17 Famous People Who Tricked You Into Thinking They're American

Their accents were SO good, but this changes everything.

We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which famous actors they always thought were American but aren't. Here are the wild results.

1. Lucy Lawless

NBC

What you know her American accent from: Xena: Warrior Princess and Parks and Recreation

Where she's actually from: Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand

—Nora Dominick

2. Charlie Hunnam

FX / Warner Bros. Pictures

What you know his American accent from: Sons of Anarchy and Pacific Rim

Where he's actually from: Newcastle upon Tyne, England

—surferpip3

3. Eliza Scanlen

HBO / Sony Pictures Releasing

What you know her American accent from: Little Women, Sharp Objects, and To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway

Where she's actually from: Sydney

—Kayla Yandoli

4. Ed Westwick

The CW

What you know his American accent from: Gossip Girl

Where he's actually from: Hammersmith, London

—nwabisa0604

5. Dominic Cooper

Marvel

What you know his American accent from: Captain America: The First Avenger, Agent Carter, and Preacher

Where he's actually from: Greenwich, London

—Kristin9898

6. Chiwetel Ejiofor

Fox Searchlight Pictures

What you know his American accent from: 12 Years a Slave, Z for Zachariah, and Salt

Where he's actually from: Forest Gate, London

—Taylor Owens

7. Samara Weaving

Fox Searchlight Pictures

What you know her American accent from: Ready or Not, The Babysitter, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Where she's actually from: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

—jessicas454ac1996

8. Kevin McKidd

ABC

What you know his American accent from: Grey's Anatomy

Where he's actually from: Elgin, Moray, Scotland

—Tracy Ellysabeth Crawford

9. Cillian Murphy

Warner Bros.

What you know his American accent from: Inception, Red Eye, and the Batman series

Where he's actually from: County Cork, Ireland

—Mary Elizabeth Delfino, Facebook

10. Isla Fisher

New Line Cinema

What you know her American accent from: Wedding Crashers, Arrested Development, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Now You See Me

Where she's actually from: Born in Muscat, Oman, but grew up in Perth, Western Australia

—b481d76f3c

11. Damian Lewis

Showtime

What you know his American accent from: Homeland, Band of Brothers, and Billions

Where he's actually from: St John's Wood, London

—mccormickchip

12. John Boyega

Lucasfilm Ltd.

What you know his American accent from: The Star Wars series and Detroit

Where he's actually from: Peckham, London

—fishosaurus

13. Maia Mitchell

Freeform

What you know her American accent from: The Fosters and the Teen Beach series

Where she's actually from: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

—b4c9f9aa64

14. Idris Elba

NBC / STX Films

What you know his American accent from: The Wire, Molly's Game, Daddy's Little Girls, and The Office

Where he's actually from: Hackney, London

—Tryasimight

15. Alfred Enoch

ABC

What you know his American accent from: How to Get Away With Murder

Where he's actually from: Westminster, London

—alyb4532

16. Yvonne Strahovski

NBC / Showtime

What you know her American accent from: Chuck, The Handmaid's Tale, and Dexter

Where she's actually from: Werrington Downs, New South Wales

—chelseam428983126

17. And Michael Fassbender

Momentum Pictures / Fox Searchlight Pictures

What you know his American accent from: Shame, 12 Years a Slave, Steve Jobs, and Band of Brothers

Where he's actually from: Born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, but grew up in Fossa, County Kerry, Ireland

—jennym4