The Most Famous
ACTORS from Guyana
This page contains a list of the greatest Guyanese Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 2 of which were born in Guyana. This makes Guyana the birth place of the 108th most number of Actors behind Myanmar (Burma), and Luxembourg.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Guyanese Actors of all time. This list of famous Guyanese Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. CCH Pounder (b. 1952)
With an HPI of 67.77, CCH Pounder is the most famous Guyanese Actor. Her biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Claudette Wyms in the FX police drama series The Shield (2002–2008), Mo'at in the Avatar (2009–present) franchise, and medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade in NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021). She has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in The X-Files (1994), ER (1994–1997), The Shield, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2009). Pounder portrayed recurring roles on television such as Irene Frederic in Warehouse 13 (2009–2014) and District Attorney Tyne Patterson in Sons of Anarchy (2013–2014). Pounder was also the voice of Amanda Waller in the animated series Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006), a role that she has reprised in various later DC Comics media. In film, she appeared in All That Jazz (1979), Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Bagdad Cafe (1987), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Demon Knight (1995), Face/Off (1997), End of Days (1999), Orphan (2009), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
2. Letitia Wright (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 46.85, Letitia Wright is the 2nd most famous Guyanese Actor. Her biography has been translated into 43 different languages.
Letitia Michelle Wright (born 31 October 1993) is a British actress. She began her career with guest roles in the television series Top Boy, Coming Up, Chasing Shadows, Humans, Doctor Who, and Black Mirror. For the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She then had her breakthrough for her role in the 2015 film Urban Hymn, for which the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) named Wright among the 2015 group of BAFTA Breakthrough Brits. In 2018, she attained global recognition for her portrayal of Shuri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther, for which she won an NAACP Image Award and a SAG Award. She reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). In 2019, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She also appeared in Steve McQueen's 2020 anthology series Small Axe, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Guyanese actors born between 1952 and 1993. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Guyanese actors include CCH Pounder, and Letitia Wright. As of April 2024, 2 new Guyanese actors have been added to Pantheon including CCH Pounder, and Letitia Wright.
