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51. Damon Herriman Damon Herriman Actor, Justified
52. Michael Rapaport Michael Rapaport Actor, The 6th Day A true New Yorker through and through, Michael Rapaport was born in Manhattan, to June Brody, a radio personality, and David Rapaport, a radio program manager. He is of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent. Rapaport moved to Los Angeles to try stand-up comedy following high school graduation (which came after a series of expulsions)...
53. Joseph Fiennes Joseph Fiennes Actor, Shakespeare in Love Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is one of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Ralph Fiennes, an actor; Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Fiennes, a musician; and Sophie Fiennes, a producer. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish origin...
54. Chris O'Donnell Chris O'Donnell Actor, NCIS: Los Angeles Christopher Eugene O'Donnell was born on June 26th, 1970 in Winnetka, Illinois, to Julie Ann (Rohs) and William Charles O'Donnell, Sr., who managed a CBS radio station, WBBM-AM. He is the youngest child in his family, with four sisters and two brothers. His father had Irish ancestry and his mother's lineage includes German, English, and Swiss...
55. Josie Bissett Josie Bissett Actress, Melrose Place Josie Bissett is recognized internationally for her role as the popular 'Jane Mancini' on FOX-TV's "Melrose Place," which ended its successful seven-year run in May 1999. To date, she has graced over 50 magazine covers, including such publications as TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Shape's Fit Pregnancy and New Woman...
56. Adam Goldberg Adam Goldberg Actor, Saving Private Ryan An actor with a talent for mining the neuroses of his characters for both comedic and dramatic effect and a filmmaker adept at exploring the philosophical questions at the heart of the human experience, Adam Goldberg has solidified his position as a versatile and unique talent. Goldberg was born in Santa Monica...
57. Izabella Scorupco Izabella Scorupco Actress, GoldenEye Born in the northern Polish town of Bialystok, Izabella Scorupco moved to Sweden with her mother as a young child. She studied drama and music and, at 17, was discovered by a Swedish film director who cast her in the movie Ingen kan älska som vi, which made her a local teenage idol. She then became a successful model in Sweden and throughout Europe, where she made good use of her fluency in four languages...
58. Shemar Moore Shemar Moore Actor, Criminal Minds Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970) is an American actor and former fashion model. His notable roles are that of Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless from 1994 to 2005, Derek Morgan on CBS's Criminal Minds from 2005 to 2016, and as the third permanent host of Soul Train from 1999 to 2003.
59. Elaine Hendrix Elaine Hendrix Actress, Sex&Drugs;&Rock;&Roll; Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Elaine Hendrix spent her early years in nearby Knoxville and Morristown. At 15 she moved with her divorced mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended the Northside School of Performing Arts. She started her professional career as a dancer and model but gave up dance after she was hit by a car while bicycling...
60. Warwick Davis Warwick Davis Actor, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 English actor Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, the son of an insurance broker and his wife. Davis was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism. He was educated at City of London Freemen's School. When he was 11 years old, his grandmother heard a radio appeal for people under four feet tall to appear in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi...
61. Samantha Mathis Samantha Mathis Actress, American Psycho Samantha Mathis was born in 1970 in New York, to Donald Mathis and Austrian-born Bibi Besch, an aspiring actress at the time. Her maternal grandmother was actress Gusti Huber. Her first acting job was in a commercial for baby products with her mother. Since her parents divorced when she was only three years old...
62. Amy Jo Johnson Amy Jo Johnson Actress, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Amy Jo Johnson grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. As a child she competed as a gymnast, learning skills that would later be of great use to her in her breakthrough role as Kimberly Hart the Pink Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. She gave up competing when she was 17, and concentrated more on her acting interests...
63. Brooke Langton Brooke Langton Actress, Melrose Place As a child, Brooke Langton lived in Illinois, Texas, and Japan. She settled down in California, where she studied marine biology and screen-writing. She also studied at Second City improv. Her first acting job was Budweiser's "Ginger or Mary Ann?" directed by David Fincher, which aired during Super Bowl XXVII...
64. Helen Baxendale Helen Baxendale Actress, Cold Feet
65. Matt Ross Matt Ross Actor, American Psycho
66. Bellamy Young Bellamy Young Actress, Scandal Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Bellamy is a graduate of Yale University. She also studied at Oxford University in England. In New York, she starred on Broadway as Mary in Cy Coleman's "The Life" and also as Meg in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along". Other notable theater...
67. Nia Long Nia Long Actress, Big Momma's House Stunning pop culture icon, Hollywood leading lady and three-time NAACP award winner Nia Long returns to the big screen this fall in the highly anticipated Universal Pictures sequel The best man holiday (in theaters November 15th) where she reunites with original castmates Taye Diggs ("Private Practice")...
68. Oded Fehr Oded Fehr Actor, The Mummy
69. Alysia Reiner Alysia Reiner Actress, Sideways Alysia Reiner is an indomitable spirit. She is also an award winning actress, producer, mother, humanitarian and outspoken environmentalist. When Alysia lost her father suddenly to cancer in 2002, she subsequently created "Speed Grieving," an award winning short film about her loss. Then she set out to use that film to help all those in grief and mourning to feel their loss fully...
70. Clifton Collins Jr. Clifton Collins Jr. Actor, Pacific Rim An acting chameleon who can easily lose himself in the life of his film and television characters, Clifton Collins Jr. is a native Angeleno who grew up destined to become a part of the Latino entertainment industry. His great-grandparents on his mother's side were a Mexican trumpet player and Spanish dancer who formed a traveling family act...
