Top 50 Famous Actors of The 1980s

The film industry is growing day by day with a lot of movies being produced and released every year. However, we can’t help but look back at the classic films that greatly influenced an entire generation of the 80s. These films are also associated with the names of several outstanding actors at that time. 

Here are the top 50 best actors of the 80s:

1. Robert De Niro 

Full name	Robert Anthony De Niro Jr.
Date of birth	August 17, 1943
Birthplace	Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Years active	From 1963 – To the Present.

Robert De Niro is one of the most influential actors of all time. He is an American actor and producer. He received many awards, including the Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Many films he acted in became classic movies likes: The Godfather Part II (1974), Taxi Driver (1976), and The Deer Hunter (1978),… 

Some of the films reinforced his place as one of the greatest actors 80s including The King of Comedy (1982), Once Upon A Time in America (1984), and Midnight Run (1988).

2. Tom Cruise

Full name	Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Date of birth	July 3, 1962
Birthplace	Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1981 – To the Present.

Tom Cruise is a famous star, he is one of the highest-paid actors. Cruise has been a very handsome, attractive and attractive guy since he was young. He is best known for his roles in films such as Risky Business (1983), Top Gun (1986), and the Mission: Impossible series. He is the most famous and beloved actor in Hollywood, the films in his career always have successful box office sales.

3. Christopher Walken

Full name	Ronald Walken
Date of birth	March 31, 1943
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	From 1952 – To the Present.

Christopher Walken was born into a family in Astoria, Queens, New York. He has appeared in hundreds of film and television films and stage plays. Walken won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film The Deer Hunter (1978). His famous 80s films are The Dogs of War (1980), The Dead Zone (1983), and A View to a Kill (1985).

4. Mel Gibson

Full name	Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson
Date of birth	January 3, 1956
Birthplace	Peekskill, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1976 – To the Present.

Mel Gibson was one of the biggest icons of the 80s, he is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. The 1980s and 1990s were Gibson’s heyday as an actor. Lethal Weapon (1987) established him as one of Hollywood’s top-ranked stars for action blockbusters.

5. Jon Cryer

Full name	Jonathan Niven Cryer
Date of birth	April 16, 1965
Birthplace	New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1984 – To the Present.

Jon Cryer began his acting career in 1984 and became famous after the teen romantic comedy-drama film Pretty in Pink (1986). In addition to movies, Cryer has participated in various television series. Famous among them are the TV series Two and a Half Men, Supergirl, and DC’s Arrow and The Flash.

6. Anthony Michael Hall

Full name	Michael Anthony Hall
Date of birth	April 14, 1968
Birthplace	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Years active	From 1977– To the Present.

Another famous actor during the 80s is Anthony Michael Hall. He is an American actor, who rose to fame after Breakfast Club (1985) and Weird Science (1985). He became a typecast when he joined Saturday Night Live for a year (1985–1986). Hill is still working hard in the film industry, he appeared in films that attract many viewers such as Halloween Kills (2021).

7. Michael Douglas

Full name	Michael Kirk Douglas
Date of birth	September 25, 1944
Birthplace	New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	From 1966 – To the Present.

Michael Douglas is an award-winning actor, including two Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards, and many nominations. He is an experienced veteran actor, with more than fifty years of experience in the field of film and theater. Here are some famous films of the 80s by Douglas: Wall Street (1987), Black Rain (1989), and The War of the Roses (1989).

8. Al Pacino

Full name	Alfredo James Pacino
Date of birth	April 25, 1940
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	From 1967 – To the Present.

Al Pacino is one of the most influential actors of the 20th century. The noble awards he has received include an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In addition to being an actor, Pacino is also a talented director. Interestingly, he and Robert De Niro have collaborated together in four films.

9. Anthony Hopkins

Full name	Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins
Date of birth	31 December 1937
Birthplace	Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK.
Years active	From 1960 – To the Present.

Anthony Hopkins is one of the most famous British actors. He is a Welsh actor, director, and producer and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts. Hopkins appeared in many popular films from the 1970s to the 1990s. He has been awarded numerous awards and honorary degrees during his career. 

10. Jeff Bridges

Full name	Jeffrey Leon Bridges
Date of birth	December 4, 1949
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	From 1951 – To the Present.

