Northwestern University Arts/Entertainment (Theatre, TV & Film)

1. Mara Brock Akil

Producer | The Game

Akil is a native of Los Angeles, but was raised primarily in Kansas City. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Akil began her writing career on Fox's critically acclaimed "South Central." She later moved on to writing for the UPN series "...

2. Claude Akins

Actor | Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops. The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes ...

3. Ann-Margret

Actress | Carnal Knowledge

Actress and singer Ann-Margret is one of the most famous sex symbols and actresses of the 1960s and beyond. She continued her career through the following decades and into the 21st century.

Ann-Margret was born Ann-Margret Olsson in Valsjöbyn, Jämtland County, Sweden, to Anna Regina (Aronsson) and ...

4. Sharif Atkins

Actor | ER

Sharif Atkins was born on January 29, 1975 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and director, known for ER (1994), The Open House (2018) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). He has been married to Bethany Hotchkiss since September 1, 2014. They have one child.

5. Jayne Atkinson

Actress | Free Willy

Jayne Atkinson was born on February 18, 1959 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Free Willy (1993), The Village (2004) and 24 (2001). She has been married to Michel Gill since October 3, 1998. They have one child. She was previously married to Joe Urla.

6. Jane Badler

Actress | Virtual Revolution

Jane Badler, the American and Australian actress best known for her role as the evil reptilian Visitor leader "Diana" in the NBC mini-series V (1983), its sequel V: The Final Battle (1984), the subsequent TV series V (1984), and the last season of the latest series V (2009), was born on the last ...

7. Kate Baldwin

Actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Kate Baldwin was born on May 2, 1975 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Just Beyond (2021) and Live from Lincoln Center (1976). She has been married to Graham Rowat since October 2, 2005. They have one child.

8. Bonnie Bartlett

Actress | St. Elsewhere

Bonnie Bartlett grew up in Moline, Illinois. Her father E.E. was a failed Shakespearean actor who became an insurance salesman. Her mother Carrie was a homemaker. At an early age, Bonnie became determined to fulfill her father's failed acting career. She went to Northwestern University to study ...

9. Warren Beatty

Actor | Heaven Can Wait

Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, ...

10. Lee Phillip Bell

Writer | The Young and the Restless

Lee Phillip Bell was born on June 10, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and Gunsmoke (1955). She was married to William J. Bell. She died on February 25, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

11. Rob Benedict

Actor | Supernatural

Rob Benedict is an actor best known for his roles in TV and films including "Felicity", "Supernatural" and the movie Waiting...

Born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, Benedict received a degree in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. After graduating, his passion for theater lead him to...

12. Richard Benjamin

Actor | Westworld

Although his actress wife Paula Prentiss became a star by the early 1960s, it took Richard Benjamin almost fifteen years to establish his screen persona, but the wait was rewarding. After extensive work in theatre as actor and director, and his participation in the cult TV series He & She (1967)...

13. Edgar Bergen

Actor | Fun & Fancy Free

Edgar Bergen was born on February 16, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Fun and Fancy Free (1947), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Letter of Introduction (1938). He was married to Frances Bergen. He died on September 30, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

14. Greg Berlanti

Director | Love, Simon

WGA, DGA and Golden Globe nominated writer, director, and producer, Greg Berlanti, is the force behind several of the most inventive and acclaimed works of film and television.

He is the writer, director and producer behind several of the most creative and lauded television series, including ABC's "...

15. Eric Bernt

Writer | Virtuosity

Eric Bernt is known for Virtuosity (1995), Romeo Must Die (2000) and The Hitcher (2007).

16. Craig Bierko

Actor | The Thirteenth Floor

Craig Bierko was born on August 18, 1964 in Rye Brook, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Thirteenth Floor (1999), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and Scary Movie 4 (2006).

17. Andrew Bird

Soundtrack | The Muppets

Andrew Bird was born on July 11, 1973 in Illinois, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Muppets (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) and MacGruber (2010).

18. Karen Black

Actress | Five Easy Pieces

Karen entered Northwestern University at 18 and left two years later. She studied under Lee Strasberg in New York and worked in a number of off-Broadway roles. She made a critically acclaimed debut on Broadway in 1965 in "The Playroom". Her first big film role was in You're a Big Boy Now (1966), ...

