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1. Gaten Matarazzo Gaten Matarazzo Actor, Stranger Things
2. Martin Freeman Martin Freeman Actor, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Martin Freeman is an English actor, best known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office, Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo...
3. Jonathan Taylor Thomas Jonathan Taylor Thomas Actor, The Lion King Jonathan Taylor Thomas was born Jonathan Taylor Weiss on September 8, 1981 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Claudine (Gonsalves) and Stephen Weiss. He has an older brother, Joel, and has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) and Portuguese ancestry. Growing up, he liked the music group Boyz II Men, and his favorite TV shows were Roseanne and Grace Under Fire...
4. David Arquette David Arquette Actor, Never Been Kissed The youngest of five, David Arquette was born in Winchester, Virginia and is part of the illustrious Arquette family, whose work has spread over several generations. His parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other children: Rosanna Arquette...
5. Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Actor, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, Peter Sellers was born to a well-off English acting family in 1925. His mother and father worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. As a child, Sellers was spoiled, as his parents' first child had died at birth. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force and served during World War II...
6. Thomas Kretschmann Thomas Kretschmann Actor, King Kong Thomas Kretschmann was born in East Germany. Before becoming an actor, he was a swimmer. He has acted in several popular American movies, such as Resident Evil: Apocalypse, The Pianist, U-571, In Enemy Hands, etc. He has three children, Nicolas, Stella and Sascha with his ex-girlfriend Lena.
7. Heather Thomas Heather Thomas Actress, The Fall Guy
8. Pink Pink Soundtrack, Mean Girls Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German...
9. Larenz Tate Larenz Tate Actor, Menace II Society Larenz Tate was born on the west side of Chicago to Larry and Peggy Tate, the youngest of three brothers. His brothers are actors Larron Tate and Lahmard J. Tate. In 1984, Larenz and his family moved to California. It was while living in California that Larenz's parents got him and his brothers involved in a drama program at the Inner City Cultural Center...
10. Julian Richings Julian Richings Actor, Cube Julian Richings was born in Oxford, England, and has become a familiar figure to Canadian cinema and television audiences, appearing in over 50 films and 20 separate television series. After training in drama at the University of Exeter and touring North America with a British stage production, Mr...
11. Nate Corddry Nate Corddry Actor, The Ugly Truth
12. Sid Caesar Sid Caesar Actor, Grease Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" (with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris)...
13. Ella Rae Peck Ella Rae Peck Actress, The Call
14. Brooke Burke-Charvet Brooke Burke-Charvet Self, Dancing with the Stars Brooke Burke-Charvet is a host, actress, television personality, fashion designer and entrepreneur. Brooke is recognized for first winning, and then going on to Co- Host 8 seasons of the iconic, "Dancing With The Stars." Recently, Brooke dove back into world of sitcom's playing a recurring role as Joey Lawrence's ex-girlfriend in the ABC Family Network's hit sitcom...
15. Brian Huskey Brian Huskey Actor, Another Period
16. Christopher Connelly Christopher Connelly Actor, Peyton Place
17. Jake Sandvig Jake Sandvig Actor, Easy A Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Jake discovered his love for acting after one of his teachers encouraged him to try out for local projects. He soon began acting in commercials and by age eleven, Jake and his family made the move down to Hollywood. His first high profile role was that of Josh Jordon...
18. Wiz Khalifa Wiz Khalifa Soundtrack, Furious 7
19. David Lee Smith David Lee Smith Actor, Fight Club David Lee Smith grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, where he graduated from Banks High School. He went on to graduate from the University of Alabama and later earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from SMU.
20. Aimee Mann Aimee Mann Thanks, Magnolia
21. Brad Silberling Brad Silberling Director, A Series of Unfortunate Events
22. Kimberly Peirce Kimberly Peirce Director, Boys Don't Cry
23. Austin 'Chumlee' Russell Austin 'Chumlee' Russell Self, Pawn Stars
24. Mark Lindsay Chapman Mark Lindsay Chapman Actor, Titanic
25. Frank Cady Frank Cady Actor, Rear Window Although Frank Cady's most famous role would be that of general-store owner Sam Drucker, one of the less nutty residents of Hooterville in both Green Acres and Petticoat Junction, he had a history as a film, stage and television actor long before those shows. Cady also appeared on some radio programs including Gunsmoke...
26. Mitchell Whitfield Mitchell Whitfield Actor, My Cousin Vinny
27. William Fawcett William Fawcett Actor, Fury "Doc T". as he was known, was a Ph.D., and Professor of Theatre at Michigan State University in the early 1940's, just before World War II. He often spoke about leaving academia and actually trying his hand at the craft he taught. After the war, he got his chance and never looked back.
