21st-century British male actors

Sir Elton Hercules John is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting effect on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with the lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th person to achieve an "EGOT", winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill is a British actor. He gained wide recognition for portraying Superman in the DC Extended Universe (2013–2023), beginning with the film Man of Steel (2013) and reprising the role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), in addition to a cameo appearance in Black Adam (2022) and The Flash (2023).

British actor of stage, film and television

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German-born British actor

British singer (born 1940)

English and American director, actor, and puppeteer

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English actor (1916–2011)

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Scottish actor (1933–2023)

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British actor (born 1963)

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British actor (1964–2023)

Joshua Mathias O'Connor is an English actor. From 2016 to 2019 he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's The Durrells. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a closeted sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama God's Own Country (2017), for which he won the BIFA Award for Best Actor.

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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.

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Scottish actor and stuntman

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Indian actor (1929–2015)

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American actor

Australian actor

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British actor, comedian and writer

British-Indian actor

British actor (born 1974)

British actor (1923–2017)

British actor (1930–2016)

British actor (born 1988)

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Kenyan-British actor (born 1957)

British actor (born 1989)

British actor (1930–2016)

British pornographic actor

British-Australian actor (1947–2020)

Scottish actor

Welsh actor (1930–2019)

British actor (1917–2020)

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British comedian (1953–2020)

British actor (born 1977)

British stand-up comedian

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British comedian

British voice actor

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British actor (1929–2011)

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Brazilian actor

British actor (1921–2004)