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1. James Spader James Spader Actor, Stargate James Todd Spader was born on February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of teachers Todd and Jean Spader. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover with director Peter Sellars; he dropped out in eleventh grade. He bused tables, shoveled manure, and taught yoga before landing his first roles. Spader's first major film role was as Brooke Shields' brother in the romance drama Endless Love...
2. Tina Majorino Tina Majorino Actress, Napoleon Dynamite Tina Majorino is clearly one of the most talented young actresses to come out of the early 1990s. She starred in three feature films that opened within three months of each other. She began her career by appearing in national television commercials before playing Sophie in the ABC television series...
3. Ashton Kutcher Ashton Kutcher Actor, The Butterfly Effect Christopher Ashton Kutcher was born on February 7, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has a fraternal twin brother, Michael, and a sister, Tausha. He grew up in rural Homestead, Iowa, graduating from Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Iowa. In 1997, Kutcher was a biochemical engineering student at the University of Iowa and was discovered by a local talent scout...
4. Deborah Ann Woll Deborah Ann Woll Actress, Ruby Sparks Deborah was born in 1985, in Brooklyn, New York, from Irish and German heritage. She took acting, piano and dance classes. She went to high school in Packer Collegiate Institute and graduated from the BFA program at the USC School of Theatre at the University of Southern California. Deborah started...
5. Chris Rock Chris Rock Producer, Head of State Chris Rock was raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which is in Brooklyn, New York. He has been in stand-up comedy for over twelve years. He made his big screen debut in Beverly Hills Cop II and spent three years on the cast of Saturday Night Live. He does commercials for 1-800 Collect and Nike and covered the presidential campaign for the show Politically Incorrect. He now lives in Alpine, New Jersey.
6. Miguel Ferrer Miguel Ferrer Actor, Mulan
7. Cerina Vincent Cerina Vincent Actress, Cabin Fever Shortly after her move to Los Angeles, Cerina found success in front of the camera. After almost instantaneously booking a job as "Maya" the yellow Power Ranger, Cerina moved from the small screen to big with prominent roles in the hit films "Not Another Teen Movie" and "Cabin Fever." After which, Cerina...
8. Victor Webster Victor Webster Actor, Surrogates Victor Webster was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In the summer of 1986 Victor and his family moved to San Clemente, Ca. where he attended High School. After graduation he attended Saddleback junior college and then went on to become a Stock broker. He later owned and operated an import/export company and then slowly transitioned into acting after moving to Los Angeles in 1998...
9. James Deen James Deen Actor, The Canyons At the age of 12, James was first called "James Deen" due to the way he smoked. As a teenager he listened to an interview with Jenna Jameson on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Loveline." When a male caller asked Jenna how he could become a porn star. she responded that he needed to be able to masturbate in a room full of 20 of his best friends...
10. Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Actor, Inception An odd-looking but quite fascinating bloke with prominent, bony cheeks and almost a rawboned figure, the distinguished character actor Pete Postlethwaite was born Peter William Postlethwaite in 1946 and grew up in Lancashire, England amid middle-class surroundings. He went to college and while completing his studies developed an interest in theatre...
11. Essence Atkins Essence Atkins Actress, A Haunted House
12. Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard Actor, Valkyrie Best-known for his cross-dressing stand-up comedy routines, British actor/comedian Eddie Izzard was born on February 7, 1962 in Aden, Yemen while his parents were there on business. After working as a street performer and in smaller comedy venues throughout the 1980s, Izzard received his big break with his one-man comedy show Eddie Izzard: Live at the Ambassadors...
13. Robyn Lively Robyn Lively Actress, The Karate Kid, Part III
14. Jason Gedrick Jason Gedrick Actor, Backdraft
15. Stephen Colletti Stephen Colletti Actor, Mask Maker Stephen Colletti was born in Newport Beach, California. Growing up in California, Stephen spent much of his time at the beach and playing sports. He wasn't known for being too relaxed as he was always on the move or finding some adventures for him and his friends to embark on. From camping and snowboarding in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to visiting his grandparents...
