Hugh Laurie was a well known and much loved comedic actor long before Blackadder. He used to do a sketch show with Stephen Fry called "A bit of Fry and Laurie, and he stared in "Jeeves and Wooster" as Bertie Wooster, again with Stephen Fry.
@@dtulip1 Hope was taken to America when he was barely 5 years old, so I don’t know if he ever had an English accent in adulthood: I can’t recall him ever speaking with one, think his American accent was too much of a fixture.
Damian Lewis! He even fooled some of his castmates in Band of Brothers at the beginning. Hes done so many good performances with different american accents. BoB, Homeland, Billions...
I remember arguing with Americans in the US about Hugh Laurie. Can’t remember who said it, but someone famous said Hugh Laurie was a fine example of an American great actor. I think the inference was them saying, “You’re welcome” to the rest of the world. Anyway, they were really offended at me saying he was English. They took it as a slight to their country and patriotism. So I pulled up a RUclips clip of Jeeves and Wooster. They were still unconvinced. So I tried Blackadder, A Bit of Fry and Laurie and then basically everything he did before House plus a few interviews. They just triple downed and said he was an American who could do a convincing English accent. They still expected me to be grateful lol.
americans will believe anything so long as its good enough, i once convinced an american that my 7'2" scottish self with my 2 foot long bright ginger beard was asian, all because i learned mandarin to be able to talk to my wifes parents, they became so convinced that when i told them the truth they refused to believe it
Cary Grant being from Bristol is the wildest one here. I'm not a Bristolian but I've lived here for 25 years - the Bristol (Brizzle as they say) accent is very very unique. There is a lovely statue of Cary Grant in our city centre.
As a North Devonian, it infuriates me that vocal coaches seem to use exclusively the Brizzle accent for anyone south of that city - including Cornwall...
@@thedubwhisperer2157 it's worse than that I think. They also happily swap the Norwich/East Anglia accent when it suits as well. All lumped under some crappy "country bumpkin" nonsense.
@@rayaqueen9657 As a Briton raised on Blackadder et al I never felt it was a particularly plausible American accent, but clearly sufficient to fool most insular Yanks...
I love that you search in the thing you watch instead of just asking the audience to tell you, that is a bad take. The way you do it shows that you actually want to know.
Christian's accent is nothing like Cockney. If you want to hear a Cockney accent, listen to a Bob Hoskins interview. His nickname was the Cockney Cagney. Another great Cockney actor is Gary Oldman.
@@slake9727 He was born in Wales to English parents, and I think he grew up in England mostly. Whenever I've heard his 'real voice' it's always been a sort of generic Southern English accent - not Cockney - but in that interview he sounds very American to my ears.
Surprised Charlie Hunham form Sons Of Anarchy is not on this list. He played Jax Teller on that show for 10 years and it took him several years to regain his English accent fully.
Hugh is one of my favourite English people, full stop. And he was incredible in House MD. I did try to watch the show recently, and it feels dated now, not sure why, it was hard to re-watch. But I loved it the first time around. Of course, he's also funny in his previous comedy skits too.
They often mention Idris Elba in these videos but then completely overlook Dominic West who played McNulty in The Wire. McNulty and Stringer both complete legends.
Hugh Laurie is a comic who was part of a " double act" with Stephen Fry called FRY and LAURIE. They had there own TV show. He is also a very talented musician and blues singer and had his own cds. " gotten better" !!?? OH DEAR !!
People often seem to forget (or just don't know) Hugh is a really tallented musician. Following your comment, I just listened to his performance of "Mystery" again, which I still remember from decades ago. And it's still just as daft and hillarious now. I also remember some of his performances on Jeeves and Wooster as being really funny. I'll have to see if I can find them next. 😊😊
@@badplay156 I know, but the narrator said he was mainly raised in London and used the phrase "London accent". I was expecting Windsor Davies levels of accent with him growing up in London🤣
Daniel Davies, who played Niles the Butler in The Nanny, is a great example. He's from Arkansas, but did the British accent so well in The Nanny, that fan mail would criticize co-star Charles Shaughnessy (an actual Brit) on his accent and tell him to get lessons from Davies (the American), because they thought Davies was British and that Shaughnessy wasn't.
On the flip side an American actor who played several British parts but didn't even change his accent but was totally accepted was Vincent Price. Witchfinder General is viewed as his best film in Britain.
