# List of film director and actor collaborations

Some film directors and actors have collaborated together numerous times and have become noteworthy for their partnerships. Note: In some instances, the body of work is too extensive to list all the films on which they worked together.

## List of collaborations

| Director | Actor | Films |
| Woody Allen | Diane Keaton | Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971), Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Antonio Banderas | Labyrinth of Passion (1982), Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990), The Skin I Live In (2011), I'm So Excited (2013), Pain and Glory (2019) |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Penélope Cruz | Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited (2013), Pain and Glory (2019) |
| Robert Altman | René Auberjonois | Brewster McCloud (1970), MASH (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Images (1972), The Player (1992) |
| Robert Altman | Henry Gibson | The Long Goodbye (1973), Nashville (1975), A Perfect Couple (1979), Health (1980) |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), The Master (2012) |
| Wes Anderson | Bill Murray | 10 different films from 1998 to the present. |
| Wes Anderson | Luke Wilson | Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) |
| Wes Anderson | Owen Wilson | Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021) |
| Michelangelo Antonioni | Monica Vitti | Il Grido (1957), L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), L'Eclisse (1962), Red Desert (1964), The Mystery of Oberwald (1980) |
| Ingmar Bergman | Bibi Andersson | Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Brink of Life (1958), The Magician (1958), Persona (1966), The Passion of Anna (1969), Scenes from a Marriage (1973) (incomplete) |
| Ingmar Bergman | Max von Sydow | 12 different films between 1957 and 1971. |
| Ingmar Bergman | Liv Ullmann | 10 different films between 1966 and 2003. |
| Budd Boetticher | Randolph Scott | Seven Men from Now (1956), Decision at Sundown (1957), The Tall T (1957), Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), Ride Lonesome (1959), Westbound (1959), Comanche Station (1960) |
| Tod Browning | Lon Chaney | 10 different films between 1919 and 1929. |
| Tim Burton | Johnny Depp | Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012) |
| Tim Burton | Michael Keaton | Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Dumbo (2019), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) |
| Tim Burton | Helena Bonham Carter | Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012) |
| James Cameron | Bill Paxton | The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), True Lies (1994), Titanic (1997), Ghosts of the Abyss (2003, cameo) |
| James Cameron | Arnold Schwarzenegger | The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), T2-3D: Battle Across Time (1996) |
| Leos Carax | Denis Lavant | Boy Meets Girl (1984), Mauvais Sang (1986), Mister Lonely (2007), Tokyo! (2008), Holy Motors (2012) |
| John Carpenter | Kurt Russell | Elvis (1979, TV), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Escape from L.A. (1996) |
| John Cassavetes | Seymour Cassel | Shadows (1958, uncredited), Too Late Blues (1961), Faces (1968), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), Love Streams (1984) |
| John Cassavetes | Gena Rowlands | Shadows (1958, uncredited), Faces (1968), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), Love Streams (1984) |
| Claude Chabrol | Stéphane Audran | 23 different films between 1959 and 1992. |
| Coen brothers | Frances McDormand | Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Miller's Crossing (1990, uncredited), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Burn After Reading (2008), Hail, Caesar! (2016), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Robert Duvall | The Rain People (1969), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974, uncredited), Apocalypse Now (1979) |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Diane Keaton | The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather Part III (1990) |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Al Pacino | The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather Part III (1990) |
| Sofia Coppola | Kirsten Dunst | The Virgin Suicides (1999), Marie Antoinette (2006), The Bling Ring (2013, cameo as herself), The Beguiled (2017) |
| Ryan Coogler | Michael B. Jordan | Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Wrong Answer (2024), Sinners (2025) |
| David Cronenberg | Viggo Mortensen | A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011), Crimes of the Future (2022) |
| Guillermo del Toro | Doug Jones | Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017) |
| Guillermo del Toro | Ron Perlman | Cronos (1992), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Nightmare Alley (2021), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) |
| Clint Eastwood | Morgan Freeman | Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Invictus (2009) |
| Federico Fellini | Marcello Mastroianni | La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963), Roma (1972), La città delle donne (1980), Ginger e Fred (1986), Intervista (1987) |
| Federico Fellini | Giulietta Masina | Luci del varietà (1950), Lo sceicco bianco (1952), La strada (1954), Il bidone (1955), Le notti di Cabiria (1957), Juliet of the Spirits (1965), Ginger e Fred (1986) |
| Paul Feig | Melissa McCarthy | Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), Ghostbusters (2016) |
| David Fincher | Brad Pitt | Seven (1995), Fight Club (1999), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) |
| John Ford | Harry Carey | 27 different films between 1917 and 1936. |
| John Ford | Ben Johnson | Fort Apache (1948), 3 Godfathers (1948, uncredited), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), Cheyenne Autumn (1964) |
| John Ford | John Wayne | 21 different collaborations between 1939 and 1964. |
| Antoine Fuqua | Denzel Washington | Training Day (2001), The Equalizer (2014), The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Equalizer 2 (2018), The Equalizer 3 (2023) |
| Jean-Luc Godard | Anna Karina | A Woman Is a Woman (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Le petit soldat (1963), Bande à part (1964), Alphaville (1965), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Made in U.S.A. (1966), The Oldest Profession (1967, segment: "Anticipation"), |
| Paul Greengrass | Matt Damon | The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Green Zone (2010), Jason Bourne (2016) |
| D. W. Griffith | Lillian Gish | The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), True Heart Susie (1919), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921) (incomplete) |
| Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant | Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), North by Northwest (1959) |