71. Josh Hopkins Josh Hopkins Actor, Cougar Town
72. Thomas Lennon Thomas Lennon Writer, Night at the Museum
73. Nicole Sullivan Nicole Sullivan Actress, MADtv Nicole Sullivan studied theatre at Northwestern University, and graduated on the Deans List. After moving to LA, her career started in 1995 when she beat out many hundreds of people for a starring role on the sketch comedy show, MADtv. The show became a big hit and Nicole was one of the breakout stars of the show...
74. Will Forte Will Forte Actor, Saturday Night Live 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...
75. Nicole de Boer Nicole de Boer Actress, Cube Nicole de Boer began her acting career as a child in her hometown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A shy child, she one day came home and, to the astonishment of her family, told them she had gotten the lead in the play "The Wizard of Oz". With the blessing of her parents, her grandmother helped her to find an agent and shortly afterward...
76. Ione Skye Ione Skye Actress, Say Anything...
77. Nicole Ari Parker Nicole Ari Parker Actress, Boogie Nights
78. James Gunn James Gunn Writer, Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri in a large Irish Catholic family. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age of 12. Many of these were comedic splatter films featuring his brothers being disemboweled by zombies...
79. Todd Phillips Todd Phillips Producer, Old School
80. Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff Actress, Suffragette Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress, born on 8 October 1970 in Southall, London. Her parents, Brendan and Mary (née Doherty), are from Donegal, Ireland. She first came to the attention of the British public for her role as Margaret in The Magdalene Sisters and as Fiona Gallagher in the successful TV series Shameless...
81. Queen Latifah Queen Latifah Actress, Living Single Often considered hip-hop's first lady (though some would attribute that to Roxanne Shanté), the woman behind the moniker Queen Latifah was born Dana Owens on March 18th, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (Bray), a teacher, and Lancelot Owens, Sr. She came from a police family--both her father and older brother were cops...
82. Tom Everett Scott Tom Everett Scott Actor, That Thing You Do! Tom Everett Scott was born and raised in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the 3rd of 4 children of Cynthia (Pierce), an insurance saleswoman, and William Joseph Scott, who was a civil engineer. Tom spent his childhood in a "nice house in the woods", with a pond nearby, canoeing and camping. He acted in high school plays...
83. Skeet Ulrich Skeet Ulrich Actor, As Good as It Gets
84. Brian Bloom Brian Bloom Actor, The A-Team
85. Lisa Robin Kelly Lisa Robin Kelly Actress, That '70s Show Days after checking into Pax Rehab House in Altadena, California, Kelly died in her sleep at the facility on August 15, 2013, aged 43. On January 3, 2014, the Los Angeles Department of Coroner concluded that her death was due to an accidental unspecified oral "multiple drug intoxication". In June 2014...
86. Rya Kihlstedt Rya Kihlstedt Actress, Home Alone 3
87. Kelli Williams Kelli Williams Actress, The Practice Kelli Williams was born in California on June 8, 1970. Though she had appeared in commercials since she was a baby, she was discovered by her agent at her high school play ("Romeo and Juliet"), in which she starred as Juliet opposite General Hospital's Steve Burton. In the early 1990s, she appeared with Tony Danza and George C. Scott in the stage production "Wrong Turn at Lungfish"...
88. Octavia Spencer Octavia Spencer Actress, The Help Spencer is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, which she claims is the proverbial buckle of the Bible belt. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. A "closet" lover of acting, this practical Alabamian knew that she'd someday work in the film industry, but never dreamed it would be in front of the camera...
89. Robert Ben Garant Robert Ben Garant Writer, Night at the Museum
90. Tamara Taylor Tamara Taylor Actress, Bones Tamara Taylor's career took off when she landed a series regular role on Fox's Party of Five. Since then she has appeared in Steven Bochco's City of Angels, Hidden Hills, Lost, Numb3rs, CSI: Miami, NCIS, and Fox's hit Bones. She also had a role in Serenity...
91. Yanic Truesdale Yanic Truesdale Actor, Gilmore Girls
92. Ron Lester Ron Lester Actor, Not Another Teen Movie Ron Lester gained celebrity status at an early stage in his career, but his draw in Hollywood seemed to be based on one physical characteristic: his weight. Obese since 5 years old, by the time he was 30 years old, Ron weighed 508 pounds. Hollywood hired him as the lovable fat kid but his health was in serious danger...
93. Dallas Roberts Dallas Roberts Actor, 3:10 to Yuma A native of Houston, Texas, Roberts, who attended Juilliard, has lived in New York City for 14 years. He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his role in the Off-Broadway play, "Nocturne," by Adam Rapp. He is married to Christine Jones, who is the Set Designer for Spring Awakening and a professor at NYU. They have two sons, one of whom is named Ever Reverend Jones.
94. Nolan North Nolan North Actor, General Hospital
95. Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson Actor, The Departed
96. Michael Shanks Michael Shanks Actor, Stargate SG-1
97. Craig Parker Craig Parker Actor, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Craig Parker was born on November 12th 1970 in Suva, Fiji and now lives in New Zealand. He is best know for his part as Haldir the Elf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, although he had a part in the 1993 film of Stephen King's "Tommyknockers".
98. Keith Coogan Keith Coogan Actor, Adventures in Babysitting Keith Coogan was born Keith Eric Mitchell on January 13, 1970 in Palm Springs, California. The grandson of legendary character actor Jackie Coogan, Keith began his acting career doing TV commercials -- his first gig was as a stand-in in a McDonalds TV spot -- as well various TV shows and made-for-TV movies...
99. Peta Wilson Peta Wilson Actress, La Femme Nikita With her distinctive voice, ultra-intense eyes and statuesque frame, Peta Wilson probably could have carried her breakout television show, "La Femme Nikita," on looks alone. Such was television in 1997. But when viewers realized that this killer- with-a-killer body could actually act, the show became the highest-rated drama on cable...
100. Johnny Messner Johnny Messner Actor, Tears of the Sun
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