Top 10 Actors Who Nail The English Accent

[@WatchMojoUK]

Was anyone tricked into thinking any of these were actually English for real?

[@khalidhenry3857]

WatchMojoUK Me for Sweeny Todd

[@karkatvantas9557]

RDJ. Didn't know he wasn't until my friend said he was American.

[@SmithMrCorona]

No

[@mlgtrickolumbine1108]

I speak english or british as we call it

[@Superkroolik]

Noooope. Also since you're a uk channel you could at least acknowledge there's no one "English accent"

[@peterfrank3365]

I know a guy who criticized Depp's American accent, thinking he is English.

[@amyclarke41]

Peter Frank I say rene was great as Bridget Jones!🙂

[@jakeannison6513]

Depp and fatface zelwiggler both do appallingly bad English accents

[@wangdangdoodie]

Depp's accent can't decide if it wants to be Keith Richards, Cockney or Australian.

[@jakeannison6513]

mascara snake thats because Dump sorry Depp is a piss poor actor, the best thing he has ever done was get dragged into the bed and his remains blasted all over the ceiling in a nightmare on elm Street

[@OldManOnDope]

lol

[@OllieSmythable]

Apart from Streep, weirdly the best English accent I have heard from an American actor was Chris Pratt’s impression of Essex girls on the Graham Norton show. He absolutely nails it.

[@micro-babe]

"You miss me? What am I, your muvvuh??"

[@meluuunia6949]

OllieSmythable so true

[@da96103]

The Only Way is (hmmm) Essex I guess.

[@tillyt4054]

No he doesnt

[@sarahvenable4710]

Rami Malek can do British accents.

[@sazfretz1945]

Cleary, Robert Downey, Jr does a brilliant English accent. Before he was Holmes, he portrayed silent film legend, Charlie Chaplin, flawlessly.

[@nancyomalley6441]

And as Robert Meribel in the movie "Restoration"

[@jakeannison6513]

Downey jr cant do an English accent for toffee nuts

[@nancyomalley6441]

There's a lot of people here who disagree-So You are in a very tiny minority on that opinion

[@jakeannison6513]

Nancy O'Malley thats as maybe but that doesn't make me wrong, so is that tiny minority you refer to the English population ? and I am English so do actually know his accent is poor to say the least

[@nancyomalley6441]

So you still think that your opinion is the only one that matters?

[@jamesjiao]

OMG.. I've always though Depp was British.. that's how convincing he is to me!

[@stonemedia8901]

James Jiao He has lived in London for many years, so I can't imagine it being too difficult picking up a particular dialect.

[@josel51]

Same

[@Millie226]

Yeah and he is from Kentucky, even weirder!

[@kirstijohnson8555]

James Jiao My mom thought he was

[@wickedtsgoddess4753]

he's from Kentucky. born in the same town as me.

[@richardgoffin-lecar1951]

Renee Zellweger seriously nails it. Meryl Streep is incredibly believable as Thatcher. Two great actresses.

[@elenisokali4713]

Me; sees Robert Downey Jr. And clicks

[@noellesteven3619]

Same

[@rhyle.mp4]

eleni sokali same

[@yolandayu9706]

eleni sokali same

[@differentcontents3230]

Me too

[@sushobhanroy2396]

Me too bro!

[@originalthea]

Angelina English accent was better in Maleficent

[@brianorozco1074]

I agree

[@axecalibore]

More practice.

[@daemianmatthews2062]

Johnny Depp does the English accent so well I actually thought he was English for time

[@philipholman4888]

Johnny Depp's English accent sounds so English to an American. What do the English think? Not so much.

[@marknewbold2583]

Ha ha you're joking. He's terrible

[@atas2561]

Same!

[@noriii]

@@philipholman4888 i’m so confused didn’t brits make this video

[@philipholman4888]

@@noriii Maybe, but not this Brit.

[@melissawright1979]

All the actors in Lord of the Rings absolutely SLAYED the English accent!! They all did a grand job x

[@coulissart]

I think that Sean Astin could've done a better job actually, especially his "r" sounds, like the way he pronounces "burden" in Two Towers you can tell he's American. Brad Dourif was outstanding on the other hand, I was amazed when I first heard him speak with his normal accent, I really thought he was British

[@tblack9711]

Most of them are British with the exception of Peter Dinklage.

