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1. Jessica Lange Jessica Lange Actress, Big Fish Jessica Lange was born in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA on April 20, 1949, to Dorothy Florence (Sahlman) and Albert John Lange, a traveling salesman and teacher. She is of Finnish (mother) and Dutch and German (father) descent. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama...
2. 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, Clement Serkis, an ethnic Armenian whose original family surname was "Serkissian", was a Medical Doctor working abroad, in Iraq; the Serkis family spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East...
3. Billy Magnussen Billy Magnussen Actor, Into the Woods
4. 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...
5. Carmen Electra Carmen Electra Actress, Scary Movie Carmen Electra was born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972 in Sharonville, Ohio, to Patricia Rose (Kincade), a singer, and Harry Stanley Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist. She is of mostly English, German, and Irish descent. 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...
6. Shemar Moore Shemar Moore Actor, Diary of a Mad Black Woman
7. Joseph Lawrence Joseph Lawrence Actor, Oliver & Company
8. 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...
9. Clint Howard Clint Howard Actor, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10. 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...
11. Ryan O'Neal Ryan O'Neal Actor, Barry Lyndon
12. Clayne Crawford Clayne Crawford Actor, A Walk to Remember
13. 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...
14. 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...
15. John Patrick Amedori John Patrick Amedori Actor, The Butterfly Effect Johns first gift was for music and his first ambition was to become a lead guitarist in his own band. He credits, the band Nirvana for his musical inspiration. His cameo in "Almost Famous" set him on the road to acting. His other accomplishment, graduating high school at the age of 15. John has one younger brother and a cute dog named Poe.
16. Kazuaki Kiriya Kazuaki Kiriya Director, Goemon
17. 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...
18. 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...
19. Gregory Itzin Gregory Itzin Actor, Law Abiding Citizen
20. Alex Black Alex Black Actor, Spider-Man
21. Yuji Okumoto Yuji Okumoto Actor, Inception
22. Nicholas Lyndhurst Nicholas Lyndhurst Actor, Gulliver's Travels
23. 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...
24. Harris Wittels Harris Wittels Producer, You and Your Ex Call It Quits
25. 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...
26. 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...
27. 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...
28. Michael Brandon Michael Brandon Actor, Captain America: The First Avenger
29. 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)...
30. 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...
31. Betty Lou Gerson Betty Lou Gerson Actress, 101 Dalmatians
32. Judith O'Dea Judith O'Dea Actress, Night of the Living Dead
33. Peter Chelsom Peter Chelsom Director, Serendipity Peter Chelsom is a member of the British Academy, the American Academy, The Directors Guild Of America, and The Writers Guild Of America. Peter was born in Blackpool in the North of England. He is a US and UK citizen. (Trivia: he is an Honorary Citizen of a small town in Tuscany, Italy, called Fivizzano)...
34. Louise Jameson Louise Jameson Actress, Horror of Fang Rock: Part One Louise Jameson is a classically trained actress whose first love is the stage but she also became known to millions of British television viewers through her roles in such hugely popular television series as Doctor Who, Tenko, Bergerac and EastEnders. Jameson had formal acting...
35. Bárbara Lennie Bárbara Lennie Actress, The Skin I Live In
36. Mike Pniewski Mike Pniewski Actor, Spaceballs
37. 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...
38. 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...
39. Ray Brooks Ray Brooks Actor, The Knack... and How to Get It
40. Seeta Indrani Seeta Indrani Actress, Broken Began her career as Cassandra in the original cast of "Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, followed by seasons at The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Exchange, and The Royal Shakespeare Company, where she renewed her relationship with "Cats" director Trevor Nunn, and went on to work with John Caird...
41. Edie Sedgwick Edie Sedgwick Actress, Ciao Manhattan Edie Sedgwick was a bright social butterfly whose candle of fame burned brightly at both ends. Born into a wealthy White Anglo-Saxon Protestant family of impressive lineage, Edie became a "celebutante" for her beauty, style, wealth and her associations with figures of the 1960s counterculture. Edie was born in Santa Barbara into a prominent family plagued by mental illness...
42. 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...
43. 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.
44. 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...
45. 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.
46. 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...
47. Lluís Homar Lluís Homar Actor, Broken Embraces
48. Nicky Evans Nicky Evans Actor, Episode #6.9
49. Sarah Nicklin Sarah Nicklin Actress, Nun of That Sarah Nicklin's has received four Best Actress nominations for her roles in Exhumed (which won Best Ensemble Cast), Choices, Debeaked and Zombie Allegiance. She appeared in her first play "Bye Bye Birdie" in 6th grade and her first indie film, "La Bolsa", during her final year of high school. She then went on to graduate from Emerson College with dual degrees in Theater and Marketing...
50. 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...
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