer (1963–2012)
Contemporary era
Lady Gaga
b. March 20, 1986
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
Contemporary era
Hilary Duff
b. September 28, 1987
American actress and singer (born 1987)
Modern era
Sugar Ray Robinson
May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989
American boxer (1921–1989)
Contemporary era
Pelé
October 23, 1940 – December 29, 2022
Brazilian footballer, three-time World Cup winner, the game's first global king
Contemporary era
Atif Aslam
b. March 12, 1983
Pakistani playback singer and songwriter