[@fungusmoon]

Théo Clarissou according to the special features Brad Dourif used to speak in an English accent around the set when off camera, to the extent that a lot of the cast and crew didn’t know he was American

[@fungusmoon]

T Black Peter Dinklage isn’t in Lord of the Rings, you’re thinking of Game of Thrones

[@destiny2500]

I literally thought they were all English

[@mosty85]

Sean Astin's accent as Samwise Gamgee was brilliant. Not only did he nail it, he also went for an English Accent that wasn't from the home counties. That take's real talent.

[@thagirion9761]

Definitely an honorable mention.

[@MrClarkkerr]

I didn't even know Sean Austin wasn't British till years later.

[@Jinty92]

I knew from Goonies

[@paulramos4037]

Is there anything Meryll Streep CAN'T DO?

[@SmithMrCorona]

Be subtle? Every time she's on screen, I think "boy, is she doing a lot of acting."

[@soylentgreen7074]

Be a good person

[@rocketraccoon77]

She knew all about Harvey Weinstein being a filthy pig but she did nothing about it.

[@ralphyetmore]

Yeah. Give me a boner.

[@ralphyetmore]

I didn't mean that. It was a cheap joke, and I'm drunk.

[@MrsPaulina098]

I thought for years that Renee was British.

[@carolannetitmus8878]

Hugh Grant said she sounded so good you could even say she was from Croydon.

[@davidostrowski679]

*English

[@aaronvargas2550]

Same lmao I didn't know she was american

[@drewaureangeronimo7816]

Same here

[@Clementine3107]

Same 😂

[@kellie5476]

I wanna hear an American do a Yorkshire accent, we're not all southern.

[@wangdangdoodie]

Or a Lancashire accent, or a Shropshire accent, or a Cumbrian accent, or a Lincolnshire accent, or a North Wiltshire accent, or a Black country accent, or a Potteries accent etc etc etc

[@athhar3643]

Or Scouse, or Geordie, or ...

[@raya6294]

Yaaaass

[@tymki]

Oh God, there's so many... @_@

[@Gayredheadbitch94]

Have you heard chris pratt speak scouse?

[@pbiasizzo]

Alexis Denisof and James Marsters from 'Buffy' and 'Angel'. Everyone was STUNNED to learn they weren't british...

[@arwenitaofdoom9041]

Cate Blanchett was really left out here once again. Her portrayal as Elizabeth is just perfect and the accent is really on point.

[@ladyi7609]

Giving this a "like" and a major w00t w00t because I consider Blanchett an honorary Texan, as her dad was from here. :D

[@trueblue6201]

At the begining ot thw video he says Canadian or American actors only. Cate Blanchett is Australian

[@da96103]

The video was Australianist, only for North American actors.

[@abdultoyibsodikin2398]

Cate Blanchet is the one who play Lady Tremaine so well in Cinderella. Yup, her accent is wonderful.

[@claranguyen2738]

Skogsalven B What about Lily Collins? I’m genuinely curious if she does the English accent well since she’s was born in England and lived there til she was 6.

[@mommadragon3732]

For so many years I thought Zellweger and Paltrow were actually English. I can say I was completely floored when I found out they weren't. Sign of an amazing actor/actress!!❤❤❤

[@philobrien8920]

I actually thought Johnny was British until I was 13

[@areeshaaroo5819]

Phil O'Brien same

[@thenewjord50]

He's actually born in Kentucky with french heritage

[@philobrien8920]

no wonder he's so cute

[@laurenballou1615]

I thought he was British until this video😂 his accent is amazing

[@aadeebakaareen2040]

Same!

[@chimchimeroo5101]

I'm a simple girl.. I see RDJ, I click on the video.

[@rebeccaahn9170]

exactly what I did!

[@feliciapattinson9591]

Me too

[@lbdj9367]

That's me

[@benjaminwilson1804]

But you're a man

[@hamzaalaoui2077]

@@benjaminwilson1804 say sike right now

[@jackslater5886]

I have to say zellweger's was flawless. You can usually tell something isn't right, they slip up on occasional words or sounds and speech patterns. Or they often sound too stereotypically posh but hers was on point throughout

[@mrcruz9682]

This video fails to mention Peter Dinklage.he's the actor who portrays Tyrion on Game of Thrones. The guy is from freaking New Jersey but his English accent is on point.

