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1. Lizzy Caplan Lizzy Caplan Actress, Cloverfield Actress Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California, to Barbara (Bragman), a political aide, and Richard Caplan, a lawyer. She has two older siblings, Julie and Benjamin, and was raised in a Jewish household. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. Caplan was educated at Alexander Hamilton High School...
2. Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio Actor, Law & Order: Criminal Intent Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio was born on June 30, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, to Phyllis, a restaurant manager and server, and Gene D'Onofrio, a theater production assistant and interior designer. He is of Italian descent and has two older sisters. He studied at the Actors Studio and the American Stanislavski Theatre...
3. Michael Phelps Michael Phelps Self, Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Michael Fred Phelps II was born in Towson, Maryland, to Deborah Sue (Davisson), a middle school principal, and Michael Fred Phelps, a state trooper. Before the 2004 Olympics started, rumor had it that 19 year-old Phelps was thinking of trying to match or even surpass Mark Spitz's legendary seven gold medals record...
4. Marton Csokas Marton Csokas Actor, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Marton was born in Invercargill, Aotearoa, to Margaret Christine (Rayner), a nurse, and Márton Csókás, a mechanical engineer. His father is Hungarian and his mother is Australian (of English, Irish, and Danish origin). He inherited some of his talents from his father, a trained opera singer and at one time, a trapeze artist in the Hungarian Circus...
5. Molly Parker Molly Parker Actress, The Road Molly Parker, the extremely talented and versatile Canadian actress is best known in the United States for playing the Western widow "Alma Garret" on the cable-TV series Deadwood. Raised on a commune, she described as "a hippie farm" in Pitt Meadows, B.C., Parker got the acting bug when she was 16 years old...
6. Monica Potter Monica Potter Actress, Parenthood From Cleveland to Hollywood, actress, producer, entrepreneur, funny woman, tear-jerker, designer, decorator, builder, creator, fixer, cook, cleaner, host, wife, Browns fan, homemaker, (very) amateur bowler and -her favorite title- mom, Monica Potter has achieved success in several different ways....save having a concise bio intro...
7. Kate Luyben Kate Luyben Actress, Shanghai Noon
8. Tom Burke Tom Burke Actor, Only God Forgives
9. Deirdre Lovejoy Deirdre Lovejoy Actress, American Gothic
10. Mark Waters Mark Waters Director, Mean Girls
11. Julie Engelbrecht Julie Engelbrecht Actress, The Last Witch Hunter
12. Angela Sarafyan Angela Sarafyan Actress, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
13. Rick Gonzalez Rick Gonzalez Actor, War of the Worlds Rick Gonzalez was born on June 30th 1979 in New York City and raised in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. He attended the "Fame" High School of performing arts where he studied Acting. Graduating in 1997 to pursue a career, Rick briefly worked in New York and later moved to Los Angeles to continue work...
14. Rupert Graves Rupert Graves Actor, V for Vendetta Born in a seaside resort town, Britain's Rupert Graves was born a rebel, resisting authority and breaking rules at an early age. In his teens he became a punk rocker and even found work as a circus clown and in traveling comedy troupes. In 1983 he made his professional stage debut in "The Killing of Mr...
15. Brian Bloom Brian Bloom Actor, The A-Team
16. Desi Lydic Desi Lydic Self, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
17. Colton Dunn Colton Dunn Writer, Key and Peele
18. Peter Outerbridge Peter Outerbridge Actor, Lucky Number Slevin Outerbridge, together with two older sisters and two older brothers, grew up in Toronto, Ontario. While his father practiced law, his mother studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He comes from a family of artists, as his uncle (though not by blood) was opera singer Jon Vickers, and his cousin Billy is a regular at Stratford...
19. Lyle Brocato Lyle Brocato Actor, The Big Short Lyle Nicholas Brocato was born in Patterson, LA. After graduating from LSU in 2002, Lyle and wife Angelena Swords moved to Los Angeles. He landed his first speaking part on the short-lived CBS show "Clubhouse" with Dean Cain and Mare Winningham. After doing commercial work over the next few years, he finally got his foot in the door to film roles...
20. Mike Tyson Mike Tyson Producer, Tyson One of the most frightening human beings ever to step into the boxing ring, Mike Tyson was the model of the supreme gladiator - unbeaten and unbeatable. Never before had one individual captured the attention of the wider world via sport except Muhammad Ali. Michael Gerard Tyson was born in Brooklyn...
21. Elliot Fletcher Elliot Fletcher Actor, The Fosters Elliot Fletcher was born on June 30, 1996 in Los Angeles, California. He is an actor, known for Faking It (2014), The Fosters (2013) and Young Hollywood (2007). Additionally, Elliot has worked in the theater with several productions and has performed his original music compositions for local audiences. Elliot looks forward to a long and rewarding career.
22. Susan Hayward Susan Hayward Actress, I Want to Live! The youngest of three children, Edythe Marrenner was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. Her father and mother, who were of Irish and Swedish descent respectively, endowed her with the milky complexion and ruby mane that would become her trademark. She grew up in poverty in the shadow of her older sister Florence who was her mother's favorite...
23. Cheryl Cheryl Self, The X Factor
24. David Alan Grier David Alan Grier Actor, In Living Color David Alan Grier was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Aretas Ruth (Dudley), a schoolteacher, and William Henry Grier, a psychiatrist and writer. He trained in Shakespeare at Yale University, where he received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in "The First"...
