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Secret Brits

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Secret Brits

International actors it'd be easy to assume are American.

Actor I know from Birthplace
Idris Elba The Wire Hackney, London, England
Matthew Macfadyen Succession Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Sarah Snook Predestination Adelaide, Australia
Rose Byrne Bridesmaids Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Hugh Laurie House Oxford, England
Daniel Kaluuya Get Out London, England
Barry Keoghan Dunkirk Dublin, Ireland
Michael Dorman Patriot Auckland, New Zealand
Rufus Sewell The Diplomat Twickenham, London, England
Ella Purnell Fallout Whitechapel, London, England
Karl Urban The Boys
Anthony Starr The Boys
Hugh Dancy Homeland
Andrew Lincoln The Walking Dead London, England
Dichen Lachman Severance Kathmandu, Nepal (raised in AU)
Toni Collette Muriel's Wedding Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
David Harewood Homeland Small Heath, Birmingham, England
Blake Ritson The Gilded Age London, England
Jessie Buckley Fargo Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland

Fake Secret Brits

American-ish actors you wouldn't be surprised to learn are actually British.

Actor Place of Birth Best Known Role
Mike Faist Gahanna, Ohio, United States Riff (West Side Story, 2021)
Ato Essandoh Schenectady, New York, United States Stuart (The Diplomat)
Chadwick Boseman Anderson, South Carolina, United States T’Challa / Black Panther (Black Panther)
Victor Garber London, Ontario, Canada Jack Bristow (Alias)
Sophie Thatcher Chicago, Illinois, United States Lucy (Fallout)
Ashley Zukerman Santa Monica, California, United States Nate Sofrelli (Succession)
Julia Garner Bronx, New York, United States Ruth Langmore (Ozark)
Bill Camp Massachusetts, United States David Burton (The Leftovers)

Scandinavian-ish Actors

Actor Country of Birth Date of Birth Best Known Role Familial Relationship
Michael Nyqvist Sweden 1960-08-11 Mikael Blomkvist in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' No relation to others in this table
Stellan Skarsgård Sweden 1951-06-13 Bootstrap Bill Turner in 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Father of Alexander & Bill Skarsgård
Alexander Skarsgård Sweden 1976-08-25 Eric Northman in 'True Blood' Son of Stellan, Brother of Bill
Lars Mikkelsen Denmark 1964-05-06 Troels Hartmann in 'The Killing' Brother of Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen Denmark 1965-11-22 Hannibal Lecter in 'Hannibal' Brother of Lars Mikkelsen
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Denmark 1970-07-27 Jaime Lannister in 'Game of Thrones' No relation to others in this table
Bill Skarsgård Sweden 1990-08-09 Pennywise in 'It' (2017 & 2019) Son of Stellan, Brother of Alexander
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