20 actors you forgot were British: Secret Brits
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Daniel Kaluuya
Though he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing American activist and Black Panther party deputy chairman Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Daniel Kaluuya was born in London, where he still resides.
Naomi Watts
While many think this Oscar nominee is Australian, she was actually born in Shoreham, Kent and spent many years of her youth in England before moving Down Under when she was 14.
Hugh Laurie
Dr. Gregory House is English! Surprise!
Andrew Garfield
Your former friendly neighborhood Spider-Man wasn't always web-slinging around Manhattan; he grew up in Surrey, England.
Naomie Harris
Naomie Harris got her first Oscar nomination for playing a Miamian in Moonlight (2016), but showed off her London roots playing Eve Moneypenny in the Bond movies Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021).
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
His American accent might have kicked ass in Kick-Ass (2010), but Aaron Taylor-Johnson is English.
Andrew Lincoln
Convincing as his American accent may have been on The Walking Dead, Andrew Lincoln is, in fact, English. (He's in 2003's Love Actually! That's a tell-tale sign!)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Remember, if they're in Love Actually, they're actually English. That goes for 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor, too.
Gillian Anderson
The truth is out there. And the truth is that Gillian Anderson is British American.
Damian Lewis
Don't be fooled by his flawless American accent; the Billions star's real Homeland is England.
Rebecca Hall
The Christine (2016) star is a Londoner, not an Ohioan.
Rosamund Pike
Her British accent might have been Gone Girl (2014), but the Oscar-nominated actress is from England.
Dominic Cooper
Whatever Preacher would have you think, Dominic Cooper is no Texan, but a Londoner.
Hugh Dancy
Unlike Hannibal's Louisianian Will Graham, Hugh Dancy is English.
Matthew Rhys
The star of The Americans is no American (or Russian, for that matter). Matthew Rhys is, in fact, Welsh.
Mischa Barton
Welcome to the U.K., bitch! The O.C.'s Marissa Cooper is British American.
Michael Sheen
You might not realize it for his talent for accents, but Michael Sheen is Welsh.
Stephen Moyer
Despite his True Blood southern drawl, true British blood runs through Stephen Moyer's veins: He hails from the county of Essex in England.
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