16. John Posey John Posey Actor, RoboCop 3 John is a graduate of the University of Florida. He has been working in television, film and stage in Los Angeles since 1989. For twelve years, he traveled throughout the country performing his critically acclaimed one-man show, Father, Son & Holy Coach, which is the tale of a father who wants a do-over in life and is determined to do so vicariously through his son...
17. Alexander Dreymon Alexander Dreymon Actor, Christopher and His Kind
18. Robert Smigel Robert Smigel Writer, Hotel Transylvania
19. Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Self, Garth Live from Central Park
20. Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky Writer, Santa Sangre Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Iquique, Chile on February 7, 1929. In 1942 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1955 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. He worked with Maurice Chevalier there and made a short film, La cravate...
21. Philip Wiegratz Philip Wiegratz Actor, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
22. Wayne Allwine Wayne Allwine Actor, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
23. Eddie Bracken Eddie Bracken Actor, Vacation This owl-faced comic actor enjoyed his first featured film role in the RKO production Too Many Girls, in which he reprised the role of "JoJo Jordan" that he had played in the Broadway stage version of that musical. (Into the pantheon of pop-music standards came one that Bracken had introduced in "Too Many Girls"...
24. Louisa Lytton Louisa Lytton Actress, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love Since a young age, Louisa has had a love of performing, having been a pupil at London's iconic Sylvia Young Theatre School. Here, she learnt from some of the best tutors, and was able to develop her skills as both an actress, and an all-round performer. It was this platform that led to Louisa securing her first professional role...
25. David Nykl David Nykl Actor, Voodoo Born in Prague; David arrived in Canada with his parents at the age of two, after the communist occupation of what was then Czechoslovakia. The Nykls arrived in Victoria, BC where his father soon found work as a Structural Engineer and his mother as a Nurse. With a propensity for acting and a strong sense of comic timing...
26. Buster Crabbe Buster Crabbe Actor, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California. In 1931, while working on That's My Boy for Columbia Pictures, he was tested by MGM for Tarzan and rejected. Paramount Pictures put him in King of the Jungle as Kaspa, the Lion Man (after a book of that title but clearly a copy of the Tarzan stories)...
27. David Murray David Murray Actor, Batman Begins
28. Xenia Goodwin Xenia Goodwin Actress, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
29. Fiona Hale Fiona Hale Actress, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
30. David Castro David Castro Actor, 27 Dresses David's acting career began at age 5, where he landed a national Nickelodeon Sponge Bob commercial. At age 7, David landed a role in a Todd Solondz's film due to his talented break-dancing moves. His first leading role came a year later in the film remake of "The Little Fugitive." A critically acclaimed short "Tracks of Color" followed...
31. Tegan Moss Tegan Moss Actress, Charlie St. Cloud
32. Irina Björklund Irina Björklund Actress, The American Born in 1973, Irina Björklund is one of the most popular Finnish film stars of the end of 1990s and beginning of the 2000s. After studying years 1993-1996 in The Theatre Academy of Finland she made her silver screen debut in Pekka Parikka's (director of The Winter War) last film, Tie naisen sydämeen". Another actor on the film was Peter Franzén who become her husband in the same year...
33. Brandon Cyrus Brandon Cyrus Actor, High School Musical 2 Brandon Cyrus was born on February 7, 1994 in Nashville, TN. Cyrus' parents encouraged him to do acting when he was just six years old, doing a lot of commercial work. At age 8, Cyrus moved to California to pursue more of his acting career where he landed a spot on Disney's Hannah Montana and High School Musical 2. Acting wasn't just the only thing Cyrus was interested in.
34. Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Writer, Scrooged Charles Dickens' father was a clerk at the Naval Pay Office, and because of this the family had to move from place to place: Plymouth, London, Chatham. It was a large family and despite hard work, his father couldn't earn enough money. In 1823 he was arrested for debt and Charles had to start working in a factory...
