Top 10 Actors Who Never Use Their Real Accent

These actors never use their real accent. For this list, we’ll be looking at, and listening to actors whose accent we hear most on screen isn’t the one they use in their real lives. Our countdown includes Hugh Jackman, Andrew Garfield, Toni Collette, and more! Which actor surprised YOU with their real accent? Let us know in the comments!
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[@NeverLetMeGo777]

Toni Collette is a master of accent. And acting.

[@JennFaeAge]

I love how Matthew Rhys being Welsh near broke the internet (meanwhile most British people were sat there thinking "Do...do you not know Rhys is one of the most Welsh surnames you can get?")

[@mr.movieandtvguy5310]

I could've sworn he used his real accent in The Owl House and Mowgli (Netflix)

[@jena.alexia]

Americans seem to be the only ones shocked these people aren't American. UK and Australia know who's a legit Yank and who's not. We also notice the occasional breakthrough of their natural accent which Americans may not pick up on.

[@renlosee5223]

The reason, I think, that as Americans, we don't pick up the slips as much is because of just how many accents we have here. Small slips could easily pass for the way a different American accent might say something. As a side-note, I do find it amusing that people are surprised by someone with the name Rhys anywhere in their name being Welsh. I mean how many Americans do you know with the name Rhys? If it's spelled properly, I can almost guarantee they are Welsh.

[@lynnevetter]

Seriously, when I hear or see that last name, I assume they are not American. lol

[@acousticmonkey2209]

Reese from Malcolm in the Middle. Spelt differently, but still a Reese. Also, peanut butter cups and pieces 😄. I have seen that name pop up on both sides of the ocean with that spelling. So it's possibly more the spelling thing that would tip you off than the sound of the name. Rhys is 100% Welsh.

[@davidmontroy3408]

I went through this entire video, waiting for you to mention Hugh Laurie. Hugh already had a very successful comedy career in English comedy, years before his breakout US role as Dr Gregory House on House MD. Throughout the entire series, he not only spoke as a native US doctor, but had to consistently nail the pronunciation of obscure, medical terms and conditions, all while suppressing his native English accent.

[@LucyLioness100]

I always thought he was American as a kid because I always thought his English accent in the ‘96 “101 Dalmatians” was just an act. My dad was the one who had to tell me Hugh Laurie was a Brit; that when he told me to start watching “House” cause I liked Hugh’s acting in other projects

[@dreamsteddybearsmaster]

@@LucyLioness100 Legit same and then when we did a Comedy Unit in English class I was shocked to find he was British because we got shown Black Adder

[@LucyLioness100]

@@dreamsteddybearsmaster think it wasn’t till I saw the likes of “Fry and Laurie” and “Jeeves and Wooster” with my mom that I learned that he was a Brit 😄

[@blaah9999]

And that he does play piano and sings. I love his music. 🥰

[@Shaullandry]

Yes but when he's not acting Hugh Laurie always uses his real accent. I think anyone that seen him in any interview outside of the show House knows that he's English.

[@rockzs74r]

Most people doesn't even know that Andrew Garfield grow up in London and still lives there. To the point people are confused why that he use English accent in an interview.

[@aoinatafanboy84]

Also Doctor Who sooo... Garfield SHOULD NOT be on the list.

[@rockzs74r]

@@aoinatafanboy84 he played an American in Doctor Who. He didn't use his native accent

[@aoinatafanboy84]

@@rockzs74r I can swear he used his normal accent when he was Sarah Jane's son

[@aoinatafanboy84]

I misremembered that role. Dont mind me. You were right. I havent seen Tennants run in years anyway

[@samanthamcnamee6663]

How often have you heard Cate Blancett use her natural Australian accent?

[@victors8465]

or Russell Crowe using a Kiwi accent? Mel Gibson's big break came as Mad Max (the Road Warrior in the US), but this was done using his Australian accent. And he was born in the US, but lived most of his early life in Australia.

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

Australia has three types of accents; broad, general and cultivated. Cate has a cultivated accent, which is more "upper class". People like Chris Hemsworth, who grew up about 45min from where I live, speak in a general Aussie accent. Steve Irwin's accent is the broad (almost stereotypical) Aussie accent.

