Examples- Radcliffe; Dominic West; Hugh Lawrie; Kate Beckinsale; Emily Blunt; Kate Winslet; Andrew Garfield; Aaron Taylor-Johnson....there's probably more. Its rarely the other way around..
Note: - I have NOT included Sir Michael Caine...!
Along with Michael Caine add Bob Hoskins R I P. His American accent was truly appalling.
More importantly, why are there so many British, Australians, and Canadians in American films and TV. What is wrong with hiring American actors and actresses?
American male actors lack the hunger, desire and don't put in the time to work hard on their craft anymore. And they are more insecure and submissive than the British/Irish/Australian/New Zealand supermen.
This is especially true of the younger generation and post 2000 actors.
You have to go back to Nicholson, Harrison Ford, etc for a time when younger American actors dominated.
Kate Winslet
Its rarely the other way around..
I'm surprised you left Idris Elba out of that list, what with Mr West being in there. :)
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I'm English and I've got to say James Cromwell, am American, does a terrific English accent. Also Damien Lewis does a great American accent on Homeland, top-notch actor.
"im beautiful your not" - me
"you're* " - you
RDJ, Gillian Anderson, Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Meryle Streep, Julianne Moore, Jonny Depp, Gweneth paltrow, and Mike Myers have all done good British accents.
Gillian Anderson is a bit of a special case though -- she's what's known as bidialectal.
She partly grew up in England, partly in America, and her "real" accent is actually....both. She even switches between them in talk show interviews, using her American accent on US tv and her British one when speaking to press in the UK.
Actor and presenter John Barrowman has the same deal, Scottish American.
I have the same for similar reasons (not that I'm on talk shows, lol, just that I switch accent depending if I'm around friends or strangers.