Notable alumni of Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Daniel Craig

film actor · b. 1968

English actor

Orlando Bloom

film producer · b. 1977

English actor and model

Ewan McGregor

film actor · b. 1971

Scottish actor

Lily James

executive producer · b. 1989

British actress (born 1989)

Hayley Atwell

television actor · b. 1982

British actress

George Martin

music arranger · 1926–2016

English record producer (1926–2016)

Peter Cushing

explorer · 1913–1994

British actor (1913–1994)

Naveen Andrews

television actor · b. 1969

British actor (1969-)

David Thewlis

television actor · b. 1963

British actor

Rhys Ifans

television actor · b. 1967

Welsh actor

Joseph Fiennes

television actor · b. 1970

English film and stage actor (born 1970)

Jodie Whittaker

film actor · b. 1982

English actress (born 1982)

Honor Blackman

film actor · 1925–2020

British actress

Hugh Masekela

recording artist · 1939–2018

South African jazz trumpeter

Dominic West

film actor · b. 1969

British actor

Michelle Dockery

jazz musician · b. 1981

British actress

Claire Bloom

autobiographer · b. 1931

British actress (born 1931)

Jacqueline du Pré

cellist · 1945–1987

British cellist (1945–1987)

Damian Lewis

manufacturer · b. 1971

British actor

Marina Sirtis

television actor · b. 1955

British actress

Eileen Atkins

film actor · b. 1934

British actress

Shirley Henderson

dub actor · b. 1965

British actress

Ben Chaplin

film actor · b. 1969

British actor

Anya Chalotra

actor · b. 1995

British actress

Michaela Coel

manufacturer · b. 1987

British actress and screenwriter

Bryn Terfel

opera singer · b. 1965

Welsh bass-baritone

Lennie James

television actor · b. 1965

British actor

James Galway

flautist · b. 1939

Irish flute player

Torri Higginson

television actor · b. 1969

Canadian actress

Harry Gregson-Williams

recording artist · b. 1961

British composer, conductor and producer

Max Irons

film actor · b. 1985

British actor

Anne Sofie von Otter

opera singer · b. 1955

Swedish mezzo-soprano (born 1955)

Italian composer

Thomas Adès

music educator · b. 1971

British composer, pianist and conductor

Simon Russell Beale

music historian · b. 1961

British actor and music historian

Kingsley Ben-Adir

film actor · b. 1986

British actor (born 1986)

Sarah Lancashire

film actor · b. 1964

English actress

Leonie Benesch

film actor · b. 1991

German actress

English songwriter, musician and record producer

Jean-Marc Barr

film actor · b. 1960

French-American actor and director

Dave Holland

recording artist · b. 1946

British jazz musician

George Blagden

film actor · b. 1989

British actor

Shaun Evans

film actor · b. 1980

British actor

Tom Glynn-Carney

film actor · b. 1995

British actor

Myra Hess

music educator · 1890–1965

British pianist (1890–1965)

Freddie Fox

film actor · b. 1989

British actor (born 1989)

British actor

Julia McKenzie

librettist · b. 1941

British actress, presenter, director, writer

Sybil Thorndike

suffragist · 1882–1976

British actress (1882–1976)

British actress

Ara Malikian

violinist · b. 1968

Armenian musician

Marian McPartland

recording artist · 1918–2013

British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013)

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

film actor · 1865–1940

British stage actress (1865–1940)

Lesley Nicol

film actor · b. 1953

English actress

British film producer (born 1959)

Stacey Kent

jazz singer · b. 1968

American recording artist; singer

Dominic Miller

guitarist · b. 1960

British musician

English actor

actor

Lesley Sharp

film actor · b. 1964

British actress

Alison Balsom

trumpeter · b. 1978

English trumpet player

Savina Yannatou

songwriter · b. 1959

Greek singer and composer

Norma Varden

film actor · 1898–1989

English actress (1898-1989)

William Primrose

music educator · 1904–1982

Scottish violist (1904-1982)

Max Beesley

jazz musician · b. 1971

British actor and musician

Tom Austen

film actor · b. 1987

English actor

Taiwo Ajai Lycett

cosmetologist · b. 1941

Nigerian poet and actress

English actress

Alina Ibragimova

classical violinist · b. 1985

Russian-born violinist residing in the UK

Mario Frangoulis

opera singer · b. 1966

Greek singer

Ian Mosley

songwriter · b. 1953

English drummer

Stephen Campbell Moore

film actor · b. 1979

British actor (born 1979)

June Spencer

radio drama actor · 1919–2024

English actress (1919–2024)

Jack Kesy

film actor · b. 1986

American theatre, television and film actor

English actress and operatic soprano (1914-2003)

Maya Sansa

film actor · b. 1975

Italian actress

British actor

American actor

Kenny Doughty

film actor · b. 1975

British actor

Charles Edwards

actor · b. 1969

British actor (born 1969)

British actor and musician

English actor

British actress

Myleene Klass

film actor · b. 1978

English musician

Marion Bailey

film actor · b. 1951

British actress

British actress (1922–2009)

