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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.
Below are actors that contain the letter L anywhere in the name. Each of the 74 actors below opens to a full profile.
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List of Actors That Contain L
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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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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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Ben Affleck
American actor, writer, director, and producer, two-time Academy Award winner and longtime collaborator of Matt Damon.
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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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Bruce Lee
Hong Kong American martial artist and actor whose films popularized Chinese martial arts cinema worldwide and inspired generations of action performers.
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Bruce Willis
American actor who became an international action star as John McClane in Die Hard and built a varied career across action, drama, and comedy.
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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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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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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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Colin Firth
English actor known for period drama, romantic leads, and his Academy Award-winning portrayal of King George VI in The King's Speech.
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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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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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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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Errol Flynn
Australian-American actor of the classical Hollywood era best known for swashbuckling adventure films at Warner Bros.
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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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Gene Kelly
American actor, dancer, singer, director, and choreographer who reshaped the Hollywood musical with athletic, naturalistic dance.
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George Clooney
American actor, director, and producer, Academy Award winner for Syriana and Argo, with a long-running career in television and film.
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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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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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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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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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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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Jet Li
Chinese martial artist and actor, multiple-time national wushu champion who became a star of Hong Kong and Hollywood action cinema.
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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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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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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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Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-American actor whose long career as a dramatic lead was reinvented in late life through the Airplane! and Naked Gun comedies.
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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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Mel Gibson
American-born Australian actor and director, two-time Academy Award winner for Best Director and Best Picture for Braveheart.
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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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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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Nick Nolte
American actor of stage and screen known for dramatic leads in The Prince of Tides, Affliction, and 48 Hrs.
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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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Olivier Martinez
French actor known for Unfaithful, Before Night Falls, and Spanish, French, and English-language film and television work.
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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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Owen Wilson
American actor, writer, and producer known for long-running collaborations with Wes Anderson and as a comedy lead in Wedding Crashers and Marley & Me.
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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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Peter OToole
Irish actor known for the title role of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, eight-time Oscar nominee, and recipient of an Academy Honorary Award.
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Peter Sellers
English actor and comedian known for the Pink Panther series as Inspector Clouseau, Dr. Strangelove, and his work with The Goons.
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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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Russell Crowe
New Zealand-Australian actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor for Gladiator and a leading dramatic and historical screen performer.
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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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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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Ulrich Tukur
German actor of stage and screen, known internationally for The Lives of Others, Amen, and the long-running Tatort detective Felix Murot.
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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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Vin Diesel
American actor and producer best known as Dominic Toretto in the Fast and Furious franchise, Riddick in Pitch Black, and Groot in Marvel films.
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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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Wesley Snipes
American actor and martial artist known as Blade across the Marvel film series and for lead roles in action and drama.
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Will Smith
American actor, rapper, and producer known for Men in Black, the Bad Boys series, Independence Day, and Academy Award winner for King Richard.
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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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Yul Brynner
Russian-American actor and singer, Academy Award winner for The King and I and lead of The Magnificent Seven and The Ten Commandments.
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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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