Celebrity Names with the Letter S: Part 1
by christophershobris | created - 16 Nov 2015 | updated - 02 Dec 2015 | PublicThere are a lot of celebrities with the letter S and I am going to make a several parts list of them. Click on a name to learn more about the celeb. There are a lot of names so lets get to it. Enjoy!
1. S. Epatha Merkerson
Actress | Law & Order
A native of Michigan, S. Epatha Merkerson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Wayne State University. In 1978, she moved to New York City to apply her craft on stage. Although best known since 1993 as the smart and shrewd Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the long-running TV crime drama Law &...
2. S.E. Hinton
Writer | The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton was born on July 22, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for The Outsiders (1983), Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1990). She has been married to David E. Inhofe since September 26, 1970. They have one child.
3. S.S. Rajamouli
Writer | Bãhubali 2: The Conclusion
S.S.Rajamouli is an Indian filmmaker who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the most celebrated filmmakers ever of the Indian film industry and pioneered the Pan-Indian films movement. Rajamouli was born in a Telugu family to V. Vijayendra Prasad and Raja Nandini. Both his parents hail ...
4. Saadet Aksoy
Actress | Venuto al mondo
Saadet Aksoy is a Turkish born actress speaking fluent English, basic French and Italian. She studied English Language and Literature at Bogazici University in Istanbul and started taking film and acting classes while working on short films, taking parts in stage productions, commercials and TV ...
5. Sab Shimono
Actor | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Sab Shimono was born on July 31, 1937 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Southland Tales (2006) and The Shadow (1994). He has been married to Steve Alden Nelson since June 23, 2008.
6. Sabina Gadecki
Actress | Fire Country
Sabina Gadecki is an American actress and model. She was born on September 28th in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Polish parents.
Sabina studied International Business and Communications at Fordham University, while pursuing a career in modeling and acting in New York. Gaining notice as the host of The ...
7. Sabine Crossen
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sabine Crossen is a bilingual actress (French mother, American father) who was born in the United States but grew up in NZ. When she was 20 years old she moved to Paris to study acting at the Actorat Dramatic Arts College where she landed her first role playing the Virgin Mary.
Sabine's first role ...
8. Sabine Palfi
Actress | Jack of Hearts
Sabine Palfi has recently wrapped on the dystopian feature On the Run. Other Film and TV credits include season two of Dominion, Momentum, Spring Break Shark Attack, The Italian Consul, The Ambassador and SAF3. On stage, she has performed in Relationshit! It could happen to you, February 14th and ...
9. Sabrina Bartlett
Actress | Game of Thrones
Sabrina Bartlett was born on September 12, 1991 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), The Crossing (2014) and Bridgerton (2020).
10. Sabrina Le Beauf
Actress | The Cosby Show
Sabrina Marie LeBeauf was born in New Orleans, and grew up in Los Angeles. She was a cast member in "Love, Loss and What I Wore" by Nora and Delia Ephron at the Westside Theatre in New York, the Delaware Theatre Center and the Scottsdale Centre for the Arts. She has done numerous roles at the ...
11. Sabrina Bryan
Actress | The Cheetah Girls 2
Sabrina Bryan was born on September 16, 1984 in Yorba Linda, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Cheetah Girls 2 (2005), The Cheetah Girls (2003) and Sydney White (2007). She has been married to Jordan Lundberg since October 6, 2018. They have two children.
12. Sabrina Carpenter
Actress | Emergency
Sabrina Carpenter has enchanted an audience of millions as a singer, songwriter, actress and style icon. With her music, she has delivered one anthem after another on stage and in the studio, earning multiple gold certifications, and performing to sold out crowds across the United States and ...
13. Sabrina Ferilli
Actress | La grande bellezza
Daughter of the former speaker of the Italian Communist Party's delegation at the Lazio's Regional Council, Sabrina Ferilli never kept secret her leftism. Firm and stubborn, she did not care about the first unsuccessful attempts to come on to the stage. Her stubbornness was rewarded in the 1990, ...
14. Sabrina Lloyd
Actress | Sports Night
Sabrina Lloyd was born on November 20th, 1970 in Fairfax, Virginia. At age 12, she started her acting career by appearing in a local theater production of "Annie" as "Pepper". She continued to perform in local theater such as the Baystreet Players in Eustis, and the Ice House Theater in Mt. Dora, ...
15. Sacha Baron Cohen
Actor | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born...