“The most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived” – these are the words critic Pauline Kael wrote about Jeff Bridges. Coming from an acting family, Bridges was involved in films at an early age. He is an outstanding actor with an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his outstanding performance in the film Crazy Heart (2009). 

11. Ben Kingsley

Full name	Sir Ben Kingsley
Date of birth	31 December 1943
Birthplace	Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Years active	From 1966 – To the Present.

Ben Kingsley is a British actor, and he is known for his role as Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi (1982). He also won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for this role. In addition, Kingsley received numerous awards and nominations during the years of his acting career. Some of his featured films are Twelfth Night (1996), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Shutter Island (2010), and Iron Man 3 (2013).

12. William Hurt

Full name	William McChord Hurt
Date of birth	March 20, 1950
Birthplace	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Years active	From 1977 – 2022.

William Hurt is known for his stage and screen performances, among them Altered States (1980), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He used to be a private pilot and the owner of an American general aviation aircraft. Hurt is fluent in French and has a home outside Paris. 

13. John Malkovich

Full name	John Malkovich
Date of birth	December 9, 1953
Birthplace	Christopher, Illinois, U.S.
Years active	From 1976 – To the Present.

John Malkovich has appeared in many films from the 1980s to the present day. Malkovich appeared in such great films as Empire of the Sun (1987), Con Air (1997), and Bird Box (2018). In the 2010s, he began acting in a number of TV series, notably the three-part BBC One mystery series The ABC Murders (2018) with the role of detective Hercule Poirot. He also appeared in a cameo in the Netflix comedy series Space Force (2020–2022).

14. F. Murray Abraham

Full name	F. Murray Abraham
Date of birth	October 24, 1939
Birthplace	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active	From 1959 – To the Present.

F. Murray Abraham was the man who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his leading role as Antonio Salieri in the classic film Amadeus (1984). He has played much lead and supporting roles in many films, including several current hit TV series. Abraham works in film, television, and theatre. 

15. Willem Dafoe

Full name	Willem James Dafoe
Date of birth	July 22, 1955
Birthplace	Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
Years active	From 1979 – To the Present.

Willem Dafoe is an American actor, he started his career in 1979 with the movie Heaven’s Gate. He appeared in many films familiar to modern cinema audiences such as The Fault in Our Stars (2014), John Wick (2014), Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The French Dispatch (2021), Nightmare Alley (2021) and The Northman (2022). 

16. Bill Murray

Full name	William James Murray
Date of birth	September 21, 1950
Birthplace	Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Years active	From 1973 – To the Present.

Bill Murray is a name quite familiar to movie lovers. The first films he starred in were the box office hits of the ’80s: Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), and Tootsie (1982). He won a Golden Globe and a British Academy Film Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for Lost in Translation (2003), in which he co-starred with Scarlett Johansson. 

17. Morgan Freeman

Full name	Morgan Freeman
Date of birth	June 1, 1937
Birthplace	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Years active	From 1964 – To the Present.

Morgan Freeman is known for his distinctive voice and for acting in various films. In addition to acting, he is also a director and narrator. Freeman rose to fame in the 1970s and had a flourishing acting career in the 1980s. He had an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Street Smart (1987). He was then nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Actor in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

18. Eddie Murphy

Full name	Edward Regan Murphy
Date of birth	April 3, 1961
Birthplace	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Years active	1976–present

Eddie Murphy is the most famous American comedian. He plays many roles such as an actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. In the 1980s, he became acting stardom as he acted in many successful films and received many awards and nominations. Murphy has received numerous nominations for his performance in the films of the 80s: 48 Hrs. (1982), Trading Places (1983). 

19. Michael J. Fox

Full name	Michael Andrew Fox
Date of birth	June 9, 1961
Birthplace	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Years active	From 1977 – 2020.

Michael J. Fox is a former Canadian actor. He began his career in the 70s and gained attention for his role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). Fox acted in several films during the following years until he had to reduce his activities due to Parkinson’s disease. He retired in 2020 due to his declining health due to the disease.

20. Matt Dillon

Full name	Matthew Raymond Dillon
Date of birth	February 18, 1964
Birthplace	New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1979 – To the Present.

The handsome American actor Matt Dillon began his acting career in 1979. He became the idol of many teenagers in the 80s. The films that brought Dillon’s popularity during those years include My Bodyguard (1980), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), and Singles (1992),… The film Crash (2004) earned him an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. 

