Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down33 Actors Who Pulled Off An American Accent So Well, I Had NO IDEA They Weren't From The US"Cate Blanchett. First, I thought she was American, then I thought she was British, then I finally learned she's Australian."by Michele BirdBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestLink Part of being a good actor is being able to transform into any character, including being able to nail the specific accent a role calls for. Reddit user Improv92 recently asked which actors had such a convincing American accent that audiences were stunned they weren't originally from the US. Here are the ones who deserve applause for their award-winning (and realistic!) performances: 1. "Robert Pattinson. My siblings were debating whether his real accent was the one in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire or Twilight. Wwd / Getty Images -u/Key_Assistance_2125 2. "Tom Holland." Karwai Tang / Getty Images -u/Winter_Dragonfly_452 3. "Andrew Lincoln, aka Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead." Steve Granitz / Getty Images -u/SlimChonson 4. "Cate Blanchett. First, I thought she was American, then I thought she was British, then I finally learned she's Australian." Joe Maher / Getty Images -u/CitizenHuman 5. "Will Poulter." Dave Benett / Getty Images -u/Bigtits38 6. "I didn't know Colin Farrell was Irish for the longest time." Savion Washington / Getty Images -u/BanjoTCat 7. "Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully." Gisela Schober / Getty Images -u/TerribleBid8416 8. "Margot Robbie doesn't get nearly enough credit for her accent work." Samir Hussein / Getty Images -u/FlyingTrampolinePupp 9. "Kelly Reilly as Beth from Yellowstone." John Nacion / Getty Images -u/melydi85 10. "Christian Bale." Robin L Marshall / Getty Images -u/BackgroundNo5898 11. "Ella Purnell! I was shocked when I discovered that the voice she uses for Jinx in Arcane isn't her natural speaking voice." Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images -u/phantom_avenger 12. "Melanie Lynskey." Amanda Edwards / Getty Images -u/ProfessionalBrick717 13. "Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House. I binged the whole series and only then learned that he's actually British, which blew my mind; he's just so good at it." Dave Benett / Getty Images -u/vivivivivistan 14. "Toni Collette." Dominique Charriau / Getty Images -u/MoneyTeam814 15. "Damian Lewis. The first time I saw him in anything was Band of Brothers." Ben Montgomery / Getty Images -u/jsmeeker 16. "Rose Byrne." Amy Sussman / Getty Images -u/Shrimp1991 17. "Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty in The Wire." Kayla Oaddams / Getty Images -u/TamlaHill 18. "Gary Oldman." Araya Doheny / Getty Images -u/Toclaw1 19. "Minnie Driver. When I saw her in Good Will Hunting, I thought her British accent was so fake. Joke's on me." Joe Maher / Getty Images -u/ether_reddit 20. "Naomi Watts." Xny / Getty Images -u/sanitynow-25 21. "Theo James in The White Lotus and Divergent." Olivia Wong / Getty Images -u/butterf1y 22. "Isla Fisher." Karwai Tang / Getty Images -u/firesquasher 23. "Freddie Highmore." Tristan Fewings / Getty Images -u/melbo15 24. "Charlie Hunnam." Dave Benett / Getty Images -u/OkInternal336 25. "Cillian Murphy." Kate Green / Getty Images -u/Puzzled-Mastodon-703 26. "Millie Bobby Brown." Borja B. Hojas / Getty Images -u/DistantKarma 27. "Idris Elba." Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images -u/inthedrops 28. "Emily Blunt." John Lamparski / Getty Images -u/KurtVongole 29. "Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us." Michael Buckner / Getty Images -u/doinmabest1 30. "Joseph Quinn." Lia Toby / Getty Images -u/alehansolo21 31. "Nicole Kidman." Karwai Tang / Getty Images -u/ColumbusMark 32. "Hugh Jackman." Noam Galai / Getty Images -u/Electricslug55 33. "Milly Alcock in Sirens. She had so many small phonetic mannerisms down that I was shocked to learn she wasn't from the US." Dominik Bindl / Getty Images -u/Honduran Now it's your turn! Which actor nails an American accent best? Share your thoughts in the comments! Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.