"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." - Nelson Mandela

Major oversight: SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE, who spoke French, Italian, German, Spanish, and of course English---all fluently.

How has Christopher Lee not made this list! He spoke: Italian, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Greek and Swedish

Kobe’s Italian was wonderful. In some interviews you can tell he struggled to remember a couple of words here and there since he’d been gone from Italy for a long time. Still his accent was great and clearly from the area where he used to live.

I love how Gwyneth Paltrow speaks Spanish with a strong Spain accent while Viggo Mortensen does it with a strong Argentine accent.

Jodie Foster speaks perfect French and has shown it in many interviews on French national TV. A joy to watch!

One of my favorites was Charlize Theron. The interviewer was Belgian speaking Flemish and she was replying in Afrikaans. It was amazing to see how easily they understood each other

I am German and Sandra Bullock speaks amazing German, she has a bit of an accent, but the grammar and vocabulary are great. For someone who doesn't speak German in everyday life, she speaks outstanding German.

Respect for the polyglots , languages conect people

I think it’s really cool when celebrities do interviews in multiple languages. I heard from Sean Ferrer (Audrey Hepburn’s son) that his father Mel Ferrer spoke six languages and his daughter Emma speaks four languages

Eddie Izzard does stand-up in English, French, German, and Spanish....and he is now learning Russian and Arabic. Languages are his hobby. I am surprised he is not included in this.

Hats down to the polyglots! I love watching Novak Djokovic playing different tournaments around the world and every time he has a post-match interview he speaks the language of that country, so impressive!

8:21 No. When you grow up in Austria, your native language is german. Period. English is just a very popular second language that most Europeans learn at school, amongst - most of the time - at least another language like spanish, french, italian,...

And it is funny how us latinos don't make fun of people accent speaking spanish, we love the effort they make by communicating in our language ❤️

Audrey Hepburn originally grew up in the Netherlands, before being evacuated to England at the outbreak of the second world war. Her mother was a Dutch Aristocrat (Countess). Her language skills in the Netherlands were above average, as she was fluent in Dutch, Flemish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, as well as some Indonesian, Russian and Mandarin. As is typical in the Netherlands, Hepburn never used her language skills as a "circus stunt," but switched from language to language as she felt necessary, in order to make the person(s) with whom she spoke feel more comfortable.

I think this is more impressive for Americans. For Europeans, it is normal to learn more languages in school. I am from the Netherlands and in high school we are obligated to study 4(!) languages: English, German, French, Dutch.

Jodi Foster really impressed the French when she did interviews in their language.

Jodie Foster's French is so good that you see no difference between her's and her interviewer's.

In Europe, speaking Multiple languages is common My wife is Portuguese, the romance languages come easily off her tongue. Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and then English and even Aussie Slang (not really a Language) It is very helpful when travelling that is for sure.

What about Daniel Brühl? He speaks German, Spanish, English, French and Catalan. Not only for interviews. He had done movies in German, English, Spanish and French

Audrey Hepburn was just amazing and beautiful in every aspect.

Sandra Bullock has got the loveliest northern Bavarian („Franken“) twang, which to many Germans is what the Welsh accent is to the British.

Ben Affleck is literally all the Spanish accents rolled into one

Mortensen speaks Spanish as if he was born in Argentina. It is nice to hear.

Tom Hiddleston's greek is actually ancient Greek, and it's just a couple of sentences here and there in interviews. As a Greek speaker, can't really say that it counts....

Since ya'll talked about Sandra Bullock and said you're no experts but she sounds pretty good: Yes, she does. I'm German and I was shocked when I found out a few years ago and saw her talking at the Bambi Awards, her German is almost flawless still

Vigo's Spanish is as good as his English. He speaks with a flawless Argentine accent and is completely fluent, but his language skill is so good, he can do other accents too. I once saw a play with him where he played a Spanish man from Madrid and it was spot on.

well at first knowing Chris hemsworth has an ability to speak Indonesia is so "Luar Biasa" (Amazing) and "Ga Nyangka" (surprisingly)

Lady Diana Spencer speaking in Italian is a thing of beauty. Also, an Emma Thompson interview in French is great to watch!

