75 Foreign Directors Who Have Made Movies In Britain

This list concerns movies both made and set in Britain, so old movies like David Copperfield (George Cukor, 1935) and Mrs Miniver (William Wyler, 1942), set in Britain but made on the Hollywood back-lot, are not included. Sometimes modern movies also use other countries as stand-in locations (eg Polanski’s Oliver Twist, made in the Czech Republic or Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous, made in Germany) but as long as it was wholly or mainly set in the UK and at least some of it has been filmed in the UK (like Braveheart for example, filmed in both Ireland and Scotland) I’ve included it.

For films where only a segment of the film takes place in the UK, I’ve included them only if it’s clear that the main focus is the UK, so Errol Morris’ Tabloid stayed in but Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter was left out.

1. Agnieszka Holland (Poland) - The Secret Garden (1993)
2. Alberto Cavalcanti (Brazil) - Went the Day Well? (1942)
3. Alejandro Amenebar (Spain) - The Others (2001)
4. Alexander Korda (Hungary) - The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
5. Alfonso Cuaron (Mexico) - Great Expectations (1998), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabhan (2004), Children of Men (2006)
6. Ang Lee (Taiwan) - Sense and Sensibility (1995)
7. Anton Corbijn (Netherlands) -  Control (2007)
8. Billy Wilder (US) - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
9. Cary Fukunaga (US) - Jane Eyre (2011)
10. Chris Columbus (US) - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets(2002)
11. Chris Weitz (US) - About a Boy (2002)
12. Cy Endfield (US) - Hell Drivers (1957)
13. David Cronenberg (Canada) – Spider (2002), Eastern Promises (2007)
14. David Lynch (US) - The Elephant Man (1980)
15. Don Siegel (US) - The Black Windmill (1974)
16. Edward Dmytryk (US) - End Of The Affair (1955)
17. Errol Morris (US) - Tabloid (2010)
18. Franco Zefferelli (Italy) - Jane Eyre (1996)
19. Francois Ozon (France) - Angel (2007)
20. Frank Tashlin (US) - The Alphabet Murders (1965)
21. Fred Schepisi (Australia) - Plenty (1985) Last Orders (2001)
22. Fred Zinneman (US) - A Man For All Seasons (1966)
23. Gillian Armstrong (Australia) - Death Defying Acts (2007)
24. Gurinder Chadha (Kenya) - Bhaji on the Beach (1993) Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
25. Hideo Nakata (Japan) -  Chatroom (2010)
26. Jacques Tourneur (France) - Curse of the Demon (1957)
27. James Ivory (US) - Howard’s End (1992)
28. Jane Campion (New Zealand) - Bright Star (2009)
29. Jean-Luc Godard (France) - Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
30. Jerzy Skolomiwski (Poland) - Deep End (1970), The Shout (1978) Moonlighting (1982)
31. John Huston (US) - The Mackintosh Man (1973)
32. John Landis (US) - An American Werewolf in London (1981), Burke and Hare (2010)