28. Pepi Sonuga Pepi Sonuga Actress, Life of a King Pepi Sonuga is a Nigerian-American actress born in Lagos to a family of African and Irish descent. She moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 10 and began pursuing a career in entertainment. At 15 years old, she won the title of Miss Teen Los Angeles in a local pageant and then began modeling for brands such as Hot Topic...
29. Denise Darcel Denise Darcel Self, Gamble on Love Hollywood has always welcomed with open arms exotic, sexy imports to its gallery of glamour girls and serious actresses; look at how Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich and Sophia Loren have been embraced. Buxom and alluring French siren Denise Darcel fell into the secondary ranks of thick-accented...
30. Matthew Josten Matthew Josten Actor, Meet the Robinsons
31. Mario Adorf Mario Adorf Actor, The Tin Drum Mario Adorf, a tell-tale name indeed. Mario calls to mind the actor's Italian roots (his father was a Calabrian surgeon) whereas Adorf reveals his German origins (his mother was a radiologist from German-speaking Alsace). As for the full name Mario Adorf it echoes to perfection the international character of this living legend's long career...
32. Vanessa Baden Vanessa Baden Actress, Kenan & Kel
33. David R. Ellis David R. Ellis Stunts, Scarface Began as child actor in Kurt Russell-Disney Films in 1974. Made the switch to the Stunt world following a successful career as a junior pro surfer. Born, bred, and continues to reside in Malibu. Many, many stunts later, David made the promotion to Stunt Coordinator in 1978 on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Coordinating...
34. Kenneth MacDonald Kenneth MacDonald Actor, Perry Mason Kenneth MacDonald was born Kenneth Dollins on September 8, 1901 in Portland, Indiana. He began his career as a stage actor in the 1920s and came to Hollywood in the early 1930s. He broke into motion pictures, but after several small roles, he found employment difficult to come by. He hit upon the idea of a little self-promotion...
35. Henry Wilcoxon Henry Wilcoxon Actor, Caddyshack Henry Wilcoxon was given the lead role of Marc Antony in Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra. It would prove to be the beginning of a long relationship with DeMille he would become a familiar DeMille character actor and DeMille's associate producer in the later years of DeMille's career. However, after DeMille died, he worked sporadically and accepted minor acting roles.
36. Miles Jupp Miles Jupp Actor, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
37. Jennifer Lafleur Jennifer Lafleur Actress, Billions Jennifer grew up in Brookfield, Massachusetts. With an ER physician for a father and a paramedic/firefighter for a mother, she became an EMT as soon as she turned 18, and worked on an ambulance for 7 years throughout college and graduate school. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Westfield, where she was nominated three times for the Kennedy Center: ACTF Irene Ryan Best Actress award...
38. Ric Reitz Ric Reitz Actor, Flight Ric is an actor, writer, composer, director and producer who has been active in show business for more than 40 years. Born in Rochester, New York, he attended Bowling Green State Univeristiy in Ohio and graduated with honors in Radio-TV-Film, Theater and Marketing. He began his professional acting career with the N.Y...
39. Ashlynn Ross Ashlynn Ross Actress, Snitch
40. Hillary Brooke Hillary Brooke Actress, The Man Who Knew Too Much
41. Byron Morrow Byron Morrow Actor, Colossus: The Forbin Project
42. Lauren Hashian Lauren Hashian Self, R U the Girl?
43. Cari Shayne Cari Shayne Actress, General Hospital A Midwest native, Cari Shayne moved to New York City and graduated from the prestigious Professional Children's School with fellow school mates Jerry O'Connell, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Donald Faison. After relocating to Los Angeles she was cast as Karen Wexler in the number one daytime drama General Hospital...
44. Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Self, The Independents
45. Sameera Reddy Sameera Reddy Actress, Vettai Sameera was born in the Telugu-speaking Reddy family on December 14, 1978. She has two sisters, Meghna and Sushma. The Reddy ancestors hailed from a small town named Rajamundry in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. While still a student in Sydenham College, she sang in Pankaj Udhas' video 'Aashita' with a blond male Caucasian...
46. Sid Tomack Sid Tomack Actor, The Life of Riley
47. David Knell David Knell Actor, Total Recall
48. Patsy Cline Patsy Cline Soundtrack, The Departed Patsy Cline was born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932 in Winchester, Virginia. Her brush with show business came at age four when she won a prize in an amateur tap dancing contest. By the time she entered grade school, her family was fully aware of her musical talent. On her eighth birthday...
49. Ylfa Edelstein Ylfa Edelstein Actress, Dís Ylfa Edelstein, was born and raised in Reykjavik, Iceland. Her grandparents, fled Nazi Germany in 1938, settling in Iceland after her grandfather was offered a position as a cellist with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. From an early age, Ylfa showed a proclivity for performance, in ballet, theatre and music...
50. C. Robert Cargill C. Robert Cargill Writer, Sinister
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