One who should have been included for me is Damien Lewis particularly for his work in "Band of Brothers" and "Homeland" two excellent series in my opinion.
was blown out the pond when I first found out that Christian Bale was British. When I watched American Psycho I had absolutely no idea. Yeah, Hugh Laurie as house is superb! You've gotta watch some Jeeves & Wooster. Not to blow my own trumpet but I've done a few lives with a deep south accent and also a Texas accent like Matthew McConaughey and people actually throught I was. The channel owner has to keep telling people that I'm British. Haha!
No I wouldn't, nor would any american who had the luck of getting more canadian tv than american , I hated when mother switched to cable and we couldn't watch the good channels.
@@cmptlyfubar I grew up before cable, so got two Canadian channels and one American. The American broadcasts sometimes puzzled me in their attitudes and beliefs when I was just a boy, and Walt Disney and his product struck me as somehow odd.
The Bikeriders movie. Hardy and Jodie. The latter has a thick Liverpool accent yet nails the American Chicago thing. Ton Hardy mumbles throughout yet nails the accent . Love you xx
Edris was in This Christmas with Loretta Devine and a lot of amazing American actors, his accent was so believable except when he said that the piano needed to be tuned, I heard that British accent for half an second. Minnie Driver is a Brit who I was shocked to discover was British.
What has to be remembered is that the UK has dozens if not hundreds of regional accents, most of which many actors can do. If we take the various American accents as extended regional accents, it's not that difficult to believe that the majority of actors can do them. Not all of them, but then not all actors can do accents; after all, it's not that easy to swich from a West Country burr to a friendly Cockney, or a harder Glaswegian. It all takes practise, at the end of the day.
Being from Newcastle, I've always found the Cockney accent distinctly unfriendly and the Glasgow accent to be much less harsh. I think it highlights your point about the vast range of accents in the UK, and also how we pick up on the similarities and differences nearby or further afield. Incidentally, I've hardly ever heard a really good Northeast accent from non-local actors. Lucy Montgomery (from Surrey) on Down The Line does an amazing Middlesbrough (Smoggy) and Sunderland (Makem) though. But she is just amazing in general.
you nailed the breakdown of Bales accent in the interview. If I didn't know any better I may have thought, he was an American who'd been in England for years.
Please watch some Blackadder with Hugh Laurie, especially the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seasons. You also then get to see Rowan Atkinson be someone other than Mr. Bean
It does work both ways. Emma Myers has just been in The Good Girl's Guide to Murder on the BBC and her English accent was impeccable. James Marsters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer also had a wonderful English accent.
I always thought Catherine Zeta Jones was American after watching her in Entrapment. I was young though. Maybe i need to go back and review her accent in that film again
Hello mate. Love your channel and I watch your every video post. Just a trivial thing, but regarding your commentary about Andrew Garfield; I couldn't resist reminding you of the old adage which says: "Parrots talk, but people speak". Trivial I know, but I couldn't resist saying this. Keep making your great and fun content, my friend! We love it in England.
Another couple of names worth adding to the list are Adrian Lester (Primary Colors, The Day After Tomorrow... but to Brits always Mickey Stone from Hustle) and Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom, but also The Full Monty). My turn to name drop :) A friend of mine was one of the main support actors in "Heavenly Creatures", Kate Winslet's first big movie. In one scene, he sang into a fish.
Odd use of 'tricked' as it's basically a job description . Hugh Lawrie was the biggest surprise , he was best known for light comedy , Jeeves and Worcester and had a comedy show wiith Stephen Fry . He's also a regular in Blackadder and it was a shock to see him as House . He's also a good pianist .
Angela Cartwright (Penny Robinson in the 1960s Lost in Space TV series) and her sister Veronica (Lambert in Alien) are both Brits from the same neck of the woods as Carey Grant.
First thing I saw Andrew Lincoln in is a TV show called This Life he played a teacher with a nickname Egg, good show too, his real last name is Clutterbuck but uses Lincoln for acting.
Hugh Laurie is best known for the Tidyman's Carpet sketch on A Bit of Fry and Laurie, The Night Manager, plus Blackadder Goes Forth. Andrew Lincoln is known in the UK for his role as Egg in This Life.
I played the part of Tony in "West Side Story" many, many moons ago in Perth, Scotland. After the show, American actress/singer Pamela Dillman came into the dressing room -- I had played opposite her some years before in Sandy Wilson's "The Boy Friend" in Alexander Bridge's production. Naturally I asked her what she thought of my West Side accent: she told me she could hear a bit of Yonkers in it. My excuse was that many of my U.S. cousins lived there.
