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Adam Sandler
American actor, comedian, and producer known for broad mainstream comedies and acclaimed dramatic turns later in his career.
Below are actors that contain the letter S anywhere in the name. Each of the 73 actors below opens to a full profile.
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List of Actors That Contain S
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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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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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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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Buster Keaton
American silent-era actor, filmmaker, and stunt performer celebrated for his stoic comic persona and elaborate physical comedy.
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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 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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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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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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Forrest Tucker
American actor of stage and screen known for Westerns, war films, and the long-running sitcom F Troop.
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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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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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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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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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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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Jeff Bridges
American actor, Academy Award winner for Crazy Heart and the lead of The Big Lebowski, with a six-decade career across drama and Westerns.
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Jeremy Irons
English actor known for stage classics, prestige film leads, and his Academy Award-winning portrayal of Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune.
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Joe Pesci
American actor known for collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Academy Award winner for Goodfellas.
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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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Kevin Costner
American actor, director, and producer, two-time Academy Award winner for Dances with Wolves across Best Director and Best Picture.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Omar Sharif
Egyptian actor of international film known for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Funny Girl.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sidney Poitier
Bahamian-American actor, the first Black recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor and a defining lead of post-war American film.
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Steve Buscemi
American actor and director known for the Coen brothers' films, Reservoir Dogs, Fargo, and the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.
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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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Steve McQueen
American actor of the New Hollywood era nicknamed the King of Cool, known for Bullitt, The Great Escape, and The Magnificent Seven.
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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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Tom Cruise
American actor and producer known for the Mission Impossible and Top Gun franchises and as one of the highest-grossing film leads in history.
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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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Toshiro Mifune
Japanese actor regarded as one of the foremost stars of post-war cinema, lead of sixteen films directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Viggo Mortensen
Danish-American actor known as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, with Academy Award nominations for Eastern Promises, Captain Fantastic, and Green Book.
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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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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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Xavier Samuel
Australian actor known for The Twilight Saga Eclipse, Anonymous, Adore, and Australian dramas including Love and Honor.
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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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Zach Galifianakis
American actor and comedian known for The Hangover trilogy, Between Two Ferns, and FX's Baskets.
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