Actors who have appeared in two or more Stephen King adaptations

1. Brooke Adams

Actress | Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Brooke Adams was born on February 8, 1949 in New York City, to Rosalind (Gould), an actress, and Robert Kaufmann Adams, a former CBS vice president. She was educated at the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts and the School of the American Ballet.

Starting her career on the stage, her ...

2. Nancy Allen

Actress | Dressed to Kill

Nancy Anne Allen was born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, the youngest of three children. Her father, Eugene Allen, was a New York police lieutenant. At a young age, she trained for a dancing career at the High School of Performing Arts, and then attended Jose Quintano's School ...

3. Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Actress | Skeleton Crew

Ryan Kiera Armstrong was born in New York City on March 10th, 2010. The youngest of 5, Ryan began her professional acting career in 2017 as Minnie May Barry on Netflix's Anne With An E.

Over the years audiences have watched Ryan grow up on the big screen in movies including The Art of Racing In The ...

4. Molly Atkinson

Actress | It

Molly Atkinson is known for It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) and Avonlea (1990).

5. Adrienne Barbeau

Actress | Escape from New York

Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and author best known for her roles on the sitcom Maude (1972) and in horror films, especially those directed by John Carpenter, with whom she was once married. She was born on June 11, 1945 in Sacramento, California, the daughter of an executive for Mobil...

6. Gillian Barber

Actress | The Romeo Section

Gillian Barber was born on February 22, 1958 in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Romeo Section (2015), Chesapeake Shores (2016) and The Man in the High Castle (2015).

7. Drew Barrymore

Producer | Charlie's Angels

Since melting audiences' hearts at the age of just six in E.T. (1982), Drew Barrymore has emerged as one of the most beloved and singularly gifted actresses of her generation. Born in Culver City, California to John Drew Barrymore and Jaid Barrymore, the clutches of fame were near inescapable for ...

8. Kathy Bates

Actress | Misery

Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates...

9. Bonnie Bedelia

Actress | Die Hard

The native New Yorker was born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948, the daughter of Phillip Harley Culkin, a journalist, and Marian Ethel Wagner Culkin, a writer and editor. Trained in ballet, her parents guided all of the children at one time or another into acting (which included Kit Culkin, ...

10. Gil Bellows

Actor | Patriot

Gil Bellows was born on June 28, 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Patriot (2015), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Love and a .45 (1994). He has been married to Rya Kihlstedt since October 3, 1994. They have two children.

11. Stephen Bogaert

Actor | American Psycho

Stephen Bogaert is known for American Psycho (2000), It (2017) and The Umbrella Academy (2019).

12. Joe Bostick

Actor | Lars and the Real Girl

Joe Bostick is known for Lars and the Real Girl (2007), It (2017) and Thanksgiving (2023).

13. Javier Botet

Actor | It

Javier Botet was born on July 30, 1977 in Ciudad Real, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for It (2017), Amigo (2019) and The Mummy (2017).

14. Andre Braugher

Actor | Homicide: Life on the Street

Many actors have attempted to crack both genres of drama and comedy. Few have succeeded, among them the genial Andre Braugher (pronounced 'Ahn-drey Braw-ger'). A two-time Emmy Award winner, he is especially remembered for two seminal roles: as the intense, often explosive Detective Frank Pembleton ...

15. Jay Brazeau

Actor | Watchmen

Jay Brazeau was born on December 22, 1953 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Watchmen (2009), Horns (2013) and Insomnia (2002).

16. Kent Broadhurst

Actor | Léon

Kent Broadhurst was born on February 4, 1940 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Léon: The Professional (1994), Silver Bullet (1985) and The Verdict (1982).

17. Dylan Bruno

Actor | Thumb Runner

Dylan Bruno was born on September 6, 1972 in Milford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Thumb Runner (2020), Where the Heart Is (2000) and Taken 3 (2014). He has been married to Emmeli Hultquist since June 24, 2006. They have two children.