For more Kate Winslet, check out recent film, "Lee" in which she plays the title character Lee Miller, a real life American photojournalist during World War 2. Fantastic portrayal of a truly remarkable woman.
I thought Kate’s accent as Rose was fine. She’s literally travelling back to the US from the Uk, we don’t know how long she’s been in the Uk, it seemed quite natural that her accent wasn’t fully American and it had a bit of hybrid Brit snuck in there
I always thought they were meant to be a British family that had recently moved to American because they were following the money. It never occurred to me that she was even trying to sound American.
Having a parent who is from the country you're attempting to imitate an accent from helps a lot. My dad was English; from north London, but had an RP accent (not posh at all, but had learnt that his natural north London wouldn't get him very far). My sisters and I were born in Sweden and spent our earlier years there where the primary influence on our English - certainly accent - was my dad. When we moved to the UK, we were considered posh even by public (private for the Americans) school standards, even though we weren't and the only reason we attended public schools was because of my dad's work (my parents didn't pay for it). So yes, of course being exposed to an accent at an early age will help, but having a close relative who you interact with daily, that speaks in a certain manner, will assist you even more. Who hasn't tried to imitate their own parents?
Oh my, I almost forgot another great English actor, although I do believe (if I remember correctly) his parents are American! Wentworth Miller, had been one of the stars on 'Prison Break'.
Have you watched Andrew Lincoln in "This Life"? This was my staple diet when was in Edinburgh then even better when moved to London as we binged watched it on vhs. You'll love it. Me being Scottish my accent changes whoever I am talking to. However it,seeps in at times for example, I used "innit" a very SE London saying whilst back in Scotland. My mum is London born and brought up in Cheshire then moved to Bearsden Glasgow. Her accent changes with her mood. I love the really various uk accents in such a small area
Olaf fascinating and it's great to hear their different accents come out. Just have to say that Empire of the Sun is one of my all time favourite movies it's totally amazing but difficult to watch
A young Christian Bale was also in Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V. I suspect Idris would rather forget his appearance in whatever that was! Old time Hollywood actors Ray Milland and Victor Mclaglen were also British. Victor very often portrayed an Irish top sergeant in John Wayne cavalry films. Both Ray & Victor share another connection with singer James Blunt, all three have served in the Household Cavalry, (the 2 mounted regiments of the Kings Guard).
It's easier for English people to do American accents than the other way around. A convincing English accent is very hard to pull off, Irish accents are even harder. Renee Zellweger in the Bridget Jones movies and Sean Astin as Sam in the Lord of the Rings both did really well I thought.
One of my favourites is Richard Dreyfuss as 'the Player' in Tom Stoppard's 1990 film version of _Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead,_ also starring Tim Roth and Gary Oldman. Dreyfuss is almost totally convincingly English.
It always amuses me that Hugh Laurie is best known in the states for playing a misanthropic genius, whereas here he's best known for playing a good-natured cheerful idiot. Check him out in Blackadder Goes Forth, for a good example of how most British people perceive him.
I lived in Bradford Yorkshire for around 18 months, returned home to work in a bar I'd previously worked at, to be told I was in fact Bradford born and bred by a regular customer!
Andrew Lincoln sounded off to me as I could hear some Brit sounds slipping into his attempt at a southern American accent. So funny watching you laughing at the dubbed Idris astronaut. Christian Bale's interview accent was a complete mish mash of both as far as I could hear. PS Loved your comment on GirlGoneLondon, Kayln's video about reactors.
Christian Bale still has a mixed accent because he lives in the US but has English parents. I’ve been watching him since he was in Empire of the Sun. You should look for Actors you didn’t know were Aussies!
It definitely makes sense for Garfield since they say people up to the age of 6 can have a consistent true accent if exposed to another language regularly. Apparently the brain is still developing the language centers of our brain so it's a natural automatic response. After that it's imitation of the accent occurs instead. Children as young as 6 months also listen, absorb and somewhat understand the environment around them so they automatically start learning the accents of whatever languages are consistently used around them even if they can't talk.
Crikey I'm British and most of those had me fooled 😂. The only ones I knew were British were Idris Elba, Hugh Laurie, Kate Winslet and Daniel Day Lewis.