16. Sacha Dhawan
Actor | The Great
Sacha Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport to Hindu parents though he attended a Roman Catholic secondary school, Thomas Aquinas College, in nearby Stockport. There one of the authors he studied for his final exams was Alan Bennett, by whom he was very impressed. He began as a child actor at the ...
17. Sacha Horler
Actress | Peter Rabbit
Sacha Horler was born on February 12, 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for Peter Rabbit (2018), The Letdown (2017) and The Dressmaker (2015).
18. Sacha Parkinson
Actress | Farside
Sacha Parkinson was born in Manchester, England as Sacha Louise Parkinson to an English mother and a Scottish Father. Sacha began her acting career at the age of just 11 in channel 4's adaptation of The Illustrated Mum (2003). She is an actress best known for Awaydays (2009), A Boy Called Dad (2009...
19. Sachin Sahel
Actor | The 100
Born in Edmonton, Canada, Sachin grew up being engrossed in theatre, Hollywood films and television which sparked his love for learning about everything to do with acting. Ever since he can remember whenever someone would ask what he would be when he grew up his only answer was "actor".
His ...
20. Sade
Soundtrack | A Wrinkle in Time
Sade was born on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a music artist and composer, known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), True Lies (1994) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). She was previously married to Carlos Scola.
21. Sadie Calvano
Actress | Mom
Sadie began performing in musical theatre when she was seven. Favorite past roles include Alice in "Alice In Wonderland" (2008) at the El Portal, Belle in "Beauty And The Beast" (2008) at The Barnsdall Theatre, Sharpay in "High School Musical" (2009) and Tallulah in "Bugsy Malone" (2011) both at ...
22. Sadie Frost
Actress | Bram Stoker's Dracula
With over three decades in film, theatre and television, Sadie Frost is producer, actor, fashion designer and author, starring in such films as Bram Stoker's Dracula, TV dramas such as Uprising, and working with directors including Francis Ford Coppola and Paul W.S Anderson. In 1999, Frost set up ...
23. Sadie Katz
Actress | Wrong Turn VI: Last Resort
Sadie is an actress, writer, producer and documentarian with an award named in her honor (AMDOC'S Sadie Katz Award for Hustle.) She spent the last two decades balancing being a single mom and a scream queen genre actress and recently opened own production company "See You Next Tuesday Films" with ...
24. Sadie Sandler
Actress | Pixels
Sadie Sandler was born on May 6, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Pixels (2015), Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Bedtime Stories (2008).
25. Saeed Jaffrey
Actor | The Man Who Would Be King
Saeed Jaffrey was born in Maler Kotla, Punjab, India. He was born on the 8th of January 1929. He attended University of Allahabad where he completed his post-graduate degree in history. He also attended the Staff Training Institute of All India Radio. He started his career in drama, as the founder ...
26. Saffron Burrows
Actress | You
Saffron Burrows, known for her work in critically acclaimed films, this fall reprises her role in the hit Netflix show YOU, season 3. Burrows previously starred in the Golden Globe winning Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle. In 2019 Burrows directed the short films: Michael & Indigo, starring Jason...
27. Sage Brocklebank
Actor | The Predator
Sage Brocklebank was born on January 14, 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Predator (2018), Alien Trespass (2009) and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007).
28. Sage Stallone
Actor | Rocky V
Sage Stallone was an American actor and film director from Los Angeles. His best known role was Robert Balboa, Jr. (Rocky Balboa's son) in the sports drama film "Rocky V" (1990).
Stallone was the eldest son of actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-) and his first wife Sasha Czack. His parents married in ...
29. Saginaw Grant
Actor | The Lone Ranger
Saginaw is the Hereditary Chief and a respected member of the Sac and Fox, Iowa and Otoe-Missouria Nations.
In 1936, Saginaw Morgan Grant was born to Sarah and Austin Grant Sr. at Pawnee Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was raised on a farm in Cushing, Oklahoma with two brothers and one ...
30. Sahajak Boonthanakit
Actor | Only God Forgives
Born in Bangkok, Thailand, lived in Nairobi, Kenya 10+ yrs and New York 20+ yrs. Started acting in Nairobi (stage) for 4 yrs. Returning to Thailand where in 1999 he landed his first movie role in The Beach (1999) with Leonardo DiCaprio, followed by Broke Down Palace (1999) with Claire Danes. He has...
31. Sahar Biniaz
Actress | Watchmen
Born in India, Sahar grew up in Iran and is now a Canadian citizen living in Vancouver, British Columbia.