[@sammykim1492]

and he talks A LOT, prob ten movies worth

[@zorra578]

his accent is awful and generic

[@jenniferle8294]

for real!! I always forget he's not an English actor because his accent is so consistent throughout all the seasons

[@zorra578]

I'm not English, but I grew up watching far too much British television for any singular child to be allowed, and I have spent a fair bit of time in England to the point I can usually tell the region a Brit is from based on their accent when I meet them in the states. I can't place Dinklage's accent at all. It sounds overdone. I didn't know he wasn't British when I first started watching GoT, but he still sounded off to me. It sounded like he was up-playing a stage-accent. When I found out he was American, everything clicked. Now this is my opinion on his accent in the beginning. I feel it's still a bit off, though that may be confirmation bias on my part, but it has significantly improved as the show went on. It's MUCH better now, but definitely not award-worthy.

[@zorra578]

And I LOVE Dinklage, btw. Still my favorite character, his accent is wonky, but his acting is on-point.

[@jackcoupland6035]

Avengers Infinity War... or it’s real title Sherlock meets Sherlock

[@ckleppes]

Jack Coupland Yas Queen

[@williamnelson5549]

Stop blowing holes in my ship!!

[@rei2632]

Me when someone criticises my otp

[@benjaminwilson1804]

Stop firing rockets to my House!

[@jackthorton10]

For gods sake stop shooting my tank

[@MrsJohnsonListing]

So you're just going to ignore Johnny Depp's flawless and swoon-worthy accent in "Corpse Bride" because...? :p

[@tompraeger]

Don’t forget his J.M. Barrie in “Finding Neverland”.

[@KabirChattopadhyay1991]

And his role as Rochester in The Libertine.

[@lukeyread]

Glenn Close as Cruella was an AMAZING English accent 😍 Would’ve put her on my list

[@retnavybrat]

Sherlock Holmes wasn't Downey's first foray into English characters. He's also played Charlie Chaplin.

[@retnavybrat]

I know. 🙂

[@retnavybrat]

That's okay. It happens. 🙂

[@mroldmcfuckinjenkins2423]

@@retnavybrat no its not okay 🙂

[@monkeytennis8861]

And his accent in both are utter shite

[@hannahbrayford6870]

did you really just say "an actress whose early career is PEPPERed with english roles" HAHHAHAH TOO GOOD

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Hannah Brayford holy shit I didn’t catch that one, haha

[@Dalek44]

I'm surprised Glen Close as Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians wasn't on this list. I was honestly surprised when I first found out she was American because her British accent was so damn convincing.

[@Disney65Fan]

Hugh Jackman. I remember I saw him in Kate and Leopold which was the first film I saw him in and I thought he was British lol. He played an English duke called Leopold. Shocked when I found he was Australian. Angelina Jolie had a good English accent too and Johnny Depp.

[@hacantyapradipta1119]

Most people can't really differentiate English and Australian accents tho... Especially non-native speakers

[@lumineszenz8242]

I love this movie (and of course Hugh Jackman

[@sorettaray8829]

The Australian accent is very close to the British one though, so it's far easier for actors from Australia to accomplish the accent.

[@tillyt4054]

But he is Australian ! lol

[@jackiekreutzer166]

I might add that Hugh has an impeccable American accent. He was amazing in the Greatest Showman and the Prestige. There's nothing that man can't do!

[@ninavaughn2150]

Love Johnny, Robert, Renee, and Mrs. Can do any accent in the world, Streep.

[@LOLrigole]

May I also suggest Frances McDormand? Her English accent in ‘Mrs Pettigrew lives for a day’ was incredible. But yeah, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Clip you showed sounded also spot on, very impressive! :)

[@paultanski-hampton928]

Hey hey hey where's James marsters from Buffy???? He was bloody brilliant!

[@estherdenenga5227]

Paul Hampton James’s English accent is so convincing, I actually find his American accent terrible

[@paultanski-hampton928]

Esther Denenga I know right? His english accent was so convincing I really thought he was english but watching house on haunted hill or Torchwood where he had his american accent it didn't sound right

[@defaultyorker6096]

It was mostly good, but there were times when his American accent shone through. Maybe if he said "talking" or "walking" for example. Although I only began to hear it once I found out Marsters was American. I'm sure most English people who've lived in the US for a while would sound like that anyway.

[@Jamieb1994]

I agree, James did a awesome job on the British accent while he was playing Spike.

