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Thomas Keneally (born 1935)
playwright, actor
- St Patrick's College, Strathfield
David Mitchell (born 1969)
linguist, translator, actor, composer, teacher
- University of Kent
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960)
playwright, philosopher, translator, film director, actor
- École Normale Supérieure, lycée du Parc
Ben Elton (born 1959)
actor, comedian, playwright, lyricist, stand-up comedian, film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, director, film producer
- University of Manchester, Victoria University of Manchester
Stephen Fry (born 1957)
actor, comedian, television presenter, autobiographer, director, television actor, stage actor, film actor, journalist, film director, improviser, performing artist, narrator
- University of Cambridge, Uppingham School
Caleb Carr (1955-2024)
historian, journalist, film producer, actor, essayist
- New York University, Kenyon College
Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
journalist, actor, film director, essayist, playwright, poet, film producer, film editor, historian, biographer, stage actor
- University of Paris, Harvard University
Takeshi Kitano (born 1947)
film director, actor, television presenter, comedian, producer, painter, director
- Meiji University