19. Jeff Blumenkrantz

Actor | The Big Sick

Jeff Blumenkrantz was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Big Sick (2017), Succession (2018) and The Detour (2016).

20. Zach Braff

Actor | Garden State

Zach Braff was born and raised in South Orange, New Jersey, to Anne Hutchinson (Maynard), a clinical psychologist, and Harold Irwin Braff, a trial attorney. His father is from Russia and Austria, while Zach's mother is from a family with deep roots in New England. Zach attended Columbia High School...

21. Cary Brothers

Soundtrack | Garden State

Born and raised in Nashville, Cary bought his first guitar at age thirteen and has been writing songs ever since. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the world-renowned Hotel Cafe, Brothers first gained national attention when his song "Blue Eyes" was featured on the ...

22. Clancy Brown

Actor | The Shawshank Redemption

A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proven himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theatre, feature films, television series and even animation.

Clarence J. Brown III was born in 1959 in Urbana, Ohio, to Joyce Helen (Eldridge), a concert...

23. Charles Busch

Actor | Die, Mommie, Die!

Charles Busch is a writer in theater and writer of the film Psycho Beach Party (2000). He is famous for crossdressing in his films he appears in and theatrical presentations he does. Busch got a lot of attention in film and television work playing a prisoner named Nat Ginsberg for two seasons on ...

24. Frank Buxton

Actor | Overboard

Born in Wellesley, MA, USA, Buxton grew up in Larchmont, NY, USA, graduated from Northwestern University (BS) and Syracuse University (MS). After service in the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he worked in local television as a producer-director in Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, IL and then began his ...

25. Bruno Campos

Actor | The Princess and the Frog

Bruno is the son of an international banker, Paulo, and an actress, Thania. Although born in Rio de Janeiro, he grew up Brazil, Toronto, Bahrain, and Houston. He has three sisters - Mara, age 33 (in 1999); Adriana, age 32; and Mariana, age 21. At age 14, he attended Michigan's Interlochen Arts ...

26. Josh Chetwynd

Self | Major League Baseball on Five

27. Cindy Chupack

Writer | Otherhood

Cindy Chupack is best known as a Writer/Executive Producer of Sex and the City, where several episodes she penned (Evolution, Attack of the 5'10" Woman, Just Say Yes, Plus One is the Loneliest Number, I Love a Charade, and Splat!) were individually nominated for Writer's Guild and Emmy awards. In ...

28. Stephen Colbert

Writer | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Tyrone Colbert (pronounced "cole-BEAR") was born on May 13, 1964 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the son of Lorna Elizabeth (Tuck) and James William Colbert, Jr., a doctor and medical school dean at Yale, Saint Louis University, and MUSC. He is the ...

29. Jack Clay

Actor | The War of the Worlds

Jack DeWayne Clay was an actor, and acting teacher whose drama proteges included Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winners.

A pillar in forming professional theatrical training at universities, Jack was the esteemed teacher and mentor to many great actors and actresses. Among his best-known students were ...

30. Claire Coffee

Actress | Grimm

Claire graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a degree in Theater. She began performing on stage at age 5 in The Mountain Play Theater Company's production of "The King and I" in Mill Valley, CA. She continued acting extensively on stage before moving to Los Angeles after...

31. Kate Collins

Actress | All My Children

Kate Collins was born on May 6, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for All My Children (1970), Riot on 42nd St. (1987) and L.A. Law (1986). She has been married to Charles Newell since October 23, 1992. They have two children.

32. Robert Conrad

Actor | Jingle All the Way

Robert Conrad was a graduate of Northwestern University, spending his first few years out of school supporting himself and his family by driving a milk truck and singing in a Chicago cabaret. Conrad befriended up-and-coming actor Nick Adams during this period, and it was Adams who helped Conrad get...

33. Steve Conrad

Writer | Patriot

Steve Conrad was born in 1968 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Patriot (2015), Wonder (2017) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013).

34. Anthony John Crane

Actor | Cold Case

Anthony John Crane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and remains to this day a passionate Philadelphia Eagles fan. Anthony began his higher education at Boston University's School of Liberal Arts, and after three years there, moved on to St. Katherine's College, Oxford, UK, where he finished ...

