Celebrities connected to my hometown (San Antonio, Tx)

1. Al Freeman Jr.

Al Freeman, Jr. was an actor and director who was the first African American to win a Daytime Emmy Award for acting. His most famous role was that of Police Captain Ed Hall in the soap opera One Life to Live (1968), which brought him the Emmy in 1979. He was a regular on the soap from 1972 through ...

Born in San Antonio 1934. Son of a Jazz pianist.

2. Ally Brooke

Actress | High Expectations

Ally Brooke was born on July 7, 1993 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for High Expectations (2022), Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla Sign: Work from Home (2016) and Fifth Harmony Feat. Kid Ink: Worth It (2015).

Ally Brooke

3. Ann B. Davis

Actress | The Brady Bunch

Ann B. Davis made her debut in show business at age 6 earning $2.00 in a puppet show. At the University of Michigan, Ann planned to study medicine but got the acting bug from her brother who was the lead dancer in the national company of "Oklahoma" for over a year. Ann then spent six years in ...

Followed her church to San Antonio for volunteer work then she suddenly died after suffering a subdural hemotoma in 2014. She was layed to rest somewhere in Boerne, Tx.

4. Anthony Alabi

Actor | Family Reunion

Anthony Alabi is an actor, writer and former NFL player with the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He left the NFL in 2010 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his true passion, acting. He was born in San Antonio, TX of a Puerto Rican mother and Nigerian father.

Anthony ...

5. Ara Celi

Actress | Machete

Ara Celi was born on May 31, 1974 in El Paso, Texas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Machete (2010), American Beauty (1999) and Bruce Almighty (2003). She has been married to Robert Godines since 2000. They have two children.

6. Belle Knox

Actress | Bang Bus

Belle Knox was born on June 9, 1995 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress.

7. Bruce McGill

Actor | Law Abiding Citizen

Bruce McGill grew up in San Antonio, Texas. His mother, Adriel Rose (Jacobs) is an artist, and his father, Woodrow Wilson McGill, is a real estate and insurance agent. He graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School San Antonio, where he acted in the department of theatre, and from The University ...

Born and raised in San Antonio he graduated from McArthur High School.

8. Carole Baskin

Actress | Untitled Carole Baskin/Thinkfactory Media Project

Carole Baskin was born on June 6, 1961 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Untitled Carole Baskin/Thinkfactory Media Project, The Chattin' Breeze podcast (2021) and what's wildchat (2019). She has been married to Howard Baskin since November 1, 2004. She was ...

9. Carol Burnett

Soundtrack | The Carol Burnett Show

The entertainment world has enjoyed a six-decade love affair with comedienne/singer Carol Burnett. A peerless sketch performer and delightful, self-effacing personality who rightfully succeeded Lucille Ball as the carrot-topped "Queen of Television Comedy," it was Burnett's traumatic childhood that...

Born and lived here until she was 7 yrs old then moved to California. Her childhood home in San Antonio is still standing today.

10. Chloe Amour

Actress | MomShoot

Comely and slender 5'3" brunette knockout Chloe Amour was born Chloe Michele on May 30, 1991 in San Antonio, Texas. She's of Hispanic descent. Chloe grew up in a poor family. Amour began her modeling career in both Austin and San Antonio, Texas doing runway work and promotional shoots for a few ...

Born Chloe Rodriguez in San Antonio, Tx.

11. Dayna Devon

Actress | Antitrust

Dayna Devon is widely recognized as an entertainment news journalist, expert and host. As the longest running host of the nationally syndicated Extra (1994), she interviewed many of the world's most prominent celebrities, attending virtually every high-profile red carpet event from the Grammys to ...

12. Emilio Rivera

Actor | Sons of Anarchy

Emilio Rivera has discovered that turning your life around is the key to making dreams come true. His acting credentials have allowed him to top the list of successful Latino actors. His resume continues to grow with starring roles in films such as High Crimes (2002) with Ashley Judd and Morgan ...

Marcus from Sons of Anarchy and Mayans is from San Antonio.

13. Emily Strayer

Soundtrack | True Blood

Emily Robison was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on 16 August, 1972. She was born with the name Emily Burns Erwin. Her parents are Paul Erwin and Barbara Trask. Her sister is Martie Maguire. She plays the banjo for the music band The Chicks, along with her sister Martie, and Natalie Maines. She, ...

