List of Actor Politicians

1. Ronald Reagan

Actor | Kings Row

Ronald Reagan had quite a prolific career, having catapulted from a Warner Bros. contract player and television star, into serving as president of the Screen Actors Guild, the governorship of California (1967-1975), and lastly, two terms as President of the United States (1981-1989).

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2. Donald Trump

Producer | The Apprentice

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946 at the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, New York City, New York. He is the son of Mary Trump (née Macleod) and Fred Trump, a real estate millionaire. His mother was a Scottish immigrant who initially worked as a maid. His father was born in New ...

3. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

4. Jesse Ventura

Actor | Predator

Jesse Ventura was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Bernice Martha (Lenz), a nurse who was of German descent, and George William Janos, a steam fitter of Slovak ancestry. In November 1990, professional wrestler turned actor Jesse Ventura was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Brooklyn Park, ...

5. Al Franken

Writer | Saturday Night Live

Al Franken is best known for nearly two decades of work on Saturday Night Live (1975). During that time he wrote, performed in and produced hundreds of sketches, including "Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley" and "The Final Days," a piece about the last days of Richard Nixon's presidency. A ...

6. Fred Thompson

Actor | The Hunt for Red October

Fred Thompson was born on August 19, 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hunt for Red October (1990), No Way Out (1987) and Baby's Day Out (1994). He was married to Jeri Kehn Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. He died on November 1, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

7. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...

8. John Lodge

Actor | Bulldog Drummond at Bay

John Davis Lodge was the grandson of Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge ) and the brother of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

There was a saying in Boston, portraying the capital of the Bay State as "the land of the bean & the cod/Where the Lodges talk only to the Cabots/And the Cabots talk only to God." ...

9. Jerry Springer

Actor | Domino

Jerry Springer was born on February 13, 1944 in Highgate, London, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Domino (2005), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Ringmaster (1998). He was married to Margaret 'Micki' JoAnn Velten. He died on April 27, 2023 in Evanston, Illinois,...

10. George Murphy

Actor | This Is the Army

After giving up college, George Murphy decided to become a dancer. Starting in 1927, he worked with his wife and partner Julie Johnson on Broadway. In 1934, after his wife retired from show business, he worked with Shirley Temple, in Hollywood, as well as Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, and Ronald ...

11. Sonny Bono

Soundtrack | The Sonny and Cher Show

Sonny Bono was born on February 16, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Sonny and Cher Show (1976), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Hairspray (1988). He was married to Mary Bono, Susie Coelho, Cher and Donna Rankin. He died on January 5, 1998 in South Lake Tahoe...

12. Kal Penn

Actor | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Kal Penn was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, to Asmita, a fragrance evaluator, and Suresh Modi, an engineer. His parents are Gujarati immigrants to America from India. He attended the Freehold Regional High School District's Performing Arts High School where he participated in the ...

13. Shirley Temple

Actress | The Little Colonel

Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in ...

14. Rex Bell

Actor | Broadway to Cheyenne

Rex Bell was born on October 16, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Broadway to Cheyenne (1932), Lucky Larrigan (1932) and Rainbow Ranch (1933). He was married to Clara Bow. He died on July 4, 1962 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

15. Alan Autry

Actor | In the Heat of the Night

Though not Hispanic, Autry's parents named him "Carlos" after a Louisiana politician admired by his father. The couple soon divorced, however, and Autry's mother took him to be with her family in central California. Carlos Autry now became Carlos Brown. Autry played sports in high school and earned...

16. Jack Kelly

Actor | Forbidden Planet

Jack Kelly started acting at age two, modeling in soap ads and garnering a lifetime supply of soap for his pay. He continued to model until the age of nine when he appeared in his first play with Hope Emerson called "Swing Your Lady". Broadway shows and radio followed until his family moved to ...

17. Manny Pacquiao

Actor | Anak ng Kumander

Manny Pacquiao serves as a Senator of the Philippines.

He is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing, having won twelve major world titles, as well as being the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five different weight classes. Pacquiao is also the first boxer in ...

18. Amitabh Bachchan

Actor | Black

Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, British India (present-day Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India) to legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan & Teji Bachchan. He also has a brother named Ajitabh. He completed his education from Uttar Pradesh and moved to Bombay to find work as a ...

19. Robert Dornan

Actor | The Starfighters

Robert Dornan was born on April 3, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Starfighters (1964), 12 O'Clock High (1964) and Hell on Wheels (1967). He has been married to Sallie Hansen since April 16, 1955. They have five children.

