Top 10 Greatest British Actors

10. Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes. He was knighted by Elizabeth II in July 2000, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in the US.

9. Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, is an English actor. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre.

8. Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH CBE is an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. His notable film roles include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Magneto in the X-Men films.

7. Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. Olivier is generally considered to have been one of the greatest actors of the 20th century.

6. Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH CBE was an English actor. After an early career on the stage he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters.

5. Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor. Rickman is a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in both modern and classical theatre productions.

4. Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor. He holds both British and Irish citizenship. Born and raised in London, he is the son of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon.

3. Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor and author. Renowned for his distinctive Cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over 115 films and is one of the UK's most recognisable actors.

2. Gary Oldman
Gary Leonard Oldman is an English screen and stage actor, filmmaker and musician. An Academy Award nominee, Oldman has received various honours during his career, and has been hailed by peers, directors and critics as one of cinema's greatest actors.[3] Tom Hardy once remarked: "Gary Oldman is, hands down, the greatest actor that's ever lived

1. Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE is a Welsh actor of film, stage, and television, and a composer and painter.