List of TV and Film Atheists
Just thought this list of atheists in film and television, from wikipedia, was interesting:
- Douglas Adams (1952–2001): British radio and television writer and novelist.[1]
- Mary Adams (1898–1984): English producer and BBC television administrator.[2]
- Phillip Adams (1939–): Australian broadcaster, writer, film-maker, left-wing radical thinker, and iconoclast. He was the Australian Humanist of the Year in 1987.[3]
- Adithya (1974–): Indian actor.[4]
- Joe Ahearne (1963–): British television writer and director.[5]
- Brandy Alexandre (1964–): American adult actress.[6]
- Keith Allen (1953–): British comedian, actor, singer and writer.[7]
- Woody Allen (1935–): American film director, writer, actor, comedian, and playwright.[8]
- Robert Altman (1925–2006): American film director.[9]
- Alejandro Amenábar (1972–): Spanish-Chilean film director.[10]
- Wil Anderson (1974–): Australian comedian, radio presenter, and television host.[11]
- Fred Armisen (1966–): American actor, comedian.[12]
- Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007): Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.[13]
- Jane Asher (1946–): English film and television actress.[14]
- Kevin Bacon (1958–): American film and theater actor.[15]
- Joan Bakewell CBE (1933–): English television presenter and journalist.[16]
- Javier Bardem (1969–): Spanish actor and former rugby player.[17]
- Pelin Batu (1978-):Turkish actress[18]
- Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923): French stage actress. She was asked by French composer Charles Gounod if she ever prayed. Bernhadt replied "No, never. I'm an atheist".[19]
- Paul Bettany (1971–): English actor.[20]
- Orla Brady (1961–): Irish actress.[21]
- Brannon Braga (1965–): American TV producer and writer.[22]
- Robert Bresson (1901–1999): French film director known for his spiritual, ascetic style.[23][24]
- Jim Broadbent (1949–): English theatre, film, and television actor.[25]
- Jeremy Brock (1959–): British actor, producer, writer, and director.[26]
- Charlie Brooker (1971–): British writer and satirist best known for his TV show Screenwipe.[27]
- Derren Brown (1971–): English psychological illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. Professed to being an atheist in his book Tricks of the Mindand described Bertrand Russell's collection of essays Why I Am Not a Christian "an absolute joy."
- Luis Buñuel (1900–1983): Spanish film-maker, activist of the surrealist movement. Known for his one-liner, "Thank God I'm an atheist."[28]
- Richard Burton (1925-1984): Welsh actor.[29]
- Kari Byron (1974–): American television host and artist.[30][31]
- Peter Caffrey (1949–2008): Irish actor.[32]
- James Cameron (1954–): Canadian film director.[33]
- Richard Carleton (1943–2006): Current affairs journalist.[34]
- Adam Carolla (1964–): American comedian, actor, author, radio host, and podcaster. Regularly refers to himself as an atheist.[35][36]
- Jimmy Carr (1972–): English comedian, author, actor, and presenter of radio and television.[37]
- Asia Carrera (1973–): Former American pornographic actress.[38]
- Matthew Chapman (1950–): English journalist, screenwriter, and director.[39]
- Jeremy Clarkson (1960–): English journalist and broadcaster.[40]
- Scott Clifton (1984–): American soap opera actor.[41]
- Billy Connolly (1942–): Scottish comedian, actor, former musician.[42]
- Jim Cornette (1961–): American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker.[43]
- Sir Noël Coward (1899–1973): English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music.[44]
- David Cronenberg (1943–): Canadian film director, one of the principal originators of the 'body horror' genre.[45]
- Mackenzie Crook (1971–): English actor and comedian.[46]
- David Cross (1964–): American actor, writer.[47]
- Adrianne Curry (1982–): American model, television host, and film actress.[48]
- Alan Davies (1966–): English comedian, writer, and actor.[49]
- Russell T Davies (1963–): Welsh television producer and writer.[50]
- Terence Davies (1945–): English screenwriter, film director, actor, and novelist.[51]
- William B. Davis (1938–): Canadian actor.[52]
