Some of my Favorite Male Charaters from TV
by tinka_bellamina | created - 28 Jan 2016 | updated - 19 Feb 2023 | PublicThis list is in no particular order.
1. Robert Carlyle
Actor | The Full Monty
Robert Carlyle was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, to Elizabeth, a bus company employee, and Joseph Carlyle, a painter and decorator. He was raised by his father after his mother left him when he was four. At the age of 21, after reading Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," he enrolled in acting ...
Mr. Gold/Rumple, on Once Upon A Time
2. Barrett Foa
Actor | NCIS: Los Angeles
BARRETT FOA is best known as senior technical operator Eric Beale on all 12 seasons and 275+ episodes of the current hit CBS crime drama/comedy "NCIS: Los Angeles".
Prior to moving to LA, Foa starred on Broadway in the Tony-winning musicals AVENUE Q as Princeton/Rod, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY ...
Eric Beale, on NCIS Los Angels
3. G.W. Bailey
Actor | Police Academy
George William Bailey was born on August 27, 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas. Although Bailey started college at Lamar University in Beaumont, he eventually transferred to Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He did not complete his studies. He worked at local theater companies during the mid 1960s until ...
Lt. Louie Provenza, on Major Crimes
4. Sean Murray
Actor | Hocus Pocus
Sean Harland Murray is an American actor known for his role as Special Agent Timothy McGee on the American TV drama NCIS. He also played Thackery Binx in Disney's Halloween film Hocus Pocus and Danny Walden in the military drama series JAG. Murray was born on November 15, 1977 in the Bethesda Navy ...
Special Agent Timothy "Tim" McGee, on NCIS
5. Rob Kerkovich
Actor | NCIS: New Orleans
Rob Kerkovich was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for NCIS: New Orleans (2014), Chasing Life (2014) and Still Waiting... (2009). He is married to Anjali Prasertong. They have one child.
Sebastian Lund, on NCIS New Orleans
6. Jesse L. Martin
Actor | Rent
Jesse Martin was born Jesse Lamont Watkins in Virginia's Blue Ridge mountain range. His mother, Virginia Price, was a college career counselor. His father, Jesse Reed Watkins, was a truck driver. His parents divorced when he was very young. His mother then moved his family to Buffalo, New York. He ...
Detective Joe West, on The Flash
7. Iain De Caestecker
Actor | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Iain De Caestecker is a Scottish actor. He went to Hillhead Primary School and successfully completed an HND in Acting and Performance at Langside College.
He played the lead in two high-profile BBC series - BAFTA-winning The Fades and Young James Herriot (both 2011). The latter earned him a ...
Leo Fitz, on Marvel's Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D.
8. Richard Belzer
Actor | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
A social misfit, was kicked out of every school he ever attended, due to his uncontrollable wit. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. His father (Charles) committed suicide when he was 22. A dedication is written to him in Richard Belzer's "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: ...
Shirley John Munch, on Law & Order SVU
9. Bruce McGill
Actor | Law Abiding Citizen
Bruce McGill grew up in San Antonio, Texas. His mother, Adriel Rose (Jacobs) is an artist, and his father, Woodrow Wilson McGill, is a real estate and insurance agent. He graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School San Antonio, where he acted in the department of theatre, and from The University ...
Sargent Vince Korsak, on Rizzoli and Isles.
10. Kyle Harris
Actor | Stitchers
Kyle Harris was born on May 20, 1986 in Newport Beach, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Stitchers (2015), High Maintenance (2016) and God Friended Me (2018).
Cameron, on Stitchers
11. Jonny Lee Miller
Actor | Æon Flux
Jonny (sometimes credited as Johnny) Lee Miller was born on November 15, 1972, in Kingston, England, UK. He is the son of actors Anna Lee and Alan Miller and the grandson of actor Bernard Lee. After appearing in many high school plays at his selective state grammar school, Jonny dropped out at 17 ...
Sherlock Holmes, on Elementary
12. James Spader
Actor | The Blacklist
James Todd Spader was born on February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of teachers Jean (Fraser) and Stoddard Greenwood "Todd" Spader. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover with director Peter Sellars; he dropped out in eleventh grade. He bused tables, shoveled manure, and taught yoga ...
Raymond "Red" Reddington, on The Blacklist
13. Hisham Tawfiq
Actor | The Blacklist
Hisham discovered his passion for the arts while performing the poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Poet Laureate Maya Angelou, in a high school English class. Hisham studied at the world renowned Negro Ensemble Theatre Company, which has brought forth such notable actors as Denzel Washington...
