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(alphabetical, by last name) Introduction | A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | C1 | C2 | C3 | D1 | D2 | E F1 | F2 | G1 | G2 | H1 | H2 | H3 | I-J | K L1 | L2 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | N | O | P1 | P2-Q | R1 R2 | S1 | S2 | S3 | T1 | T2 | U-V | W1 | W2-Z |
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Definitive Screen Role | Other Great Film Roles |
 Danny DeVito (1944- ) |
Ralph in
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Martini in 
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)Vernon Dahlart in Terms of Endearment (1983) Sam Stone in Ruthless People (1986) Harry Valentini in Wise Guys (1986) Owen Lift in Throw Momma From the Train (1987) Ernest Tilley in Tin Men (1987) Vincent Benedict in Twins (1988) Gavin D'Amato in The War of the Roses (1989) Lawrence Garfield in Other People's Money (1991) Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin in Batman Returns (1992) Bobby Ciaro in Hoffa (1992) Dr. Larry Arbogast in Junior (1994) Martin Weir in Get Shorty (1995) Mr. Harry Wormwood / Narrator in Matilda (1996) Sid Hudgens in L.A. Confidential (1997) Deck Shifflet in The Rainmaker (1997) Pat Francato in Living Out Loud (1998) George Shapiro in Man on the Moon (1999) Mickey Bergman in Heist (2001) Burke Bennett in Death to Smoochy (2002) Amos Calloway in Big Fish (2003) Buddy Hall in Deck the Halls (2006) Wayne the Pool Guy in The OH in Ohio (2006) |
 Cameron Diaz (1972- ) |
Mary Jensen Matthews in There's Something About Mary (1998) | Tina Carlyle in The Mask (1994) Celine Naville in A Life Less Ordinary (1997) Kimberly (Kim/Kimmy) Wallace in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) Laura Garrety in Very Bad Things (1998) Christina Pagniacci in Any Given Sunday (1999) Lotte Schwartz in Being John Malkovich (1999) Natalie Cook in Charlie's Angels (2000) and in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) Princess Fiona (voice) in Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007) and Shrek Forever After (2010) Julie Gianni in Vanilla Sky (2001) Jenny Everdeane in Gangs of New York (2002) Christina Walters in The Sweetest Thing (2002) Maggie Feller in In Her Shoes (2005) Amanda in The Holiday (2006) Joy McNally in What Happens in Vegas (2008) June Havens in Knight and Day (2010) Lenore Case in The Green Hornet (2011) Elizabeth Halsey in Bad Teacher (2011) Malkina in The Counselor (2013) Carly Whitten in The Other Woman (2014) Annie in Sex Tape (2014) Hannigan in Annie (2014) |
 Leonardo DiCaprio (1974- ) |
Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997) | Toby Wolff in This Boy's Life (1993) Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries (1995) Fee "The Kid" Herod in The Quick and the Dead (1995) Hank in Marvin's Room (1996) Romeo in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) Brandon Darrow in Celebrity (1998) King Louis XIV/Philippe in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) Richard in The Beach (2000) Frank Abagnale, Jr. in Catch Me If You Can (2002) Amsterdam Vallon in Gangs of New York (2002) Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004) Danny Archer in Blood Diamond (2006) Billy Costigan in The Departed (2006) Roger Ferris in Body of Lies (2008) Frank Wheeler in Revolutionary Road (2008) Cobb in Inception (2010) Teddy Daniels in Shutter Island (2010) J. Edgar Hoover in J. Edgar (2011) Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (2012) Calvin J. Candie in Django Unchained (2012) Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Hugh Glass in The Revenant (2015) Rick Dalton in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) |
 Vin Diesel (1967- ) |
Dominic "Dom" Toretto in
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Private Adrian Caparzo in Saving Private Ryan (1998) Chris Varick in Boiler Room (2000) Taylor Reese in Knockaround Guys (2001) Xander Cage in xXx (2002) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) Richard B. Riddick in Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and Riddick (2013) Lieutenant Shane Wolfe in The Pacifier (2005) Groot (Voice) in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018) |
