Taylor Kitsch, aka Tim Riggins.

dude, they aren't doing BAD southern accents they are just doing the most crack tastic array of southern accents...ever. it's amazing really.

Sookie and Jason sound like they are from North Louisiana, Arlene sounds like Carolinas maybe Arkansas south, Lafayette sounds like a southern black guy, maybe...New Orleans area but a little more country. Tara sounds like she'e from the Carolina/Tennessee area. The grandma and Sam sound like the more gentle old southerners while Renee just sounded straight up like an actual Cajun. And based on where they are located? they should all sound more like Renee and/or Sookie/Jason. Vampire Bill? Sounds like he's from Georgia.

It's just trippy as hell b/c usually people in one small Louisiana town don't sound like they are scattered all over the south like that. I think the producers where just like "try your best"

What? Are we including every Canadian on TV now? There's not a hugh difference in accents. Sheesh.

Alright, there's no bother listing ALL the Canadians, but if you're gong through the Fringe cast - Joshua Jackson is Canadian, no?

Dustin Hoffman said recently that Hugh Laurie has the best American accent, and I certainly agree. We didn't even know he was British.

Julian McMahon is an Aussie (and the son of a former Prime Minister).

Go Aussies! I though Chuck's accent was brilliant, but I'm not American, so I may be wrong. Hugh Laurie is brilliant. ileen - Anna Pacquin is Canadian but she was brought up for some time in New Zealand.

I think everyone does an ok job with the accents on True Blood other than Stephen Moyer. I cringe whenever he speaks.

Hugh Laurie sounds so American it is scary.

Anna Paquin is Canadian by way of New Zealand. Her parents are Kiwis, and she was raised in New Zealand for part of her childhood.

Aussies rule! Alex O'Loughlin from Moonlight and that new procedural show is also Aussie! As is Christopher Egan from Kings, and of course Emilie De Ravin from Lost who rocked an American accent on Roswell!

I had no idea Dr Bishop in Fringe wasn't American. I thought he was just Bostonian.

And on this 4th July weekend, I'd just like to point out that Scottish and Welsh people are British too.

I like Stephen Moyer's accent. The way I see it, he's doing a Southern accent appropriate to the time he was alive -- the early to mid 1800s. I'd bet that the Southern drawl was different back then.

Stephen Moyer (Bill on True Blood) has said in interviews they tried to make his accent different from everyone else's because his accent would have been from almost 200 years ago, so WOULD be different, so his difference is actually intentional.

I find that occasionally in the dubbing, the accents sometimes slip. In last week's episode there was an obvious post-production voice done by Stephen where he actually sounded more like a northern US or Canadian accent - no 'drawl'.

At first I wondered why Alexander Skarsgard wasn't on the list, but then I realized he's a Swede, playing an extremely old Swede with a perfect generic American accent from so long in the country.

Elaine Cassidy, who plays Abby on Harper's Island, is from Ireland.

Dr Rodney McKay (SGA), David Hewlett, was born in England, but is pretty much Canadian despite NOW being an American citizen...

The United States allows people to have dual citizenship, so these folks can be both American and whatever else.

It seemed to me like Anthony La Paglia just stopped trying to do an American accent at some point on WAT. He sounds way Australian to me. The others (Poppy and Marianne--who, BTW, was Academy Award-nominated for "Secrets and Lies") do a good job.

I think Simon Baker does a fine American accent, but Australian is closer to American than English is.

Owain Yeoman is Welsh. Yes, it's part of Great Britain, but it is an ethnicity like Scottish or Irish.

Many Irish, Scots and Welsh might take exception to being called British. :)

Though it's a British show, John Barrowman from Torchwood (and Doctor Who!). His accent is flawless and like Laurie his real Scottish brogue sounds fake.

I saw a video of Owain Yeoman speaking with his natural accent the other day. He may be Welsh, but he definitely has an English accent rather than a Welsh one.

Yeah, but agentquill, Barrowman mostly grew up in the US, and he said himself that the Scottish only really comes out around his parent.

Anthony's brother, Jonathan LaPaglia has shown up as a semi-regular on CBS's "Cold Case".