18. Steve Byers

Actor | Slasher

Steve Byers was born in Ontario Canada. He began acting while attending Unionville School for the Arts. He got his feet wet with parts in film and television in shows like La Femme Nikita and the feature Slapshot 2. He first became a star name in his home country, when he landed the lead role in ...

19. Jesse Cadotte

Deep Impact

Born in Oakville, Ontario, Jesse Cadotte studied at the University of Toronto before moving to Vancouver to major in theatre at the University of British Columbia. He made his television debut in the WTN series You, Me and the Kids, and appeared on the popular Canadian teen soap Edgemont, Showtime ...

20. Nicholas Campbell

Actor | Da Vinci's Inquest

Nicholas Campbell was born on March 24, 1952 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), Cinderella Man (2005) and The Dead Zone (1983).

21. Len Cariou

Actor | About Schmidt

Len Cariou was born on September 30, 1939 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for About Schmidt (2002) and Blue Bloods (2010). He has been married to Heather Summerhayes since October 25, 1986. He was previously married to Susan Barbara Kapilow and Patricia Otter.

22. Garry Chalk

Actor | Cold Squad

Garry Chalk was born on February 17, 1952 in Southampton, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Cold Squad (1998), Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) and Freddy vs. Jason (2003). He has been married to Colleen Nystedt since August 2013.

23. Megan Charpentier

Actress | It

Megan Charpentier was born in New Westminster, British Columbia. She began her career in commercials, and graduated to dramatic work by playing the role of a young Amanda Seyfried, first in JENNIFER'S BODY(2009) and again in RED RIDING HOOD (2011). Megan's breakthrough role was Guillermo Del Toro's...

24. Patricia Clarkson

Actress | The Station Agent

This remarkable, one-of-a-kind actress has, since the early 1990s, intrigued film and TV audiences with her glowing, yet careworn eccentricity and old world-styled glamour. Very much in demand these days as a character player, Patricia Clarkson nevertheless continues to avoid the temptation of ...

25. Brandon Crane

Actor | It Chapter Two

A native of Oceanside, California, Brandon began appearing in television commercials at the age of four after a talent scout noticed him entertaining party guests with impressions of popular singers. In 1984 he began working in episodic television, and is probably best remembered as "Doug Porter" ...

26. Denise Crosby

Actress | Pet Sematary

Denise Michelle Crosby was born on November 24, 1957 in Hollywood, California. Denise graduated from Hollywood High School in 1975 and attended Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz where she enrolled in the Drama Department. Forming part of the extensive Crosby family dynasty, this striking leading ...

27. Bill Croft

Actor | The Butterfly Effect

Bill Croft is known for The Butterfly Effect (2004), Needful Things (1993) and Bullies (1986).

28. James Cromwell

Actor | L.A. Confidential

Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing everything from ...

29. John Cusack

Actor | Grosse Pointe Blank

John Cusack is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, he has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out--all the while avoiding the media spotlight. John was born in Evanston, Illinois, to an Irish-American ...

30. Don S. Davis

Actor | A League of Their Own

Don S. Davis was born on August 4, 1942 in Aurora, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for A League of Their Own (1992), The Fan (1996) and Twin Peaks (1990). He was married to Ruby Fleming-Davis and Sondra Sue Davis. He died on June 29, 2008 in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada.

31. William B. Davis

Actor | The X Files

William B. Davis was born on January 13, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for The X-Files (1993), The X Files (1998) and Stargate SG-1 (1997). He has been married to Emmanuelle Herpin since 2011.

32. Bruce Davison

Actor | X-Men

The award-worthy actor, now enjoying an over five decade career, has a resume that includes everything from Shakespeare to Seinfeld -- from the villainous Senator on Ozark to the wise judge on Lincoln Lawyer.

Born on June 28, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Clair, an architect and ...

33. Nicole de Boer

Actress | Cube

Nicole de Boer began her acting career as a child in her hometown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A shy child, she one day came home and, to the astonishment of her family, told them she had gotten the lead in the play "The Wizard of Oz". With the blessing of her parents, her grandmother helped her to ...

