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Aamir Khan
Indian actor, director, and producer regarded as one of Hindi cinema's most influential figures, known for socially themed mainstream films.
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List of Actors That Contain A
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Aaron Eckhart
American actor known for both leading-man and morally complex character work across thrillers, comedies, and prestige drama.
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Aaron Paul
American actor best known as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad and its sequel film, a three-time Primetime Emmy winner.
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Adam Sandler
American actor, comedian, and producer known for broad mainstream comedies and acclaimed dramatic turns later in his career.
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Adrien Brody
American actor known for intense character work, the youngest Best Actor Oscar winner for The Pianist at age 29.
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Al Pacino
American actor regarded among the finest of his generation, Academy Award winner whose career spans gangster epics, stage, and intense character work.
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Alec Baldwin
American actor known for film leads, Saturday Night Live impressions, and a long run on the sitcom 30 Rock.
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Andy Garcia
Cuban-American actor known for leading roles in crime dramas, ensemble heist films, and prestige pictures across four decades.
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Anthony Hopkins
Welsh actor celebrated for stage and screen, two-time Academy Award winner best known as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.
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Antonio Banderas
Spanish actor who rose with Pedro Almodovar's films and became a Hollywood leading man in action, comedy, and animation.
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Ben Affleck
American actor, writer, director, and producer, two-time Academy Award winner and longtime collaborator of Matt Damon.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
English actor known for Sherlock Holmes on BBC, Doctor Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and intense biographical leads.
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Bill Murray
American actor and comedian who rose with Saturday Night Live and built a second career as a melancholic leading man in independent film.
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Brad Pitt
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for acting and producing, with leading roles across more than four decades.
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Brendan Fraser
Canadian-American actor who led action-adventure films in the late 1990s and 2000s and won an Academy Award for The Whale.
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Burt Lancaster
American actor and producer of the classical Hollywood era, Academy Award winner whose career spanned forty-five years.
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Buster Keaton
American silent-era actor, filmmaker, and stunt performer celebrated for his stoic comic persona and elaborate physical comedy.
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Cary Grant
English-American actor of the classical Hollywood era, recognized for screwball comedy, romantic leads, and Hitchcock thrillers.
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Chadwick Boseman
American actor best known as T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther and for biographical leads as Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall.
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Charlton Heston
American actor known for epic and biblical screen roles, Academy Award winner for Ben-Hur and a recurring leading man of mid-century Hollywood.
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Chris Evans
American actor best known as Steve Rogers/Captain America across the Marvel Cinematic Universe and for action and ensemble dramas.
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Christian Bale
English actor known for extreme physical transformation across roles and his portrayal of Batman in Christopher Nolan's trilogy.
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Christoph Waltz
Austrian actor and director who rose to international fame with Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, two-time Academy Award winner.
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Clint Eastwood
American actor, director, and producer with a career spanning seven decades, four-time Academy Award winner across acting and directing.
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Daniel Craig
English actor who played James Bond across five Eon Productions films and led the Knives Out detective franchise.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
English actor regarded as among the finest of his generation, three-time Academy Award winner for Best Actor across My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood, and Lincoln.
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David Niven
English actor and writer of the classical Hollywood era known for sophisticated comedies, war pictures, and his Academy Award-winning role in Separate Tables.
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Denzel Washington
American actor, director, and producer, two-time Academy Award winner across acting categories and one of the foremost dramatic leads of his generation.
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Don Cheadle
American actor, director, and producer known for ensemble dramas, the Ocean's franchise, and the role of James Rhodes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Dustin Hoffman
American actor of the New Hollywood era, two-time Academy Award winner whose career spans Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, and decades of stage work.
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Dwayne Johnson
American actor, producer, and former professional wrestler known by the ring name The Rock and one of the highest-grossing film leads of the modern era.
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Ed Harris
American actor and director known for steely supporting and lead performances in dramas, thrillers, and biographies across more than four decades.
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Eddie Redmayne
English actor known for biographical leads and the title role in the Fantastic Beasts series, Academy Award winner for The Theory of Everything.
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Edward Norton
American actor and filmmaker known for intense character work in Primal Fear, American History X, Fight Club, and Birdman.
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Elijah Wood
American actor best known as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and for varied indie, voice, and franchise work.
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Forest Whitaker
American actor, producer, and director, Academy Award winner for his portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.
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Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor whose film career included an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity and leading roles across drama and musical comedy.
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Fred Astaire
American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer regarded as one of the most influential dancers in the history of film and television.
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Gary Cooper
American actor of the classical Hollywood era, two-time Academy Award winner whose career bridged silent films and the early 1960s.
