WELL KNOWN ACTORS WITHIN THE THRILLER GENRE

Scarlett Johanson

Born in New york city with both jewish and danish origin. She showed an outstanding work in her newest film 'Lucy'(sci fi thriller) .In this film she shows  the polarisation of her character turning from an insecure young lady in her 20's to a confident lady with super abilities after accessing a hundreds percent of her cerebral capacity.

Morgan freeman

Born in 1937 memphis Tennessee he is known for his calm Authoritative voice as a result he plays older wiser characters such as that in Shawshank Redemption

Samuel L Jackson 

Born in 1948 DC Washington he is known particularly well for his work in Pulp Fiction where he played a Religious Gangster especially when he was supposed to quote the bible but decided to improvise 

John Travolta

 Born in New jersey 1954 known  well for playing a cool laid back character such as in Grease ,Pulp fiction and Saturday night fever

Tim Roth

Born in london 1961 he is unique he has an incredible talent in imitating accents he is known for his work in pulp fiction and Reservoir dogs in both of which he played a young character

Bruce willis

Born in rhineland west Germany 1955 his characters tend to be tough hard working characters that end up in unfortunate situations such as in die hard,pulp fiction and the sixth sense. He often ends up battling his way out of these tough situation and ends up becoming a hero.

George Clooney 

George Clooney has been in multiple films the characters he plays tends to be smart hansom and able to handle them self in tough situations such as in Gravity

Tom Hanks

Born in concord California 1956 his characters tend to be nice honest, good hatred people that end in difficult situations. He is known for his work in Saving Mr's banks,Forest Gump and captain philips

Uma thurman

Born in Boston Massachusetts 1970 the character she plays tend to be a strong sexy feminine role  she can often hold her own in a fight such as in kill bill or is very attractive to the other sex such as in pulp fiction 

Michael Madsen 

Born in Chicago Illinois 1958 he smooth talking character laid back character  or the polar opposite a firm businessman who gets things don he known for his work in Reservoir dogs and kill bill however he made an exceptional performance in the crime thriller game Grand theft auto 5 which made US 1$ billion in the first 3 days

Christopher waltz

Born in Vienna Austria he often  a reasonable German that gets things done however his characters often have a dark undertone

Leonardo DiCaprio

Probably the most divers actor on this list he is able to play pretty much any character. He was born in 1974 LA. He is known for his work in Wolf of wall street,The Great Gatsby and Titanic.

Al Pacino

Born in 1940 New york manhattan. He is known for his work in the godfather films and in scarface.He is exceptionally well at playing a mobster in crime thrillers.

Marlon Brando

Born in 1924 Omaha Nebraska. He is known for his work in The godfather,wild one and apocalypse know and like Leonardo DiCaprio he is a diverse actor