[@jakeannison6513]

You are joking right? Ive met James Masters on a few occasions he is a lovely guy but his English accent, pardon the pun SUCKS. he is only one step up from Dick Van Dyke in Mary poppins, if anyone thought his English accent was convincing in any way they must have never seen or heard a real English person

[@robynredfern6079]

The “STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP” killed me 😂

[@adeezodlem9787]

"at last my arm is complete again." that is Edward Scissor Hand talking 😂

[@ubiquitous_star584]

One of my favourites is Peter Dinklage as Tyrion in Game of Thrones. It took me ages to realise he was American. Also a really random inclusion is the little girl who plays Janet in The Conjuring 2. Her accent was so convincing! Even more impressive that she managed to nail down the specifics of the Enfield accent.

[@holilo5993]

renée does the best fake accent I've heard. I thought she was actually from England for the longest time.

[@monkeytennis8861]

No one in Britain speaks like her. It's awful.

[@lovelycomplex07]

Meryl Streep is a treasure! Such an awesome actress.

[@stardustgirl2904]

She is such a horrible person!

[@DavidJCane]

As Christopher Guest from Spinal Tap is actually British-American and has an hereditary peerage (he is Baron Haden-Guest), he has a head start on getting an English accent right.

[@MEKKANNOID]

Lithgow was good as Churchill in The Crown I thought

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

THANKYOU for mentioning him. Wasn't he awesome? Performance, accent, pathos... Just great.

[@akkuyh4100]

Agree

[@stevencassidy6982]

Not as good as Gary Oldman

[@suhuddwiwahyudi2933]

Wow, Lithgow is an American?

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

THIS. Only non UK cast member in that cast, and he nails it.

[@lauradufresne6628]

Ok how many people clicked just cuz if RDJ? ( I did)

[@v.l.963]

Meryl Streep is always stunning!!!!! I totally adore this acting queen 👑💋😻.

[@bobby-tu2nh]

Only cockney and posh? Where is Scouse? Mancunian? Dartmoor? WHERE IS THE NORTH, I ASK YOU!?

[@jakeannison6513]

Professional Fandom Member well its at the opposite end of the country from the south isnt it? Haha

[@adamlewis5700]

My best mate is from Leeds and none of the roles seem to portray anyone from there.

[@caricature1997]

They're useless. Loljk

[@koraegi]

Because scouserd have so much going on

[@te1327]

@@caricature1997 being from the north, we should cut it out and sink the whole thing

[@Disney65Fan]

Other actors I thought were British Angelina jolie Angelica Huston

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

Alexis Denisof from Buffy and Angel. I was stunned when I heard his natural, American accent.

[@Jamieb1994]

I actually thought Mike Myers was actually speaking in his normal accent while playing as Austin Powers at first. I also thought Angelina Jolie & Renée Zellweger was a British actress as well.

[@blackbeltjones2903]

@@purpleturtle8841 *Canadian

[@alinw-n7t]

Robert Downey Jr, everyone. What a talent. ♥️

[@freqeist]

as an Englishman we do like Depp`s version based on Keith Richards.

[@scottoshea9440]

Originally the voice that Depp wanted to use was a flamboyantly gay Keith Richards, but Disney didn't approve

[@Rashy225]

Do they only do posh southern or cockney accents?

[@Jayke1981]

It's how Americans see the English - either posh or cockney - I don't think I've ever seen an American pull of a Liverpudlian accent!

[@musicalneptunian]

Scouser like! Americans do a Liverpudlian accent? Yeah, like boiled shite.

[@Rex_Colt]

Renato Laranja does a decent enough scouse impression. He tries to impersonate a Liverpool UFC fighter Darren Till. but most fail at doing anything other than the two usual accents, yeah.

[@SmithMrCorona]

Ask an American to try and do a Liverpudlian, you'll get a Beatles imitation. That is, if they can figure out what a Liverpudlian is.

[@82not_Chris]

Why not a Lancashire accent? I would love an American to pretend he was from Burnley

[@jessicajayes8326]

Mike Myers was able to do it because his parents were from Liverpool, same as The Beatles. Robert Downey Jr. learned to do an accent playing Charlie Chaplin. I can do several accents, Liverpool, Scotland, I'm a bit of an Anglofanatic!

[@louis.c326]

Jessica Jayes scouse is nout like the cockney that Austin powers has though

[@tattie.b8594]

Jessica Jayes I can do a good British accent but that could be to do with the fact that I live in Hampshire

[@jessicajayes8326]

Goddammit Ross!

