Popular Actors

Who are some of the most popular actors associated with thrillers?

Bruce Willis is an in Germany born American actor, producer, and musician. He has played in many famous films, especially action, but he also starred in a leading role in the highly sexualized erotic thriller Color of Night. He actually is an actor, which is made for action, but he also is good in playing these suspensefull films/thrillers.

 

Nicolas Cage is a very famous actor, not only for action/adventure films, but also for thrillers, like the sience fiction thriller "Knowing" or in the suspense thriller "8mm". He is great in making scenes different and full of suspense, which makes him a good actor for thrillers.

 

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks is known for his roles in Philadelphia and as the title character in Forrest Gump, roles which won him two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor.

Christian Bale is an English actor. He first got to known at the age of 14, when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. But nowadays everybody knows as "Batman", because he took the role  as Bruce Wayne in all the new three Batman movies.

Kevin Spacey is a successful American actor, director, screenwriter and producer, who played roles in  Superman Returns or 21. In relation to thrillers, he has played a role in the thriller Seven.

There is also a very good list of nearly all thriller actors.

http://www.listal.com/actors/thriller

Popular Directors

Who are some of the most popular directors of thrillers?

Alfred Hitchcock is an English thriller director and producer, who initiated many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He is called the god-father of the thriller and the best known film of him is called "Psycho".

Christopher Nolan is an English-American film director, screenwriter and producer, who is famous for the "The Dark Knight trilogy". But also for his psychological thrillers "Memento" and the mystery thriller film "The Prestige". He is described as one of the best filmmakers of his generation.




Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. He did films, which are set in the past, like "Gladiator" or "Jerusalem". But he also did films that are set in the nowadays or also the future. Showtime has announced that Scott will direct the thriller "The Vatican."

David Lynch is an American filmmaker and occasional actor. he is well-known for his surrealist films and his special style of filming, which is characterized by
its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. He did thrillers like Lost Highway or Twin Peaks.

Quentin Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Thrillers like Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs are made/produced by him. He won

the Golden Globe for the 3rd time now, again for the best Screenplay and Best Director.

 

This a nice slideshow, where they present two directors and the informations known about them. 
http://www.slideshare.net/huish/famous-thriller-directors