English actors, men with impeccable manners, are welcome guests both in their homeland and in Hollywood. Some of them build their careers in the film studios of Los Angeles, while others remain faithful to British cinema.
Separation
On the shores of foggy Albion, film production is highly organized, film studios are always working according to a predetermined plan. Each new film has a specific binding to the place of production and is classified as a British film or English. Male actors, whose photographs are in all agencies, and they are stacked at the same time in one common box, are also divided into British and British, although this difference is conditional. The origin and place of birth in no way affect the decision of the director to invite a particular artist to participate in the filming.
Hollywood
English actors, photos of which are signed on their behalf by the managing agent and sent to all movie studios in the world, can be invited to sign a contract at any time. The movie star representative is notified in advance about this, and then he decides whether to accept or decline the invitation. As a rule, English actors agree to star in Hollywood projects of such film studios as Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and 20th Century Fox. And they refuse from prestigious productions with low-budget scenarios.
However, not everyone can act in American films, especially with melodramatic content. It affects the presence of an accent, which is not always possible to neutralize on the set. Some English actors cannot adapt their speech to American pronunciation. In this case, they need an understudy.
However, in most cases, English actors cope with the task, their emphasis either disappears altogether, or becomes invisible. In this they are helped by professional linguists and philologists who are on the staff of all major film studios.
Agent 007
English actors are also divided according to their belonging to various genres. There are comedians, such as the British cinema patriarch Terry Thomas or his colleague, the world famous English comedian Rowan Atkinson.
Sean O'Connery does not need to be imagined, his James Bond is especially honored by several generations of moviegoers. Films "bondiads", action-packed, exciting, have long become best-sellers of cinema art; they have been watched around the world for more than a decade.
Serial films
Since the end of the eighties of the last century, movie stories with a continuation began to appear on television. Championship for the production of such films used to hold Mexico and Brazil. Later, the British cinematographers began to master this genre. The English actors of the series are presented in a separate list, these are:
- Rutger Hauer, Jason Fleming - TV series "The Last Kingdom".
- Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney - The Catastrophe Series.
- Michelle Dockery, Dan Stevens - the serial film Downton Abbey.
- Leslie Manville, Stellan Scartsgard - The River Series.
- Jenny Jacques, Kieran Bew - serial film "Woman Constable".
- Mark Williams, Hugo Spear - Father Brown series.
- Sarah Hedland, Russell Tovey - the series "Work is not a Wolf."
- Ellen Cassidy, Sarah Chowdry - TV series No Offense.
- Olivia Coleman, David Tennant - Broadcast series.
UK Cinema
The main backbone of English cinema is made up of dramatic actors. Masters such as Sean Bean, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant, Christian Bell, Jason Statham, Daniel Craig, Lawrence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Michael Kane, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman and others, represent the vast cinematic fraternity of Great Britain.
These English actors, whose list is far from exhausted, belong to the older generation of performers. Many of these actors live and act in the USA. Gradually, they are replaced by young and promising, well-educated film enthusiasts who can play any character, be it a prince from the Middle Ages or a young leader of a large oil company of our day. Both the one and the other character will be convincing and reliable.
Sean O'Connery
He is one of the most popular actors in the UK. Sir Sean O'Connery, known worldwide as the 007 James Bond agent, was born on August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh. He is the owner of the most prestigious film award "Oscar", received by him for his participation in the film "The Untouchables", created in 1988.
The filmography of the actor includes more than seventy paintings, the main ones of which are considered to be the masterpieces of "Bond", based on the works of Jan Fleming. Sean is an indispensable performer of the role of agent 007, all attempts to transfer this character to other actors invariably ended in failure.
Daniel Craig
The actor was born in the family of a worker and artist on March 2, 1968 in the city of Chester. A sixteen-year-old teenager, Daniel went to London, where he entered the Youth Theater. The film debut took place in 1990 in the series "Anglo-Saxon Relations." Over his career in the field of cinema, Craig has played more than fifty roles.
The actor did not receive prizes, he was not nominated for prizes, but his fees look more than impressive and amount to three to seven million dollars for one film. These figures are the best proof of his professionalism.
Peter O'Toole
A British actor of Irish descent was born on August 2, 1932 in Dublin. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Possessed an indisputable role of a romantic hero. World fame came after the film "Lawrence of Arabia", in which the actor played a major role.
Then there was the role of Simon Dermot, an expert in painting in the movie "How to Steal a Million", where O'Toole played with the inimitable Audrey Hepburn. Everything on the account of the actor more than eighty roles in films of various genres. Peter O'Toole died in a London clinic from a serious illness at the age of eighty.
Lawrence Olivier
One of the largest actors of English theater and cinema of the 20th century was born on May 22, 1907 in the town of Dorking, Surrey. Winner of four Oscars and many other awards. Lawrence played his first role at the age of seven on the stage of the school theater.
During his career in cinema, Olivier participated in the creation of more than eighty films, most of which he played the main roles. He was married to Hollywood star Vivien Leigh. The marriage lasted more than twenty years. The actor died in the English city of Styling at the age of eighty-two.
Rowan Atkinson
The world-famous English film actor-comedian, creator of the character "Mr. Bean", was born on January 6, 1955 in the town of Concett of Durham County. He studied at the St. Beas School in Cumbria, then at the University of New Castle. During his career in the movie, he starred in thirty films and twelve series. In addition to film projects, he works a lot in the theater. It is considered a good family man, spends all his free time with his wife and daughters. Likes traveling to remote exotic countries.