Highest New Entry

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

Record Holder

Ben Kingsley

New Entry: #23

Year: 1983

Complete Ranking

RANK

ACTOR

ENTRY RANK

YEAR

1

Ben Kingsley

#23

1983

2

Whoopi Goldberg

#28

1986

3

Eddie Murphy

#33

1983

4

Helen Mirren

#38

1981

5

Geena Davis

#39

1983

6

Tom Cruise

#40

1982

7

Drew Barrymore

#41

1981

8

Mel Gibson

#42

1981

9

Jackie Chan

#43

1981

10

Glenn Close

#44

1983

11

Sean Penn

#45

1982

12

Michelle Pfeiffer

#46

1981

13

Liam Neeson

#46

1982

14

Cher

#47

1983

15

Sharon Stone

#48

1981

16

Tom Hanks

#49

1981

17

Meg Ryan

#49

1982

18

Laura Dern

#50

1981

19

Michael J. Fox

#51

1981

20

Denzel Washington

#51

1982

21

Demi Moore

#51

1983

22

Daniel Day-Lewis

#52

1983

23

Samuel L. Jackson

#53

1982

24

Linda Hamilton

#53

1985

25

Kevin Costner

#56

1983

26

Bruce Willis

#57

1983

27

Sarah Jessica Parker

#57

1985

28

Kim Basinger

#59

1982

29

Nicolas Cage

#59

1983

30

Ian McKellen

#63

1984

31

Andie MacDowell

#63

1985

32

Jennifer Hudson

#64

2007

33

Johnny Depp

#67

1985

34

Mike Myers

#67

1993

35

Viggo Mortensen

#69

1986

36

Ralph Fiennes

#69

1994

37

Judi Dench

#70

1986

38

Robert Downey Jr.

#71

1984

39

Marisa Tomei

#71

1985

40

Helena Bonham Carter

#73

1987

41

Jennifer Connelly

#74

1985

42

Christian Bale

#77

1988

43

Heather Graham

#77

1989

44

Lupita Nyong'o

#77

2014

45

Daisy Ridley

#77

2016

46

Jim Carrey

#78

1985

47

Woody Harrelson

#79

1987

48

Ben Stiller

#80

1988

49

Keanu Reeves

#81

1987

50

Frances McDormand

#82

1986

DATA SOURCE

Hollywood Rankings Database

LAST UPDATED

July 2026