21. James Woods

Full name	James Howard Woods
Date of birth	April 18, 1947
Birthplace	Vernal, Utah, U.S.
Years active	From 1969 – To the Present.

James Woods is remembered for his work in various film, stage, and television productions. He appeared in popular films such as Videodrome (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984) alongside Robert De Niro, and Salvador (1986) – the film that brought him an Oscar nomination. In addition, he has also voiced many movies, video games, and TV shows.

22. Martin Short

Full name	Martin Hayter Short
Date of birth	March 26, 1950
Birthplace	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Years active	From 1972 – To the Present.

If you’ve been interested in the comedy series Only Murders in the Building lately, you must know one of the main actors Martin Short. He is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. Short has received many different awards and nominations with film and theater awards such as Tony Award, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award, and Robert Altman Award,… 

23. Steve Martin

Full name	Stephen Glenn Martin
Date of birth	August 14, 1945
Birthplace	Waco, Texas, U.S.
Years active	From 1966 – To the Present.

Steve Martin is an actor, comedian, producer, and musician. He is the winner of five Grammy Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Martin was also awarded the Honor Academy Award. He and Martin Short have been a comedian couple to collaborate on comedy tours since 2015. The two also collaborated on other film projects, most famously Only Murders in the Building alongside Selena Gomez.

24. Emilio Estevez

Full name	Emilio Estévez
Date of birth	May 12, 1962
Birthplace	New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1973 – To the Present.

Emilio Estevez is not only a famous actor, but he is also a talented director. He received a lot of attention in the 1980s and was the leader of the Brat Pack young actors group. Besides acting, he is also involved in producing TV shows and motion pictures. Famous movies with the participation of Estevez: Apocalypse Now (1997), Tex (1982), and Nightmares (1983),…

25. Don Johnson

Full name	Donnie Wayne Johnson
Date of birth	December 15, 1949
Birthplace	Flat Creek, Missouri, U.S.
Years active	From 1969 – To the Present.

Don Johnson is famous for the series Miami Vice of the 80s, he also won the Golden Globe for his role in this series. He appeared in many hit movies such as Knives Out (2019), and Django Unchained (2012). Johnson is also a singer and released two albums in 1986 and 1989. 

26. Dan Aykroyd

Full name	Daniel Edward Aykroyd
Date of birth	July 1, 1952
Birthplace	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Years active	From 1971 – To the Present.

Dan Aykroyd was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Initially, he was famous for his late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live. But in the 1980s, he began acting in the films Ghostbusters (1984), Blues Brothers (1980), Spies Like Us (1985), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989),… Aykroyd is also a producer on many of the films in which he himself has starred.

27. Corey Feldman

Full name	Corey Scott Feldman
Date of birth	July 16, 1971
Birthplace	Reseda, California, U.S.
Years active	From 1976 – To the Present.

Corey Feldman became known for his roles in the 1980s at a young age. Feldman began his star career when he was only three years old, in a McDonald’s commercial. The films that he participated in are very famous for movie lovers such as Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Gremlins (1984), License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). 

28. Judd Nelson

Full name	Judd Asher Nelson
Date of birth	November 28, 1959
Birthplace	Portland, Maine, U.S.
Years active	From 1983 – To the Present.

Judd Nelson began his acting career in 1983 when he was 24 years old. Nelson is known for his roles in The Breakfast Club (1985) and Billionaire Boys Club (1987). He was also one of the favorite actors at the time.

29. Nicolas Cage

Full name	Nicolas Kim Coppola
Date of birth	January 7, 1964
Birthplace	Long Beach, California, U.S.
Years active	From 1981 – To the Present.

Nicolas Cage is a very familiar face in the movie world. He started his career with roles in the films Valley Girl (1983), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), and Moonstruck (1987). His role in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) earned Cage the Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition, he has received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.

30. Patrick Dempsey

Full name	Patrick Galen Dempsey
Date of birth	January 7, 1964
Birthplace	Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Years active	From 1985 – To the Present.

Patrick Dempsey is an actor with a diverse range of roles from film to television. Two films that made Dempsey famous were Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) and Loverboy (1989). Besides his acting career, he is also a race car driver. He owns a collection of sports cars and vintage cars. 

31. Rob Lowe

Full name	Robert Hepler Lowe
Date of birth	March 17, 1964
Birthplace	Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Years active	From 1979 – To the Present.