That Christian Bales clip sounded way more New York than London, but he was 'Live from Times Square', so he was chameleoning the voices around him. I've occasionally found myself doing the same, particularly when a bit drunk.
Hugh Laurie was a well known and much loved comedic actor long before Blackadder. He used to do a sketch show with Stephen Fry called "A bit of Fry and Laurie, and he stared in "Jeeves and Wooster" as Bertie Wooster, again with Stephen Fry.
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are brilliant
Jeeves and Wooster would kill JJ.
Yeah, I grew up watching 'A bit of Fry & Laurie!'
I met them both around the time on A Bit Of Fry and Laurie in a cafe in London. They were both absolutely lovely.
We're those before Blackadder? I'll have to check imdb now.
Half of the actors in Band of Brothers are British.
yeah lewis fooled me,,, but most of the others i recognised,,,
Gary Oldman not being included in these videos always baffles me
I know right?! He's up there as one of the greatest of all time and always seems to be left out.
He's so good that they don't even know
@deanmerritt9012 this is the only logical answer
He,s too good.I’ve seen him in a lot of films….but didn’t know it.
Agreed
There's Vivian Leigh in Gone With The Wind. She played Scarlet O'Hara.
Don't for get Stan Laurel was an English comic actor, writer and film director who was one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
He spoke with his English accent in films though, so he was hardly surprising people with his origins!
And bob hope
@@Stoggler Ditto Charlie Chaplin.
@@dtulip1 Hope was taken to America when he was barely 5 years old, so I don’t know if he ever had an English accent in adulthood: I can’t recall him ever speaking with one, think his American accent was too much of a fixture.
Damian Lewis! He even fooled some of his castmates in Band of Brothers at the beginning.
Hes done so many good performances with different american accents. BoB, Homeland, Billions...
I remember arguing with Americans in the US about Hugh Laurie. Can’t remember who said it, but someone famous said Hugh Laurie was a fine example of an American great actor. I think the inference was them saying, “You’re welcome” to the rest of the world. Anyway, they were really offended at me saying he was English. They took it as a slight to their country and patriotism. So I pulled up a RUclips clip of Jeeves and Wooster. They were still unconvinced. So I tried Blackadder, A Bit of Fry and Laurie and then basically everything he did before House plus a few interviews. They just triple downed and said he was an American who could do a convincing English accent. They still expected me to be grateful lol.
Fairly standard for Americans
americans will believe anything so long as its good enough, i once convinced an american that my 7'2" scottish self with my 2 foot long bright ginger beard was asian, all because i learned mandarin to be able to talk to my wifes parents, they became so convinced that when i told them the truth they refused to believe it
@@bigfrankfraser1391 😂😂😂
Maybe googling him for them would have been better than giving them the cop out of "just doing an English accent"
You should have pulled up wikipedia maybe even imdb, if they’d beleive that, they seem pretty desperate though.
Cary Grant being from Bristol is the wildest one here. I'm not a Bristolian but I've lived here for 25 years - the Bristol (Brizzle as they say) accent is very very unique. There is a lovely statue of Cary Grant in our city centre.
As a North Devonian, it infuriates me that vocal coaches seem to use exclusively the Brizzle accent for anyone south of that city - including Cornwall...
@@thedubwhisperer2157 it's worse than that I think. They also happily swap the Norwich/East Anglia accent when it suits as well. All lumped under some crappy "country bumpkin" nonsense.
I think with Hugh Laurie he could never fool a Brit because he's just done so much comedic acting here
I haven't seen House... Can't face it with the accent.. too weird. That's our wee Hugh Laurie with the posh Oxford accent. Too weird.
@@rayaqueen9657 As a Briton raised on Blackadder et al I never felt it was a particularly plausible American accent, but clearly sufficient to fool most insular Yanks...
Gillian Anderson (Scully from The X Files) can switch effortlessly between the two, being raised between both countries.
*'Dana Scully'.
@@brigidsingleton1596 Cheers.
@@mehallica666
Thank-you, and you're most welcome.
She's Australian, not British.
@@patriciamcl54
Gillian Anderson is not Australian. She was either born in the US or England and was raised in both the US and Britain.
I love that you search in the thing you watch instead of just asking the audience to tell you, that is a bad take.
The way you do it shows that you actually want to know.
They missed Freddie Highmore who plays Dr Shaun Murphy in "The Good Doctor". He's English.
In that interview Christian Bale sounds more American than Cockney... or like an American trying to do a Cockney accent... goes in and out.