She is a former beauty pageant contestant who represented Canada and now works as a professional actress in Film and Television.
Sahar has studied at the University of British Columbia, The Actors...
32. Saïd Taghmaoui
Actor | Wonder Woman
Saïd Taghmaoui was born July 19th 1973 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, to Moroccan immigrant parents. He has 9 siblings. He dropped out of school at a young age and became a boxer; at one point ranking number 2 in France in his category. He met Mathieu Kassovitz with whom he co-wrote the ...
33. Saif Ali Khan
Actor | Kal Ho Naa Ho
Saif is the son of Bollywood actress, Sharmila Tagore, and Indian cricketer, Mansoor Ali Khan.
Both his grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, and father were professional cricketers. His mother, Sharmila Tagore, an actress within her own rights. He has two sisters, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan,...
34. Sakina Jaffrey
Actress | Raising Helen
Sakina Jaffrey was born on February 14, 1962 in Manhattan, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Raising Helen (2004), Definitely, Maybe (2008) and The Truth About Charlie (2002). She has been married to Francis Wilkinson since September 8, 1990. They have two children.
35. Sal Mineo
Actor | Exodus
Salvatore (Sal) Mineo Jr. was born to Josephine and Sal Sr. (a casket maker), who emigrated to the U.S. from Sicily. His siblings were Michael, Victor and Sarina. Sal was thrown out of parochial school and, by age eight, was a member of a street gang in a tough Bronx neighborhood. His mother ...
36. Sal Lopez
Actor | Full Metal Jacket
Sal Lopez grew up in a bilingual home in South Central Los Angeles. He is the second of eight boys born to immigrant parents and attended public schools. He is a founding member of The Latino Theater Company and has co-created theater with the company for over 38 years. A veteran actor he has ...
37. Sal Stowers
Actress | Days of Our Lives
Sal Stowers was born in Pasadena, California, USA. Sal is an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2021) and Major Crimes (2012).
38. Sal Vulcano
Producer | Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Sal Vulcano was born on November 6, 1976 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020), Impractical Jokers (2011) and 12 Monkeys (2015).
39. Sala Baker
Actor | The Killer
Sala Baker was born on September 22, 1976 in Wellington, New Zealand. He is an actor and producer, known for The Killer (2023), Dangerous Waters (2023) and Shadow Force.
40. Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Actress | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Salli Richardson-Whitfield is a 30-year industry veteran. She has been featured in 20+ major motion pictures and has starred opposite a number of Hollywood's top actors, including Samuel L. Jackson in 'The Great White Hype', Denzel Washington in 'Antwone Fisher', and Will Smith in 'I Am Legend'. On...
41. Sally Bretton
Actress | Green Wing
Sally Bretton was born on April 23, 1980. She is an actress, known for Green Wing (2004), The Office (2001) and Outlaw (2007).
42. Sally Field
Actress | Forrest Gump
Sally Margaret Field was born November 6, 1946 in Pasadena, California, to actress Margaret Field (née Morlan) and salesman Richard Dryden Field. Her parents divorced in 1950 and her mother then married stuntman Jock Mahoney, and they had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney. She also has a brother, ...
43. Sally Golan
Producer | 48 Hours in Purgatory
Sally Golan has been performing since the age of five and has trained professionally in singing, dancing and acting. She graduated from the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario. Sally was actually mute as a child until the age of three, when her first words in English were "...
44. Sally Hawkins
Actress | The Shape of Water
Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born in 1976 in Lewisham hospital, London, England, to Jacqui and Colin Hawkins, authors and illustrators of children's books. She is of English and Irish descent. Hawkins was brought up in Greenwich, in southeast London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich...
45. Sally Kellerman
Actress | MASH
Sally Kellerman arrived quite young on the late 1950s film and television scene with a fresh and distinctively weird, misfit presence. It is this same uniqueness that continued to make her such an attractively offbeat performer. The willowy, swan-necked, flaxen-haired actress shot to film comedy ...
46. Sally Kirkland
Actress | Anna
Sally Kirkland, Best Actress Oscar Nominee, Golden Globe winner, Independent Spirit Award winner, LA Film Critics Circle Award winner, and veteran of over 200 movies. Feisty, hard-working, famously liberal, with the trademark blonde hair, actress Sally Kirkland has certainly made an indelible mark ...