Freddie Highmore- speaks 5 languages.

Ii never judge someone speaking to me in English when it's clear it's their 2nd language, I'm just very impressed they took the time and effort to learn something difficult. Too many people here are judging these celebrities on their accents and tonal sounds, give them credit not criticism.

I love how Ben's voice keeps getting to higher and higher pitch when he speaks español

In Europe, it is absolutely normal to speak several languages, it's only big news in the States.

Kobe sounds so fluid speaking Italian. You can tell he’s quite fluent, he doesn’t pause or stutter to find the right word. I only speak one language, so they are all impressive to me.

If Mark Zuckerberg and John Cena’s mandarin is considered fluent, I probably speak about 18 languages.

I have endless respect for those who speak multiple languages. It is something I would love to do but even picking up Spanish has been very difficult for me. Seems like there is a real natural talent that some have that allow them to speak multiple languages and it is something I do not have but greatly admire!

Indonesian here. Chris Hemsworth's Indonesian has a very heavy Anglo accent. And it seems like he only remembers phrases rather than being able to hold conversations with the language. But kudos to him for knowing those phrases.

Honorable mention: Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Dutch. They were both born in Amsterdam, and moved to Pasadena, California in 1962. There are several videos knocking around KZfaq of the brothers conducting interviews in Dutch.

I love watching these kinds of videos but they're often the same celebrities and the same interviews over and over again. I was pleased to see Audrey Hepburn and Kobe Bryant included in this one and was surprised to see Guy Ritchie! That's one I've never heard of.

I understand Christop Waltz switching languages mid conversation bc some ideas and concepts are better iterated in certain languages. There are things in Spanish that express a more accurate meaning than in English or Spanish and vice versa

I love Kobe's Italian and even more I love his Italian accent when he speaks Spanish! 💕

The great thing about the romance languages are that they share a lot of similarities due to their common Latin roots. I remember in my freshman year of high school I was taking Latin, Spanish, and Languages Arts/English at the same time. My Latin class wasn't a super serious class (it was mostly juniors and seniors, and it was the last year they offered it at my school), but I tried to pick up as much as I could. The vocabulary I learned in one class could be used to my advantage in another class, and I just truly think it's really cool. I hope one day I can actually get myself to sit down and actually properly learn one of them. Truly kudos to all the people who can speak multiple languages.

Dolph Lundgren? I remember reading that he can speak 13 different languages including Japanese, Swedish, English, Russian .......

A fluent non-native English speaker in the US is often misconstrued as having broken English due to their accent, while an American speaking another language at a basic level with a thick accent may be perceived as fluent. WTF?!

The great Kirk Douglas spoke an amazing French, so well in fact he was even able to joke and crack-up a intellectual bunch of French essayists and writers.

Great respect to Viggo Mortensen. This is absolutely wonderful.

how could you forget Paul Robeson? he was a lawyer, an athlete, a singer/actor, the valedictorian of his class at Rutgers...and he spoke 15 languages. He sang Old Man River in Show Boat. What an amazing individual!!

WOW never knew this, Thanks for sharing. 🙏❤ Great clip by the way

And this is why Sarena is the GOAT. She learned French in advance of her French grand slam win. Which she did eventually win. By then a fluent French speaker. Amazing.

I've been learning Spanish and when I heard Will Smith talk in Spanish, I was like, 'I'm so happy! I understood everything he just said!' 😂

Audrey Hepburn was born and raised in Brussels which is why she speaks French and she later lived in the Netherlands.

My wife says I speak a different language..especially when I’m drunk 😂

To be blessed to know and to speak another language. These celebrities can open doors around the world. Without languages understood... we are dust.

As a woman WHO has a husband FROM PUERTO Rico..and being from a Hispanic background myself...I'm EXTREMELY impressed by WILL AND Ben's Spanish speaking abilities....DIOS TE BENDIGA..

