U.S. actors with ancestors from other than English speaking countries

Please list American actors who had ancestors from non-english speaking countries...
Pointless thread. If you only go back as far as grandparents. I would suggest that includes 80% of actors. If you go back to great-great-grandparents, maybe 98%. So we are talking about tens (hundreds?) of thousands of names.

More point to list actors who only have entirely English-speaking ancestors. Even if you only go back as far as great-grandparents, I doubt you could name 100.

Hi london777,
possibly you're right... and the 2nd para. you wrote is very interesting. Do you really think that there are so very few good actors for whom that "description" would fit?
Whatever - thank your four your quick reply!
Kind regards
sprendlinger

I am English and am just wildly guessing percentages. I would welcome anyone chipping in with some actual genealogical statistics.

As an unscientific spot-check, I thought of a number at random, then found that numbered movie in my collection (listed on an Excel spreadsheet). It turned out to be "American Beauty" (1999). I then checked the top ten leads, as follows:

Kevin Spacey (Swedish grandfather)
Anette Bening (German descent)
Thora Birch (German, Scandinavian, and Italian descent)
Wes Bentley (not stated)
Mena Suvari (Her father was Estonian and her mother is of Greek, English, and German descent)
Peter Gallagher (Three-quarters Irish, other quarter ?)
Alison Janney (English and German ancestry)
Chris Cooper (English speaking US parents)
Scott Bakula (German, as well as Czech, Austrian, Scottish, and English ancestry)
Sam Robards (Swedish, English, Welsh, German, Irish, Romanian Jewish and Polish Jewish ancestry)

Really, what's the point of listing all the Meryl Streeps, John Malkoviches, Will Smiths, Denzel Washingtons, Wesley Snipeses, Eddie Murphies, Samuel L. Jacksons, Ving Rhameses, Sylvester Stallones, Ben Stillers, Jerry Stillers, Adam Sandlers, Jerry Seinfelds, Jeff Goldblums, Kevin Jameses, Mark-Paul Gosselaars, James Van Der Beeks, Lucy Lius, Casper Van Diens, Rebecca Romijns, Charles Bronsons, Jack Palances, Michael Douglases, Nic Cages, Kevin Zegerses, Giovanni Ribisis, Maggie Gyllenhaals, Jake Gyllenhaals, Peter Sarsgaards, Jessica Albas, Robert Deniros, Danny DeVitos, Joe Pescis, Mira Sorvinos, Harvey Keitels, Jon Voights, Steve Buscemis, Christina Riccis, Ralph Macchios, Melina Kanakaredeses, Nia Vardaloses, Charlie Sheens, Martin Sheens, Ice Cubes, Ice Ts, Mr. Ts, Al Pacinos, Dustin Hoffmans, Scarlett Johanssons, Joe Pantolianos, Kevin Pollaks, James Gandolfinis, Brittany Murphies, Stanley Tuccis, Tony Shalhoubs, Steven Seagals, Peter Falks, Patricia Arquettes, John Cassaveteses, Kim Novaks, Maggie Qs, Paul Giamattis, Virginia Madsens, Michael Madsens, Marisa Tomeis, Billy Zanes, F. Murray Abrahams, Dan Hedayas, Jon Lovitzes, Kathy Najimys, Vince Vaughns, Jennifer Anistons, Zoe Saldanas, Alia Shawkats, Mayim Bialiks, Jenna Dewans, Shannon Elizabeths, Steve Carells, Yasmine Bleeths, Erika Eleniaks, Hank Azarias, Joey Lawrences, Leonardo DiCaprios, Woody Allens, Bobby Cannavales, Miles Tellers, Whoopi Goldbergs, Frank Langellas, Quentin Tarantini, John Travoltas, Vincent D'Onofrios, Mandy Patinkins, Chers, Alan Arkins, Dwayne Johnsons, Vin Diesels, James Caans, Ken Davitians, Kelly Hus, Devon Aokis, Ray Liottas, Mark Ruffalos, Uma Thurmans, Alan Tudyks, John Belushis, Jim Belushis, Piper Perabos, Michelle Pfeiffers, Cameron Diazzes, Wilmer Valderramas, George Segals, Katey Sagals, Kirsten Dunsts, Paul Rudds, Hilary Swanks, Frankie Munizes, Jane Kaczmareks, James Francos, Joe Mantegnas, Chazz Palminteris, Maria Bellos, Freddie Prinze Jrs., John Turturros, Kevin Klines, Amanda Seyfrieds, Stephen Tobolowskys, Jeffrey Tambors, Zach Galifianakises, William Fichtners, Wentworth Millers etc. out there?

