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| Check out the Results pages to find out who you voted as the 100 greatest movie stars of all time. Click on any star's name to be taken to in-depth information about their work. |
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| 35- Bruce Willis |
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Bruce Willis, master of the smirk, was born in Germany in 1955. His father was serving on a US military base, but the family soon resettled in New Jersey. Willis found that acting cured his stutter and after a brief stint at college left for New York. He caught the eye of a Miami Vice casting director while appearing in an off-Broadway play – Willis then auditioned along with 3,000 others for Moonlighting and despite his and Cybill Shepherd's mutual hatred, the success of the show led to his action packed film career. Despite being a staunch Republican, he refused to support Bob Dole after he attacked Willis' then wife Demi Moore for her film Striptease.
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| 34- Christopher Walken |
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Christopher Walken was born in Queens, New York in 1943 and was acting and dancing from an early age. He met Jerry Lewis while performing on TV aged 10, and dropped out of university to appear in an off-Broadway musical in 1963. He made his film debut in the little-seen mental institution flick Me And My Brother, which was co-written by beat poet Allen Ginsberg. One of Hollywood's most prolific actors, he has turned in mesmerising performances in cult classics including The Deer Hunter (1978), King Of New York (1990) and True Romance (1993).
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| 33- Nicolas Cage |
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Born in California in 1964, the nephew of legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola, Nic Cage changed his name early in his career in order to gain a reputation in his own right. After dropping out of high school at 17, he got a part in Coppola's 1983 film Rumble Fish, before appearing as a punk in Valley Girl which launched his career. Cage excels at playing unhinged characters, which can been seen in films like Raising Arizona, Birdy, Face Off, Wild At Heart and Con Air. Having had critical recognition for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas, for which he won an Oscar, Cage has begun to play more mainstream roles in films like Captain Correlis Mandoline, Gone in 60 Seconds and Windtalkers.
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| 32- Tom Cruise |
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York. A troubled childhood led to a year in a Franciscan monastery at the age of 14, and he took up acting after an injury put paid to his high school wrestling ambitions. Wrestling and the priesthood's loss proved to be acting's gain – at 18 Cruise landed his first movie role in Endless Love. By 1983 he was a lead actor and after famously saucing Rebecca de Mornay (on the train, on the stairs and on his dad's leather chair) in classic 80s hit Risky Business, he hit the superstar league as Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in Top Gun. Oscar nominations followed as he took on more mature roles. In 1990 he took up scientology, and says it cured his dyslexia. To date, he's been nominated for three Academy Awards.
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| 31- Christopher Lee |
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Christopher Lee was born in Belgravia, London in 1922. His father was a colonel and his mother a Countess and noted Edwardian beauty. A scholarship took Lee to Eton before he served in the RAF throughout WWII. Decorated for distinguished service he began acting in 1947 and, though he will forever be known primarily for his Hammer movies, Lee has appeared in more films than any other actor. Having worked all over the world he speaks seven languages and as a classically trained singer has also appeared in many operas. He was the first choice of his cousin, Ian Fleming, to play Dr. No.
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