When living in a multi Cultural country , for example a Malay were taught English at school. Needs to learn Arabic to be understanding Islam. Had to learnt Chinese Cantonese as the neighbour grandmother from China speak only Cantonese. My school friends are Javanese. So do my grandparents. Like it or not, you must master the language. Most of my friends are Chinese. My neighbour were Anzac soldiers. Every year those neighbour Anzac family change. One day, we got a very nice Scottish family . The next year we got English who kept by themselves. Then we got Aussies that spoke in a funny accents that it's hard to understand. That is in Singapore. The first day I went schooling, I studied Mandarin. There's no Malay class ! My younger brother is in Chinese kindergarden and need to write Mandarin homeworks. We live in a Chinese dominant are with odd Indians scattered. In later years I work in a Japanese firms where their technicians and Engineers are Japanese. Most of them are hopeless in English😁 So, I need to learnt it . Then I went to Japan for a while to visit my relatives who married a Japanese. Most of those Japanese waiters don't speak English at all. So knowing a bit of Japanese does help.

Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat, & Michelle Yeoh: English.

lupita has a beautiful speaking voice.

Thanks for the video. I kind of lost my passion for learning languages as I can speak three languages fluently. Right now, I am pushing for my love to learn and speak more. Spanish, here I come!

Bullock´s German is totally sweet. Yes, her grammar is a bit mixed up but she knows words even native speakers sometimes don´t know.

It’s so cute seeing Ben Affleck speaking Spanish because I imagine him trying that out with JLo ❤

You forgot all the swedish actors in Hollywood, they all are fluent in at least 2 languages (many of them three or four).

Mun Kayoung, a South Korean actress can speak Korean, English and German fluently. And also Jackon Wang, can speak Chinese, Korean and English very well.👍👍

I'm surprised they didn't have Mila Kunis standing up for JT in Russian.

Most people in the world speak two or more languages (their regional language, the national language, maybe another regional language, English, etc), but Americans get so surprised when one of them can say a few words in other language. Anyway, Jodie Foster's French is impeccable, and Viggo Mortensen speaks Spanish with a perfect Argentinian accent; Paltrow's Spanish is also good, with an accent from Spain. Chalamet's French and Nyongo's Spanish are competent with few mistakes. The rest can manage, although making mistakes and having strong accents. Cena's and Zuckerberg's mandarin is hard to understand due to not pronouncing the tones right. In any case, it is good to see they're all trying their best to learn other languages.

If fluency is in the ear of the beholder, no foreigner is fluent in French. I think my French is excellent but they always ask me to speak English because "I 'butcher' the language". While simply learning the very basics in an Asian language earns you a genuine respect for your efforts.

Tom Hiddleston also reads and speaks Latin, which is likely key to his abilities in Romance languages. He became fluent in ancient Greek as a Classics major, hence can speak modern Greek easily.

Gwyneth's way of speaking Español in a very Castillan accent! Majestic!

I like the fact that Viggo Mortensen can speak "Canadian French" when most French originating from France can't ! 😁

Many celebrities are actually talented in many ways…they can act, sing, dance, play instruments, are awesome artists…so it’s not surprising so many speak more than just English. It’s actually pretty easy to learn another language when you are young… I speak 5 myself…English, French, Czech, Spanish and Gaelic…

John Cena speaking in Mandarin is impressive!

A true labor of love. When Jeremy joins in, vibes show the love you two have for each other. Doing a great job, stay dry .

Johnny Depp speaks fluent French. He learned it so he could talk to Vanessa Paradis' parents. Both of his children also are fluent in French and his daughter, Lily Rose, has acted in French movies and done interviews in French.

I love how in the US it's a big thing if you speak one foreign language conversationally XD As was mentioned by one of the celebs, in most countries people learn 1 or 2 foreign languages by default, so actually speaking only one's native language is something unexpected... And for the people who are literally paid to learn to portray other people... Well :D

They forgot Elfish and Native American for Viggo when he was in LOTR and HIDALGO lol

Audrey's french was astounding. A class act in every language ❤

Viggo Mortensen helped to translate Albert Camus's “The Human Crisis” for his reading at the Columbia Maison Française.

i loooove languages, wish i had more time to learn ❤️ i speak French and English, currently learning Spanish

I mean you should totally mention Jackson Wang too. Guy is super multilingual

Absolutely fabulous!