33. John Sturges (US) - McQ (1974), The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
34. Joseph Losey (US) - The Servant (1963),  Accident (1967), others
35. Joseph Mankiewicz (US) - Sleuth (1972)
36. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Spain) - 28 Weeks Later (2007) Intruders (2011)
37. Jules Dassin (US) - Night and the City (1950)
38. Karel Reisz (Czechoslavakia) - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), others
39. Lars Von Trier (Denmark) - Breaking the Waves (1996)
40. Lone Scherfig (Denmark)– Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002),  An Education (2009)  One Day (2011)
41. Marc Forster (Germany) - Finding Neverland (2004)
42. Marcel Ophuls (France) - A Sense of Loss (1972)
43. Mark Romanek (US) -  Never Let Me Go (2010)
44. Mel Gibson (US) - Braveheart (1995)
45. Michelangelo Antonioni (Italy) - Blow-Up (1966)
46. Mike Nichols (US/Germany) - Wit (2001), Closer (2004)
47. Mira Nair (India) - Vanity Fair (2004)
48. Neil Jordan (Ireland) - Mona Lisa (1986), The End of the Affair (1999)
49. Otto Preminger (US) - Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) The Human Factor (1979)
50. Patrice Chéreau (France) - Intimacy (2001)
51. Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland) - Last Resort (2000), My Summer of Love (2004)
52. Peter Medak (Hungary) - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972), The Ruling Class (1972), Let Him Have It (1991), others
53. Philip Noyce (Australia) - Patriot Games (1992)
54. Richard Donner (US) - The Omen (1976)
55. Richard Fleischer (US) - 10 Rillington Place (1970)
56. Richard Lester (US) - A Hard Day’s Night (1964) The Knack (1965)
57. Robert Aldrich (US) - The Killing of Sister George (1968)
58. Robert Altman (US) - Gosford Park (2001)
59. Robert Wise (US) - The Haunting (1963)
60. Roger Donaldson (New Zealand) - The Bank Job (2008)
61. Roman Polanski (Poland) - Repulsion (1965), Cul-De-Sac (1966) Macbeth (1971)
62. Sam Peckinpah (US) - Straw Dogs (1971)
63. Shekhar Kapur (India) - Elizabeth (1998)
64. Sidney J. Furie (Canada) - The Young Ones (1961) The Leather Boys (1964) The Ipcress File (1965)
65. Sidney Lumet (US)- The Deadly Affair (1966) The Offence (1972)
66. Stanley Donen (US) - Royal Wedding (1951), Bedazzled (1967)
67. Stanley Kubrick (US) - A Clockwork Orange (1971)
68. Steven Spielberg (US) - War Horse (2011)
69. Terry Gilliam (US) - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Jabberwocky (1977)
70. Thomas Alfredson (Sweden) - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
71. Tim Burton (US) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Alice in Wonderland (2010)
72. Todd Haynes (US) - Velvet Goldmine (1998)
73. William Friedkin (US) - The Birthday Party (1968)
74. William Wyler (US) - The Collector (1965)
75. Woody Allen (US) - Match Point (2005), Scoop (2006), Cassandra’s Dream (2007), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

