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Hollywood has a funny way of making certain actors feel like they have always belonged there. Their accents disappear, their characters feel completely familiar, and their careers become so closely tied to American movies and television that it is easy to assume they grew up somewhere in the United States. Then you discover where they were actually born and suddenly their whole career looks a little different. Some came from places you might never have guessed, while others spent enough time working in American productions to become almost permanently associated with them. Here are fifteen actors whose real nationalities might genuinely surprise anyone who knows them mostly from their work.
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Hugh Laurie
Born in Oxford, England, Hugh Laurie became so convincing as the American doctor Gregory House that his real British accent can still catch people off guard.
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Christian Bale
Born in Haverfordwest, Wales, Christian Bale has played so many American characters that it is easy to forget he grew up on the other side of the Atlantic.
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Margot Robbie
Born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, Margot Robbie has spent so much of her career playing Americans that her natural Australian accent can feel almost surprising.
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Idris Elba
Born in London, England, Idris Elba has played American characters in major productions so convincingly that plenty of viewers were surprised when they first heard his unmistakably British voice.
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Sam Worthington
Born in Godalming, England, Sam Worthington moved to Australia as a child and became internationally famous playing characters who rarely sound anything like him.
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Emily Blunt
Born in London, England, Emily Blunt has perfected American accents for roles ranging from The Devil Wears Prada to Sicario, making her British background easy to overlook.
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Naomi Watts
Born in Shoreham, England, Naomi Watts moved to Australia as a teenager and eventually became one of Hollywood’s most recognizable actresses.
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Andrew Lincoln
Born in London, England, Andrew Lincoln became so closely associated with Georgia through The Walking Dead that his real British accent was a genuine surprise to many viewers.
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Rose Byrne
Born in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, Rose Byrne has spent years playing Americans and often disappears so completely into those roles that her Australian accent feels unexpected.
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Daniel Kaluuya
Born in London, England, Daniel Kaluuya has played American characters with such precision that his natural London accent can sound almost unfamiliar when he speaks outside a role.
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Damian Lewis
Born in London, England, Damian Lewis spent years convincing audiences that he was American, particularly as Nicholas Brody in Homeland, before his natural British voice gave the game away.
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Toni Collette
Born in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, Toni Collette has played so many different characters across American productions that her natural Australian accent is easy to forget.
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Michael Caine
Born in London, England, Michael Caine became such a fixture of American cinema that generations of viewers may think of him primarily as a Hollywood actor despite his very British roots.
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Hugh Jackman
Born in Sydney, Australia, Hugh Jackman has played enough Americans over the years that his natural Australian accent can feel strangely unexpected when he is not in character.
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Colin Farrell
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Colin Farrell has spent much of his career playing American characters, making his unmistakable Irish accent one of those things fans can forget until they hear him in an interview.
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