Top 100 Asian Actors

1. Sabu

Sabu Dastagir (or Selar Shaik Sabu, depending on your resource) was born on January 27, 1924, in the little town of Mysore, India, which is nestled in the jungles of Karapur. The son of an elephant driver (mahout) in service for the Maharajah of his town, the young stable boy learned responsibility...

2. Wei Li

Actor | Xiao cheng zhi chun

Wei Li was born on October 25, 1919 in Shijiazhuang, China. He was an actor and director, known for Spring in a Small Town (1948), Shan lin zhong tou yi ge nu ren (1986) and Ju Dou (1990). He died on August 21, 2005 in Shanghai, China.

3. Ichirô Sugai

Actor | Shiosai

Ichirô Sugai was born on July 25, 1907 in Kyoto, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Shiosai (1964), Dorodarake no seishun (1954) and Early Summer (1951). He died on August 11, 1973.

4. Chishû Ryû

Actor | Tôkyô monogatari

What an amazing career! Few can boast a longer one (64 years of activity). Few have been able to have to relate to three generations. And it is pretty sure that no one can compare with him in terms of faithfulness to a director: Chishu Ryu indeed appeared in no fewer than fifty-two out of ...

5. Masayuki Mori

Actor | Rashômon

Masayuki Mori was born on January 13, 1911 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He was an actor, known for Rashomon (1950), The Bad Sleep Well (1960) and The Idiot (1951). He died on October 7, 1973.

6. Sô Yamamura

Actor | Tora! Tora! Tora!

Sô Yamamura was born on February 24, 1910 in Tenri, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Kuroi ushio (1954) and Gung Ho (1986). He was married to Yuriko Yamamura. He died on May 26, 2000 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.

7. Takashi Shimura

Actor | Shichinin no samurai

Japanese character actor Takashi Shimura was one of the finest film actors of the 20th century and a leading member of the "stock company" of master director Akira Kurosawa. A native of southern Japan, Shimura was a descendant of the samurai warrior class. Following university training, he founded ...

8. Toshirô Mifune

Actor | Yôjinbô

Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in ...

9. Kazuo Hasegawa

Actor | Hasegawa Kazuo no Zenigata Heiji Torimonohikae: Heiji Happyakuyacho

Born in Kyoto in 1908. His birthplace was a sake brewery in Fushimi called Nagoya. In 1913, at the age of five, he was pushed into playing the role of Kan Shusai in the play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami. This set him on the path to becoming a kabuki actor. Although he worked assiduously on his ...

10. Eitarô Shindô

Actor | Gion bayashi

Eitarô Shindô was born on November 10, 1899 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was an actor, known for A Geisha (1953), Onna no issho (1953) and Drunken Angel (1948). He died on February 18, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan.

11. Isao Yamagata

Actor | Shichinin no samurai

Isao Yamagata was born on July 25, 1915 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Seven Samurai (1954), The Master Spearman (1960) and Ujô (1957). He died on June 28, 1996.

12. Minoru Chiaki

Actor | Shichinin no samurai

Japanese character actor equally adept at comic or seriously unsavory roles. Chiaki graduated from the University of Chuo with degrees in economics and commerce, but almost immediately found that his interest lay more with the theatre. In 1937, he began to study with the Shin-Tsukiji Gekidan ("The ...

13. Eiji Okada

Actor | Hiroshima mon amour

Eiji Okada was born on June 13, 1920 in Chiba, Japan. He was an actor, known for Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Boy Detectives Club - The Iron Fiend (1957). He was married to Wasa, Aiko. He died on September 14, 1995 in Japan.

14. Soumitra Chatterjee

Actor | Apur Sansar

Soumitra Chatterjee is an Indian actor, playwright and poet. World-renowned film director Satyajit Ray has acted in multiple shadow films. He has made Bengali film a place in the court of the world. In his long acting career, he has received many awards from home and abroad. His films have also won...

15. Ganjirô Nakamura

Actor | Enjô

Ganjirô Nakamura was born on February 17, 1902 in Osaka, Japan. He was an actor, known for Conflagration (1958), Summer Clouds (1958) and Floating Weeds (1959). He died on April 13, 1983.

