| ACTORS | W/wide gross |
| Sacha Baron Cohen | |
| Borat (2006) | $261.5m |
| Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (2006) | $163m |
| Ali G Indahouse (2002) | $23.3m |
| What's next: He creates another memorable character in Bruno, for Universal. |
| Gerard Butler | W/wide gross |
| Nim's Island (2008) | $38.9m |
| PS I Love You (2008) | $141m |
| 300 (2007) | $456.1m |
| The Phantom Of The Opera (2004) | $155m |
| Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life (2003) | $156.5m |
| What's next: Stars in Guy Ritchie's hotly anticipated RocknRolla. |
| Steve Coogan | W/wide gross |
| A Cock & Bull Story (2005) | $3.9m |
| Around The World In 80 Days (2004) | $72.2m |
| 24 Hour Party People (2002) | $2.8m |
| What's next: Focus Features paid $10m for Coogan-starrer Hamlet 2 at Sundance; he will also appear in Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder for DreamWorks, Night At The Museum 2: Escape From The Smithsonian, and will star in Eddie The Eagle. |
| Daniel Craig | W/wide gross |
| The Golden Compass (2007) | $367.2m |
| Casino Royale (2006) | $594.2m |
| Layer Cake (2004) | $11.9m |
| What's next: Indie film Flashbacks Of A Fool took $500,000 in its first weekend on release in the UK; 22nd Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, is out starting October 31 via Sony. |
| Keira Knightley | W/wide gross |
| Atonement (2007) | $126.7m |
| Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (2007) | $961m |
| Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) | $1.1bn |
| Domino (2005) | $23m |
| Pride & Prejudice (2005) | $121.1m |
| The Jacket (2005) | $21.1m |
| Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003) | $654.3m |
| Bend It Like Beckham (2002) | $76.6m |
| What's Next: Saul Dibb's The Duchess and John Maybury's The Edge Of Love. |
| James McAvoy | W/wide gross |
| Atonement (2007) | $126.7m |
| Becoming Jane (2007) | $38m |
| The Last King Of Scotland (2006) | $48.3m |
| Starter For 10 (2006) | $1.7m |
| The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion... (2006) | $745m |
| What's next: Stars opposite Angelina Jolie in Universal's Wanted and is shooting Tolstoy story The Last Station in Germany. |
| Sienna Miller | W/wide gross |
| Stardust (2007) | $135.5m |
| Interview (2007) | $1.3m |
| Factory Girl (2006) | $3.3m |
| Alfie (2004) | $35.2m |
| Layer Cake (2004) | $11.9m |
| What's next: Appears with Knightley in John Maybury's The Edge Of Love, and has starring turns in Groundswell's The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh and Beeban Kidron's Hippie Hippie Shake for Universal/Working Title. She will also appear in GI Joe for Paramount. |
| Emily Mortimer | W/wide gross |
| Lars And The Real Girl (2007) | $8.5m |
| Pink Panther (2006) | $158.9m |
| Match Point (2005) | $85.4m |
| Dear Frankie (2004) | $3m |
| Young Adam (2003) | $2.6m |
| What's next: Transsiberian, Pink Panther 2 for 2009, and she has been cast in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. |
| Thandie Newton | W/wide gross |
| Run Fatboy Run (2007) | $31.5m |
| Norbit (2007) | $159.5m |
| The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006) | $307.1m |
| Crash (2004) | $98.2m |
| What's next: Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla and cast as Condoleezza Rice in Oliver Stone's George W Bush biopic, W. |
| Clive Owen | W/wide gross |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | $72.4m |
| Children Of Men (2006) | $70m |
| Derailed (2005) | $57.5m |
| Sin City (2005) | $158.8m |
| Closer (2004) | $115.5m |
| King Arthur (2004) | $203.6m |
| What's next: Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back In Town, Sin City 2, Tom Tykwer's The International, Duplicity with Julia Roberts. |
| Simon Pegg | W/wide gross |
| Run Fatboy Run (2007) | $31.2m |
| Hot Fuzz (2007) | $80.6m |
| Big Nothing (2006) | $550,000 |
| Shaun Of The Dead (2004) | $30m |
| What's next: Plays Scotty in Star Trek for Paramount and takes the lead opposite Kirsten Dunst and Jeff Bridges in Robert Weide's How To Lose Friends & Alienate People. He will re-team with Edgar Wright for Working Title's The World's End. |
| Rachel Weisz | W/wide gross |
| Definitely, Maybe (2008) | $49.2m |
