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1. Jason Patric Jason Patric Actor, The Lost Boys
2. Scott Adkins Scott Adkins Actor, The Bourne Ultimatum Scott Edward Adkins was born on June 17, 1976 in Sutton Coldfield, England, into a family that for generations were butchers. Along with his elder brother Craig, he was raised by their parents, John and Janet (Sanders) Adkins, in a loving middle-class family. Scott attended Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield...
3. Will Forte Will Forte Actor, Nebraska Forte was age 32 before he came to the public's attention on Saturday Night Live, but had been working in comedy since 1997. Forte is the son of artist Patricia (Stivers) and financial broker Orville Willis Forte III (divorced), and has one older sister, Michelle. A creative and artistic child, he was an athlete (football and swimming) in high school and voted Best Personality at Acalanes High School...
4. Thomas Haden Church Thomas Haden Church Actor, Spider-Man 3 Thomas Haden Church was born Thomas Richard McMillen in Yolo, California, to Maxine (Sanders) and Carlos Richard McMillen, who was a U.S. marine and surveyor. He was raised in Texas. Church began his show business career in front of a microphone instead of a camera, first as a radio deejay and then as a voice-over announcer...
5. Greg Kinnear Greg Kinnear Actor, Little Miss Sunshine Greg Kinnear was born on June 17, 1963, in Logansport, Indiana, USA to Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat with the US State Department, and Suzanne (Buck) Kinnear, a homemaker. Greg has two brothers--James, vice president-investments at Wachovia Securities in Arizona who was born in 1957, and Steve, a business manager with the Billy Graham Training Center in North Carolina who was born in 1959...
6. Jon Gries Jon Gries Actor, Taken
7. Manish Dayal Manish Dayal Actor, The Hundred-Foot Journey
8. Arthur Darvill Arthur Darvill Actor, Robin Hood Thomas Arthur Darvill, known professionally as Arthur Darvill, is an English actor and musician. He is perhaps most recognized as Rory Williams, one of the Eleventh Doctor's companions in the television series Doctor Who, and as Rev. Paul Coates in Broadchurch (2013-2015). In 2013-2014 he appeared in the lead role in the theatre musical Once in the West End and on Broadway...
9. Michael Showalter Michael Showalter Writer, Wet Hot American Summer
10. Joshua Leonard Joshua Leonard Actor, The Blair Witch Project Joshua Leonard is a Los Angeles-based actor and filmmaker, who first garnered attention for his memorable role in 1999's lo-fi thriller, The Blair Witch Project. Leonard has continued to work in projects that push the envelope, including 2009's Independent Spirit Award-winning Humpday, HBO's acclaimed series, Hung and Showtime's United States of Tara...
11. John Gallagher Jr. John Gallagher Jr. Actor, Short Term 12
12. Erin Murphy Erin Murphy Actress, Richie and Gary Re-Unite
13. Bobby Farrelly Bobby Farrelly Producer, There's Something About Mary
14. Ralph Bellamy Ralph Bellamy Actor, Pretty Woman Ralph Bellamy was a veteran actor who was so well-liked and respected by his peers that he was the recipient of an honorary Oscar in 1987 for his contributions to the acting profession. Ralph Rexford Bellamy was born June 17, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Lilla Louise (Smith), originally from Hamilton...
15. William Lucking William Lucking Actor, The Rundown
16. Mark Linn-Baker Mark Linn-Baker Actor, Manhattan
17. Jennifer Irwin Jennifer Irwin Actress, No Strings Attached
18. Louis Leterrier Louis Leterrier Director, Now You See Me
19. Ken Loach Ken Loach Director, The Wind That Shakes the Barley Unlike virtually all his contemporaries, Ken Loach has never succumbed to the siren call of Hollywood, and it's virtually impossible to imagine his particular brand of British socialist realism translating well to that context. After studying law at St. Peter's College, Oxford, he branched out into the theater...
20. Rebecca Breeds Rebecca Breeds Actress, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
21. Kami Cotler Kami Cotler Actress, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
22. Joe Piscopo Joe Piscopo Actor, Johnny Dangerously Joe Piscopo was cast on Saturday Night Live in 1980 as part of an overall replacement of the original cast. However his team of players was not up to par in comedy and was quickly replaced except for him and Eddie Murphy. Together they dominated the show for the next three years. Since then he's appeared in movies & TV infrequently. In the '80s he was treated for thyroid cancer.
23. Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci Writer, Don't Torture a Duckling Lucio Fulci, born in Rome in 1927, remains as controversial in death as he was in life. A gifted craftsman with a sharp tongue and a wicked sense of dark humor, Fulci achieved some measure of notoriety for his gore epics of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but respect was long in coming. Abandoning his early career as a med student...