Christian's accent is nothing like Cockney. If you want to hear a Cockney accent, listen to a Bob Hoskins interview. His nickname was the Cockney Cagney.
Another great Cockney actor is Gary Oldman.
Bale is Welsh, not English, not cockney there.
@@slake9727 He was born in Wales to English parents, and I think he grew up in England mostly. Whenever I've heard his 'real voice' it's always been a sort of generic Southern English accent - not Cockney - but in that interview he sounds very American to my ears.
there are other london accents than cockney
He is speaking in a NY accent. Nothing English, cockney or Welsh about it.
Many people forgot steven hawking was british as his computer voice was american sounding
Gotta love 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie'.
That Idriss Space Precinct clip cracked me up 😂. It was like a bad Lando Calrissian impression.
Surprised Charlie Hunham form Sons Of Anarchy is not on this list. He played Jax Teller on that show for 10 years and it took him several years to regain his English accent fully.
Bob Hope was also English, he was born in London, moved to Bristol and Weston Super Mare, before his family emigrated to America
Born in Eltham.london SE9
Wow I didn't know that 😮
On the flip side,Renee Zellwegger nailed it as Bridget Jones
I can't believe they missed Gary Oldman
Ssssssht! 🤫🤫🤫🤫They don't know yet. 😂
Hugh is one of my favourite English people, full stop. And he was incredible in House MD.
I did try to watch the show recently, and it feels dated now, not sure why, it was hard to re-watch. But I loved it the first time around. Of course, he's also funny in his previous comedy skits too.
Leslie Townes better known as "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer
both Grant n Kathrine Hepburn rocked the mid-atlantic accent, they both nailed it n made them iconic
Im surprised Damien Lewis isn't there
wait! he's not American? 😂 I think they didn't know yet.
Same, busy rewatching Billions and his accent is spot on.
They often mention Idris Elba in these videos but then completely overlook Dominic West who played McNulty in The Wire.
McNulty and Stringer both complete legends.
Yes. I forgot about him too.
Hugh Laurie is a comic who was part of a " double act" with Stephen Fry called FRY and LAURIE. They had there own TV show. He is also a very talented musician and blues singer and had his own cds.
" gotten better" !!?? OH DEAR !!
People often seem to forget (or just don't know) Hugh is a really tallented musician.
Following your comment, I just listened to his performance of "Mystery" again, which I still remember from decades ago.
And it's still just as daft and hillarious now.
I also remember some of his performances on Jeeves and Wooster as being really funny. I'll have to see if I can find them next. 😊😊
That Bale interview had more US traits than London ones, you were bang on there.
He isn't English, he is Welsh which is much different
@@badplay156 I know, but the narrator said he was mainly raised in London and used the phrase "London accent". I was expecting Windsor Davies levels of accent with him growing up in London🤣
@@badplay156he is English. He has said that himself. His parents are English and he left Wales when he was like 2 years old.
*WHAAAAT!!" Andrew Lincoln i best known in the UK for 'This Life' absolute classic British cult TV.
And Afterlife with Lesley Johnson
@@PamelaLyon-m7e never heard of her? There was an actress called Lesley Sharp in Afterlife, but as far as I know Afterlife was s British show?
i only know him as Egg , ive never seen the walking dead.
Lennie James whom played Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead/Fear The Walking Dead is also British.
Stephen Graham a true Scouser but Al Capone , his accents are stunning
For American actors that sound convincing as Brits, watch Spinal Tap.
Daniel Davies, who played Niles the Butler in The Nanny, is a great example. He's from Arkansas, but did the British accent so well in The Nanny, that fan mail would criticize co-star Charles Shaughnessy (an actual Brit) on his accent and tell him to get lessons from Davies (the American), because they thought Davies was British and that Shaughnessy wasn't.
Ermmmm...... nooot really. Close, but no cookie.
On the flip side an American actor who played several British parts but didn't even change his accent
but was totally accepted was Vincent Price. Witchfinder General is viewed as his best film in Britain.
Tbh Vincent Price didn't particularly sound American, just eery.
He had a strange "creepy kind of british" sound. I was surprised he was American.
One who should have been included for me is Damien Lewis particularly for his work in "Band of Brothers" and "Homeland" two excellent series in my opinion.
And in "Life".
After Billions, they all think he's American 😂😂😂
Eamonn Walker, another English actor. He had been on the series 'Chicago Fire', 'Oz' and 'Justice'....to name a few.