35. Cindy Crawford

Actress | Fair Game

Cindy Crawford was born on February 20, 1966 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Fair Game (1995), 54 (1998) and Cougar Town (2009). She has been married to Rande Gerber since May 29, 1998. They have two children. She was previously married to Richard Gere.

36. Jane Curtin

Actress | Coneheads

Jane Therese Curtin was born September 6th, 1947. Years later, a 27-year-old Jane auditioned for a comedy variety show. which turned out to be the the thing that would first expose her to fame, Saturday Night Live (1975). Jane won the audition against Mimi Kennedy, a tough competitor. Also in the ...

37. Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Actress | Scrubs

Stephanie D'Abruzzo was born on December 7, 1971 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Scrubs (2001), Sesame Street (1969) and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015). She has been married to Craig Shemin since September 17, 1995.

38. William Daniels

Actor | St. Elsewhere

William Daniels is an American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York City. He was born in 1927, to bricklayer David Daniels and his wife Irene.

Daniels was a member of the singing Daniels family in Brooklyn. He made his television debut in 1943 at the age of 16, as part of a variety act. That same year,...

39. Beau Davidson

Actor | Days of Our Lives

Beau Davidson is a two-time regional Emmy-nominated actor, singer-songwriter, and on-air talent/host, best known for "Runaway Romance," (UPtv) "The Ultimate Legacy" (Hallmark), "Gilmore Girls," (CW), "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS) and "The Singing Bee" (CMT).

Beau then attended Northwestern ...

40. Zooey Deschanel

Actress | New Girl

Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal ...

41. Lydia R. Diamond

Producer | The Affair

Lydia R. Diamond is known for The Affair (2014), Tokyo Vice (2022) and My America (2012).

42. Matt Doherty

Actor | The Mighty Ducks

After starring in his third Mighty Ducks film, Matthew walked away from a life of glitz and glamour to study writing and theater at Northwestern University. A Nicholl Academy Screenplay Semi-Finalist, AFF second rounder, Screencraft and Final Draft Big Break Semi Finalist, former moderator of a ...

43. Anne Dudek

Actress | White Chicks

Anne was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. She got the role of Iphigenia in "The Iphigenia Cycle" in Chicago while still in theater school at Northwestern University. She was a resident artist at The Court Theatre in Chicago. The production moved off-Broadway to New York City, where she won the ...

44. Teddy Dunn

Actor | Jumper

Teddy Dunn was born on June 19, 1980. He is an actor, known for Jumper (2008), Veronica Mars (2004) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004).

45. Nancy Dussault

Actress | The In-Laws

Nancy Dussault was born on June 30, 1936 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for The In-Laws (1979), The Nurse (1997) and Alias (2001). She has been married to Valentine Mayer since February 24, 1985. She was previously married to James Dunton Travis.

46. Gregg Edelman

Actor | Spider-Man 2

Gregg Edelman was born on September 12, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Spider-Man 2 (2004), Little Children (2006) and The Proposal (2009). He was previously married to Carolee Carmello.

47. Jennie Eisenhower

Actress | Arthur

Jennie Eisenhower grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she majored theatre and communication studies and received a certificate in musical theatre.

Her film and television work includes Dispatches from ...

48. Mary Frann

Actress | Newhart

Mary Frann was born Mary Frances Luecke on February 27, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri. She became a child model and acted in television commercials. At the age of eighteen she won the title of America's Junior Miss. She attended Northwestern University where she studied drama. She dropped out of ...

49. Temi Epstein

Actress | Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI

Tamar "Temi" Le Anne Epstein (also known as Tammy) is a former child actress, active in the middle 80s. Her best known movie is in Friday the 13th Part VI (1986), but her more remarkable role was the one of "young Ashton Main" on "North and South" (1985).

Epstein is a graduate of Northwestern ...

50. Joe Flynn

Actor | The Rescuers

Born on November 8, 1924, in Youngstown, Ohio and after attending Northwestern University, Flynn began his entertainment career as a ventriloquist and as a radio performer. During World War II, he served in the Army's Special Services Branch (formerly the Morale Branch) entertaining the troops in ...

51. Penny Fuller

Actress | All the President's Men

Penny Fuller was born on July 21, 1937 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for All the President's Men (1976), Quantum Leap (1989) and The Elephant Man (1982).

