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 fourteen actors that have starred in exactly 11 movies that I have seen, up one from 3 years ago.
Kevin Bacon
Our first newcomer of the week, Bacon first showed up on my screen prior to the start of my database, either with 1988’s She’s Having a Baby or 1991’s He Said, She Said. After that, he showed up in spurts, with two films each in 1996, 1998, and 2001. He laid fallow for 17 years before returning in 2018 with 2017’s Patriots Day. His eleventh, and most recent appearance, came earlier this year in 2020’s You Should Have Left.
Halle Berry
Berry moves up, having racked up starring roles in four different decades now. I first saw Berry in 1992’s Boomerang, which I saw in a screening at Stewart Center at school. After notching five films during the 2000’s, she had a seven-year quiet period before returning to my screen in 2020 with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Her most recent film that I’ve seen was last year’s Moonfall.
Jim Carrey
There has been no change for Carrey since I last encountered him back in 2009, when I saw the previous year’s Yes Man.
Jennifer Connelly
As a 16-year-old in the spring of 1991, I fell in love with Jennifer Connelly thanks to the ads for Career Opportunities, which is very likely the first film of hers that I saw. 2000 was my most prolific Jennifer Connelly year, when I saw a whopping two movies starring her, followed by pretty consistent appearances throughout the decade. After a thirteen-year absence, she returned to my screen in a starring role last year alongside Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick.
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig first appeared on my radar in a starring role in 2007, when I watched his initial outing as James Bond in Casino Royale. I had two three-year mini-streaks, with films in 2007 through 2009 and 2011 through 2013. His two most recent appearances both came in 2022, thanks to the two franchises that account for seven of his eleven films: 2021’s No Time To Die, his final film appearance as James Bond, and 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, his second go-around as Benoit Blanc.
Chris Evans
Chris Evans first appeared on my screen in 2002 thanks to the previous year’s Not Another Teen Movie and has been a pretty steady presence ever since. In 2011, he debuted as Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger and picked up an additional five films for the remainder of the decade, ending with his final appearance in Avengers: End Game in 2019. His most recent appearance came earlier this year in Ghosted.
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