Dembe, on The Blacklist
14. Amir Arison
Actor | The Blacklist
Amir Arison was born on March 24, 1978 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Blacklist (2013), The Dropout (2022) and Ramy (2019).
Aram Mojtabai, on The Blacklist
15. Jorge Garcia
Actor | Lost
Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show Becker (1998), but probably more known later for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the television series Lost (2004) from 2004 to...
Jerry Ortega, on Hawaii Five-0
16. Donnie Wahlberg
Actor | Saw II
Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg Jr. was born on August 17, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts into a family of Swedish (from his paternal grandfather), Irish, and more distant French-Canadian, English, and Scottish, descent. He is the eighth of nine children of Alma Elaine Conroy (née Donnelly), a ...
Detective Daniel "Danny" Regan, on Blue Bloods
17. Thomas Gibson
Actor | Dharma & Greg
Thomas Ellis Gibson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, as the youngest child of four to Charles M. and Beth Gibson. His mother was a social worker and his father was a progressive Democratic lawyer and state legislator. At a young age Thomas became interested in theater, and began performing ...
Unit Chief Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner, on Criminal Minds
18. Joe Mantegna
Actor | The Godfather Part III
Joe Mantegna is an American actor who has made over 200 film and TV appearances. He is also a producer, writer, and director, and is probably best known for his role as Joey Zasa in the Francis Ford Coppola epic The Godfather Part III (1990), in which he stars alongside Al Pacino and Andy Garcia.
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Senior SSA David Rossi, on Criminal Minds
19. Tim DeKay
Actor | White Collar
Timothy Robert DeKay was born in Ithaca, New York on June 12, 1963. Athletic in high school, he played both basketball and baseball. In his senior year, he starred in his high school's production of Oliver! After high school he attended Le Moyne College, graduating with a BS in Business ...
Agent Peter Burke, on White Collar
20. Willie Garson
Actor | White Collar
Rarely at a loss for work, Willie Garson appeared in more than 300 episodes of television and more than 70 films. Best known for his long runs on television as Mozzie on White Collar (2009), Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City (1998), and Henry Coffield on NYPD Blue (1993), he also appeared as the ...
Teddy "Mozzie" Winters, on White Collar
21. Gary Sinise
Actor | Forrest Gump
Gary Alan Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois, to Mylles S. (Alsip) and Robert L. Sinise, A.C.E., a film editor. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Swedish ancestry. His family moved to Highland Park, where he attended high school. ...
Detective Mac Taylor, on CSI New York
22. Tommy Flanagan
Actor | Sons of Anarchy
Tommy Flanagan was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland where he made his stage debut at the Raindog Theatre Company and appeared in such productions as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and MacBeth.
Flanagan soon landed the role of Scottish rebel 'Morrison' in the Mel Gibson epic Braveheart (1995) ...
Filip "Chibs" Telford, on Sons of Anarchy
23. Aldis Hodge
Actor | Black Adam
Aldis Hodge is a SAG Award-winning actor, who has built a dynamic career as a versatile performer shining in roles in both film and television. Hodge is perhaps best known for his role as Noah in the WGN hit series Underground (2016), starring alongside Jurnee Smollett and Christopher Meloni. ...
Alec Hardison, on Leverage
24. Chris O'Donnell
Actor | Batman & Robin
Christopher Eugene O'Donnell was born on June 26th, 1970 in Winnetka, Illinois, to Julie Ann (Rohs) and William Charles O'Donnell, Sr., who managed a CBS radio station, WBBM-AM. He is the youngest child in his family, with four sisters and two brothers. His father had Irish ancestry and his ...
Special Agent G. Callen, on NCIS Los Angels
25. Eric Christian Olsen
Actor | Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Eric Christian Olsen was born on May 31, 1977 in Eugene, Oregon, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Fired Up! (2009) and Not Another Teen Movie (2001). He has been married to Sarah Wright since June 23, 2012. They have three children.
Detective Martin "Marty" Deeks, on NCIS Los Angels
26. Jensen Ackles
Actor | Supernatural
Jensen Ross Ackles, better known as simply Jensen Ackles, was born on March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas, to Donna Joan (Shaffer) and actor Alan Ackles. He has English, German, and Scottish ancestry. Jensen grew up in Richardson, Texas, together with his older brother, Joshua, and a younger sister, ...
Dean Winchester, on Supernatural. Also as Alec on Dark Angel.
27. Stephen Amell
Actor | Arrow
Stephen Amell is a Canadian actor, known for portraying Oliver Queen / Green Arrow in the Arrowverse television franchise (based on the comic character of the same name) and Casey Jones in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).