47. Sally Menke
Editor | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Sally Menke was born on December 17, 1953 in Mineola, New York, USA. She was an editor and producer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). She was married to Dean Parisot. She died on September 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
48. Sally Phillips
Actress | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sally Phillips was born on May 10, 1970 in Hong Kong. She is an actress and writer, known for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). She has been married to Andrew Bermejo since January 17, 2003. They have three children.
49. Sally Pressman
Actress | My Best Friend's Girl
Sally Pressman was born on August 1, 1981 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for My Best Friend's Girl (2008), Army Wives (2007) and Person of Interest (2011). She has been married to David Clayton Rogers since September 17, 2011. They have two children.
50. Sally Struthers
Actress | All in the Family
Cute as a button and with a petite, porcelain prettiness and vulnerability that endeared her to the American public, Sally Struthers nabbed a series role in the early 1970s and became a solid part of TV history as a member of a dysfunctional family quartet in the milestone sitcom, All in the Family...
51. Salma Hayek
Actress | Frida
Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become an actress. At age 12, she...
52. Salman Khan
Actor | Sultan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan was born on December 27, 1965, in Mumbai to legendary screenwriter Salim Khan, who penned many super-hits in the yesteryear's like Sholay (1975), Deewaar (1975), and Don (1978). Khan started his acting career by doing a supporting role in the movie Biwi Ho To Aisi (...
53. Salome Jens
Actress | Green Lantern
Highly accomplished American stage and screen actress, director, dancer and musician. Hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she is the daughter of builder/farmer Arnold John Jens and his Polish-born wife Salomea Szujeuska (after whom she was named). Her sister Arnette Jens is married to the well-known...
54. Sam Anderson
Actor | Forrest Gump
Sam Anderson was born on April 2, 1947 in South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for Forrest Gump (1994), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) and Water for Elephants (2011). He has been married to Barbara Ann Hancock since August 17, 1985. They have two children.
55. Sam Ball
Actor | 13 Going on 30
Sam Ball was born on June 29, 1973 in Bunker Hill, West Virginia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for 13 Going on 30 (2004), Pumpkin (2002) and The Last Castle (2001).
56. Sam Bottoms
Actor | The Outlaw Josey Wales
Sam Bottoms was born on October 17, 1955 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Seabiscuit (2003). He was married to Laura Bickford and Susan Arnold. He died on December 16, 2008 in Los Angeles, California,...
57. Sam Catlin
Producer | Breaking Bad
Sam Catlin is known for Breaking Bad (2008), Preacher (2016) and Sugar (2024). He is married to Julie Dretzin.
58. Sam Claflin
Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman
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 ...
59. Sam Daly
Actor | The Office
Sam Daly was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Sam is an actor and producer, known for The Office (2005), Bel-Air (2022) and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013). Sam has been married to Marissa Bataille since 2015. They have one child.
60. Sam Elliott
Actor | A Star Is Born
Tall, thin, wiry Sam Elliott is the classic picture of the American cowboy. Elliott began his acting career on the stage and his film debut was in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Although his future wife, Katharine Ross co-starred in the film, the two did not meet until they filmed The ...
61. Sam Esmail
Producer | Mr. Robot
Sam Esmail was born on September 17, 1977 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Mr. Robot (2015), Homecoming (2018) and Leave the World Behind (2023). He has been married to Emmy Rossum since May 28, 2017. They have two children.
62. Sam Gittins
Actor | The Liberator
Sam Gittins is a BRIT school graduate, born in Luton, and raised in south London. He has been working professionally as an Actor since the age of Eighteen. Sam has received a host of acclaim from his industry for his work within Television and Film. Including a "Best Actor" award in the Southampton...
63. Sam Hazeldine
Actor | Masters of the Air
Sam Hazeldine was born on March 29, 1972 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Masters of the Air (2024), Slow Horses (2022) and Peaky Blinders (2013).
64. Sam Heughan
Actor | Outlander
Sam Roland Heughan was born April 30, 1980 in Balmaclellan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. When he was 5 years old, he and his brother and mother moved to the area of the city-New Galloway. Sam grew nearby Kenmure castle, where he and his brother played as children. An accomplished stage and ...
65. Sam Horrigan
Actor | Brink!
Sam Horrigan was born and raised in Northern California. He has starred in over 30 movies and TV shows. Some of his most recognized parts include Spike in Little Giants, Val in the Disney movie Brink!, and Quentin on the Hit TV show Grace Under Fire.. You also might recognize him from One Tree Hill...
