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 111 actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of August 1.
We continue today with the six actors that have starred in exactly 18 movies that I have seen, an increase of three from three 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 years, she had been a steadfast presence on my movie (or television) screen, including three films in 2005, four in 2009, and two in 2025. Her latest appearance came earlier this year in the long awaited The Devil Wears Prada 2.
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 over 31% of her overall total. 2011 was a big Portman year for me, as I saw a whopping four of her films. My last experience with her work came in 2025, when she appeared in Fountain of Youth.
Paul Rudd
1998’s The Object of My Affection was my first exposure (in a starring role) to Paul Rudd. He then put together a run of five films in four years from 2008-2011 and, after taking a year off, had another four in the following three years. I last saw him last year, starring in Death of a Unicorn, his sixth appearance in the last four years.
Meg Ryan
My introduction to Meg Ryan was most likely in 1990, when I saw the previous year’s hit When Harry Met Sally. She put together a nice six-year run starting in 1994 which accounted for ten movies. Things have been quiet of late and the most recent film of hers I’ve seen remains 2009’s Serious Moonlight back in 2010.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
My initial introduction to the future governor of California was most likely 1987’s The Running Man. 2008 was my biggest collection of his films, with three, and was one of four years where I saw multiples. The most such year was 2020, where I saw both The Last Stand and Terminator: Dark Fate.