This article lists notable Austrian actors.
Actors who were active in more than one era are listed only in that era in which they started their acting career.
Silent film era (1906-1930) edit
Females:
- Sybille Binder
- Betty Bird
- Hedwig Bleibtreu
- Carmen Cartellieri
- Mady Christians
- Josefine Dora
- Tilla Durieux
- Olga Engl
- Anna Exl
- Maria Fein
- Nora Gregor
- Ilka Grünig
- Grit Haid
- Liane Haid
- Jenny Jugo
- Eva May
- Mia May
- Hansi Niese
- Ida Orloff
- Maria Reisenhofer
- Frida Richard
- Ellen Richter
- Magda Sonja
- Mathilde Sussin
- Maria Zelenka
Males:
- Wolf Albach-Retty
- Ernst Arndt
- Ludwig Auer
- Felix Basch
- Karl Baumgartner
- Teddy Bill
- Joseph Delmont
- Ernst Deutsch
- Gustav Diessl
- Anton Edthofer
- Karl Ehmann
- Ferdinand Exl
- Karl Farkas
- Friedrich Feher
- Willi Forst
- Rudolf Forster
- Alfons Fryland
- Jaro Fürth
- Alexander Girardi
- Alexander Granach
- Emmerich Hanus
- Heinz Hanus
- Karl Harbacher
- Franz Höbling
- Oskar Homolka
- Paul Hörbiger
- Fritz Imhoff
- Hans Jaray
- Oskar Karlweis
- Wilhelm Klitsch
- Fritz Kortner
- Fred Louis Lerch
- Hubert Marischka
- Hans Moser
- Eugen Neufeld
- Max Neufeld
- Alfred Neugebauer
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Max Pallenberg
- Anton Pointner
- Paul Richter
- Eduard Rothauser
- Josef Schildkraut
- Rudolph Schildkraut
- Oskar Sima
- Fritz Spira
- Walter Slezak
- Magnus Stifter
- Ludwig Stössel
- Erich von Stroheim
- Igo Sym
- Hermann Thimig
- Otto Tressler
- Hans Unterkircher
- Eduard von Winterstein
- Anton Walbrook
- Friedrich Zelnik
Early sound film era (1929-1959) edit
Females:
- Rosa Albach-Retty
- Senta Berger
- Vanessa Brown
- Friedl Czepa
- Elfriede Datzig
- Vilma Degischer
- Poldi Dur
- Edith Elmay
- Maria Emo
- Maria Eis
- Ilse Exl
- Adrienne Gessner
- Käthe Gold
- Anita Gutwell
- Waltraut Haas
- Marte Harell
- Heidemarie Hatheyer
- Angelika Hauff
- Judith Holzmeister
- Lizzi Holzschuh
- Christiane Hörbiger
- Gusti Huber
- Ulla Jacobsson
- Gertraud Jesserer
- Eva Kerbler
- Doris Kirchner
- Hansi Knoteck
- Hilde Krahl
- Ida Krottendorf
- Elfriede Kuzmany
- Hedy Lamarr
- Lotte Lang
- Susi Lanner
- Lotte Ledl
- Lotte Lenya
- Gerlinde Locker
- Sylvia Lopez
- Erni Mangold
- Christl Mardayn
- Trude Marlen
- Johanna Matz
- Gerda Maurus
- Elfie Mayerhofer
- Marisa Mell
- Edith Mill
- Susi Nicoletti
- Eva Pawlik
- Ina Peters
- Maria Perschy
- Erika Remberg
- Annie Rosar
- Angela Salloker
- Maria Schell
- Romy Schneider
- Marianne Schönauer
- Gretl Schörg
- Christine Schuberth
- Alma Seidler
- Traudl Stark
- Gretl Theimer
- Helene Thimig
- Jane Tilden
- Nadja Tiller
- Luise Ullrich
- Lizzi Waldmüller
- Senta Wengraf
- Paula Wessely
- Gusti Wolf
- Yetta Zwerling
Males:
- Peter Alexander
- Leon Askin
- John Banner
- Theodore Bikel
- Karlheinz Böhm
- Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Siegfried Breuer
- Heinz Conrads
- Theodor Danegger
- Helmut Dantine
- Ludwig Donath
- Joseph Egger
- Carl Esmond
- O. W. Fischer
- Karl Fochler
- Robert Freitag
- Erik Frey
- Leopold Hainisch
- Otto Hartmann
- Karl Hellmer
- Paul Henreid
- Hans Holt
- Attila Hörbiger
- Thomas Hörbiger
- Adrian Hoven
- Michael Janisch
- Curd Jürgens
- Alexander Kerst
- Eduard Köck
- Walter Kohut
- Friedrich von Ledebur
- Theo Lingen
- Eduard Linkers
- Helmuth Lohner
- Peter Lorre
- Paul Löwinger
- Ferdinand Marian
- Franz Marischka
- Josef Meinrad
- Kurt Meisel
- Fritz Muliar
- Reggie Nalder
- Rolf Olsen
- Karl Paryla
- Nikolaus Paryla
- Gunther Philipp
- Eric Pohlmann
- Rudolf Prack
- Helmut Qualtinger
- Freddy Quinn
- Fred Raul
- Raoul Retzer
- Walter Reyer
- Gregor von Rezzori
- Rudolf Rhomberg
- Gerhard Riedmann
- Richard Romanowsky
- Toni Sailer
- Maximilian Schell
- Otto Schenk
- Karl Schönböck
- Dietmar Schönherr
- Heinrich Schweiger
- Frederick Stafford
- Viktor Staal
- Erwin Strahl
- Otto Tausig
- Georg Tressler
- Alexander Trojan
- Friedrich von Ledebur
- Gregor von Rezzori
- Peter Weck
- Kurt Weinzierl
- John Wengraf
- Oskar Werner
- Rudolf Wessely
- Bernhard Wicki
1960s to 1980s edit
Females:
- Helga Anders
- Monica Bleibtreu
- Katharina Böhm
- Sybil Danning
- Mercedes Echerer
- Andrea Eckert
- Sonja Kirchberger
- Dagmar Koller
- Sissy Löwinger
- Marianne Mendt
- Christine Ostermayer
- Erika Pluhar
- Nina Proll
- Maria Rohm
- Eva Reuber-Staier
- Elisabeth Trissenaar
- Barbara Valentin
Males:
- Herb Andress,
- Wolf Bachofner
- Helmut Berger
- William Berger
- Wolfram Berger
- Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Jacques Breuer
- Alfons Haider
- Karlheinz Hackl
- Robert Hoffmann
- Udo Jürgens
- Fritz Karl
- Peter Kern
- Werner Kreindl
- Erwin Leder
- Paulus Manker
- Karl Merkatz
- Tobias Moretti
- Hans Georg Nenning
- Werner Pochath
- Hanno Pöschl
- Lukas Resetarits
- Sieghardt Rupp
- Walter Schmidinger
- August Schmölzer
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Oskar Werner
- August Zirner
Since 1990s edit
Women:
- Muriel Baumeister
- Mavie Hörbiger
- Cindy Kurleto
- Larissa Marolt
- Birgit Minichmayr
- Marlene Morreis
- Ursula Strauss
- Franziska Weisz
- Natalie Alison
- Patricia Aulitzky
- Pia Baresch
- Gabriela Benesch
- Heidi Berger
- Nicole Beutler
- Eva Billisich
- Nina Blum
- Ruth Brauer-Kvam
- Katrin Butt
- Sandra Cervik
- Emily Cox
- Hemma Clementi
- Hilde Dalik
- Zoë Straub