[@kingofthejungle3833]

She actually speaks with a put on British accent in real life, she hasn't used her Methodist Ladies College (Kew, Melbourne) accent in many, many years.

[@kingofthejungle3833]

@@victors8465 I think his accent just evolved back to his birth accent, if you listen closely to him in the Mad Max trilogy or in Gallipoli you can pick up his slight American accent

[@ray.shoesmith]

​@@victors8465 Russell Crowe disowns anything Kiwi. He swears by his Australian ancestry.

[@MtlCstr]

Actually you should be impressed with Saoirse Ronan's accent in Brooklyn because it's NOT her normal Irish accent. Her character, Eilis, has an Enniscorthy accent which is different from the Dublin / Carlow blend accent.

[@Dancestar1981]

I was that was the first movie I saw her in and I was super impressed

[@nikki9125]

Hugh Jackman used his real accent in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, he played himself doing a London stage production of Camelot. He also used it as the Easter Bunny in Rise of the Guardian’s.

[@LucyLioness100]

And he was in a film called “Australia” where he had to use his natural accent. Although his American accent is truly good when playing said roles

[@nikki9125]

@@LucyLioness100 they said that in the video

[@mr.movieandtvguy5310]

I was going to say that

[@aoinatafanboy84]

@@nikki9125 its a cop out because they dont do their research and dont understand how English grammar works. They could have said hardly and be fine

[@lynnevetter]

He was so funny in the Night at the museum movie. 😂

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

Hugh Laurie is another one. Between Stuart Little, House and even a guest spot on Friends (possibly more that I can't think of right now) He's always put on an American accent instead of his British one.

[@mrtelevision]

Actually, when he was younger, he was on a British comedy show called Jeeves and Wooster, and he spoke with his true accent there.

[@stylesandsmarts]

His American accent was/is so convincing, when he auditioned for House the guy in charge thought he was American.

[@michellee7465]

He was in the Black Adder series as well.

[@728huey]

Jesse Spencer is Australian, and when he was on the House TV series he used his original accent, but when he played Max Casey on Chicago Fire he used an urban Irish American accent.

[@graceplue9030]

why is THIS what made me realize he was the dad in Stuart little 😭 I'VE SEEN THAT MOVIE PROBABLY A DOZEN TIMES

[@LittleDove2774]

Jodi Comer should be on this list…that woman’s mastery of accents is incredible

[@syria0110]

I swear Aussies and Brits are good at disguising their accents whenever it's needed

[@carolzerucha7429]

Carey Elwes is bidialectal too. He was raised in the UK and in Florida. John Barrowman is bidialectal and grew up with a Scottish accent until he was nine. He and his sister were on a talk show talking together, and they both suddenly switched from their natural American accents to their equally natural Scottish accents mid-sentence!

[@HalE14]

Ok Ewan McGregor and James McAvoy should’ve been here!! I had NO CLUE they were Scottish for years!

[@silentsmurf]

Same

[@shosiesmax9642]

yes and yes!

[@dionysoscub]

Ewan McGregor first got noticed for using his natural Scottish accent in the Danny Boyle movies Shallow Grave and Trainspotting (even reprising the same role -and accent- in 2017 for its sequel).

[@Jesse12489]

He talks Scottish in the island. Well he plays two characters. He plays a Scottish millionaire who dying by std and his clone has no Scottish accent.

[@fuckdefed]

Ewan does quite a good job but you can often hear a slight Scottish accent when he plays Americans, McAvoy’s more convincing.

[@silvioconci]

How about Nicole Kidman? She used her real accent in Lion and not many more films, not even in Australia.

[@silentsmurf]

I thought she was American when I was little lol

[@shosiesmax9642]

yes!

[@amandaburnside1825]

@@silentsmurf she was born in Hawaii, which makes her a natural born American citizen, however, her parents are both Aussie, so she is Australian American

[@waltraute9]

Charlie Cox. His native accent is British. As Daredevil/Matt Murdock, he used an American accent. In Boardwalk Empire and Kin, he used an Irish accent.

[@juliannagoodwin2875]

Thank you for putting Mary Queen of Scots on the list for Margot clips, (even though Saorise was also in this movie). It’s soo underrated!

[@figmo397]

He's passed away, but Raul Julia's natural accent was Puerto Rican. He could turn it on and off in an instant. If you watch him as Gomez Addams, you'd never guess his first language wasn't English.

