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1. Sam Claflin Sam Claflin Actor, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides English actor Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, England, to Susan A. (Clarke), a classroom assistant, and Mark J. Claflin, a finance officer. As a child, he was football-mad, often going to see his favorite team, Norwich City. He was a talented footballer, playing for Norwich schools at city level and Norfolk county level...
2. Kimiko Glenn Kimiko Glenn Actress, Orange Is the New Black Kimiko Glenn was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ, where she grew up with her sister Amanda, and parents Mark and Sumiko. She started doing theater when she was ten years old at Valley Youth Theatre and there, began developing her love for performing. Halfway through her freshman year of college at the Boston Conservatory...
3. Matthew Lewis Matthew Lewis Actor, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
4. J.J. Abrams J.J. Abrams Producer, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Ed Westwick Ed Westwick Actor, Gossip Girl
6. Tobey Maguire Tobey Maguire Actor, Spider-Man Tobias Vincent Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California. His parents were 18 and 20, and not yet married, when he was born. His mother, Wendy (Brown), did advertising, publicity, and acting in Hollywood for years as she coached and managed Tobey. His father, Vincent Maguire, was a cook and sometimes a construction worker...
7. Courtney Ford Courtney Ford Actress, Kept Woman As an actress on the rise, Courtney Ford shines equally bright in both comedic and dramatic roles. Her ability to take on diverse projects has set her career in motion. Currently appearing in one of television's most critically acclaimed dramas, True Blood, Ford has been named one of the "Top Ten Faces to Watch on Television" by Variety...
8. Chandler Riggs Chandler Riggs Actor, The Walking Dead
9. Wagner Moura Wagner Moura Actor, Paraíso Tropical Wagner Moura is a Brazilian film, television and stage actor. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, he has achieved widespread international fame for his portrayal of Captain (later Colonel) Roberto Nascimento, protagonist of the highly successful 2007 film Elite Squad and its sequel...
10. Christian Kane 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. Drake Bell Drake Bell Actor, Ultimate Spider-Man
12. Madylin Sweeten Madylin Sweeten Actress, Everybody Loves Raymond
13. Kelley Jakle Kelley Jakle Actress, Pitch Perfect Kelley Jakle is an actress, singer/songwriter from Sacramento, CA. As the only girl in a family with two older brothers, Kelley held her own playing competitive soccer, basketball and swimming. However, it was acting and singing that eventually consumed her interest, beginning with The Sacramento Children's Chorus...
14. Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Adjani Actress, Queen Margot Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène, and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently. After winning a school recitation contest...
15. Alanna Masterson Alanna Masterson Actress, The Walking Dead
16. India de Beaufort India de Beaufort Actress, Run, Fatboy, Run
17. Khloé Kardashian Khloé Kardashian Producer, Keeping Up with the Kardashians
18. Kathryn Beaumont Kathryn Beaumont Actress, Alice in Wonderland A native of London, England, Kathryn Beaumont moved to Bangor, North Wales, where her father, Kenneth Beaumont, was a broadcaster during World War II. Upon her return to London in 1945, Kathryn was spotted by an MGM scout and came to the U.S. under contract. She was only about ten when she was signed and began recording the voice of "Alice" in Alice in Wonderland for Disney (replacing Margaret O'Brien...
19. Catherine Chan Catherine Chan Actress, Safe
20. Julia Duffy Julia Duffy Actress, Newhart
21. Emma Lahana Emma Lahana Actress, Power Rangers DinoThunder Emma Kate Lahana was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 27 June 1984. She became involved in the arts at a very young age doing ballet and broadened her dancing to jazz, tap and modern styles. She also learnt to play the violin but once in high school became involved in drama as well as singing. It was here that she auditioned for a long-running New Zealand TV soap...
22. Jay Karnes Jay Karnes Actor, The Shield Jay Karnes was born in Omaha, NE and attended the University of Kansas, where he studied theatre, history, and political science. He has performed extensively in the regional theater, including in The Tempest, Two Noble Kinsman, Richard II, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Love's Labor's Lost, and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia...
23. Billy Curtis Billy Curtis Actor, High Plains Drifter Diminutive American actor Billy Curtis avoided the usual onus of freak-show employment as a youth, opting for a mainstream job as a shoe clerk. Encouraged by stock company actress Shirley Booth to take a little person role in a stage production, Curtis soon became a professional actor, with numerous Broadway musical productions to his credit...
24. Tony Chiu Wai Leung Tony Chiu Wai Leung Actor, Ying xiong Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them. In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as Lu ding ji or Jue dai shuang jiao...
25. John McIntire John McIntire Actor, Wagon Train John McIntire possessed the requisite grit, craggy features and crusty, steely-eyed countenance to make for one of television and film's most durable supporting players of western settings. Born in Spokane, Washington in 1907 and the son of a lawyer, he grew up in Montana where he learned to raise and ride broncos on the family homestead...
26. Taimak Taimak Actor, The Last Dragon
27. Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieslowski Writer, Three Colors: Red Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from Lódz Film School in 1969, and became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter. Before making his first film for TV, Przejscie podziemne (The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His next TV title, Personel (The Staff)...
