BEST EUROPEAN ACTORS
by urdangaraynoelia | created - 11 Oct 2011 | updated - 11 Oct 2011 | Public
1. Eduardo Noriega
Actor | The Last Stand
Eduardo Noriega Gómez was born in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. The youngest of 7 siblings, he had shown a very big talent for artistic activities since he was a child. He began taking piano lessons and got into the Santander Music Conservatory, where he studied for five years. His music professors ...
2. Antonio Resines
Actor | Los Serrano
Antonio Resines was born on August 7, 1954 in Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Los Serrano (2003), Cell 211 (2009) and Lucky Star (1997). He was previously married to Marisol de Mateo.
3. Gérard Depardieu
Actor | Cyrano de Bergerac
Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France, to Anne Jeanne Josèphe (Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, who was a metal worker and fireman. Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Café de la Gare", along ...
4. Peter O'Toole
Actor | Lawrence of Arabia
A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a...
5. Liam Neeson
Actor | Kinsey
Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. He was raised in a Catholic household. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an ...
6. Daniel Auteuil
Actor | Caché
Daniel Auteuil was born on January 24, 1950 in Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]. He is an actor and director, known for Caché (2005), Jean de Florette (1986) and The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011). He has been married to Aude Ambroggi since July 22, 2006. They have one child. He was ...
7. Gary Oldman
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...
8. Juanjo Puigcorbé
Actor | El amor perjudica seriamente la salud
Juanjo Puigcorbé was born on July 22, 1955 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Juanjo is an actor and writer, known for El amor perjudica seriamente la salud (1996), Mi hermano del alma (1994) and Pepe Carvalho (1999).
9. Fele Martínez
Actor | Abre los ojos
Fele Martínez was born on February 22, 1975 in Alicante, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Open Your Eyes (1997), Bad Education (2004) and Thesis (1996).
10. Imanol Arias
Actor | Cuéntame cómo pasó
Imanol Arias began his career with a traveling theatre group in Spain performing in Euskadi (Basque Country). After minor roles on stage, he travels to Cuba to shoot Cecilia (1982) directed by Humberto Solás. In 1987 he won the Concha de Plata of the San Sebastian Film Festival for the biography of ...
11. Vincent Cassel
Actor | Black Swan
Blue-eyed Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a journalist mother, Sabine Litique. Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of European cinema. First in La haine (1995), the young actor, ...
12. Fernando Tejero
Actor | Aquí no hay quien viva
Fernando Tejero was born on February 24, 1967 in Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor, known for Aquí no hay quien viva (2003), Chef's Special (2008) and Cinco metros cuadrados (2011).
13. Colin Firth
Actor | A Single Man
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...
14. Eduard Fernández
Actor | El Niño
Eduard Fernández was born on August 25, 1964 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for El nino (2014), Everybody Knows (2018) and Biutiful (2010).
15. José Luis Gil
Actor | Aquí no hay quien viva
José Luis Gil was born on December 9, 1957 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Aquí no hay quien viva (2003), Little Nicky (2000) and Con el culo al aire (1980).
16. Giancarlo Giannini
Actor | Quantum of Solace
Giancarlo Giannini is an Oscar-nominated Italian actor, director and multilingual dubber who made an international reputation for his leading roles in Italian films as well as for his mastery of a variety of languages and dialects.
He was born August 1, 1942, in La Spezia, Italy. For 10 years he ...
17. Sergi López
Actor | El laberinto del fauno
Sergi López is a Spanish actor, whose specialty is villains of all types but whose range also includes dramatizing romantic and comedic roles with equal mastery. He was born outside of Barcelona in the seaside town of Villanova i la Geltrú on December 22nd, 1965. As a youth he was inclined towards ...
18. Eduardo Gómez
Actor | Aquí no hay quien viva
Eduardo Gómez was born on July 27, 1951 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Aquí no hay quien viva (2003), Eight Hundred Bullets (2002) and Common Wealth (2000). He died on July 28, 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
19. Luis Tosar
Actor | Celda 211
Luis Tosar was born on October 13, 1971 in Lugo, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Cell 211 (2009), Sleep Tight (2011) and Take My Eyes (2003). He has been married to María Luisa Mayol since August 10, 2015. They have two children.
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