Red Tails 2012 premiere
by thatgalaredcarpeteventguy | created - 14 Mar 2021 | updated - 30 Aug 2021 | PublicTuesday January 10th, Bow Tie Cinemas Ziegfeld Theater 141 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019
1. Cuba Gooding Jr.
Actor | Jerry Maguire
Cuba Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. His father, Cuba Gooding, was the lead vocalist for the R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with the song "Everybody Plays The Fool". His ...
2. Terrence Howard
Actor | Crash
Terrence Howard was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Anita Jeanine Williams (née Hawkins) and Tyrone Howard. He was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His love for acting came naturally, through summers spent with his great-grandmother, New York stage actress Minnie Gentry. He later began his acting career ...
3. Nate Parker
Actor | The Birth of a Nation
Nate Parker was born on November 18, 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Birth of a Nation (2016), Arbitrage (2012) and Non-Stop (2014). He has been married to Sarah DiSanto since 2007. They have four children.
4. David Oyelowo
Actor | Lawmen: Bass Reeves
David Oyelowo also known as 'David O', is a classically trained stage actor who has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and received the "Scholarship for Excellence" from Nicholas Hytner in 1998.
David ...
5. Method Man
Actor | How High
Award-winning actor, producer, musician, and entrepreneur Cliff "Method Man" Smith, has been forging an extraordinary and unparalleled path across all mediums since he first entered the scene 30 years ago.
Smith currently stars as 'Attorney Davis MacLean' opposite Mary J. Blige in the worldwide hit ...
6. Tristan Mack Wilds
Actor | The Secret Life of Bees
Tristan Wilds was born in Staten Island, New York. In 2005, at the age of 15, Tristan made his television debut as AJ in the mini-series Miracle Boys. After that, he took his talents to a different venue and tried his hand in theater. He worked with Phylicia Rashad and the Roundabout Theater ...
7. Ne-Yo
Actor | Battle: Los Angeles
Ne-Yo was born on October 18, 1982 in Camden, Arkansas, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Battle Los Angeles (2011), Red Tails (2012) and The Princess and the Frog (2009). He has been married to Crystal Smith since February 20, 2016. They have three children.
8. Michael B. Jordan
Actor | Black Panther
Michael B. Jordan, the middle of three children, was born in Santa Ana, California and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is the son of Donna (Davis), a high school counselor, and Michael A. Jordan. His middle name, Bakari, means "noble promise" in Swahili. (He is not related to, or named after, ...
9. Elijah Kelley
Actor | Hairspray
Elijah Kelley was born on August 1, 1986 in LaGrange, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hairspray (2007), Strange Magic (2015) and The Butler (2013).
10. Leslie Odom Jr.
Actor | Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr. was born on August 6, 1981 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hamilton (2020), One Night in Miami... (2020) and Central Park (2020). He has been married to Nicolette Robinson since December 1, 2012. They have two children.
11. Kevin Phillips
Actor | Notorious
Kevin Phillips is known for Notorious (2009), Blood and Bone (2009) and The Harder They Fall (2021).
12. Lee Tergesen
Actor | Oz
He was born on July 8, 1965 in Ivoryton, Connecticut and is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. His brother, Chris Tergesen, is a music supervisor and music editor. Lee has been married three times and has been married to Yuko Otomo, an art therapist, since 2011. They have a ...
13. Andre Royo
Actor | Super
Andre Royo was born on July 18, 1962 in Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Collection (2012), The Spectacular Now (2013), Hunter Gatherer (2016), Empire (2015), Hand Of God (2014) and Super (2010). He has been married to Jane Choi since November 21, 1997. They have one...
14. Marcus T. Paulk
Actor | Take the Lead
Marcus Terrell Paulk was born on October 12, 1986 in the sunny city of Los Angeles, California. With all the buzz of Hollywood glamour and celebrity stardom it seems Paulk felt right at home so early in life "street performing" in California's ever popular Venice Beach, at the impressionable age of...
15. George Lucas
Writer | Star Wars
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...
16. Rick McCallum
Producer | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
As the producer of the three Star Wars prequels - The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith - Rick McCallum has helped bring to the screen some of the most successful independent films of all time.
The global blockbusters are highlights in a career that has seen McCallum ...
17. Chas. Floyd Johnson
Producer | The Rockford Files
Chas. Floyd Johnson was born on February 12, 1941 in Camden. New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Rockford Files (1974), Magnum, P.I. (1980) and JAG (1995). He has been married to Anne Burford since June 18, 1983. They have one child. He was previously married to Sandra ...
18. Anthony Hemingway
Director | Red Tails
Anthony Hemingway is known for Red Tails (2012), Underground (2016) and American Crime Story (2016).
19. Aaron McGruder
Writer | The Boondocks
An unlikely firestorm was ignited on the 19th of April, 1999. The Universal Press Syndicate made the largest launch ever of a single comic strip in the history of the printed page when it debuted an off-beat work in more than 160 newspapers that day (and 40 more by year's end). The strip, centering...
20. John Ridley
Producer | 12 Years a Slave
John Ridley is the author of seven published novels, the most recent, What Fire Cannot Burn from Warner Books and The Drift from Knopf. His first novel, Stray Dogs, was made into the feature film U Turn (1997) directed by Oliver Stone and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, and Nick Nolte. ...
21. Terence Blanchard
Composer | BlacKkKlansman
A world renowned trumpeter/composer/band leader and Blue Note recording artist, Terence Blanchard is the most prolific jazz musician to ever compose for motion pictures. Blanchard was born and raised in New Orleans where he studied with the Marsalis brothers at the famed New Orleans Center for the ...
22. Roscoe Brown
The son of a dentist, Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in 1942 and attended Springfield College in Massachusetts. Upon America's entry into World War II, he was able to get a commission in the U.S. Army Air Corps, becoming one of the "Tuskegee Airmen." He was a ...
23. Charles McGee
Self | Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly
Charles McGee was born on December 7, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Frances Nelson . He died on January 16, 2022 in the USA.
24. Dabney Montgomery
Self | A Defining Moment: Four Tuskegee Airmen and the Inauguration of Barack Obama
Dabney Montgomery was born in 1923 in Selma, Alabama, USA. He was married to Amelia. He died on September 3, 2016 in the USA.
25. Eugene Richardson
Camera_department | A Woman on the Outside
Eugene Richardson is known for A Woman on the Outside (2022), A Defining Moment: Four Tuskegee Airmen and the Inauguration of Barack Obama (2011) and Resurrecting Moton Field: The Birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen (2009).
26. Alton Burton
Actor | Everybody Comes to Rico's
Alton Burton is known for Everybody Comes to Rico's (2010).
27. Mellody Hobson
Actress | Zafari
Mellody Hobson is known for Zafari (2018), CBS This Morning (2012) and Un-Broke: What You Need to Know About Money (2009). She has been married to George Lucas since June 22, 2013. They have one child.
28. Wendi Murdoch
Actress | Ocean's Eight
In 2011 Chinese-born businesswoman, Wendi Murdoch, made her debut as a producer with Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011). Based on the 2005 best-selling novel of the same name, this historical drama was set in nineteenth century China and won the Golden Angel Award at the Chinese American Film ...
29. Al Roker
Actor | Robots
Al Roker was born on August 20, 1954 in Queens, New York, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Robots (2005), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and The Big Year (2011). He has been married to Deborah Roberts since September 16, 1995. They have two children. He was previously married to...
30. Deborah Roberts
Actress | The Wayne & Shuster Comedy Special
Deborah Roberts was born on September 20, 1960 in Perry, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for The Wayne & Shuster Comedy Special (1967), One from the Heart (1981) and The Man Who Loved Women (1983). She has been married to Al Roker since September 16, 1995. They have two children.
31. Al Sharpton
Actor | Mr. Deeds
Al Sharpton was born on October 3, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Mr. Deeds (2002), Malcolm X (1992) and Get on Up (2014). He was previously married to Kathy Jordan and Marsha Tinsley.
32. Angela Bassett
Actress | Strange Days
Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a ...
33. Francis Ford Coppola
Producer | Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...
34. Stephen Baldwin
Actor | The Usual Suspects
Stephen Baldwin was born on May 12, 1966 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome (1996) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). He has been married to Kennya Baldwin since June 10, 1990. They have two children.
35. Giancarlo Esposito
Actor | Breaking Bad
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples, Italy, and an African-American opera singer mother from Alabama. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and ...
36. Swizz Beatz
Soundtrack | Godfather of Harlem
Swizz Beatz was born Kasseem Dean in The Bronx area of New York City. He relocated to Atlanta as a teenager, where he started to DJ parties. When his relatives became involved with the Ruff Ryders label, he began to produce tracks at the tender age of 16. Forgoing the practice of using samples, he ...
37. Matt Stone
Soundtrack | South Park
Matthew Stone is a Jewish-American actor, writer, director, musician and animator who frequently collaborates with Trey Parker. They created and voiced in the South Park franchise. Matt voiced Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Butters Stotch and other characters. He and Parker also worked on The ...
38. Nikki M. James
Actress | Severance
Originated the role of Nabalungi in the Book of Mormon, for which she won a Tony Award. She recently starred in Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day at the Public Theater. Nikki was born and raised in New Jersey, where she fell in love with the theater at a young age. With the encouragement of ...
39. Spike Lee
Director | Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...
40. Kareem McKenzie
Self | The NFL on CBS
Kareem McKenzie was born on May 24, 1979 in Willingboro, New Jersey, USA.
41. Rocsi Diaz
Self | 106 & Park Top 10 Live
Rocsi Diaz was born on November 17, 1983 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She is an actress and producer, known for 106 & Park (2000), Entertainment Tonight (1981) and Cannonball (2020).
42. Tika Sumpter
Actress | Southside with You
Tika Sumpter was born in New York and graduated from Marymount Manhattan College. Sumpter began her career as model, before she landed the role of "Layla Williamson" in ABC's daytime soap opera, One Life to Live (1968) (2005-2010, 2011).
After she left the soap, Sumpter won a recurring role in the ...
43. Doug E. Fresh
Soundtrack | Face/Off
New York-raised Doug E. Fresh, born Douglas Davis, got his initial notoriety for being the original human beat-box, inventing a method to imitate a drum machine using breath control through the teeth, lips, and gums. He had a string of hit singles with his then-partner Slick Rick in the early and ...
44. Kimberley Locke
Soundtrack | American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
Kimberley Locke was born on January 3, 1978 in Hartsville, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for American Idol (2002), The Perfect Man (2005) and Algorithm: BLISS (2020).
45. Monique Coleman
Actress | High School Musical
Monique Coleman was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for High School Musical (2006), A Christmas Dance Reunion (2021) and Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2022). She was previously married to Walter Jordan.
46. Marv Albert
Actor | Trainwreck
Marv Albert was born on June 12, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Trainwreck (2015), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) and Forget Paris (1995). He has been married to Heather Faulkiner since September 9, 1998. He was previously married to Benita Caress.
47. Antonio Cromartie
Self | The NFL on CBS
Antonio Cromartie was born on April 15, 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. He has been married to Terricka Cromartie since July 2, 2010. They have four children.
48. James Earl Jones
Actor | Rogue One
Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...
49. Cecilia Hart
Actress | Law & Order
Cecilia Hart was born on June 6, 1948 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. She was an actress, known for Law & Order (1990), The Runaways (1978) and MacGyver (1985). She was married to James Earl Jones and Bruce Weitz. She died on October 16, 2016 in Westport, Connecticut, USA.
50. Katie Lucas
Actress | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Katie Lucas was born on April 13, 1988 in the USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008).
51. Tia Mowry
Actress | Sister, Sister
Tia Mowry was born on July 6, 1978 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Sister, Sister (1994), The Hot Chick (2002) and The Game (2006). She was previously married to Cory Hardrict.
52. Tamara Mellon
Writer | In My Shoes
Tamara Mellon was born on July 7, 1967 in St. Marylebone, London, England, UK. She is a writer and producer, known for In My Shoes, Women of the White Buffalo (2022) and Jane by Design (2012). She was previously married to Matthew Mellon.
53. Eleanor Coppola
Director | Bonjour Anne
Eleanor Coppola was born on May 4, 1936 in Long Beach, California, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Paris Can Wait (2016), Love Is Love Is Love (2020) and Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991). She was married to Francis Ford Coppola. She died on April 12, 2024 in ...
54. Chris Benz
Actor | Isle of Dogs
Chris Benz is an American designer whose bold, exuberant collections convey a sense of history as well as progress, and a keen understanding of the emotional, vibrant aspects of how women want to dress. With the best of American sportswear, European craftsmanship and the ever-evolving concept of ...
55. Keesha Sharp
Actress | Lethal Weapon
Award-nominated actress, writer, and director Keesha Sharp has become known in the entertainment industry for her innate ability to bring complex characters to life on screen, her steadfast professionalism, and her irrefutable beauty, inside and out. Keesha can be seen on season 3 of "Power Book II...
56. Kimberley Locke
Soundtrack | American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
Kimberley Locke was born on January 3, 1978 in Hartsville, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for American Idol (2002), The Perfect Man (2005) and Algorithm: BLISS (2020).
57. Tonya Lewis Lee
Producer | Aftershock
Tonya Lewis Lee was born on March 15, 1966 in the USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Aftershock (2022), Mistress of Modernism and The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013). She has been married to Spike Lee since October 2, 1993. They have two children.
58. Antonique Smith
Actress | Notorious
Antonique is an acclaimed actor and a 2015 Grammy nominated singer and writer. She is most famous for her starring role of Faith Evans in "Notorious" where she received rave reviews and was praised by critics, including Jeffery Lyons who called her "one to watch".
Antonique is one of the new stars ...
59. Debra Lee
Producer | The New Edition Story
Debra Lee is known for The New Edition Story (2017), Lowball (1996) and Grave Situations (2007).
60. Aaron Carter
Soundtrack | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Aaron Charles Carter was born December 7, 1987 in Tampa, Florida, to Jane Elizabeth (Spaulding) and Robert Gene Carter. He was the younger brother of Nick Carter (the Backstreet Boys) and had three sisters.
He began his music career at age seven, singing lead for the band "Dead End" for two years. ...
61. Samuel L. Jackson
Actor | Pulp Fiction
Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...
62. Kangol Kid
Actor | Should I Stay or Should I Go
Kangol Kid was born on August 10, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Should I Stay or Should I Go (2021), UTFO: Roxanne, Roxanne (1984) and UTFO: Leader of the Pack (1985). He died on December 18, 2021 in Manhasset, New York, USA.
63. Jerrold Nadler
Self | Unsound
Jerrold Nadler is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 10th congressional district since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is in his 15th term in Congress, having served since 1992. He was originally elected to represent the state's 17th ...
64. Jessica Oyelowo
Actress | Sleepy Hollow
Jessica Oyelowo was born in 1978. She is an actress and producer, known for Sleepy Hollow (1999), Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). She has been married to David Oyelowo since September 5, 1998. They have four children.
65. Khalil Kain
Actor | Juice
Khalil Kain was born on November 22, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Juice (1992), Renaissance Man (1994) and Girlfriends (2000).
66. Gano Grills
Stunts | Hannibal
Gano Grills was born in Staten Island, New York, USA. He is known for Hannibal (2001), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) and Shaft (2000).
67. Jayvon Smith
Actor | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jayvon Smith is known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Let's Eat (2022).
68. Andre Harrell
Producer | Honey
Andre Harrell was born on September 26, 1960 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Honey (2003), New York Undercover (1994) and Strictly Business (1991). He was married to Wendy Credle. He died on May 7, 2020 in West Hollywood, California, USA.
69. James Gianopulos
Actor | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
James Gianopulos worked as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures, a role he assumed in April 2017 until his departure in September 2021. Gianopulos has been involved in the evolution of new entertainment media and technologies for more than 30 years, and has been recognized as ...
70. Sincerely A. Ward
Actress | 2 Fast 2 Furious
Sincerely Ward is an actress and producer known for Bad Boys II (2003); 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), Spider-Man 3 (2007) and most recently for reality television The New Atlanta (2013) and the 2nd season of Match Made in Heaven (2016).
Her successful modeling career has taken her around the globe ...
71. 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).
72. Georgianna Robertson
Actress | Prêt-à-Porter
Georgianna Robertson was born on March 23, 1972 in Port Maria, Jamaica. She is an actress, known for Ready to Wear (1994), Double zéro (2004) and Oddville, MTV (1997).
73. Michael Shannon
Actor | Take Shelter
Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.
Shannon began his professional stage career in Chicago. His ...
74. Antonio Banderas
Actor | The Mask of Zorro
Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.
He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, ...
75. Ben Kingsley
Actor | Sexy Beast
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ...
76. Chris Evans
Actor | The Avengers
Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor, film producer, and director. Evans began his acting career in typical fashion: performing in school productions and community theatre.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lisa (Capuano), who worked at the Concord Youth Theatre, and G. ...
77. Dominic Cooper
Actor | The Devil's Double
Dominic Edward Cooper was born and raised in Greenwich, London, England. His mother, Julie (Heron), is a nursery school teacher and a keen theater-goer. His father, Brian Cooper, is an auctioneer. They divorced when Dominic was age 5. His maternal great-grandfather was film enthusiast E.T. Heron, ...
78. Tom Cruise
Actor | Top Gun
In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...
79. Bryan Cranston
Actor | Breaking Bad
Bryan Lee Cranston was born on March 7, 1956 in Hollywood, California, to Audrey Peggy Sell, a radio actress, and Joe Cranston, an actor and former amateur boxer. His maternal grandparents were German, and his father was of Irish, German, and Austrian-Jewish ancestry. He was raised in the Canoga ...
80. Dylan McDermott
Actor | The Practice
A Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee, Dylan McDermott has proven his talent in film, television, and theater. He was born Mark Anthony McDermott in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Diane (Marino) and Richard McDermott. Diane was 15 and Richard was 17 when Dylan was born. Richard earned money by ...
81. Michael C. Hall
Actor | Dexter
Michael C. Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Janice (Styons), a guidance counselor, and William Carlyle Hall, who worked for IBM. Michael is a graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. He is known for the titular character "Dexter" in Dexter (2006) and as mortician "David ...
82. Noah Wyle
Actor | ER
Noah Wyle was born in Hollywood, California, to Marjorie (Speer), an orthopedic head nurse, and Stephen Wyle, an entrepreneur and electrical engineer. He is one of six children. His father's family was Russian Jewish. Noah had early support for his acting ambitions from his stepfather, film ...
83. Sean Bean
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sean Bean's career since the eighties spans theatre, radio, television and movies. Bean was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Rita (Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. He worked for his father's welding firm before he decided to become an actor. He attended RADA in London and appeared in a ...
84. Timothy Hutton
Actor | Ordinary People
Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California, one of three children born to Maryline (Poole), a teacher, and actor Jim Hutton (Dana James Hutton). He burst onto the acting scene in the late 1970s. After only a few significant roles in TV movies, he bagged the part of Conrad in the Robert Redford-...
85. Kirsten Dunst
Actress | Spider-Man
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, ...
86. Brit Marling
Writer | Another Earth
Brit Heyworth Marling was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Heidi (Johnson) and John Marling, both of whom work in real estate. She graduated from Georgetown University, with a bachelor's in economics, and was offered a job with Goldman Sachs, which she turned down in favour of a career as an artist.
...
87. Elizabeth Olsen
Actress | Martha Marcy May Marlene
Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), Godzilla (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). For her role in the critically-acclaimed Martha ...
88. Jessica Chastain
Actress | Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class household in a Northern California suburb. Her mother, Jerri Chastain, is a vegan chef whose family is originally from Kansas, and her stepfather is a fireman. She discovered dance at the age of nine and ...
89. Keira Knightley
Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born ...
90. Rooney Mara
Actress | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Actress and philanthropist Rooney Mara was born on April 17, 1985 in Bedford, New York. She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), went on to have a supporting role in the independent coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall (2009), and has since starred in the horror ...
91. Anna Torv
Actress | Fringe
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe (2008-2013). Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael) and Hans Torv, also grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland. Her father is of ...
92. Eve Myles
Actress | Torchwood
Eve Myles was born on July 26, 1978 in Ystradgynlais, Wales, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Torchwood (2006), Dragon Age II (2011) and Keeping Faith (2017). She has been married to Bradley Freegard since May 18, 2013. They have two children.
93. Jessica Lange
Actress | Tootsie
Jessica Lange was born in 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, where her father worked as a traveling salesman. She obtained a scholarship to study art at the University of Minnesota, but instead went to Paris to study drama. She moved to New York, working as a model, until producer Dino De Laurentiis...
94. Kyra Sedgwick
Actress | The Closer
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City to Patricia (Rosenwald), a family and speech therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. Her mother was from an upper-class German Jewish family, and her father was from a wealthy Massachusetts clan of English ...
95. Lena Headey
Actress | 300
Lena Headey is a Bermudian-British actress. Headey is best known for her role as "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), Possession (2002), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Headey stars as "Queen Gorgo", a heroic Spartan woman in the period film, 300...
96. Mireille Enos
Actress | World War Z
Mireille Enos was born in Houston, Texas, to Monique, a teacher, and Jon Goree Enos. Her Texas-born American father, and French mother, met while her father was serving on a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She is the fourth of five children and grew up in Houston, Texas...
97. J.J. Abrams
Producer | Lost
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....
98. Brad Bird
Writer | The Incredibles
Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in...
99. David Yates
Director | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
David Yates was born on October 8, 1963 in St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Legend of Tarzan (2016) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).
100. Martin Scorsese
Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...
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