28. Janusz Kaminski Janusz Kaminski Cinematographer, Saving Private Ryan
29. Anthony Howell Anthony Howell Actor, Woman in Gold Anthony Howell was born in 1971 in the Lake District in England. He trained to be an actor at the 'Drama Centre.' His acting debut came when he went on a world tour with Robert Lepage's 'Geometry of Miracles'. Then came Wives and Daughters. Along with his TV work, he took a year out and appeared in the 1999-2000 RSC season in Stratford-Upon-Avon...
30. Erin Agostino Erin Agostino Actress, 18 to Life
31. Paul Koslo Paul Koslo Actor, The Omega Man Lean-faced, intense-looking, German-born, Canada-raised Paul Koslo was at his busiest during the 1970s, usually playing shifty, untrustworthy and often downright nasty characters. He first broke into films at age 22 in the low-budget Little White Crimes, and then appeared in a rush of movies taking advantage of his youthful looks...
32. Elena Lyons Elena Lyons Actress, USA High Elena moved to Los Angeles from New Orleans after high school to pursue an acting career. She is currently the 10th ranked female in the state of California in sporting clay and trap shooting (shotgun). In 2005 she made Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 list. She has two Great Danes and a parrot. She loves Hot Rod's and has owned three...
33. Yancey Arias Yancey Arias Actor, One Life to Live Yancey Arias was born in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. At the age of twelve his first experience in entertainment was when his grandmother threw him on stage to sing a song for a neighborhood talent show at Henry Street Settlement in downtown Manhattan. Yancey was discovered by Professor James Green at Saint John's Prep High School in Astoria...
34. Moroni Olsen Moroni Olsen Actor, Notorious Even his more courteous, somewhat friendlier types gave one pause for concern. The tall, beefy, balding, icy-eyed character actor Moroni Olsen was one of Hollywood's more popular and imposing performers of film during the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. The versatile player was born Moroni Olsen and raised in Utah to Mormon parents (Edward Arenholt Olsen and Marsha Holverholst)...
35. Shirley Anne Field Shirley Anne Field Actress, Santa Barbara Shirley Anne and her brother (later a U.S. homicide victim) were brought up in the Edgworth Children's Home and Orphanage after their mother was unable to care for them. She began her career modeling for 50s British pin up magazines such as Reveille and Titbits before entering films in 1955 as an extra and bit player...
36. Ken Marshall Ken Marshall Actor, Krull
37. Meera Syal Meera Syal Actress, Beautiful Thing
38. Asier Etxeandia Asier Etxeandia Actor, Ma ma
39. James Daughton James Daughton Actor, Animal House
40. Michael Reilly Burke Michael Reilly Burke Actor, Ted Bundy
41. Paul Rae Paul Rae Actor, True Grit
42. Dany Verissimo-Petit Dany Verissimo-Petit Actress, District B13 Dany Verissimo-Petit is an edgy and talented young actress with an unusual background. Her recent runaway success in the play "D.A.F. Marquis de Sade" (2013), and a two-season run in the hit Canal Plus TV series Maison Close (currently being adapted by HBO), have led to her integration into a number of upcoming projects with French theater director Nicolas Briançon...
43. Robert Keeshan Robert Keeshan Actor, The Stupids Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Starting as a page at the National Broadcasting Company, Keeshan later began his on-air career as the original "Clarabell, the Clown" for the NBC The Howdy Doody Show (aka "The Howdy Doody Show")...
44. Gary Crosby Gary Crosby Actor, Girl Happy The stocky-framed, lookalike son of singing legend Bing Crosby who had that same bemused, forlorn look, fair hair and jug ears, Gary was the eldest of four sons born to the crooner and his first wife singer/actress Dixie Lee. The boys' childhood was an intensely troubled one with all four trying to follow in their father's incredibly large footsteps as singers and actors...
45. Nikki Tomlinson Nikki Tomlinson Stunts, Allegiant
46. Liz Stauber Liz Stauber Actress, Almost Famous Liz Stauber was born in Indianapolis to Dan Stauber, a mental health administrator, and Paula Jones, a respected psychotherapist and daughter of civic leader Vel Ryder. The couple divorced while Liz and her sister Christine were young. Liz got her first acting role as a small child in Indianapolis Junior Civic Theatre's The Velveteen Rabbit at age nine...
47. Sujata Day Sujata Day Actress, Insecure The daughter of a mechanical engineer and housewife, Sujata became involved in the performing arts at a very young age. She began with dance (ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and East Indian folk and classical dance) and then became equally interested in acting, singing and musical theater. She continued...
48. Tanay Chheda Tanay Chheda Actor, Taare Zameen Par Tanay Hemant Chheda is an Indian child actor. He is best known for his performances in the critically acclaimed films Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) (2007) and Slumdog Millionaire (2008), with the latter earning him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and a nomination for Best Ensemble at the Black Reel Awards of 2008...
49. Tommy Cannon Tommy Cannon Self, Cannon and Ball Robert Harper (Bobby Ball) and Thomas Derbyshire (Tommy Cannon) were both born in Oldham. They met in the early 1960s while working as welders in the same factory. Becoming friends, they formed a club act known as Bobby and Stevie Rhythm, which became the Sherrell Brothers then The Harper Brothers...
50. Sam Hoare Sam Hoare Actor, Captain America: The First Avenger
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