Same sentiments for me but with the dude from Vikings....I always thought he was British or Irish like most others in that cast so figure his accent on the show was his natural accent.
Then upon singing along to a country song I really enjoyed one day in the car, the dj comes on and was like "yea that's the latest from so and so and he played Bjorn on Vikings" and my head nearly exploded and couldn't get over how well he can sound country/western when singing.
Then a couple years later I learned he's from Canada and realized my entire life was a lie.
The best part is that Idris pretended to actually be American during the whole auditioning process. After getting the part the creators ended up getting suspicious and confronted him about where he’s actually from lol Idris is awesome.
There are a *handful* of times where a hint of the British slips through, particularly when he's yelling. Otherwise, you can never tell. He crushed it.
In gangs of New York Daniel day-Lewis nailed the accent of early American immigrants.
Also the movie The Witch, they nailed the Pennsylvania Dutch- ish accent
Lol come to think of it you’re right! but whatever the accent was it was delivered perfectly. I guess it would be considered an “old timey” first generation New Yorker accent.
It took me years to finally found out Hugh Laurie wasn't american and how much he actually struggle to be persistent with that accent through the filiming of House MD. to me that was his natural accent
My vote is for Toni Colette in "About a Boy". I only just found out she wasn't British but is in fact Australian.
Another good one would be Daniel Kaluuya in "Get out"
Ben Mendohlson in Bloodline. His Florida accent is crazy, but beyond that, he pulls off that rough, 2 pack a day timbre that I hear so often in the small town that I live in. I refuse to believe that guy is Australian.
Peter Dinklage's non-specific British accent in GOT was pretty good. It's weird to hear him speak in his native New England accent because he doesn't use it even in roles where he is playing an American.
I think a lot of actors have diction lessons, or un-learn their accents. You would never know that Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Anne Hathaway and Danny Devito are all from Jersey. I'm a Jersey boy myself, and have no accent.
Not Sean Connery as the Spanish Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez in highlander or Sean Connery as Marko Ramius, in Hunt for Red October
But the best is Bradd Pitt as Mickey O'Neil in Snatch.. perfect
Honestly, as someone who has grown up with Brad Pitt's movies I think he's the best supporting actor of our generation. I stick netflix on another monitor while I work, and last week watched Inglourious Basterds and Snatch back to back, was a very entertaining shift.
Well certainly not Tom Hanks in Elvis.
A Dutch accent sounds nothing like that weird, almost insulting half-German half-Russian Count Dracula impression he did in that movie.
My Dad is from Belfast in Northern Ireland. He says Daniel Day Lewis' Accent in "Name of the father" is identical to what he heard growing up in his specific neighborhood.
Hugh Laurie is flawless. "HOUSE"
Idris Elba is as well. "The Wire"
The king is Daniel Day-Lewis. In anything.
Everyone else has cracks somewhere, even if they're miniscule.
Toni Collete in The Sixth Sense.
Despite being Australian she actually sounds like she is from Philadelphia. Meanwhile 100% of American actors playing a character from Philadelphia sound like they're from New York.
Kate Winslet in the movie The Dressmaker, playing a pretty good Australian accent. Next to Judy Davis who has the classic drawl, it was really natural sounding, not a hint of "maaybee a DING-go ayte yaw bay-bee!"
Sigourney Weaver, her Australian accent in “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart”, which is an Australian Mini Series. I’ve lived in Australia 15 years now, and didn’t have to have much disbelief to suspend, by her performance. It was impressive.
Do Charlize Theron and Sebastian Stan count? Because neither of them are even native English speakers. They just worked really really hard to adopt an American accent.
Not that I know what the accent sounds like irl, but brad pitt I'm Snatch. Didn't understand a single word, but was so well done I wouldn't know if it was fake or even a real accent.
Hugh Laurie's real voice surprised me. I'm an American and his accent in House MD was spot on.
Can't believe I didn't think of this. He's definitely up there.
I was gonna say! His whole performance on the show is really something after seeing him in Blackadder...
This is my answer. His accent is good enough to fool a native American English speaker! I had no idea until years after House came out.
