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The Top Actors of the Week of November 10
in Film, TV, Broadway and Home Video

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November 12, 2008

Ben Stiller returns to the jungle in the #1 film spot this week. Paul Rudd plays the role locking up #2 this week, and Samuel L. Jackson gets the #6 slot.

William Petersen makes it 4 straight weeks as the #1 Actor in Television. Terry Hatcher and Ellen Pompeov are narrowing the gender gap coming in #2 and #3 respectively.

#1 Kerry Ellis continues out pace the rest of Broadway, but a strong #2 now belongs to Haydn Gwynne as she rises three spots this week from #5.

Mae Whitman voicing Tinker Bell blows past the lost boys to score in the #1 postion in Home Video. The super heros still hold the rest of the top 5 with Abigail Breslin at #7.

The Top Ten Actors of the Week is compiled and released by The Actors Hall of Fame to recognize actors who star in the most popular productions based on box office, ratings and sales in four categories - Film, Television, Broadway and Home Video.

The Top 10 Actors of 2008 will be announced by The Actors Hall of Fame Foundation in early January.

The Top 10 Actors of the Week (ending November 10, 2008)
Film
1. Ben Stiller (Madagascar:Escape 2 Africa)

2. Paul Rudd (Role Model)

3. Zac Efron (High School Musical 3: Senior Year)

4. Angelina Jolie (The Changeling)

5. Seth Rogen (Zack and Miri Make a Porno)

6. Samuel L. Jackson (Soul Men)

7. Tobin Bell (Saw V)

8. Haley Bennett (The Haunting of Molly Hartley)

9. Queen Latifah (The Secret Life of Bees)

10. Shia LeBeouf (Eagle Eye)


Television
1. William Petersen (CSI)

2. Terry Hatcher (Desperate Housewives)

3 Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy)

4. Joe Montagena (Criminal Minds)

5. Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

6. David Caruso (CSI Miami)

7. Kathryn Morris (Cold Case)

8. Gary Sinise (CSI NY)

9. David Krumholtz (Numb3rs)

10. Mark Harmon (NCIS)


Broadway
1. Kerry Ellis (Wicked)

2. Haydn Gwynne (Billy Elliot)

3. Sebastian Arcelus (Jersey Boys)

4. Derek Smith (Lion King)

5. Kelli O' Hara (South Pacific)

6. Carolee Carmello (Mamma Mia)

7. Andrea Burns (In The Heights)

8. Sierra Boggess (Little Mermaid)

9. John Lithgow (All My Sons)

10. Scarlett Strallen (Mary Poppins)


Home Video
1. Mae Whitman (Tinker Bell)

2. Brendan Fraser (Journey to the Center of the Earth)

3. Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk)

4. Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones-Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

5. Robert Downey Jr. (Ironman)

6. Liv Tyler (The Strangers)

7. Abigail Breslin (Kit Kittredge: An American Girl)

8. Mary Costa (Sleeping Beauty)

9. Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy)

10. Chris Sarandon (Nightmake Before Christmas: Holiday Edition)



Based on the prior week's results of box office, ratings and sales, The Top Ten Actors of the Week recognizes those artists who star in current Film, Television, Broadway and DVDs, as reported by the leading industry research organizations.

The list is compiled and distributed by The Actors Hall of Fame Foundation, a non-profit educational organization that is dedicated to restoring dramatic arts education in schools.

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