Acting credits: 420

Started career: 1983, Project A

Prominent roles: Navajas (Desperado, 1995), Razor Charlie (From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996)

Acting credits: 282

Started career: 1948, Corridor of Mirrors

Prominent roles: Saruman (The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit, 2001-2014), Pastor Galswells (Corpse Bride, 2005) 

Outstanding achievement: Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002)

Acting credits: 666

Started career: 1978, King of the Gypsies

Prominent roles: Sal Maroni (The Dark Knight, 2008), James Munroe (The Expendables, 2010) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, nominated (Runaway Train, 1985)

Acting credits: 201

Started career: 1979, Escape from Alcatraz

Prominent roles: Sergeant Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon, 1987), Henry Sherman (The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001) 

Outstanding achievement: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (2021)

Acting credits: 144

Started career: 1964, short film Changes

Prominent roles: Hannibal Lector (The Silence of the Lambs, 1991), Anthony Evans (The Father, 2020)  

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Actor (The Father, 2020)

Acting credits: 415

Started career: 1977, Joyride

Prominent roles: Wade (Free Willy, 1993), Tom Smykowski (Office Space, 1999)

Acting credits: 176

Started career: 1950, Morning Departure

Prominent roles: Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Zulu, 1964), Alfred Pennyworth (The Dark Knight, 2008) 

Outstanding achievement: BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Educating Rita, 1983)

Acting credits: 187

Started career: 1964, Dr. Strangelove

Prominent roles: Darth Vader (Star Wars, 1977-2019), Mufasa (The Lion King, 1994) 

Outstanding achievement: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Film (The Great White Hope, 1970)

Acting credits: 225

Started career: 1956, Somebody Up There Likes Me

Prominent roles: Frank Lopez (Scarface, 1983), General William Grey (Independence Day, 1996) 

Outstanding achievement: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor (Big, 1988)

Acting credits: 247

Started career: 1977, Outrageous!

Prominent roles: Lieutenant Commander Richard “Jester” Heatherly (Top Gun, 1986), Dial (Free Willy, 1993)

Acting credits: 163

Started career: 1970, Joe

Prominent roles: Janet Weiss (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975), Louise Sawyer (Thelma & Louise, 1991) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Actress (Dead Man Walking, 1996)

Acting credits: 222

Started career: 1930, Bright Lights

Prominent roles: Jim Casy (The Grapes of Wrath, 1940), Count Dracula/Baron Latos (House of Dracula, 1945)

Acting credits: 276

Started career: 1915, Under Two Flags (short)

Prominent roles: Lillian Lyons (Stage Struck, 1925), Cecily (The Cat and the Canary, 1927)

Acting credits: 291

Started career: 1967, Teenage Mother

Prominent roles: Ron Albertson (Waiting for Guffman, 1996), Mission Commander (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 1999) 

Outstanding achievement: Boston Film Critics Award (Best in Show, 2000)

Acting credits: 145

Started career: 1962, To Kill A Mockingbird 

Prominent roles: Boo Radley (To Kill A Mockingbird, 1962), Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Apocalypse Now, 1979) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Actor (Tender Mercies, 1984)

Acting credits: 198

Started career: 1972, Together for Days

Prominent roles: Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction, 1994), Nick Fury (Marvel Universe, since 2008) 

Outstanding achievement: BAFTA for Best Film Actor in a Supporting Role (Pulp Fiction, 1995)

Acting credits: 199

Started career: 1963, The World Ten Times Over

Prominent roles: Merrick Jamison-Smythe (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1992), Mr. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice, 2005) 

Outstanding achievement: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in Series, Miniseries or Television Film (Citizen X, 1995)

Acting credits: 82

Started career: 1955, Revenge of the Creature

Prominent roles: Blondie (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 1966), Frankie Dunn (Million Dollar Baby, 2004) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Picture & Best Director (Million Dollar Baby, 2005)

Acting credits: 251

Started career: 1977, Keep My Grave Open

Prominent roles: Max (Thelma & Louise, 1991), Sammy Jankis (Memento, 2000)

Acting credits: 190

Started career: 1962, Big and Little Wong Tin Bar

Prominent roles: Chief Inspector Lee (Rush Hour, 1998), Master Monkey (Kung Fu Panda, 2008-2016) 

Outstanding achievement: Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor (Crime Story, 1993)

Acting credits: 99

Started career: 1931, Bad Sister

Prominent roles: Julie Marsden (Jezebel, 1938), Margo Channing (All About Eve, 1950) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Actress (Jezebel, 1938)

Acting credits: 200

Started career: 1928, Noah’s Ark

Prominent roles: Bert the cop (It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946), Buffalo Baker (Hondo, 1953)

Acting credits: 133

Started career: 1954, Dragonfly Squadron

Prominent roles: Hannibal Chew (Blade Runner, 1982), Gong Gong (Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022) 

Outstanding achievement: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022)

Acting credits: 119

Started career: 1958, Stage Struck

Prominent roles: Captain Georg von Trapp (The Sound of Music, 1965), Harlan Thrombey (Knives Out, 2019) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Beginners, 2012)

Acting credits: 100

Started career: 1956, Baby Doll

Prominent roles: Calvera (The Magnificent Seven, 1960), Tuco Ramirez (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 1966) 

Outstanding achievement: BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer (Baby Doll, 1956)

Acting credits: 137

Started career: 1958, Country Music Holiday

Prominent roles: Helen Keller (The Miracle Worker, 1962), Neely O’Hara (Valley of the Dolls, 1967) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (The Miracle Worker, 1963)

Acting credits: 132

Started career: 1928, Moulin Rouge

Prominent roles: Don Birnam (The Lost Weekend, 1945), Tony Wendice (Dial M for Murder, 1954) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Actor (The Lost Weekend, 1945)

Acting credits: 190

Started career: 1927, Orchids and Ermine

Prominent roles: Huckleberry Finn (Huckleberry Finn, 1939), Mickey Moran (Babes in Arms, 1939) 

Outstanding achievement: Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Mini-Series or Motion Picture (Bill, 1981)

Acting credits: 148

Started career: 1951, China Corsair

Prominent roles: Marty Piletti (Marty, 1955), Dutch Engstrom (The Wild Bunch, 1969) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Marty, 1955)

Acting credits: 87

Started career: 1976, Leadbelly

Prominent roles: Winston Zeddemore (Ghostbusters, 1984), Reggie (The Basketball Diaries, 1995) 

Outstanding achievement: Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Oz, 1998)

Acting credits: 177

Started career: 1961, A Raisin in the Sun

Prominent roles: Inspector James Larrimore (The Laughing Policeman, 1973), Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley (An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (An Officer and a Gentleman, 1983)

Acting credits: 152

Started career: 1936, The Milky Way

Prominent roles: Alexis Zorba (Zorba the Greek, 1964), Col. Andrea Stavrou (The Guns of Navarone, 1961) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Viva Zapata!, 1953)

Acting credits: 98

Started career: 1961, The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

Prominent roles: Major Max Armbruster (The Dirty Dozen, 1967), Det. Phil DiNatale (The Boston Strangler, 1968) 

Outstanding achievement: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Cool Hand Luke, 1968)

Acting credits: 131

Started career: 1924, Who Is the Man?

Prominent roles: Inigo Jollifant (The Good Companions, 1933), Cassius (Julius Caesar, 1953) 

Outstanding achievement: BAFTA Film Award for Best British Actor (Julius Caesar, 1954)