28 Tremendous-Well-known Actors You All the time Thought Had been American However Aren't

The place you realize his American accent from: The Biggest Showman, the X-Males films

The place he is really from: Sydney

“I didn’t know Hugh Jackman was Australian till far more just lately than I want to admit. I grew up watching the X-Males sequence and later noticed The Biggest Showman, and it by no means even occurred to me that he wasn’t American! Not even Les Miserables gave it away!”

—eivor1612

The place you realize his American accent from: Get Out, Widows, Queen & Slim

The place he is really from: London

“I knew him from Skins, however his efficiency and American accent have been so good in all the pieces else, I completely forgot he was English.”

—niallh459ac7a2b

The place you realize her American accent from: The Wolf of Wall Avenue, Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood, Bombshell, I, Tonya

The place she’s really from: Dalby, Queensland, Australia

“I’m so used to her American accent that at any time when I hear her actual Australian accent, it feels pretend. It is virtually prefer it’s dubbed or one thing. It’s really a little bit of a thoughts fuck.”

—Mama0415

The place you realize his American accent from: The Good Spouse, Spy Children, Intuition

The place he is really from: Aberfeldy, Scotland

“He has a verrrrrry plausible American accent.”

—adityaaswaminathan

The place you realize his American accent from: All American

The place he is really from: Birmingham, England

“He performs a youngster who grew up in LA, however he is really British. I used to be shocked the primary time I heard him converse in actual life.”

—stephaniem41f4d4b63

The place you realize his American accent from: The Strolling Lifeless

The place he is really from: London

“I had no concept he was British till he went on Speaking Lifeless and spoke with Chris Hardwick.”

—yankee1982001

The place you realize his American accent from: Methods to Get Away With Homicide

The place he is really from: Westminster, London

“He has probably the most spot-on American accent. It is spotless.”

—pengbee1227

The place you realize his American accent from: The Justice League sequence and Mission: Not possible — Fallout

The place he is really from: St. Helier, Jersey, British Isles

“I had no clue he was British for the longest time. I even needed to double-check earlier than posting this as a result of I used to be nonetheless second-guessing myself.”

—ashmed812

The place you realize his American accent from: The Twilight films, Keep in mind Me, The Satan All of the Time

The place he is really from: London

“Regardless that my first introduction to him was as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter, I at all times overlook he’s really British. At any time when he speaks in his precise accent in another film, it simply sounds so unusual!”

—amandathorne

The place you realize his American accent from: The Boys

The place he is really from: Auckland, New Zealand

“His character is a spoof of Marvel’s golden boy Captain America, and he is presupposed to symbolize the USA, so I at all times overlook the actor is definitely from New Zealand. He nails the American accent!”

—hiitsnicetomeetyou

The place you realize his American accent from: The Umbrella Academy

The place he is really from: Port Laoise, Eire

“I simply binge-watched The Umbrella Academy, then determined to observe a few of his different works and came upon that he is really Irish. His American accent is so good, I by no means would’ve guessed!”

—marie-francel

The place you realize his American accent from: The Spider-Man and MCU films, The Satan All of the Time

The place he is really from: Kingston upon Thames, England

“I used to be fully satisfied he was American till I began watching some interviews. I used to be completely blown away by the truth that his accent was pretend! I noticed a video as soon as the place he spent the entire time switching forwards and backwards between his common British accent and his American accent, and it was wild to see how simple it’s for him to show it on and off.”

—julescayer

The place you realize his American accent from: The Wire, Pacific Rim, American Gangster, The Workplace

The place he is really from: Hackney, London

“Idris Elba’s Baltimore accent is so extremely good. I watched the whole lot of The Wire earlier than I ever knew he was British!”

—keziahunter45

The place you realize his American accent from: Daredevil

The place he is really from: East Sussex, England

“His American accent is particularly spectacular when he additionally has to concentrate on difficult combat scenes.”