I can tell that Vigo Montersen speaks a very decent Catalan. There is a secret: his wife is Catalan

I love you Kobe!!! Thank you for the memories!!! RIP Mamba!!! ❤

An honorable mention goes to Ari Eldjarn, who’s well-versed in Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish… and English, of course

There’s a Danish Actor who was in “The eagle - an Odyssey” a TV series about 19 years ago. That guy spoke about 7 or 8 Languages in the series and seemed absolutely fluent in all of them. He was extraordinary. His name was Jens Albinus. Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Croatian. He just switched languages on a dime 28:23 depending on who he was talking to in the series & off he’d go at a fluent speed, rabbiting away, and the subtitles were hard pushed to keep up. My husband used to roll his eyes and mutter “talented bugger!” There was one time he walked into a bar in Belgium to speak to a suspect. He apologised to the guy and said that he didnt speak Flemish very well so perhaps they could switch to English. My hubby laughed and yelled triumphantly at the Tv “You’re not such a smarty pants tonight are you mate!” Haha. As it’s now nearly 20 years later I wonder what other languages he’s mastered.

I would imagine Viggo also being able to speak or at least understand Norwegian. Our two languages are so similar that even instructions usually comes in a combined Norwegian and Danish explanation 😅 I understood what he said in the first clip because it was danish without having learned danish. 😊 Norwegian, Danish and Swedish are very similar.

When I was a student our French teacher told us that when you learn one European language it's far easier to learn others. There are commonalities between Italian, French, Spanish, but the further north you go the more difficult it can become. She believed that the best way to learn was to start with French and then work your way north through the countries. It makes sense because so many languages in a region have connections going back thousands of years and through migration they became closer. I assume it's the same for many regions of Africa, and also for the Baltic states.

Kudos to these celebrities for showing the world that speaking several languages is an added plus. Unlike some "pea brain folks" from you know where who chastised others for conversing in another vernacular other than English.

Setting a low bar for fluency with quite a few of these. Still, kudos for making an effort.

mariska hargitay is a polyglot as well she speaks English Spanish Italian French and Hungarian as well

Let's be honest, Americans are always amazed when someone speaks more than one language. Most of the rest of the world are amazed when someone can only speak one language. Regarding Colin Firth and Kobe Bryant, it is actually impossible to speak Italian without using your hands. I once saw an interview with Viggo Mortensen on French television in which the interviewer asked how he had learned to speak Canadian French, he answered by saying it was because he had lived in Vermont right over the border from Montreal. He was wearing a Montréal Canadiens hockey sweater at the time.

It’s a lot fun when these actors learn a lot more for the world. Heck they don’t sound the same in the language they speak.

apart from John Cena who had put efforts to learn Mandarin. Only one Aisan Language of Bahasa Indonesia by Our Very own Aussie Superstar is there....

My father was Chinese, his parents were from mainland China. He was born in Sulu, Philippines surrounded by Muslim 90%, he can speak 100% Muslim and Visayan dialect 10%. Went to English school. And met my mother in Manila who can't speak Tagalog because she can only speak her own dialect from one of the provinces where Mayon volcano located called Bicol. So my father has to learn that dialect to communicate with my mother. So growing up i can hear my father speaking my mother's dialect and soon Tagalog. Amazing.

Language is the golden key to the culture of the people where you go and visit, also good for business if you are dealing international. Which is very normal for us over here in europe. For us it is sad if you only are able to talk one? language.

Sandra Bullock speaks a verry perfect German, i love it if she speaks german, she has got a little bavarian accent.Christoph Walz is an Austrian

Hey! Why don’t I see Christopher Lee anywhere?

Wish this list was organized from unsurprising to most impressive

John Cena speaking in Mandarin: 早上好中國，現在我有冰淇淋

Love how the word Hiddlestone was searching for in French was “provocateur”, which has been borrowed into everyday English anyway

Actors Jeremy Irons, john malkovich, johnny depp, Jodie Foster speak french. Singer Mike Patton speaks, and sings, in Italian ,Spanish and Portugese. David Bowie and Iggy Pop lived both in Berlin and learned to speak some German.

Wow, just WOW. That is super cool!