35. Bhasker Patel Bhasker Patel Actor, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
36. Gloria Talbott Gloria Talbott Actress, All That Heaven Allows Gloria Talbott was born in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, a city co-founded by her grandfather. Growing up in the shadows of the Hollywood studios, her interests inevitably turned to acting, with the result that she participated in school plays and landed small parts in films such as "Maytime" (1937)...
37. Jock Mahoney Jock Mahoney Actor, A Time to Love and a Time to Die Mahoney is of French and Irish extraction, with some Cherokee. At the University of Iowa, he was outstanding in swimming, basketball and football. When World War II broke out, he enlisted as a Marine fighter pilot and instructor. In Hollywood, he was a noted stunt man, doubling for Errol Flynn, John Wayne...
38. Emo Philips Emo Philips Actor, UHF
39. Sully Erna Sully Erna Soundtrack, Any Given Sunday
40. Aaron Michael Davies Aaron Michael Davies Actor, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! Born and raised in small-town Iowa, Aaron Michael Davies ventured out to New York City upon graduation from Hampton-Dumont High. He attended New York University for a hot minute, then realized he didn't want to deal with being in debt for the rest of his life. He parted ways with the school, and has been working his way into the entertainment industry ever since...
41. Rachel Sibner Rachel Sibner Actress, Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs and Weasels: Part One
42. Eric Godon Eric Godon Actor, In Bruges
43. Tara Blanchard Tara Blanchard Actress, American History X
44. Stephanie Swift Stephanie Swift Actress, Burn A veteran of more than 180 adult films, Stephanie Swift grew up in Louisiana. When she was ten years old she and her mother moved to Chula Vista, California, and she later attended Bonita Vista High School. After graduation in 1990 she worked in San Diego as a dental assistant and then as a stripper...
45. Bonnie Jones Bonnie Jones Actress, I Hate a Mystery Bonnie spent 10 years in NYC working as a professional dancer, model, and actress. She studied with Wynn Hnadman and Lee Strasberg, worked in little theater around NYC, and appeared as Sondi in the Broadway show, "Once For The Asking." Moving to Hollywood she appeared in television, but stopped acting around 1974...
46. Vincent Castellanos Vincent Castellanos Actor, Anaconda
47. Arif S. Kinchen Arif S. Kinchen Actor, Happy Feet Arif S. Kinchen, an actor and acclaimed voice over artist, made his acting debut at 16-years-old in the American film classic "House Party," starring Kid 'n' Play. Bitten by the acting bug, the Los Angeles native went on to land the starring role in the New Line Cinema short film, "The Jacket," guest...
48. Greydon Clark Greydon Clark Director, Final Justice Greydon Clark was born on February 7, 1943, in Niles, Michigan. He attended Valparaiso University near Chicago and studied acting with coach John Morley. He supported himself as a door-to-door salesman prior to breaking into the movie business. Clark began his cinematic career as an actor in several enjoyably lowbrow exploitation features for legendary Grade-Z director Al Adamson...
49. Brent Chalem Brent Chalem Actor, The Monster Squad A native of Westlake Village, Los Angeles, he was a popular child actor in the '80s, although he only had very small roles in nearly all but two of the movies he appeared in. He can be seen playing the (almost) central character "Horace" or "Fat Kid" in The Monster Squad. He appeared in TV roles such as Quantum Leap and Dance Til Dawn in 1988 and 1989...
50. Dona Speir Dona Speir Actress, Savage Beach Gorgeously buxom, shapely, and statuesque blonde knockout Dona Linda Speir was born on February 7, 1964 in Norwalk, California. Dona was a Mint 400 queen in 1983. Speir was the Playmate of the Month in the March, 1984 issue of "Playboy." Not surprisingly, she went to to appear in several "Playboy" related videos and did follow-up pictorials in a few additional issues of the popular men's magazine...
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