 #9  Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) |
Lola Frohlich in The Blue Angel (1930) |
Amy Jolly in Morocco (1930) Marie Kolverer / X27 in Dishonored (1931) Helen Faraday in Blonde Venus (1932) Shanghai Lily (Madeline) in Shanghai Express (1932) Catherine II/Sophia Frederica in The Scarlet Empress (1934) Concha Perez in The Devil is a Woman (1935) Frenchy in Destry Rides Again (1939) Cherry Malotte in The Spoilers (1942) Lydia in Golden Earrings (1947) Erika Von Schluetow in A Foreign Affair (1948) Charlotte Inwood in Stage Fright (1950) Altar Keane in Rancho Notorious (1952) Tanya in Touch
of Evil (1958)Christine Helm/Vole in Witness for the Prosecution (1958) Madame Bertholt in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) |
 Matt Dillon (1964- ) |
Patrick "Pat" Healy in There's Something About Mary (1998) | Randy in Little Darlings (1980) Melvin Moody in My Bodyguard (1980) Dallas "Dally" Winston in The Outsiders (1983) Rusty James in Rumble Fish (1983) Jeffrey Willis in The Flamingo Kid (1984) Bob Hughes in Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Jonathan Corliss in A Kiss Before Dying (1991) Cliff Poncier in Singles (1992) Larry Maretto in To Die For (1995) Tommy "Birdman" Rowland in Beautiful Girls (1996) Cameron Drake in In & Out (1997) Sam Lombardo in Wild Things (1998) Randy in One Night at McCool's (2001) Officer John Ryan in Crash (2004) Carl Peterson in You, Me and Dupree (2006) Patton Dubois in Nothing But the Truth (2008) Jack in The House That Jack Built (2018) |
 Troy Donahue (1936-2001) |
Johnny Hunter in A Summer Place (1959) | Jimmy Flanders in Monster on the Campus (1958) Frankie in Imitation of Life (1959) Parrish McLean in Parrish (1961) Don Porter in Rome Adventure (1962) Jim Munroe in Palm Springs Weekend (1963) 2nd Lieut. Matthew "Matt" Hazard in A Distant Trumpet (1964) Ben Gunther in My Blood Runs Cold (1964) Merle Johnson (his real name) in The
Godfather, Part II (1974)Hatchet's Father in Cry-Baby (1990) |
 Robert Donat (1905-1958) |
Mr. Charles Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) | Thomas Culpeper in The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933) Edmond Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps (1935) Dr. Andrew Mason in The Citadel (1938) Sir Robert Morton in The Winslow Boy (1948) William Friese-Greene in The Magic Box (1951) The Mandarin in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) |
 Brian Donlevy (1889-1972) |
Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste (1939) | Knuckles Jacoby in Barbary Coast (1935) Gil Warren in In Old Chicago (1938) Barshee in Jesse James (1939) Sid Campeau in Union Pacific (1939) Kent in Destry Rides Again (1939) Dan McGinty in The Great McGinty (1940) Captain Mercer in I Wanted Wings (1941) Maj. Geoffrey Caton in Wake Island (1942) Paul Madvig in The Glass Key (1942) Governor McGinty in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943) George Camrose in Canyon Passage (1946) Trampas in The Virginian (1946) Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo in Kiss of Death (1947) Brig. Gen. Clifton I. Garnet in Command Decision (1948) Walter Williams in Impact (1949) Joe McClure in The Big Combo (1955) Prof. Bernard Quatermass in The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Brian Donlevy in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) |
 #17 Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) |
Spartacus in Spartacus (1960) | Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946) Whit Sterling in Out
of the Past (1947)Noll "Dink" Turner in I Walk Alone (1948) George Phipps in A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Midge Kelly in Champion (1949) Rick Martin in Young Man with a Horn (1950) Charles 'Chuck' Tatum in Ace in the Hole (1951) Detective James McLeod in Detective Story (1951) Jim Deakins in The Big Sky (1952) Jonathan Shields in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Ned Land in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Dempsey Rae in Man Without a Star (1955) Vincent Van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956) Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) Colonel Dax in Paths