52. Gerald Freedman

Director | ABC Stage 67

Author, composer and director, educated at Northwestern University (BA, cum laude, and MA, summa cum laude), and at the Cleveland School of Art and the Mannes School of Music. He was an assistant director of the Broadway musicals "Gypsy" and "West Side Story", and he also directed other Broadway ...

53. David T. Friendly

Producer | Little Miss Sunshine

David T. Friendly is an Academy Award-nominated producer for Best Picture nominee Little Miss Sunshine. He has been a film producer and motion picture executive for over thirty years. During his career, he has produced over twenty-five films to date and worked with some of the most prestigious ...

54. George Furth

Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

George Furth wrote eleven one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley as each of the separate leads. Hollywood actor Anthony Perkins, interested in directing, asked Sondheim to read the material. After Sondheim read the plays, Sondheim asked Harold Prince for his opinion; Prince thought the plays could ...

55. Aimee Garcia

Actress | Dexter

A Chicago native of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, she made her professional stage debut at the age of seven in Paul Mejia's "Cinderella" at The Auditorium Theatre. By the age of twelve, she was dancing 20 shows a month as "Clara" in "The Nutcracker". She joined the Young People's Company, whose...

56. Daniele Gaither

Actress | The Thundermans

Widely recognized for her work on the Emmy-winning, late night sketch comedy series MADtv Mad TV (1995) Daniele grew up doing theater in Minneapolis. She earned her SAG card shooting a commercial at Paisley Park. Years later she would be called on stage to dance with Prince during two concert tours...

57. Frank Galati

Writer | The Accidental Tourist

Frank Galati was born on November 29, 1943 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Accidental Tourist (1988), American Playhouse (1980) and The Party Animal (1984). He was married to Peter Amster . He died on January 2, 2023 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

58. Ana Gasteyer

Actress | Mean Girls

Ana Kristina Gasteyer was born on May 4, 1967 to Marian Roumell-Gasteyer and Phil Gasteyer. Gasteyer began her career at Northwestern University; she initially enrolled as a voice major, but later switched to theater studies when she started to get involved with the campus' improv comedy group. She...

59. Ileen Getz

Actress | The Station Agent

Ileen Getz was born on August 7, 1961 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Station Agent (2003), Changing Lanes (2002) and Friends with Money (2006). She was married to Mark Grinnell. She died on August 4, 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.

60. Zach Gilford

Actor | The Purge: Anarchy

Zachary Michael Gilford is an American actor, known for his role as Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass. He is also set to appear in the horror series The Midnight Club in 2022. Gilford was born in ...

61. Eric Gilliland

Producer | Roseanne

Eric Gilliland is probably best known for bringing the hit TV series "Roseanne" to American audiences for many years. Most recently, he directed and co-wrote the much-lauded NBC TV pilot "Downwardly Mobile," which managed to reunite Roseanne Barr and John Goodman in the starring roles. Despite much...

62. Ira Glass

Writer | This American Life

Ira Glass was born on March 3, 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for This American Life (2007), Freezing People Is Easy and Sleepwalk with Me (2012). He has been married to Anaheed Alani since August 2005.

63. Jonathan Glassner

Producer | Stargate SG-1

Jonathan Glassner is known for Stargate SG-1 (1997), The Outer Limits (1995) and CSI: Miami (2002).

64. Virginia Graham

Actress | The City

Virginia Graham started in Chicago radio in the 1930s. After World War II she wrote scripts for several radio serials, including "Stella Dallas", "Backstage Wife", and "Our Gal Sunday". She was the hostess of television talk shows from the 1950s to 1970s that are considered forerunners to today's ...

65. Michael Greif

Dear Evan Hansen

Michael Greif is known for Dear Evan Hansen (2021), Stuck in Greece: An LGBT Refugee Crisis (2023) and Rent: Live (2019).

66. Mamie Gummer

Actress | The Lifeguard

Mamie Gummer was born on August 3, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Lifeguard (2013), Ricki and the Flash (2015) and The Ward (2010). She has been married to Mehar Sethi since February 2019. They have two children. She was previously married to Benjamin Walker.

67. Anna Gunn

Actress | Breaking Bad

An actress on both stage and screen, Anna Gunn has portrayed a vast array of complex and powerful characters throughout her career.