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Gary Oldman
English actor known for villains and historical leads, Academy Award winner for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish actor and producer known for action leads, fantasy epics, and the role of King Leonidas in 300.
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Harrison Ford
American actor whose career-defining roles include Han Solo in Star Wars and Indiana Jones across five films directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Heath Ledger
Australian actor who rose with Brokeback Mountain and won the Academy Award for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
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Henry Fonda
American actor of stage and screen whose six-decade career ranged from John Ford Westerns to On Golden Pond, his final and Oscar-winning role.
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Hugh Grant
English actor known for romantic comedies in the 1990s and 2000s and a later turn to character work in dramas and thrillers.
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Hugh Jackman
Australian actor, singer, and producer best known as Wolverine in the X-Men films and for leading musical theatre and film roles.
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Humphrey Bogart
American actor of the classical Hollywood era, defining film noir star and Academy Award winner for The African Queen.
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Ian McKellen
English actor of stage and screen, six-decade career across Shakespeare on stage and lead franchise work as Gandalf and Magneto.
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Idris Elba
English actor and producer known for The Wire, Luther, and lead roles in studio franchises across action, drama, and animation.
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Irrfan Khan
Indian actor of Hindi cinema and international film, acclaimed for naturalistic performances in dramas including The Lunchbox and Life of Pi.
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Jack Nicholson
American actor of the New Hollywood era, three-time Academy Award winner across acting categories and a defining figure of 1970s American cinema.
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Jackie Chan
Hong Kong martial artist, actor, and filmmaker known for action-comedy and elaborate stunt work, with a career spanning more than five decades.
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James Stewart
American actor of the classical Hollywood era, Academy Award winner for The Philadelphia Story and a long Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock collaborator.
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Jamie Foxx
American actor, singer, and comedian, Academy Award winner for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray.
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Jared Leto
American actor and musician, Academy Award winner for Dallas Buyers Club, and lead singer of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
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Jason Statham
English actor and former competitive diver known as an action lead in the Transporter, Crank, and Fast and Furious franchises.
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Joaquin Phoenix
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for Best Actor for his portrayal of Arthur Fleck in Joker.
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John Travolta
American actor, singer, and dancer who rose with Saturday Night Fever and revived his career with Pulp Fiction.
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Jude Law
English actor and producer known for leads in Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Sherlock Holmes alongside the Fantastic Beasts franchise.
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Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor known for the Matrix and John Wick franchises, Speed, and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
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Ken Watanabe
Japanese actor known for The Last Samurai, Letters from Iwo Jima, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Christopher Nolan's Inception.
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Kevin Bacon
American actor known for Footloose, Mystic River, A Few Good Men, and the long-running parlour game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
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Kirk Douglas
American actor and producer of the classical Hollywood era known for Spartacus, Paths of Glory, and Lust for Life.
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Kit Harington
English actor best known as Jon Snow on HBO's Game of Thrones, with feature roles in Pompeii, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan, and Eternals.
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Laurence Olivier
English actor, director, and producer regarded as one of the foremost Shakespearean actors of the twentieth century and Academy Award winner for Hamlet.
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Lee Marvin
American actor of the classical and New Hollywood eras, Academy Award winner for Cat Ballou and lead of war films and Westerns.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for The Revenant and long-running collaborator of Martin Scorsese.
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Liam Neeson
Northern Irish actor known for Schindler's List, the Taken franchise, and a long line of dramatic and action leads.
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Mark Wahlberg
American actor, producer, and former rapper known as Marky Mark, leading roles across action, crime drama, and the Ted franchise.
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Marlon Brando
American actor regarded as among the most influential of the twentieth century, two-time Academy Award winner whose method work reshaped screen acting.
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Matt Damon
American actor, producer, and screenwriter, Academy Award winner for Good Will Hunting and longtime collaborator of Ben Affleck and Steven Soderbergh.
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Matthew McConaughey
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for Dallas Buyers Club, with a career across romantic comedies, dramas, and the McConaissance.
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Michael Caine
English actor, two-time Academy Award winner for Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules, with a six-decade career.
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Michael Douglas
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for Best Actor for Wall Street and Best Picture as producer for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Michael Fassbender
Irish-German actor known for dramatic and franchise leads including 12 Years a Slave, Shame, and the prequel X-Men films.
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Morgan Freeman
American actor and producer, Academy Award winner for Million Dollar Baby and one of the most recognizable narrative voices in modern film.
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Naseeruddin Shah
Indian actor of stage, parallel cinema, and mainstream Hindi film, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and four-time National Film Award winner.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian actor known for the cult sci-fi series Firefly, ABC's Castle and The Rookie, and Marvel and DC franchise appearances.
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Nicolas Cage
American actor known for an eclectic career spanning Leaving Las Vegas, the National Treasure series, and recent independent dramas.
