105. Lead debuted before 2000
Help each other out and add actors who had their first main role before 2000.
Feel free to send us a link of your own to a list with actors with who had their first main role before the year 2000.
MDL Watch Challenge 2025 Dec 20, 2024
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![Kimura Takuya]()
Kimura Takuya is a Japanese actor, entertainer, singer, and voice actor born in Tokyo. He is represented by Johnny's. He was a member of the male idol group SMAP from 1988 until ...more -
![Sakai Masato]()
Masato Sakai is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Kuhio taisa and Nankyoku ryourinin and the award for best supporting actor ...more -
![Nishikido Ryo]()
Nishikido Ryo is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and songwriter. He is a member of Japanese boy band Kanjani Eight and a former member of Japanese male idol group NEWS. He made ...more -
![Wu Nien Chen]()
Wu Nien Chen is a Taiwanese writer, lyricist, screenwriter, director and actor. After writing his first screenplay in 1978, he became a leading member of Taiwan's New Wave Cinema movement throughout the ...more -
![Kim Gab Soo]()
Kim Gap Su is a South Korean actor. His acting debut was in 1977. Kim is a high profile actor in his age bracket and has had a long career as an ...more -
![Ha Ji Won]()
Jeon Hae Rim, better known by her stage name Ha Ji Won, is a South Korean actress. Starting her career in 1996, she appeared in second season of “School” (1998) series that ...more -
![Kim Hae Sook]()
Kim Hae Sook is a South Korean actor. In 1974, she made her acting debut was in MBC's "Chief Inspector." Since then, she has won over ten awards and has a book ...more -
![Kim Hye Soo]()
Kim Hye Soo is a South Korean actress. Kim debuted in the 1986 film "Ggambo" when she was a first-year high school student. She has starred in many television dramas, as well ...more -
![Lee Jung Jae]()
Lee Jung Jae is a South Korean actor born in Seoul, South Korea. He majored in Drama at Dongguk University. He started modelling in 1993. His first film role was in "The ...more -
![Jae Hee]()
Jae Hee is a South Korean actor who made his on-screen debut in the Korean drama School. He got his first break as a lead actor in Kim Ki Duk's movie 3-Iron ...more -
![Yang Dong Geun]()
Yang Dong Geun is a South Korean actor and hip-hop artist. Yang majored in Theatrical Performance at Yong In University. -
![Lee Yo Won]()
Lee Yo Won is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Queen Seon Deok in "Queen Seon Deok", as well for her work in "Surgeon Bong Dal ...more -
![Jun Kwang Ryul]()
Jun Kwang Ryul is a South Korean actor. He graduated from Chugye University for the Arts with a degree in Music. He joined the 22nd TBC Talent Search in 1980. His wife ...more -
![Matsumoto Jun]()
Matsumoto Jun is a Japanese singer, actor, and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portrayal as ...more -
![Huh Joon Ho]()
Huh Joon Ho is a South Korean actor born on April 14, 1964. He comes from a family of actors; his father was Heo Jang Kang, one of the best-known Korean actors ...more -
![Kagawa Teruyuki]()
Kagawa Teruyuki is a Japanese screen and stage actor. Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Hama Yuko. His grandmother is the film ...more -
![Lee Byung Hun]()
Lee Byung Hun is a South Korean actor, singer, and model. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres. His critically acclaimed film "Inside Men" won ...more -
![Ikuta Toma]()
Ikuta Toma is a Japanese actor and entertainer born in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. He has a younger brother, Ikuta Ryusei, who is a Fuji TV announcer. His wife is the actress Nana ...more -
![Okada Yoshinori]()
Okada Yoshinori is a Japanese actor. He is a high school graduate and does not have a college degree. He won the award for the best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama ...more -
![Kim Rae Won]()
Kim Rae Won is a South Korean actor. He initially wanted to become a professional basketball player, but when an injured ankle tendon ended that childhood dream, he turned to acting and ...more -
![Won Bin]()
Won Bin is a South Korean actor. He made his official debut in 1997. One of the most selective actors in the Korean entertainment industry, he has starred in only five films. ...more -
![Ji Sung]()
Ji Sung, born Kwak Tae Geun, is a South Korean actor presented by Surpass Entertainment. As his parents were both educators, it was expected of him to also enter the profession. But ...more -
![Na Young Hee]()
Na Young Hee is a South Korean actress. She has been active since 1981. She debuted in 1980 in the MBC drama "Attorney Hong". In 1981, she had her first lead role ...more -
![Krit Shahkrit Yamnam]()
Shahkrit Yamnam, nicknamed Krit, is a film and television actor, model, host, and restaurateur. He attended high school in New Zealand and received a bachelor's degree in marketing from the International Correspondence ...more -
![Nakama Yukie]()
Nakama Yukie is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career, she ...more -
![Kashiwabara Takashi]()
Japanese actor and muscian from Yamanashi (Born in Kobe). Winner of the 6th annual Junon Superboy Contest in 1993. Made his screen debut in Shunji Iwai's "Love Letter" in 1995, and was ...more -
![Sato Aiko]()
Aiko Sato is a Japanese actress and tarento. -
![Jet Li]()
Li Lian Jie (born April 26, 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist, actor, film producer, wushu champion, and international film star who was ...more -
![Jackie Chan]()
Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer, born in Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. He is one of the ...more -
![Yamato Takeshi]()
Yamato Takeshi is a former Japanese boxer and actor.