of Glory (1957)Einar in The Vikings (1958) Marshal Matt Morgan in Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) Brendan "Bren" O'Malley in The Last Sunset (1961) John W. "Jack" Burns in Lonely Are the Brave (1962) Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey in Seven Days in May (1964) Commander Paul Eddington in In Harm's Way (1965) Sen. William J. Tadlock in The Way West (1967) Lomax in The War Wagon (1967) Peter Sandza in The Fury (1978) Adam in Saturn 3 (1980) Capt. Matthew Yelland in The Final Countdown (1980) |
 Melvyn Douglas (1901-1981) |
Count Leon Dalga in Ninotchka
(1939) |
Roger Penderel in The Old Dark House (1932) Jeff Hogarth in Annie Oakley (1935) Michael Grant in Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Mr. Cheyne in Captains Courageous (1937) Henry Lowndes in Too Many Husbands (1940) Larry Baker in That Uncertain Feeling (1941) Larry Blake in Two-Faced Woman (1941) Bill Cole in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) The Dansker (Sailmaker) in Billy Budd (1962) Homer Bannon in Hud (1963) Adm. William Jessup in The Americanization of Emily (1964) Tom Garrison in I Never Sang For My Father (1970) John J. McKay in The Candidate (1972) Senator Birney in The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) Benjamin Rand in Being There (1979) Senator Carmichael in The Changeling (1980) |
 Michael Douglas (1944- ) |
Gordon Gekko in
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Dr. Mark Bellows in Coma (1978) Richard Adams in The China Syndrome (1979) Judge Steven R. Hardin in The Star Chamber (1983) Jack Colton in Romancing the Stone (1984) and The Jewel of the Nile (1985) Zach in A Chorus Line (1985) Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction (1987) Nick Conklin in Black Rain (1989) Oliver Rose in The War of the Roses (1989) Ed Leland in Shining Through (1992) Detective Nick Curran in Basic Instinct (1992) William Foster (D-Fens) in Falling Down (1993) Tom Sanders in Disclosure (1994) Pres. Andrew Shepherd in The American President (1995) Nicholas Van Orton in The Game (1997) Steven Taylor in A Perfect Murder (1998) Robert Hudson Wakefield in Traffic (2000) Grady Tripp in Wonder Boys (2000) Dr. Nathan Conrad in Don't Say a Word (2001) Mr. Burmeister in One Night at McCool's (2001) Alex Gromberg in It Runs in the Family (2003) Steve Tobias in The In-Laws (2003) Pete Garrison in The Sentinel (2006) Mr. Thompson in You, Me and Dupree (2006) Charlie in King of California (2007) Mark Hunter in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) Alex Coblenz in Haywire (2011) Billy Gherson in Last Vegas (2013) Oren Little in And So It Goes (2014) Dr. Hank Pym in Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) |
 Robert Downey Jr. (1965-) |
Charlie Spencer Chaplin in Chaplin (1992) and Tony Stark / Iron Man in
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Ian in Weird Science (1985) Julian Wells in Less Than Zero (1987) Jack Jericho in The Pick-Up Artist (1987) Alex Finch in Chances Are (1989) Ralph Carr in 1969 (1989) Billy Covington in Air America (1990) David Barnes in Soapdish (1991) Thomas Reilly in Heart and Souls (1993) Wayne Gale in Natural Born Killers (1994) Earl Rivers in Richard III (1996) Charlie in One Night Stand (1997) Blake Allen in Two Girls and a Guy (1997) Clyde Pell in The Gingerbread Man (1998) John Royce in U.S. Marshals (1998) Terry Crabtree in Wonder Boys (2000) Pete Graham in Gothika (2003) Dan Dark in The Singing Detective (2003) Harry Lockhart in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) Joe Wershba in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Dr. Kozak in The Shaggy Dog (2006) Paul Avery in Zodiac (2007) Principal Nathan Gardner in Charlie Bartlett (2008) Kirk Lazarus (Hot LZ) in Tropic Thunder (2008) Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Hank Palmer in The Judge (2014) Dr. John Dolittle in Dolittle (2019) |
 Marie Dressler (1868-1934) |
