47 TV Actors Who Weren't Born In the U.S.

    Inspired by Andrew Lincoln, who plays all American lawman Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead, being a filthy limey. These are all television actors who play Americans or characters who talk American, but weren't born in the U.S. of mother effin' A. They're takin' our jobs!

    Gavon Laessig
    by Gavon Laessig

    BuzzFeed News Reporter

    • 1. Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes, "The Walking Dead), England

    • 2. Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse, "True Blood"), Canada

    • 3. Alexander Skarsgård (Eric Northman, "True Blood"), Sweden

    • 4. Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton, "True Blood"), England

    • 5. Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse, "True Blood"), Australia

    • 6. Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass, "Gossip Girl), England

    • 7. Simon Baker (Patrick Jane, "The Mentalist"), Australia

    • 8. Matt Passmore (Jim Longworth, "The Glades"), Australia

    • 9. Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri Schuester, "Glee"), Canada

    • 10. Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson, "Gelee"), Canada

    • 11. Idris Elba (Stringer Bell, "The Wire," and Charles Miner, "The Office"), England

    • 12. Dominic West (James McNulty, "The Wire"), England

    • 13. Anthony LaPaglia (Jack Malone, "Without A Trace"), Australia

    • 14. Hugh Laurie (Greg House, "House"), England

    • 15. Linus Roache (Michael Cutter, "Law & Order"), England

    • 16. Elisabeth Röhm (Serena Southerlyn, "Law & Order"), Germany

    • 17. Alfred Molina (Ricardo Morales, "Law & Order: Los Angeles"), England

    • 18. Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky, "How I Met Your Mother"), Canada

    • 19. Johnny Galecki (David Healy, "Roseanne," and Leonard Hofstadter, "The Big Bang Theory"), Belgium

    • 20. Nicollette Sheridan (Edie Britt, "Desperate Housewives"), England

    • 21. Sandra Oh (Cristina Yang, "Grey's Anatomy"), Canada

    • 22. Kevin McKidd (Owen Hunt, "Grey's Anatomy"), Scotland

    • 23. Damian Lewis (Charlie Crews, "Life," and Richard Winters, "Band of Brothers"), England

    • 24. Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins, Friday Night Lights), Canada

    • 25. Rose Byrne (Ellen Parsons, Damages), Australia

    • 26. Anastasia Griffith (Katie Connor, Damages, and Nancy Carnahan, Trauma), France

    • 27. Zeljko Ivanek (Blake Sterling, The Event, and many other shows), Romania

    • 28. Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan, Smallville), Germany

    • 29. Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang, Smallville), Canada

    • 30. Erica Durance (Lois Lane, Smallville), Canada

    • 31. Laura Gansevoort (Kara, Smallville, and Lisa, V), Canada

    • 32. Glenn Howerton (Dennis Reynolds, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Japan

    • 33. Will Arnett (Gob Bluth, Arrested Development, and Steven Wilde, Running Wilde) Canada

    • 34. Michael Cera (George-Michael Bluth, Arrested Development, and Sal Viscuso, Childrens Hospital), Canada

    • 35. Charlie Hunnam (Jackson Jax Teller, Sons of Anarchy), England

    • 36. Tommy Flanagan (Filip Chibs Telford, Sons of Anarchy), Scotland

    • 37. Kim Coates (Alex Tig Trager, Sons of Anarchy), Canada

    • 38. Donal Logue (Hank Dolworth, Terriers), Canada

    • 39. Malin Akerman (Valerie Flame, Childrens Hospital), Sweden

    • 40. Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham, Fringe), Australia

    • 41. Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop, Fringe), Canada

    • 42. Morena Baccarin (Anna, V), Brazil

    • 43. Rachel Griffiths (Sarah Walker, Brothers & Sisters), Australia

    • 44. Matthew Rhys (Kevin Walker, Brothers & Sisters), Wales

    • 45. Stana Katic (Kate Beckett, Castle), Canada

    • 46. Nathan Fillion (Richard Casle, Castle, and Malcolm Mal Reynolds, Firefly), Canada

    • 47. Justin Bieber (Jason McCann, "CSI") Canada