[@pd6380]

love raul julia

[@vanillathunder3024]

You know who really surprised me? Idris freaking Elba. After seeing him only on The Wire it blew my mind when I heard him speak in his native British accent the first time. Heck, it STILL surprises me.

[@163london]

And what about Dominic West, who played Mc Nulty? His natural accent isof posh English public schoolboy variety and I've hrard him do other accents as well.

[@ariste01]

Alexander Skarsgard. Uses his Swedish accent in zoolander but have rarely heard it since. Even in interviews.

[@laurissa1790]

Saoirse Ronan didn't actually use her own accent for Brooklyn. She used a different Irish dialect than her own. She'd nuever used her own accent for a role before, and felt that the different accents she has used help bring her into the role and into character. So she opted to use a different dialect.

[@pamelamays4186]

Hugh Jackman as Memphis The Penguin in Happy Feet was basically a very good Elvis Presley impression.

[@darrylrutledge6719]

For British actors. I'd add Idris Elba and remember Tracy Ulman too. For American actors the accent master is Meryl Streep with honorable mention to Texan Renre Zellweger.

[@cbman4767]

Three that were missed were Damian Lewis, (Dick Winters in Band of Brothers), Melanie Lynskey, (Rose from 2 1/2 men) and as many have mentioned Hugh Laurie.

[@corvus1374]

Melanie Lynskey just now in The Last of Us. She was stunning.

[@nancyherzog8780]

I was blown away to hear Melanie Lynskey speak in her native accent!

[@seevanhawkins4591]

I don’t know how Gary Oldman or Cilliqn Murphy aren’t on here.

[@jamiethal1319]

Cillian.

[@gjh9299]

Toni Collette is a genius.

[@sarahkimberley9375]

Christian Bale always shocks me, like i ALWAYS forget he's actually British 😵

[@rockzs74r]

Even when he played British character Ken Miles in Ford v Ferrari, Ken Miles uses Brummie accent (from Birmingham) and Bale native accent is Welsh

[@LucyLioness100]

@Lee he also doesn’t like when people have called his nationality Welsh if I remember one excerpt I read. He prefers to be labeled as British

[@LucyLioness100]

Given he’s also played many Americans, his American dialect is really good though we can almost hear his inner Brit wanting to pop out from time to time

[@rockzs74r]

@Lee thanks for clarifying my misinformation.

[@1989russianroulette]

This one shocked me the most! Absolutely dumbfounded

[@twannifufu]

How could this list omit Gary Oldman, who’s on record saying he doesn’t even remember his original accent since he’s done so many over time.

[@jeroenschoondergang5923]

He said that using his real accent 🙈The title says: who never use their real accent. Oldman has done a lot of movies using his East London accent.

[@HikazePrincess]

I'd heard him say it was cuz of years living in LA......that he's had to retrain his British accent for roles

[@chiefsdad]

​@@jeroenschoondergang5923 Oldman is not from east London

[@stardustmelody2709]

I use to have a boyfriend that could do any accent in the world (as long as he had heard it, at least once). It was so fun being around him. He was always making me belly laugh. I was so envious. I’ve always wished I could do accents but I’m terrible. I respect anyone who can.

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

I'm that way. I was blessed (or cursed, I'm still not sure which) with a very good ear. I'll automatically slide into whatever accent I hear.

[@jordy_muhnordy]

I'd add Florence Pugh and Robert Pattinson as honorable mentions

[@goingDutchn0n13]

I’m always shocked to hear Florence Pugh’s real accent, and it’s pretty much the same as mine!

[@alansnow1129]

Henry cavil before these ones

[@alexatucker611]

James McAvoy is also a great one!!! Could have included maybe Charlize Theron, even though she has lost a bit of her South African accent. I think a part 2 for this video would be amazing!

[@dougerrohmer]

She hasn't lost her South African accent. It's there when she wants it. She can even speak Afrikaans.

[@dublingirl1470]

Charlize Theron didn't even speak English when she moved to the US

[@HikazePrincess]

I never saw it but didn't James McAvoy use his natural accent in Last King of Scotland?

[@Kristine_202]

Up until about a month ago, I thought Toni Collette was British. I've been a fan of hers since "Sixth Sense," and I always knew that she wasn't American, but for some reason, I thought she was from England. It wasn't until I was watching the making of "The Staircase" when I heard her real accent and thought, "Oh my God! No way!"

