American movie stars who are not American born and some surprising ones who actually are

We were talking about Mel Gibson movies the other day and it made me think how many actors we think are American, but they are not and some others who are American but we think are not.

For example, Mel Gibson is perhaps the world’s best known Australian but he is in fact American, born Peekskill, New York, he was raised in New South Wales Australia, his mother was Irish and his father American

Keanu Reeves Born Beirut, Lebanon, Mother English, Father American

Charlize Theron Born Benoni, South Africa Parents South African

Christian Bale Born Wales UK

Ryan Gosling Born London, the one in Canada not UK

Rachel McAdams also Born London, the one in Canada not UK

Andrew Garfield Born Los Angeles, raised in Surrey, U.K English mother American father

Anna Paquin Born Winnipeg Canada raised Wellington, New Zealand, mother NZ father Canadian

Isla Fisher Born Muscat, Oman Middle East, Raised Scotland and Australia Parents Scottish

Andrew Lincoln (Walking Dead) Born Hull England, Parents English

Gary Oldman Born London England, Parents English

Kim Cattrall Born Liverpool England, Raised Canada Parents British

Brendan Fraser Born Indionapolis Indiana, Raised Eureka California, Seattle, Ottawa Canada, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, Parents Canadian

Hugh Laurie (House) Born Oxford England, Parents British

Mila Kunis Born Ukraine

Natalie Portman Born Jerusalem Isreal, raised Washington DC father Israeli father mother American

Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) Born Newcastle England, Parents British

Damien Lewis (Homeland) Born London UK, Raised on Abbey Road made famous by the Beatles, Parents British

Perhaps the second best know Australian is Nicole Kidman Born Honolulu, Hawaii,USA Raised Washington, D.C  and Sydney Australia Parents Australian

Kiefer Sutherland, well known Canadian we think of as American, in fact Born London UK Raised Canada Parents Canadian

Pamela Anderson Born Ladysmith (Vancouver Island), BC, Canada Parents Canadian

Mischa Barton – born in London, England Parents English

Elizabeth Taylor, Born London UK, Parents American Became British citizen in 1965 but then again became an American citizen in 1977

Gerard Butler Born in Paisley, Scotland raised Montreal, Quebec, Canada Parents Scottish

 

Amy Adams born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy Raised Castle Rock, Colorado parents American

Naomi Watts is another famous Australian, Born and raised Shoreham, Kent UK, Parents British

Sam Worthington (Avatar) Yet another famous Australian. Born Godalming, UK Raised Rockingham. Australia Parents English

Emma Watson The perfect English rose was Born Paris France raised Paris and Oxfordshire UK Parents British

Bruce Willis  Born Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, Mother German father American

Terry Gilliam Director and member of Monty Python Born Minneapolis USA has been a British citizen for 40 years

Tina Turner is now a Swiss citizen

Gerard Depardieu French actor is now a Russian citizen

David Soul (Starsky and Hutch) Born Chicago, Raised Mexico City, Now a British citizen

 

I am sure there are lots of others, let me know if you can think of any for the list