16. Tatsuya Nakadai

Actor | Seppuku

Japanese leading man, an important star and one of the handful of Japanese actors well known outside Japan. Nakadai was a tall handsome clerk in a Tokyo shop when director Masaki Kobayashi encountered him and cast him in The Thick-Walled Room (1956). Nakadai was subsequently cast in the lead role in...

17. Hisashi Igawa

Actor | Ran

Hisashi Igawa was born on November 17, 1936 in Shenyang, Occupied Manchuria. He is an actor, known for Ran (1985), Dreams (1990) and Tampopo (1985).

18. Eijirô Tôno

Actor | Tora! Tora! Tora!

Eijirô Tôno was born on September 17, 1907 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Yojimbo (1961) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). He died on September 8, 1994.

19. Keiji Sada

Actor | Anata kaimasu

Keiji Sada was born on December 9, 1926 in Kyoto City, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for I Will Buy You (1956), Taifû sôdôki (1956) and Good Morning (1959). He died on August 17, 1964 in Nirazaki, Japan.

20. Tetsurô Tanba

Actor | You Only Live Twice

Tetsurô Tanba was born on July 17, 1922 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for You Only Live Twice (1967), Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) and Harakiri (1962). He was married to Hoki. He died on September 24, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.

21. Akira Ishihama

Actor | Seppuku

Akira Ishihama was born on January 29, 1935 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Harakiri (1962), Mobile Sheriff Jiban (1989) and Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass (1988). He died on July 26, 2022 in Japan.

22. Yutaka Sada

Actor | Tengoku to jigoku

Yutaka Sada was born on March 30, 1911 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for High and Low (1963), Yojimbo (1961) and The Hidden Fortress (1958). He died in 2017.

23. Shailen Mukherjee

Actor | Charulata

Shailen Mukherjee is known for Charulata (1964), Chiriyakhana (1967) and Sonar Kella (1974).

24. Yûzô Kayama

Actor | Tsubaki Sanjûrô

The son of one of one of Japan's biggest male stars of the 1930s, 'Ken Uehara', the handsome and likable Yuzo Kayama became one of Japan's biggest male stars of the 1960s. And just as Uehara embodied the idea of a modern Japanese wartime hero, Kayama became symbolic of postwar Japanese affluence ...

25. Rentarô Mikuni

Actor | Seppuku

Rentarô Mikuni was born on January 20, 1923 in Gunma, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Harakiri (1962), Vengeance Is Mine (1979) and Tsuribaka nisshi (1988). He died on April 14, 2013 in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan.

26. Chôichirô Kawarasaki

Actor | Gobanchô Yûgirirô

Chôichirô Kawarasaki was born on November 1, 1939 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Gobanchô Yûgirirô (1963), Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) and Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (1964). He died on September 21, 2003 in Japan.

27. Bruce Lee

Actor | Jing wu men

Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and ...

28. Topol

Actor | Fiddler on the Roof

Topol was born on September 9, 1935 in Tel Aviv, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor and producer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Flash Gordon (1980) and For Your Eyes Only (1981). He was married to Galia Topol. He died on March 8, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

29. James Tien

Actor | Tang shan da xiong

James Tien was born in Hong Kong, China. He is known for The Big Boss (1971), Fist of Fury (1972) and Righting Wrongs (1986).

30. Raaj Kumar

Actor | Kaajal

Kulbhushan Pandit, also known as Raaj Kumar, was a distinguished Indian actor renowned for his unique dialogue delivery.

Kumar completed his education and joined as a Sub-Inspector with the Bombay Police in the late 1940s. Although he began his career in law enforcement, his passion for acting led ...

31. Ken Takakura

Actor | Black Rain

Ken Takakura was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic, honorable presence he brought to his roles.

Known as the "Clint Eastwood" of Japan, Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and ...

32. Saeed Jaffrey

Actor | The Man Who Would Be King

Saeed Jaffrey was born in Maler Kotla, Punjab, India. He was born on the 8th of January 1929. He attended University of Allahabad where he completed his post-graduate degree in history. He also attended the Staff Training Institute of All India Radio. He started his career in drama, as the founder ...

33. Ruel Vernal

Actor | Insiang

Ruel Vernal is known for Insiang (1976), Walang katapusang tag-araw (1977) and Buhawi Jack (1998).

