9) Matthias Schoenaerts
Like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Matthias Schoenaerts isn’t native to the UK – he was born and raised in Belgium – but he does accents convincingly enough that you’d never be able to tell.
He’s played French, German, and American without anybody noticing the difference, while in Far From the Madding Crowd he played it convincingly English enough that they had him portraying a guy called Gabriel Oak. Personality-wise, meanwhile, Schoenaerts encapsulates the best of Bond.
He’s been called the ‘Belgian Brando,’ possessing the good looks, charm and searing acting talent to earn the comparison. He’s also a malleable, Tom Hardy-esque method man, bulking up, slimming down, and transforming completely according to what the role asks of him.
Matthias Schoenaerts could be whatever 007 producers want Bond to be next, and luckily he also happens to be the same age Daniel Craig was when he was cast to play Bond.