Date of Birth: October 19, 1940
This Dublin, Ireland native moved to London, England with his family when he was five years old. Ten years later he left
Date of Birth: August 24, 1957
A true Renaissance man, Stephen Fry is not only a successful writer, actor and director but is also known in his native Britain for his wo
Date of Birth: May 5, 1957
Known to play upper-class eccentric English characters, Grant was surprisingly not born in England, but in the small country of Sw
HELEN MIRREN
Birth Name: Ilyena Lydia Mironoff
Date of Birth: July 26, 1945
Born and raised in London, England, Mirren is a descendant of a Russian noble famil
CLIVE OWEN
Date of Birth: October 3, 1964
Born in England, Clive Owen was accepted into the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1984. After graduation, h
DAME MAGGIE SMITH
Birth Name: Margaret Natalie Smith
Date of Birth: December 28, 1934
Stage and screen actress Maggie Smith was born in Essex, England, but mov
EMILY WATSON
Date of Birth: January 14, 1967
Raised by an architect dad and a mom who was a teacher, the British born Emily Watson followed a stint at Bristol University
JEREMY NORTHAM
Date of Birth: December 1, 1961
Born in Cambridge, the fourth child of an English professor father and a potter mother, Northan was educated at London Uni
SIR DEREK JACOBI
Date of Birth: October 22, 1938
With a mother who harbored theatricaler. When he was six, Jacobi began to appear in local library and school productions. Th
KELLY MACDONALD
Date of Birth: February 23, 1976
Scotland-born actress Kelly Macdonald was getting ready to apply to drama school and working as a barmaid when she saw
RYAN PHILLIPPE
Date of Birth: September 10, 1974
Birth name: Matthew Ryan Phillippe
Discovered while getting a haircut in his native Delaware, Ryan Phillippe's interest
BOB BALABAN
Date of Birth: August 16, 1945/
Born in Chicago, Bob Balaban is the son of Elmer Balaban, who was one of seven brothers who built Chicago's first "super-coloss
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS
Date of Birth: May 24, 1960
Flying accidents have played a huge role in Kristin Scott Thomas' life. Born in Redruth, Cornwall, Thomas was
Date of Birth: January 16, 1979
The son of an Army test pilot, Trent Ford was born in Ohio but attended high school in 18 different cities. Much of his adolescence was spen
CHARLES DANCE
Date of Birth: October 10, 1946