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Idris Elba "aka" Stringer Bell notorious black notorious Baltimore drug lord on HBO's "The Wire." Born in London who knew
Damian Lewis "aka" Maj Richard Williams (Band of Brothers) and now Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Homeland) another one from London.
Poppy Montgomery (Poppy should have been a dead give away) "aka" FBI SA Samantha Spade (Without a Trace). Sydney Australia
I know there are a lot more but why should I have all the fun...
Also, a friend and I were talking about this and we couldn't think of a single American Actor who could play a foreign role better than someone from that country, got any ideas?
I'm not sure what "acting like an American" means. Not all Americans act the same and I don't see how British actors would 'seem' more American...?? It seems like you're just saying they have convincing American accents.
"Chicago Fire" - Eamonn Walker (Chief Boden) - London,..... Jesse Spencer (Matt Casey) - Sydney Australia
"The Mentalist" - Simon Baker (Patrick Jane) - Tasmania, Australia,....... Owain Yeoman ( Wayne Rigsby) - Wales
Poppy Montgomery (Poppy should have been a dead give away) "aka" FBI SA Samantha Spade (Without a Trace). Sydney Australia
^"Without A Trace" also starred Anthony LaPaglia (Australian) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (British), both of whom were convincing-sounding as Americans.
Think this thread might more accurately be titled "Foreign Actors who are skilled at American accent/dialect/speech" (so one wouldn't suspect it wasn't their natural way of talking).
Matthew Rhys (Wales) as Kevin Walker in Brothers & Sisters. (I haven't seen him in The Americans yet)
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