Before They Were Famous: 100 Surprising Early Roles of Major Film Stars

Top: Stallone, Goldblum, Bronson, Schwarzenegger

Middle: Dean Stanton, McQueen, Spacey, Hopper

Bottom: Radcliffe, Robbins, Brosnan, Jackson

Many actors of course serve long apprenticeships before they become stars, and this is a list of interesting match-ups during such apprenticeships, where films memorable for other reasons contain surprises a long way down in their credits. The stars concerned, at this early stage of their careers, usually have only minor roles, sometimes so small they could aptly be described as ‘blink and you’ll miss them’. Above all, the criteria for inclusion in this list was that the mere fact of it should make the average film fan go ‘Jeez! Was he/she really in that?’

1. Adrien Brody - New York Stories (1989) King of the Hill (1993) Natural Born Killers (1994)
2. Alan Cumming - Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
3. Angela Lansbury - The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945)
4. Anjelica Huston - The Last Tycoon (1976), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
5. Anthony Hopkins - The Lion In Winter (1968)
6. Anthony Quinn - The Plainsman (1936)
7. Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Long Goodbye (1973)
8. Audrey Hepburn - The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
9. Ben Affleck - Dazed And Confused (1993)
10. Bridget Fonda - The Godfather, Part 111 (1990)
11. Bruce Dern - Marnie (1964)
12. Bruce Willis - The Verdict (1982) 
13. Carrie Fisher – Shampoo (1973)
14. Charles Bronson - Pat And Mike (1952)
15. Charlie Sheen - The Execution Of Private Slovik (1974) (Aged 9, acting alongside his father, Martin)
16. Christopher Lee - Moulin Rouge (1952)
17. Christopher Walken - The Anderson Tapes (1971) Annie Hall (1977)
18. Daniel Day Lewis - Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) (Aged 14), Gandhi (1982)
19. Daniel Radcliffe - The Tailor of Panama (2001)
20. Danny Huston - Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
21. Daryl Hannah - The Fury (1978)
22. Dennis Hopper - Rebel Without A Cause (1955), Giant (1956), Gunfight At The OK Carrol (1957)
23. Don Cheadle - Hamburger Hill (1987) Colors (1988)
24. Forest Whitaker - Platoon (1986) The Color of Money (1986) Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
25. Geena Davis - Tootsie (1982)
26. Gene Wilder - Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
27. Genevieve Bujold - La Guerre Est Finie (1966)
28. Giuletta Masina - Paisa (1946)
29. Glenda Jackson - This Sporting Life (1963)
30. Harrison Ford - American Graffiti (1973), The Conversation (1974)
31. Harry Dean Stanton - Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly’s Heroes (1970), The Godfather Part 11 (1974)
32. Harvey Keitel - Reflections In A Golden Eye (1967)
33. Jack Nicholson - The Little Shop Of Horrors (1960)
34. James Caan - Irma La Douce (1963)
35. James Gandolfini - True Romance (1993)
36. James Mason - Fire Over England (1937)
37. James Woods - The Way We Were (1973), Night Moves (1975)
38. Javier Bardem - High Heels (1991)
39. Jeff Bridges - The Company She Keeps (1950) (Aged 4 Months!)
40. Jeff Goldblum - Death Wish (1974), Nashville (1975), Annie Hall (1977)
41. Jessica Lange - All That Jazz (1979)
