1,365 Popular Actors

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  Nancy Stafford
  • Faith: Jesus Christ, raised Southern Baptist
  • Birth name: Nancy Elizabeth Stafford
  • Children: 1
  • Husband: Larry Myers (pastor)
  
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  Naomi Watts
  • Faith: Buddhism, Transcendental Meditation
  • Birth name: Naomi Ellen Watts
  • Children: 2
  • Husband: Billy Crudup
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Heath Ledger
  —Liev Schreiber (resulting in sons Sasha and Kai, with the later now identifying as a trans-girl who aspires to be a supermodel)
  
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  Naomie Harris
  • Faith: Non-Christian, says she believes in God, prays and “likes to believe that we all pray to the same God.”
  • Birth name: Naomie Melanie Harris (born in London, England)
  • Children: none
  • Partner: Peter Legler
  
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  Natalie Dormer
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Born in Reading, England
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism
  • Children: 2
  • Partner: David Oakes (English actor, resulting in 2 daughters)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Anthony Byrne (director)
  
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  Natalie Portman
  • Faith: Judaism, but she rejects belief in an afterlife
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism, Animal Rights, Veganism, Same-Sex Marriage (activist), Zionism
  • Birth name: Neta-Lee Hershlag
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husband: Benjamin Millepied (resulting in son Aleph Millepied and daughter Amalia Millepied)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Nathan Bogle
  —Gael García Bernal
  —Hayden Christensen
  —others
  
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  Natalie Wood …DIED age 43—Drowning
  • aka Natasha Gurdin
  • Faith: Unclear
  • Birth name: Natalie Zacharenko (born in San Francisco, California)
  • Children: 2
  • Sister: Lana Wood (American actress, producer)
  • Husband: Robert Wagner (resulting in daughter Courtney Wagner)
  • Ex-Husband: Richard Gregson (British producer, resulting in actress daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner)
  • Ex-Partners: Jerry Brown (Democrat politician), and others
  • Ex-Fiancé: Ladislav Blatnik
  • Son-in-Law: Barry Watson (aka Michael Barrett Watson)
  
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  Natasha Richardson …DIED age 45—Epidural hematoma head injury resulting from skiing accident
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Natasha Jane Richardson (born in London, England)
  • Children: 2
  • Mother: Vanessa Redgrave
  • Father: Tony Richardson (English director, producer, screenwriter)
  • Sister: Joely Richardson (British actress)
  • Husband: Liam Neeson (actor, resulting in sons Micheál Neeson and Daniel Neeson)
  • Ex-Husband: Robert Fox (English producer)
  
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  Nathan Fillion
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Nathan Christopher Fillion (born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
  • Ex-Fiancées: —Vanessa Marcil (actress)
  —Mikaela Hoover
  —Christina (actress)
  
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  Neal McDonough
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism—devout), refuses to perform sex scenes because of his faith and respect for his wife
  • Worldview: Outspoken about the importance of faith and family, Biblical love and forgiveness; Charity (activist)
  • Birth name: Neal Patrick McDonough (born in Dorchester, Massachusetts)
  • Children: 5
  • Wife: Ruvé Robertson (aka Ruve Robertson, film producer, marriage resulted in sons Morgan Patrick McDonough and James Hamilton McDonough, and daughters Catherine Maggie McDonough, London Jane McDonough, and Clover Elizabeth McDonough)
  
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  Ned Beatty …DIED age 83 (2021)—Natural causes
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity
  • Worldview: Liberalism, supported Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign
  • Birth name: Ned Thomas Beatty (born in Louisville, Kentucky)
  • Children: 8
  • Wife: Sandra Johnson
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Walta Chandler (resulting in sons Douglas Beatty, Charles Beatty, and Walter Beatty, and daughter Lennis Carole Beatty)
  —Belinda Rowley (actress, resulting in son John Beatty and daughter Blossom Beatty)
  —Dorothy Adams Lindsay (resulting in son Thomas Beatty and daughter Dorothy Beatty)
  