I've never known his name but now I've seen your comment I don't even need to look it up.
was blown out the pond when I first found out that Christian Bale was British. When I watched American Psycho I had absolutely no idea. Yeah, Hugh Laurie as house is superb! You've gotta watch some Jeeves & Wooster. Not to blow my own trumpet but I've done a few lives with a deep south accent and also a Texas accent like Matthew McConaughey and people actually throught I was. The channel owner has to keep telling people that I'm British. Haha!
You'd be surprised how much of Hollywood is Canadian.
Yeah, but they don't exactly have to put much effort into the accent.
@@mehallica666
I don't know aboot that...apparently not all Canadians say "aboot" but seems to get a tad irate when thought of as Americans?!!
No I wouldn't, nor would any american who had the luck of getting more canadian tv than american , I hated when mother switched to cable and we couldn't watch the good channels.
@@cmptlyfubar I grew up before cable, so got two Canadian channels and one American. The American broadcasts sometimes puzzled me in their attitudes and beliefs when I was just a boy, and Walt Disney and his product struck me as somehow odd.
Yes, he would 🤣
The Bikeriders movie. Hardy and Jodie. The latter has a thick Liverpool accent yet nails the American Chicago thing. Ton Hardy mumbles throughout yet nails the accent . Love you xx
Fire chief Boden from Chicago Fire played by Eammon Walker has a good accent, Jodie Comer from Free Guy, Tom Hardy the list goes on forever
Edris was in This Christmas with Loretta Devine and a lot of amazing American actors, his accent was so believable except when he said that the piano needed to be tuned, I heard that British accent for half an second. Minnie Driver is a Brit who I was shocked to discover was British.
I thought Minnie Driver was Australian.
I love hearing your accents and insights, thank you!
John Cleese’s character in A Fish Called Wanda was called Archie Leach as a nod to Cary Grant (Grant’s birth name)
I never even noticed that!
Tom Hardy should be high on that list.
Not quite.
For which 'American' accent? i don't recall any.
That Idris Elba dub is hilarious 😂
Jodie Comer deserves a mention. She can do a plethora of accents with ease, not just British and American. Her normal accent is Scouse.
What has to be remembered is that the UK has dozens if not hundreds of regional accents, most of which many actors can do. If we take the various American accents as extended regional accents, it's not that difficult to believe that the majority of actors can do them. Not all of them, but then not all actors can do accents; after all, it's not that easy to swich from a West Country burr to a friendly Cockney, or a harder Glaswegian. It all takes practise, at the end of the day.
Being from Newcastle, I've always found the Cockney accent distinctly unfriendly and the Glasgow accent to be much less harsh. I think it highlights your point about the vast range of accents in the UK, and also how we pick up on the similarities and differences nearby or further afield.
Incidentally, I've hardly ever heard a really good Northeast accent from non-local actors. Lucy Montgomery (from Surrey) on Down The Line does an amazing Middlesbrough (Smoggy) and Sunderland (Makem) though. But she is just amazing in general.
True, but as an American, I can usually spot the little mistakes. Quite annoying.
you nailed the breakdown of Bales accent in the interview. If I didn't know any better I may have thought, he was an American who'd been in England for years.
I never knew Carrie Grant was British.
I'm flabbergasted.
Please watch some Blackadder with Hugh Laurie, especially the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seasons. You also then get to see Rowan Atkinson be someone other than Mr. Bean
Was he in series 1?
It does work both ways. Emma Myers has just been in The Good Girl's Guide to Murder on the BBC and her English accent was impeccable. James Marsters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer also had a wonderful English accent.
Damian Lewis for Band of Brothers , Billions and Homeland. All very convincing.
Also a short live show that I loved called Life
I always thought Catherine Zeta Jones was American after watching her in Entrapment. I was young though. Maybe i need to go back and review her accent in that film again
John Mahoney from Frasier is one they missed
He was very convincing though I believe he lived for a long time in Chicago.
Who?
Yes, but his regular accent was American (I know he was from UK). Richard Dawson too.
@@B-A-LFrasier's father.
Damien Lewis and both leads in the Affair.
Hello mate. Love your channel and I watch your every video post. Just a trivial thing, but regarding your commentary about Andrew Garfield; I couldn't resist reminding you of the old adage which says: "Parrots talk, but people speak". Trivial I know, but I couldn't resist saying this. Keep making your great and fun content, my friend! We love it in England.