—ams2308

The place you realize his American accent from: Hannibal, Late Night time

The place he is really from: Stoke-on-Trent, England

“Hugh Dancy does an excellent job of completely masking his British accent. How he does this while appearing so extremely is a thriller to the widespread man.”

—functional_fangirl

The place you realize her American accent from: Dumplin’, Unbelievable

The place she’s really from: Sydney

“Once I watched her in Dumplin’, there was actually little question in my thoughts that she was from the South — or not less than from America. However guess what? I used to be bamboozled! The woman is AUSTRALIAN!!! I might’ve by no means guessed that in one million years. That excellent Southern accent actually had us all fooled. Somebody get this girl an award.”

—manappatel

The place you realize his American accent from: Sons of Anarchy, Pacific Rim

The place he is really from: Newcastle upon Tyne, England

“I used to be shocked after I heard his precise voice for the primary time.”

—meganh46c43f7c6

The place you realize her American accent from: Wynonna Earp

The place she’s really from: Bristol, England

“Her complete efficiency as Waverly on Wynonna Earp is good, however the American accent genuinely fooled me. There was one episode the place her character faked a British accent, and I used to be surprised after I came upon that that was really her actual voice.”

—human_being1757

The place you realize her American accent from: Black Mirror‘s “San Junipero” episode, The Morning Present

The place she’s really from: Oxford, England

“I did not discover out she was really English for the longest time.”

—daynam4b6e28fa3

The place you realize his American accent from: Legion

The place he is really from: Croydon, London

“He slips so simply right into a flawless American accent.”

—meganh46c43f7c6

The place you realize her American accent from: Knives Out, Hereditary, Unbelievable, United States of Tara, Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Footwear

The place she’s really from: Sydney

“I’ve by no means seen any of her Australian roles, and did not notice she wasn’t American till I noticed it in a BuzzFeed article. She’s accomplished so many tasks with an American accent, and he or she sounds so pure in all of them.”

—danae9

The place you realize her American accent from: The Shade Purple on Broadway, Harriet, Widows, Dangerous Instances on the El Royale

The place she’s really from: Stockwell, London

“I noticed her in The Shade Purple on Broadway, and he or she was so improbable. Then I did a deep dive and watched just a few interviews along with her, and I used to be so shocked to study she’s English.”

—Spencer Althouse

The place you realize his American accent from: Jail Break, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow

The place he is really from: Born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, however moved to Bondi, New South Wales, Australia

“He has a really convincing accent in each Jail Break and the Arrowverse. Listening to him converse in interviews is like listening to a totally completely different man.”

—a487fb74c2

The place you realize her American accent from: Stranger Issues

The place she’s really from: Born in Marbella, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, however moved to Bournemouth, Dorset, England

“I knew at one level that she wasn’t American however then completely forgot about it. I only in the near past watched a video along with her in it, and when she spoke, I used to be so confused! Props to her and her superior American accent!”

—lennahm82

The place you realize his American accent from: American Pyscho, The Darkish Knight Trilogy, Vice, The Fighter, Newsies

The place he is really from: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales

“The very first thing I noticed him in was Newsies means again within the early ’90s. I had no concept he was Welsh. Since then, a few of his most well-known roles have been along with his American accent, however I overlook each time that he’s probably not American.”

—lindaelliott

The place you realize his American accent from: Stranger Issues, New Mutants

The place he is really from: Leeds, England

“I didn’t know he was British till I watched an interview with him. His American accent is sooooooo good.”

—a_disgruntled_pelican

The place you realize her American accent from: Midsommar, Little Girls

The place she’s really from: Oxford, England

“I first noticed her in Midsommar and fell in love along with her! Then I adopted her on Instagram and watched a few of her tales and was completely caught off guard when she began talking with a British accent. Her American accent is flawless.”

—Lauren Garafano

The place you realize his American accent from: Home, Veep

The place he is really from: Blackbird Leys, Oxford, England

“After seeing Home, I did not consider he was British. I needed to go dig up interviews on YouTube to show it.”

—lindsayp4bfd03a64