HIFF25: Variety 10 Actors to Watch

Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch

Variety-150-newNow in our sixth year of collaboration, the Hamptons International Film Festival and Variety, the respected trade publication, present this year’s dynamic class of VARIETY 10 ACTORS TO WATCH. These rising stars with “unlimited potential for bright careers” will be celebrated at the 2017 Festival.

At the festival, join select honorees for our free Saturday Winick Talk at Rowdy Hall. Seating is limited; arrive early. Details here.

Past honorees include many future Oscar® winners and nominees, including Viola Davis, Brie Larson, Mahershala Ali, Riz Ahmed Alicia Vikander, Jessica Chastain, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Patricia Clarkson, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael Shannon, Melissa Leo and more. Additional actors who have received this honor include Oscar Isaac, David Oyelowo, Adam Driver, Miles Teller, Jack O’Connell, Tatiana Maslany, Emily Blunt, Rooney Mara, and Alexander Skarsgård.

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Timothée Chalamet

Appearing in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Notable credits: Homeland, INTERSTELLAR
Upcoming: HOSTILES, LADY BIRD

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Hong Chau

Notable credits: INHERENT VICE, Treme, Big Little Lies
Upcoming: DOWNSIZING

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Kiersey Clemons

Notable credits: DOPE, THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK, Transparent
Upcoming: JUSTICE LEAGUE, FLATLINERS

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 06: Actor Daveed Diggs discusses "Hamilton" with AOL build at AOL Studios In New York on May 6, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic)

Daveed Diggs

Notable credits: Hamilton (Tony® winner), Black-ish, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Upcoming: WONDER, FERDINAND

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Ali Fazal

Notable credits: FURIOUS 7, Bollywood films FUKREY, KHAMOSHIYAN
Upcoming: VICTORIA & ABDUL

Get Out

Daniel Kaluuya

Appearing in: GET OUT

Notable credits: SICARIO
Upcoming: BLACK PANTHER, WIDOWS

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Barry Keoghan

Notable credits: DUNKIRK, ’71
Upcoming: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER, BLACK 47

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Danielle Macdonald

Notable credits: PATTI CAKE$, EVERY SECRET THING
Upcoming: LADY BIRD, DUMPLIN’, WHITE GIRL PROBLEMS

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Kumail Nanjiani

Notable credits: THE BIG SICK, Silicon Valley, Portlandia
Upcoming: THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE

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Grace Van Patten

Appearing in: THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES

Notable credits: TRAMPS
Upcoming: THE WILDE WEDDING, UNDER THE SILVER LAKE

Photo credit: Sophie Elgort