34. Tatsuya Fuji

Actor | Ai no korîda

Tatsuya Fuji was born on August 27, 1941 in Beijing, China. He is an actor and producer, known for In the Realm of the Senses (1976), Bright Future (2002) and Mura no shashinshuu (2004). He has been married to Izumi Ashikawa since August 28, 1968. They have one child.

35. Ken Ogata

Actor | Hokusai manga

Ken Ogata was born on July 20, 1937 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Edo Porn (1981), Vengeance Is Mine (1979) and The Ballad of Narayama (1983). He died on October 5, 2008 in Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

36. Tsutomu Yamazaki

Actor | Kagemusha

Tsutomu Yamazaki was born on December 2, 1936 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980), Departures (2008) and High and Low (1963).

37. Roshan Seth

Actor | Gandhi

A native of New Delhi, India, British character actor of theater and film Roshan Seth honed the skills he learned at London's Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in British repertory theater. His first break came in Peter Brook's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which toured in 1972. Seth ...

38. Victor Banerjee

Actor | A Passage to India

Victor Banerjee Early life Banerjee was born to a Zamindari Bangali Hindu family and is a descendant of The Raja Bahadur of Chanchal and the Raja of Uttarpara. He received his schooling at St. Edmund's School, Shillong, and graduated in English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and did...

39. Xueqi Wang

Actor | Iron Man Three

Xueqi Wang was born on March 19, 1946 in Beijing, China. He is an actor and director, known for Iron Man Three (2013), Bodyguards and Assassins (2009) and Tian di ying xiong (2003). He was previously married to Changning Sun.

40. Jinpachi Nezu

Actor | Ran

Jinpachi Nezu was born on December 1, 1947 in Yamanashi, Japan. He was an actor, known for Ran (1985), Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) and Farewell to the Land (1982). He was married to ? ?. He died on December 29, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.

41. Daisuke Ryû

Actor | Kagemusha

Daisuke Ryû was born on February 14, 1957 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980), Ran (1985) and Legend of the Devil (1996). He died on April 11, 2021.

42. Akira Terao

Actor | Ran

Akira Terao is the son of the famous actor Jukichi Uno. After graduating from Bunka Gakuin University, he formed a rock band "The Savage" which experienced brief success thanks to their hit 'Itsumademo, Itsumademo'. In 1967, Kei Kuma hired him to play alongside his father in his film 'Tunnel of ...

43. Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Producer | Cike Nie Yin Niang

Of the ten films that Hsiao-Hsien Hou directed between 1980 and 1989, seven received best film or best director awards from prestigious international films festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hawaii, and the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes. In a 1988 worldwide critics' poll, Hou was championed ...

44. An-Shun Yu

Actor | Gû tshia lâi khì

An-Shun Yu was born on November 5, 1967 in Taiwan. He is an actor, known for Gû tshia lâi khì (2023), Coo-Coo 043 (2022) and The King of Drama (2016). He has been married to Hsin-Yu Chen since November 5, 2009. They have one child. He was previously married to Chien-Chien Chang.

45. John Lone

Actor | The Last Emperor

Born Leung Kwok Ng in Hong Kong October 13, 1952, John Lone was spartanly raised by a single mother until the age of 7 when he was sent off to be schooled with the Peking Opera. He never again saw his mother. The Peking Opera could be a brutal and grueling life for a child but he was a diligent and...

46. Ruocheng Ying

Actor | The Last Emperor

Ruocheng Ying was born on June 21, 1929 in Beijing, China. He was an actor, known for The Last Emperor (1987), Little Buddha (1993) and Soul Mates (1981). He was married to Wu Shiliang. He died on December 27, 2003 in Beijing, China.

47. Wen Jiang

Actor | Rogue One

Wen Jiang was born on January 5, 1963 in Tangshan, China. He is an actor and director, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and Devils on the Doorstep (2000). He has been married to Yun Zhou since 2005. They have two children. He was previously married to ...

48. Yuan Xie

Actor | Hai zi wang

Yuan Xie was born on June 17, 1959 in Beijing, China. He was an actor, known for King of the Children (1988), Qi wang (1988) and Da chuan qi (1988). He died on August 18, 2020 in China.

49. Chang Chen

Actor | Wo hu cang long

Chang Chen, an international renowned actor, first earned his attention at the age of 14 when he took the lead role in A Brighter Summer Day. Since then, he was nominated three times at the Golden Horse Awards, and several times for best actor at the Berlinale and the Cannes Film Festival. He won ...

