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Table 11 Top 5 actors (of any gender, actresses in bold) by country, for movies produced in France, Italy, Sweden and Japan. For each individual we report the number of movies he has starred in the country that reached top the 5%, 10% and 15% influence in their year of release, and their range of release years

From: Identification of key films and personalities in the history of cinema from a Western perspective

Rank

Name

Level

Years

Name

Level

Years

 

France

Italy

1

Reno, Jean (I)

4, 2, 1

’85-’06

Mingozzi, Fulvio

5, 3, 0

’70-’85

2

Modot, Gaston

4, 1, 1

’30-’53

Nero, Franco

5, 1, 1

’66-’87

3

Oldman, Gary (I)

4, 1, 0

’91-’97

Robledo, Lorenzo

5, 1, 0

’65-’70

4

Rufus (I)

4, 0, 0

’76-’01

Trieste, Leopoldo

4, 2, 2

’52-’86

5

Jovovich, Milla

4, 0, 0

’97-’07

Valli, Alida

4, 1, 3

’58-’80

 

Sweden

Japan

1

Björnstrand, Gunnar

6, 1, 1

’53-’78

Shimura, Takashi

12, 6, 3

’43-’80

2

von Sydow, Max (I)

6, 0, 0

’57-’68

Tsuchiya, Yoshio (I)

11, 3, 1

’54-’91

3

Thulin, Ingrid

6, 0, 0

’57-’72

Nakajima, Haruo

9, 7, 1

’54-’72

4

Lindblom, Gunnel

6, 0, 0

’57-’09

ÅŒtomo, Shin

9, 3, 0

’54-’65

5

Ullmann, Liv

4, 0, 1

’66-’78

Tajima, Yoshifumi

8, 6, 2

’55-’84

  1. Actresses’ names are emphasized in boldface