Min Divot in Min and Bill (1930) | Tillie Banks in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) Mrs. Callahan in The Callahans and the Murphys (1927) Marthy Owens in Anna Christie (1930) Hattie Burns in Politics (1931) Emma Thatcher Smith in Emma (1932) Carlotta Vance in Dinner at Eight (1933) Annie Brennan in Tugboat Annie (1933) |
 Richard Dreyfuss (1947- ) |
Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Curt Henderson in American Graffiti
(1973) Duddy in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Boy Wonder in Inserts (1975) Matt Hooper in Jaws
(1975)Elliot Garfield in The Goodbye Girl (1977) Paul Dietrich in The Competition (1980) Ken Harrison in Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) Dave Whiteman in Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) The Writer in Stand by Me (1986) Aaron Levinsky in Nuts (1987) Chris Lecce in Stakeout (1987) and Another Stakeout (1993) Bill "BB" Babowsky in The Tin Men (1987) Pete Sandich in Always (1989) The Player King in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Doctor Frankenthal in Postcards from the Edge (1990) Dr. Leo Marvin in What About Bob? (1991) Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) Senator Rumson in The American President (1995) Richard Nelson in Poseidon (2006) Matt Boyd in Piranha 3D (2010) Alexander Dunning in RED (2010) George in Book Club (2018) |
 Minnie Driver (1970- ) |
Skylar Satenstein in Good Will Hunting (1997) | "Benny" Hogan in Circle of Friends (1995) Irina in GoldenEye (1995) Phyllis in Big Night (1996) Carol Martinez in Sleepers (1996) Debi Newberry in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Miss Mabel Chiltern in An Ideal Husband (1999) Grace Briggs in Return to Me (2000) Mona Hibbard in Beautiful (2000) Mandy in Ella Enchanted (2004) Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
 Margaret Dumont (1882-1965) |
Mrs. Claypool in A
Night at the Opera (1935) |
Mrs. Potter in The Cocoanuts (1929) Mrs. Rittenhouse in Animal Crackers (1930) Mrs. Teasdale in Duck
Soup (1933)Emily Upjohn in A Day At the Races (1937) Martha Phelps in The Big Store (1941) Mrs. Hemogloben in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) Mrs. Allenwood in Bathing Beauty (1944) Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder in The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) |
 Faye Dunaway (1941- ) |
Bonnie Parker in Bonnie
and Clyde (1967) |
Lou McDowell in Hurry Sundown (1967) Vicki Anderson in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Mrs. Pendrake in Little Big Man (1970) Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers (1974) Evelyn Mulwray in Chinatown
(1974)Susan Franklin in The Towering Inferno (1974) Kathy Hale in Three Days of the Condor (1975) Denise Kreisler in Voyage of the Damned (1976) Diana Christensen in Network (1976) Laura Mars in Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Annie in The Champ (1979) Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest (1981) Selena in Supergirl (1984) Wanda Wilcox in Barfly (1987) Marilyn Mickler in Don Juan DeMarco (1995) Aunt Lee Cayhall Bowen in The Chamber (1996) Yolande d'Aragon in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) The Psychiatrist in The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Kitty Olchin in The Yards (2000) Mrs. Eve Denton in The Rules of Attraction (2002) |
 Irene Dunne (1898-1990) |
Lucy Warriner in The Awful Truth (1937) | Sabra Cravat in Cimarron (1931) Ray Smith (Schmidt) in Back Street (1932) Ann Vickers in Ann Vickers (1933) Stephanie in Roberta (1935) Magnolia Hawks in Show Boat (1936) Theodora Lynn in Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Terry McKay in Love Affair (1939) Ellen Wagstaff Arden in My Favorite Wife (1940) Julie Gardiner Adams in Penny Serenade (1941) Dorinda Durston in A Guy Named Joe (1943) Anna Owens in Anna and the King of Siam (1946) Vinnie Day (Mother) in Life With Father (1947) Mama Hansen in I Remember Mama (1948) |
 Jimmy Durante (1893-1980) |