34. Jeffrey DeMunn

Actor | The Green Mile

Jeffrey DeMunn was born on April 25, 1947 in Buffalo, New York. He studied in England at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then returned to America and was a member of the National Shakespeare Company. He has starred in many theatre productions, both on and off Broadway, including "K2" (for which...

35. Bill Dow

Actor | Cool Runnings

Bill Dow is an award-winning actor and director (and occasional writer) in theatre, film, and television, with scores of credits over a long and varied career. Currently appearing in two hit television series, Bill Dow is a versatile and sought after performer.

As Dr. Lee on Stargate SG-1 (1997), he...

36. Ann Dowd

Actress | Compliance

Ann Dowd was born on January 30, 1956 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Compliance (2012), Hereditary (2018) and Garden State (2004). She has been married to Lawrence Arancio since November 7, 1984. They have three children.

37. Miguel Ferrer

Actor | Traffic

Miguel Ferrer was an American actor known for playing Morton from RoboCop, Shan Yu from Mulan, Martian Manhunter from Justice League: The New Frontier, Slade Wilson from Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Death from Adventure Time, Sesa Refumee from Halo 2 and Vice President Rodriguez from Iron Man 3...

38. John Franklin

Actor | Children of the Corn

John Franklin was born on June 16, 1959 in Blue Island, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Children of the Corn (1984), The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). He has been married to David White since September 2008.

39. Morgan Freeman

Actor | Driving Miss Daisy

With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...

40. Matt Frewer

Actor | Watchmen

Matt Frewer has been travelling all over North America in recent months filming recurring roles. Most recently, he worked in Los Angeles for HBO's Perry Mason and in Austin for AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. In Vancouver portrayed Carnage in Netflix's sci-fi drama Altered Carbon (2018); in Montreal (...

41. Mick Garris

Writer | Amazing Stories

Born in Santa Monica, California, on December 4, 1951, Mick Garris grew up with his mother in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Van Nuys from age 12, following his parents' divorce. Garris was making his own 8mm home movies around that time, and when he got older be became a freelance critic ...

42. Annabeth Gish

Actress | Mystic Pizza

A versatile actress, Annabeth Gish weathered the transition from child actor to adult, with a variety of dramatic and comedic roles on film and television.

Anne Elizabeth Gish was born on March 13, 1971 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved with her family to Cedar Falls, at the age of two. Her ...

43. Jack Dylan Grazer

Actor | It

Jack Dylan Grazer was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Angela LaFever and Gavin Grazer.

Growing up in and around the entertainment world it was not long before Jack's talent was spotted and he was encouraged to try acting professionally.

Never afraid of hard work, always with a smile on ...

44. Bruce Greenwood

Actor | Star Trek

Bruce Greenwood was born on August 12, 1956 in Noranda, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Star Trek (2009), Thirteen Days (2000) and I, Robot (2004). He has been married to Susan Devlin since 1985. They have one child.

45. Bob Gunton

Actor | The Shawshank Redemption

Bob Gunton is an American actor, primarily known for portraying strict and authoritarian characters in popular films. His better known roles include Chief George Earle in "Demolition Man" (1993), Prison Warden Samuel Norton in "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), medical school dean Dr. Walcott in "...

46. Nicholas Hamilton

Actor | It

Nicholas was born in Lismore, Australia on May 4, 2000 as Nicholas William Hamilton. Nic has worked constantly throughout his teen years. He is most commonly known for his portrayal of Henry Bowers in IT (2017), based on the acclaimed Stephen King novel, and also appears in The Dark Tower, starring...

47. Ed Harris

Actor | Appaloosa

By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned a reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time.

Ed Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to Margaret (Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert Lee Harris, a bookstore worker who also sang professionally. ...

48. Laura Harris

Actress | Dead Like Me

Born to public school teachers in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Laura Harris began acting professionally in CBC radio dramas at an early age. With a taste for quirky, character-driven material, Harris is known for playing 1930's starlet "Daisy Adair" in Showtime's cult hit Dead Like Me (2003)...

