Celebrities Who Should Be A-Listers
List Rules Vote up the B-listers with the most potential to become A-listers.
If pop culture has room enough for multiple A-list Jennifers and Chrises, it has enough time to make some space for certain celebrities who should be more famous. For example, think back to the start of 2014. In early 2014, most people would respond to the name "Chris Pratt" with "who?" Those who were familiar with his work probably knew him as the chubby bumbling Andy Dwyer from Parks and Recreation. Two years after Parks... finished, Chris Pratt starred in Guardians of the Galaxy and joined the rest of the A-list Chrises - and became one of the sexiest men alive. Truly what a difference a year makes.
You may wonder what makes a celebrity an A-lister, and which actors are considered B-list celebs. Although Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke star in one of the most popular shows of all time, most commoners know them as their character names Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen, respectively. B-list actors thrive in supporting roles, yet these are the roles which fully highlight their unique talents and acting styles.
Below includes a collection of all the celebrities who will soon be A-listers. By A-listers, it means actors and actresses at the height of fame, names and faces any bystander could instantly recognize. This list advocates for B-list actors who deserve the A-list treatment. Although these up and coming celebs boast millions of fans, they are still considered B-list (or below) by Hollywood standards. So no, this list is not for your friend who just got a guest role on the Disney Channel.
Feel free to add your favorites soon to be famous celebrities, but only if you think they'll be so famous your grandmother will know their name. Everyone loves Alexander Skarsgard, but love isn't what transformed Andy Dwyer into Star-Lord. Then, check out who deserves to be a household name in 2019.
Birthplace: Anderson, South Carolina
Best Known Roles:
T'Challa/Black Panther in Marvel Cinematic Universe
James Brown in Get on Up
Jackie Robinson in 42
Upcoming Roles:
T'Challa in an untitled Avengers project
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Best Known Roles:
Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games series
Jake Morrison in Independence Day: Resurgence
Josh Taylor on Neighbours
Upcoming Roles:
Blake in Isn't It Romantic
Birthplace: Port Glasgow, United Kingdom
Best Known Roles:
Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men franchise (X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past)
David Percival in Atomic Blonde
Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Upcoming Roles:
Lord Asriel in His Dark Materials
Hazel in Watership Down
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Best Known Roles:
Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones
Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys
Luisa Clark in Me Before You
Kira in Solo: A Star Wars Story
Upcoming Roles:
Susan Smith in Above Suspicion
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Best Known Roles:
Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones
Declan Harp on Frontier
Aquaman in Justice League
Upcoming Roles:
Aquaman in Aquaman
Birthplace: Constanța, Sud-Est, Romania
Best Known Roles:
Jeff Gillooly in I, Tonya
Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in the Captain America series
T.J. Hammond in Political Animals
Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in Avengers: Infinity War
Upcoming Roles:
Scott Huffman in The Last Full Measure
Mickey in Monday
Birthplace: Rye, New York, United States of America
Best Known Roles:
Michael Bluth in Arrested Development
Nick Hendricks in the Horrible Bosses series
Nick Wilde (voice of) in Zootopia
Martin 'Marty' Byrde in Ozark
Upcoming Roles:
Opposite Jennifer Aniston in Significant Other
Birthplace: Worcester, United Kingdom
Best Known Roles:
Jon Snow in Game of Thrones
Robert Catesby in Gunpowder
Upcoming Roles:
Eret (voice) in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Best Known Roles:
Enchantress in Suicide Squad
Laureline in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Margo Roth Spiegelman in Paper Towns
Upcoming Roles:
Vignette Stonemoss in Carnival Row
Birthplace: Arezzo, Italy
Best Known Roles:
Cody Martin in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Jughead Jones in Riverdale
Upcoming Roles:
Will in Five Feet Apart
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Best Known Roles:
Sam Wilson in Marvel Cinematic Universe (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War)
Sergeant J. T. Sanborn in The Hurt Locker
Papa Doc in 8 Mile
Upcoming Roles:
Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon
Johnnie Cochran in Signal HIll
Birthplace: Inverness, United Kingdom
Best Known Roles:
Amy Pond in Doctor Who (2010-2014)
Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy and the MCU
Ruby Roundhouse/Martha in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Nebula in Avengers: Infinity War
Upcoming Roles:
Nebula in an untitled Avengers project
Mercedes in Call of the Wild
Birthplace: Northampton, England
Best Known Roles:
Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones
Jean Grey/Phoenix in X-Men: Apocalypse
Upcoming Roles:
Koepcke in Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix in X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Best Known Roles:
Spider-Man/Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network
Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge
Upcoming Roles:
Carlos Mavroleon in Black Lion
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States of America
Best Known Roles:
Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Adam Sackler in Girls
Father Francisco Garupe in Silence
Flip Zimmerman in BlacKkKlansman
Upcoming Roles:
Ronald Peterson in The Dead Don't Die
Kylo Ren in Star Wars: Episode IX
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Best Known Roles:
Dean Winchester in Supernatural
Upcoming Roles:
Opposite Olivia Munn in The Buddy Games
Birthplace: Esher, United Kingdom
Best Known Roles:
Ella in Cinderella
Debora in Baby Driver
Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Young Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Upcoming Roles:
Opposite Ana de Armas and Kate McKinnon in an untitled Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis project
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Best Known Roles:
Eric Northman in True Blood
Perry Wright in Big Little Lies
Tarzan in The Legend of Tarzan
Upcoming Roles:
Sefan Lubert in The Aftermath
Birthplace: England, London
Best Known Roles:
Finn in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Moses in Attack the Block
Melvin Dismukes in Detroit
Jake Pentecost in Pacific Rim: Uprising
Upcoming Roles:
Bigwig in Watership Down
Birthplace: Bermuda, Hamilton
Best Known Roles:
Cersie Lannister in Game of Thrones
Sarah Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Queen Gorgo in 300
Upcoming Roles:
Julia "Sweet Saraya" Bevis in Fighting with My Family
Birthplace: Reading, United Kingdom
Best Known Roles:
Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones
Anne Boleyn in The Tudors
Cressida in Mockingjay: Part I & II
Upcoming Roles:
Eliza Merrett in The Professor and the Madman
Birthplace: England
Best Known Roles:
Arya Stark in Game of Thrones
Lydia Lamont in The Falling
Upcoming Roles:
Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane in The New Mutants
Birthplace: USA, Chicago, Illinois
Best Known Roles:
Sal Castro in The Walkout
Paco Hernandez in American Hustle
Red in A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
César Chávez in César Chávez
Upcoming Roles:
Enforcer in The Mule
Dora's father in Dora the Explorer
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
Best Known Roles:
Robin Scherbatsky on How I Met Your Mother
Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Upcoming Roles:
Sophie in Cicada
Birthplace: California, United States of America
Best Known Roles:
Ray Donovan in Ray Donovan
Ross "The Boss" Rhea in Goon
Victor Creed/Sabretooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Upcoming Roles:
"Unknown Role" in A Rainy Day in New York
