16 British Actors Who Made It Big In Hollywood

Hollywood is a place, an industry and the land of dreams. Although we all identify with Hollywood stars, the place is physically located in Los Angeles, state of California in USA. So it is natural for any bystander to assume that all the Hollywood stars are also Americans. But that is as far from the truth as you can imagine.

A lot of Hollywood actors are British, Australian, Chinese, Irish so on an so forth. Today we are talking about the British actors because they seem to constitute the largest proportion. Almost all these British actors feature in the Hollywood's walk of fame. For those of you who don't know, there is a walkway or footpath in LA that is called the Hollywood walk of fame. This pavement has the names of the famous Hollywood stars on the tiles with an impression of their palms.

Many names in this famous pathway are of British actors. Some of the recent additions to this pathway have been Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Some of the older names are so famous it may never occur to you that the actors could be British.

So, here are some of the most famous British actors who made it really big in Hollywood.

Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel or should we call him Harry Potter? He is one of the most popular child stars in recent history. He is British as is most of the cats of the Harry Potter series.

Emma Watson

Emma was Harry's cute friend Hermoine Granger in the Harry Potter series. She was turned into a really cool actress and is no more just a child actor.

Robert Pattinson

Did you know that the devilishly handsome vampire who made hearts stop in the Twilight series was also a part of the Harry Potter cast. Robert Pattinson's first appearance on screen was as Cedric Diggory, the heart throb from Hogwarts.

Kate Winslet

Unlike the young people mentioned before her, Kate Winslet is a vintage British beauty. She became famous as Rose abode the great Titanic. But she has done several Oscar winning performances since then.

Henry Cavill

Apart from the fact that this British hunk is drop dead gorgeous, he is also a good Shakespearean actor. Henry has done many period dramas like Count Of Monte Cristo, The Tudors etc.

James McAvoy

This most recent fame is from the fact that he plays a young Charles Xavier in the X-Men series. This hot British actor has other successes like the 'Last King Of Scotland' and 'Atonement'.

Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley is UK's mercurial contribution to Hollywood. She is recently in news for her affair with Shane Warne and her failed married with Indian business tycoon Arun Nayar.

Gerard Butler

He is Scottish by origin. Gerard Butler has 2 super hot avatars. One is of the incurably nice guy in PS: I Love You and the other is of the Greek god Spartan, Leonidas in 300.

Keira Knightley

This British actress got a lot of attention from the Pirates Of The Caribbean series. She is also the famous Anna Karenina that releases this year.

Helen Mirren

This legendary actress had the good fortune to play the Queen of England in a movie titled 'Queen'. She has many other brilliant performances in movies like 'Lions And Lambs'.

Hugh Grant

The British Mr. Playboy is an actor from the 80s. He has several super hits to his credit like Notting Hill, Four Weddings And A Funeral etc.

Emma Thompson

She is a senior British actress who is known for playing character roles.

Damian Lewis

This British actor won many awards for his brilliant performance in the movie 'Homeland'.

Anthony Hopkins

He is the original psychopath, the legendary 'Hannibel Lector' who scared us in 'Silence Of The Lambs'. Anthony Hopkins is a true legend.

Tom Hardy

He is the quintessential British actor in Hollywood. You may have missed him in 'Inception' but as the evil 'Bane' in Batman, he is difficult to pass by. He also played the infamous role of Heathcliff in a cinematic adaptation of the Wuthering Heights.

Clive Owen

Clive Owen has had a very long career and we can start by calling him the guy who played King Arthur. He also did commercially successful films like Bourne Identity.