Another couple of names worth adding to the list are Adrian Lester (Primary Colors, The Day After Tomorrow... but to Brits always Mickey Stone from Hustle) and Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom, but also The Full Monty). My turn to name drop :) A friend of mine was one of the main support actors in "Heavenly Creatures", Kate Winslet's first big movie. In one scene, he sang into a fish.
Odd use of 'tricked' as it's basically a job description . Hugh Lawrie was the biggest surprise , he was best known for light comedy , Jeeves and Worcester and had a comedy show wiith Stephen Fry . He's also a regular in Blackadder and it was a shock to see him as House . He's also a good pianist .
Angela Cartwright (Penny Robinson in the 1960s Lost in Space TV series) and her sister Veronica (Lambert in Alien) are both Brits from the same neck of the woods as Carey Grant.
Must shout out Juno Temple's accent in Fargo. Even her british Essex accent in Ted Lasso is nothing like her real posh brit one.
Juno Temple in the last series of Fargo was impressive.
The song that Bale's character Jim is sings at the end of Empire of the Sun is sung in Welsh.
Love Cary Grant..so urbane, with a dry wit. He didn't seem to take himself too seriously.
Archibald Leach... R.I.P.
First thing I saw Andrew Lincoln in is a TV show called This Life he played a teacher with a nickname Egg, good show too, his real last name is Clutterbuck but uses Lincoln for acting.
Hugh Laurie is best known for the Tidyman's Carpet sketch on A Bit of Fry and Laurie, The Night Manager, plus Blackadder Goes Forth. Andrew Lincoln is known in the UK for his role as Egg in This Life.
He had to pretend to be a Man U fan in This Life which he found very hard 🙂
David Tennant. Not only does american accents but regional uk accents with his real accent being a semi thick scottish accent
I played the part of Tony in "West Side Story" many, many moons ago in Perth, Scotland. After the show, American actress/singer Pamela Dillman came into the dressing room -- I had played opposite her some years before in Sandy Wilson's "The Boy Friend" in Alexander Bridge's production. Naturally I asked her what she thought of my West Side accent: she told me she could hear a bit of Yonkers in it. My excuse was that many of my U.S. cousins lived there.
For more Kate Winslet, check out recent film, "Lee" in which she plays the title character Lee Miller, a real life American photojournalist during World War 2. Fantastic portrayal of a truly remarkable woman.
Gary Oldman is amazing
I thought Kate’s accent as Rose was fine. She’s literally travelling back to the US from the Uk, we don’t know how long she’s been in the Uk, it seemed quite natural that her accent wasn’t fully American and it had a bit of hybrid Brit snuck in there
I always thought they were meant to be a British family that had recently moved to American because they were following the money. It never occurred to me that she was even trying to sound American.
Kate Winslett also does a decent Aussie accent - very few people can.
Fair dinkum.
Having a parent who is from the country you're attempting to imitate an accent from helps a lot. My dad was English; from north London, but had an RP accent (not posh at all, but had learnt that his natural north London wouldn't get him very far). My sisters and I were born in Sweden and spent our earlier years there where the primary influence on our English - certainly accent - was my dad. When we moved to the UK, we were considered posh even by public (private for the Americans) school standards, even though we weren't and the only reason we attended public schools was because of my dad's work (my parents didn't pay for it). So yes, of course being exposed to an accent at an early age will help, but having a close relative who you interact with daily, that speaks in a certain manner, will assist you even more. Who hasn't tried to imitate their own parents?
Oh my, I almost forgot another great English actor, although I do believe (if I remember correctly) his parents are American! Wentworth Miller, had been one of the stars on 'Prison Break'.
Gary Oldman and Tim Roth not being on this list is criminal.
Definitely react to ‘80 songs people didnt know were by Brits’, they only use short song clips so shouldn’t be an issue on RUclips 👍
Have you watched Andrew Lincoln in "This Life"? This was my staple diet when was in Edinburgh then even better when moved to London as we binged watched it on vhs. You'll love it. Me being Scottish my accent changes whoever I am talking to. However it,seeps in at times for example, I used "innit" a very SE London saying whilst back in Scotland. My mum is London born and brought up in Cheshire then moved to Bearsden Glasgow. Her accent changes with her mood. I love the really various uk accents in such a small area
This life was awesome
I loved This Life sooooo much!
Olaf fascinating and it's great to hear their different accents come out.
