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Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor. Considered one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2008. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 1993.
Richard Burton
Richard Walter Burton was a Welsh actor.
Michael Sheen
Welsh actor
John Rhys-Davies
Welsh actor
Luke Evans
Welsh actor and singer
Rhys Ifans
Welsh actor
Iwan Rheon
British actor and musician
Hugh Griffith
Welsh actor (1912–1980)
Ioan Gruffudd
Welsh actor (born 1973)
Arthur Machen
Welsh author and mystic (1863–1947)
Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys Evans is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series The Americans (2013–2018). For his performance in The Americans, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2019. He was also nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for his guest role in Girls (2017) and for playing the title role in the period series Perry Mason (2020–2023). In 2025, he appeared as Nile Jarvis in the crime thriller series The Beast in Me.
Ivor Novello
Welsh composer and actor (1893–1951)
Roger Rees
British actor (1944–2015)
Vincent Regan
British actor
Aneurin Barnard
Welsh actor (born 1987)
Stanley Baker
Welsh actor (1928–1976)
Tom Cullen
British actor
Gareth David-Lloyd
Welsh actor, writer (b. 1981)
Matt Ryan
Welsh actor
Alexander Vlahos
Welsh actor
Andrew Howard
Welsh actor
Mark Lewis Jones
Welsh actor
Aled Jones
British singer and TV presenter
Paul Rhys
Welsh actor
Emlyn Williams
Welsh writer, dramatist and actor (1905-1987)
Kenneth Griffith
Welsh actor (1921-2006)
Shaheen Jafargholi
British actor
Victor Spinetti
Welsh actor and theatre director
Mervyn Johns
Welsh actor (1899–1992)
Gareth Thomas
British actor (1945–2016)
Kai Owen
Welsh actor
Trystan Gravelle
British actor
Tom Rhys Harries
British actor
Leon Pownall
British actor (1943–2006)
Daniel Evans
Welsh actor
Naunton Wayne
Welsh actor (1901-1970)
Chico Slimani
Welsh singer of Moroccan descent
Ronald Lewis
British actor (1928–1982)
Tom Ward
British actor
Owain Arthur
British actor
Christopher Timothy
British actor
Paul Sharma
British actor
Desmond Barrit
Welsh actor (1944-2026)
Lyn Harding
British actor (1867-1952)
Bryn Fôn
Welsh actor and singer-songwriter
Gareth Hughes
British actor (1894-1965)
Karl Johnson
Welsh actor
Keith Baxter
British actor
Ray Smith
Welsh actor (1936-1991)
William Squire
Welsh actor (1917–1989)
Stan Stennett
Welsh musician and comedian (1925-2013)
Michael Elwyn
Welsh actor
Ian Puleston-Davies
Welsh actor
Roddy Hughes
British actor (1891-1970)
Callum Scott Howells
British actor
William Jones
Australian political radical and Chartist (1809–1873)
Ivor Barry
British actor (1919-2006)
John Stone
Welsh actor (1924-2007)
Clifford Williams
Welsh actor (1926-2005)
Garnon Davies
British actor