Anna grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico after her parents, Sharon (Peters) and Clemens Gunn, Jr., transplanted the family from Cleveland, Ohio to the Southwest in the late...

68. Kathryn Hahn

Actress | Afternoon Delight

Kathryn Marie Hahn is an American actress and comedian. She became a worldwide phenomenon when she starred as Agatha Harkness in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries WandaVision (2021) for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...

69. Brad Hall

Writer | Brooklyn Bridge

Brad Hall was born on March 21, 1958 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Brooklyn Bridge (1991), Picture Paris (2011) and Picture Paris. He has been married to Julia Louis-Dreyfus since June 25, 1987. They have two children.

70. Samantha Harris

Actress | Baywatch

A seasoned entertainment news journalist and two-time Emmy-nominated TV personality, Samantha Harris is currently seen on the world's #1 entertainment news program, Entertainment Tonight (1981), as a correspondent. In just her first months with the show, she covered the Cannes Film Festival, ...

71. Bill Hayes

Actor | Days of Our Lives

Throughout the 1970s and a good part of the 1980s, Bill Hayes and his second wife, Emmy-winning Susan Seaforth Hayes, reigned as the Lunt and Fontanne of daytime soaps. Prior to this he had become a noted singer/actor on the Broadway stage and in night clubs. Born William Foster Hayes III in Harvey...

72. Heather Headley

Actress | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Won a 2000 Tony Award for Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role in "Aida". Released her debut album in 2002, "This is who I am". Moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana at age 15. As a student in university, she performed at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, in "Dreamgirls" and "The...

73. Kyle T. Heffner

Actor | Flashdance

Kyle Heffner was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents noticed his acting ability early and enrolled him, at 11 years old, in a well-respected children's theater, The Jack and Jill Players. After a few plays he began working as a professional in commercials and educational films. His passion for ...

74. Marg Helgenberger

Actress | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Marg Helgenberger is an established dramatic actress whose prominence has been steadily increasing. Her work has been noted on stage, film and TV. Most of her career has been spent in dramatic roles on television, but she has also had a noteworthy presence in feature films.

Helgenberger earned a ...

75. Charlton Heston

Actor | Ben-Hur

With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's top leading men of his prime and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty ...

76. Michael Hitchcock

Actor | The Resort

Michael Hitchcock was born in Defiance, Ohio and later raised in Western Springs, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He attributes many of his offbeat characters on his midwestern upbringing. Hitchcock received his Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University's School of Speech and a Master ...

77. Ron Holgate

Actor | 1776

Ron Holgate was born on May 26, 1937 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for 1776 (1972), Cabeza de Vaca (1962) and Men of Means (1998). He has been married to Amy DeGange since 1989. They have two children. He was previously married to Dorothy Collins.

78. David Hollander

Producer | Ray Donovan

David Hollander was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Mount Lebanon High School and Sewickley Academy before going to Northwestern University. He began his career as a playwright before turning his attention to film and television. He has served on the faculty of the USC Graduate ...

79. David Horowitz

Writer | Fight Back with David Horowitz

David Horowitz, the Creator, Host and Executive Producer of the popular television program "Fight Back! With David Horowitz", has been at the forefront of bringing consumer issues into public awareness for nearly 35 years.

David has won 15 Emmy Awards for his "Fight Back!" television series, ...

80. Jeffrey Hunter

Actor | The Searchers

Jeffrey Hunter was born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr. on November 25, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, an only child. His parents met at the University of Arkansas, and when he was almost four his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In his teens, he acted in productions of the North Shore Children's ...

81. Lew Hunter

Writer | Fallen Angel

Lew Hunter was born on July 18, 1935. He was a writer and producer, known for Fallen Angel (1981), Otherworld (1985) and Code Red (1981). He was married to Pamela. He died on January 6, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

82. Ron Husmann

Actor | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Ron Husmann was born on June 30, 1937 in Rockford, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963), Love Has Many Faces (1965) and Days of Our Lives (1965).

83. Martha Hyer

Actress | The Sons of Katie Elder

Martha Hyer was born on August 10, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas. Once she finished her formal schooling, Martha played a bit role in 1946's The Locket (1946). Slowly, Martha began picking up roles with more and more substance. The best years for the beautiful actress began in 1954 when she played in ...

