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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman - born Natalie Hershlag, on 9 June 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel - took her maternal grandmother's maiden name as a stage persona after winning her incredible debut role in Leon. She was 13.

Summer theatre camps provided some stage work, but roles in Heat, Beautiful Girls and Everyone Says I Love You proved that Portman was a girl of huge talent and no small craft.

Between Leon and Star Wars she found time to appear in Tim Burton's Mars Attacks

Cast as Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, Portman juggled being Darth Vader's wife in the rest of the prequel trilogy with completing her education and gaining a psychology degree from Harvard.

Committed (and often revealing) roles in Garden State, Closer and V for Vendetta confirmed that Portman has lost none of her touch, and she's most recently to be found opposite Dustin Hoffman in Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and with Scarlett Johansson in The Other Boleyn Girl...

Wise words: "The moment you buy into the idea you're above anyone else is the moment you need to be slapped in the face."



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Natalie Portman - news / articles


  • Kristen Stewart's Halloween costume was a tribute to Natalie Portman - 2 November 2012
    -Kristen Stewart modelled her Halloween costume after Natalie Portman's stripper character in 2004 romantic drama Closer.-The Twilight star was snapped wearing a short pink wig and sunglasses while celebrating the spooky holiday at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Rob


  • Natalie Portman weds Benjamin Millepied - 5 August 2012
    -Natalie Portman is a married woman after exchanging vows with choreographer Benjamin Millepied.-The couple wed in a Jewish ceremony at a private residence near Big Sur, California on Saturday night (04Aug12), in front of family and friends including socialite Ivanka Tru


  • Gordon-Levitt grateful for Portman's faith in Hesher - 11 May 2011
    -Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt has lavished praise on Natalie Portman for bringing his dark new film Hesher to the big screen, because she put her faith in the independent drama to launch her production company.-Oscar winner Portman formed HandsomeCharlie Films last year (1

Natalie Portman - what members say


  • Leon
  • Leon review by from salop
    Rated - 5.0 stars Your a Mozart man! I lurve Mozart! But for this work he tends to get a little ****ing boring... 27 May 2004
    ...how wonderfully performed by the underrated jean reno as a childlike hitman and Natalie Portman as the girl he saves who falls for him. Portman gives one of the great child ac...   Read customer review
  • Where The Heart Is
  • Where The Heart Is review by crispin40 from Stirling, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Feel Good Movie 4 June 2006
    ...I borrowed this because of its cast - Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing and Joan Cusak - all good actors in their own right - so wondered how they would team up ...   Read customer review
  • Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge Of The Sith
  • Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge Of The Sith review by from Framley, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Iconic or Colonic? 29 December 2005
    ...id it really add anything to the Star Wars franchise? and, more importantly, is Natalie Portman still as fit as she was in the first prequel? All the loose ends were quite ...   Read customer review