66. Sam Huntington
Actor | Detroit Rock City
A dynamic young actor, Sam Huntington was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on April 1, 1982. His father is a cabinet maker and owns his own business. His mother, Christen Stabile, is an actress on stage and screen (most famously in Knots Landing (1979)). She also is a teacher and writer.
Sam ...
67. Sam Jaeger
Actor | Lucky Number Slevin
Sam Jaeger began his professional career in New York, while still attending Otterbein College in Ohio, landing a guest-starring role on Law & Order (1990). He also spent several seasons doing theater in NY before making the move to Los Angeles. Once in LA, he landed parts in two feature films, ...
68. Sam Jaffe
Actor | The Asphalt Jungle
Originally named Shalom Jaffe, he became known to the world as Sam Jaffe. He was born in New York City, to Heida (Ada) and Barnett Jaffe, who were Russian Jewish immigrants. As a child, he appeared in Yiddish theatre productions with his mother, a prominent regional stage actress. He graduated from...
69. Sam Jones III
Actor | Krews
Sam Jones III was born on April 29, 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Krews (2010), Glory Road (2006) and Home of the Brave (2006).
70. Sam J. Jones
Actor | Flash Gordon
Actor Sam J. Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up in Sacramento, California. He was educated at Mira Loma High School in Sacramento and went on to serve as a United States Marine. Jones made his screen debut in Blake Edwards' comedy film 10 (1979). In 1980, he was cast in the iconic role...
71. Sam Keeley
Actor | Joe vs Carole
Sam Keeley is an Irish actor from Tullamore, Co Offaly.
Sam's acting career started in 2009 with his first project coming shortly after attending his first year in drama school.
Since then Sam has collaborated with a multitude of incredible writers, actors and directors, establishing himself firmly ...
72. Sam Kelly
Actor | Topsy-Turvy
Genial Manchester-born comic actor Sam Kelly had a considerable gift for timing and observation. His special forte was playing decrepit, rheumy characters of more advanced years than his own actual age. Among the many endearing impressions he made on the small screen, he is probably best remembered...
73. Sam Kinison
Actor | Back to School
Sam Kinison was a popular stand-up comedian from Yakima, Washington, mainly active in the 1980s and the early 1990s. He also had a few acting roles in film and television. His only recurring role was that of Hugh, the main character's alter ego in the short-lived sitcom "Charlie Hoover" (1991). The...
74. Sam Lerner
Actor | The Goldbergs
Sam Lerner got his start in show business at the age of nine, after he happened to strike up a conversation with actress/director/writer Ellen Gerstein and actress Dot-Marie Jones at a New Year's Eve party he was attending with his family. Thinking Sam a natural for the business, Gerstein offered ...
75. Sam Littlefield
Actor | The Leftovers
Sam Littlefield is an actor, writer, producer and director.
Sam is featured in "Batwoman" on HBO MAX where he portrays 'Mouse', a tortured, complex character working with Alice and the Wonderland Gang. Sam recently co-wrote, produced and starred in "Mother's Little Helpers," an independent film ...
76. Sam Lloyd
Actor | Scrubs
Sam Lloyd was born on November 12, 1963 in Springfield, Vermont, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Scrubs (2001), Galaxy Quest (1999) and Flubber (1997). He was married to Vanessa Villalovos. He died on April 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
77. Sam Marin
Actor | Regular Show
Sam Marin is an American actor and animator. He voices Benson, Pops, and Muscle Man on Regular Show. Marin and J.G. Quintel became friends when they were in the same class at CalArts. He would help Quintel on his student films, which include The Naive Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM, in which...
78. Sam McMurray
Actor | Raising Arizona
Sam McMurray was born on April 15, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Raising Arizona (1987), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) and L.A. Story (1991). He is married to Elizabeth Collins. They have two children.
79. Sam Medina
Actor | Venom
You probably have seen Sam in some Blockbuster Films such as Olympus Has Fallen, Venom or Alita Battle Angel. He has been in the industry for more than 18 years, making the mission impossible for Mark Wahlberg in Mile 22. Born in Ho Chi Minh City from a Vietnamese mother and a Honduran/Polynesian ...
80. Sam Mendes
Producer | 1917
Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-...
81. Sam Neill
Actor | Jurassic Park
Sam Neill was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to army parents, an English-born mother, Priscilla Beatrice (Ingham), and a New Zealand-born father, Dermot Neill. His family moved to the South Island of New Zealand in 1954. He went to boarding schools and then attended the universities ...
