The family lived in different countries Richard Dreyfuss is an American leading man, who has played his fair share of irritating pests and brash, ambitious hustlers.He was born Richard Stephen Dreyfus in Brooklyn, New York, to Geraldine (Robbins), an activist, and Norman Dreyfus, a restaurateur and attorney. Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Anna (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. The fastest way for Actors Access Plus members to submit themselves to Casting. Pucci in Casanova. Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl + other PotCs. Encouraged by her mother Annick Huppert (who was a teacher of English), she followed the Conservatory of Versailles and won an acting prize for her work in Alfred de Musset's "Un caprice". Michael Raymond-James is an American actor. Michael Vartan came to international acclaim with his starring role as 'Agent Michael Vaughn' on the worldwide hit ABC series, "Alias," which ran for five seasons. Hugo has an older brother, Simon, and a younger sister, Anna, who both also live and work in Australia. 250 Best actors from the last 40 years. They interpret a writers script to entertain or inform an audience. Her father Riccardo was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother Romilda Villani, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I. When an actor receives a message, it can change its internal state, and send messages to other (possibly new) actors. An actoror actressis a person who portrays a characterin a performance. He is also the star and creator of the web series Wade Kinsella in Hart of Dixie 7. He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa / Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2016 to 2019, particularly in Black Panther (2018), and for his starring roles as several pioneering Americans, Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), James Brown in Get on 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 Jos Antonio Domnguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Mlaga, Andalusia, Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver, on October 8, 1949, in Leroy Hospital in New York City. He wound up Scar (voice) in Lion King He is the son of actress Reedy Gibbs and jazz musician Dick Sisto. Sandra grew up on the road Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. Marlon Brando is the epitome of actors today, and all actors since the 1950s have been mimicking him. Gerard spent some of his very early childhood in Montreal, Quebec, but was mostly raised, along with his older brother and sister, in his hometown of Paisley. Tommy himself worked in underwater construction and on an oil rig. Her mother, Helga Bullock (ne Helga Mathilde Meyer), was a German opera singer. Kris Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas, to Mary Ann (Ashbrook) and Lars Henry Kristofferson. 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. Born in Laramie, Wyoming a minister's son, he was raised in and around Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. He emigrated from Spain in 1913. "Patterson now brings his many talents to the network's new comedy "Aliens In America," playing Gary Tolchuk, Matthew Gray Gubler is an Emmy award-winning actor, director, producer, painter, and voice over actor from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is one of six children. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through Acting Abilities: His parents divorced when he was five years old. 40 Andy Griffith Known for his southern drawl and charm, Andy Griffith made his mark on Hollywood with the 1960s hit series The Andy Griffith Show, now one of the most revered shows in Peter Facinelli was born in Queens, New York, the youngest child of Bruna (Reich) and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter. Actor model. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. Actress - The Fault in Our Stars, Veep, Awkward. He is known for his roles as Wade Kinsella on Hart of Dixie and as Ryder Callahan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. One of Hollywood's preeminent male stars of all time, James Cagney was also an accomplished dancer and easily played light comedy. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a An actor with over fifty years of experience in theatre, film, and television, Michael Douglas branched out into independent feature production in 1975 with the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Her father, TV producer Sylvester L. Weaver Jr., originally wanted to name her Flavia, because of his passion for Roman history (he had already named her elder brother Trajan). A middle Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (ne Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. During his early childhood, the Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, IL, to Jane Elaine (Schook), a teacher, and Samuel Shepard Rogers, a teacher and farmer who was also in the army. He was of English, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, Born in New York City to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, Jane Seymour Fonda was destined early to an uncommon and influential life in the limelight. I also enjoyed watching him as He studied at UCLA for a while and then started acting full time. Voice and acting teacher. His dramatic arc as heart patient Denny Duquette, who wins the heart of intern Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) in a star-crossed romance, made him a universal fan favorite. Top 20 Highest Grossing Movies of 2017 (So Far). 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 Actor | I Love You Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. An accomplished actor in film, television and theater, Scott Patterson is well known to television audience from his seven seasons as diner owner Luke Danes in the hit series "Gilmore Girls. His first stage experience was during high school and college. Absolutely LOVE him as Dean Winchester in Supernatural and you have to like him as Priestly in Ten Inch Hero. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. During her tenure at the top of the box office, she was a more than 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), A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Sir Francis Walsingham in Elizabeth & Elizabeth: The Golden Age He left school at age 15 and took a series of working-class jobs before joining the British army and serving in Korea during the Korean Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. He was raised in a Catholic household. Critically hailed for his forceful, militant, authoritative figures and one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile performers, Laurence (John) Fishburne III has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a number of NAACP Image honors.Born in Augusta, Georgia on July 30, 1961, to Hattie 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 Jos Antonio Domnguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Mlaga, Andalusia, John Joseph Travolta was born in Englewood, New Jersey, one of six children of Helen Travolta (ne Helen Cecilia Burke) and Salvatore/Samuel J. Travolta. WebJack Nicholson, an American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, is a three-time Academy Award winner and twelve-time nominee. [1] Her sister, Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine, was born the following year. He was the son of Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. Theater Actors: The gold-standard for theater actors is to make it to Broadway. His first acting role was when he was 8 -- he had a line on a television series. His American father, John Carter Jackson, is from Texas. His mother, born in Indiana, was from a Swedish family, and his father was from Texas. He was a member of the Moray Youth Theatre, before going on to study Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. His father, Charles John Cooper, who was of Irish descent, was a stockbroker. Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. His mother is from a Jewish family from New Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Hugo Wallace Weaving was born on April 4, 1960 in Nigeria, to English parents Anne (Lennard), a tour guide and teacher, and Wallace Weaving, a seismologist. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, a prestigious prep school Kevin Spacey Fowler, better known by his stage name Kevin Spacey, is an American actor of screen and stage, film director, producer, screenwriter and singer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. This role, for which she received One of the brightest, most tragic movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, Judy Garland was a much-loved character whose warmth and spirit, along with her rich and exuberant voice, kept theatre-goers entertained with an array of delightful musicals.She was born Frances Ethel Gumm on 10 June 1922 in 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. As the eldest son of a US Army officer (and WWII bomber pilot), Shepard spent his early childhood moving from base to base Jude Law is an English actor. After Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, the son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges (ne Simpson). At age 12, she Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 29, 1964. 21,807 150 200 Most Famous People of All Time. Jon Hamm is an American actor and producer from St. Louis, Missouri who is known for playing Don Draper in Mad Men. He is also the star and creator of the web series Wade Kinsella in Hart of Dixie 7. Matt Czuchry is an American Actor and Producer known for his work on The Resident (2018), The Good Wife (2009) and Gilmore Girls (2000).Matt graduated from College of Charleston with Summa Cum Laude honors, and B.A degrees in the disciplines of both History and Political Science. frame. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". WebMarlon Brando is the epitome of actors today, and all actors since the 1950s have been mimicking him. He was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor. Gary attended school at Dunstable school England, Helena Montana and Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (then called Iowa College). Nikolai in Eastern Promises. He performed in Seattle at the Annex Theater, New City Festival, and the A.H.A Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy (Wilson), a restaurant hostess, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker. The actor model in computer science is a mathematical model of concurrent computation that treats actor as the universal primitive [vague] of concurrent computation. Duties Actors typically do the following: Read scripts and meet with agents and other professionals before accepting a role I couldn't ever imagine Sherlock Holmes could be so cool, but he nailed it! Jonathan Rhys Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Meyers on July 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, to Mary Geraldine (Meyers) and John O'Keeffe, a musician. John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Betty Sue Palmer (ne Wells), a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer. (1968). Nicholson is also notable for being one of two actors - the other being Michael Caine - who have received an Oscar nomination in every decade from the '60s through 3. Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. He is the son of Patricia Taylor, a showgirl and costume designer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. Stephen Wilson Bethel born February 24, 1984, professionally known as Wilson Bethel, is an American actor. He was raised in Florida. He's marvellous as Bilbo Baggins in LotR-trilogy. This remarkable, soft-spoken American began in films as a diffident juvenile. He is Mr. 39 An actoror actressis a person who portrays a characterin a performance. I started liking him after I saw Silver Linings Playbook and totally fall for him when I _finally_ started watching Alias. Person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and works in film, television, theatre, or radio For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). An athletic tomboy as a Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born in New York City, New York, to Maud Humphrey, a famed magazine illustrator and suffragette, and Belmont DeForest Bogart, a moderately wealthy surgeon (who was secretly addicted to opium). Desmond Harrington was raised in the Bronx New York. 2 (2004) Sin City (2005), Hell Ride (2008), Die Another Day (2002), Donnie Brasco (1997), Species ( Mr. Blonde - Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Diego Luna Alexander was born on December 29, 1979 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Alejandro Luna and Fiona Alexander, who worked as a costume designer. He played a very different role as Eddie Sweat in Secretariat. He attended the University of Southern California's theatre program, graduating in 1997. Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark,Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Male actors I like, some more for their looks and some for their talent and in best cases for both :D (In description some roles I think are worth mentioning.). 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). When he was seven months old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses from Hollywood's lamented Golden Era. He has since starred in many well-received European and Hollywood Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). "Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. frame. NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. He was born in Grand Island, William McChord Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (McGill) and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked at the State Department. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Actors communicate with each other using messages. Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. He has been married to Bijou Phillips since October 18, 2011. His paternal grandparents were Swedish, and his father was a United States Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. He attended RADA in London and appeared in a Lord Eddard Stark in Game of Thrones Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. He was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor. Dr. Fitch Cooper in Nurse Jackie. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. 125,376 200 Load More Other Lists. Kit Harington was born Christopher Catesby Harington in Acton, London, to Deborah Jane (Catesby), a former playwright, and David Richard Harington, a businessman. Since his screen debut as a young Amish farmer in Peter Weir's Witness (1985), Viggo Mortensen's career has been marked by a steady string of well-rounded performances.Mortensen was born in New York City, to Grace Gamble (Atkinson) and Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr. His father was Danish, his mother Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring + two others 150 Famous Male Actors. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Caf de la Gare", along Justin was born and raised in Washington, DC, the son of Phyllis (Grissim), a writer for The Washington Post, and Eugene Theroux, a corporate lawyer. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), My friend has a pretty bad obsession with him, which I didn't get at first. Val studied at Hollywood's Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William Born in London, England, Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (pseudonym Cecil Day-Lewis), Poet Laureate of the U.K., and his second wife, actress Jill Balcon. Both boys popped up, without 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 (ne Bledsoe). 4.91. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. animator: Rodeo FX (uncredited) Rmi Ducharme. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the Actor | 21,807 150 200 Most Famous People of All Time. Marlon Brando Actor | Apocalypse Now 250 Best actors from the last 40 years. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. What more there is to say, except when you here him talk with British accent his hotness jumps up several levels :D. Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Born in Berlin, Germany, in 1941, Jrgen Prochnow is a leading actor of the German stage and screen. He is the older brother of James Donald (Jimmy Don) (born in Actor | (192) 24hr. He was memorable as the submarine captain in the gritty WW II film The Boat (1981), which brought him to international prominence. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He has been married to Nicoletta Braschi since December 26, 1991. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. Directed over 80 plays, including 'Sons of Cain' on London's West End (1986). Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. When she was ten Audrey Hepburn was born as Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Amazing acting as Dicky Eklund in The Fighter. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. While attending Marquette Academy, he and classmate Pat O'Brien quit school to enlist in the Navy at the start of World War I. Tracy was still at Norfolk Navy Yard Actress | So cool as Morpheus in Matrix Trilogy. visual effects coordinator: Rodeo FX (uncredited) Clwyd Edwards. Afterwards, he worked as an extra for one year before getting a Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an Grard Depardieu was born in Chteauroux, Indre, France, to Anne Jeanne Josphe (Marillier) and Ren Maxime Lionel Depardieu, who was a metal worker and fireman. By the time she was born, her parents had separated, and by the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. [1] His uncle is playwright Robert Schenkkan. Josh spent the first eight years of his life in California before returning to Canada. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Mary H. "Bettine" (Moore) and William Taliaferro Close (William Close), a prominent doctor. Eric Dane was born on November 9, 1972, in San Francisco, California, the older of two brothers. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Bean was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Rita (Tuckwood) and Brian Bean. 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