50. Fengyi Zhang

Actor | Chi bi

Fengyi Zhang was born on September 1, 1956 in Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. He is an actor, known for Red Cliff (2008), Farewell My Concubine (1993) and Temptation of a Monk (1993).

51. Takeshi Kaneshiro

Actor | Shi mian mai fu

The 1/2 Taiwanese and 1/2 Japanese Takeshi Kaneshiro may have started out as a puerile teen idol in the Chinese entertainment scene, but he's since become a proper film star in his own right. Whether by his own design or not, the boyishness that marked his first steps into showbiz has evolved into ...

52. Sihung Lung

Actor | Wo hu cang long

Sihung Lung was born on January 1, 1930 in Suqian, China. He was an actor, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) and The Wedding Banquet (1993). He was married to Pao Chia. He died on May 2, 2002 in Taipei, Taiwan.

53. Le Van Loc

Actor | Xích lô

Le Van Loc is known for Cyclo (1995).

54. Leslie Cheung

Actor | Ah fei jing juen

Leslie Cheung was the youngest of 10 children. His father was tailor to the late William Holden. Leslie's parents divorced when he was young, and he claims this is one reason for his disinterest in marriage. Following graduation from secondary school, he studied at Leeds University in Great Britain...

55. Takeshi Kitano

Actor | Zatôichi

Takeshi Kitano originally studied to become an engineer, but was thrown out of school for rebellious behavior. He learned comedy, singing and dancing from famed comedian Senzaburô Fukami. Working as a lift boy on a nightclub with such features as comic sketches and striptease dancing, Kitano saw ...

56. Homayoun Ershadi

Actor | The Kite Runner

Homayoun Ershadi is an Iranian actor, known for his debut role in Taste of Cherry (1997), and several Iranian and other films since then, including Hollywood movies The Kite Runner and Zero Dark Thirty. Ershadi studied architecture in Italy, graduating in 1970 and worked as an architect for many ...

57. Ren Ôsugi

Actor | Hana-bi

Ren Ôsugi was born on September 27, 1951 in Komatsushima, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for Fireworks (1997), Shin Godzilla (2016) and Audition (1999). He died on February 21, 2018 in Japan.

58. Susumu Terajima

Actor | Brother

Susumu Terajima is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Yakuza figures, most notably in the films of Takeshi Kitano. He is normally cast in supporting roles.

Terajima was born in Tokyo, Japan, where he still resides. He made his acting debut in 1986's A-Homance, and has been ...

59. Hossein Mahjoub

Actor | Rang-e khoda

Mahjoub, Hossein (born August 1, 1948, Rasht)

Hossein Mahjoub studied literature in high school and later took different acting classes with a number of famous actors and directors. His first experiences as a theatre actor took place in 1968. he took part in some theatre shows, like "Soltan snake" ...

60. Mohsen Ramezani

Actor | Rang-e khoda

Mohsen Ramezani is known for The Color of Paradise (1999).

61. Chow Yun-Fat

Actor | Wo hu cang long

Chow Yun Fat is a charismatic, athletically built and energetic Asian-born film star who first came to the attention of western audiences via his roles in the high-octane/blazing guns action films of maverick HK director John Woo.

Chow was born in 1955 on the quiet island of Lamma, part of the ...

62. Cho Jae-hyun

Actor | Jeong Do-jeon

Cho Jae-hyun was born on June 30, 1965 in Seoul, Korea. He is an actor and director, known for Jeong Do-jeon (2014), Punch (2014) and Bad Guy (2001).

63. Andy Lau

Actor | Mou gaan dou

Andy Lau Tak-wah, (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer-songwriter, presenter, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same...

64. Jet Li

Actor | Huo Yuan Jia

Jet Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens,...

65. Hiroyuki Sanada

Actor | Tasogare Seibei

Hiroyuki Sanada was born on October 12, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Rokyoku komori-uta (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) His father died when he was 11. He joined Japan Action Club, organized & run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. He 1st became famous as an ...

66. Tatsuya Mihashi

Actor | Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tatsuya Mihashi was born on November 2, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), High and Low (1963) and The Stranger Within a Woman (1966). He was married to Kyôko Anzai. He died on May 15, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.