Stephen Adam Amell was born on May 8, 1981 in Toronto,...
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, on Arrow
28. Matthew Gray Gubler
Actor | Alvin and the Chipmunks
Matthew Gray Gubler is an Emmy award-winning actor, director, producer, painter, and voice over actor from Las Vegas, Nevada. While studying film directing at NYU he interned for Wes Anderson who gave him his first feature film role as Bill Murray's loyal intern "Nico" in The Life Aquatic with ...
Dr. Spencer Reid, on Criminal Minds
29. Gabriel Macht
Actor | The Good Shepherd
Gabriel Macht is an American actor. He was born in the Bronx, New York, to Suzanne, a museum curator and archivist, and actor Stephen Macht. Gabriel has three siblings, and moved with his parents to California when he was young.
Gabriel had his first success on screen when he was 8-years-old. He was ...
Harvey Specter, on Suits
30. Lucas Black
Actor | Sling Blade
Lucas York Black was born on November 29, 1982, in Decatur, Alabama, to Jan (Keenum), an office worker, and Larry Black, a museum worker. Without any formal acting lessons, Lucas made his film debut with a small part in the Kevin Costner film The War (1994) at the age of 11. The small role helped ...
Special Agent Christopher "Chris" LaSalle, on NCIS New Orleans
31. James D'Arcy
Actor | Cloud Atlas
James D'Arcy was born Simon Richard D'Arcy in London, England, to Caroline (O'Connor) and Richard D'Arcy. He was raised by his mother, a nurse. He trained at LAMDA and graduated in July 1995. During his three-year course, he gained acting experience by appearing in the plays "Heracles", "As You ...
Edwin Jarvis, on Marvel's Agent Carter
32. Enver Gjokaj
Actor | Stone
Enver Leif Gjokaj is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Victor in Joss Whedon's science fiction television series Dollhouse and as Agent Daniel Sousa on Agent Carter (2015). Gjokaj was born in Orange County, California. His father is Albanian, and his mother is ...
Daniel Sousa, on Marvel's Agent Carter
33. Graham Rogers
Actor | Ray Donovan
Graham Rogers was born on December 17, 1990 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Ray Donovan (2013), Atypical (2017) and The Kominsky Method (2018).
Caleb Haas, on Quantico
34. Dominic Purcell
Actor | Blade: Trinity
Dominic was born in England, to a Norwegian father and Irish mother. At the age of two, Dominic and his family moved from England to Sydney's Bondi and then moved to the Western Suburbs. After trying his hand at landscape gardening he decided to become an actor whilst watching the war movie Platoon...
Mick Rory/Heatwave, on Legends of Tomorrow
35. Colin O'Donoghue
Actor | The Rite
O'Donoghue was born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, in a Roman Catholic family. He initially attended Dundalk Grammar School, and then The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. At age 16, O'Donoghue went to Paris, France, for a month to learn the French language. Colin's early career ...
New Hook, on Once upon a Time.
36. Brad Beyer
Actor | 42
Brad Beyer was born on September 20, 1973 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for 42 (2013), Ford v Ferrari (2019) and The General's Daughter (1999). He has been married to Cora Ray since September 20, 2010. They have one child.
Stanley Richmond, on Jericho.
37. Francis Capra
Actor | A Bronx Tale
Francis Capra was born on April 27, 1983 in New York, and raised in the Bronx. Discovered by Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri when they were casting for the film A Bronx Tale (1993), he began to work as a child actor and moved to Los Angeles with his mother Ann Marie Capra and his siblings. His ...
Eli "Weevil" Navarro, on Veronica Mars.
38. Rahul Kohli
Actor | iZombie
Rahul Kohli was born on 13th November 1985 in London. Rahul began acting in school plays at an early age, but it wasn't until he was 17 that drama became his main focus. After leaving college having studied Film, Rahul applied for drama schools with the hope to begin his career as a performer. ...
Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti, on iZombie.
39. Carlos Valdes
Actor | The Flash
Valdes moved to Miami at age 5 from Colombia, then moved again at age 12 to Marietta, Georgia. He studied at the University of Michigan with the actors of the theater group StarKid Productions. In 2011, after graduating, Valdes was devoted entirely to the theater.Between 2009 and 2011, he ...
Cisco Ramon, on The Flash.
40. David Lyons
Actor | Safe Haven
David Lyons was born on April 16, 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and director, known for Safe Haven (2013), Record (2013) and Revolution (2012).
