I actually knew he was British,and I already knew him from The Impossible,the film based on a true story about a family reuniting during a deadly tsunami.That film was so good,I recall that I cried throughout the entire ending and wouldn't stop because I felt bad for Naomi Watts being in a hospital bed and unable to attend her son!
What is a New Yorkish accent? I know I have a Brooklyn accent. He was supposed to have a Queens accent in this film but he just sounds generic American. That is in no way New York of any kind!
GM 11 I am not British but I love you guys! XD I love The Royal Ballet in London, I love Tom Holland and Tom Hiddleston that were mentioned in this video, I love the British culture...
Great ones... but what about Vivian Liegh as Scarlett Ohara from Gone With The Wind.... that an era defying role isn't it? Thank you for channel where we can discuss this.
DanFarrell98 they both are. Superman came first, being the ideal character. But when the US became disillusioned by the wars in the world and increased crime rates in the cities, dc created Batman as a not so cooky-cutter hero. They're both American icons and their inceptions 100% link back to the us society and history in which they were conceived. Same as how the X-men is the marvel analogue to discuss the inequality-issues in the US, with Professor X being the MLK analogue and Magneto being the Malcolm X analogue (though the latter character was from Europe).
Man,I literally thought he was an American,and the fact that I previously knew him from Monsters vs Aliens didn't help either,as I was convinced it was a fake British accent.Looking back,I couldn't believe my lack of wit!
GameOfEnder No. Sorry. They didn't not say actors from the British Isles. They said British and that word is common used to describe citizens of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Not the Republic of Ireland. I'm not Irish and your comment about 'triggered Irish' is nonsense.
Oh dear. Michael Fassbender? I don’t know the character she played, but I’d have thought Liz Taylor in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’, might have been worth a mention. Andrew Garfield in a good few films, and John Mahoney in Frasier, as Marty Crane. Those two could be added to an extended list.
Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher should also have been on this list, it’s a legendary performance. Also Cumberbatch is about to play Edison in the Current War, which should be pretty awesome!
I'm actually hurt by the fact that you said I Saw the Light wasn't a good film, also, why is Hiddleston only 9th He had to put on a, frankly incredible, Southern American accent and sing live and learn guitar.
The reason a lot of British actors can do very good American accents while the reverse is far less likely to be true is that British actors have it drummed into them during their training that their career will have a much, much better chance of succeeding if they can break into America. To do that they'll probably have to appear on American TV, which naturally features predominantly American characters. A convincing accent will help land them such roles, and so a lot of British actors (and other English-speaking actors as well, British or not) spend a LOT of time working very hard on their US accents. Americans, by contrast, tend not to have any career pulls towards the British Isles, so very rarely practice any British accent Also British actors have probably been exposed to a high volume of American media since childhood, and American actors have also been exposed to a high volume of American media since childhood. We grow up hearing the accent even though we're not Americans, and it's not hard to recall what American accents really sound like and replicate them
Fake Name It wasn’t always this way. In the 80s and 90s and beyond, American actors were playing iconic British roles. A lot of British actors got very upset when Robert Downey Jr was cast as Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic, or when Renee Zellwegger was cast as Bridget Jones about ten years later (and who can forget Keanu Reeves’ attempt at an English accent in DRACULA?). When Brian De Palma’s ill-fated The Bonfire of the Vanities was made in the late 1980s, the British journalist in the novel was played by Bruce Willis, but since he couldn’t do the accent, they just got him to use his normal voice instead of find a Brit to play him. One thing that needs pointing out is that British A-list talent is considerably cheaper to use than American A-listers, and since the recent explosion of British-themed television in the States (GoT, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Peaky Blinders), Hollywood studios can also bank on British actors to help get audiences into the theatres.
To all the people complaining about Fassbender, listen, it matters not. He clearly said the list includes both British and Irish, who cares if one of the actors is from Ireland. Besides, we don't care anyway. The only actor from Ireland even worth his name is Liam neeson and he's from northern Ireland which is apart of the UK. The UK has better actors than Ireland and we certainly don't need to claim fassbender as one of our own when we already have so many great and legendary actors from here.