67. Choi Min-sik

Actor | Oldeuboi

Choi Min-shik first made a name for himself in theater before breaking into the film world with a role in Park Chong-won's acclaimed film 'Our Twisted Hero' (1992). In the mid-nineties he continued to act in theater productions as well as in several TV dramas, including Moon Over Seoul with Han ...

68. Tadanobu Asano

Actor | Mongol

Tadanobu Asano's a Japanese film actor. His father suggested he take on what became his first role in the TV show Kimpachi Sensei at 16. His film debut was Swimming Upstream (1990) though his first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's La cuisine: Fried Dragon Fish (1993). His first critical ...

69. Kim Young-min

Actor | Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom

Kim Young-min was born on November 5, 1971. He is an actor and editor, known for Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), The Sword with No Name (2009) and Lucky Chan-sil (2019).

70. Sakda Kaewbuadee

Actor | Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

Sakda Kaewbuadee is known for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010), Tropical Malady (2004) and Death Happen (2009).

71. Ali Suliman

Actor | The Kingdom

Ali Suliman is one of the most prominent Arab actors in the international film industry. This is evidenced by his dominant presence across the 2021's international festivals with a slew of remarkable works, including Amira (2021) by director Mohamed Diab at the Venice International Film Festival, ...

72. Lee Byung-hun

Actor | Dalkomhan insaeng

Lee Byung-hun was born in 1970 in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in a wealthy family, thanks to his father, who was a successful businessman. He never dreamed of pursuing acting until a friend of his mother's suggested it. He auditioned for the KBS television network in 1991 and was accepted. His ...

73. You Ge

Actor | Huo zhe

You Ge was born on April 19, 1957 in Beijing, China. He is an actor, known for To Live (1994), Farewell My Concubine (1993) and Let the Bullets Fly (2010). He has been married to Cong He since 1987.

74. Ken Watanabe

Actor | The Last Samurai

Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England's National Theater Company, where he was studying, told him ...

75. Ryô Kase

Actor | Letters from Iwo Jima

Ryo Kase was born on November 9, 1974, in Kanagawa, Japan.

Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Washington, United States, where he spent most of his childhood.

Kase began his acting career in 2000 and gained his first starring role in Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's Antena (2003). He then went on to ...

76. Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Actor | Fa yeung nin wah

Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as Tales of a Eunuch (1983)...

77. Nejat Isler

Actor | Kaybedenler Kulübü

Born in Istanbul in 1972, Nejat Isler graduated from Mimar Sinan State Conservatory's Theater Deparment in 1995. He made his first professional TV debut in 1994 in the TV series "Gurur". He continued his professional acting career and took leading roles in a number of TV series and movies. In 2008 ...

78. Sasson Gabay

Actor | Rambo III

Sasson Gabay was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He is an actor, known for Rambo III (1988), The Band's Visit (2007) and Polishuk (2009).

79. Tuncel Kurtiz

Actor | Auf der anderen Seite

Tuncel Kurtiz was born in 1936, Izmit-Turkey. He graduated from Istanbul University, English Language and Literature and started acting in 1956 with Dormen Theatre. With the movie 'Suru', he reached the peak of his acting career. Kurtiz received many awards in Turkey and also abroad. He also known ...

80. Ha Jung-woo

Actor | Hwanghae

Jung-woo Ha is a South Korean actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. His breakthrough to stardom came with the role in Na Hong-jin's serial killer film The Chaser (2008).

Born as Kim Sung-hoon, Ha Jung-woo came from an acting family. His father Kim Yong-gun is a well-known veteran ...

81. Shahab Hosseini

Actor | Darbareye Elly

Shahab Hosseini was born on February 3, 1974 in Tehran, Iran. He grew up in a family of six and was the oldest child. He earned his high school diploma in Biology. Once a psychology student at the University of Tehran, he dropped out with the intent of emigrating to Canada. Instead, he ended up as ...

82. Taishen Cheng

Actor | Biutiful

Taishen Cheng was born on June 12, 1968 in Shanxi, China. He is an actor, known for Biutiful (2010), Liu Qing (2021) and Huang ke gong an jian (2014).

83. Payman Maadi

Actor | Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

Peyman Maadi was born in 1972 in New York City to an Iranian couple. His father was a lawyer. His family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. He graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Karaj Azad University. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He is the writer ...