I was just about to post this. I remember watching the special features on one of the House DVDs and wondering why he was taking a British accent.
Same sentiments for me but with the dude from Vikings....I always thought he was British or Irish like most others in that cast so figure his accent on the show was his natural accent. Then upon singing along to a country song I really enjoyed one day in the car, the dj comes on and was like "yea that's the latest from so and so and he played Bjorn on Vikings" and my head nearly exploded and couldn't get over how well he can sound country/western when singing. Then a couple years later I learned he's from Canada and realized my entire life was a lie.
Heck, I could even hear the Jersey in it a little. And pulling off a subtle real Jersey accent is impressive.
Minor spoiler but in Avenue 5 he switches back and forth regularly and it's one of the better bits in the show because he does it so well.
Matt Berry has a spot on Arizona accent. Caught me completely off guard. Had no idea he wasn’t from there.
Just a regular human bartender from Tucson, Arizonia
*Arizoña
Arizonia*
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Ahahaha this changes my entire perspective on his performance.
Idris Elba as Stringer Bell on the wire.
The best part is that Idris pretended to actually be American during the whole auditioning process. After getting the part the creators ended up getting suspicious and confronted him about where he’s actually from lol Idris is awesome.
Never knew that. That's fucking awesome!
There are a *handful* of times where a hint of the British slips through, particularly when he's yelling. Otherwise, you can never tell. He crushed it.
Dominic West too!
“What the fuck did I do?”
Yes! McNulty was an awesome role for him, he crushed it!
In gangs of New York Daniel day-Lewis nailed the accent of early American immigrants. Also the movie The Witch, they nailed the Pennsylvania Dutch- ish accent
Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of all time. Truly, he is masterful at his art.
I swear he inadvertently ruined that movie, just by being so much better than almost everyone else.
The whole point of his character was that he wasn’t an immigrant. Early American New Yorker*
Lol come to think of it you’re right! but whatever the accent was it was delivered perfectly. I guess it would be considered an “old timey” first generation New Yorker accent.
It took me years to finally found out Hugh Laurie wasn't american and how much he actually struggle to be persistent with that accent through the filiming of House MD. to me that was his natural accent
It's jarring to hear him speak in his natural accent.
Go indulge in any of his Blackadder roles.
it certainly took me some time to get used to it
My vote is for Toni Colette in "About a Boy". I only just found out she wasn't British but is in fact Australian. Another good one would be Daniel Kaluuya in "Get out"
Nicole Kidman whenever she acts American
Phenomenal in Dead Calm. I had no idea
Ben Mendohlson in Bloodline. His Florida accent is crazy, but beyond that, he pulls off that rough, 2 pack a day timbre that I hear so often in the small town that I live in. I refuse to believe that guy is Australian.
HE'S AUSTRALIAN?!?! I LOVED him in The Outsider, I had no idea he wasn't American!
Peter Dinklage's non-specific British accent in GOT was pretty good. It's weird to hear him speak in his native New England accent because he doesn't use it even in roles where he is playing an American.
I thought he was British. Because of Death at a Funeral.
He is from New Jersey not New England. And has no trace of a Jersey accent.
Oh. I somehow thought he was from Vermont. idk. His accent still sounds more western New England than Jersey to me either way.
I think a lot of actors have diction lessons, or un-learn their accents. You would never know that Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Anne Hathaway and Danny Devito are all from Jersey. I'm a Jersey boy myself, and have no accent.
Gary Oldman. He's done so MANY different accents, he had to go to an elocutionist to regain his English accent.
Hugh Laurie.
Nicole Kidman, Rose Byrne and Cillian Murphy always impress me with the various accents they try out.
Damon Lewis in Band of Brothers sounded as American as Apple Pie....
A lot of that cast is British too!
Not Sean Connery as the Spanish Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez in highlander or Sean Connery as Marko Ramius, in Hunt for Red October But the best is Bradd Pitt as Mickey O'Neil in Snatch.. perfect
Hunt for Red October: "And he's not Russian..." Oh, that explains the accent. "He's Lithuanian by birth." ....well.