- Guillermo del Toro (1964–): Mexican director and screenwriter.[53]
- Andrew Denton (1960–): Australian comedian and television host.[54]
- Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992): German-born American actress, singer and entertainer.[55]
- Phyllis Diller (1917–2012): American actress and comedienne.[56]
- Stanley Donen (1924–): American film director.[57]
- Natalie Dormer (1982–): English film and television actress.[58]
- John Doyle (1953–): Australian comedian, actor, and writer.[59]
- Christopher Eccleston (1964–): English stage, film, and television actor.[60]
- David Edgar (1948–): British playwright.[61]
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948): Soviet Russian film director and film theorist.[62][63][64]
- Ben Elton (1959–): English comedian, writer and director.[65][66]
- Frances Farmer (1913–1970): American film, television, and theater actress.[67][68]
- Diane Farr (1969–): American actress.[69]
- Harvey Fierstein (1952—): American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.[70]
- Brian Flemming (1966–): American film director and playwright, notable for his 2005 film The God Who Wasn't There.[71]
- Dave Foley (1963–): Canadian actor.[72]
- Peter Fonda (1940–): American actor.[73]
- Sir Denis Forman (1917–): British Director (1949–1954) and later Chair (1971–1973) of The British Film Institute, Chairman and Managing Director of Granada Television, and Director of the Royal Opera House in London.[74]
- Jodie Foster (1962–): American film actress, director, and producer.[75]
- Nick Frost (1972–): English actor, comedian, and writer.[76]
- Stephen Fry (1957–): British humourist, writer, actor, and filmmaker.[77][78]
- Ricky Gervais(1961–): British actor, film and TV director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian.[79][80]
- Paul Giamatti (1967–): American film and television actor.[81]
- Ira Glass (1959-): American radio personality and host of This American Life. He has stated that he is a staunch atheist.[82]
- Theo van Gogh (1957–2004): Dutch film director, television producer, publicist, and actor, murdered following the broadcasting of his anti-Islamic film Submission.[83]
- Bobcat Goldthwait (1962-): American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film and television director.[84]
- Dan Gordon (1961–): Northern Irish actor, director and author. Calls himself agnostic.[85]
- Richard E. Grant (1957–): British actor.[86]
- Eva Green (1980–): French actress and model.[87]
- Seth Green (1974–): American actor and comedian.[88]
- Peter Greenaway, CBE (1942–): Welsh-born English film director.[89]
- Sasha Grey (1988–): Former American pornographic actress.[90][91]
- Kathy Griffin (1960–): American actress, comedian, and media personality.[92]
- Rachel Griffiths (1968–): Australian film and television actress.[93]
- Shenae Grimes (1989-): Canadian actress.[94]
- Kamal Haasan (1954–): Indian film actor and film director.[95][96][97]
- Brian Hall (1937–1997): English actor.[98]
- Tony Hancock (1924–1968): British actor and comedian.[99]
- Sir David Hare (1947–): English dramatist and theatre and film director.[100]
- Nina Hartley (1959–): American pornographic actress, film director, author, and sex educator.[101]
- Amber Heard (1986–): American film and television actress.[102]
- Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003): American actress.[103]
- Werner Herzog (1942–): German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.[104]
- Kenny Hotz (1973–): Canadian comedian, filmmaker, actor, producer, director and photographer.[105]
- John Humphrys (1943–): Welsh journalist, author and radio and television presenter. Prefers the term agnostic.[106][107]
- John Huston (1906–1987): American film director and actor.[108]
- Jamie Hyneman (1956–): American visual effects expert.[109]
- Eric Idle (1943–): British comedian.[110]
- Eddie Izzard (1962–): British comedian.[111]
- Clive James AM (1939–): Australian expatriate author, poet, critic, memoirist, travel writer, and cultural commentator.[112]
- Derek Jarman (1942–1996): English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.[113]
- Penn Jillette (1955–): American magician.[114] He has also taken the Blasphemy Challenge.