[@silentsmurf]

I always thought she was British too until a couple years ago lol. Cate Blanchett too

[@annoir]

Idris Elba should be on this list! His performance in "The Wire" was incredible. When I heard him being interviewed, I was like, "Why is Stringer Bell talking in this fake ass British accent?" Bwwaahhh!!!!

[@tinan2179]

He also played in the movie “Obsessed” with Beyoncé and Ali Larter, in which this British guy spoke with an American accent.

[@dublingirl1470]

He's awesome in Luther, got his own accent

[@annoir]

@@dublingirl1470 I love Luther! So glad he has returned to this role!

[@Gettingoffthestrugglebus]

I was thinking Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman but I saw someone mention Cate Blanchett and that’s a good one. I doubt she’s ever used her real accent for any of her Oscar nominated roles-7 total

[@PlanWithIvey]

Rege Jean Page is a good honorable mention. He said in an interview Bridgerton was one of the only things he got to do in his native British accent.

[@rockzs74r]

But Bridgerton is where he is most famous. So most people know him with his native accent

[@PlanWithIvey]

@@rockzs74r True 😌

[@JennA-uf6lo]

If you want to be more impressed by Millie Bobby Brown’s talent, try to find the 2014 BBC series Intruders (starring Mira Sorvino, MBB, and John Simm). She was 10 years old doing a perfect American accent, and her performance was absolutely chilling.

[@annbsirius1703]

She was also in an episode of NCIS around the same time. Her performance in that, especially at the end, was really amazing and made it a very memorable episode.

[@kiaraeijo]

You guys forgot about Hugh Laurie! He almost never uses his British accent!

[@lewisham]

Well not since he started appearing in American media

[@cmorris9494]

You should watch blackaddar

[@Anonymouse428]

I was SHOCKED about a year or two ago when I heard Toni Colette speak in her natural accent. I had not even the tiniest idea that she wasn’t American.

[@User1975-]

😂😂😂 Mariel’s wedding !!!! Yeh we knew about her first Down Under!!! She’s fantastic and from Sydney where I grew up !!!

[@tinan2179]

Watch the Australian movie “MURIEL’S WEDDING”. That’s when I first saw her and appreciated her real TALENT.

[@peggymarola506]

What about Daniel Day Lewis?

[@dazzledstrawberry]

love the Welsh representation. Add another one. Catherine Zeta-Jones

[@shosiesmax9642]

Kate Winslet and Hugh Laurie really should have been on this list.

[@amyw6808]

Kate Winslet is often English in movies. Hugh Laurie has been famous over here in UK for decades, and is well known for having an RP English accent. His background is comedy with Stephen Fry, in Jeeves and Wooster and in Blackadder.

[@shosiesmax9642]

I honestly never knew Hugh Laurie had an English accent because I have mostly known him from the TV show House. Before that, I had not heard of him. Kate Winslet was in so many American movies after Titanic, where she uses an American accent, that it wasn't until she was in an interview that you heard her English accent. I'm not saying that they didn't have roles when they used their original accents, just that they have become known for a major part of their career for using American accents, and they should be recognized for it.

[@HikazePrincess]

Maybe it's just me, but I've heard Kate Winslet use her own accent more often than an American one

[@Teresa-ch3og]

Charlie Hunan is another one. I remember how surprised I was to find out he was British after several seasons of him playing Jax Teller in Sons of Anarchy.

[@degrassihybrid23]

Phoebe Tonkin (H2O and The Originals) surprises me every time she’s on screen cause she’s good at an American accent. It’s like she’s from the USA but she’s Australian.

[@User1975-]

No surprises there -we just have to conform !! 🇦🇺 🤦‍♂️

[@nathanielthomas4071]

I always thought her American accent was terrible. It always sounds off or like she's an ex-deaf person.

[@User1975-]

@@nathanielthomas4071 Dunno really, am not the most familiar with this actress, mind you, generally speaking , most trained Aussie actors can pull off a US accent at the drop of a hat as opposed to Americans trying to imitate an Aussie one hahahaha cringe

[@nathanielthomas4071]

@@User1975- She isn't absolute trash. However there is definitely something off. True about the vice versa

[@zeem.8656]

Radha Mitchell is another underrated Austrialian Actress.

