India, Dec. 30 -- The Independent has listed the 60 best actors of the 21st century. These include actors from around the globe, but exclude shows in general and films released post the year 2000. (Also Read: Year Ender 2024 | Best underrated Indian films of the year)

There's only one Indian actor, however, who made it to this list. No, it's not Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan or any seasoned female actor. In fact, ranking at #41 is late actor Irrfan Khan. Irrfan, who died in 2020 at the age of 53, struggled for over a decade from the late 1980s to early 2000s, before he found a breakthrough with Asif Kapadia's 2001 film The Warrior. The Independent lauded the "stoic fortitude" of Irrfan in this role of a warrior based in th...