I'm an American who thinks that Day-Lewis was BRILLIANT as Lincoln. After reading multiple biographies of Lincoln and his speeches, it's obvious that Day-Lewis captured the essence of Lincoln..……. along with some famous Lincoln anecdotes.
James Cromwell as Prince Phillip, Robert Downey Junior as Charlie Chaplin, Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, Kevin Costner as Robin Hood. All Yanks playing iconic Brits. Any more you can think of?
I know this is supposed to be about brits and irish, but I had to bring this up. The movie Hacksaw Ridge is about an american conscientious objector and his fellow american soldiers, but the entire movie is cast by australians and brits with the sole exception of Vince Vaughn. But since it was a mel gibson film, I guess it's not too surprising.
Had Andrew played Forrest Gump or Anthony Perkins/Norman Bates then he would have been in the list. Doss wasn't iconic enough to this list's standards.
#3 Actually he’s german born Irish P.S. if this list was American who play iconic British. That will be Robert Downey jr as Charlie Chaplin in “Chaplin”.
He, surely, and equally Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto. Though Erik/Magneto wasn't American, his character was written into American comic culture with Marvel's X-Men. So categorically he is one of America's iconic villains. But Fassbender's already in the list as Steve Jobs so I hoped for McAvoy to be in this list.
I like how everyone points out that Fassbender was born German, but no one points out that Hepburn was born in Belgium. But I agree that the Irish probably don’t want to be referred to as British. Fassbender is an Irish Citizen, NOT a Northern Irish citizen. At least Hepburn had British citizenship.
Stephen Murphy That may be so, but whether they like it or not, Northern Ireland is part of the UK. I'm not trying to stir things up here, I was just saying.
I have come to the conclusion that Watch Mojo deliberately puts in a mistake just to see if anyone notices. This is not the first time that I have found an error in one of their videos.
Andrew Garfield was also British, the previous Spider-man. Jared Harris is the late great British actor Richard Harris's son. Audrey Hepburn was actually born in Belgium not the UK. How about Keifer Sutherland aka Jack from 24. Keifer Sutherland has admitted in an interview, he was actually born in the UK. His parents were over here whilst his father made a film, when his mother gave birth to him.
Who gives a fuck where they were born? That is not what defines nationality. Hepburn had British citizenship so she was British. Andrew Garfield was born in LA, so that works against your point since he's still British according to you.
Andrew Garfield and Guy Pearce also played Spider-Man and Warhol, you could have mentioned them at the same time. Also, wasn't Gary Oldman Lee Harvey Oswald?
Andrew's Spider-Man was a bomb so the list took Tom's Spidey instead. Gary's Oswald was riveting but he wasn't the focal/top-billed actor/character in JFK
You're going to get a lot of hate by just labeling these actors "Brits" in the title. Irish actors are constantly being claimed by the media as British.
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Tom Holland only on number 10?! He did such a good job at creating a New Yorkish accent!!
The Jeffster I agree wholeheartedly. First time I saw Civil War, I just assumed he was American because I didn’t already know he was English!
I actually knew he was British,and I already knew him from The Impossible,the film based on a true story about a family reuniting during a deadly tsunami.That film was so good,I recall that I cried throughout the entire ending and wouldn't stop because I felt bad for Naomi Watts being in a hospital bed and unable to attend her son!
What is a New Yorkish accent? I know I have a Brooklyn accent. He was supposed to have a Queens accent in this film but he just sounds generic American. That is in no way New York of any kind!
He didn’t have a New York accent.
Nah, that's just a ''standard'' American accent. But it is a good accent though.
We could have Loki: The Musical
Loki not American
I’m British and I’m proud
GM 11 I am not British but I love you guys! XD I love The Royal Ballet in London, I love Tom Holland and Tom Hiddleston that were mentioned in this video, I love the British culture...
I'm not Brits and I am proud of you.