[@johnchase9852]

When I first heard Hugh Hackman speak in his real Australian accent I was dumbfounded

[@joannewilson1162]

Oliver stark who plays buck on 911 has a huge English accent. You wouldn’t have a clue to hear him on the show. Naveen andrews(lost) is another Brit who hides his accent well. As does Robert Pattinson who you only briefly touched on with this list…But the one that I don’t think many people know about is Vivian Leigh. Miss Scarlett o hara was English and had to take voice lessons to learn how to talk like a southern belle.

[@corvus1374]

Leslie Howard didn't even bother.

[@raoularmagnac2037]

And don't forget about her role as Blanche Dubois in "A Streetcar Named Desire."

[@alicebranning738]

'kaluuya's known for multiple bbc shows' ... E4 logo blatently at the top left

[@cjhansen6618]

Collin Farrell didn't make the list I've never heard him use his Irish accent in a movie until hear recently. I always thought he was American not Irish. Taron Egerton in his short career has yet to use his Welsh accent. He's been using different British accents for his movies. And here recently with Blackbird and Now Tetris he's putting on a very believable American accents.

[@Uncle_Smidge]

Dacre Montgomery faked American for Power Rangers (Jason Scott), Stranger Things (Billy Hargrove), and Elvis (Steve Binder), his three most well-known roles. He's a native Aussie. :3

[@BurrShotHam711]

Hugh Laurie is British and gives off a really good American accent when he was on House M.D.

[@Sdoo493]

SHOCKED Isla Fisher is not on this list. All of the actors on here have appeared in a film using their real accent at least once. Isla Fisher has literally NEVER used her real accent in a single one of her films.

[@xatuyou8045]

She’s also in an Australian tv show where her character is inexplicably an American.

[@corvus1374]

She starred in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She also appeared in The Wannabes, and did a voice in Back to the Outback.

[@amyw6808]

She’s famous in UK and Australia because of Home and Away. It’s an Australian soap.

[@Patricia.castro84]

Tonni Collette is Aussie? That’s a huge surprise for me! I was so sure she was British

[@Kristine_202]

Same!

[@jasonbaker-medlock8839]

I've always known because I'm a fan of Muriel's Wedding. Watch it. She doesn't disappoint.

[@coraliekan]

She’s done a few Aussie movies. Do Americans not watch Australian Cinema?

[@lewisham]

@@coraliekan of course they don’t. They Americans.

[@maddijasnyy]

@@coraliekan I’m an Aussie and I’ve never seen her play an Australian 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think she mainly did it in older movies

[@rachelgonzales90]

Muriel's Wedding was a great film.

[@blackletter2591]

How about Simon Baker (The Mentalist) and Guy Pierce & Russell Crowe who were with him in LA Confidential - Australian, of course. We should also mention Renée Zellweger, who has an impressive range of accents. Elijah Wood and Sean Austin in LOTR. Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen and Spencer Treat Clark in Gladiator. And Aussie Joel Edgerton, who can slip into lots of accents seamlessly.

[@heinleinreader]

The one I think they missed was Charlie Cox. I can picture Hell's Kitchen when Daredevil speaks.

[@preahko]

Oh my god, I've seen The Social Network about 4 times, and it just now registered that that's Garfield in that role!!

[@katebriscoe6103]

I went to a Q&A with Matthew Rhys and I could feel the reaction in the theater when he spoke with his welsh accent

[@francineolguin363]

A reverse one for me is James Cromwell (Babe). When I saw him in other movies I assumed he was a Brit putting on a Southern accent. Turns out he’s American.

[@cmorris9494]

I thought Peter dinklage was British.

[@laraduff4949]

There's also Sam Neill. His native New Zealand accent is never in any of his movies

[@leioh816]

Yo Hugh Jackman used his original accent in the Broadway musical "THE BOY FROM OZ" a musical about Peter Allen, an Australian musician in the 70s-80s

[@alisoncarroll]

The gorgeous Joseph fiennes does a great American accent

[@LeahElisheva]

what about Tim Roth. And Alfred Molina! For YEARS I had no idea he was British. I cannot even recall a roll where he spoke in his normal accent

[@leahday8676]

I've seen quite a few productions where Hugh spoke in an Australian accent. Blue Heelers, paper back hero and Correlli.