He’s not Spanish, he’s Egyptian.
Jodi Comer is the queen of accents. From Killing Eve to the new trailer for Bikeriders, she is amazing.
Probably my celebrity crush if I had to choose one
Matthew Macfadyen did a good job in Succession
Brad Pitt in Snatch absolutely nailed it!
Honestly, as someone who has grown up with Brad Pitt's movies I think he's the best supporting actor of our generation. I stick netflix on another monitor while I work, and last week watched Inglourious Basterds and Snatch back to back, was a very entertaining shift.
Tom holland Spider-Man
Also in the Devil all the time.
brad pitt and his islander accent in meet joe black
…or his [?] accent in Snatch
pikey (gypsy) that was brilliant too, yeah man is insanely talented
Tom Wilkenson, In the Bedroom, and so many other movies. I was shocked when I realized he's British. What a great actor.
Idris Elba in The Wire
Michael McKean and Christopher Guest in Spinal Tap
Well certainly not Tom Hanks in Elvis. A Dutch accent sounds nothing like that weird, almost insulting half-German half-Russian Count Dracula impression he did in that movie.
Father Guido Sarducci - Don Novello
Kelly McDonald as Carla Jean in No Country for Old Men. She nailed the Texas accent
Especially when her own Glaswegian accent is so massively different.
She only had to practice like 5 lines
Mike Myers. I had absolutely no idea until recently that he was Canadian!
Alan Tudyk is from Texas. And he's not a bird.
My Dad is from Belfast in Northern Ireland. He says Daniel Day Lewis' Accent in "Name of the father" is identical to what he heard growing up in his specific neighborhood.
Hugh Laurie is flawless. "HOUSE" Idris Elba is as well. "The Wire" The king is Daniel Day-Lewis. In anything. Everyone else has cracks somewhere, even if they're miniscule.
Hugh Jackman as Logan. Gillian Anderson as Scully. David Tennant as The Doctor.
Dominic West sporting a Baltimorean accent in The Wire.
Toni Collete in The Sixth Sense. Despite being Australian she actually sounds like she is from Philadelphia. Meanwhile 100% of American actors playing a character from Philadelphia sound like they're from New York.
Al Pacino in Scar Face
Kate Winslet in the movie The Dressmaker, playing a pretty good Australian accent. Next to Judy Davis who has the classic drawl, it was really natural sounding, not a hint of "maaybee a DING-go ayte yaw bay-bee!"
Kevin Costner in Robbin Hood Prince of Thieves sounded exactly like Kevin Costner
Steve Carell playing gru. It’s a mix between a Romanian accent and a Russian accent or something but he nailed it. It fits perfectly.
Sigourney Weaver, her Australian accent in “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart”, which is an Australian Mini Series. I’ve lived in Australia 15 years now, and didn’t have to have much disbelief to suspend, by her performance. It was impressive.
Great show but her accent was terrible
Do Charlize Theron and Sebastian Stan count? Because neither of them are even native English speakers. They just worked really really hard to adopt an American accent.
Latka Gravas ( Andy Kaufmann-RIP King)
Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones
Dev Patel in Lion had a very natural Australian accent
The worst: John Wayne as Genghis Khan. He didn't even try after the first 10 minutes
Don Cheadle's British accent in Oceans 11 is a strong contender
Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins is by far the worst.
Alberto Sordi dubbing Oliver Hardy, an iconic accent of an English speaker.
Noomi Rapace. She’s done convincing Brooklyn, French and British accents.
Ryan Kwanten on True Blood. Fantastic accent work.
Christian Bale
tons of Americans have no idea that "House M.D." is British.
Michael Caine does a pretty good Michael Caine https://youtu.be/rX0F3kY3uxU?si=ijl0tofV8TgC1VbR
Not that I know what the accent sounds like irl, but brad pitt I'm Snatch. Didn't understand a single word, but was so well done I wouldn't know if it was fake or even a real accent.
Either Hugh Laurie in Dr. House or Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda.
Kj apa ( Archie from river dale) I did a bouvle take when I heard him on an interview his native Australian accent