24. Barry Manilow Barry Manilow Soundtrack, Bowling for Columbine
25. Jamal Mixon Jamal Mixon Actor, The Nutty Professor
26. Patrick Cranshaw Patrick Cranshaw Actor, Best in Show
27. Escher Holloway Escher Holloway Actor, When a Stranger Calls
28. Peter Lupus Peter Lupus Actor, Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon
29. Shô Kosugi Shô Kosugi Miscellaneous Crew, Black Eagle Easily the best known actor/martial artist during the 1980s ninja cinema craze, Kosugi was a proficient martial artist & skilled weapons performer which was highlighted in his several starring roles. Kosugi grew up as the youngest child and only son of a Tokyo fisherman, and began his martial arts training at the age of five studying karate at a local dojo...
30. Dana Eskelson Dana Eskelson Actress, Definitely, Maybe
31. James Shigeta James Shigeta Actor, Die Hard Hawaiian-born James Shigeta was, for a time, the biggest East Asian U.S. star the country had known for decades. His up-and-down career reflected the country's changing interest in films with East Asian themes, but, when called upon, he filled both A-movie starring roles and minor T.V. guest appearances with the same cool and classy style...
32. Kelly Curtis Kelly Curtis Actress, Trading Places
33. Christopher Allport Christopher Allport Actor, Another World
34. Susan Damante Susan Damante Actress, The Adventures of the Wilderness Family Born in the San Francisco Bay area to Vincent and Marjorie Damante, Susan Damante attended Woodside High School and Canada College. Following high school and college, she entered the Miss America Pageant and was first runner-up to Miss California. She used the scholarship money to study classical theater...
35. Heather Mazur Heather Mazur Actress, Night of the Living Dead
36. Cali Sheldon Cali Sheldon Actress, Novel Romance
37. Steven Martini Steven Martini Actor, Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire Donated money made from his role on the television series "Prince Street" to the making of his independent feature film "Smiling Fish And Goat On Fire". Is the singer/songwriter of the band "The SpaceShip Martini Kundalini". Writes for the screen and television with his brother Derick Martini He and Derick Martini were invited to develop their film "Lymelife" at the Sundance Filmmaker's Lab...
38. Mark Umbers Mark Umbers Actor, A Good Woman British born actor who grew up in Yorkshire, England. He was awarded a MA (Hons.) degree in Latin, Greek and Philosophy by Oxford University in 1997, having graduated in 1995. Notable theatre work in London includes The Glass Menagerie, My Fair Lady, The Merchant of Venice, The Vortex, Sweet Charity...
39. Denis Lavant Denis Lavant Actor, Holy Motors
40. Stephen Shellen Stephen Shellen Actor, A River Runs Through It Stephen Shellen grew up in Victoria, British Columbia where he was his high school's star hockey player before heading north to work as a lumberjack. After catching the attention of a talent scout in Vancouver, he decided to try his hand at acting, spurred on in part by the memory of a less-than-appreciative audience during his first stage performance in junior high...
41. Jan Anderson Jan Anderson Actress, Human Traffic Janina Anderson is from Wales in the UK. She caught the acting bug at the tender age of 9 and spent a happy childhood performing. Inspirational teachers quickly noticed her talent and throughout her younger years she enjoyed playing in wonderful productions including 'Annie', 'Gypsy', 'Oklahoma', 'Romeo & Juliet'...
42. Espen Sandberg Espen Sandberg Director, Kon-Tiki
43. Venus Williams Venus Williams Self, Episode dated 22 August 2008
44. Noelle Sheldon Noelle Sheldon Actress, Maxwell
45. Christy Canyon Christy Canyon Actress, Black Throat Christy Canyon is in both the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame. She has been rated by AVN as one of the top 20 porn actresses of all time. Christy entered the industry in the golden age of pornography, and performed early scenes with such greats as Ginger Lynn and Ron Jeremy. She debuted about the same time as Traci Lords and Christy...
46. Sonya Eddy Sonya Eddy Actress, Seven Pounds Sonya Eddy, a native of Concord, California, graduated from UC Davis. During her intense studies she began her acting career in the West Coast premiere of "Zora, Is My Name!" (written by the award-winning actress Ruby Dee). Sonya performed several roles in "Zora" including Big Sweet - a bawdy blues singer (Ruby Dee's personal favorite)...
47. Diane Murphy Diane Murphy Actress, Samantha Fights City Hall
48. Blake Robbins Blake Robbins Actor, The Ugly Truth Blake Robbins was born in Karamousel, Turkey (his father was stationed there with the US Navy). After getting his college degree in business marketing, he attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC. Best know for playing Tom Halpert on the hit NBC show The Office, and for his role as C.O...
49. Sam Douglas Sam Douglas Actor, Snatch. Sam Douglas was a member of the Actors Space in New York City under Alan Langdon (Circle in the Square). He has a BFA in Acting / Directing from Simpson College, Iowa and the University of Oklahoma Drama School, USA. His Theatre credits in the USA include The Rimers of Eldritch, Lion in Winter, A Doll's House...
50. Kazunari Ninomiya Kazunari Ninomiya Actor, Letters from Iwo Jima
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