Top Ten Actors Who are Master of Accents

This is a list of actors who are renowned for their ability to accurately recreate many different accents in their movies.

The actors on this list must have attempted to speak in at least three different accents other than their own, and these attempts must have been praised by critics or native speakers most of the time.

The Top Ten

  1. Gary Oldman

    Sir Gary Leonard Oldman is an English actor and filmmaker. Renowned for his versatility and intense acting style, Oldman is one of the most celebrated actors of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film, and television. He has received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award... read more

    He has never used the same accent twice in all of his movies. He has received critical acclaim for most of his accents, such as the Hell's Kitchen accent performed in "State of Grace" (1990) and his ability to recreate the speech patterns of Lee Oswald in "JFK" (1991) and Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" (2017).

    Watch The Contender. Superb performance and the best Midwestern accent ever made by a non-Midwesterner.

    Dude had to re-learn his English accent because he played too many American characters.

  2. Meryl Streep

    Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress. Frequently cited in the media as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, Streep is renowned for her versatility, ability to embody diverse characters, and command of various accents.... read more

    God, I love her so much. She's an accent god, a master of acting, the best of all time, in my opinion. She can play everything and sound like anyone. No one can surpass her.

    She is renowned for her intense work on accents since "Sophie's Choice" (1982) and has been praised for her English accent in "The Iron Lady" (2011).

    She can sound like anyone. She should be #1.

  3. Daniel Day Lewis

    Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor who holds British and Irish citizenship. He's won a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles in My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood, and Lincoln. After announcing his retirement from acting in 2017, Day-Lewis returned to star in the... read more

    Top 5 best actor of our time. He turned my gut with fear in "There Will Be Blood" and drew me into hardship, pain, and passion with "In the Name of the Father". But my personal favorite was the gang leader/father figure to Leo he played in "Gangs of New York".

    He is a true method actor who also works intensively on his accents. He received critical acclaim for having recreated Abraham Lincoln's speech pattern in "Lincoln" (2013).

  4. Christian Bale

    Christian Charles Philip Bale (born January 30, 1974) is an English actor known for his versatility and physical transformations for roles. He has been a leading man in films across several genres and has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2014, Forbes... read more

    He did a good New York accent in "American Psycho".

  5. Cate Blanchett

    Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actor, producer, and theatre director. She has received international acclaim and numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Awards, six AACTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Her recent screen projects... read more

  6. Toni Collette

    Toni Collette is an Australian actress and musician with a successful career in film, television, and theater. She is also the lead singer of the band Toni Collette and the Finish. Collette has received critical acclaim for her performances in works such as Muriel's Wedding, The Sixth Sense, and Hereditary... read more

    Man, she fooled me in The Sixth Sense!

  7. Viggo Mortensen

    Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr., born on October 20, 1958, in New York City, is an American actor, filmmaker, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter. He spent part of his childhood in Denmark and Argentina with his Danish father and American mother. Mortensen has won a Screen Actors Guild Award... read more

    He's so underrated. He can speak many languages, including French and Spanish. He even played in a movie entirely in Spanish (Alatriste) and used regionalisms in it as well. He's my favorite actor. I hope he's going to make more movies in the future. Go Viggo!

    He was amazing in Captain Fantastic.

  8. Peter Stormare

    Peter Stormare can do any accent. The guy has an amazing talent.

  9. Robin Williams

    Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. He began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s and helped lead a comedy renaissance in San Francisco. He died in August 2014 and is remembered for his improvisational genius, charity work, and heartfelt... read more

    I love his Scottish accent in Mrs. Doubtfire.

  10. Peter Sellers

    Peter Sellers CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers. September 8, 1925 - July 24, 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first rose to fame through the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, appeared on numerous hit comedy recordings, and gained international recognition for his film work.... read more

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  13. Heath Ledger

    Heath Andrew Ledger was an Australian actor and director. After appearing in Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career. He received critical acclaim for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight and posthumously won... read more

    How is he only #12? He was the greatest actor with an unmatched talent for both acting and accents, especially American ones. His death was such a tragic loss for the acting world! He needs to be recognized and never forgotten.

    He was the best in everything he did: the greatest Joker (sorry, Joaquin!) and also good at romantic roles. That is how versatile he was. And his American accent was perfect. Never once could I guess he was Australian if I didn't already know. An outstanding talent that should inspire young actors today.

  14. Robert De Niro

    Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and producer. He is particularly known for his nine collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese and is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen... read more

  15. Johnny Depp

    John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. His film roles are often prominent, and he frequently portrays eccentric characters with dark states of mind. Depp is also... read more

  16. David Tennant

    David Tennant is a Scottish actor known for his roles in television and film. He is best known for portraying the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctors in Doctor Who, Alec Hardy in Broadchurch, and Kilgrave in Jessica Jones. Tennant also appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and... read more

  17. Al Pacino

    Alfredo James "Al" Pacino, born April 25, 1940, is an American actor and filmmaker. Pacino has had a career spanning more than five decades and is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in film history. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime... read more

  18. Pedro Pascal

  19. Idris Elba

    Sir Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba is an English actor, producer, musician, and DJ. He is known for playing drug trafficker Stringer Bell on the HBO series The Wire, DCI John Luther on the BBC One series Luther, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Elba has received... read more

    He can easily do an American accent. Not a lot of English actors are able to do it this well.

  20. Angelina Jolie

    Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards and was frequently cited as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood through much of the 2000s and 2010s. Jolie's career... read more

  21. Rebecca Ferguson

    Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born October 19, 1983) is a Swedish actress. She gained international recognition for her role as Elizabeth Woodville in the 2013 miniseries The White Queen, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.... read more

  22. Robert Downey Jr.

    Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and producer. His early career included both critical acclaim and commercial success.

    He battled substance abuse and legal troubles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He experienced a major career resurgence with his role as Tony... read more

  23. Ben Kingsley

    Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji on December 31, 1943) is an English actor. He has received numerous accolades throughout a career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen... read more

  24. Sean Connery

    Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. He was best known for playing James Bond in seven films from 1962 to 1983, as well as for roles such as Jim Malone in The Untouchables and... read more

  25. Christopher Lee

    Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (1922-2015) was an English actor, singer, and author. He gained fame for villainous roles such as Dracula in the Hammer horror films, Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies... read more

  26. Alfred Molina

  27. Forest Whitaker

    Forest Steven Whitaker III is an American actor, producer, and director. He has gained recognition for his commitment to character development in films such as Bird, The Crying Game, Platoon, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, The Great Debaters, The Butler, and Arrival.... read more

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