This Dixie Chick owned a home here prior to getting a divorce in 2007.

14. Florence Bates

Actress | Rebecca

The American character actress, Florence Rabe, was the daughter of an antique store owner. She gained a degree in Mathematics from the University of Texas in 1906 and went on to a career in teaching and social work. She changed course after being persuaded by a friend to study law, and, passing her...

15. Gil Birmingham

Actor | Wind River

Gil Birmingham is an American actor of Comanche ancestry, best known for his portrayal of Billy Black in the The Twilight Saga film series. Birmingham was born in San Antonio, Texas. His family moved frequently during his childhood, due to his father's career in the military. He learned to play the...

16. Gina Ryder

Actress | The Stalker 4

Gina Ryder was born on January 23, 1977 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress. She was previously married to Joe Tovar.

17. Gloria Estefan

Soundtrack | Music of the Heart

Gloria Estefan was born on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba. She is a music artist and actress, known for Music of the Heart (1999), Poseidon (2006) and The Specialist (1994). She has been married to Emilio Estefan Jr. since September 2, 1978. They have two children.

Here dad was a veteran and stationed here for some time during Gloria's elementary school years.

18. Henry Thomas

Actor | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Henry Jackson Thomas Jr. is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and had a lead role in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), for which he won a Young Artist Award and received Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Saturn Award nominations. Thomas also had roles in films ...

19. Jackie Earle Haley

Actor | Little Children

Jackie Earle Haley is an American actor who started his career with The Bad News Bears. He had more adult roles in Little Children, the cult classic Zack Snyder film Watchmen, Alita: Battle Angel, and Freddy Krueger from a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. He has been married three times and has...

Jackie's wife is from San Antonio. They own a production studio and also a second residence in San Antonio.

20. Jaclyn Smith

Actress | The Adventurers

Jaclyn Smith was born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on October 26, 1945 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from high school and originally aspired to be a famous ballerina. In 1973, she landed a job as a Breck shampoo model. In 1976, she was offered a chance to star in a new pilot for a planned television ...

21. James Roday Rodriguez

Actor | Psych

James David Rodríguez was born on April 4, 1976. He is the son of Jim Rodríguez and Deborah Collins. Roday was born in San Antonio. He attended Taft High School. He studied theater at New York University's Experimental Theatre Wing, where he earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts. He has acted in ...

22. Jan C. Garavaglia

Self | Dr. G Medical Examiner

Jan C. Garavaglia was born on September 14, 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She has been married to Mark Wallace since 2007. She was previously married to Kevin Kowaleski.

She is Dr. G from the Medical Examiner reality series.

23. Jana Jordan

Actress | Fem: Vivace

Lovely and petite 5'3" blonde stunner Jana Jordan was born Jana Louise Grochoske on March 9, 1986 in San Antonio, Texas. Jana was raised in Houston, Texas. Jordan worked as a commercial model from ages fourteen to seventeen. Jordan graduated from Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas in 2004 and ...

24. Jared Padalecki

Actor | Supernatural

Jared Padalecki was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Sherri (Kammer), a teacher of English, and Gerald Padalecki, a tax accountant. He is of Polish (father) and German, English, Scottish, and French (mother) descent. Jared started to take acting lessons when he was 12. Then, he won the "Claim to Fame...

25. Jeep Swenson

Actor | Batman & Robin

Jeep Swenson was born on January 5, 1957 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Batman & Robin (1997), Bulletproof (1996) and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993). He was married to Erin Hillsman. He died on August 18, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

26. Jesse Borrego

Actor | Fame

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Borrego studied theatre and dance at The University of Incarnate Word; he studied acting at The California Institute of the Arts. In the 1980s he attended an open audition for the TV Series "Fame" where he won the role of "Jesse Velasquez", a role he would ...

27. John Pirruccello

Actor | The Valet

A versatile actor who shines in everything from straight drama to black comedy, John Pirruccello's Everyman appeal allows him to inhabit an intriguing and diverse array of characters on both stage and screen.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, John is the son of an Air Force fighter pilot father and speech...

28. Joan Crawford

Actress | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1906, in San Antonio, Texas, to Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry laborer. By the time she was born, her parents had separated, and by the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. It wasn't an easy life; ...

