- Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 - 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. Olivier's Academy acknowledgments are considerable—fourteen Oscar nominations, with two wins for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film "Hamlet", and two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received.
- Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist, best known for his plays "The Birthday Party" (1957), "The Caretaker" (1959), "The Homecoming" (1964), and "Betrayal" (1978), and also for his screenplay adaptations of novels by others, such as "The Servant" (1963), "The Go-Between" (1970), "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1980), …
- Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December 1934), usually known as Dame Judi Dench, is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, three-time BAFTA, and six-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress. In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her main forte throughout her career.
- Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. She is also a social activist for human rights.
- Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE (22 December 1907 - 14 June 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award-winning English actress.
- Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman (born September 8 1971) is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe winning comedy "The Office", and as Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Since leaving the Central School of Speech and Drama, Freeman has appeared in at least 18 TV shows, 14 theatre productions, and several radio productions.
- Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1941) is an Academy Award-winning English film actress. She was also a pop icon of the Swinging London era of the 1960s.
- Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom (born Patricia Claire Blume on February 15 1931) is an English film and stage actress.
- Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is a BAFTA Award-winning English comedian, actress, and comedy writer. Along with her comedy partner Dawn French, she is best known for starring in their sketch show "French & Saunders" and for writing and starring in the popular sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous" where she played the lead role of Eddy Monsoon.
- Finty Williams
Tara Cressida Frances Williams (born September 24, 1972) is an English actress who performs under the name Finty Williams. Williams trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She has starred a number of British films, frequently alongside her mother. She had a recurring role in the TV series "Born and Bred", and voices the title character in the animated children's series "Angelina Ballerina".
- Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (born 8 March, 1943 in London) is two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning English actress born into the famous Redgrave acting family. Her parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave, her brother is Corin Redgrave and her sister is Vanessa Redgrave. She is the aunt of Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave.
- Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Ehle (born December 29 1969) is a two-time Tony Award winning stage and screen actress. She is probably best known for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 mini-series "Pride and Prejudice".
- Peter Davison
Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett 13 April, 1951) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriot's "All Creatures Great and Small" and as the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who", which he played from 1981 to 1984.
- Trevor Griffiths
Trevor Griffiths (born 4 April 1935 in Ancoats, Manchester) is an English dramatist. Raised as a Catholic, he attended the local Catholic school before being accepted into Manchester University in 1952 to read English. There followed a flirtation with professional football, and a year in National Service, before he became a teacher. He soon became chairman of the Manchester Left Club, and the editor of Labour's Northern Voice newspaper.
- Irene Worth
Irene Worth, Honorary CBE, (b. June 23 1916, Fairbury, Nebraska - d. March 9 2002, New York City) was a distinguished stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the English and American theatre.
- Ben Browder
Robert Benedic Browder, better known as Ben Browder (born December 11, 1962) is an American film and television actor, who garnered minor feature film and television roles before accepting a lead role on the sci-fi TV series "Farscape" and later "Stargate SG-1".
- Natasha Richardson
Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963, died March 18, 2009) was a Tony Award-winning English/American actress and member of the Redgrave family, an enduring theatrical dynasty. She was well-known through several leading roles in films, however, she was most famous through her award-winning roles on Broadway.
- Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is a British actor. Raised in Liverpool and later in London, he fell accidentally into acting during his first year at university, and went on to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Initially known as a TV actor in the UK, his biggest international film break was being selected to portray the villain, Colonel William Tavington, opposite Mel Gibson in the Revolutionary War epic "The Patriot" (2000).
- Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is well-known for his roles in several high-profile films, and in 2005 he became the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in "Doctor Who".
- Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell (born October 29, 1967) is a British actor. In film, he appeared in "The Woodlanders", "Dangerous Beauty", "Dark City", "A Knight's Tale", and "Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence". On television, he became well known for his role as the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's "Middlemarch".
- Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna OBE, (born June 7, 1931 in London) is an English stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner. McKenna trained as an actress at the Central School of Speech and Drama then worked on stage in London's West End theatres before making her motion picture debut in 1952. She continued to appear in both films and on stage and in 1954/1955 was a member of the Old Vic theatre company.
- Catherine Tate
Catherine Tate is an English comedienne and actress best known for her BBC Two sketch comedy series, "The Catherine Tate Show". Following its success, Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of "Doctor Who" and is now set to reprise the role to become the Doctor's companion throughout series four in 2008. She has won numerous awards for her work on "The Catherine Tate Show" and has been nominated for a BAFTA and Emmy Award.
- Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt (born July 20, 1968) is an English film, television and radio actor, probably best known for his starring role as Dr. "Mac" Macartney in the comedy television series "Green Wing", the second series of which finished on Channel 4 in May 2006. Rhind-Tutt was born in West Drayton. He attended the John Lyon School in Harrow, Middlesex.
- James Bolam
James Bolam (born June 16 1938 in Sunderland, County Durham) is an English actor, perhaps most associated with his portrayal of the lovable layabout Terry Collier in the hit BBC sitcoms "The Likely Lads" and "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?". After attending Bede Grammar School, Sunderland, Bolam left the North-East. Much like his fellow Likely Lad Rodney Bewes, he was formally trained in London and first appeared on screens in the early 1960s, …
- Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins OBE (born 3 September 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated English actress who is best known for playing Sarah in "Upstairs, Downstairs" and for playing the title role in "Shirley Valentine".
- Jeremy Brett
Peter Jeremy William Huggins, better known as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor famous for his portrayal of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the British television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
- Barry Foster
(John) Barry Foster was a British actor who played numerous film roles and gained acclaim as the TV detective in the five-series-long ITV program "Van der Valk" that spanned 20 years. Born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, Foster worked as a plastics chemist before embarking on a career in acting. Foster trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, arriving there at the age of 20, a little older than the other students.
- Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore (born December 11, 1932) is a British actor from Brixton, London. He is the son of the solicitor Stanley Moore. He is known for his distinctive speaking voice in a wide range of roles. His step-brother Mark Moore performs with S'Express and his brother-in-law was the actor James Hazeldine. He has been married four times
- Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She is perhaps most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia Organa in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, although her comedic novels also have won praise.
- James Frain
James Frain (born March 14, 1968) is a leading British stage and screen actor. Frain was born in Leeds, Yorkshire and studied drama at the University of East Anglia. He also studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He made his film debut in "Shadowlands" (1993), as a result of being spotted by Richard Attenborough. He has also appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He recently appeared in the television series 24 and Invasion.
- Hajaz Akram
Hajaz Akram is a British Asian actor, trained at Central School of Speech and Drama. He has appeared in numerous television dramas, including "Doctor Who", "Murder in Mind" and "Casualty", and is also the voice of DJ Panjit Gavaskar ("Radio Del Mundo") in "Grand Theft Auto". He has had film roles in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" and "Batman Begins".
- Kim Medcalf
Kim Medcalf (born December 8, 1974) is a British actress and sometime singer, best known for playing the character Sam Mitchell in the long running BBC Soap Opera "EastEnders" over a period of three years. Born in Bromley, Kent Medcalf completed her A-level studies at Newstead Wood School for Girls and after leaving, unsuccessfully applied to various stage schools. Eventually she attended Bristol University to study Law.
- Zoë Wanamaker
Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born) is an American-born English actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in "My Family" and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
- Julian Sands
Julian Sands (born January 15, 1958) is a British actor.
- Jim Cartwright
Jim Cartwright was born June 27, 1958 and grew up in Farnworth, near Bolton in Lancashire, England. He trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. However it is as a playwright that he has really made his mark. Cartwright's very first play, "Road", won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC. He is probably best known for the film "Little Voice", whose cast included Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, …
- Kathleen Turner
Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films "Romancing the Stone" and "Prizzi's Honor".
- Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage is a British theatre director who is currently Artistic Director at the Donmar Warehouse in London, England. He made his directorial debut with a production of "Last Yankee" at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester. From 2000 – 2005 he served as Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres where his high profile productions included "Edward II" with Joseph Fiennes, "Richard III" with Kenneth Branagh and "The Tempest" with Derek Jacobi.
- Jonathan Firth
Jonathan Firth (born 6 April, 1967) is a British actor. Jonathan Firth is the younger brother of Colin Firth and Kate Firth. He was born in Essex, England, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has acted in cinematic movies and also has some notable TV appearances, such as Fred Vincy in "Middlemarch" (1994), Sergeant Troy in "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1998) and Prince Albert in "Victoria & Albert" (2001).
- Bruce Robinson
Bruce Robinson (born 2 May 1946) is an English director and screenwriter. He was born in Broadstairs in Kent. In his youth, Robinson dreamed of being an actor and was admitted to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His first film role was as Benvolio in Franco Zeffirelli's film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" (1968).
- Gael García Bernal
Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and director.