| The Fountain (2006) | $16m |
| The Constant Gardener (2005) | $82.5m |
| About A Boy (2002) | $129.3m |
| What's next: Endgame's The Brothers Bloom by Brick director Rian Johnson; Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones for Film4/DreamWorks; and Alejandro Amenabar's ancient-Egypt epic Agora. |
| Ben Whishaw | W/wide gross |
| I'm Not There (2008) | $10.3m |
| Perfume (2007) | $135m |
| What's next: He stars in Julian Jarrold's new Brideshead Revisited and plays John Keats in Jane Campion's Bright Star. |
| DIRECTORS | |
| Gurinder Chadha | W/wide gross |
| Bride & Prejudice (2004) | $24.7m |
| Bend It Like Beckham (2002) | $76.6m |
| What's next: After her Dallas adaptation foundered, Chadha has shot British comedy Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging which has been picked up by Paramount. |
| Paul Greengrass | W/wide gross |
| The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | $442.9m |
| United 93 (2006) | $31.5m |
| The Bourne Supremacy (2004) | $288.5m |
| Bloody Sunday (2002) TV release in some territories; | US box office was $775,000 |
| What's next: The Green Zone for Working Title/Universal, and is also on board the fourth Bourne film for Universal. |
| Julian Jarrold | W/wide gross |
| Becoming Jane (2007) | $37.3m |
| Kinky Boots (2005) | $9.9m |
| What's next: His fresh take on Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is set to be one of the hottest British films of the year. |
| Garth Jennings | W/wide gross |
| Son Of Rambow (2008) | $6.8m in UK (release from April 6) |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) | $104.5m |
| What's next: Runs the successful music video, commercials and film company Hammer & Tongs with Nick Goldsmith. |
| Kevin Macdonald | W/wide gross |
| The Last King Of Scotland (2006) | $48.3m |
| Touching The Void (2003) | $13.9m |
| What's next: Working Title/Universal's State Of Play starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Robin Wright Penn and Helen Mirren. |
| Neil Marshall | W/wide gross |
| Doomsday (2008; UK release forthcoming) | $15m |
| The Descent (2005) | $57m |
| Dog Soldiers (2002) $1.5m (UK, Spain, Japan, | New Zealand only) |
| What's next: Drive is in pre-production with Universal. | |
| Matthew Vaughn | W/wide gross |
| Stardust (2007) | $135.5m |
| Layer Cake (2004) | $11.9m |
| What's next: Marv Films is developing a slate of films, including a First World War story. He is also attached to direct Marvel's Thor. |
| Joe Wright | W/wide gross |
| Atonement (2007) | $126.7m |
| Pride & Prejudice (2005) | $121.1m |
| What's next: The Soloist, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr, for DreamWorks/Working Title/Universal. |
| David Yates | W/wide gross |
| Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (2007) | $938.5m |
| What's next: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince is in the can, and he is attached to Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. |
| We could not include all UK directors and actors in this box-office survey, so we have limited the list to the UK's newer talents whose careers have mostly taken off in the last five years (which rules out the likes of Richard Curtis, Guy Ritchie, Michael Winterbottom, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Helen Mirren and Judi Dench). Also, we only included talents with at least one film grossing $25m+ worldwide. Figures compiled by Diana Lodderhose, as of April 16. |
| Emily Blunt | W/wide gross |
| Charlie Wilson's War (2007) | $113.3m |
| The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) | $6.5m |
| The Devil Wears Prada (2006) | $327m |
| My Summer Of Love (2005) | $2.8m |
| What's next: The Great Buck Howard and Sunshine Cleaning; first major starring role in Graham King-produced The Young Victoria; now shooting The Wolf Man opposite Benicio Del Toro for Universal. |
| Edgar Wright | W/wide gross |
| Hot Fuzz (2007) | $80.6m |
| Shaun Of The Dead (2004) | $30m |
| What's next: Attached to Ant-Man with Marvel, Them and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World with Universal, and will shoot two more films for Working Title, Baby Driver and The World's End. |
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