IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Dallas/ Texas/ USA"

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1.		Robin Wright Actress, Forrest Gump Robin Virginia Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a national director at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a model in 1980 at age 14, and worked both in Paris and Japan. After finishing high school she decided to become an actress...
2.		Gina Carano Actress, Haywire Gina Joy Carano was born under a tornado warning in Dallas, Texas, to parents Dana Joy (Cason) and Glenn Thomas Carano. Her father played for the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys as a backup quarterback for Roger Staubach and Danny White from 1977-1983. In 1984, he was the starting quarterback for the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers...
3.		Owen Wilson Actor, Midnight in Paris Self-proclaimed troublemaker Owen Wilson was born in Dallas, to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. He grew up in Texas with his mother, Laura (Cunningham), a photographer; his father, Robert Andrew Wilson, an ad exec; and his brothers, Andrew Wilson (the eldest) and Luke Wilson (the youngest)...
4.		Piper Perabo Actress, The Prestige Piper Perabo was born in Dallas, Texas, to Mary Charlotte (Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a poetry professor. Her mother is of Norwegian descent and her father is of German, Irish, and English ancestry (the surname "Perabo" originates in Germany). After graduating college...
5.		Jensen Ackles Actor, Supernatural Jensen Ross Ackles, better known as simply Jensen Ackles, was born on March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas, to Donna Joan (Shaffer) and actor Alan Ackles. He has English, German, and Scottish ancestry. Jensen grew up in Richardson, Texas, together with his older brother, Joshua, and a younger sister...
6.		Robby Benson Director, Friends
7.		Holland Roden Actress, Teen Wolf No stranger to primetime television with roles on hit shows such as Lost, Weeds and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, up and coming actress Holland Roden can be seen in her starring role as "Lydia Martin" in MTV Network's most successful scripted series, Teen Wolf. As a lead role, Holland plays the role of the popular girl Lydia Martin...
8.		Amy Acker Actress, Person of Interest Born and raised in Dallas, Texas where she graduated Lake Highlands High School, Amy Acker is the oldest of four children; she has two sisters and one brother. An acting major at Southern Methodist University, Amy acted in several college theater productions. She appeared in various roles during the fantasy segments for the popular award-winning children's TV series Wishbone...
9.		Jesse Plemons Actor, Black Mass
10.		Christian Kane Actor, Leverage Christian Kane was born in Dallas, Texas. Christian and his family moved around a lot throughout the South before settling down in Norman, Oklahoma. Christian attended the University of Oklahoma where he had plans to major in Art History. But, Christian wanted to try out acting, so he took his truck and his life savings of a few hundred dollars and headed to Hollywood...
11.		Angie Harmon Actress, Rizzoli & Isles
12.		Morgan Fairchild Actress, The Seduction This elegant lady defined the television version of the rich, sophisticated businesswoman who knows what she wants, and will do whatever it takes to get it. She was born Patsy Ann McClenny on February 3, 1950 in Dallas, Texas. She began acting as a child, when her mother enrolled her in drama lessons after she was too shy to give a book report in class...
13.		Luke Wilson Actor, Old School Handsome Texan Luke Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas in 1971, to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. The son of Laura (Cunningham), a photographer, and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive, he was raised with two brothers, Owen Wilson (the middle one) and Andrew Wilson (the eldest one)...
14.		Brooke Burns Actress, Shallow Hal
15.		Jake McDorman Actor, American Sniper
16.		Sasha Lane Actress, American Honey
17.		McKaley Miller Actress, Hart of Dixie McKaley Miller was born in Dallas, Texas. She is most known for her roles as Rose on the CW's 'Hart of Dixie', Bailey on MTV's 'Awkward', and Lizzie on FX's 'Partners' starring Kelsey Grammer & Martin Lawrence. Miller also starred alongside Winona Ryder, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans and Ray Liotta in 'The Iceman'...
18.		Christine Lakin Actress, Family Guy Christine Helen Lakin was born on January 25th, 1979 in Dallas, Texas. After moving several times as a child, her family finally settled in Atlanta, Georgia, where Christine started her acting career. There, she attended the Atlanta workshop players - a theater group which plays in schools in the Atlanta metro area...
19.		Nick Jonas Self, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Nick Jonas is best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a band formed with he and his brothers Kevin and Joe. He has appeared in films such as Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian and Careful What You Wish For. He has also appeared television series' Last Man Standing and Hawaii Five-0. Jonas starred in JONAS L.A....
20.		Troy Baker Actor, The Last of Us
21.		Sharon Tate Actress, The Fearless Vampire Killers Sharon Tate won the first of many beauty contests before her first birthday. Her looks, charm, and grace would be her passport into the acting world, initially as an extra in movie shot on location in Italy, where her army officer father was posted in the early 1960's. Commercials and modeling assignments followed...
22.		Greg Vaughan Actor, General Hospital James Gregory Vaughan, Jr., was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 15, 1973, and was raised in both the big city of Dallas and the small German town of Fredericksburg, Texas, from his preschool years through his early teens, graduating from Mesquite High in 1991. Vaughan was involved in sports, student government...
23.		Jay R. Ferguson Actor, The Lucky One
24.		Scoot McNairy Actor, 12 Years a Slave During the early 2000s, actor Scoot McNairy quickly came to specialize in portrayals of colorful and individualistic young men with a slightly rebellious edge. McNairy began during the early to mid-2000s, with bit parts in films including Wonderland (2003), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and Art School Confidential (2006)...