49. Pat Hingle

Actor | The Quick and the Dead

Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, Florida, the son of a building contractor. His parents divorced when Hingle was still in his infancy (he never knew his father) and his mother supported the family by teaching school in Denver. She then began to travel (with her son...

50. Tom Holland

Writer | Fright Night

Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch- inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman Bates.

Tom gained more notoriety, however...

51. Amy Irving

Actress | Traffic

Naturally brunette/blue-eyed beauty Amy Davis Irving was born in Palo Alto, California. She is the youngest of three children, and the daughter of influential theatrical/television director and producer Jules Irving, and actress Priscilla Pointer. Her father was of Russian Jewish descent, and her ...

52. 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), ...

53. Dee Jay Jackson

Actor | Happy Gilmore

Dee Jay Jackson is known for Happy Gilmore (1996), Fantastic Four (2005) and Godzilla (2014).

54. Chosen Jacobs

Actor | It

Chosen Jacobs is definitely a rising star! Although new to Hollywood, he has always been able to entertain a crowd.

Chosen Jacobs is best known for his role as Mike Hanlon in the box office hit film, "IT Chapter One" and "IT Chapter Two". He has a recurring role on the hit CBS show "Hawaii Five-0," ...

55. Thomas Jane

Actor | Boogie Nights

Thomas Jane is an American actor who is known for portraying Frank Castle from the 2004 Marvel Comics film The Punisher and the 2012 fan film Dirty Laundry. He also was in Boogie Nights, The Thin Red Line, Deep Blue Sea, The Predator, 1922, The Mist and Evening Raga of the West.

56. Erin Karpluk

Actress | Being Erica

Erin Karpluk was born in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Being Erica (2009), A Million Little Things (2018) and Holly Hobbie (2018).

57. David Keith

Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman

David Lemuel Keith was born on May 8, 1954 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Lemuel Grady Keith Jr. and Hilda Earle. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater. Keith had a supporting role in The Rose (1979) starring Bette Midler, had a supporting ...

58. Terence Kelly

Actor | Watchmen

Terence Kelly was born on June 12, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Watchmen (2009), Walking Tall (2004) and Catch and Release (2006).

59. Stephen King

Writer | Maximum Overdrive

Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...

60. Michael Kopsa

Actor | Fantastic Four

Michael Kopsa was a Canadian actor and voice artist. He was known for playing Ned Cecil from Fantastic Four, Paul Klein from Watchmen and voiced Beast from X-Men: Evolution, Commander Volcott O'Huey from Galaxy Angel and Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam. He died in October 2022, aged 66, from a...

61. Piper Laurie

Actress | The Hustler

Piper Laurie was a three-time Oscar nominee, nominated by BAFTA as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best performance by an actress in 'The Hustler' with Paul Newman.

Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, to Charlotte Sadie (Alperin) and Alfred Jacobs, a ...

62. Brian Libby

Actor | The Mist

Brian Libby was born on April 20, 1949. He was an actor, known for The Mist (2007), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Air Force One (1997). He died on June 18, 2021.

63. Sophia Lillis

Actress | It

Sophia Lillis was born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She started her acting career at the age of seven, when her stepfather encouraged her to take acting classes at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Manhattan. While studying there, a teacher recommended her for a role in an NYU student film...

64. Rob Lowe

Actor | St. Elmo's Fire

Rob Lowe was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Barbara Lynn (Hepler), a schoolteacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a lawyer. His brother is actor Chad Lowe. He has German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry. Lowe's family moved to Dayton, Ohio, when he was a child. Rob broke ...

65. Katie Lunman

Actress | It

Katie Lunman is known for It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) and Love Stinks (2016).

66. Jaeden Martell

Actor | St. Vincent

Jaeden Martell is an American actor. He played the role of Bill Denbrough in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel It and reprised the role in the film's 2019 sequel. He also appeared in the mystery film Knives Out (2019) and starred in the miniseries Defending Jacob (2020).