[@miniveedub]

Paperback Hero is one of my favourite movies

[@leahday8676]

@@miniveedub i love it too and I usually detest romance films.

[@brettcoster4781]

Sam Worthington (Avatar), the Hemsworths (Thor, Westworld, etc), Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, American Gods), Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), and Travis Fimmel (Vikings, Raised by Wolves) are all Australians or at least grew up in Australia. Not to mention so many others, living or not.

[@scottmorris5730]

Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwarten, Melanie Lynskey & Daniel Gillies ( Canadian born like Anna Paquin, but both grew up in New Zealand ).

[@kevinquinn7645]

The only thing more impressive about Christian Bale's ability to change accent is his ability to change body shape.

[@cascius7]

Christian Bale was a surprise, even though I'd seen him in Empire of the Sun - I forgot he was British. Didn't know he was Welsh. Also Andrew Garfield was a surprise.

[@geemo4284]

Christian Bale isn’t Welsh. His parents are English and he grew up in England.

[@algmom]

Anthony LaPaglia and Poppy Montgomery were on Without a Trace together. They are Australian. Maia Mitchell, from the Fosters and Teen Beach movie, also Australian.

[@CortexNewsService]

I keep forgetting that about Anthony LaPaglia.

[@amberjames9125]

What this list says to me is, sadly, if you want to make it big in movies… don’t have an Australian accent.

[@bryanesbertgo4718]

Gary Oldman, Robert Downy Jr., Chiwetel, Mel Gibson, and Daniel Day Lewis.

[@kristinwright6632]

I would add Rene Zellweger to the list. She is from Texas and I've never heard her say a single phrase with that accent. She is known for fooling the entire cast of Bridget Jones Diary by staying in the accent and mannerisms of her character the entire movie shoot and then showing up to the cast wrap party speaking in her own accent.

[@Rachelleluluful]

I have no idea about Matthew Rhys. I legit thought he was American. He’s so awesome!! And PS I fn love Andrew Garfield! I knew he had an English accent. He’s just incredible in every roll! I knew about Margot Robbie already. I just adore her too! She’s fantastic in everything!

[@impossibleego]

So you just ignore Rhys in Brothers & Sisters … Americans wasn’t the first time he did that.

[@pinklady4772]

Wow! No mention of Idris Elba?

[@emiliolopez3064]

Matthew Rhys and Christian Bale????? Blew my mind off completley! =o Loved it!

[@iamlinda100]

many actors who play American characters on-screen are actually Australian

[@Kristine_202]

Before "House of the Dragon," I would have said Olivia Cooke would be good for this list. I had no idea that she wasn't American.

[@renshiwu305]

Australians never use their natural accent except in a film set in Australia. Since most Australian movies rarely break through the outside world, we never hear their genuine accent.

[@WendyKay84]

Christian Bale may have been born in Wales, but his accent isn't actually Welsh. It's cockney (London East-End).

[@geemo4284]

And he has English parents and left Wales when he was 2 years old.

[@163london]

Not really.I'm a Londoner and while his accent is definitely southern it almost sounds like stage Cockney.

[@insightful_fairy8743]

It always shows the true talent of actors who can speak with different accents :)

[@User1975-]

It’s almost almost ALMOST like it’s fine to have a British or a North American accent as an actor BUT anything away from that -forget it !!!! Yeh I’m a proud Aussie and want to see our accents in Hollywood !!! Bloody hell 🤦‍♂️

[@fific7239]

Yeah I agree you don’t see it too often

[@User1975-]

@@fific7239 The million dollar question is WHY??? We have exceptional actors!! Not sure why Cate Blanchett and her extraordinary talent isn’t on this list?? -nonetheless, she has an eloquent and highly educated Australian accent! Yes, it is absolutely possible! It doesn’t take that much to have proper diction and as a student of acting myself, I can attest to this phenomenon! Nb: Was recently SHOCKED to watch a Netflix movie STOWAWAY with Toni authorised to speak in her native accent !🤯

[@fific7239]

@@User1975- very true Cate Deserved to be on here. I love hearing the Australian accent I hope things will change as totally agree with you don’t see it hardly at all in Hollywood. It’s shocking.