29. Joe Fowler

Actor | Independence Day

Fowler was a successful sportscaster after leaving American University. He rose thru the industry in San Antonio (KSAT), Washington D.C. (WTTG), Philadelphia (WCAU) and Los Angeles (KCAL). During this time Fowler also pursued his passion as an actor. From a memorable scene vs Sly Stallone in Cobra ...

30. Joe Simpson

Producer | Employee of the Month

Joe Simpson was born on February 18, 1958 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Employee of the Month (2006), Flashing Lights and Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive (2005). He was previously married to Tina Simpson.

31. John Quiñones

Producer | Homeward.

John Quiñones was born on May 23, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Homeward. (2014), Primetime (1989) and ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999). He has been married to Deanna Marie White since October 18, 2012. He was previously married to Nancy Ann Loftus and ...

Host of "What Would You Do?"

32. John Schneider

Actor | The Dukes of Hazzard

John Richard Schneider IV was born April 8, 1960, in Mt. Kisco, New York, to Shirley and John Richard "Jack" Schneider III, a pilot and U.S. Air Force veteran. His parents divorced when he was two. John began acting at the age of eight. He was in many plays in New York City. He and his mother moved...

33. Jonathan Joss

Actor | Abduction of the Fourth Kind

Jonathan Joss was born on December 22, 1965 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Abduction of the Fourth Kind (2022), The Magnificent Seven (2016) and True Grit (2010).

34. Kevin Alejandro

Actor | Arrow

Kevin Michael Alejandro is an American actor and film director. He is known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the crime drama Southland, Forklift Mike in Parenthood, Jesús Velázquez in the supernatural thriller True Blood, Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood in the superhero series Arrow and as Daniel ...

35. Lance McNaught

Actor | WWE SmackDown

Lance McNaught was born on March 2, 1981 in Carroll, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998). He was married to Tanya R. Gonzales. He died on August 13, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

36. LaToya Ward

Actress | If Loving You Is Wrong

LaToya Ward, a versatile actress and filmmaker originally from Texas now residing in Los Angeles, is recognized for her Win as Best Actress in a Feature Film at the London International Film Festival. LaToya has auditioned in front of media moguls such as Tyler Perry and selected as a Winner in the...

37. Madison Davenport

Actress | Sharp Objects

Madison Danielle Davenport was born in San Antonio, Texas. She started her career in 2005 when she had a small role in Conversations with Other Women (2005). Soon after she appeared in the television series Numb3rs (2005), Close to Home (2005), CSI: NY (2004), and Hot Properties (2005). In 2006, ...

38. Martha Mansfield

Actress | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Stunning silent screen actress Martha Mansfield was a musical comedy star in New York City by the time she entered films in 1916 for Max Linder. Before long she advanced to second leads in features, including the role of Millicent Carew in the John Barrymore starrer Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), ...

39. Megan Thee Stallion

Soundtrack | Mean Girls

Megan Thee Stallion was born Megan Jovon Ruth Pete on February 15, 1995 in San Antonio, Texas and raised in Houston, Texas to Holly Aleece Thomas & Joseph Pete. The seductive femcee is a full-time college student, as well as a choreographed dancer and model. Under her mother's management company, ...

According to Megan, her mom lived in Houston while pregnant with her and when visiting family in San Antonio she gave birth to Megan. So technically Megan was born in San Antonio, but returned to Houston soon after.

40. Michael Nesmith

Soundtrack | The Monkees

Singer, composer, heartthrob, pioneer--all are accurate descriptions of Robert Michael Nesmith. Most easily identified by his trademark blue wool hat with pompom, Nesmith fashioned a diversified career within music and also in film. Born in Saint Joseph's Hospital in downtown Houston, Texas, ...

41. Michelle Beadle

Actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Michelle Beadle was born on October 23, 1975 in Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) and Fast & Loose: F1 (2022).

ESPN Host

42. Michelle Rodriguez

Actress | Fast & Furious 7

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a housewife, and Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a U.S. Army solider. Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. Michelle always knew she was ...

43. Nicholas Gonzalez

Actor | The Good Doctor

Nicholas Edward Gonzalez is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Alex Santiago on the Showtime television series Resurrection Blvd. and Dr. Neil Melendez on the ABC television series The Good Doctor. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Gonzalez is conversant in Spanish, having lived...

44. Oliver North

Writer | The Americans

Oliver Laurence North was born in San Antonio, Texas and raised in Philmont, New York. He enrolled in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1962, but was not commissioned as a Marine Officer until 1968; he missed some time due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

After his commission, he served in ...

