Notable alumni of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London

Andrew Garfield

film actor · b. 1983

British-American actor

Harold Pinter

novelist · 1930–2008

British playwright (1930–2008)

Carrie Fisher

film actor · 1956–2016

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

Judi Dench

film actor · b. 1934

English actress (born 1934)

Laurence Olivier

film screenwriter · 1907–1989

English actor and director (1907–1989)

Bob Hoskins

film actor · 1942–2014

English actor (1942–2014)

Julie Christie

film actor · b. 1940

British actress

Vanessa Redgrave

film actor · b. 1937

British actress and activist (born 1937)

Kit Harington

film actor · b. 1986

British actor

Martin Freeman

film actor · b. 1971

English actor

Kathleen Turner

film actor · b. 1954

American actress (born 1954)

Jon Lord

organist · 1941–2012

English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player (1941–2012)

Natasha Richardson

film actor · 1963–2009

British actress (1963–2009)

Gael García Bernal

film actor · b. 1978

Mexican actor and producer

Rupert Everett

film actor · b. 1959

British actor

Kristin Scott Thomas

film actor · b. 1960

British-French actress

Jason Isaacs

film actor · b. 1963

British actor (born 1963)

Peggy Ashcroft

film actor · 1907–1991

British actress (1907-1991)

Lynn Redgrave

film actor · 1943–2010

British actress (1943–2010)

Joseph Morgan

film screenwriter · b. 1981

English actor and director

Rufus Sewell

film actor · b. 1967

British actor (born 1967)

Riz Ahmed

activist · b. 1982

British actor and rapper

Jared Harris

film actor · b. 1961

British actor

Christopher Eccleston

explorer · b. 1964

English actor (born 1964)

Hugh Bonneville

film actor · b. 1963

British actor (born 1963)

Graham Norton

film actor · b. 1963

Irish comedian, actor and television host

Jennifer Saunders

autobiographer · b. 1958

English comedian, screenwriter, actress and teacher

Julian Sands

film actor · 1958–2023

English actor (1958-2023)

Claire Bloom

autobiographer · b. 1931

British actress (born 1931)

English actor (1933–1995)

Alice Krige

film actor · b. 1954

South African actress

Jennifer Ehle

film actor · b. 1969

American actress

Catherine Tate

film actor · b. 1968

English comedian, actress and writer

Pauline Collins

actor · 1940–2025

British actress (1940–2025)

Ben Browder

film actor · b. 1962

American actor

Jerome Flynn

film actor · b. 1963

English actor and singer

Zoë Wanamaker

film actor · b. 1949

American-born British actress

James Purefoy

film actor · b. 1964

British actor

Dawn French

film actor · b. 1957

British actress, comedian and writer (born 1957)

Greek film and stage director (1922–2011)

James Frain

film actor · b. 1968

English stage and screen actor (born 1968)

Lindsay Duncan

film actor · b. 1950

Scottish actress

Hannah John-Kamen

film actor · b. 1989

British actress

Ben Hardy

film actor · b. 1991

British actor

Joe Alwyn

film actor · b. 1991

English actor

James Fox

film actor · b. 1939

English actor (born 1939)

English actor (1928–2023)

Peter Davison

explorer · b. 1951

English actor

James Nesbitt

film actor · b. 1965

Northern Irish actor

Kate Nelligan

film actor · b. 1950

Canadian actress

Karla Souza

film actor · b. 1985

Mexican actress (born 1985)

Virginia McKenna

conservationist · b. 1931

British actress

Angus Macfadyen

film actor · b. 1963

Scottish actor

Akosua Busia

film actor · b. 1966

Ghanaian-born British actress and songwriter

Linus Roache

actor · b. 1964

English actor

Anna Lee

film actor · 1913–2004

British actress (1913-2004)

Ann Todd

film actor · 1907–1993

British actress (1907–1993)

Amanda Donohoe

film actor · b. 1962

British actress

James Faulkner

film actor · b. 1948

English actor

Tom Payne

film actor · b. 1982

English actor; (born 1982)

Tony Robinson

film actor · b. 1946

British actor

Michael Beck

actor · b. 1949

American actor

British stage and film actress (1933-1975)

Irene Worth

film actor · 1916–2002

American actress (1916–2002)

David Nicholls

novelist · b. 1966

British writer

Peter Chelsom

film actor · b. 1956

British film director, actor

Nonso Anozie

film actor · b. 1978

British actor

Hannah New

film actor · b. 1984

British actress

Philip Glenister

film actor · b. 1963

British actor

Lalla Ward

film actor · b. 1951

English actress, author

Victoria Tennant

film actor · b. 1950

British actress

Eileen Essell

film actor · 1922–2015

English actress (1922–2015)

British actor

Kevin Whately

television actor · b. 1951

English actor

English actor (1945–2015)