Natalie Portman - filmography


  • Your Highness on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Charles Dance,  Noah Huntley,  Rasmus Hardiker
    Director: David Gordon Green
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 10,616 members
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  • No Strings Attached - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Lake Bell,  Kevin Kline
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. When long-time friends Emma (Portman) and Adam (Kutcher) decide to add a physical dimension to their relationship and move into 'friends with benefits' territory, they agree to keep things strictly casual and on a 'no strings' basis. But ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 7,646 members
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  • No Strings Attached on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Ashton Kutcher,  Cary Elwes
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No Strings Attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 27,230 members
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  • Hesher on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Joseph Gordon-Levitt,  Rainn Wilson
    Director: Spencer Susser
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher brings into the lives of TJ and his father, Paul when he takes up residence in their garage uninvited. Grief-stricken by the loss of TJ's mother in a car accident, Paul can't ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,186 members
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  • Thor on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Anthony Hopkins,  Jaimie Alexander
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Kenneth Branagh directs this fantasy superhero adventure based on the Marvel comics character, which in turn is based on the ancient myth of Norse God of Thunder, Thor. Moving between present day Earth and the fantastic realm of Asgard, the film tells the story of the Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 47,050 members
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  • Thor - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Anthony Hopkins,  Jaimie Alexander
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Kenneth Branagh directs this fantasy superhero adventure based on the Marvel comics character, which in turn is based on the ancient myth of Norse God of Thunder, Thor. Moving between present day Earth and the fantastic realm of Asgard, the film tells the story of the Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 18,455 members
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  • Thor - 3D Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Chris Hemsworth,  Anthony Hopkins,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Kenneth Branagh directs this fantasy superhero adventure based on the Marvel comics character, which in turn is based on the ancient myth of Norse God of Thunder, Thor. Moving between present day Earth and the fantastic realm of Asgard, the film tells the story of the Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 137 members
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  • Brothers on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Jake Gyllenhaal,  Tobey Maguire
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Captain Sam Cahill is embarking on his fourth tour of duty, leaving behind his beloved wife and two daughters. When Sam's Blackhawk helicopter is shot down in the mountains of Afghanistan, the worst is presumed, leaving an enormous void in the family. Despite a dark history, Sam's charismatic ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 26,452 members
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  • Black Swan on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Vincent Cassel,  Mila Kunis
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Psychological thriller set in the American ballet world starring Natalie Portman in an award-winning performance. Nina (Portman) is a dancer in a New York City ballet company. Still living with her domineering and obsessive mother Erica (Barbara Hershey), a former ballerina herself, Nina barely has ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 59,913 members
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  • Important Artifacts and Personal Propert... (2010)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Natalie Portman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The four year relationship between Hal Morris (Brad Pitt), and a younger woman by the name of Lenore Doolan (Natalie Portman), is exposed through the items and photographs now for sale at an auction.
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 22 members
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  • Black Swan - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Vincent Cassel,  Mila Kunis
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Psychological thriller set in the American ballet world starring Natalie Portman in an award-winning performance. Nina (Portman) is a dancer in a New York City ballet company. Still living with her domineering and obsessive mother Erica (Barbara Hershey), a former ballerina herself, Nina barely has ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 885 members
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  • Love and Other Impossible Pursuits on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Lisa Kudrow,  Daisy Tahan
    Director: Don Roos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama starring Natalie Portman as a talented young lawyer who gets caught up in marriage difficulties. Emilia (Portman) is fresh out of Harvard when she joins a law firm and falls in love with her boss Jack (Scott Cohen). Unfortunately for her, Jack is married with a child, though he still embarks ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,450 members
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  • Brothers - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Sam Shepard,  Luce Rains
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Jim Sheridan directs Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman in this remake of Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish drama. Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) is a decorated Marine who goes missing in action while on duty in Afghanistan. In his absence, his younger brother Tommy (Gyllenhaal) - an ex-con drifter recently ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,138 members
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  • The Other Boleyn Girl on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Scarlett Johansson,  Eric Bana
    Director: Justin Chadwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" revolves around the ferociously ambitious Boleyn sisters, Mary (Johansson) and Anne (Portman), who are rivals for the bed and heart of 16th century English King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 56,591 members
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  • V for Vendetta on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  John Hurt,  Stephen Fry
    Director: James McTeigue,  Comic Book Classics
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, this tense thriller tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as 'V'. Incomparably charismatic and ferociously ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 79,784 members
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  • Free Zone on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Carmen Maura,  Hana Laszlo
    Director: Amos Gitai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo).
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 631 members
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  • Garden State on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Peter Sarsgaard,  Ian Holm
    Director: Zach Braff,  Zach Braff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Andrew Largeman shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills to see what might happen. A moderately successful TV actor living in Los Angeles, "Large" hasn't been home to the "Garden State" in nine years. But even with 3,000 miles ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 56,425 members
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  • Closer - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Clive Owen,  Jude Law
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama about four strangers (Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen), their chance meetings, instant attractions and brutal betrayals. Dan (Jude Law) is a writer in London who wants to finish a novel, but in the meantime supports himself by writing obituaries. One day he meets Alice ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,985 member