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929–): Chilean-French filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, comic book writer and spiritual guru.[115]
- Dom Joly (1967–): Award-winning British television comedian and journalist.[116]
- Sarah Kane (1971–1999): English playwright.[117]
- Skandar Keynes (1991–): English actor.[118]
- Rajeev Khandelwal (1975–): Indian television actor.[119]
- Margot Kidder (1948–): Canadian American film and television actress.[120]
- Larry King (1933-): American radio and television host.[121]
- Michael Kinsley (1951–): American political journalist, commentator, and television host.[122]
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922–2007): Polish film director.[123]
- Keira Knightley (1985–): English actress and model.[124]
- Jan Kott (1914–2001): Polish theatre theoretician and critic.[125]
- Burt Lancaster (1913–1994): American film actor.[126]
- Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986): English-born American actress. Atheism is mentioned in her autobiography.[127]
- John Landis (1950-): American film director.[128]
- Fritz Lang (1890–1976): Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor.[129][130]
- Charles Laughton (1899–1962): English-born American actor. Atheism is mentioned in his wife's autobiography.[127]
- Hugh Laurie OBE (1959–): English actor, comedian and writer.[131]
- Nigella Lawson (1960–): English journalist, food writer, broadcaster, and television presenter.[132]
- Bruce Lee (1940–1973): martial artist, actor and philosopher. John Little states that Lee was an atheist. When asked in 1972 what his religious affiliation was, Lee replied "none whatsoever."[133] Also in 1972, when asked if he believed in God, he responded, "To be perfectly frank, I really do not."[133]
- Tom Leykis (1956–): American radio talk-show host.[134]
- James Lipton (1926–): American writer, poet, composer, actor and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City.[135]
- Robert Llewellyn (1956-): English actor, TV presenter, comedian, and writer. Also a skeptic and science enthusiast, and has expressed that his major pseudoscientificirritations are astrology and climate change denial.[136][137]
- Rebecca Lord (1973–): French pornographic actress.[138]
- Kevin Macdonald (1967–): Scottish director.[139]
- Seth MacFarlane (1973–): Creator, animator, executive producer, actor and writer.[140][dead link][141]
- Bill Maher (1956–): American comedian, author, political satirist and television host.[142]
- John Malkovich (1953–): American actor, producer, and director.[143]
- Stephen Mangan (1972-): English actor.[144]
- Paul Mazursky (1930–): American director, producer, and actor.[145]
- Sylvester McCoy (1943–): Scottish actor.[146]
- John McCririck (1940–): English television horse racing pundit.[147]
- Ian McDiarmid (1944–): Scottish theatre actor and director.[148]
- Sir Ian McKellen (1939–): English stage and screen actor.[149]
- Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995): American actress.[150]
- Stephen Merchant (1974–): British actor and writer.[151][152]
- George Meyer (1956–): American television producer and writer.[153]
- Dame Helen Mirren (1945–): English stage, television and film actress.[154]
- Warren Mitchell (1926–): English actor.[155]
- Julianne Moore: Actress.[156]
- Dylan Moran (1971–): Irish comedian.[157]
- Dermot Morgan (1952–1998): Irish comedian and actor.[158][159]
- Cillian Murphy (1976–): Irish stage and screen actor.[160]
- Jonathan Myerson (1960–): British television and radio dramatist.[161]
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1924-2014): Indian actor, producer, Padmavibhushan award recipient.[162]
- Mike Nichols (1931–): American television, stage and film director, writer, and producer.[163]
- Gaspar Noé (1963–): Argentinian-born French filmmaker.[164]
- Dara Ó Briain (1972–): Irish comedian and television presenter.[165]
- Bree Olson (1986–): American pornographic actress.[166][167]
- Patton Oswalt (1969–): American comedian and actor.[168] In his standup special No Reason To Complain, he calls himself a "stone-cold atheist."
- Yasujiro Ozu (1903–1963): Japanese film director and script writer.[169]
- Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (1935–): English broadcaster and journalist.[170]
- Bruce Parry (1969–): English former Royal Marines instructor.[171]
- Julia Pascal (1949–): British Jewish playwright and theatre director.[172]
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975): Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual.
- Simon Pegg (1970–): English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and director.[173]
- Sam Perrin (1901–1998): American screenwriter.[174]
- Julia Phillips (1944–2002): film producer and author.[175]
- Joaquin Phoenix (1974–): American film actor.[176]
- Brad Pitt (1963–): American actor and producer, has stated that he does not believe in God, and that he is partly atheist, partly agnostic.[177]
- Michael Pitt (1981–): American actor and musician.[178]
- Roman Polanski (1933–): Polish director. Describes himself as an atheist in his autobiography.
