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. Given those guidelines, it is time once again to look at the now 107 actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of July 1.
We continue today with the twelve actors that have starred in exactly 15 movies that I have seen, an increase of three from 3 years ago.
Amy Adams
Amy Adams made her first appearance on my screen in 2001, when I watched the repurposed television pilot that became Cruel Intentions 2. She returned in 2008, starting a run of eight films in four years. After a five-year absence, she returned in 2022 with the previous year’s The Woman In The Window.
Jamie Lee Curtis
My first experience with the former teenage scream queen was likely one of the first two Halloween films, the franchise that is responsible for nearly 47% of the films on this list. After a seven-year lull, she returned with the latest reboot/continuation of the Halloween franchise, culminating in 2022’s Halloween Ends.
Will Ferrell
The SNL alum first streaked on to the list of film actors I’ve seen in 2003 with Old School. Since then, his appearances have been pretty consistent, with 2012-2013 being the longest streak of him not appearing on my screen. The most recent film of his I’ve seen was 2013’s Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, which I finally saw last year.
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 years, she had been a steadfast presence on my movie (or television) screen, including three films in 2005 and four in 2009. Things have slowed a bit this decade, with her latest appearance being 2019’s The Hustle, which I saw in 2020.
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.
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