British actress

British actor (1935–2024)

British actor

Adrian Dunbar

film actor · b. 1958

Northern Irish actor

Cornelia Frances

game show host · 1941–2018

English-Australian actress (1941–2018)

Paapa Essiedu

television actor · b. 1990

British actor

English composer and conductor (1925–2003)

Paul Hillier

choir director · b. 1949

British singer and director (born 1949)

Celia Franca

music educator · 1921–2007

British dancer, founder and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (1921-2007)

English actress

Chloe Pirrie

actor · b. 1987

Scottish actress

Liam Garrigan

film actor · b. 1981

English actor

Olivia Grant

film actor · b. 1983

British actress (born 1983)

British rower

English actress

Roger Gale

journalist · b. 1943

British politician (born 1943)

English actor

Christopher Gunning

bandleader · 1944–2023

British composer (1944–2023)

British actor

Barbara Flynn

film actor · b. 1948

British actress

British conductor (1930–2008)

British actress

British actor

Was a Sierra Leonean actress (1942-2004)

Bessie Carter

film actor · b. 1993

British actress

Josh Dylan

film actor · b. 1994

British actor

English actress

Cristiana Dell'Anna

singer · b. 1985

Italian actress

Israeli conductor

English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

Daisy Burrell

film actor · 1892–1982

British actress (1892–1982)

British actor

British musician

British lyricist, songwriter and musician

British actress

Geraint Evans

opera singer · 1922–1992

Welsh opera singer (1922-1992)

British actress

Bangladeshi comedy actor (1930-1984)

Joby Talbot

film score composer · b. 1971

British composer

Iveta Apkalna

music arranger · b. 1976

Latvian organist

Donald McIntyre

baritone singer · 1934–2025

New Zealand opera singer (1934–2025)

British composer for film and television (born 1963)

Australian actress

English record producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist

Beatriz Batarda

film actor · b. 1974

Portuguese actress

British actress (1936-2020)

British opera singer (1940–2010)

British musician

Alice Coote

opera singer · b. 1968

British mezzo-soprano

British composer (1934-2023)

British actor

Dobrinka Tabakova

composer · b. 1980

Bulgarian-British composer

Daniel Evans

film actor · b. 1973

Welsh actor

Scottish actor

Israeli conductor

South African composer (1916–2016)

actor

Gavin Stenhouse

film actor · b. 1986

British actor

Jessie Stephen

trade unionist · 1893–1979

British suffragette, labour activist and local councillor (1893–1979)

Scottish actress

Finnish-New Zealand actress and former ballerina

English singer-songwriter

Julia Gomelskaya

music educator · 1964–2016

Ukrainian composer of contemporary classical music (1964-2016)

Ayo Bankole

academic · 1935–1976

composer and organist from Nigeria

British actor

Laurent Naouri

bass singer · b. 1964

French opera singer

Owain Arthur

actor · b. 1983

British actor

Richard James Burgess

jazz musician · b. 1949

English studio drummer, music-computer programmer, recording artist, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor

English musician

Ildikó Komlósi

opera singer · b. 1959

(1959-) opera singer

English mezzo-soprano and music professor

Moritz Eggert

pianist · b. 1965

German musician

Mexican composer and ptofessor

Geoffrey Burgon

film score composer · 1941–2010

British composer (1941-2010)

British flutist (1936-2022)

British actor

Musical artist

Adam James

television actor · b. 1972

British actor

British actress (1947–2015)

Tania Davis

actor · b. 1975

Australian musician

Gala Gordon

film actor · b. 1991

Argentine-English actress and model

English violinist

Alec Dankworth

jazz musician · b. 1960

English jazz bassist and composer

Jason Rebello

jazz musician · b. 1969

British musician

Céline Scheen

opera singer · b. 1976

Belgian soprano singer

English actor

Katherine Rose Morley

film actor · b. 1990

English actress

Sophie Karthäuser

opera singer · b. 1974

Belgian singer and opera singer

Pamela Cundell

film actor · 1920–2015

British actress (1920-2015)

actress

Spanish violinist and conductor

Reece Dinsdale

television actor · b. 1959

British actor

Amanda Muggleton

film actor · b. 1951

Australian actress

Chris Laurence

jazz musician · b. 1949

English jazz musician

Canadian actress

Lawrence Power

violinist · b. 1977

British violist

American composer

English actor, presenter and television personality (1934-2017)

British actor

Andreas Boyde

music arranger · b. 1967

German pianist

actress

Tanroh Ishida

film actor · b. 1987

Japanese actor

conductor

Maxim Rysanov

violist · b. 1978

Ukrainian violist

Ben Turner

film actor · b. 1980

British actor

British actress (born 1996)

Austrian composer and flautist

Australian actress (1920–2016)

Francisco Coll García

composer · b. 1985

Spanish composer

British soprano

Liza Ferschtman

classical violinist · b. 1979

Dutch classical violinist

Welsh operatic sopran

Australian conductor and composer

English musician