Actor: David Bowie

David Bowie’s screen work is more substantial than most musician crossovers. The Man Who Fell to Earth casts him as an alien and requires almost no acting because the strangeness is already there.

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence gives him a genuine dramatic role opposite Ryuichi Sakamoto, and The Prestige gives him Nikola Tesla. Labyrinth gave him Jareth, which introduced him to an audience of children and has become the role he is most asked about.