(Not to speak of actors like Wes Studi, you know, actors from Native American descent, i.e. people who descend from families who lived in North America long before it became an English-speaking country.)

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Keiko Matsui & Carl Anderson - "A Drop of Water"
http://youtu.be/kPUENUUuqSk

Vast number of people with non-WASP parentage changed their surnames to English-sounding names when immigrating in the hope of integrating more quickly (or had them offhandedly changed by immigration officials who could not be bothered with tongue-twisters).

Until relatively recently, many Jewish actors and other workers in the industry changed their surnames to British names to avoid anti-semitic prejudice by the film-going public.

Indeed, there must be literally tens of thousands of American actors with of non-English heritage of which I'm not aware, simply because they have an English sounding last name or stage name. (The list above is just a small sample, consisting of names of actors of which I happen to know or suspected a non-English lineage; hence the "etcetera", because there are certainly many more.) Also, don't forget that for many American people, the non-English heritage (in particular Jewish heritage) is passed on from the mother's side, which won't be reflected in the last name if the father has an English-sounding family name.

Whoopi Goldberg (real name Caryn Elaine Johnson) must be one of the few exceptions who reckoned the other way, namely that changing her name to a name that appears Jewish would have a positive effect on her career. 

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Keiko Matsui & Carl Anderson - "A Drop of Water"
http://youtu.be/kPUENUUuqSk

Seeing as it's ancestors you're looking for, not just their parents' original country, then everybody on the planet is decended from non-English speakers, even those of us living in England (which has been conquered a couple of times, to blend things up even more).

Someone did the numbers (below) but considering ancestors go back to before we were swinging through the trees, it's obvious.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/commentisfree/2015/may/24/business-genetic-ancestry-charlemagne-adam-rutherford

This is merely a numbers game. You have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. But this ancestral expansion is not borne back ceaselessly into the past. If it were, your family tree when Charlemagne was Le Grand Fromage would harbour more than a billion ancestors – more people than were alive then. What this means is that pedigrees begin to fold in on themselves a few generations back, and become less arboreal, and more web-like. In 2013, geneticists Peter Ralph and Graham Coop showed that all Europeans are descended from exactly the same people. Basically, everyone alive in the ninth century who left descendants is the ancestor of every living European today, including Charlemagne, Drogo, Pippin and Hugh. Quel dommage.

Hello yurenchu,
thanks a lot for your interesting posts! Very impressing list of names which you compiled! And you're right - I thought over the matter and now I think, too, that this thread seems pointless; it won't give useful results just to put the question in that way. Perhaps it's better to ask ancestry-related questions not in the form of asking for a list but instead by posting a question in the matter, as "new topic" in one actor's (or actresses') IMDB page; e.g. "Does anybody know from which country/region/town in Europe the ancestors of ... migrated to the U.S.; and when did they come to America?"
Which could then result in a reply like, e.g. "Schroder's grand-grandfather was born in 18..., Hamburg/Germany, came to the States in 18..; as far as I know there's no knowledge of German in Schroder's family today". That would be a clear and concise question and answer :-)
One important point you (or was it london777?) mentioned is the fact that many immigrants changed their names or had them changed. Sorry, I hadn't thought about that problem either...
And then, of course, it was a good point to mention the Native Americans ("Col. Ironhorse" from War of the Worlds was my favourite character in that series... :-)
Next time I'll try to ask a somewhat more intelligent question. Hehehe...;-)
Kind regards
sprendlinger