This is an alphabetical list of notable male theater actors from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The list includes also male actors from other countries who have played leading or co-leading roles in notorious theaters of United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Actors who have become famous playing leading or co-leading parts in musicals are also listed. Further, a certain number of theater actors included in this list are known as movie actors, too.

See also: Actors and List of female theater actors.

List of actors

• Eddie Albert
• Alan Arkin
• George Arliss
• René Auberjonois
• Jean-Pierre Aumont
• Alan Bates
• Orson Bean
• Harry Belafonte
• Theodore Bikel
• Eric Blore
• Matthew Broderick
• Yul Brynner
• Richard Burton
• Len Cariou
• Berton Churchill
• Bert Convy
• Michael Crawford
• Hume Cronyn
• Henry Ian Cusick
• Brian Dennehy
• Charles Durning
• Robert Evan
• Albert Finney
• Morgan Freeman
• Pierre Fresnay
• Michael Gambon
• Victor Garber
• Vincent Gardenia
• David Garrick
• John Gielgud
• Will Geer
• John Gielgud
• Robert Goulet
• Joel Grey
• Alec Guinness
• Sacha Guitry
• Mike Gwilym
• James K. Hackett
• Jack Haley
• Richard Harris
• Rex Harrison
• Nigel Hawthorne
• Sir Charles Hawtrey
• Gregory Hines
• Ian Holm
• Anthony Hopkins
• Cecil Humphreys
• Walter Huston
• Jeremy Irons
• Henry Irving
• Hugh Jackman
• Derek Jacobi
• Lou Jacobi
• Louis Jouvet
• Curt Jurgens
• Boris Karloff
• Edmund Kean
• Ben Kingsley
• Werner Klemperer
• Jack Klugman
• Edward Kynaston
• Dinsdale Landen
• Nathan Lane
• Bert Lahr
• Charles Laughton
• Anton Lesser
• Robert Lindsay
• Wilfred Lucas
• Alfred Lunt
• Joe Mantegna
• Jean Marais
• Raymond Massey
• Walter Matthau
• Ian McKellen
• David Merrick
• Jean Meyer
• Dennis O'Hare
• Laurence Olivier
• Jerry Orbach
• Michael Pennington
• Christopher Plummer
• Robert Preston
• Anthony Quayle
• Denis Quilley
• Tony Randall
• Michael Redgrave
• Ralph Richardson
• David Rounds
• Mark Rylance
• Paul Scofield
• Tony Shalhoub
• Martin Sheen
• Michael Sheen
• Martin Short
• Kevin Spacey
• Robert Stephens
• Patrick Stewart
• David Suchet
• Tommy Tune
• Eli Wallach
• Timothy West
• Colm Wilkinson