| Alfred Hitchcock | James Stewart | Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958) |
| Howard Hawks | Cary Grant | Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Monkey Business (1952) |
| Werner Herzog | Klaus Kinski | Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987) |
| Nicole Holofcener | Catherine Keener | Walking and Talking (1996), Lovely & Amazing (2001), Friends with Money (2006) |
| Hong Sang-soo | Kim Min-hee | 13 films from 2015 to present. |
| Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune | 16 different films between 1948 and 1965. |
| Spike Lee | Denzel Washington | Mo' Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (1992), He Got Game (1998), Inside Man (2006), Highest 2 Lowest (2025) |
| Richard Linklater | Ethan Hawke | Before Sunrise (1995), The Newton Boys (1998), Waking Life (2001, cameo), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013), Boyhood (2014) |
| Anthony Mann | James Stewart | Winchester '73 (1950), Bend of the River (1952), The Glenn Miller Story (1953), The Naked Spur (1953), Thunder Bay (1953), The Far Country (1954), The Man from Laramie (1955), Strategic Air Command (1955) |
| Adam McKay | Will Ferrell | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) |
| Christopher McQuarrie | Tom Cruise | Jack Reacher (2012), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) |
| Steve McQueen | Michael Fassbender | Hunger (2008), Shame (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013) |
| Jeff Nichols | Michael Shannon | Mud (2012), Midnight Special (2016), Loving (2016), The Bikeriders (2023) |
| Christopher Nolan | Michael Caine | Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017, uncredited voice), Tenet (2020) |
| Christopher Nolan | Christian Bale | Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
| Christopher Nolan | Cillian Murphy | Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dunkirk (2017), Oppenheimer (2023) |
| Christopher Nolan | Tom Hardy | Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dunkirk (2017) |
| Christopher Nolan | Gary Oldman | Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Oppenheimer (2023) |
| Christopher Nolan | Matt Damon | Interstellar (2014), Oppenheimer (2023), The Odyssey (2026) |
| Christopher Nolan | Anne Hathaway | The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014), The Odyssey (2026) |
| Yasujiro Ozu | Setsuko Hara | Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1951), Tokyo Story (1953), Tokyo Twilight (1957), Late Autumn (1960), The End of Summer (1961) |
| Yasujiro Ozu | Chishū Ryū | 52 different films between 1928 and 1962 |
| Sam Raimi | Bruce Campbell | 14 different films from 1977 to the present. |
| Kelly Reichardt | Michelle Williams | Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Certain Women (2016), Showing Up (2022) |
| David O. Russell | Jennifer Lawrence | Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), Joy (2015) |
| Russo brothers | Tom Holland | Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Cherry (2021) |
| Russo brothers | Chris Evans | Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), The Gray Man (2022) |
| Martin Scorsese | Robert De Niro | 11 different films from 1973 to the present. |
| Martin Scorsese | Leonardo DiCaprio | Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Audition (2015), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) |
| Ridley Scott | Russell Crowe | Gladiator (2000), A Good Year (2006), American Gangster (2007), Body of Lies (2008), Robin Hood (2010) |
| M. Night Shyamalan | Bruce Willis | The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Glass (2019), Split (2016, uncredited cameo) |
| Kevin Smith | Ben Affleck | Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Jersey Girl (2004), Clerks II (2006), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), Clerks III (2022) |
| Steven Soderbergh | George Clooney | Out of Sight (1998), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Solaris (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), The Good German (2006), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
| Steven Soderbergh | Matt Damon | Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Che (2008), The Informant! (2009), Contagion (2011), Behind the Candelabra (2013), Unsane (2018, Cameo) |
| Steven Soderbergh | Channing Tatum | Haywire (2011), Magic Mike (2012), Side Effects (2013), Logan Lucky (2017), Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) |
| Steven Spielberg | Tom Hanks | Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), A Timeless Call (2008, short) (cameo only), Bridge of Spies (2015), The Post (2017) |
| Chad Stahelski | Keanu Reeves | John Wick (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) |
| Quentin Tarantino | Samuel L. Jackson | Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009, uncredited voice), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015) |
| Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman | Pulp Fiction (1994), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) |
| François Truffaut | Jean-Pierre Léaud | The 400 Blows (1959), Antoine and Colette (1962, short), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970), Two English Girls (1971), Day for Night (1973), Love on the Run (1979) |
| Denis Villeneuve | Dave Bautista | Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Dune (2021), Dune: Part Two (2024) |
| Denis Villeneuve | Josh Brolin | Sicario (2015), Dune (2021), Dune: Part Two (2024) |
| Josef von Sternberg | Marlene Dietrich | The Blue Angel (1930), Morocco (1930), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), Blonde Venus (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The Devil is a Woman (1935) |
| Joss Whedon | Nathan Fillion | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Firefly (2001-02), Serenity (2005), Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) |
| Wong Kar-wai | Maggie Cheung | Days of Being Wild (1990), Ashes of Time (1994), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), |
| Wong Kar-wai | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Chungking Express (1994), Ashes of Time (1994), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), The Grandmaster (2013) |
| John Woo | Chow Yun-Fat | A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Killer (1989), Once a Thief (1991), Hard Boiled (1992) |
| Edgar Wright | Simon Pegg | Spaced (1999-2001), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), Grindhouse (Don't fake trailer), The World's End (2013) |
| Joe Wright | Keira Knightley | Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012) |
| Corey Yuen | Jet Li | Fong Sai-yuk (1993), Fong Sai-yuk II (1993), The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994), The New Legend of Shaolin (1994), My Father Is a Hero (1995) |