Rob Lowe is an actor, producer, director, and podcaster, he started acting at the age of 15 in a sitcom. Lowe began becoming a teen idol in the 1980s and became a member of the Brat Pack. The films that made him famous are The Outsiders (1983), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Oxford Blues (1984), and St. Elmo’s Fire (1985). 

32. C. Thomas Howell

Full name	Christopher Thomas Howell
Date of birth	December 7, 1966
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	From 1972 – To the Present.

American actor and director C. Thomas Howell is best known for his roles in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), and Gettysburg (1993). Howell started his career very early, in the 1980s when he was just a teenager. The films that he acted in at that time included The Outsiders (1983), Grandview, U.S.A. and Red Dawn (all 1984), Back to the Future (1985), The Hitcher (1986),…

33. Keanu Reeves

Full name	Keanu Charles Reeves
Date of birth	September 2, 1964
Birthplace	Beirut, Lebanon
Years active	From 1984 – To the Present.

If you are a hardcore fan of action and sci-fi movies, you will definitely know Keanu Reeves. Reeves started his career in 1984, his film debut is Youngblood (1986). However, it was not until the film The Devil’s Advocate (1997) that he had box office successes. His later blockbuster hits include Constantine (2005) in the role, the John Wick film series (beginning in 2014), and The Matrix series (beginning in 1999) as Neo.

34. Robert Downey Jr.

Full name	Robert John Downey Jr.
Date of birth	April 4, 1965
Birthplace	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1970 – To the Present.

Robert Downey Jr. is a very famous and one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. He was among the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. Downey started acting at the age of five, in a film that his father directed. He has won many prestigious film awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA award. His most famous roles are Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes series and Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

35. Kevin Bacon

Full name	Kevin Norwood Bacon
Date of birth	July 8, 1958
Birthplace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active	From 1977 – To the Present.

Kevin Bacon is an actor who has participated in many different genres of movies. Although never received an Oscar nomination, Bacon is still considered one of the best actors. Early in his career, he appeared in the film Friday the 13th (1980) and several stage plays. The film that brought him the most attention was Diner and Footloose (1984). 

36. Andrew McCarthy

Full name	Andrew Thomas McCarthy
Date of birth	November 29, 1962
Birthplace	Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	From 1983 – To the Present.

Andrew McCarthy was a member of the Brat Pack, best known for his roles in 1980s films such as St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), and Less than Zero (1987). In addition to being an actor, McCarthy is also a great director, Orange Is the New Black series he directed won an Emmy Award. He is also the editor of the travel magazine National Geographic Traveler, later the travel magazine Afar.

37. Christian Slater

Full name	Christian Michael Leonard Slater
Date of birth	August 18, 1969
Birthplace	New York City, U.S.
Years active	From 1977 – To the Present.

Christian Slater was born into a theatrical family, so he was exposed to the film industry from an early age. Throughout his acting career, Slater has starred in a large number of films and television shows. He has won many awards for his contributions to cinema. His notable films include 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Alone in the Dark (2005), and Dr. Death (2021).

38. Christian Bale

Full name	Christian Charles Philip Bale
Date of birth	30 January 1974
Birthplace	Haverfordwest, Wales, United Kingdom
Years active	From 1982 – To the Present.

Christian Bale is one of the best actors in the world of cinema. He is famous for his flexible physical transformation for different roles. Bale has received an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. His best films are Empire of the Sun (1987), American Psycho (2001), The Machinist (2005), Batman Begins (2006), The Dark Knight (2009), and American Hustle (2014),…

39. Tom Hanks

Full name	Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Date of birth	July 9, 1956
Birthplace	Concord, California, U.S.
Years active	From 1977 – To the Present.

Tom Hanks is one of the most famous movie stars in the world. He is also the fourth highest-grossing actor in North America, the movies that Hanks participates in are all wonderful films. Tom Hanks’ famous films: He Knows You’re Alone (1980), The ‘Burbs (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Catch Me If You Can (2002),…

40. Kurt Russell

Full name	Kurt Vogel Russell
Date of birth	March 17, 1951
Birthplace	Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Years active	From 1962 – To the Present.

