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Top 100 greatest actors of all time
The greatest actors and actresses of all time, ranked by everyone, one head-to-head pick at a time. Build your own Top 10 and see it next to the world's.
120 actors and actresses, from Charlie Chaplin, Katharine Hepburn and Marlon Brando to Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington and Zendaya. The starting order draws on AFI's 100 greatest screen legends and the Academy Awards; after that the votes decide.
- Marlon Brando United States · 1924–2004
- Al Pacino United States · 1940–
- Robert De Niro United States · 1943–
- Jack Nicholson United States · 1937–
- Denzel Washington United States · 1954–
- Meryl Streep United States · 1949–
- Leonardo DiCaprio United States · 1974–
- Tom Hanks United States · 1956–
- Katharine Hepburn United States · 1907–2003
- Audrey Hepburn United Kingdom · 1929–1993
- Charlie Chaplin United Kingdom · 1889–1977
- Dustin Hoffman United States · 1937–
- Robin Williams United States · 1951–2014
- Marilyn Monroe United States · 1926–1962
- Daniel Day-Lewis United Kingdom · 1957–
- Humphrey Bogart United States · 1899–1957
- Cate Blanchett Australia · 1969–
- Brad Pitt United States · 1963–
- Anthony Hopkins United Kingdom · 1937–
- Sandra Bullock United States · 1964–
- Henry Fonda United States · 1905–1982
- Ingrid Bergman Sweden · 1915–1982
- Jane Fonda United States · 1937–
- Spencer Tracy United States · 1900–1967
- Nicole Kidman United States · 1967–
- Paul Newman United States · 1925–2008
- Elizabeth Taylor United Kingdom · 1932–2011
- James Stewart United States · 1908–1997
- Laurence Olivier United Kingdom · 1907–1989
- Natalie Portman United States · 1981–
- Anne Hathaway United States · 1982–
- Julia Roberts United States · 1967–
- Tom Cruise United States · 1962–
- George Clooney United States · 1961–
- Kate Winslet United Kingdom · 1975–
- Angelina Jolie United States · 1975–
- Sean Penn United States · 1960–
- Gary Oldman United Kingdom · 1958–
- John Wayne United States · 1907–1979
- Clark Gable United States · 1901–1960
- Jackie Chan Hong Kong · 1954–
- Grace Kelly United States · 1929–1982
- Bradley Cooper United States · 1975–
- Nicolas Cage United States · 1964–
- Cary Grant United Kingdom · 1904–1986
- Jennifer Lawrence United States · 1990–
- Emma Watson United Kingdom · 1990–
- Tom Holland United Kingdom · 1996–
- Emma Stone United States · 1988–
- Michael Caine United Kingdom · 1933–
- Russell Crowe Australia · 1964–
- Viola Davis United States · 1965–
- Robert Downey Jr. United States · 1965–
- Johnny Depp United States · 1963–
- Orson Welles United States · 1915–1985
- Tim Curry United Kingdom · 1946–2026
- Bette Davis United States · 1908–1989
- Charlize Theron South Africa · 1975–
- Scarlett Johansson United States · 1984–
- Samuel L. Jackson United States · 1948–
- Morgan Freeman United States · 1937–
- Greta Garbo United States · 1905–1990
- Gregory Peck United States · 1916–2003
- Sylvester Stallone United States · 1946–
- Jodie Foster United States · 1962–
- Matt Damon United States · 1970–
- Keanu Reeves Canada · 1964–
- Christian Bale United Kingdom · 1974–
- Clint Eastwood United States · 1930–
- Sean Connery United Kingdom · 1930–2020
- Hugh Jackman Australia · 1968–
- Kevin Costner United States · 1955–
- Heath Ledger Australia · 1979–2008
- Arnold Schwarzenegger United States · 1947–
- Sophia Loren Italy · 1934–
- Zendaya United States · 1996–
- Penélope Cruz Spain · 1974–
- Andrew Garfield United Kingdom · 1983–
- Matthew McConaughey United States · 1969–
- Maggie Smith United Kingdom · 1934–2024
- Diane Keaton United States · 1946–2025
- Rowan Atkinson United Kingdom · 1955–
- Bruce Willis United States · 1955–
- Dwayne Johnson Canada · 1972–
- Jennifer Aniston United States · 1969–
- Will Smith United States · 1968–
- Judy Garland United States · 1922–1969
- Helen Mirren United Kingdom · 1945–
- Robert Duvall United States · 1931–2026
- Julie Andrews United Kingdom · 1935–
- Cillian Murphy Ireland · 1976–
- Jennifer Connelly United States · 1970–
- Joaquin Phoenix United States · 1974–
- Bruce Lee Hong Kong · 1940–1973
- Susan Sarandon United States · 1946–
- Sidney Poitier United States · 1927–2022
- Gwyneth Paltrow United States · 1972–
- Harrison Ford United States · 1942–
- Daniel Craig United Kingdom · 1968–
- James Dean United States · 1931–1955