[@User1975-]

@@fific7239 Cate truly is a legend! Can only hope and thanks for appreciating our unique accent, I know every time I've travelled to the US, the reception to mine has always been very gratifying 😃 Cheers from Down Under!

[@fific7239]

@@User1975- she is a legend alright. From UK here but have family in Perth. Always loved the different accents you guys have all over there 👍

[@Courtneybenson907]

Jodie Comer?

[@lh5670]

Melanie Lynskey! I've loved her since Ever After and had NO idea she was from New Zealand!

[@PleaseAlex07]

I was kind of waiting to see Colin Farrell on this list! I think I've only heard him sound Irish when he was in In Bruges.

[@Dancestar1981]

He does on many movies and banshees is another

[@kingofthejungle3833]

As an Aussie, we find it quite easy to mimic other accents, some of us even feel sorry for the rest of the world.

[@colleenkeefer2545]

Have you ever seen the early 2000’s Battlestar Galactica? Watching that, I would never in a million years have guessed that one of the stars, Jamie Bamber was British.

[@163london]

Half-American born and brought up in the UK.

[@bethbattjes9991]

What about Catherine Zeta Jones? I know she's Welsh and in many movies she has an American accent

[@jwiese100]

Just put all the actors from Australia at the top

[@StaceyS1105]

Where is Jodi Comer?? When I heard her accent I was shook!!!

[@GonzoShitcock]

British & Australian actors can do American accents on a whim...but you rarely see American actors doing a British accent...with a few exceptions

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

And when they do, it's usually a disaster (looking at you, Kevin Costner).

[@planetarysolidarity]

This American will go further: it's rare to hear a U.S. actor do *any* accent well - especially a Southern accent.

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

@@planetarysolidarity Southern accents are all too easy to parody (I grew up in Kentucky and now live in South Carolina -- there was a stop in Tennessee for two and a half years). I was blessed (or cursed -- I'm still not sure which) with a very good ear. If I listen to an accent long enough, I will automatically start speaking that way.

[@planetarysolidarity]

@@parkerbrown-nesbit1747 I am sure that you do have that gift! But, I'm talking about professional Hollywood actors. For example, Matt Damon in True Grit versus Russell Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma. Damon is a total cringe while Crowe sounds like he's from East Texas.

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

@@planetarysolidarity I haven't seen that one (it's on my list). Thanks for the warning! I considered acting as a career (for about 5 minutes).

[@filmmakermartin]

Also missed from this list is Aaron-Taylor Johnson, who's English but spends most of his career playing American.

[@megancairns4881]

What about John Barrowman? He is actually Scottish but rarely speaks in his Scottish accent

[@scottmorris5730]

Dominic Cooper, Rutn Negga & Eric Bana

[@DropB3arZ]

Sam Neill very rarely gets to use his native New Zealand Accent, mostly he's British or American or Australian

[@miacooke657]

What about Yvonne Strahavski (Chuck, Handmaid Tale) outside of interviews and panels, I don't think I've ever heard her use her natural, Australian accent. She usually performs using an American accent.

[@zoesnyder9093]

How about Gerard Butler? He is always using an American accent in all of his movies. The thing is that his actual accent is Scottish.

[@SheaMF]

He always sounds Scottish to me!

[@zoesnyder9093]

@@SheaMF Gerry always sounds Scottish to me too Sheila.

[@yshalev]

We should also mention: John Noble and Anna Torv, Australian actors who starred together in the series Fringe

[@PaiviProject]

Woah. I didn't know most of those.

[@griffinmccue6189]

5:10 Andrew Garfield actually used that Southern accent on "Doctor Who" 9 years earlier, as Frank in the Series 3 episodes, "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks."

[@HikazePrincess]

There's a movie called "Breathe" where he uses his natural accent......so far, it's the only movie I've seen where he does that

[@romerjusu3804]

Chiwetle Ejiofor as well. British / Nigerian.

[@chelseacanales8763]

It is rare, because you see them in their films and they are speaking in an American accent, whereas when they are being interviewed their accent is heard. Just goes to show how talented they are.

[@Portugal2025]

Mel Gibson used his Australian accent in his Mad Max films and British accent in The Bounty, but pretty sure he has used his American accent since Lethal Weapon. Although born in US, he was raised in Australia