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1. Jessica Lange Jessica Lange Actress, Big Fish On April 20, 1949, Jessica Lange was born in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama. She moved to New York, working as a model for many years, until producer Dino De Laurentiis cast her as the female lead in King Kong...
2. Crispin Glover Crispin Glover Actor, Back to the Future While he's never been a typical leading man, Crispin Glover has distinguished himself as one of the most intriguing personalities in the movie business. His unusual characters and personal projects have inspired a cult-like following that has dubbed him both madman and genius. The son of actor Bruce Glover...
3. Andy Serkis Andy Serkis Actor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes He was born Andy Serkis on April 20, 1964, in Ruislip Manor, West London, England. He has three sisters and a brother. His father, an ethnic Armenian, named Serkissian, was a Medical Doctor working abroad, in Iraq, and the Serkis family spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East. For the first ten years of his life...
4. Miranda Kerr Miranda Kerr Self, The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Miranda May Kerr was born in Sydney and raised in the small town of Gunnedah to John and Therese Kerr. Kerr's paternal grandmother lived on a farm, where she "raced motorbikes and rode horses." Her parents later moved the family to Brisbane when she and her younger brother Matthew were teenagers. She...
5. Carmen Electra Carmen Electra Actress, Scary Movie Carmen Electra was born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972. She grew up near Cincinnati, Ohio and got her first boost when a scout for Prince spotted her fronting for a rap group in Los Angeles, California. She released a self-titled album for Prince's Paisley Park label in 1993. She then toured Europe as Prince's opening act on his 1992 Diamonds and Pearls Tour...
6. Joseph Lawrence Joseph Lawrence Actor, Oliver & Company
7. Shemar Moore Shemar Moore Actor, Diary of a Mad Black Woman
8. John Patrick Amedori John Patrick Amedori Actor, The Butterfly Effect At the age of 9, John was already Directing and filming his own movies when the film, "Washington Square", came to his home town of Baltimore. He joined the period piece as the leader of a gang of Street Urchins. He knew nothing about acting, but whatever it was, he now knew he had to do more of it...
9. Clint Howard Clint Howard Actor, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10. Ryan O'Neal Ryan O'Neal Actor, Barry Lyndon
11. George Takei George Takei Actor, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Although primarily known for playing Hikaru Sulu in the television series Star Trek and the first six features, George Takei has had a varied career acting in television, feature films, live theater and radio. He also is a successful writer and community activist. His first-hand knowledge of the unjust internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans in World War II...
12. Veronica Cartwright Veronica Cartwright Actress, Alien Born in Bristol, England, Veronica is the older sister of the popular child actress Angela Cartwright. In her early career, Veronica was cast in a number of popular movies such as The Children's Hour, Spencer's Mountain and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. As such, she was cast as "Jemima Boone" in the popular television series Daniel Boone...
13. Clayne Crawford Clayne Crawford Actor, A Walk to Remember
14. James Gammon James Gammon Actor, The Iron Giant Rugged-looking James Gammon first broke into the entertainment industry not as an actor but as a TV cameraman. From there, his weatherbeaten features, somewhat menacing attitude and a tough-as-nails voice--the kind that used to be described in detective novels as "whiskey-soaked"--reminiscent of '40s...
15. Billy Magnussen Billy Magnussen Actor, The Brass Teapot
16. Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Self, Triumph of the Will Born the fourth of six children to Austrian customs officer Alois Hitler--who had been married twice before--and the former Klara Polzl, Adolf Hitler grew up in a small Austrian town in the late 19th century. He was a slow learner and did poorly in school. He was frequently beaten by his authoritarian father...
17. Yuji Okumoto Yuji Okumoto Actor, Inception
18. Gregory Itzin Gregory Itzin Actor, Law Abiding Citizen
19. Alex Black Alex Black Actor, Spider-Man
20. William deVry William deVry Actor, The Lost World William was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. He moved to Florida with his mother when he was 19 and still maintains a residence there. His mother, Diane, is the grand-daughter of Herman DeVry founder of the DeVry Institute. William is an only child and named after his maternal grandfather. As a child William was fortunate enough to travel to many places...
21. Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Lyndhurst Actor, Gulliver's Travels
22. Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Actor, Safety Last! Born in Buchard, Nebraska, USA to Elizabeth Fraser and 'J. Darcie 'Foxy' Lloyd' who fought constantly and soon divorced (at the time a rare event), Harold Clayton Lloyd was nominally educated in Denver and San Diego high schools and received his stage training at the School of Dramatic Art (San Diego)...
23. Lara Jill Miller Lara Jill Miller Actress, Digimon: The Movie After appearing on Broadway in "The Music Man" with Dick Van Dyke and starring as "Samantha" on the NBC series Gimme a Break! for 6 seasons, Lara Jill graduated from NYU, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She then earned her JD from Fordham Law and passed the NY, NJ and PA Bars. Upon her return to LA...
24. Leslie Phillips Leslie Phillips Actor, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone A much-loved comic actor who has specialized in playing plummy, quintessentially English stereotypes, Leslie Phillips' heart was in acting from a very young age. He received elocution lessons as a child in order to lose his natural cockney accent (at that time a regional British accent was a major impediment to an aspiring actor) and he attended the Italia Conti School...
25. Tim Jo Tim Jo Actor, Bandslam
26. Daniel Stamm Daniel Stamm Director, 13 Sins Daniel was born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, where as a teenager he was host of a radio show and editor of a youth magazine. He toured with a theater, studied drama and published a play before he went to Belfast, Northern Ireland, as a peace worker. Two years later he returned to Germany to go to film school and study screenwriting at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg...