I’m from Scotland and don’t consider my British
Thx
As a Canadian I am proud of our past history with the UK. and still having the same queen.
Daniel Day- Lewis as Lincoln at Number one - that's no surprise!
Gary Oldman In Batman The Dark Knight. Commissioner Gordon.
I'd say Oldman in JFK was more iconic to be honest
TheCraigy111 I honestly forgot he was in JFK.
Christian bale as batman
Gary Oldman AKA VICTOR REZNOV
Tom Holland should have higher rank
One GLARING omission. Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind
Great ones... but what about Vivian Liegh as Scarlett Ohara from Gone With The Wind.... that an era defying role isn't it?
Thank you for channel where we can discuss this.
Although I love Bale’s Batman, I’d say that Superman is more of a specifically American icon
DanFarrell98 they both are. Superman came first, being the ideal character. But when the US became disillusioned by the wars in the world and increased crime rates in the cities, dc created Batman as a not so cooky-cutter hero. They're both American icons and their inceptions 100% link back to the us society and history in which they were conceived. Same as how the X-men is the marvel analogue to discuss the inequality-issues in the US, with Professor X being the MLK analogue and Magneto being the Malcolm X analogue (though the latter character was from Europe).
I would be so pissed if Smol Tom H and Tol Tom H were not in this.
what about Hugh Laurie as Doctor Gregory House in House M.D?
Man,I literally thought he was an American,and the fact that I previously knew him from Monsters vs Aliens didn't help either,as I was convinced it was a fake British accent.Looking back,I couldn't believe my lack of wit!
exactly
maybe there will be a separate list for TV roles
Loki as Hank Williams is the one I found hardest to believe until I saw the clips. And I didn't know Audrey Hepburn was a Brit.
Ik this wasn't mentioned but the first character i thought of was Gregory House played by Hugh Laurie!
So I guess this was movies only so no mentions for:
Idris Elba for Stringer Bell
Hugh Laurie for House
Damian Lewis for Band Of Brothers and Homeland.
Never knew Damian was British, there you go
Think it was implied... Also Band of Brothers was mainly British in the main cast...
Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, Finn Jones as Danny Rand
oh damn yeah: Hugh Laurie was amazing!
Hugh Laurie also put on an American accent when he played Mr Little in Stuart Little
What about Scarlet O'Hara and Blanche Dubois played by Vivien Leigh?
That’s a great pick. She did it twice and didn’t get on this list. That’s baloney.
Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington from Get Out.
I don't really know if he counts as iconic but he was the choice that came to my head.
Henry Cavill as Superman
Joshua V. Harding I was waiting for it.
I mean, SUPERMAN.
How the heck is he not on the list?!
Lawrence Stevens He was raised in America from infancy. He counts.
Lawrence Stevens I mean, he’s not human.
But he is American.
Supermann is a American icon, no doubt. And the from Krypton comment, whaaat?
Joshua V. Harding hes not from earth, he shouldnt even be considered
Should Irish not be in title if you're including Irish actors?
GameOfEnder No. Sorry. They didn't not say actors from the British Isles. They said British and that word is common used to describe citizens of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Not the Republic of Ireland. I'm not Irish and your comment about 'triggered Irish' is nonsense.
Oh dear. Michael Fassbender? I don’t know the character she played, but I’d have thought Liz Taylor in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’, might have been worth a mention. Andrew Garfield in a good few films, and John Mahoney in Frasier, as Marty Crane. Those two could be added to an extended list.
Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher should also have been on this list, it’s a legendary performance. Also Cumberbatch is about to play Edison in the Current War, which should be pretty awesome!
DDL performance as Bill Cutting sounded like a translantic accent.
you seriously didn't mention put Vivien Leigh? :(
I'm actually hurt by the fact that you said I Saw the Light wasn't a good film, also, why is Hiddleston only 9th
He had to put on a, frankly incredible, Southern American accent and sing live and learn guitar.