[@ladyi7609]

Holy shit, I thought Mike Myers's parents were from Scotland! Ok, so my brain is starting to suffer from the effects of aging.... Anyway, I wish I had or could do a Scouse accent because I find it so musical and friendly. The Northern accents are truly amazing. Like, I was watching some Limahl interviews earlier in the day and loved his accent, and he comes from Lancashire.

[@jessicajayes8326]

My bad, I just watch a lot of Doctor Who, Sherlock, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Top Gear, and Monty Python and I guess I picked up a few tricks.

[@tadpole4927]

People who nailed the English accent: English people

[@monkeytennis8861]

What "English accent"

[@HeatherLorien38]

To me, every Johnny Depp English accent sounds like his Jack Sparrow. Scuse me. Captain Jack Sparrow.

[@annijensen5790]

They didn’t include Dustin Hoffman in Hook. He’s one the best to do a British accent in my opinion.

[@yassinfrench5231]

It just shows how convincing Johnny depps British accent is I always for years assumed that johnny was born and bred British and that he put on an american accent for movies like nightmare on elm street and ironically it was the complete opposite all this time lol😀😀😀😀

[@greyjarvis1133]

Johnny Depp singing heroes with the Hollywood Vampires with a British accent to honor David Bowie is really good.

[@peterfrank3365]

I sure hope Kline and Downey Jr. could share the screen again.

[@GhoulishGrinMedia]

I should’ve known the StreepMonster would take the top spot. She is living, breathing greatness.

[@alexjones7997]

I met a British guy in a bar and we were chatting. And once he got nice and tipsy I asked "you got a weird accent where are you from Indiana?" His confusion was absolutely fantastic.

[@anitagammans5964]

Both Gyllenhaal's English accents were spot on 👌

[@shanemcnulty2185]

How about 10 actors who can nail an Irish accent. Now there's a challenge for you

[@FergalCanada]

Yes. I put John Voight in 'The General' at the top of the list for American actors who pulled off the Irish accent. Actually, its a one person list.

[@alandavis3715]

Daniel Day Lewis - In the Name of the father was the best!

[@enzoparadelli3529]

@@alandavis3715 overrated

[@donaldduck1828]

Cousin!

[@remington8617]

BBC Jim Moriarty?

[@swamdono]

The problem people have with the English accent (especially Americans) is that they elongate the sounds of vowels. English has a very 'lazy' pronunciation of it's vowels where they're shortened and almost non-existent. A similar example is how non-Irish people do an Irish accent. Over emphasising the vowel in words like "time" and "pint". Robert Downey Jr, Angelina Jolie and even Johnny Depp are guilty of this. Though, the guys from Spinal Tap are much much closer. A better way to practice it would be to have a quick run to get yourself out of breath and then try your English accent. You'd stumble over the vowels to catch your breath and that would likely be a closer emulation of the lazy vowels I mentioned.

[@Melayahm01]

I agree, I usually listen for the 'O' sound, which most Americans have to draw out and curl, instead of the clipped sound of BBC english. Because this is the English most Americans do. Johnny Depp's East London is good, but it all sounds the same. RDJ gets it, but I feel it sounds a bit forced. I remember Dwight Schultz in an episode of the A Team doing an excellent English accent, including the 'O's.

[@charlotte7153]

I mean this is a really broad, and wholly incorrect assumption. You’re going to hear two very different ways of talking if you listen to somebody from the West Country talk versus somebody from East Sussex. Or Cockney London versus North Yorkshire. The latter suggestion of running and getting yourself out of breath is such a far reach, I’m not trying to be rude but a comment like this comes across as really poorly researched and I’m not at all touchy, but I am mildly offended that this is how you apparently think is the best way to mimic us...

[@helenh2442]

i'm so blessed to watch Meryl Streep's Iron Lady as my first "british accent" film

[@evasanchezsaez8685]

Good video. I have to say I'm laughing because I've just remembered when Cary Elwes (the British actor who played Robin Hood, Men in tights) said he was the only British actor who played Robin Hood, with a real British accent. It was hilarious.

[@r.xhelili5242]

Johnny Depp's accent in "Finding Neverland" was better!

[@tompraeger]

Oscar worthy his performance. I almost cried at least tree times.

