These actors—including martial arts legend Jackie Chan—have starred in more than 3,000 movies between them.
There are some familiar stars that seem to pop up in everything you watch. While most actors would be lucky to bag 20 or 30 movie roles in a career, these actors are going above and beyond when adding to their resume. Here’s the 25 actors who have starred in the most Hollywood movies. Sure, his sister Julia Roberts and daughter Emma Roberts may have made it to the A-list, but Eric Roberts trumps them both—and pretty much everybody else—when it comes to number of credits. We’re not sure how he’s done it, but Eric Roberts has starred in 326 movies since his first role in King of the Gypsies in 1978. Other famous roles include parts in Runaway Train, The Dark Knight and The Expendables, and Roberts is just as prolific in television, with another over 200 credits from other projects. Best known for his work in horror, Westerns and Shakespearean theatre, John Carradine is one of film’s most prolific actors, with 233 film credits. While a member of John Ford ‘s stock company, he appeared in 11 pictures including The Grapes of Wrath, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Stagecoach. Carradine died in 1988, and two films were released posthumously: Buried Alive and Jack-O. The 215 film credits Danny Trejo has achieved are even more impressive considering his first,1985’s Runaway Train, came when he was asked to play a prison inmate while visiting the set to assist with drug issues, having been working with sober living houses. Trejo went on to appear in films like Heat, Con Air and Desperado, and is best known for playing Machete—a character initially developed for the Spy Kids franchise, but was later involved in more adult, violent spin-offs. Trejo,77, is still acting, so expect that figure to keep rising. The late Christopher Lee was best known for playing Count Dracula in several Hammer Horror films, as well as playing Saruman in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, and Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. By the time his final posthumous role in The Time Wa r was released in 2018, Lee had starred in 213 movies over seven decades. And that’s not even counting the 65 TV shows he is credited for. While Richard Riehle may be best known for TV roles on The Young and the Restless and Grounded for Life, the character actor has been putting in major work in film, too. Riehle’s 209 film credits include parts in Casino, The Fugitive, Office Space, Lethal Weapon 4 and Bridesmaids. While many of his roles are small, he’s definitely an actor you recognise time and time again. With a career spanning nine decades, Mickey Rooney transferred out of the silent movie era, into the talkies and beyond and achieved 201 film credits. His most famous role was Andy Hardy, who he portrayed in 16 movies, and was one of MGM’s most successful stars. Other classic credits include Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Babes In Arms, It’s a Mad, Mad World, The Black Stallion and National Velvet, and Rooney is remembered for his work alongside Judy Garland.