45. Peso Pluma

Actor | Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma: La Bebe (Remix)

Peso Pluma is known for Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma: La Bebe (Remix) (2023), Eslabon Armado y Peso Pluma: Ella baila sola (2023) and Peso Pluma: Peligro (2023).

Actually grew up in Schertz, Tx during his middle and high school years. Schertz is a suburb of San Antonio.

46. Peter Weller

Actor | RoboCop

Peter Frederick Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to Dorothy Jean (Davidson) and Frederick Bradford Weller, a federal judge and career helicopter pilot for the United States Army. He traveled extensively as his father literally flew around the world. Before he was out of his teens, he ...

47. Rachel Roxxx

Actress | Bonny & Clide

Tiny (5'2"), but buxom and shapely brunette knockout Rachel Roxx was born Rachel Lyn Cooper on March 2, 1983 in San Antonio, Texas. She's of mixed French, Welsh, Irish, and German descent. Rachel lost her virginity at age 14. Roxx worked at a Hooters restaurant in Texas prior to her involvement in ...

48. Ricardo Chavira

Actor | Desperate Housewives

Ricardo Chavira was born on September 1, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Desperate Housewives (2004), Piranha 3D (2010) and Dead Space 3 (2013). He has been married to Marcea Dietzel since September 22, 2007. They have two children.

49. Rif Hutton

Actor | Star Trek: Generations

Rif Hutton was born on November 28, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has been married to Bridget Hoffman since June 8, 2001. He was previously married to Patricia Bethune.

50. Robert Rodriguez

Producer | El mariachi

Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.

Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...

51. Rodney Alcala

Self | The Dating Game

Born 1943 in San Antonio, Texas, he was a convicted sex offender and serial killer, who died while awaiting execution at San Quentin State Prison. He was convicted of five homicides, but is believed to have killed many more. He graduated from UCLA School of Fine Arts, and was charged with the rape ...

"The Dating Game Killer"

52. Selena

Soundtrack | Don Juan DeMarco

Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, 50 miles southeast of Houston, to Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcella Quintanilla. Abraham opened a Mexican restaurant, Papagayo, in Lake Jackson. Selena was 9 years old when her father discovered her talent for singing. He formed a band consisting of Selena...

53. Scott Pelley

Self | 60 Minutes II

Scott Pelley was born on July 28, 1957 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He has been married to Jane Ruth Boone since August 20, 1983. They have two children.

54. Shaquille O'Neal

Actor | Steel

Shaquille O'Neal is a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. He was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever. O'Neal ...

55. Shawn Michaels

Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW

Began his career in Texas. Trained by the legendary Jose Lothario, Shawn Michaels wrestled in Kansas, where he met fellow wrestler, Marty Jannetty. A year later, after sending tapes of his matches to the major wrestling companies at the time, he was contacted by the AWA, who proposed that he team ...

56. Summer Glau

Actress | Serenity

Summer is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She's been a ballerina most of her life. Her debut was in various commercials and a guest appearance on the WB's Angel (1999). She has gone on to star on the TV series Firefly (2002) as well as its follow-up movie Serenity (2005) and the TV series ...

57. Tamiko Brownlee

Stunts | Avengers: Endgame

Born and raised in San Antonio, TX to a Canadian Japanese mother and South African father. Tamiko grew up the youngest of three (with two older brothers) participating in Taekwondo and various sports - volleyball, track & field, softball, and dance. She always had a love for martial arts and ...

58. Thomas Gibson

Actor | Dharma & Greg

Thomas Ellis Gibson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, as the youngest child of four to Charles M. and Beth Gibson. His mother was a social worker and his father was a progressive Democratic lawyer and state legislator. At a young age Thomas became interested in theater, and began performing ...

59. Tommy Lee Jones

Actor | The Fugitive

Tommy Lee Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Lucille Marie (Scott), a police officer and beauty shop owner, and Clyde C. Jones, who worked on oil fields. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school ...

60. Warren Kole

Actor | Shades of Blue

With an esteemed career that spans nearly two decades, Warren Kole has become known as a journeyman actor in the entertainment industry, shifting from drama to comedy roles seamlessly and breathing life into dynamic characters in prestigious, award-winning projects.

Over the years Kole has starred ...