42. Jim Carrey - Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
43. Jim Caviezel - My Own Private Idaho (1991)
44. John Hurt - A Man For All Seasons (1966)
45. John Lithgow - All That Jazz (1979)
46. Johnny Depp - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Platoon (1986)
47. Jonathan Pryce - Voyage Of The Damned (1976)
48. Julie Delphy - Detective (1985)
49. Juliette Binoche - Hail Mary (1985)
50. Katherine Heigl - King of the Hill (1993) (Aged 15) 
51. Kevin Bacon - National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) Friday the 13th (1980)
52. Kevin Costner - The Big Chill (1983) (as the corpse in the opening credits sequence)
53. Kevin Spacey - Heartburn (1986), Working Girl (1988)
54. Kirsten Dunst - New York Stories (1989) (Aged 7)
55. Klaus Kinski - Dr Zhivago (1965), For  A Few Dollars More (1966)
56. Laura Dern - White Lightning (1973) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
57. Laurence Fishburne - Apocalypse Now (1979)
58. Leslie Nielson - Forbidden Planet (1956)
59. Linda Fiorentino - After Hours (1985)
60. Liza Minnelli - In The Good Old Summertime (1949) (Aged 2, with her mother)
61. Malcolm McDowell - Poor Cow (1967)
62. Martin Landau - North By Northwest (1959)
63. Matthew McConaughey - Dazed And Confused (1993)
64. Meg Ryan - Rich And Famous (1981)
65. Melanie Griffith - Night Moves (1975)
66. Michael Caine - Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
67. Michael Shannon - Groundhog Day (1993) Chain Reaction (1996)
68. Mickey Rourke - 1941 (1979) Heaven's Gate (1980)
69. Morgan Freeman - Brubaker (1980)
70. Nastassjia Kinski - Wrong Move (1975) (Aged 16)
71. Nicole Kidman - BMX Bandits (1983)
72. Patsy Kensit - The Great Gatsby (1974) (Aged 4)
73. Paul Giametti  - Singles (1992)
74. Paul Sorvino - A Touch Of Class (1973)
75. Peter Cushing - Hamlet (1948)
76. Pierce Brosnan - The Long Good Friday (1982)
77. Ray Winstone - Quadrophenia (1979)
78. Richard Dreyfus - The Graduate (1967)
79. Richard Pryor - Lady Sings The Blues (1972)
80. Robert Shaw - The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Dambusters (1954)
81. Robert Vaughn - The Ten Commandments (1956) (as an extra)
82. Samuel L. Jackson - Ragtime (1981), Coming To America (1988)
83. Sharon Stone - Stardust Memories (1980)
84. Sigourney Weaver - Annie Hall (1977)
85. Sophie Marceau - 'Round Midnight (1986)
86. Steve Buscemi - King Of New York (1990)
87. Steve Carell - Curly Sue (1991)
88. Steve McQueen - Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
89. Sylvester Stallone - Bananas (1970)
90. Takeshi Kitano - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983)
91. Tim Robbins - The Sure Thing (1985) Top Gun (1986)
92. Timothy Dalton - The Lion In Winter (1969)
93. Tommy Lee Jones - Love Story (1970)
94. Tony Curtis - Winchester 73 (1950)
95. Viggo Mortensen - Carlito's Way (1993) Crimson Tide (1995)
96. Vincent Gallo - Goodfellas (1990)
97. Ving Rhames - Casualties Of War (1989)
98. Willem Dafoe - Heaven's Gate (1980) (as an extra)
99. William H Macy - My Favourite Year (1982) Radio Days (1987)
100. Zach Braff - Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Honorable mention: A very young Wesley Snipes in the music video of Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’