The reason a lot of British actors can do very good American accents while the reverse is far less likely to be true is that British actors have it drummed into them during their training that their career will have a much, much better chance of succeeding if they can break into America. To do that they'll probably have to appear on American TV, which naturally features predominantly American characters. A convincing accent will help land them such roles, and so a lot of British actors (and other English-speaking actors as well, British or not) spend a LOT of time working very hard on their US accents. Americans, by contrast, tend not to have any career pulls towards the British Isles, so very rarely practice any British accent
Also British actors have probably been exposed to a high volume of American media since childhood, and American actors have also been exposed to a high volume of American media since childhood. We grow up hearing the accent even though we're not Americans, and it's not hard to recall what American accents really sound like and replicate them
Fake Name It wasn’t always this way. In the 80s and 90s and beyond, American actors were playing iconic British roles. A lot of British actors got very upset when Robert Downey Jr was cast as Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic, or when Renee Zellwegger was cast as Bridget Jones about ten years later (and who can forget Keanu Reeves’ attempt at an English accent in DRACULA?). When Brian De Palma’s ill-fated The Bonfire of the Vanities was made in the late 1980s, the British journalist in the novel was played by Bruce Willis, but since he couldn’t do the accent, they just got him to use his normal voice instead of find a Brit to play him. One thing that needs pointing out is that British A-list talent is considerably cheaper to use than American A-listers, and since the recent explosion of British-themed television in the States (GoT, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Peaky Blinders), Hollywood studios can also bank on British actors to help get audiences into the theatres.
Daniel Day Lewis insisted on being called Mr. President even when the cameras weren’t rolling.
Yes, he is a bit of a prick.
Bob Hope was played by Bob Hope (He was born in Britain)
Where is Scarlett O'Hara - how are some of these choices better than that?
Had I known about this in its making, I would've nominated Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant in Roger Rabbit
Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara
To all the people complaining about Fassbender, listen, it matters not. He clearly said the list includes both British and Irish, who cares if one of the actors is from Ireland. Besides, we don't care anyway. The only actor from Ireland even worth his name is Liam neeson and he's from northern Ireland which is apart of the UK. The UK has better actors than Ireland and we certainly don't need to claim fassbender as one of our own when we already have so many great and legendary actors from here.
Lol, I had no idea Audrey Hepburn and Daniel Day-Lewis weren’t American! As an Anglophile, this makes me like them even more 🙂
I'm an American who thinks that Day-Lewis was BRILLIANT as Lincoln. After reading multiple biographies of Lincoln and his speeches, it's obvious that Day-Lewis captured the essence of Lincoln..……. along with some famous Lincoln anecdotes.
Ewan Mcgregor as obi wan or lumiere
@Diego Pisfil he is considered scottish British if you look it up
I’m so glad Selma was on here lol I was hoping it would be # 1.
Audrey Hepburn was Belgian.
She was indeed born in Belgium but her official nationality was British. She spent her early years in Belgium, England and I believe the Netherlands
No, you're wrong. Audrey Hepburn is definitely British, she was just born and raised in Ixelles, Belgium and died in Vaud, Switzerland.
Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer in Preacher also
How about Andrew Lincoln as Sheriff Rick Grimes from TWD??
Is he really iconic though, compared to people like Martin Luther King, Jr.?
All of these are from movies.. Guess they wanted to keep that as a theme?
What about Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes?
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge?? Or at least deserves a mention for his run as Spidey
Desmond Doss isn't iconic enough, and Andrew's Peter/Spidey portrayal pales in comparison to Tom's
Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock/Venom and Al Capone
and Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer
Fassbender was born in Germany and grew up in Ireland. Sorry.
Rishi This But he’s a Kerryman!
His nationality is classed as Irish, It's the same as Audrey Hepburn born in Belgium but her nationality was British.
Finders Peepers so? What's your point?
They said British or Irish at the start.
And slash was born in the UK but is regarded as english-american. It doesn't matter.
James Cromwell as Prince Phillip, Robert Downey Junior as Charlie Chaplin, Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, Kevin Costner as Robin Hood. All Yanks playing iconic Brits. Any more you can think of?