- Sarah Polley (1979–): Canadian actress and director.[179]
- Gail Porter (1971–): Scottish television presenter.[180]
- Peter Purves (1939–): English actor and television presenter.[181]
- Daniel Radcliffe (1989–): English actor.[182]
- Carl Reiner (1922–): American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian.[183]
- Rob Reiner (1947-): American actor, film director, producer, and political activist [184]
- Griff Rhys Jones (1953–): Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter.[185][186]
- Anna Richardson (1971–): English presenter, television producer, writer, and journalist.[187]
- Fyfe Robertson (1902–1987): Scottish television journalist.[188]
- Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991): American screenwriter and producer.[189]
- Richard Rodgers (1902–1979): American composer.[190]
- Ray Romano (1957–): American actor, writer and stand-up comedian.[191]
- Pascual Romero (1980–): American musician and television producer.[192]
- Andy Rooney (1918–2011): Humorist, American radio and television writer.[193]
- Roberto Rossellini (1906–1977): Italian film director and screenwriter.[194]
- Douglas Rushkoff (1961-): American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, documentarian, and outspoken critic of religion.[195]
- Adam Savage (1967–): American television co-host.[196]
- Alan Scarfe (1937–): Canadian actor, director and novelist.[197]
- George C. Scott (1927–1999): American stage and film actor, director, and producer.[198]
- Ridley Scott (1937-): English film director and producer.[199]
- Andy Serkis (1964–): English actor and director.[200][201]
- Elyse Sewell (1982–): American fashion model.[202]
- Don Siegel (1912–1991): American film director and producer.[203]
- Sarah Silverman (1970–): American comedian, writer and actress.[204]
- Marc Sinden (1954–): English Theatre producer and actor.[205]
- Tarsem Singh (1961-): Indian-American director.[206]
- Ian Smith (1938–): Australian soap opera character actor and television scriptwriter.[207]
- Matt Smith (1982-): English actor.[208]
- Dan Snow (1978–): English television presenter and historian.[209]
- Stellan Skarsgård (1951–): Swedish actor.[210][211]
- Steven Soderbergh (1963–): American filmmaker, director.[212]
- Todd Solondz (1959–): American screenwriter and independent film director.[213]
- Doug Stanhope (1967–); American comedian.[214]
- David Starkey CBE (1945–): English historian, television and radio presenter.[215]
- Juliet Stevenson (1956–): English actress.[216]
- Matt Stone (1971–), co-creator of South Park.[217][218]
- J. Michael Straczynski (1954–): American writer and producer.[219]
- Sir Alan Sugar (1947–): English entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality.[220]
- Quentin Tarantino (1963-): American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.[221]
- Paul Taylor (1930–): American choreographer.[222]
- Teller (1948–): American magician.[223]
- Emma Thompson (1959–): English actress, comedian, and screenwriter.[224]
- François Truffaut (1932–1984): French filmmaker and film critic.[225][226]
- Wendy Turner Webster (1967–): English TV presenter and animal rights campaigner.[227]
- Tom Tykwer (1965–): German film director.[228]
- Brian Tyler (1978–): American film composer [229]
- Kenneth Tynan (1927–1980): British theatre critic and writer.[230]
- Ram Gopal Varma (1962–): Indian film director, writer, and film producer.[231]
- Wynford Vaughan-Thomas CBE (1908–1987): Welsh newspaper journalist and radio and television broadcaster.[232]
- Paul Verhoeven (1938–): Dutch film director, screenwriter, and film producer.[233]
- Paolo Villaggio (1932–): Italian actor, writer, director, and comedian.[234]
- Joss Whedon (1964–): American screenwriter and director.[235]
- Lalla Ward (1951–): English actress and illustrator.[236]
- Peter White (1947–): English broadcast journalist and DJ.[237]
- Gene Wilder (1933–): American actor.[238]
- Robyn Williams (1944–): Australian science journalist and broadcaster.[239]
- Ted Willis (1914–1992): British television dramatist, also politically active in support of the Labour Party.[240]
- Terry Wogan KBE DL(1938–): Irish radio and television broadcaster.[241]