160 Movie Stars and the TV Shows They've Appeared In

This is a list of appearances in TV programs and mini-series by people known

primarily as movie stars. I’ve excluded the likes of Ted Danson, Robert
Vaughn, Ian McShane and Lorraine Bracco because their TV work is
more substantial than their movie work. I have also excluded talk shows
and variety shows, TV movies, one-off TV plays, and voice-only
appearances (for example in a cartoon series).

Most of the roles listed are substantial ones lasting at least three or four

episodes, but there are a few odd cameos, guest appearances and early-in-

their-career bit roles thrown in for fun. It’s presented simply as a quick

reference guide for some of the most famous examples of this phenomenon.

It’s not of course a complete list of movie stars’ TV credits, even for the

movie stars listed here. More information about each role can easily be

found elsewhere on the internet.

See also 60 Film Stars Who Appeared in 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'

1. Al Pacino - Angels In America
2. Alan Alda - MASH
3. Alan Bates- The Mayor of Casterbridge, Hard Times
4. Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
5. Alec Guinness - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,  Smiley’s People
6. Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
7. Anna Paquin - True Blood
8. Anne Bancroft  -  Jesus of Nazareth
9. Barbara Stanwyck - The Thorn Birds, Dynasty, The Colbys
10. Ben Stiller - The Ben Stiller Show, Friends
11. Bill Paxton - Big Love
12. Billy Crystal - Soap
13. Bob Hoskins - Pennies From Heaven
14. Brad Pitt – Dallas, Glory Days, Friends
15. Brendan Fraser - Scrubs
16. Bruce Willis - Moonlighting
17. Burt Reynolds - The X Files, Ed. My Name is Earl
18. Carey Mulligan - Doctor Who, Bleak House
19. Catherine Zeta-Jones - The Darling Buds Of May
20. Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men
21. Chloe Sevigny - Big Love
22. Christian Slater - My Own Worst Enemy
23. Christina Ricci - Grey's Anatomy, Ally Macbeal, Pan Am
24. Christopher Plummer - Jesus of Nazareth, Counterstrike, The Thorn Birds
25. Claire Danes - My So Called Life
26. Clint Eastwood - Rawhide
27. Colin Farrell - Ballykissangel
28. Colin Firth - Pride And Prejudice
29. Cybil Shepherd - Moonlighting, Cybil, The L Word, Psych
30. Daniel Craig - Our Friends In The North
31. Danny Devito - Taxi, Friends
32. David Carradine - Kung Fu
33. David Warner - The Wars of the Roses, Holocaust, Twin Peaks, Wallander
34. Denis Leary - Rescue Me
35. Denise Richards - Melrose Place, Spin City, Two and a Half Men
36. Dennis Hopper - Entourage, Crash
37. Don Johnson - Miami Vice
38. Donald Sutherland - Dirty Sexy Money, Commander In Chief
39. Dustin Hoffman - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Luck
40. Elizabeth Taylor - General Hospital, North and South
41. Emma Thompson - Angels In America
42. Ernest Borgnine - McHale’s Navy, Jesus of Nazareth, Airwolf, The Single Guy
43. Faye Dunaway - It Had To Be You, Alias, Grey’s Anatomy
44. Forest Whitaker - North and South, Cagney and Lacey
45. Fred MacMurray - My Three Sons
46. Gary Sinise - CSI: New York
47. Geena Davis - Commander In Chief
48. George Clooney - E.R.
49. George Peppard - The A Team
50. Glenn Close - The Shield, Damages
51. Goldie Hawn - Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In
52. Gwyneth Paltrow - Glee
53. Harvey Keitel - Life On Mars (US)
54. Heather Graham - Twin Peaks, Scrubs, Emily's Reasons Why Not
55. Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect
56. Ian Holm  - The Wars of the Roses, Napoleon and Love, Holocaust, Performance
57. Ian McKellan - Coronation St, The Prisoner (2009)
58. Jake Gyllenhaal - Homicide: Life On The Street
59. James Coburn - Klondike, Rawhide, Perry Mason, Bonanza
60. James Earl Jones - Roots
61. James Franco - Freaks ‘n’ Geeks, The X Files, General Hospital
62. James Garner - Maverick, The Rockford Files
63. James McEvoy - State Of Play, Shameless (UK)
64. Jamie Foxx - In Living Color, The Jamie Foxx Show
65. Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
66. Jason Schwartzmann - Bored to Death
67. Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love
68. Jeff Bridges - The Lloyd Bridges Show, Sea Hunt
69. Jeff Goldblum - Will & Grace, Raines, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
70. Jennifer Garner - Alias
71. Jennifer Lopez - In Living Color, Hotel Malibu, How I Met Your Mother
72. Jill Clayburgh - Dirty Sexy Money
73. Jim Caviezel - The Prisoner
74. Joaquin Phoenix - Morningstar/Eveningstar 
75. Jodie Foster - Gunsmoke, Paper Moon, Frasier, X Files
76. John Gielgud - Brideshead Revisited
77. John Goodman - Roseanne, Treme
78. John Leguizamo - ER, The Kill Point, Miami Vice 
79. John Lithgow - Third Rock From the Sun, Dexter
80. John Travolta - Welcome Back, Kotter 
81. Johnny Depp - 21 Jump Street, The Fast Show
82. Jon Favreau - Friends
83. Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce
84. Kathleen Turner - Californication 
85. Keith Carradine - Dexter
86. Kenneth Branagh - Wallander
87. Kenneth More - The Forsyte Saga (1967)
88. Kevin Bacon - Guiding Light 
89. Kiefer Sutherland - 24
90. Kim Basinger - Charlie's Angels, The Six Million Dollar Man
91. Kristin Scott Thomas - Body & Soul, Absolutely Fabulous
92. Laura Dern - Enlightened 
93. Laura Linney - More Tales of the City, Frasier, The Big C
94. Laurence Fishburne - Pee-wee's Playhouse, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 
95. Laurence Olivier - Brideshead Revisited
96. Liam Neeson - A Woman of Substance 
97. Lily Tomlin - Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In
98. Lucy Liu - Ally Macbeal
99. Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
100. Malcolm McDowell - Our Friends in the North, Heroes, Entourage
101. Mark Strong - Our Friends In The North
102. Mark Wahlberg -  Entourage
103. Martin Lawrence - Martin 
104. Martin Sheen - The West Wing, Kennedy
105. Meryl Streep - Holocaust, Angels In America, Web Therapy 
106. Michael Cera - Arrested Development
107. Michael Douglas - The Streets Of San Francisco
108. Michael Gambon - The Singing Detetctive
109. Michael J Fox - Rescue Me, Boston Legal, Spin City, Family Ties, Scrubs 
110. Michael Keaton - Report to Murphy, Working Stiffs, The Company
111. Michael Moore - Michael Moore’s TV Nation
112. Michelle Pfeiffer – CHIPS, Delta House, B.A.D. Cats
113. Michelle Williams - Dawson's Creek
114. Nick Nolte - Rich Man, Poor Man
115. Orlando Bloom - Casualty, Midsomer Murders
116. Orson Welles - Around the World with Orson Welles, The Orson Welles Show
117. Patrick Stewart - Star Trek
118. Paul Giametti - John Adams
119. Paul Newman - You Are There, The United States Steel Hour
120. Pierce Brosnan - Remington Steele, Noble House
121. Ralph Richardson  - Jesus of Nazareth
122. Ray Milland - Rich Man, Poor Man, Columbo, Hart to Hart
123. Ray Winstone - Fox, Robin Hood, Minder, Vincent, Great Expectations 
124. Reese Witherspoon - Return to Lonesome Dove
125. Richard Gere - Kojak 
126. Ricky Gervais - The Office (UK), Extras
127. Rob Lowe - The West Wing
128. Robert Carlyle - Hamish Macbeth
129. Robert Downey Jr. - Ally Macbeal
130. Robert Duvall - Lonesome Dove
131. Robert Mitchum - The Winds Of War
132. Robin Williams - Happy Days, Mork & Mindy 
133. Roger Moore - The Saint, The Persuaders
134. Russell Crowe - The Young Doctors, Neighbors, Police Rescue
135. Rutger Hauer - Floris, The 10^th Kingdom, Smallville
136. Ryan O’Neal - Peyton Place
137. Salma Hayek - Ugly Betty, 30 Rock
138. Sandra Bullock - Working Girl, George Lopez 
139. Scarlett Johansson - Entourage
140. Sean Connery - Dixon Of Dock Green
141. Seth Rogen - Freaks ‘n’ Geeks
142. Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey
143. Simon Pegg - Spaced, Big Train 
144. Sissy Spacek - The Waltons, Big Love 
145. Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
146. Steve Carrell - The Dana Carvey Show, The Office (US)
147. Steve McQueen - Wanted: Dead Or Alive
148. Susan Sarandon - A.D., Rescue Me, 30 Rock
149. Tim Robbins - St. Elsewhere 
150. Tommy Lee Jones - Lonesome Dove,The Executioner’s Song
151. Topher Grace - That '70s Show
152. Toshiro Mifune - Shogun
153. Van Johnson - Rich Man, Poor Man, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote
154. Vanessa Redgrave - Nip/Tuck
155. Will Ferrell - The Office, 30 Rock, The Oblongs 
156. Will Smith - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air
157. William H. Macy - Shameless (US)
158. William Hurt - Kojak, Damages
159. Winona Ryder - Friends
160. Woody Harrelson - Cheers, Will & Grace

50 Famous Novelists Who Have Appeared In Fiction Films

Top: Kosinski, Rushdie

Bottom: Capote, Auster

I’ve only included people who are famous mainly for their literary work, not film people who have tried their hand at novel writing.

1. Alain Robbe Grillet  Appears in Time Regained (1999)
2. Arthur C. Clarke Plays 'Man on Park Bench' in 2010 (1984), based on his novel
3. Arundhati Roy Has appeared in three Indian films, including Massey Sahib (1985)
4. Chaim Potok Plays a 'Talmud Teacher' in The Chosen (1981), based on his novel
5. Charles Bukowski Had small roles in Barfly (1987) and 2 other films
6. Colette The French author of Gigi was in a film called Hombre acosado (1952)
7. Erica Jong Bit part in Celebrity (1998)
8. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Appears in There Are No Thieves In This Village (Mexico, 1965), which was based on his story
9. Gore Vidal Has acted in many films, including Igby Goes Down (2002), Gattaca (1997), Bob Roberts (1992) and The Best Man (1964)
10. Graham Greene Bit part in Truffaut’s Day For Night (1973)
11. Harlan Coben Has a small role in the French film version of his novel, Tell No One (2006)
12. Harlan Ellison Appears in The Godson (1971)
13. Henry Miller Bit part in Tropic Of Cancer (1970), based on his novel
14. Irvine Welsh Has small parts in Trainspotting (1996) and The Acid House (1998) based on his novels
15. Jacqueline Susann Had small cameos in the movies of her novels Valley of the Dolls (1967) and The Love Machine (1971)
16. James Dickey Plays a sheriff in the movie version of his novel, Deliverance (1972)
17. James Ellroy Plays a party guest in Wonder Boys (2000)
18. James Jones Had bit parts in From Here to Eternity (1953) and Some Came Running (1958), based on his novels
19. Jeffrey Archer Played himself in a bit part in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
20. Jerzy Kosinski Appears in Reds (The film also features Henry Miller and Rebecca West but as themselves, in the documetary-section interviews)
21. JG Ballard Has a bit part as a party guest in Empire of the Sun (1987), based on his novel
22. Jim Thompson Author of The Getaway, The Grifters. The Killer Inside Me and others, he played a judge in Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
23. John Cheever Plays ‘Man at Pool Party’ in The Swimmer (1968), based on his story
24. John Grisham Has a bit part in Mickey (2004), for which he wrote the screenplay
25. John Irving Bit parts in The World According To Garp (1982) and The Cider House Rules (1999), both based on his novels
26. John Le Carre Bit parts in The Little Drummer Girl (1984) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011), both based on his novels
27. Julian Barnes Played himself in a bit part in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
28. Ken Kesey Had a bit part In Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993), based on Tom Robbins’ novel
29. Kingsley Amis Had a bit part (alongside the likes of Glenda Jackson and Paul Scofield) in Tell Me Lies (1968)
30. Kurt Vonnegut Bit parts in Breakfast of Champions (1999) and Mother Night (1996), both based on his novels, plus Never Down (2007)
31. Martin Amis Appears as a child actor (aged 15) in A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
32. Michael Crichton Has a tiny role in The Andromeda Strain (1971)
33. Mickey Spillane Has roles in The Girl Hunters (1963) and Mommy (1995)
34. Norman Mailer Has small parts in Godard’s King Lear (1987) and Ragtime (1981) as well as appearing as himself in many films, including When We Were Kings (1996)
35. Paul Auster Has a part in The Music Of Chance (1993)
36. Paul Bowles He narrates The Sheltering Sky.(1990), which is based on his novel
37. Peter Benchley Appeared in Jaws (1975) and The Deep (1977), based on his novels, and also in Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
38. Ray Bradbury Has a bit part as ‘Literary Party Guest’ in Rich And Famous (1981)
39. Raymond Chandler Has a bit part as ‘Man Reading Book’ in Double Indemnity (1944), for which he co-wrote the screenplay
40. Richard Wright Played the main role of Bigger Thomas in Native Son (1951), based on his novel
41. Salman Rusdie Acted in Then She Found Me (2007) opposite Helen Hunt and played himself in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
42. Saul Bellow Has a bit part in Seize The Day (1986) and appears as himself in Zelig (1983)
43. SE Hinton Acted in The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), both based on her novels
44. Stephen King Had small roles in some of the films based on his novels and stories, including Creepshow  (1982), Maximum Overdrive (1986) and Pet Sematary (1989)
45. Tama Janowitz Had a cameo in Slaves of New York (1989), based on her stories
46. Thomas Keneally Plays the cook in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), based on his novel
47. Tom Robbins Narrates Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993), based on his novel, and has bit parts in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) and Breakfast of Champions (1999)
48. Truman Capote  His acting credits include Annie Hall (1977) playing a ‘Truman Capote Lookalike’ and Murder By Death (1976)
49. William Burroughs Acted in Drugstore Cowboy (1989) as ‘Tom The Priest’
50. Yukio Mishima Had roles in several Japanese movies of the 1960’s, including Human Statue (1969)

80 British and American Actors Who Have Played Nazis, or Nazi-Era Germans

                                                                   Top: Cruise, Chaplin, Duvall
                                                              Bottom: Gibson, Brando, Guinness

Note: Most of these characters are Nazis but there are also German Jews and German anti-Nazis included here.

I say 'British and American Actors' though in fact there are one or two Canadians and Irish as well.

1.         Alec Guinness - Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) (as Hitler)

2.         Anthony Hopkins - The Bunker (1981) (as Hitler)

3.         Anthony Quayle - Ice Cold in Alex (1958) Operation Crossbow (1965) The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

4.         Bill Nighy - Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) Valkyrie (2008)

5.         Burt Lancaster - Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)

6.         Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be (1983)

7.         Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator (1940)

8.         Charlotte Rampling - The Damned (1969) The Night Porter (1974)

9.         Christopher Lee - Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)

10.       Christopher Lloyd - To Be or Not to Be (1983)

11.       Christopher Plummer - The Night of the Generals (1967) (as Rommel)

12.       Clive Brook - Freedom Radio (1941)

13.       Clive Owen - Bent (1997)

14.       Colin Firth - Conspiracy (2001)

15.       David Morrissey - Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

16.       David Thewlis - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

17.       David Warner - Cross of Iron (1977) Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (as Heydrich)

18.       Dirk Bogarde - The Damned (1969) The Night Porter (1974)

19.       Donald Pleasance - The Night of the Generals (1967) The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

20.       Donald Sutherland - Eye of the Needle (1981)

21.       Ed Harris - Enemy at the Gates (2001)

22.       Eddie Izzard - Valkyrie (2008)

23.       Eric Portman - 49th Parallel (1941)

24.       Faye Dunaway - Voyage of the Damned (1976)

25.       Gabriel Byrne - The Keep (1983)

26.       Gregory Peck - The Boys from Brazil (1978) (as Mengele)

27.       Harvey Keitel - The Grey Zone (2001)

28.       Henry Gibson - The Blues Brothers (1980) (as an American Nazi)

29.       Hugo Weaving - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

30.       Ian McKellen - Bent (1997) Apt Pupil (1998)

31.       James Coburn - Cross of Iron (1977)

32.       James Donald - Went the Day Well? (1942)

33.       James Mason - The Desert Fox (1951) The Desert Rats (1953) (as Rommel in both films) Cross of Iron (1977) The Boys from Brazil (1978)

34.       Jason Isaacs  - Good (2008)

35.       Jessica Tandy - The Desert Fox (1951)

36.       John Carradine - Hitler’s Madmen (1943) (as Heydrich)

37.       John Cusack - Max (2002)

38.       Judy Garland - Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)

39.       Kate Winslet - The Reader (2008)

40.       Kenneth Branagh - Conspiracy (2001) Valkyrie (2008)

41.       Kenneth Mars - The Producers (1968)

42.       Kevin Bacon - X Men: First Class (2011)

43.       Laurence Olivier - Marathon Man (1976)

44.       Liam Neeson - Shining Through (1992)

45.       Liev Schreiber - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

46.       Linda Hamilton - Silent Night (2002)

47.       Malcolm McDowell - The Passage (1979)

48.       Mark Strong  - Good (2008)

49.       Marlon Brando - The Young Lions (1958)

50.       Matthew Modine - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

51.       Michael Caine - The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

52.       Michael Elphick - Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (as Ernst Rohm)

53.       Mick Jagger - Bent (1997)

54.       Nick Nolte - Mother Night (1996) (as an American Nazi)

55.       Noah Taylor - Max (2002) (as Hitler)

56.       Orson Welles - The Stranger (1946)

57.       Paul Scofield - The Train (1964)

58.       Peter Cushing - Shock Waves (1977)

59.       Peter Finch - The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

60.       Peter O’Toole - The Night of the Generals (1967)

61.       Peter Sellers - Dr Strangelove (1964) Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)

62.       Ralph Fiennes - Schindler’s List (1993)

63.       Richard Basehart - Hitler (1962) (as Hitler)

64.       Richard Jordan - The Bunker (1981) (as Albert Speer)

65.       Robert Carlyle - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (as Hitler)

66.       Robert Duvall - The Eagle Has Landed (1977) The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (as Eichmann)

67.       Robert Shaw - Battle of the Bulge (1965)

68.       Robert Vaughn - The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

69.       Roger Moore - Escape to Athena (1979)

70.       Sig Ruman - To Be or Not To Be (1942)

71.       Stanley Tucci - Conspiracy (2001)

72.       Stockard Channing - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

73.       Terence Stamp - Valkyrie (2008)

74.       Tom Courtenay - The Night of the Generals (1967)

75.       Tom Cruise - Valkyrie (2008)

76.       Tom Wilkinson - Valkyrie (2008)

77.       Vera Farmiga - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

78.       Viggo Mortensen  - Good (2008)

79.       Will Ferrell - The Producers (2005)

80.       Willem Dafoe - Adam Resurrected (2008)

Honorable Mention  Those who have worn World War Two German uniforms as a disguise include :

Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Jack Benny - To Be or Not To Be (1942)

Michael Fassbender(speaking excellent German) - Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood - Where Eagles Dare (1967)

Note The one example I could find of the opposite situation - a German actor played an Allied officer - was Curt Jurgens in Bitter Victory (1957) (he plays a South African)