#1: 21 Savage
Explain to me why you could´t put both Supermann and Batman on the list.
I'll add Karl Urban to the list for rolls like Dr. McCoy on Star Trek and CIA agent on Red.
Karl Urban is a kiwi. Not British.
I know this is supposed to be about brits and irish, but I had to bring this up. The movie Hacksaw Ridge is about an american conscientious objector and his fellow american soldiers, but the entire movie is cast by australians and brits with the sole exception of Vince Vaughn.
But since it was a mel gibson film, I guess it's not too surprising.
Audrey Hepburn was from Belgium and only sometimes lived in England she technically wasn’t British
She was a British citizen who considered herself British, just like Liz Taylor.
SUPER MAN HELLO ??
The original portrayal of Lincoln in a movie I think was by a Canadian.
Noah Jupe as Jack Will in Wonder
Tom Holland so dope I wouldn't care if he used his natural accent as spiderman
Cant believe no one is mentioning daniel day lewis in gangs of new york... the most captivating character
I honestly never noticed that Dr. Strange was American lol. I just didn't think about it.
Top 10 iconic Brits played by Americans, RDJ as Chaplin, and some actor as James Bond(in TV series).
Some chicks:
Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher
Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft
Renee Zellwegger as Bridget Jones
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss
Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man.
He's half American anyways
Michael Fassbender is Irish, not British...
Daniel-Day Lewis is also Irish so quit stealing the good ones
Daniel Day-Lewis is English. He was born and grew up in London.
makes his living in britain, with english accent why is that
I'm glad you said that. I went to his Wikipedia entry because I didn't think he was a Brit either.
Also Emily Blunt played as Tempest shadow.
Hugh dancy, Tom hardy, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Laurie, and Orlando bloom in black hawk down
I want to see that Martin Luther King film now. I didn’t even know it existed.
Saw it it was fucking great 😀.
Me: *sees Tom Holland*
Me: *clicks video without even looking at title*
Ralph Fiennes as Charles Van Doren (Quiz Show)
If they were going for a Christian Bale role they should’ve picked Patrick Bateman. Iconic in a subversive way.
Batman is typically American,so it proves that he is not without talent!
I'll lose hope in humanity if DDL's Lincoln is not at the top of the list
Shows that we do things best
ANDREW GARFIELD as Desmond Doss
Kyle Campbell Garfield grew up in Britain but he was born in LA
Dual Citizenship, so technically he’s an American.
Had Andrew played Forrest Gump or Anthony Perkins/Norman Bates then he would have been in the list. Doss wasn't iconic enough to this list's standards.
where was cary grant, if Audrey Hepburn gets in for breakfast at tiffany's then cary grant should get in for any of his performances
When did he play an Iconic American?
i wouldn't say spider man is iconic
Well I'm sure most Americans know spider-man more than Holly Golightly, so is she iconic? But it is all subjective so I get your point.
Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I'm American and I love Bob Hoskins!
#3 Actually he’s german born Irish P.S. if this list was American who play iconic British. That will be Robert Downey jr as Charlie Chaplin in “Chaplin”.
Or as Sherlock Holmes
Do a Tv version, Hugh Laurie as House M.D. was robbed here!
i love Hugh but is House an Icon?
Lincoln was the best movie ever!
Menurutku aksen British terdengar lebih sopan saat berbicara jadi aku lebih suka😊
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How about James McAvoy as Professor Xavier?
He, surely, and equally Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto. Though Erik/Magneto wasn't American, his character was written into American comic culture with Marvel's X-Men. So categorically he is one of America's iconic villains.
But Fassbender's already in the list as Steve Jobs so I hoped for McAvoy to be in this list.
@@emalberto5643 Prof X isn't American either.
I like how everyone points out that Fassbender was born German, but no one points out that Hepburn was born in Belgium. But I agree that the Irish probably don’t want to be referred to as British. Fassbender is an Irish Citizen, NOT a Northern Irish citizen. At least Hepburn had British citizenship.
Actually, there are lots of tedious comments that point this out.