27. Michael Brandon Michael Brandon Actor, Captain America: The First Avenger
28. Nina Foch Nina Foch Actress, Spartacus A leading lady of the 1940s, the tall and blonde Foch usually played cool, aloof and often foreign, women of sophistication. As film roles became harder to find, Foch proved to versatile in many areas. She was a panelist on several TV quiz shows, worked as George Stevens' assistant director for The Diary of Anne Frank and directed plays...
29. Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot Actor, King Kong Hollywood stalwart Bruce Cabot's main claim to fame, other than rescuing Fay Wray from King Kong, is that he tested for the lead role of The Ringo Kid in John Ford's Western masterpiece Stagecoach. John Wayne got the role and became the most durable star in Hollywood history...
30. Robert DoQui Robert DoQui Actor, RoboCop Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Robert DoQui was born in 1934 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He attended Langston University on a music scholarship and was a member of the popular singing group, "The Langstonaires". Following a four-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, DoQui went to New York to pursue a career in show business...
31. Georgina Rylance Georgina Rylance Actress, 7 Seconds Georgina was born in London, went to St Pauls School before attending boarding school at Downe House. Her A-Levels were completed at St. Edwards School, Oxford where she also went to University. She obtained a BA Honours degree in Politics at Oxford Brookes University.
32. Brody Hutzler Brody Hutzler Actor, Guiding Light Born in Fairbanks, Alaska and raised all over the United States-everywhere from New York to Hawaii, Brody began his professional acting career in 1995. He moved to Los Angeles after attending Michigan State University to pursue his dream of becoming an actor and was fortunate enough to study with world famous acting coach...
33. Mike Pniewski Mike Pniewski Actor, Spaceballs
34. Judith O'Dea Judith O'Dea Actress, Night of the Living Dead
35. Betty Lou Gerson Betty Lou Gerson Actress, 101 Dalmatians
36. Luther Vandross Luther Vandross Soundtrack, The Goonies He was the heartbeat of R&B; during the 1980s and 1990s, yet led a productive singing and songwriting life prior to this preeminence. The soul balladeer's strong commitment to the art of music continued on its Grammy-winning course, even after an acute stroke in 2003 left him severely incapacitated and unable to continue public appearances...
37. Joanne King Joanne King Actress, A World Elsewhere
38. Peter Chelsom Peter Chelsom Director, Serendipity
39. Geraint Wyn Davies Geraint Wyn Davies Actor, Cube²: Hypercube Geraint Wyn Davies was born in Swansea, Wales on April 20, 1957. His father is a semi-retired Welsh congregational minister and his mother, a retired teacher, who was headmistress of Geraint's first school. At the age of seven, his family moved to Canada where he attended Upper Canada College then the...
40. Lluís Homar Lluís Homar Actor, Broken Embraces
41. Louise Jameson Louise Jameson Actress, The Tractate Middoth
42. J.D. Roth J.D. Roth Producer, Masterchef Just before J.D. Roth hosted a series of game shows (between children and adults) for 14 years, (including Fox's Fun House, which ran from 1988 to 1991 and Animal Planet ZOOventure, which ran from 1997 to 1998), he was a contestant on Star Search, and (as an actor), he made numerous guest appearances on The Equalizer...
43. Dominique DuVernay Dominique DuVernay Actress, Bullet to the Head Dominique DuVernay was born in New Orleans, La to a single mother and absentee father. This Aries/Taurean is one of few authentic New Orleans Creoles left as she is part African American, French, Native American, & Italian. She is simply a rare mixture all across the board from her unique ethnic composition to her national...
44. Duncan Renaldo Duncan Renaldo Actor, The Gay Amigo To most audiences, Duncan Renaldo will always be identified as film and TV's "The Cisco Kid." However, this role occurred late in his career, which consisted of much more than just this western character. Not much is known about Renaldo's early life. In fact, his date and place of birth is still questioned...
45. Rebecca Lacey Rebecca Lacey Actress, Chalet Girl
46. Matt Sadowski-Austin Matt Sadowski-Austin Actor, Dawn of the Dead
47. Harris Wittels Harris Wittels Producer, You and Your Ex Call It Quits
48. George R. Robertson George R. Robertson Actor, Police Academy George R. Robertson is a Canadian actor best known as Chief Hurst in the first 6 Police Academy films. He was also featured in JFK, Murder At 1600 (Mack Falls), as Dick Cheney in The Path To 9/11 and, most recently as Chester Jones in Still Mine. He appeared as Barry Goldwater in The Reagans, as Sen. Fulbright in The Pentagon Papers and as Adm. William Leahy in Hiroshima.
49. Jamie Gillis Jamie Gillis Actor, Nighthawks Born in New York City, Jamie Gillis trained as a legitimate actor. In the early 1970s he drifted into performing in pornographic films, and continued to work in that field through the late 1990s. Despite the occasional foray into "legitimate" film, such as a cameo in Nighthawks, Gillis remained identified with the porn industry...
50. Gary Raymond Gary Raymond Actor, Jason and the Argonauts Born in Brixton, England in 1935, robust and good-looking Gary Raymond came from an acting family. Born Gary Barrymore Raymond, the youngest of three sons (one brother is a twin), his parents were music hall entertainers. Gary won a scholarship at the age of 11 to Gateway School in Leicaster, then graduated...
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