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  • Garden State - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Peter Sarsgaard,  Ian Holm
    Director: Zach Braff,  Zach Braff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Aspiring actor living in Los Angles, Andrew "Large" Largeman (Braff) has managed to avoid a visit to his hometown in New Jersey and the inevitable confrontation with his father. But as he reconnects with the place once he returns, a twist of fate introduces him to Sam (Portman), a quirky young ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 636 members
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  • Closer on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Clive Owen,  Jude Law
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama about four strangers (Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen), their chance meetings, instant attractions and brutal betrayals. Dan (Jude Law) is a writer in London who wants to finish a novel, but in the meantime supports himself by writing obituaries. One day he meets Alice ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 73,343 members
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  • Cold Mountain on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Nicole Kidman,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Sweeping American Civil War drama based on the novel by Charles Frazier, directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley). Jude Law stars as Inman, a wounded Confederate soldier who is slowly making the perilous journey back to his home town of Cold Mountain in North ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 49,347 members
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  • Cold Mountain - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Nicole Kidman,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Sweeping American Civil War drama based on the novel by Charles Frazier, directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley). Jude Law stars as Inman, a wounded Confederate soldier who is slowly making the perilous journey back to his home town of Cold Mountain in North ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 220 members
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  • Zoolander - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Winona Ryder,  Jerry Stiller
    Director: Ben Stiller
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller), former winner of the coveted Male Model of the Year award, goes to work for up-and-coming fashion designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell), he has no idea that he is walking into a complex web of political intrigue and murder. Mugatu is planning the assassination of a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 218 members
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  • Where The Heart Is on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Ashley Judd,  Dylan Bruno
    Director: Matt Williams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) is a pregnant 17-year-old who has just been dumped by her boyfriend. As she has nowhere to live and only $5 to her name, she decides to use the local Wal-mart store as a hide-out and makes a home for herself there. Over the following months, as she waits for the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,786 members
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  • Anywhere But Here on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Thora Birch,  Susan Sarandon
    Director: Wayne Wang
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Divorced mother Adele August (Susan Sarandon) decides that the time has come for a change, and so moves from Wisconsin to Los Angeles with her 14-year-old daughter, Ann (Natalie Portman). The two women are chalk and cheese: Adele is loud and brash on the surface, but vulnerable inside, while Ann is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 2,050 members
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  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Goldie Hawn,  Alan Alda
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Featuring a soundtrack filled with beloved standard songs such as Just You, Just Me and My Baby Just Cares for Me, this musical comedy by Woody Allen concerns a polite and comfortably well-off group of people and their romantic difficulties. DJ (Natasha Lyonne), who narrates the picture, is the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,235 members
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  • Beautiful Girls - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Max Perlich,  Martha Plimpton,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Ted Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Piano player Willie Conway (Timothy Hutton) is considering settling down with his lawyer girlfriend Tracy (Annabeth Gish). He returns to his Massachusetts hometown to make up his mind, and meets up with old friends Tommy (Matt Dillon) and Paul (Michael Rapaport). They, too, have relationships to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 78 members
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  • Beautiful Girls on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Max Perlich,  Martha Plimpton,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Ted Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Piano player Willie Conway (Timothy Hutton) is considering settling down with his lawyer girlfriend Tracy (Annabeth Gish). He returns to his Massachusetts hometown to make up his mind, and meets up with old friends Tommy (Matt Dillon) and Paul (Michael Rapaport). They, too, have relationships to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,730 members
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  • Mars Attacks! on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Glenn Close,  Annette Bening
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 12,961 members
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  • Mars Attacks! - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Glenn Close,  Annette Bening
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    When Martians arrive on planet Earth, American President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) is persuaded to extend the hand of friendship. One of the President's advisers, Donald Kessler (Pierce Brosnan), has been studying the aliens, and is keen to make peaceful contact. However, the Martians gleefully ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 805 members
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  • Leon - Blu-ray (1994)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Peter Appel,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    English language thriller from Luc Besson, the director of 'Nikita'. Gary Oldman plays Norman Stansfield, a psychotic government official whose actions provide the catalyst for murder on the New York streets. When a young girl named Mathilda (Natalie Portman) witnesses her family being gunned down ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 6,094 members
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  • Leon on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Peter Appel,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    English language thriller from Luc Besson, the director of 'Nikita'. Gary Oldman plays Norman Stansfield, a psychotic government official whose actions provide the catalyst for murder on the New York streets. When a young girl named Mathilda (Natalie Portman) witnesses her family being gunned down ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 95,436 members
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Natalie Portman facts

5 most recent films

Thor - The Dark World - 4.0 stars
Your Highness - 2.5 stars
No Strings Attached - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Your Highness - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
No Strings Attached - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Leon - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Leon - 4.0 stars
Star Wars - The Complete Saga - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Thor - 3D Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
V for Vendetta - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris - 2.5 stars
Thor - The Dark World - 4.0 stars
Star Wars Trilogy: Episodes I, II and III - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Free Zone - 2.0 stars
My Blueberry Nights - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ian McDiarmid - 10 times - show films
Ewan McGregor - 10 times - show films
Jude Law - 8 times - show films
Frank Oz - 8 times - show films
Hayden Christensen - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

George Lucas - 10 times - show films
Anthony Minghella - 5 times - show films
James McTeigue - 4 times - show films
Michael Mann - 4 times - show films
Comic Book Classics - 4 times - show films