I saw Tom Holland and click immediately
Both T.H should have given higher rank.
Daniel Day-Lewis is THE Abraham Lincoln.
Rename this video Top 10 Iconic Americans Played by British and Irish actors (Ireland’s not part of the UK)!
Stephen Murphy Northern Ireland is, however.
Lucy Robinson But most of Ireland isn’t!
Lucy Robinson And half the people in Northern Ireland don’t see themselves as British. Half the northerners hold Irish passports/citizenship. Fact.
Stephen Murphy That may be so, but whether they like it or not, Northern Ireland is part of the UK. I'm not trying to stir things up here, I was just saying.
Yes Northern Ireland is part of the UK but fassbender is not from Northern Ireland
Well americans actors have to hurry up in acting skills or the Brits gonna take their character... and you're worry mexicans will take your jibs :"o
Audrey was a Belgium and Fassbender is German - Irish. Watchmojo once again not doing research before making a video.
Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium. Last time I checked that was not in the U.K.
But she was British. Nationality is not dependant upon birthplace. Bob Hope was an American born in London.
I have come to the conclusion that Watch Mojo deliberately puts in a mistake just to see if anyone notices. This is not the first time that I have found an error in one of their videos.
I didn't know that. Perhaps a mechanism to cause comment? not necessarily a bad thing. I suppose it depends upons one's motive.
Why doesn't this have Doctor House in it? He's the only reason I came here.
Rob kazinsky as jimmy peachered
I'm sure part of the reason British actors play American characters is to bring more class and credibility to the movie.
No Henry??
David Oyelowo is a Nigerian actor with a British accent
He was born in the British isles. That makes him British by default. So are Idris Elba, and Chiwetel ejiofor. And Daniel kaaluya. To name a few.
I'm a simple girl. I see Tom Holland, I click.
Andrew Garfield was also British, the previous Spider-man. Jared Harris is the late great British actor Richard Harris's son. Audrey Hepburn was actually born in Belgium not the UK. How about Keifer Sutherland aka Jack from 24. Keifer Sutherland has admitted in an interview, he was actually born in the UK. His parents were over here whilst his father made a film, when his mother gave birth to him.
Who gives a fuck where they were born? That is not what defines nationality. Hepburn had British citizenship so she was British. Andrew Garfield was born in LA, so that works against your point since he's still British according to you.
And Kiefer Sutherland was raised in Canada by his Canadian mother after his parents divorced.
Andrew's Spidey was a bomb so the list took Tom's instead.
*WHAT!?* *NO KICK-ASS!?* *NO HONOURABLE MENTIONS!?*
Charlie Cox as Daredevil.
He was always pretty good in the action shots especially the last bit of stardust.
i haven't finished the video yet but i'm gonna assume he's not here
might i add: will graham played by hugh dancy
Spiderman and dr strange should ben 1st and 2nd in order meaning Tom first and I’m British
MLK portrayal the #1 best
RULE BRITANNIA!🇬🇧🇬🇧
Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium
CORAAALL!
Spiderman in marvel cinematic Universe not homecoming because he's first in Civil War
Andrew Garfield and Guy Pearce also played Spider-Man and Warhol, you could have mentioned them at the same time. Also, wasn't Gary Oldman Lee Harvey Oswald?
David McMullan guy pearce is Australian though?
Born in Cambridgeshire of British parents and moved to Australia when young. I suppose both countries have a claim.
Guy Pearce counts himself as Australian.
Fair enough, I do remember him in 'Neighbours' from when I was younger.
Andrew's Spider-Man was a bomb so the list took Tom's Spidey instead. Gary's Oswald was riveting but he wasn't the focal/top-billed actor/character in JFK
I love Audrey Hepburn but she was from Belgium........
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Loki is not American!
I know Loki is a Frost Giant Tom Hiddleston is British
But then Loki cannot be an Iconic American and so does not qualify.
You're going to get a lot of hate by just labeling these actors "Brits" in the title. Irish actors are constantly being claimed by the media as British.
What about Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven?