Yale Television
by Sylviastel | created - 05 Sep 2014 | updated - 07 Sep 2014 | PublicKathryn Finney MPH 2000, Today Show correspondent.
Theatre
Michael P. Price MFA 1963
1. Lewis Black
Actor | Inside Out
Lewis Black was born on August 30, 1948 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Inside Out (2015), Man of the Year (2006) and Accepted (2006).
MFA 1977
2. James Bohanek
Actor | Law & Order
James "Jimbo" Bohanek is a pretty cool guy. He works as a dramatic theater teacher in Durham, North Carolina, at Durham Academy, a highly-rated teen prep school. He has the coolest Sophomore advisory in the history of the planet. He refuses to keep snacks in his room and looks a bit like Peter ...
BA 1991
3. James Burrows
Director | Cheers
James Burrows was born on December 30, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Cheers (1982), Will & Grace (1998) and Taxi (1978). He has been married to Debbie Easton since 1997. He was previously married to Linda Solomon.
MA
4. Dick Cavett
Actor | Forrest Gump
Yale-educated Dick Cavett established his reputation as the most erudite of American talk show hosts in the late 1960s and early '70s. Although there were many contenders who took on Johnny Carson, the undisputed heavyweight champion of late-night TV, Cavett generally was considered the most ...
5. Enrico Colantoni
Actor | Galaxy Quest
Enrico Colantoni was born on February 14, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Galaxy Quest (1999), Veronica Mars (2004) and Contagion (2011). He has been married to Rosanna Francioni since November 11, 2011. They have four children. He was previously married to ...
MFA
6. Anderson Cooper
Actor | Chappie
Anderson Cooper was born on June 3, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Chappie (2015), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Anderson Cooper 360° (2003).
BA 1989
7. Bill Corbett
Actor | Mystery Science Theater 3000
Bill Corbett was born on March 30, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Meet Dave (2008) and Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker (2004). He has been married to Virginia Sweeny since 2003.
Drama 1989
8. David Duchovny
Actor | The X Files
David William Duchovny was born on August 7, 1960, in New York City, New York, USA. His father, Amram Ducovny, was a writer and publicist who was from a family of Jewish immigrants (from Ukraine and Poland), and worked for the American Jewish Committee. His mother, Margaret (Miller), was a ...
MA English literature 1989
9. Dick Ebersol
Producer | Friday Night Videos
Dick Ebersol was born on July 28, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Friday Night (1983), NBC Sunday Night Football (2006) and Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008). He has been married to Susan Saint James since November 21, 1981. They have ...
10. Malcolm Gets
Actor | Caroline in the City
Malcolm Gets was born in Chicago but lived in New Jersey until he was 5. Both of his parents are of English ancestry. His mother, Lispbeth, was a special educationist and his father, Terence, works as a college textbook representative for a Boston-based publisher and runs in many competitve ...
MFA
11. Sara Gilbert
Actress | Poison Ivy
Sara Gilbert was born on January 29, 1975, as Sara Rebecca Abeles at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, California, to Barbara Cowan and Harold Abeles. Barbara was previously married to the late Paul Gilbert. At the age of six, when Sara saw her sister Melissa Gilbert get a star...
BA 1997
12. Felipe L. Gozon
Producer | Deathrow
Felipe L. Gozon is known for Deathrow (2000), Muro-ami (1999) and Zorro (2009).
13. Michael Gross
Actor | Family Ties
Michael Gross was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, to Virginia Ruth (Cahill), a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool designer. He was involved with a gang for a couple of years during high school before becoming a better student. He went on to be senior class president. Received an...
Drama 1973
14. Harry Hamlin
Actor | Clash of the Titans
Harry Robinson Hamlin is an American actor of stage, television and films. He was born in 1951, in Pasadena, California, to Berniece (Robinson), a socialite, and Chauncey Jerome Hamlin, Jr., an aeronautical engineer. He graduated from Yale University in 1974 with degrees in Drama and Psychology and...
BA 1974
15. John Hodgman
Actor | Coraline
John Hodgman was born on June 3, 1971 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Coraline (2009), Baby Mama (2008) and Arthur (2011). He has been married to Katherine Fletcher since 1999. They have two children.
BA 1992
16. Conor Knighton
Writer | CBS News Sunday Morning
Conor Knighton is known for CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979), InfoMania (2007) and SoCal Connected (2012).
BA 2003 film studies
17. Leo Laporte
Producer | This Week in Fun
Leo Laporte was born on November 29, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for This Week in Fun (2008), Tech News Weekly (2010) and Phoenix Rising (2006). He has been married to Lisa Laporte since January 29, 2015. He was previously married to Jennifer.
18. Demetri Martin
Actor | (Dean)
Demetri Martin was born on May 25, 1973 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dean (2016), Take Me Home Tonight (2011) and In a World... (2013). He has been married to Rachael Beame since June 1, 2012.
BA 1995
19. Kellie Martin
Actress | ER
Kellie Martin is an American actress from California. She has often worked as a voice actress in animation. Her most notable roles include the amateur detective Daphne Blake in the animated series "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" (1988-1991), the nerdy daughter Rebecca "Becca" Thatcher in the drama series ...
BA 2001
20. Crystal McKellar
Actress | The Wonder Years
Crystal took her first dancing classes (tap) when she was three years old. This led to the beginning of her professional career, which started with commercials at age 7. About the time she was 12 years old, Crystal stopped interviewing and auditioning for commercials; explaining that "they're like ...
BA 1999
21. Anne Meacham
Actress | The United States Steel Hour
Anne Meacham was born on July 21, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The United States Steel Hour (1953), The American Parade (1974) and Lilith (1964). She died on January 12, 2006 in Canaan, New York, USA.
BA 1947
22. Ari Meyers
Actress | Kate & Allie
Ari Meyers was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sunday, April 6, 1969. She began an acting career at age 12, with her role as Al Pacino's stepdaughter in Al Pacino's Author! Author! (1982) and hasn't looked back, since. Ari dictated her first play, "The Super Magic Show," for her nursery school ...
BA 1991
23. Chris Noth
Actor | Sex and the City
Two-time Golden Globe nominee and SAG Award nominated actor Chris Noth stars on Season 3 FX's critically acclaimed drama Tyrant (2014) and has two independent films coming out this year.
On Tyrant (2014), Noth enters the show in its third season premiering in July, starring as Gen. William Cogswell,...
CDR 1985
24. Maulik Pancholy
Actor | 30 Rock
Maulik Pancholy was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for 30 Rock (2006), Weeds (2005) and 27 Dresses (2008). He has been married to Ryan Corvaia since September 28, 2014.
MFA 1998
25. Walter F. Parkes
Writer | WarGames
Walter F. Parkes was born on April 15, 1951 in Bakersfield, California. He attended Yale University and it was graduated cum laude in 1973. He made its first film project The California Reich (1975), which was made in 1975.
He met Laurie MacDonald in 1982 and the next year, wrote the script for the ...
BA 1973
26. Stone Phillips
Self | Dateline NBC
Stone Phillips was born on December 2, 1954 in Texas City, Texas, USA. He has been married to Debra Del Toro since 1985. They have one child.
BA 1977
27. Robert Picardo
Actor | Star Trek: Voyager
Robert Picardo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, where he spent his whole childhood. He graduated from the William Penn Charter School and attended Yale University. At Yale, he landed a role in Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" and at age 19, he played a leading role in the European premiere of...
BA 1975
28. David Hyde Pierce
Actor | Frasier
David Hyde Pierce was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. He is the youngest child of George and Laura Pierce (both deceased) and has two older sisters (Barbara and Nancy) and an older brother (Thomas). As a child, he was very interested in music (particularly piano) and regularly played the ...
BA 1981
29. Alan Poul
Producer | Six Feet Under
Alan Poul is an American film and television producer and director with a long and distinguished record. Among the shows on which he has served as both Executive Producer and Director are "Six Feet Under," "The Newsroom," "Tales of the City," "Swingtown," and "The Eddy." Over the course of his ...
BA 1976
30. Josh Saviano
Actor | The Wonder Years
Josh Saviano was born on March 31, 1976 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Wonder Years (1988), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Camp Cucamonga (1990). He has been married to Jennifer Romer since August 3, 2002. They have one child.
BA 1998
31. Tony Shalhoub
Actor | Monk
Anthony Marc Shalhoub was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father, Joseph Shalhoub, who owned a grocery chain, emigrated from Lebanon to the United States as an orphan at age ten, later marrying Shalhoub's mother, Helen (Seroogy), who herself was born in Wisconsin, to Lebanese parents. ...
MFA 1980
32. Gene Siskel
Self | Siskel & Ebert & the Movies
Gene Siskel was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. He partnered with fellow critic Roger Ebert to present a series of television shows which centered on film reviews. Their partnership lasted from 1975 to Siskel's death in 1999. Siskel became famous for his heated ...
MFA 1974
33. Steve Skrovan
Producer | Everybody Loves Raymond
Steve Skrovan was born on March 4, 1957. He is a producer and writer, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), An Unreasonable Man (2006) and Fred & Vinnie (2011).
BA 1979
34. Ben Stein
Actor | Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ben Stein (Benjamin J. Stein) was born on Nov. 25, 1944 in Washington, D.C. The son of noted economist and writer Herbert Stein, he grew up in Silver Spring, Md., and attended Montgomery Blair High School. Some of his classmates included journalist Carl Bernstein, and actors Goldie Hawn and ...
LLD 1970
35. Ming Tsai
Producer | Simply Ming
Ming Tsai was born on March 29, 1964 in Newport Beach, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Simply Ming (2003), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) and East Meets West with Ming Tsai (1998). He is married to Polly Talbott. They have two children.
BA 1986
36. Courtney B. Vance
Actor | The Hunt for Red October
From studying history at Harvard, and acting at Yale Drama School, to making history in Hollywood, Courtney B. Vance has carefully cultivated an exceptional career that showcases his passion, talent, and intellect. His penchant for successfully finding the dignity and honor in each character ...
MFA 1986
37. Margaret Warner
Self | The Robert MacNeil Report
Margaret Warner was previously married to Reilly, John R..
38. Sam Waterston
Actor | The Killing Fields
Sam Waterston was born on November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Killing Fields (1984), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Law & Order (1990). He has been married to Lynn Louisa Woodruff since January 26, 1976. They have three children. He was ...
BA 1962
39. Suzanne Whang
Actress | Constantine
Suzanne Whang was a versatile actor, national television host, award-winning stand-up comedian, published author, professional keynote speaker, radio host, spoken word artist, teacher, creativity coach, metaphysical minister, and political activist. Valedictorian of her graduating class at Herndon ...
BA 1983
40. Allison Williams
Actress | Girls
Allison Howell Williams, born April 13, 1988, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her role as "Marnie Michaels" on the HBO comedy-drama series, Girls (2012). Williams was born and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut and is the daughter of former NBC Nightly News anchor...
BA 2010
41. Henry Winkler
Actor | The Waterboy
Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his ...
BA 1970
42. 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 ...
BA 1991
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