25. Lena Horne Lena Horne Self, That's Entertainment! III Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. In her biography she stated that on the day she was born, her father was in the midst of a card game trying to get money to pay the hospital costs. Her parents divorced while she was still a toddler. Her mother left later in order to find work as an actress and Lena was left in the care of her grandparents...
26. Sean Marquette Sean Marquette Actor, All My Children Sean Marquette, born in Dallas, Texas, is successfully building a diverse and established career playing a variety of roles in television, film and animated series. Sean began his acting career starring as Jamie Martin on the Emmy award winning daytime soap, All My Children (ABC). Sean starred in 13...
27. Christopher Jacot Christopher Jacot Actor, Going the Distance
28. Leonard Whiting Leonard Whiting Actor, Romeo and Juliet Leonard Whiting was born and raised in North London, in the Woodgreen-Hampstead area. He is the only son of Arthur Leonard Whiting, who managed a store where exhibition materials were made, and of Peggy Joyce O'Sullivan, who worked in a telephone instrument factory. There are two younger sisters, Linda and Anne...
29. Ashley Walters Ashley Walters Actor, Get Rich or Die Tryin'
30. David Garrison David Garrison Actor, Married with Children
31. Rebecca Tilney Rebecca Tilney Actress, Killing Reagan
32. Ted Ross Ted Ross Actor, The Fisher King He moved to Dayton, Ohio, with his family when he was 7. He was working as an MC at at club there during the 1950s when he entered the US Air Force. After his discharge, he continued to pursue his show business career. In films, he portrayed Bitterman in Arthur and its sequel Arthur 2: On the Rocks...
33. Vahina Giocante Vahina Giocante Actress, Lila dit ça
34. Chris Conrad Chris Conrad Actor, The Promotion Chris Conrad was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He is the third out of four brothers - big brother Steve is a script writer, big brother Tim, baby brother Mike. Always going for the sports, amongst others football, baseball, basketball, soccer, and judo. Started performing in grade school...
35. Lisa London Lisa London Actress, H.O.T.S. Lisa London is an accomplished actress & singer who hails from Palm Springs CA USA. Lisa has basked in the limelight since a teen. In high school she was a Bob Hope Classic Girl and had her own weekly column in the Desert Sun newspaper and interviewed local and international entertainment & sports celebrities for CBS radio...
36. Cody Rhodes Cody Rhodes Actor, WWE Raw
37. Glenda Farrell Glenda Farrell Actress, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang After gaining acting experience on the stage, Glenda Farrell became a Warner contract actor in the early 1930s. In spite of her later casting as a hard-boiled reporter in Mystery of the Wax Museum or successful gold digger Gold Diggers of 1935, one of her first roles was the romantic interest of Edward G. Robinson's former partner in Little Caesar...
38. Predrag Bjelac Predrag Bjelac Actor, The Omen
39. Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonardo Sbaraglia Actor, Relatos salvajes
40. Pat McCormick Pat McCormick Writer, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Veteran comic Pat McCormick was one of those second tier funnymen whose career enjoy great longevity on the stand-up and TV variety circuits, but fell just short of making it to the all-stars. As a gag writer, however, he reigned supreme. Pat was born on June 30, 1927, in Lakewood Ohio. Already a king-sized presence in high school...
41. Paris Barclay Paris Barclay Producer, Sons of Anarchy Two-time Emmy winner Paris Barclay, one of television's most successful and honored directors, is the President of the Directors Guild of America. Throughout his illustrious career in TV, Paris has directed nearly 150 episodes of television, including NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, Lost, CSI, NCIS: Los Angeles...
42. George Chandler George Chandler Actor, Every Which Way But Loose After military service during the First World War, Chandler studied at the University of Illinois, financing his studies by playing jazz violin in a band. During the early 1920's, he returned to the vaudeville circuit and began in films from 1928. Most of his early efforts were short one- and two-reel comedies...
43. Matisyahu Matisyahu Soundtrack, Knocked Up
44. Terry Funk Terry Funk Actor, Over the Top Funk has strong wrestling bloodlines. His dad, Dory Funk Sr., was a well-known grappler from the 1940s to the 1970s, and his brother, Dory Funk Jr., wrestled from 1963 until the early 90s, and won the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) world heavyweight championship in 1969. Funk, himself, became...
45. Tony Musante Tony Musante Actor, L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo Handsome, rugged, and talented Italian-American actor Tony Musante was born on June 30, 1936 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to an accountant father and a school teacher mother. He attended both Northwestern University and Oberlin College. Tony worked as a school teacher prior to beginning his acting career in Off-Broadway theater in 1960...
46. Fantasia Barrino Fantasia Barrino Soundtrack, Lee Daniels' The Butler
47. Vincent Klyn Vincent Klyn Actor, Point Break Before moving to Hawaii at the age of four, Vincent Klyn was born in New Zealand. He began surfing at a very young age and was already on the Pro Circuit by age 13. In the mid 80s, he was on the World Wide Surf Tour as one of the top five surfers in the world and as a result, received many endorsements...
48. Nancy Dussault Nancy Dussault Actress, Too Close for Comfort
49. Anthony Mann Anthony Mann Director, El Cid
50. Angela Raiola Angela Raiola Self, Big Ang
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