Highest New Entry

Actors with the highest first appearance in the annual Hollywood Rankings.

Record Holder

Ben Kingsley

New Entry: #19

Year: 1983

Complete Ranking

RANK

ACTOR

ENTRY RANK

YEAR

1

Ben Kingsley

#19

1983

2

Whoopi Goldberg

#25

1986

3

Eddie Murphy

#30

1983

4

Helen Mirren

#35

1981

5

Tom Cruise

#37

1982

6

Geena Davis

#37

1983

7

Drew Barrymore

#38

1981

8

Mel Gibson

#39

1981

9

Glenn Close

#41

1983

10

Michelle Pfeiffer

#42

1981

11

Meg Ryan

#43

1982

12

Sharon Stone

#44

1981

13

Cher

#44

1983

14

Tom Hanks

#45

1981

15

Denzel Washington

#45

1982

16

Michael J. Fox

#46

1981

17

Demi Moore

#46

1983

18

Samuel L. Jackson

#47

1982

19

Daniel Day-Lewis

#47

1983

20

Linda Hamilton

#49

1985

21

Kevin Costner

#50

1983

22

Kim Basinger

#51

1982

23

Bruce Willis

#51

1983

24

Sarah Jessica Parker

#52

1985

25

Nicolas Cage

#53

1983

26

Andie MacDowell

#55

1985

27

Ian McKellen

#57

1984

28

Johnny Depp

#59

1985

29

Viggo Mortensen

#61

1986

30

Judi Dench

#62

1986

31

Robert Downey Jr.

#63

1984

32

Marisa Tomei

#63

1985

33

Jennifer Connelly

#66

1985

34

Daisy Ridley

#66

2016

35

Christian Bale

#68

1988

36

Jim Carrey

#70

1985

37

Woody Harrelson

#70

1987

38

Ben Stiller

#71

1988

39

Keanu Reeves

#72

1987

40

Lupita Nyong'o

#73

2014

41

Frances McDormand

#74

1986

42

Kevin Spacey

#74

1987

43

Uma Thurman

#74

1989

44

Macaulay Culkin

#74

1990

45

Joaquin Phoenix

#76

1987

46

Julia Roberts

#76

1989

47

Winona Ryder

#77

1987

48

Annette Bening

#77

1989

49

Daniel Radcliffe

#80

2002

50

Alyson Hannigan

#82

1989

DATA SOURCE

Hollywood Rankings Database

LAST UPDATED

July 2026