CYBIOGRAPHY · Film & television
Actors & Filmmakers — Biographies
Explore the careers of actors, directors and filmmakers, from early roles to defining performances, major films and professional achievements.
45 independent editorial biographies. Each includes sources and an attributed portrait.
Angelina Jolie
Performance, directing and a substantial humanitarian public record.
Anne Hathaway
Fairy-tale beginnings, dramatic transformation and musical performance.
Antonio Banderas
Actor, director and theatre producer
Brad Pitt
From breakout supporting roles to an influential producing career.
Cate Blanchett
Actor & producer
Charlize Theron
Actress and producer
Christian Bale
Actor
Denzel Washington
A career connecting commanding screen roles with the theatre.
Dev Patel
Actor and filmmaker
Emma Stone
Comic timing and increasingly unconventional screen characters.
George Clooney
Television recognition followed by acting, directing and producing.
Idris Elba
Actor, producer and musician
Jackie Chan
Actor, martial artist & filmmaker
Jennifer Lawrence
Independent-film recognition alongside global franchise roles.
Joaquin Phoenix
Actor
Jodie Foster
From childhood performances to a career on both sides of the camera.
Julia Roberts
Romantic comedy, dramatic conviction and a lasting leading presence.
Julianne Moore
Actress and author
Kate Winslet
Actor
Keanu Reeves
Actor & musician
Leonardo DiCaprio
From a television beginning to ambitious, director-led cinema.
Lupita Nyong’o
Actress and author
Matt Damon
An acting career with writing and production at its foundations.
Meryl Streep
A screen career built on transformation, precision and range.
Michelle Yeoh
Actress
Morgan Freeman
A distinctive voice and a career extending far beyond narration.
Natalie Portman
Actress, director and producer
Nicole Kidman
Actress and producer
Pedro Pascal
Actor
Penélope Cruz
Actress
Priyanka Chopra
Actress and film producer
Rami Malek
Actor
Robert Downey Jr.
Character acting, franchise stardom and a major dramatic award.
Ryan Gosling
Actor and musician
Salma Hayek
Actress and film producer
Samuel L. Jackson
A theatre-trained performer with a widely recognizable screen presence.
Sandra Bullock
A filmography moving between comedy, suspense and survival drama.
Sandra Oh
Actress and producer
Scarlett Johansson
An independent-film sensibility within a global screen career.
Shah Rukh Khan
Actor & film producer
Song Kang-ho
Actor
Tilda Swinton
Actress and creative collaborator
Tom Hanks
Comedy, drama and the familiar voice behind an animated icon.
Viola Davis
A body of work linking stage, film, television and narration.
Will Smith
A public career spanning hip-hop, television and leading film roles.