Top 10 Powerful Hollywood Actors

1. Robert Downey Jr.

Born: Robert John Downey Jr
April 4, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA

Born in Manhattan, New York, on April 4, 1965, Robert Downey Jr. made his debut as an actor at the age of five in the film Pound (1970), written and directed by his father, Robert Downey Sr., and since that early role, Robert Downey Jr. has amassed an enviable list of credits and honors throughout a four-decades-plus career that shows no signs of …

2. Channing Tatum

Born: Channing Matthew Tatum
April 26, 1980 in Cullman, Alabama, USA

Channing Tatum was born in a small town called Cullman, 50 miles north of Birmingham, Alabama. Growing up, he was full of energy and somewhat troublesome, so his parents decided to enroll him in different sports such as track and field, baseball, soccer, and football to keep him out of trouble. In the ninth grade he was sent to catholic school. It…

3. Hugh Jackman

Born: Hugh Michael Jackman
October 12, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Born in Sydney, to English parents, and the youngest of five children, Jackman has a communications degree with a journalism major from the University of Technology Sydney. After graduating, he pursued drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, immediately after which he was offered a starring role in the ABC-TV prison drama …

4. Mark Wahlberg

Born: Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
June 5, 1971 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

American actor Mark Wahlberg is one of a handful of respected entertainers who successfully made the transition from teen pop idol to respected actor. A Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for The Departed (2006) who went on to receive positive critical reviews for his performance in The Fighter (2010), Wahlberg also is a solid comedy actor…

5. Dwayne Johnson

Born: Dwayne Douglas Johnson
May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California, USA

Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born in Hayward, California on May 2nd 1972 to Rocky Johnson and Ata Johnson. While growing up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. During his high school years, Dwayne began playing football and he soon received a full scholarship from the University of Miami where …

6. Leonardo DiCaprio

Born: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
November 11, 1974 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor whose portrayal of doomed suitor Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997) made him a generation’s definition of a heartthrob. Throughout his career, DiCaprio has demonstrated a high level of dramatic versatility, from his breakout film role as a mentally-challenged teenager in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), through…

7. Adam Sandler

Born: Adam Richard Sandler
September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, to Judy and Stanley Sandler. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took the stage at a Boston comedy club. He found he was a natural comic. He nurtured his talent while at New York University (graduating with a Bachelor of Fine …

8. Tom Cruise

Born: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, USA

If you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not-too-distant future he would be considered one of the top hundred movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest. None the less, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who …

9. Denzel Washington

Born: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.
December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He was the middle child of the three children of a Pentecostal minister father and a beautician mother. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University intent on a career in journalism. However, he caught the acting bug while appearing in …

10. Liam Neeson

Born: William John Neeson
June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, UK, Liam Neeson worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, truck driver, assistant architect and an amateur boxer. He had originally sought a career as a teacher by attending St Mary’s Teaching College, Newcastle. However, in 1976, Neeson joined the Belfast Lyric Players’ Theater and made his …

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