I have to say I have noticed numerous accent slips with LaPaglia and Montgomery on WAT, to the point where I almost listen for them now.

My personal faves are "Oz" alums Eamonn Walker and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, both born and raised in England.

What about Sayid from LOST? He's from Britain!

Anna Paquin is actually a Canadian-born New Zealand actress , her mother is New Zealander and she move to NZ when she was 4.After she won the Oscar when she was 12, she move to US and finish Highschool a lot.But like she Movie "Piano" she is New Zealander .When the Austrialian tried to claim "Piano" as their movies in 94. A lot of New Zealander wasn't happy.So be carefull if you mis-identify nationality her in front of New Zealander.

I think Portia de Rossi doesn't really count because she (like Charlize Theron) seems to have given up her accent and just talks regularly with an American accent. Charlize has said it's easier to just do the American accent than talk with her normal South African accent, then do American for whatever she needs to, so to cut confusion she sticks with one.

Christian Bale actually used to do all his interviews in the accent he used in his movies. Like his first Batman one he used his American accent for interviews so the fans weren't confused.

It's funny because I think Hugh Laurie's American accent sounds incredibly calculated (albeit accurate). But I know him primarily from his sketch comedy and have never really seen House.

Idris Elba definitely gets the win for "Best American Accent by a non-American" for his role as Stringer Bell (yes, I know it's off the air now). Not only was he playing an American, he was also using a very specific dialect.

Rachel Griffiths is always passable, but someone I didn't see mentioned is Dulé Hill for Psyched (formerly of West Wing).

Jamie Bamber's accent is okay, but all in his "head voice". A bit more bass would make him more believable.

Matthew Rhys.

As was Melissa George (Australian) as evil Lauren in Alias

Saoirse: Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish are all British as they are from Great Britain. Calling them English is cause for offense though, England is the fourth country that makes up Great Britain, aka the United Kingdom.

portia de rossi isn't american??? seriously?????

I don't think it's that strange for people who live and work here, to pick up the local dialect -particularly if they have lived here for some time.

Dominic Purcelll is aussie, i always loved him in John Doe and then they had to go and cancel it and make him the dumb brother in Prison Break!

PJ, you mean Anna Friel!

And count me in for another vote for Damian Lewis. His talent with an accent is only surpassed by the amazing James McAvoy who is most well known for being in films, but also had a small part in Band of Brothers.

The one that threw me the most was Jason O'Mara,he was Sam Tyler from the american version of Life on Mars, he is Irish.

"Zelmia - Dule Hill was born in New Jersey. His parents are Jamaican."

Hm. Well, I don't actually know that actor. My girlfriend wanted me to put that in because she was sitting right here when I was typing the comment. I'll let her know.

I don't know if the show is cancelled or not, but Melanie Lynskey, a Kiwi, used to be on "Two and a Half Men". Apparently even her co-stars didn't know that she was not American until one day Sheen overheard her talking on the phone or something in her normal dialect.

As someone who is actually from Louisiana, it is safe for me to say that none of the accents on True Blood are authentic, with the possible exception of Lafayette who sort of sounds like he might be from New Orleans or Baton Rouge. I really enjoy True Blood (LOVE the books!) but have a hard time with it because I cringe everytime the actors speak. I find it very distracting...

Since we are talking about something as specific as accents, maybe it would be nicer to call actors English, Scottish etc. rather than British! Their original accents are so different.
Anyway, know it's finished but the dad in Frasier was originally from Manchester - sounded like he'd learnt a perfect American accent.

Re: Ron - Uhhh, Emilie De Ravine's accent isn;t bad. It's actually Australian. The American's doing the Aussie accent however, are TERRIBLE!
Re: Diane M: Being a naturalized US citizen just means they vote and pay taxes there - La Paglia is still very presnt in Oz

Talking about the horrible accents from True Blood
- Sam Trammell (Sam) is from New Orleans (though raised in West Virginia), and I find his seems un-forced like everyone elses (understandably)
- likewise, Carrie Preston (Arlene) is from Georgia so she's a southerner as well (though her accent can sound a bit odd at times).

Long live the utterly awesome HUGH LAURIE!!!
Love HIM!!!