82. Sam Page
Actor | Mad Men
Born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, as Sam Elliott, Sam Page attended Princeton University where he earned a BA in ecology and evolutionary biology. For his senior thesis, Page wrote about the mating habits of a female mosquitofish; the work was published in a science journal.
After graduation, Page ...
83. Sam Palladio
Actor | Nashville
Sam Palladio was born on November 21, 1986 in Pembury, Kent, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Nashville (2012), Rebel (2021) and Humans (2015).
84. Sam Pancake
Actor | A Million Little Things
Sam Pancake is an actor, writer, improvisor and comedian who was born in Petersburg, VA on May 10, 19?? and grew up in Romney, WV. He attended Hampshire High School and graduated cum laude from West Virginia University with a BFA in Theatre. For nearly thirty years, he has been one of the very few ...
85. Sam Peckinpah
Writer | The Wild Bunch
"If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael. That ...
86. Sam Phillips
Actress | Die Hard with a Vengeance
Sam Phillips began her entertainment career as a Contemporary Christian Music singer, where she made a number of albums under the name "Leslie Phillips." She began to be disillusioned with the Christian music business due (mostly) to its intolerance of her brutally honest approach to her faith, and...
87. Sam Raimi
Director | Spider-Man
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...
88. Sam Reid
Actor | Belle
Sam Reid was born on February 19, 1987 in New South Wales Australia. He relocated to London where he graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as the 'star' student in 2010. During his final semester at LAMDA, he was cast in Anonymous (2011). He has worked with some of the biggest...
89. Sam Richardson
Actor | Veep
Sam Richardson is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series Veep (2012-2019), co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series Detroiters (2017-2018) alongside Tim Robinson, and playing various ...
90. Sam Riegel
Actor | The Legend of Vox Machina
Sam Riegel is a Los Angeles-based voice actor and Emmy Award-winning voice director, known for his roles in animation and video games, as well as co-founding the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role and executive producer of "The Legend of Vox Machina".
Critical Role has become ...
91. Sam Riley
Actor | Control
British actor Sam Riley rose to stardom as Joy Division's poetic lead singer Ian Curtis in the acclaimed film Control (2007), directed by Anton Coribjn, a great fan of the group and also their official photographer. Riley's talent was noticed not only to his striking resemblance to Curtis but also ...
92. Sam Robards
Actor | A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Sam Robards was born on December 16, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), American Beauty (1999) and Casualties of War (1989). He has been married to Sidsel Jensen since November 8, 1997. They have two children. He was ...
93. Sam Rockwell
Actor | Moon
Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which ...
94. Sam Sarpong
Producer | Woman Scorned
Sam Sarpong was born on December 19, 1975 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Woman Scorned (2016), No Weapon Formed Against Us (2015) and Scary Movie V (2013). He died on October 26, 2015 in Pasadena, California, USA.
95. Sam Shepard
Actor | August: Osage County
Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, IL, to Jane Elaine (Schook), a teacher, and Samuel Shepard Rogers, a teacher and farmer who was also in the army. As the eldest son of a US Army officer (and WWII bomber pilot), Shepard spent his early childhood moving from base to base ...
96. Sam Smith
Soundtrack | Spectre
Sam Smith was born on May 19, 1992 in Bishop's Stortford, England, UK. Sam is a music artist and actor, known for Spectre (2015), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Barbie (2023).
97. Sam Sorbo
Actress | Miracle in East Texas
Sam Sorbo was born on October 18, 1964 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Miracle in East Texas (2019), Andromeda (2000) and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995). She has been married to Kevin Sorbo since January 5, 1998. They have three children.
98. Sam Spruell
Actor | Snow White and the Huntsman
Sam Spruell was born in Southwark, London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Legend (2015) and Taken 3 (2014).
99. Sam Taylor-Johnson
Director | Nowhere Boy
Sam Taylor-Johnson was born on March 4, 1967 in London, England, UK. She is a director and producer, known for Nowhere Boy (2009), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and Love You More (2008). She has been married to Aaron Taylor-Johnson since June 21, 2012. They have two children. She was previously ...
100. Sam Trammell
Actor | True Blood
Tony Award-nominee Sam Trammell may be most widely recognized as "Sam Merlotte" in HBO's AFI award-winning series True Blood (2008), filmed in Trammell's native Louisiana. The Alan Ball-created fantasy drama set ratings records for the network over its seven year run. He co-starred in the feature ...
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