Kurt Russell is also one of the prominent names in the film industry in the 80s, he was once the top star of Turner Classic Movies. In the 80s, he acted in films directed by John Carpenter. Later, he acted in a number of action blockbusters such as The Fate of the Furious (2017) and F9 (2021), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If…? (2021). 

41. Steve Guttenberg

Full name	Steven Robert Guttenberg
Date of birth	August 24, 1958
Birthplace	Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Years active	From 1977 – To the Present.

On the list of one of the most box office actors, Steve Guttenberg was a famous name in Hollywood during the 1980s and 1990s. His name is associated with films of that time such as Diner (1982), Police Academy (1984), Cocoon (1985), and Short Circuit (1986). He received Tony Randall Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. 

42. Sylvester Stallone

Full name	Sylvester Enzio Stallone
Date of birth	July 6, 1946
Birthplace	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1968 – To the Present.

Sylvester Stallone was one of the most promising actors of the 80s. Two roles that made him famous were Rocky Balboa in the Rocky film series and John Rambo in the Rambo franchise. Stallone earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984. These are the two series that had a great influence on the popular culture of the time.

43. John Cusack

Full name	John Paul Cusack
Date of birth	June 28, 1966
Birthplace	Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Years active	From 1983 – To the Present.

John Cusack was a promising young star in the 80s, he was the big idol of a generation of young women at the time. He starred in Sixteen Candles (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), and Say Anything (1989). Although he has never received an Oscar nomination, he is still an excellent actor. In addition to acting, Cusack is also a producer, screenwriter, and political activist. 

44. James Spader

Full name	James Todd Spader
Date of birth	February 7, 1960
Birthplace	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Years active	From 1978 – To the Present.

James Spader is best known for his portrayal of eccentric characters in Stargate (1994), Crash (1996), Secretary (2002), and Lincoln (2012). In addition to movies, he also participated in a number of TV series such as The Practice (2003–2004), The Office (2011–2012), and The Blacklist (2013–present) – the film won him two Golden Globe Award nominations. 

45. Val Kilmer

Full name	Val Edward Kilmer
Date of birth	December 31, 1959
Birthplace	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	From 1981 – To the Present.

In the recent Top Gun: Maverick (2022), we meet Val Kilmer again alongside Tom Cruise in the Top Gun film series. Kilmer was also a famous actor in the 1980s. Acting since 1981, he started to gain attention after a number of comedy films such as Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985). He won the Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for the documentary Val (2021) about his career and life.

46. Nick Nolte

Full name	Nicholas King Nolte
Date of birth	February 8, 1941
Birthplace	Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Years active	From 1969 – To the Present.

Nick Nolte is an American actor and model. For his performance in The Prince of Tides (1991), Nolte won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Some of his 1980s films are 48 Hrs., Teachers, Down and Out in Beverly Hills. 

47. Richard Gere

Full name	Richard Tiffany Gere
Date of birth	August 31, 1949
Birthplace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active	From 1969 – To the Present.

Richard Gere is an actor with a lot of experience. He started acting in the 1970s but rose to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo (1980). The 1980s was a year with many films that Gere participated in such as An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Cotton Club (1984), and Pretty Woman (1990). He won the Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the film Chicago (2002).

48. Curtis Armstrong

Full name	Curtis Armstrong
Date of birth	November 27, 1953
Birthplace	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Years active	From 1983 – To the Present.

Curtis Armstrong is one of the teen stars from the 80s. He is best known for his role as Booger in Revenge of the Nerds (1984). His first film was Risky Business (1983), followed by a series of other famous films such as Better Off Dead (1985), Hi Honey – I’m Dead (1991),… 

49. Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Full name	Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Date of birth	June 29, 1969
Birthplace	New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active	From 1983 – 1991.

Ilan Mitchell-Smith is a former Hollywood actor in the 1980s. His most famous role was in the film Weird Science (1985). Featured films he has acted in: How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (1983), Weird Science (1985), Superboy (1988 TV series), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988), and The Chocolate War (1988).

50. Judge Reinhold

Full name	Edward Ernest “Judge” Reinhold Jr.
Date of birth	May 21, 1957
Birthplace	Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Years active	From 1979 – To the Present.

Judge Reinhold is an actor best known for his two Beverly Hills Cop and The Santa Clause franchises. He also appeared in several Hollywood films such as Stripes (1981), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Ruthless People (1986), and Gremlins (1984). He was nominated for an Emmy for his role in the television series Seinfeld.