Sebastian "Bass" Monroe, on Revolution.
41. Greg Finley
Actor | The Flash
Greg Finley was born on December 22, 1984 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Flash (2014), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
Drake, on Star-Crossed
42. Dick Van Dyke
Actor | Mary Poppins
Dick Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel Victoria (McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman. His younger brother was entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Dutch, Scottish, German and Swiss-German. Although he had ...
Dr. Mark Sloan, on Diagnosis Murder.
43. Geoff Stults
Actor | Wedding Crashers
Geoff Stults was born in Detroit and raised in Colorado. Attended Whittier College from 1994-1998, where he performed in some theatrical productions and played division III football. Played professional Football in Europe as a wide receiver. He acted in the long running show, 7th Heaven (1996), in ...
Walter Sherman, on the Finder.
44. Michael Clarke Duncan
Actor | The Green Mile
Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised on Chicago's South Side by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let ...
Leo Knox, on the Finder
45. Anthony Lemke
Actor | Dark Matter
Anthony Lemke is best known for portraying "Three" (Marcus Boone) on Syfy's action-drama Dark Matter.
Lemke was born in Ottawa, Canada and studied theatre at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada, Ontario. In 2000, he landed his first series regular role as the mercenary "Marcus Grisham" in...
Three, on Dark Matter
46. Cole Sprouse
Actor | Riverdale
Cole Mitchell Sprouse was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy to American parents, Melanie (Wright) and Matthew Sprouse, and was raised with his older identical twin Dylan Sprouse in Long Beach, in their parents' native California. Cole began his acting career alongside Dylan at the tender age of six ...
Jughead Jones, on Riverdale.
47. Billy Lush
Actor | Straw Dogs
Billy Lush was born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Straw Dogs (2011), Dishonored (2012) and The Black Donnellys (2007). He has been married to Anne Clare Graham since April 9, 2011. They have two children.
Kevin Donnelly, on The Black Donnelly's.
48. Lucas Till
Actor | X: First Class
Lucas Daniel Till was born in Fort Hood, Texas, to Dana Lyn (née Brady) and John Mark Till, a lieutenant colonel in the army. He spent most of his childhood growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Lucas's family quickly noticed, when he was at a very young age, that he had an affinity for ...
Angus MacGyver, on MacGyver.
49. George Eads
Actor | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A charismatic performer who spent years on television looking for his big break, actor George Eads finally became a television star portraying forensic investigator Nick Stokes on the hit procedural "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS, 2000- ). Prior to that role, Eads eked out a living with ...
Jack Dalton, on MacGyver
50. Dylan O'Brien
Actor | Teen Wolf
Dylan O'Brien was born in New York City, to Lisa Rhodes, a former actress who also ran an acting school, and Patrick B. O'Brien, a camera operator. His father is of Irish descent and his mother is of English, Spanish, and Italian ancestry. Dylan grew up in Springfield Township, Union County, New ...
Stiles Stilinski on Teen Wolf
51. Christian Kane
Actor | Just Married
Christian Kane was born in Dallas, Texas. Christian and his family moved around a lot throughout the South before settling down in Norman, Oklahoma. Christian attended the University of Oklahoma where he had plans to major in Art History. However, Christian wanted to try out acting, so he took his ...
Eliot Spencer on Leverage
52. Howard Charles
Actor | Shadow and Bone
Born in London, England, Howard Charles is a classically trained actor. Having been awarded a coveted scholarship, Howard attended the prestigious conservatoire, Drama Centre London. Upon graduating, he set out on his artistic journey, honing his craft and playing on some of the greatest stages in ...
Porthos on The Musketeers
53. Judd Hirsch
Actor | The Fabelmans
Judd Hirsch is an American actor from New York City. His main claim to fame is playing taxicab driver Alex Reiger in the hit sitcom "Taxi" (1978-1983). For this role, Hirsch twice won the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series". He has since had a long career.
In 1935, ...
Abe on Forever
54. Nathan Fillion
Actor | Castle
Nathan Fillion was born on 27 March 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is the son of Cookie (Early) and Bob Fillion, both retired English teachers, and has an older brother, Jeff. His father is of French-Canadian descent, and his mother is of English, German, Finnish, and Norwegian ancestry. In ...
Pretty much every character the man has ever played. However John Nolan on The Rookie
55. Jason Momoa
Actor | Aquaman
Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is of Native Hawaiian and Samoan descent; and his mother, who is from Iowa, is of German, Irish, and Native American ancestry. Jason ...
Baba Voss on See
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