84. Rex Ingram

Actor | God's Little Acre

A Corsicana native, Rex (Clifford) Ingram was the son of Mack and Mamie Ingram. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in medicine before launching a brilliant acting career which spanned 50 years. Ingram made his screen debut during the silent era in Tarzan of the Apes (1918). He ...

85. Laura Innes

Actress | ER

Laura Innes was born on August 16, 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan. She was introduced to professional theater by her father, who often took the family to the Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. With the support of her father, she attended Northwestern University and earned a degree in ...

86. David Ives

Writer | La Vénus à la fourrure

David Ives was born on July 11, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Venus in Fur (2013), Remember WENN (1996) and The Green Hill.

87. Brian d'Arcy James

Actor | Spotlight

Brian d'Arcy James was born on June 29, 1968 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Spotlight (2015), West Side Story (2021) and Shrek the Musical (2013).

88. Tim Johnson

Director | Over the Hedge

Tim Johnson is known for Over the Hedge (2006), Home (2015) and Antz (1998).

89. Jennifer Jones

Actress | The Towering Inferno

One of the world's most underrated Academy Award-winning actresses, Jennifer Jones was born Phylis Lee Isley on 2 March 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Flora Mae (Suber) and Phillip Ross Isley, who ran a travelling stage show. As a young aspiring actress, she met and fell for young, handsome, aspiring ...

90. Peter Kapetan

Actor | Confessions of a Shopaholic

Peter Kapetan was born on October 21, 1956 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) and Farm Girl in New York (2007). He died on June 4, 2008 in New York City, New York, USA.

91. Spencer Kayden

Actress | Big Stan

Spencer Kayden was born in 1971 in Costa Mesa, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Big Stan (2007), The Horse Whisperer (1998) and C Me Dance (2009). She has been married to Mark Harelik since October 2004. They have one child.

92. James Keach

Actor | National Lampoon's Vacation

James Keach was born on December 7, 1947 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Vacation (1983), The Long Riders (1980) and Walk the Line (2005). He was previously married to Jane Seymour, Mimi Maynard and Holly Collins.

93. Stacy Keach Sr.

Pet Sematary

Stacy Keach Sr. was born on May 29, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Pet Sematary (1989), Pretty Woman (1990) and The Parallax View (1974). He was married to Mary Cain Peckham. He died on February 13, 2003 in Burbank, California, USA.

94. Clinton Kelly

Producer | Guns of Eden

Clinton Kelly was born on February 22, 1969 in Panama City, Panama. He is a producer and actor, known for Guns of Eden (2022), The Chew (2011) and Nashville (2012). He has been married to Damon Bayles since 2009.

95. Richard Kind

Actor | Inside Out

Richard Kind, a Drama Desk Award winner and Tony nominee for the Broadway hit The Big Knife, is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who continues to redefine the term character actor. Kind is starring as Sam Meyers in the Amazon Original Series Red Oaks (2014). He appeared in the ...

96. Richard Kline

Actor | Three's Company

Richard Kline was born on April 29, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Three's Company (1976), Jack and Jill (2011) and Beverly Hills Ninja (1997). He has been married to Beverley Osgoode since 2002. He was previously married to Sandy Molloy and Kathleen ...

97. Robert Knepper

Actor | Prison Break

Robert Knepper, the son of a veterinarian, was born in Fremont, Ohio, and was raised in Maumee (near Toledo). When he was growing up, his mother worked in the props department for the community theater, and because of her involvement, he became interested in acting. Robert began his career in ...

98. Gary Kroeger

Actor | Saturday Night Live

Gary Kroeger was born on April 13, 1957 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He has been married to Shannon Alexander since December 24, 2017. He was previously married to Leigh...

99. Roger Kumble

Director | Cruel Intentions

Roger Kumble was born on May 28, 1966 in Harrison, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Cruel Intentions (1999), The Sweetest Thing (2002) and Just Friends (2005). He has been married to Mary Mehagian since November 4, 2000. They have three children.

100. Clyde Kusatsu

Actor | Paradise Road

Clyde Kusatsu was born on September 13, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Paradise Road (1997), The Interpreter (2005) and Midway (1976). He has been married to Gayle Shuffler since August 29, 1976. They have two children.