
Janez Albreht was a Slovenian theatre actor. He was a member of SNG in Ljubljana. He worked on the radio and TV Slovenia and took main roles in the dramas of William Shakespeare and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. He received the Prešeren Fund Award in 1981.

Maks Bajc was a Slovenian actor who acted in Yugoslavian movies during 1955–1983.

Matija Barl was a Slovenian actor, producer and translator. In 1962 he founded and organized the first, oldest and most important Slovenian music festival called Slovenska popevka.

Demeter Bitenc was a Slovenian film actor. He appeared in 75 films beginning in 1953. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Željko Ivanek is a Slovenian–American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on Damages, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on Homicide: Life on the Street and Homicide: The Movie, Governor James Devlin on Oz, Andre Drazen on 24, Blake Sterling on the short-lived NBC series The Event, and Emile "The Hunter" Danko in Heroes. From 2014 until 2019, he starred as Russell Jackson in the CBS drama Madam Secretary. He also had a recurring role as F.B.I Special Agent Jim Racine in the Cinemax original series Banshee.

Vida Juvan was a Slovenian actress who won the Prešeren Award in 1971. In the United States she might be best known for a role in the horror film Cave of the Living Dead.

Majda Potokar was a Slovenian film and theatre actress.

Špela Rozin is a Slovenian actress that became famous in the cinema of Yugoslavia. Her breakout role was the lead role in the film Strange Girl that became a cult classic because of the modern portrait of a young woman. Špela appeared in more than forty films since 1959 and she was also very popular in Italy because of the many peplum films she made there before coming back to Yugoslavia.

Stane Sever was a Slovenian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films from 1947 to 1969.

Vladimir Skrbinsek (1902–1987) was a Slovenian stage and film actor.

Miroslava "Mira" Stupica was a Serbian actress best known for her work in the theater, but also had extensive career on television and in films. Enjoying the enduring popularity for over 60 years and celebrated as the ‘actress of the century’ by her peers, she is considered one of the best Serbian actresses of all time.

Zlatko Šugman was one of Slovenia's best known theater, television and film actors.

Štefan "Stevo" Žigon was a Yugoslav and Serbian actor, theatre director, and writer.