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Norman Reedus
American actor and model best known as Daryl Dixon on AMC's The Walking Dead and as Murphy MacManus in The Boondock Saints.
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Olivier Martinez
French actor known for Unfaithful, Before Night Falls, and Spanish, French, and English-language film and television work.
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Omar Sharif
Egyptian actor of international film known for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Funny Girl.
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Orlando Bloom
English actor known for Legolas in The Lord of the Rings, Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean, and Carnival Row.
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Oscar Isaac
American actor of Guatemalan birth known for Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex Machina, Star Wars sequels, and Marvel's Moon Knight.
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Patrick Stewart
English actor known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek The Next Generation and Professor X in the X-Men films, with a long Shakespearean stage career.
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Paul Newman
American actor, racing driver, and entrepreneur, Academy Award winner for The Color of Money and a defining leading man of New Hollywood.
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Pierce Brosnan
Irish actor known for four James Bond films, Remington Steele, and Mamma Mia, with a long career across action and romantic comedy.
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Quentin Tarantino
American filmmaker and actor known for writing and directing Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Inglourious Basterds, with occasional screen acting appearances.
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Richard Burton
Welsh actor of stage and screen, seven-time Academy Award nominee known for Shakespeare, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
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Robin Williams
American actor and comedian, Academy Award winner for Good Will Hunting, known for Aladdin, Dead Poets Society, and stand-up.
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Ryan Gosling
Canadian actor known for La La Land, Drive, The Notebook, and Barbie, with Academy Award nominations across drama, musical, and comedy.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian actor and producer best known as the title character in the Deadpool franchise and for romantic comedies and action films.
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Salman Khan
Indian actor, producer, and television presenter known as one of Hindi cinema's leading box-office stars across romance, action, and family films.
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Samuel L Jackson
American actor among the highest-grossing leads in film history, known for collaborations with Quentin Tarantino and as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Sean Connery
Scottish actor who originated the screen James Bond and won an Academy Award for The Untouchables.
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Sean Penn
American actor and filmmaker, two-time Academy Award winner for Mystic River and Milk and a director of dramas including Into the Wild.
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Shah Rukh Khan
Indian actor and producer of Hindi cinema, called the King of Bollywood, with one of the largest global fan bases in film.
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Steve Carell
American actor and comedian known for The Office, Anchorman, and Foxcatcher, with Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for dramatic work.
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Sylvester Stallone
American actor, screenwriter, and director known for the Rocky and Rambo franchises and as a founding lead of The Expendables.
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Tobey Maguire
American actor best known as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's trilogy and for Seabiscuit, The Cider House Rules, and Brothers.
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Tom Hanks
American actor and producer, two-time Academy Award winner for Best Actor for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.
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Tom Hardy
English actor known for Bronson, Mad Max Fury Road, the Venom franchise, and collaborations with Christopher Nolan.
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Uday Chopra
Indian actor and producer of Hindi cinema known for the Dhoom action franchise and producing Hollywood and Indian films through Yash Raj Films.
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Ugo Tognazzi
Italian actor of the post-war commedia all'italiana, Cannes Best Actor winner for The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man.
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Val Kilmer
American actor known for Top Gun, Heat, The Doors, Tombstone, and the title role in Batman Forever.
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Walton Goggins
American actor known for The Shield, Justified, the Tarantino films Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight, and the Amazon series Fallout.
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Willem Dafoe
American actor known for Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, Spider-Man, and a four-time Academy Award nominee.
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Woody Harrelson
American actor known for Cheers, Natural Born Killers, No Country for Old Men, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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Xander Berkeley
American actor known for 24 as George Mason, The Walking Dead as Gregory, Air Force One, and Terminator 2 Judgment Day.
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Xavier Samuel
Australian actor known for The Twilight Saga Eclipse, Anonymous, Adore, and Australian dramas including Love and Honor.
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Xolo Mariduena
American actor known as Miguel Diaz on Cobra Kai and as the title role in DC's Blue Beetle.
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Yoo Ah-in
South Korean actor known for Burning, The Throne, Hellbound, and Korean independent and franchise film and television.
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Yusuke Iseya
Japanese actor and filmmaker known for 13 Assassins, Casshern, Sweet Rain Accuracy of Death, and the Netflix prison drama First Love.
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Zac Efron
American actor known for the High School Musical trilogy, The Greatest Showman, Baywatch, and The Iron Claw.
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Zach Galifianakis
American actor and comedian known for The Hangover trilogy, Between Two Ferns, and FX's Baskets.
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Zachary Quinto
American actor known as Sylar on Heroes and as Spock in the rebooted Star Trek film series.
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