Actors playing against type
- Jon Hamm - Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne on Unsinkable Kimmy Schmidt
- Tony Danza - Lawyer Tommy Silva on The Practice
- Richard Thomas - I Can Make You Love Me
- Patrick Stewart - Extras
- Christopher Eccleston - Doctor Who
- Derek Jacobi - Frasier
- Rowan Atkinson - Maigret
- David Tennant - Killgrave on Jessica Jones
- Michelle Dockery - Good Behavior
- Helen Mirren - Glee
Next up:
Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
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Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
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Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
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Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
- Dominic West - The Wire
Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
- Dominic West - The Wire
- Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things
Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
- Dominic West - The Wire
- Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things
- Matthew Rhys - The Americans
Rebo
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Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
- Dominic West - The Wire
- Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things
- Matthew Rhys - The Americans
housekeeping
Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
- Dominic West - The Wire
- Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things
- Matthew Rhys - The Americans
- Jonny Lee Miller - Sherlock
Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
- Dominic West - The Wire
- Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things
- Matthew Rhys - The Americans
- Jonny Lee Miller - Sherlock
- Jane Seymour - Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman and a whole bunch of miniseries.
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Brits who made it big on American TV
- Hugh Laurie - House
- Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
- John Oliver - Last Week Tonight
- Idris Elba - The Wire
- Dominic West - The Wire
- Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things
- Matthew Rhys - The Americans
- Jonny Lee Miller - Sherlock
- Jane Seymour - Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman and a whole bunch of miniseries.
- Patrick Stewart - Star Trek TNG, Star Trek Picard
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
- Brad Pitt - Friends (partner of Jennifer Aniston)
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
- Brad Pitt - Friends (partner of Jennifer Aniston)
- Megan Mullany - Parks and Recreation (wife of Nick Offerman)
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
- Brad Pitt - Friends (partner of Jennifer Aniston)
- Megan Mullany - Parks and Recreation (wife of Nick Offerman)
- David Fumero - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (wife of Melissa Fumero)
David Fumero is, of course, the husband of Melissa Fumero.
Damned board time outs wouldn’t let me get back in and fix this.
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
- Brad Pitt - Friends (partner of Jennifer Aniston)
- Megan Mullany - Parks and Recreation (wife of Nick Offerman)
- David Fumero - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (husband of Melissa Fumero)
- Alexis Denisof - How I Met Your Mother (husband of Alyson Hannigan)
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
- Brad Pitt - Friends (partner of Jennifer Aniston)
- Megan Mullany - Parks and Recreation (wife of Nick Offerman)
- David Fumero - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (husband of Melissa Fumero)
- Alexis Denisof - How I Met Your Mother (husband of Alyson Hannigan)
- Amy Poehler - Arrested Development (married to Will Arnett at the time)
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
- Brad Pitt - Friends (partner of Jennifer Aniston)
- Megan Mullany - Parks and Recreation (wife of Nick Offerman)
- David Fumero - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (husband of Melissa Fumero)
- Alexis Denisof - How I Met Your Mother (husband of Alyson Hannigan)
- Amy Poehler - Arrested Development (married to Will Arnett at the time)
- Mila Kunis - Two and a half men (engaged to Ashton Kutcher at the time)
Cast member’s real-life spouse/significant other has a guest part
- Julia Roberts - Law & Order (girlfriend of Benjamin Bratt)
- Brad Pitt - Friends (partner of Jennifer Aniston)
- Megan Mullany - Parks and Recreation (wife of Nick Offerman)
- David Fumero - Brooklyn Nine-Nine (husband of Melissa Fumero)
- Alexis Denisof - How I Met Your Mother (husband of Alyson Hannigan)
- Amy Poehler - Arrested Development (married to Will Arnett at the time)
- Mila Kunis - Two and a Half Men (engaged to Ashton Kutcher at the time)
- Marcy Lafferty - T.J. Hooker (wife of William Shatner; appeared three times in three different roles)