84. Ercan Kesal

Actor | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da

Ercan Kesal was born on September 12, 1959 in Avanos, Nevsehir, Turkey. He is an actor and writer, known for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011), You Know Him (2020) and The Pit (2016). He has been married to Nazan Kesal since 2005.

85. Babak Karimi

Actor | Forooshande

Babak Karimi was born on March 22, 1960 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and editor, known for The Salesman (2016), The Past (2013) and A Separation (2011).

86. Anupam Kher

Actor | Hotel Mumbai

Anupam Kher is a renowned Indian actor who has worked extensively in the Indian film industry, as well as in international films and television shows. He is known for his versatile acting skills and has portrayed a wide range of characters throughout his career.

Kher studied at Simla in D.A.V. ...

87. Baoqiang Wang

Actor | Ba jiao long zhong

Baoqiang Wang was born on April 29, 1984 in Hebei, China. He is an actor and director, known for Never Say Never (2023), Mr. Tree (2011) and Kung Fu Jungle (2014).

88. Irrfan Khan

Actor | The Lunchbox

Born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan, in Jaipur, Rajasthan (NW India) January 7, 1967 to a Pashto-speaking Muslim family. Khan's mother, Begum Khan, was from the Tonk Hakim family and his father, Jagirdar Khan, from the Khajuriya village near the Tonk district, ran a tire business.

The Khan family name ...

89. Wu Jiang

Actor | Wu xia

Wu Jiang was born on November 14, 1967 in Tangshan, China. He is an actor, known for Dragon (2011), A Touch of Sin (2013) and Mei li xin shi jie (1999).

90. Saleh Bakri

Actor | Bikur Ha-Tizmoret

Saleh Bakri was born on March 1, 1977 in Jaffa, Israel. He is an actor, known for The Band's Visit (2007), The Present (2020) and Wajib (2017).

91. Menashe Noy

Writer | Overture 1812

Menashe Noy was born on August 7, 1959 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for Overture 1812 (1997), Big Bad Wolves (2013) and Gett (2014). He is married to Keren Mor. They have two children.

92. Issei Ogata

Actor | Silence

Issei Ogata was born on February 22, 1952 in Fukuoka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Silence (2016), Yi Yi (2000) and The Sun (2005).

93. Lior Ashkenazi

Actor | Hearat Shulayim

Lior Ashkenazi was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He is an actor and director, known for Footnote (2011), Walk on Water (2004) and Big Bad Wolves (2013). He has been married to Maya Amsellem since December 26, 2011. He was previously married to Shira Farber.

94. Lily Franky

Actor | Manbiki kazoku

Lily Franky was born on November 4, 1963 in Fukuoka, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Shoplifters (2018), Like Father, Like Son (2013) and The Devil's Path (2013).

95. Song Kang-ho

Actor | Salinui chueok

Song Kang-ho never professionally trained as an actor, beginning his career in social theater groups after graduating from Kimhae High School. Later, he joined Kee Kuk-seo's influential theater company with its emphasis on instinctive acting and improvisation, which proved to be Song's training ...

96. Elia Suleiman

Director | Yadon ilaheyya

Elia Suleiman was born on July 28, 1960 in Nazareth, Israel. He is a director and writer, known for Divine Intervention (2002), It Must Be Heaven (2019) and The Time That Remains (2009). He is married to Yasmine Hamdan.

97. Navid Mohammadzadeh

Actor | Metri shesh va nim

Navid Mohammadzadeh is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorghs, four Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and four Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. In 2017, he won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor at the 74th Venice ...

98. Makram Khoury

Actor | Ta'am al Tufah, Ahmar

Palestinian-Israeli actor Makram Khoury was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest artistic honor in the country.

He is one of Israel's most respected actors, playing leads in all the major theatres as well as acting in films and on television.

Khoury is an ...

99. Tawfeek Barhom

Actor | Walad min al-Janna

Tawfeek Barhom is known for Cairo Conspiracy (2022), The Way of the Wind and The Looming Tower (2018).

100. Selahattin Pasali

Actor | Kurak Günler

Pasali was born in Mugla, Bodrum.

He was transferred to Darüssafaka Sports Club at the age of 14. He was the team captain throughout the youth. He completed his education in Budapest by studying Art Management. He then studied acting at Craft Atelier.

He started his first acting career with the 'Kalp...