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  Neil Patrick Harris
  • Faith: Agnosticism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Homosexualism
  • Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • “Husband”: David Burtka (actor, chef, resulting in adopted twins: daughter Harper and son Gideon)
  
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  Nick Frost
  • Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic
  • Worldview: Secular Humanism
  • Birth name: Nicholas John Frost (born in Hornchurch, England)
  • Children: 3
  • Partner: unnamed woman (resulting in 2 children)
  • Ex-Wife: Christina Frost (production executive, resulting in son Mac Frost)
  
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  Nick Searcy
  • Faith: Christianity
  • Worldview: Conservatism (outspoken)
  • Birth name: Nicholas Alan Searcy (born in Cullowhee, North Carolina)
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Leslie Riley (actress, resulting in television writer daughter Chloe Searcy, and adopted son Omar Searcy)
  
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  Nick Nolte
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Birth name: Nicholas King Nolte (born in Omaha, Nebraska)
  • Children: 2
  • Wife: Clytie Lane (resulting in daughter Sophia Nolte)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Sheila Page
  —Sharyn Haddad
  —Rebecca Linger (resulting in son Brawley Nolte, and a stillborn daughter)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Karen Eklund
  —Vicki Lewis (actress, singer)
  
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  Nicholas Hoult
  • Faith: Appears to be Secularism, but raised in Christianity, was a choirboy, and has assisted Christian Aid in humanitarian assistance and development
  • Birth name: Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England)
  • Children: 2
  • Sister: Rosanna Hoult (actress)
  • Aunt: Anna Neagle (paternal great-aunt, British actress married to director Herbert Wilcox)
  • Wife: Bryana Holly (American model, resulting in 2 sons, including Joaquin Hoult)
  • Ex-Partner: Jennifer Lawrence
  • Great-Aunt: Anna Neagle (actress, singer, dancer)
  
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  Nicolas Cage
  • Faith: Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Birth name: Nicolas Kim Coppola (born in Long Beach, California)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Riko Shibata (resulting in daughter August Francesca Cage)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Patricia Arquette
  —Lisa Marie Presley (singer)
  —Alice Kim (resulting in son Kal-El Cage)
  —Erika Koike
  • Ex-Partner: Christina Fulton (resulting in son Weston Coppola Cage)
  • Uncle: Francis Ford Coppola
  
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  Nicole Kidman
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Roman Catholicism), ex-Scientologist, raised in Catholicism
  • Worldview: Liberalism, but not radical; avoid politics; United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador; Philanthropyy; Humanitarianism
  • Birth name: Nicole Mary Kidman (born in Honolulu, Hawaii)
  • Children: 4
  • Sister: Antonia Kidman (TV presenter, journalist)
  • Husband (separated 2025): Keith Urban (resulting in daughter and model Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, and daughter Faith Margaret Kidman Urban via gestational surrogacy)
  • Ex-Husband: Tom Cruise (resulting in adopted Scientologist daughter Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise, aka Bella Kidman Cruise, and adopted actor son Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise, aka Connor Cruise)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Lenny Kravitz
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Marcus Graham (actor)
  —Tom Burlinson (actor)
  
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  Noah Wyle
  • Faith: Undecided, came from non-devout interfaith marriage, and is raising his children with some combination of Jewish and Christian (Episcopalian) beliefs
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Animal Rights activism, Vegetarianism, Climate Alarmism (activist, and falsely claimed that polar bears are “hanging on by a thread” and “may be extinct in our children’s lifetime, due to the effects of climate change”)
  • Birth name: Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (born in Los Angeles, California)
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Sara Wells (actress, resulting in daughter Frances Harper Wyle)
  • Ex-Wife: Tracy Warbin (make-up artist, resulting in son Owen Strausser Wyle and a daughter Auden Wyle)
  
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  Noomi Rapace
  • Faith: Secularism • Birth name: Noomi Norén (born in Hudiksvall, Sweden)
  • Children: 1
  • Mother: Nina Norén (aka Kristina Norén, Swedish actress)
  • Ex-Husband: Ola Rapace (aka Pär Ola Norell, Swedish actor, resulting in son Lev Rapace)