Famous Living British Actors Quiz

This quiz shows 100 portrait cards, ranked from 1 to 100. Each card is one of the 100 most famous British actors alive today. Type the actor's name to solve the card.

Each card shows the portrait and the rank. The name, the nationality, the occupation and the birth year appear when you solve the card.

Fame is measured on Wikipedia. The score multiplies the number of language editions with an article about the actor by itself. Then it multiplies the result by the English Wikipedia page views of the last 12 months.

The board updates from time to time. A new count can change the order of the cards.

How to play

• Just start typing. The quiz checks your answer at every keystroke. There is no submit button.
• A correct name solves the card and shows the full name, the nationality, the occupation and the birth year.
• You can answer in any order. The name you type solves the matching card wherever it sits.
• Everyday names count. A surname alone, a birth name and a common misspelling are accepted.
• Spelling is forgiving. Capitals, accents and punctuation are ignored.
• The timer starts at your first keystroke and counts up. Give Up ends the run and shows every actor you missed. Progress saves automatically.

What counts in this quiz

• The 100 living British actors with the highest fame score.
• British actors are citizens of the United Kingdom. English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish actors all count.
• An actor born in another country counts when the actor's description calls the actor British.
• An actor with two nationalities counts when the description names the British nationality first.
• Living means alive on 29 October 2026, the date of the data. The next update removes an actor who has died.
• A person counts as an actor when the first line of the person's description says actor or actress. A comedian who also acts counts.
• A surname alone counts when only one actor on the board has it.

What's not included, and why

• Actors outside the top 100 do not count. A guess that is not on the board changes nothing. There is no penalty.
• Irish actors are not on this board. Actors from Northern Ireland are on it.
• An American actor who also holds a British passport is not on this board.
• People known first for other work are not on this board. Singers, presenters, models, directors and writers who also act do not count.
• Actors who died before the date of the data are not on this board.

Good to know

• The reveal line gives the nationality from the actor's description. 36 say English, 5 say Scottish, 3 say Welsh and 1 says Northern Irish. The other 55 say British.
• The reveal line says Actress on 38 cards and Actor on 62 cards.
• The oldest actor on the board was born in 1933. The youngest was born in 2004.
• 11 actors on the board were born in 1990 or later. 15 were born before 1950.
• More actors on the board were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 27 of the 100.