Many years ago, using the weekly TV guide that came with the Sunday Chicago Tribune, I started keeping track of all of the movies I had seen over the course of my lifetime.  The guide would list the two main stars for each movie, and that is a tradition that I’ve carried on in my database ever since.  So, given those guidelines, and thanks to a corona virus inspired uptick to my movie watching this year, it is time to look at the 100 actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of July 1.

Today, we continue with the 9 actors that have starred in 15 movies that I have seen, an increase of 4 at this level from 3 years ago.

Anne Hathaway

Like most of America, I first saw Anne Hathaway on the silver screen back in 2003 in The Princess Diaries.  In the intervening 11 years, she has been a steadfast presence on my movie (or television) screen, including 3 films in 2005 and 4 in 2009.  She’s moved up 2 spots in the past 3 years, with her latest appearance being 2019’s The Hustle, which I saw earlier this year.

Angelina Jolie

Her last appearance on my screen is still in 2012, when I saw her in Changeling.

Steve Martin

The last starring role of his that I saw remains 2005’s Shopgirl, which I saw in 2009.

Brad Pitt

In 1994, I saw a little film called Kalifornia, which introduced me to Brad Pitt.  While he would become a mega-star over the next few years, I was a bit of a late comer to his films.  Other than watching A River Runs Through It in 1997 during the Sports in Literature class I took during my last semester of college, it was 2000 before I saw another Pitt film.  Making up for lost time, I plowed through 3 films in 2000.  He had a 4 year streak between in 2010 and 2013, then entered a dry spell that ended this year, when I saw him in both Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood and Ad Astra.

Natalie Portman

The first starring roles of Natalie Portman’s that I saw were in 2001, when I watched a double feature of Where The Heart Is and Anywhere But Here.  Her appearances in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the Thor franchise have accounted for nearly 27% of her overall total.  2011 was a big Portman year for me, as I saw a whopping 4 of her films.  My last experience with her work was last year’s Lucy In The Sky, which I watched earlier this year.

Will Smith

Will Smith’s transition from rapper to TV star to movie star began with 1995’s Bad Boys.  The following two year, he cemented himself as a huge star with the double feature of Independence Day and Men In Black.  The Bad Boys and Men In Black franchises have made up over 33% of his total movies that I’ve seen.  My most recent exposure to his work came earlier this year in 2019’s Gemini Man.

Mark Wahlberg

The former leader of the Funky Bunch first moved over to movies with Fear, in which he costarred with the another star at this level, in 1996.  There have been 4 years since where I have seen multiple Wahlberg flicks, most recently in 2018.  The last film of his that I saw was the second of those 2018 flicks, 2017’s Transformers: The Last Knight.

Robin Williams

Seeing as he is no longer walking the Earth, 2008 is still both my biggest Williams year and my last time seeing his films, thanks to Jack, License To Wed, and The Night Listener.

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon crashed in to my movie going consciousness in 1996 with two entries, the aforementioned Fear and Freeway.  A 6 year streak started in 1999 and finished in 2004 with the sequel to Legally Blonde.  She moves up 2 spots, with the last time I saw one of her films coming earlier this year, when I watched 2017’s Home Again.