Martell was ...

67. Kandyse McClure

Actress | Battlestar Galactica

Kandyse McClure is a Canadian actress born on March 22, 1980 in Durban in South Africa. She graduated from West Vancouver Secondary School in 1998. She is an actress, known for main roles in TV series Battlestar Galactica (2004), Hemlock Grove (2013), and from the movies Carrie (2002) and Seventh ...

68. Julianne Moore

Actress | Far from Heaven

Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Her father, from ...

69. David Morse

Actor | The Green Mile

David Morse, a 6' 4" tall blue-eyed blond who performed on stage for 10 years before breaking into film, has become established as a respected supporting, character actor and second lead.

He was born the first of four children of Charles, a sales manager, and Jacquelyn Morse, a schoolteacher, on ...

70. Lochlyn Munro

Actor | Freddy vs. Jason

Lochlyn Munro started his acting career after a serious sports injury ended his dream of playing professional hockey. A talented musician, Lochlyn turned his attention to the performing arts. While playing music in various clubs around Vancouver, British Columbia, Lochlyn studied drama and ...

71. Wyatt Oleff

Actor | I Am Not Okay with This

Wyatt Oleff was born on July 13, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for I Am Not Okay with This (2020), It (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

72. Michael O'Neill

Actor | Dallas Buyers Club

Michael O'Neill was born on May 29, 1951 in Montgomery, Alabama. He is an actor, known for Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Transformers (2007) and Seabiscuit (2003). He is married to Mary O'Keefe. They have three children.

73. Annette O'Toole

Actress | Superman III

Annette O'Toole grew up in the Houston dance studio run by her mother. She made her television debut at the age of two, as a kid on The Don Mahoney Kiddie Trooper Show. When she was 13, with ten years of singing and dancing lessons behind her, she and her mother went to L.A. for a year to see if ...

74. Ken Pogue

Actor | The 6th Day

Pogue was an actor of film and television. He is probably best known to many as Major Jonathan B. Clack in the late-night series Adderly. Pogue played a broad range of characters over his long career. He was cast as a bad guy a lot of the time, but later played aging spouses, parents, or ...

75. Connor Price

Actor | X Company

Connor Price's career began at the young age of six years old. Price accumulated an impressive number of credits during his youth, known to audiences worldwide for his portrayal of "Jay Braddock," the eldest son of Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger in the Ron Howard Academy Award Nominated feature ...

76. Jason Priestley

Actor | Beverly Hills, 90210

Jason Priestley was born on August 28, 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Call Me Fitz (2010) and Cas & Dylan (2013). He has been married to Naomi Lowde-Priestley since May 14, 2005. They have two children. He was ...

77. Leon Rippy

Actor | Eight Legged Freaks

Leon Rippy was born on October 30, 1949 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Eight Legged Freaks (2002), Stargate (1994) and Deadwood (2004). He is married to Carol Rippy. They have two children.

78. Andrew Robb

Actor | Dreamcatcher

Andrew Robb is known for Dreamcatcher (2003), Carrie (2002) and Edgemont (2000).

79. Tim Robbins

Actor | Mystic River

Born in West Covina, California, but raised in New York City, Tim Robbins is the son of former The Highwaymen singer Gil Robbins and actress Mary Robbins (née Bledsoe). Robbins studied drama at UCLA, where he graduated with honors in 1981. That same year, he formed the Actors' Gang theater group, ...

80. William Sadler

Actor | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

William Thomas Sadler was born on April 13, 1950 in Buffalo, New York, to Jane and William Sadler. He began his acting career in New York theaters, appearing in more than 75 productions over the course of 12 years. His roles included that of Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's Tony Award winning ...

81. Jackson Robert Scott

Actor | It

Jackson Robert Scott is best known for his breakthrough role in the 2017 remake of Stephen King's It (2017) as the iconic character Georgie. Following his groundbreaking appearance in "It", Scott went on to land a series regular role in the pilot Locke & Key (2020) also directed by "It" ...