Scottish actor

Frances Lee McCain

film actor · b. 1944

American actress

Corey Johnson

film actor · b. 1961

American character actor (born 1961)

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

television actor · b. 1985

British actor

British actress

British actress

Cameron Mackintosh

impresario · b. 1946

British theatre and musical producer

John Laurie

film actor · 1897–1980

Scottish actor (1897–1980)

Eleanor Matsuura

film actor · b. 1983

British actress

Morgane Polanski

model · b. 1993

French-Polish actress (born 1993)

English actor (1935–2019)

Bruce Robinson

prose writer · b. 1946

British screenwriter and film director

Charlie Vickers

actor · b. 1992

actor

Jefferson Hall

film actor · b. 1977

English actor

John Lynch

film actor · b. 1961

Irish actor and novelist (born 1961)

George Coulouris

film actor · 1903–1989

British actor (1903–1989)

Barry Foster

film actor · 1927–2002

British film and television actor (1927–2002)

Welsh playwright and screenwriter

Alex Hassell

film actor · b. 1980

British actor

Joseph Marcell

film actor · b. 1948

Saint Lucian actor

English actress

British actress (1935-1994)

English actor (1918–1993)

actress

British actor

British actress (1944–2024)

Cush Jumbo

film actor · b. 1985

English actress

British actress

British actor (1943-1997)

Northern Irish actress

Rebecca Root

voice coach · b. 1969

English actress and stand-up comedian

English actor

English actor (1931-1984)

Tasha de Vasconcelos

model · b. 1966

Canadian model

English actress

Jessie Burton

young adult author · b. 1982

British author and actress

British actress

Cherie Lunghi

film actor · b. 1952

English actress and voice over artist

British actress

Phyllis Calvert

film actor · 1915–2002

British actress (1915-2002)

Lynda Bellingham

film actor · 1948–2014

British actress (1948-2014)

Scottish actress

British actress

English actress (1940–2012)

David Horovitch

television actor · b. 1945

British actor

Richard Gibson

film actor · b. 1954

British actor

British actress

Zoe Boyle

actor · b. 1989

English actress

Maureen O'Brien

film actor · b. 1943

British actress

British actress

British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer and model

English actor

Tracy-Ann Oberman

film actor · b. 1966

English actress

Stephen Tompkinson

film actor · b. 1965

English actor

Claudie Blakley

film actor · b. 1974

British actress (born 1974)

Georgia Byng

children's writer · b. 1965

British children's writer

British TV actor and producer

British actor, screenwriter and director

British actress

English actor

British actress

Sara Kestelman

film actor · b. 1944

English actress

British actress

British actress

British actor

British actress (born 1947)

British actor

German actress

Shaun Dingwall

film actor · b. 1972

British actor

British actor (1937-2019)

British playwright (1935–2024)

Deborah Warner

opera director · b. 1959

British theatre director

British actor (1927-2012)

British actor (born 1959 / 1960)

film, television actor (1925-1997)

English actress

English actress

British actor

British playwright

British actress

English actor (1946-2002)

British actor

Michael Grandage

film actor · b. 1962

British theatre director

Kenneth Haigh

television actor · 1931–2018

British actor (1931-2018)

Michael Feast

film actor · b. 1946

English actor

British actress

British actress

Jack Gwillim

film actor · 1909–2001

actor (1909-2001)

British actress, theatre director and playwright (1927-2017)

Liz Solari

activist · b. 1983

actress and activist

Abi Titmuss

poker player · b. 1976

English actress, television personality, poker player, and former glamour model

Sonia Friedman

theatrical producer · b. 1965

British theatre producer

British actress

South African actor

English actor and comedian

British actor

Jane Menelaus

film actor · b. 1959

Australian actress

British novelist (1937–2024)

English actress (1948–2024)

British actor

Chris Gascoyne

television actor · b. 1968

English actor

British actress

Christopher Timothy

film actor · b. 1940

British actor

English actress (born 1972)

Helen Lederer

film actor · b. 1954

Welsh comedian

Kacey Ainsworth

film actor · b. 1970

actress

Alexander Morton

film actor · 1945–2026

British actor

English actress

English actor (1928–2005)

British actress

William Houston

film actor · b. 1968

British actor

English actress

Jeremy Clyde

film actor · b. 1941

English actor and musician

Croatian actor

Sarah Manners

actor · b. 1975

British actress

Mina Smallman

school teacher · b. 1956

British archdeacon

British actor

British actor

British actress (1940–2022)

English actor and singer (1920–1988)

British actress

British actress (1938-2007)

Enn Reitel

film actor · b. 1950

Scottish-Estonian actor (born 1950)

John Owen-Jones

singer · b. 1971

Welsh musical theatre actor and singer

British dramatist