25.		Dillon Casey Actor, The Vow
26.		Madison De La Garza Actress, Desperate Housewives Madison De La Garza was born to Eddie DeLaGarza and Dianna Hart on December 28, 2001 in Dallas, Texas. She is the maternal younger half-sister of Demi Lovato and Dallas Lovato. She is best known for her role as "Juanita Solis" on Desperate Housewives. Madison has been made fun of for her weight but her sister, Demi Lovato, has spoken out about her and her own bullying/weight issues.
27.		Andrew Wilson Actor, Rushmore
28.		Kylie Rogers Actress, Collateral Beauty Kylie Rogers is a Texas-born actress, who came to Los Angeles in 2012. Kylie's first major film was the lead role of "Sunshine" in Space Station 76, working alongside Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer and Marisa Coughlan. That role was followed closely by William Monahan's psychological thriller...
29.		Jill Marie Jones Actress, Girlfriends
30.		Usher Raymond Producer, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Usher Raymond IV was born in Dallas, Texas, to Jonetta Patton (née O'Neal) and Usher Raymond III. He began singing when he was six years old, joining the local church choir at the behest of his mother who acted as choir director. Jonetta, a single mom, raised Usher and his younger brother, James, in Chattanooga...
31.		Peter MacNicol Actor, Sophie's Choice
32.		Meat Loaf Actor, Fight Club Meat Loaf was born in Texas, and moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands and appear in musicals such as "Hair" and "As You Like It". He made his film debut with a memorable role in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album called "Bat Out Of Hell"...
33.		Stephanie March Actress, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
34.		Stephen Tobolowsky Actor, Memento Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky was born on May 30, 1951 in Dallas, Texas. Over the past three decades, Tobolowsky has racked up a lengthy list of roles in movies and television across many different genres. While Tobolowsky initially attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with the intention of studying geology...
35.		Peter Ostrum Actor, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
36.		Laura Ashley Samuels Actress, In Time
37.		Noah Ringer Actor, The Last Airbender Noah Andrew Ringer is an American actor who starred as Aang in the film The Last Airbender. He was discovered in an open casting call for Airbender in Texas. He was also cast in the film Cowboys & Aliens as Emmett. Ringer is a young taekwondo practitioner who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. At age 12...
38.		Anne Winters Actress, Tyrant Anne Winters is originally from Dallas, Texas. She now resides in Los Angeles. At the age of four, Anne performed in her first musical production. And by ten, she sang her first solo to a crowd of over 24,000 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Throughout high school Anne split her time between LA and Dallas...
39.		Travis Willingham Actor, Avengers Assemble Travis also co-stars on Critical Role, a live streamed Dungeons and Dragons game shown once a week on Geek & Sundry, a very popular Twtich channel. Other stars include Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Liam O'Brian, Sam Riegel, Ashley Johnson, his wife Laura Bailey, and Matthew Mercer. Critical Role has been going on since 2015...
40.		William Jackson Harper Actor, True Story
41.		Josh Henderson Actor, Dallas Josh Henderson was born in Dallas, Texas. Josh grew up with his mother (Sharon) in Oklahoma & Texas. Graduating from Tulsa Memorial Senior High School in May 2000, he returned to Texas after graduation to auditioned for (2001) Popstars in Dallas. Remembered for "singing like Justin Timberlake" Josh was chosen as one of the six winners...
42.		Jerrika Hinton Actress, Grey's Anatomy
43.		Brian J. Smith Actor, SGU Stargate Universe Brian J. Smith was born on October 12, 1981 in Dallas, Texas, USA as Brian Jacob Smith. He is an actor, known for SGU Stargate Universe (2009), Red Faction: Origins (2011) and Hate Crime (2005). On June 2015, he played Will Gorski, one of the lead characters on the Netflix original series, "Sense8", created by the Wachowskis.
44.		Paige Hurd Actress, Cradle 2 the Grave
45.		Glenn Morshower Actor, Bloodline
46.		Mark Salling Actor, Glee Mark Wayne Salling was born in Dallas, Texas. He is the younger of two children of Condy Sue (née Wherry), a school secretary, and John Robert Salling, Jr., an accountant. He was home-schooled at an early age. Salling was raised in a "strict Christian home" and attended Providence Christian School and Our Redeemer Lutheran during elementary school...
47.		Lane Garrison Actor, Shooter Lane Garrison is an American actor,writer from Dallas, Texas. After he graduated from J.J. Pearce High School, where Jessica Simpson also attended, he moved to Los Angeles. He was 18 and only had 400$ to his name, but his love and passion for making movies paid off after years of perseverance when he landed the role of " Tweener" in the FOX hit TV series Prison Break...
48.		Uriah Shelton Actor, The Glades Uriah was born on March 10, 1997 in Dallas, Texas. One month later his family moved him to Magnolia Springs, Alabama, a small river community about 40 miles south of Mobile. Growing up, Uriah pursued interests in martial arts, piano, and soccer. At the age of 7, he took a modeling class with his cousin...
49.		Linda Darnell Actress, My Darling Clementine Linda Darnell was born Monetta Eloyse Darnell in Dallas, Texas, one of five children of a post office worker and his wife. It was evident at an early age that she would be a ravishing beauty, and her mother encouraged her to model. By age 11 she was modeling clothes for an area department store. She had no trouble getting modeling jobs even at such a young age...
50.		Vanilla Ice Soundtrack, Step Brothers Vanilla Ice was born Robert Matthew Van Winkle on October 31, 1967 in South Dallas, Texas. He was raised by his mother, Camilla Beth (Dickerson). His father left when he was four years old and since then, he has had many stepfathers. He has German and English ancestry on his mother's side. In his teenage years...