Just have to say that Empire of the Sun is one of my all time favourite movies it's totally amazing but difficult to watch
I used to know a guy who was a personal friend of Andrew Lincoln. He said the same thing. He's a lovely person
Space precinct Omg! I forgot about that . Loved it as a kid 😂
John Mahoney as Martin Crane in Frasier was English, Manchester I think. And we mustn't forget Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher.
A young Christian Bale was also in Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V. I suspect Idris would rather forget his appearance in whatever that was! Old time Hollywood actors Ray Milland and Victor Mclaglen were also British. Victor very often portrayed an Irish top sergeant in John Wayne cavalry films. Both Ray & Victor share another connection with singer James Blunt, all three have served in the Household Cavalry, (the 2 mounted regiments of the Kings Guard).
Can't believe Charlie Chaplin isn't on this list! 😅
I don't think he ever acted with an American accent though. Maybe he did in his silent movies?
There can't be too many the other way around, though James Marsters in Buffy had me fooled.
It's easier for English people to do American accents than the other way around. A convincing English accent is very hard to pull off, Irish accents are even harder. Renee Zellweger in the Bridget Jones movies and Sean Astin as Sam in the Lord of the Rings both did really well I thought.
One of my favourites is Richard Dreyfuss as 'the Player' in Tom Stoppard's 1990 film version of _Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead,_ also starring Tim Roth and Gary Oldman. Dreyfuss is almost totally convincingly English.
The less said about Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder the better!
The Aussies seem to pull off the English accent better.
Bill Hader, Fred armisen
It always amuses me that Hugh Laurie is best known in the states for playing a misanthropic genius, whereas here he's best known for playing a good-natured cheerful idiot.
Check him out in Blackadder Goes Forth, for a good example of how most British people perceive him.
Don't forget him as Prince George in Black Adder the Third and also Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster too.
Bob Hoskins was great.
Bale is clearly fresh out of a role and the American accent is still lingering - when he is in his natural voice he sounds like a proper London boy
John Mahoney who played Frasier's dad was pretty convincing.
I lived in Bradford Yorkshire for around 18 months, returned home to work in a bar I'd previously worked at, to be told I was in fact Bradford born and bred by a regular customer!
Dominic West or "McNulty" from the wire wasn't mentioned. I was blown away when I found out he was British. Also no mention of Gary Oldman???
Gillian Anderson, Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith) who is Nigerian/English/Australian fooled me
I love Hugh Laurie with Stephen Fry in Jeeves and Wooster. You should look at it if you haven't seen it. 😊
Andrew Lincoln sounded off to me as I could hear some Brit sounds slipping into his attempt at a southern American accent. So funny watching you laughing at the dubbed Idris astronaut. Christian Bale's interview accent was a complete mish mash of both as far as I could hear. PS Loved your comment on GirlGoneLondon, Kayln's video about reactors.
Christian Bale still has a mixed accent because he lives in the US but has English parents. I’ve been watching him since he was in Empire of the Sun.
You should look for Actors you didn’t know were Aussies!
In Ford vs Ferrari he played Ken Miles from Sutton Coldfield, just outside Birmingham.
His accent was absolutely spot on.
Charlie Hunnam from Sons of Anarchy is a Geordie ( that means he's from Newcastle, in the North East of England)
I remember the late Bob Hoskins was supposed to have surprised Americans, when they found out he was British. Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Oh yeah! He definitely did! I think he’s doing a Brooklyn accent in Roger Rabbit and it’s SO convincing.
Stanley Towsend in the British version of Mad Dogs.
David Harewood in Homeland.
It definitely makes sense for Garfield since they say people up to the age of 6 can have a consistent true accent if exposed to another language regularly. Apparently the brain is still developing the language centers of our brain so it's a natural automatic response. After that it's imitation of the accent occurs instead. Children as young as 6 months also listen, absorb and somewhat understand the environment around them so they automatically start learning the accents of whatever languages are consistently used around them even if they can't talk.
The one i really didnt know - and im from the NW of england - its Kim Cattrall of Sexy and the City - is scouse!
Crikey I'm British and most of those had me fooled 😂.
The only ones I knew were British were Idris Elba, Hugh Laurie, Kate Winslet and Daniel Day Lewis.
You missed Dominic West And Damien Lewis
That Christian Bales clip sounded way more New York than London, but he was 'Live from Times Square', so he was chameleoning the voices around him.
I've occasionally found myself doing the same, particularly when a bit drunk.