[@markant9534]

Streep`s accent is far more convincing than the other women on here it`s a shame the character she played was nothing like the real life Margaret Thatcher and the funny thing is Thatcher needed to be trained on her accent also because she didn`t grow up as posh as the politicians around her and wasn`t from London.

[@musicalneptunian]

Streep is one of the world's best accent actors. She also pulled off the Australian accent in Evil Angels/A Cry in the Dark to do Lindy Chamberlain so well that I almost thought it was Lindy, as a kid who watched the real Lindy Cha mberlain trial on TV.

[@wangdangdoodie]

If Streep is one of the worlds best actors, that's an awful indictment on the acting profession. Wooden doesn't even begin to describe her.

[@markant9534]

That adds to her performance as Thatcher because she was wooden in real life! lol! Streep is great at accents though.

[@elena9471]

HEHE MERYL STREEP'S ACCENT IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AND ABSOLUTELY THE BEST!!

[@joannkennedy2733]

Wow excellent excellent choices. Well done and Tally Ho. But I didnt know that number 9 was British.

[@curtpangan9833]

I did an English accent when i was in high school, i was Sherlock Holmes in our stage play, Hound of Baskerville. It was so hard to control my fake accent because it's far from my real one, i had to make it deep or husky as much as i remember but i pulled it off i guess.

[@elvie2230]

PLOT TWIST: *they're all English*

[@Nakajima-oh7kw]

Someone from Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit should be on here

[@FinnishDragon]

I agree. I would suggest Cate Blanchett who is from Australia and played Galadriel.

[@defaultyorker6096]

Definitely. My vote would've gone to Sean Astin though.

[@irEyERWO]

Yes! Lee Pace did an amazing job in The Hobbit and I didn't know he was an American until I watched The Fall.

[@stonemedia8901]

James Pelletier Viggo Mortenson! He's American.

[@arwenitaofdoom9041]

Actually danish :)

[@wctrqn]

No Hugh Jackman?? He did posh English accent rather well in Flushed Away.

[@adamlewis5700]

but he's Australian and has the inside route to the British accent lol, actually I have no idea if it's easier for them. His American accent isn't bad either. He's just overall a super talented dude. He acts, he sings, he dances, he lifts, he has a nice family, what can't that guy do really

[@avaklingelhefer8892]

Wait he was in flushed away!?

[@Ali-xs2ij]

He is an Aussie. And to be honest pulling off british accent isn't that hard for an Aussie.

[@tomreid3914]

I specifically came to this video looking for Spinal Tap - very glad to see it!

[@NomadJoe0323]

For me the sign of a good actor is whether or not they can pull off another accent. Really impressed with Meryl Streep’s accent.

[@peterfrank3365]

My brother can do lots of accents and that is partly due to Kevin Kline.

[@Disney65Fan]

Peter Frank yeah Kevin Kline had a British accent in Beauty and the beast and it was spot on.

[@monkeytennis8861]

Weird, as Kevin Kline's accent in As You Like It is woeful..

[@edbadyt]

Saying THE English accent is like saying THE ice cream flavour. You'll find more accents in 60 miles in England than you will post boxes.

[@Teafa]

Ha! Right! Same as America. But for some reason when people "DO" an American accent.. they tend to do the "Cowboy" one.. Weird, eh?

[@gaston6800]

@Teaf There are much greater variations in England than in the United States when it comes to accents though. There is a general American accent. Not so with England. You could even say there's a general North American accent since Canadians sound almost identical.

[@davidpar2]

+Gaston Rocha that’s not true. There are distinctive accent differences within states, let alone between them

[@gaston6800]

davidpar2 very slightly. Nothing like in England.

[@davidpar2]

+Gaston Rocha where are you from?

[@therealsulaco]

Mike Meyers had a leg-up on the accent. His parents are from Liverpool.

[@dmcginty2411]

Spinal tap was brilliant! And all improvised

[@krysiacruz23]

Renee really killed it portraying a British accent

[@ymcaseptember6089]

Nah nah Maggie gyllenhall in nanny McPhee tops that I used to think she was actually English

[@rockzs74r]

Mike myers isn't British? Wow he was good

[@ladyi7609]

He's Canadian, with Scottish parents! But to me he'll always be Wayne of "Wayne's World" fame.

[@richtheunstable3359]

he lived in the UK for a number of years

[@TurboNutterBastard.]

He once said he considered himself British.

[@sarahmulhearn3403]

His parents are both from Liverpool

[@fenrisulfr8790]

OOHH YEAH BABYYY.

[@RedEveTillDawn]

Meryl Streep is amazing

[@Licentiapoetica]

2:48 Jack Sparrow and Severus Snape Rochester! I must watch this movie!

[@jayelyyn]

I honestly thought Depp was English this whole time.

[@straburyred]

How could you forget Joaquin Phoenix in "Quills" and "Gladiator?"

[@monkeytennis8861]

You're joking, right?

[@assholable]

@@monkeytennis8861 why?

[@majorbackyardwrestling9126]

@@assholable His English accent in Gladiator was horrible. I’m not even British and I know that.

[@palmeroringor]

How about Daniel Davis, best known as Niles the Butler, in "The Nanny"?

[@ArcobalenoKoronero]

The comment I was looking for !!!

[@Dayah99]

palmeroringor Wait he's not British? See, that's how good his accent was

[@drake8065]

he is from London

[@Kaydee815]

Drake he's actually from Arkansas.

[@da96103]

No one can evaluate his accent because our ears are hurt by Nanny's voice.

[@philp3512]

Maggie Gyllenhaal's husband also does an impeccable english accent. I'm surprised he wasn't mentioned in this list for his role in An Education.

[@grizzledwarveteran2321]

This is the first watchmojo uk video I watched

[@lionessmummy4418]

#4 YEEEEESSSSSSS! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bubblechaz]

of course Meryl is on top... okay

[@pulkitchauhan7175]

RDJ and Johnny depp nailed it l love boo of them

[@lvwerneck]

A couple of honourable mentions that should be well among the first few numbers: Jordan Gavaris as Felix in Orphan Black and Brad Dourif as Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings.

[@Teafa]

Reeve Carney as Dorian Gray in Penny Dreadful.. he did an amazing job.. I swear for the entire first season I believed him. Then I watched an interview with him, and was stunned.. I had no idea he was American!

[@Shakester71]

For Mike Myers, it was easy since both his parents are English and have accents.

[@musicalneptunian]

Where's John Hillerman? A Texan who became the posh Higgins in Magnum PI, learning to do a British accent from watching Laurent Olivier movies. "My God Magnum! Not being in this list? Worse than losing Singapore in the second world war!"

[@DarthPerkins]

Musical Neptunian Now that WAS a terrific accent! I'm English and I thought he was as well.

[@musicalneptunian]

What Hillerman also did that was amazing was that he kept the accent no matter what was happening. There was one episode where at the end Higgins holds a Japanese ceremonial dagger and Magnum says "you know Higgins that once those dagger is withdrawn it has to take blood". Then Higgins says smiling evilly "I know!" and runs after Magnum and Rick. He kept that accent in all that. Amazing.

[@ladyi7609]

Yay, two notable Texans for the topic!!! (The other being Renee Zellwegger, from near Houston, a fellow South Texan!) So there's hope for me yet!

[@musicalneptunian]

This is IMHO one of the funniest scenes of Magnum PI where Higgins [Hillerman] delvers a knock out line "You're playing games again..." Enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZqnqKtsg5d_l68

[@Melayahm01]

Had me convinced, I thought he was English too. Very good. I once heard an American in a shop, when I was visiting the US, do a flawless James Mason.

[@joebrookscomedy]

Really think you missed Lake Bell in Man Up, I was amazed to discover she was American

[@MaggieTheCat01]

Jordan Gavaris’s portrayal of Felix in Orphan Black had me convinced. It came as a surprise to find out he’s Canadian.

[@Romulus980]

I was amazed to learn that all group members in Spinal Tap were American actors...! They should all get Oscars ....

[@BGCW_86]

I think Glenn Close should have been in this list considering her outstanding British accent in Paradise Road and the Dalmatian franchise. And watch Albert Nobbs - she’s a master of accents in that!

[@vickieeh1]

Johnny is brilliant at accents and everything

[@PerAnkh418]

Yep, some of these British accents are Brill! Spot on Maggie, Robert :)

[@monkeytennis8861]

No

[@lolwutathon]

I didn't realise James Marsters wasn't English in Buffy and I'm English. He nailed it.

[@September2004]

I never knew James Cromwell was American for a long time. He was convincing as a New Zealander in Babe, an Irishman in LA Confidential and British in The Queen.