82. Martin Sheen

Actor | The Departed

Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.

Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish ...

83. Jack Sim

Self | The 7PM Project

84. Chelan Simmons

Actress | Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Chelan Lauren Simmons was born in Vancouver, Canada. One of three children (one older brother and an older sister), she has been a natural performer since the age of 2. Her first movie role was as the title creature's first victim, Laurie Ann Winterbarger, in Stephen King's It (1990). Her most ...

85. Gary Sinise

Actor | Forrest Gump

Gary Alan Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois, to Mylles S. (Alsip) and Robert L. Sinise, A.C.E., a film editor. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Swedish ancestry. His family moved to Highland Park, where he attended high school. ...

86. Bill Skarsgård

Actor | It

Bill Istvan Gunther Skarsgard is a Swedish actor, producer, director, writer, voice actor, and model. He is best known for portraying Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. He also voiced the ...

87. Tom Skerritt

Actor | Alien

Lean, ruggedly handsome leading man and supporting actor whose "outdoor" looks have improved with age, Tom Skerritt attended Wayne State University and UCLA. He was first noticed in a UCLA production of "The Rainmaker" before making his movie debut in War Hunt (1962). However, he spent most of the ...

88. Sissy Spacek

Actress | In the Bedroom

As a kid, Sissy Spacek climbed trees, rode horses, swam, and played in the woods. She was born Mary Elizabeth Spacek on December 25, 1949, in Quitman, Texas, to Virginia Frances (Spilman) and Edwin Arnold Spacek, Sr., a county agricultural agent. Her father's family was of Czech and German origin.

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89. Harry Dean Stanton

Actor | Lucky

Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. Drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during ...

90. Frances Sternhagen

Actress | Outland

Raised in Washington, D.C., the great-granddaughter (on her father's side) of German immigrants, Frances Hussey Sternhagen taught acting, singing and dancing to young schoolchildren before first performing herself with the Arena Stage Group.

Since then, she was seen in numerous Broadway and ...

91. Carel Struycken

Actor | Men in Black

Carel Struycken was born in the Hague, The Netherlands. When he was four years old his family moved to Curacao, an island in the Caribbean. At age sixteen, he returned to his home country, where he finished high school. He graduated from the directing program at the film school in Amsterdam, ...

92. Donald Sutherland

Actor | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The towering presence of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland is often noticed, as are his legendary contributions to cinema. He has appeared in almost 200 different shows and films. He is also the father of renowned actor Kiefer Sutherland, among others.

Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Saint ...

93. Kiefer Sutherland

Actor | 24

Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...

94. Jeremy Ray Taylor

Actor | It

Jeremy Ray Taylor was born on June 2, 2003 in Bluff City, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and director, known for It (2017), Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) and Unarmed Divide.

95. Owen Teague

Actor | It

Owen Teague was born on December 8, 1998 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) and Bloodline (2015).

96. Henry Thomas

Actor | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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

97. Logan Thompson

Actor | It

Logan Thompson is known for It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) and Titans (2018).

98. Frank C. Turner

Actor | Needful Things

Frank C. Turner is an actor and iconographer born in Wainwright, Alberta and now living in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He received his theatrical training at the University of Alberta, graduating in 1975 with a BFA. For the first few years after graduation he acted in theatres across western ...

99. J.T. Walsh

Actor | Breakdown

J.T. Walsh was born on September 28, 1943 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Breakdown (1997), Sling Blade (1996) and Needful Things (1993). He was married to Susan West. He died on February 27, 1998 in La Mesa, California, USA.

100. Steven Weber

Actor | The Shining

This Queens-born actor has certainly proven himself adept at everything from quirky comedy to flat-out melodrama earning TV stardom in the early 1990's and maintaining a strong foothold on stage, film and TV in its aftermath.

Steven Robert Weber was born on March 4, 1961, to Fran (Frankel), a ...