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British & Irish actors in US shows
degsyhufc
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Currently from ones i've watched (may have missed some - or a lot)
Shield:
Iain De Caestecker
Elizabeth Henstridge
Ruth Negga
Saffron Burrows
Ian Hart
Bates Motel:
Freddie Highmore
Olivia Cooke
Ian Hart
The Blacklist:
Parminder Nagra
Ritchie Coster
From other things
Dexter:
Jamie Murray
Ray Stevenson
Jonny Lee Miller
Dracula (is this half British production anyway?):
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Victoria Smurfit
Katie McGrath
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Nonso Anozie
Jemma Redgrave(Thought Bathurst was British. Born in Ghana)
Elementary (not watched this):
Jonny Lee Miller
Natalie Dormer
Rhys Ifans
(Thought Aiden Quinn was Irish for some reason
)
Anymore for anymore. Last few years or so.
Shield:
Iain De Caestecker
Elizabeth Henstridge
Ruth Negga
Saffron Burrows
Ian Hart
Bates Motel:
Freddie Highmore
Olivia Cooke
Ian Hart
The Blacklist:
Parminder Nagra
Ritchie Coster
From other things
Dexter:
Jamie Murray
Ray Stevenson
Jonny Lee Miller
Dracula (is this half British production anyway?):
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Victoria Smurfit
Katie McGrath
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Nonso Anozie
Jemma Redgrave(Thought Bathurst was British. Born in Ghana)
Elementary (not watched this):
Jonny Lee Miller
Natalie Dormer
Rhys Ifans
(Thought Aiden Quinn was Irish for some reason
)Anymore for anymore. Last few years or so.
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Hugh Dancy in Hannibal
Tom Milson and James Frain in Sleepy Hollow
Barry Sloane, Joshua Bowman and Ashley Madekwe in Revenge
Stephen Graham and Kelly McDonald in Boardwalk Empire
Lot's of British and Irish actors in Game of Thrones and The Borgias.
Stephen Moyer and Rob Kazinsky in True Blood
Matthew Rhys in The Americans
Andrew Lincoln and David Morrissey in The Walking Dead
Charlie Hunnam in Sons of Anarchy
Tom Ellis and Jamie Dornan in Once Upon a Time
James Purefoy in The Following
Emily Mortimer and Dev Patel in The Newsroom
Eve Best in Nurse Jackie
Aaron McClusker and Maria Doyle Kennedy in Dexter
Lennie James also appeared in Jericho and Human Target
Mark Sheppard has appeared in tonnes of US shows over the years and has had regularly recurring roles in two... Leverage and Supernatural
And Colin Salmon.
And John Barrowman.
Tom Ellis isn't in it now but he's been replaced by another Brit, Sean McGuire
There's also a few Brits in Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, in fact all the main cast are - Sophie Lowe, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby, Michael Socha, Naveen Andrews.
Marsha Thomason and Mark Sheppard are on White Collar.
Colin O'Donoghue in Once Upon A Time
Freema Agyeman in The Carrie Diaries
Isn't Max Beesley on Suits now also?
Irish actor Aidan Gillen was in The Wire also.
Joseph Morgan - The Vampire Diaries/The Originals
Fiona Shaw - True Blood
Jamie Bamber and James callis is Battlestar Galactica and a few other shows
Navin Andrews Dominic Monaghan in Lost
Of course these are going back a bit
He's also been in the current season of White Collar but my fav character he plays has to be Crowley
"Hello boys"
Marina Sirtis ST:TNG
Alexander Siddig (half-British) ST:DS9
Dominic Keating ST: Enterprise
Colm Meaney (Irish) ST:TNG and ST:DS9
Going off on a slight tangent... 2 of the 5 main roles in Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries are played by Brits
Tommy Craig
Georgina Reilly
Also been in NCIS a few times
Jane Leeves Frasier
John Mahoney who played Martin Crane was actually born in Blackpool but became an American citizen in 1959
He will be making a guest appearance on Foyles War.
Yeah, I read about that on Tvwise.co.uk a week or so ago
And Robert Carlyle
And Mrs. Patmore.