Anthony 'Pop' Wonder in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) | James in Speak Easily (1932) Jimmy Potts in What! - No Beer? (1933) Knobby Walsh in Palooka (1934) Jimmy Clayton in Little Miss Broadway (1938) Jefferson Twitchell in Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) Jeeper Smith in You're in the Army Now (1941) Banjo in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) Billy Kipp in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) "Spike" in Two Sisters from Boston (1946) Nick Lombardi in It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) Mr. Louie Amendola in The Great Rupert (1950) Smiler Grogan in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) |
 Deanna Durbin (1921-2013) |
'Penny' Craig in
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Patricia "Patsy" Cardwell in One Hundred
Men and a Girl (1937) Gloria Harkinson in Mad About Music (1938) Alice Fullerton in That Certain Age (1938) Constance "Connie" Harding in First Love (1939) Pamela Drake in It's A Date (1940) Anne Terry in It Started With Eve (1941) Jane Dana in Nice Girl? (1941) Ruth Kirke Holliday in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) Penny Craig in Hers to Hold (1943) Ann Carter in His Butler's Sister (1943) Caroline Frost in Can't Help Singing (1944) Nikki Collins in Lady on a Train (1945) Kim Walker in Because of Him (1946) Mary Peppertree in For the Love of Mary (1948) Rosie Moore in Up in Central Park (1948) |
 Charles Durning (1923–2012) |
'Les' Nichols in Tootsie (1982) | Joseph Larch in Sisters (1972) Lt. Wm. Snyder in The Sting (1973) Murphy in The Front Page (1974) Det. Sgt. Moretti in Dog Day Afternoon (1975) O'Brien in Breakheart Pass (1975) President David T. Stevens in Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) Dr. Jim McKeever in The Fury (1978) Doc Hopper in The Muppet Movie (1979) Coach Johnson in North Dallas Forty (1979) Michael "Mickey" Potter in Starting Over (1979) John Clifford in When a Stranger Calls (1979) Friscoe in Sharky's Machine (1981) Governor in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) Col. Erhardt in To Be or Not to Be (1983) Dutch Peltz in Cop (1988) Chief Brandon in Dick Tracy (1990) Waring Hudsucker in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Louis Bamberger in I.Q. (1994) Henry Larson in Home for the Holidays (1995) The Director in Spy Hard (1996) Pappy O'Daniel in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Mayor George Bailey in State and Main (2000) |
 Robert Duvall (1931- ) |
Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse
Now (1979) and Tom Hagen in |
Boo Radley in To
Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Ned Pepper in True Grit (1969) Major Frank Burns in M*A*S*H (1970) Vernon Adams in Lawman (1970) THX in THX 1138 (1971) Frank Harlan in Joe Kidd (1972) Jesse James in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) The Director in The Conversation (1974) George Hanson in The Killer Elite (1975) Frank Hackett in Network (1976) Bull Meecham in The Great Santini (1979) Mac Sledge in Tender Mercies (1983) Max Mercy in The Natural (1984) Corporal Bob Hodges in Colors (1988) Harry Hogge in Days of Thunder (1990) Daddy in Rambling Rose (1991) Prendergast in Falling Down (1993) Dr. Roger Prynne R. Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter (1995) Doc Brunder in Phenomenon (1996) Karl's Father (Mr. Childers) in Sling Blade (1996) Eulis "Sonny" Dewey / The Apostle E.F. in The Apostle (1997) Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner in Deep Impact (1998) Jerome Facher in A Civil Action (1998) Otto Halliwell in Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) Dr. Griffin Weir in The 6th Day (2000) Frank Grimes in John Q. (2002) Gen. Robert E. Lee in Gods and Generals (2003) Boss Spearman in Open Range (2003) Hub in Secondhand Lions (2003) Buck Weston in Kicking & Screaming (2005) "The Captain" in Thank You for Smoking (2005) Wayne Kramer in Crazy Heart (2009) Old Man in The Road (2009) Cash in Jack Reacher (2012) Joseph Palmer in The Judge (2014) Tom Mulligan in Widows (2018) |
 Ann Dvorak (1911-1979) |
Vivian Revere in Three on a Match (1932) | Cesca Camonte in Scarface (1932) Jean Morgan Collins in G-Men (1935) Minerva Harlan in Merrily We Live (1938) Kay Warren in Girls of the Road (1940) Ann Morgan in This Was Paris (1942) Charlene in The Long Night (1947) Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips in I Was an American Spy (1951) |