20. Fred Grandy

Actor | The Love Boat

Fred is lovingly known as Gopher by his millions of fans around the world who watched him became for 9 years in the 1970s hit series The Love Boat (1977). But, before Fred became well known as an actor, he went to "Phillips Exeter Academy" with David Eisenhower. Later, he became David's best man ...

21. Ben Jones

Actor | The Dukes of Hazzard

Ben Jones was born on August 30, 1941 in Tarboro, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), Primary Colors (1998) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987). He has been married to Alma Viator since October 10, 1992. They have two children.

22. Will Rogers Jr.

Actor | The Story of Will Rogers

Will Rogers Jr. was elected as a Democratic congressman for Southern California in 1942. Although he served only 17 months in congress, he is best remembered as the American politician who did the most to try and save the Jews of Europe during World War II. Rogers joined the Emergency Committee to ...

23. Sheila James Kuehl

Actress | The Stu Erwin Show

Babyboomers remember well the diminutive (4'10"), dark-haired comedienne Sheila James who raised a smile with her portrayals of tomboyish kid sisters and boy-crazy high schoolers on late 50s and early 60s TV. For a while she was a huge hit backed by her characters' plaintive, pony-tailed presences,...

24. Albert Dekker

Actor | The Wild Bunch

A stage actor from 1927, Albert Dekker was an established Broadway star when he made his film debut ten years later. Tall and with rugged good looks, he often played aggressive character roles, a prime example being his double-crossing gang leader in the classic The Killers (1946). From 1944-46 he ...

25. John Gavin

Actor | Psycho

John Gavin, the American film and TV actor, businessman and diplomat who was Ronald Reagan's first Ambassador to Mexico, was born Juan Vincent Apablasa in Los Angeles, California.

The future "Jack" Gavin was a fifth-generation Angeleno, the son of Delia Diana Pablos and Juan Vincent Apablasa, and ...

26. Morgan Mason

Producer | Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Morgan Mason was born on June 26, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Sandpiper (1965) and No Secrets (1991). He has been married to Belinda Carlisle since April 12, 1986. They have one child.

27. Wendell Corey

Actor | Rear Window

Wendell Corey was a hard-working American character actor who appeared in numerous movies and television productions in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. Born on March 20, 1914 in Dracut, Massachusetts, in the northeastern part of the Commonwealth near the New Hampshire border, Corey was the son of a ...

28. 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 ...

29. Al Lewis

Actor | Super Scary Saturday

In the late 1920s, Lewis worked as a circus performer, but ultimately decided on college, earning a Ph.D. in child psychology from Columbia University. He taught school and wrote two children's books. In 1949, at the suggestion of a friend, Lewis turned to acting and joined the Paul Mann Actor's ...

30. Jerry Doyle

Actor | Babylon 5

Jerry Doyle was born on July 16, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Babylon 5 (1993), Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys (1996) and Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998). He was married to Andrea Thompson. He died on July 27, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

31. Gary Coleman

Actor | Diff'rent Strokes

Without a doubt Gary Coleman was THE child TV star of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A refreshingly confident little tyke with sparkling dark, saucer-like eyes and an ingratiating, take-on-anyone burst of personality, the boy charmed the pants right off of TV viewers the minute he was glimpsed in ...

32. Linda McMahon

Actress | WWE Monday Night RAW

Linda McMahon was born on October 4, 1948 in New Bern, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for WWE Raw (1993), WWE: McMahon (2006) and WWE Smackdown! (1999). She has been married to Vince McMahon since August 6, 1966. They have two children.

33. Mary Carey

Actress | Trasharella

Cleveland native Mary Carey was born into what could be charitably called a dysfunctional family. Both of her parents were mentally handicapped (her mother had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic) and she was taken away from her parents by her grandparents when she was three months old. After her ...

34. Marilyn Chambers

Actress | Rabid

Marilyn Chambers was born on April 22, 1952 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Rabid (1977) and Angel of H.E.A.T. (1983). She was married to William Taylor, Jr., Chuck Traynor and Doug Chapin. She died on April 11, 2009 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.

35. Nancy Kulp

Actress | The Beverly Hillbillies

Nancy Kulp wore many hats: Publicity person, actress, linguist, would-be politician, and teacher. Originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Kulp attended college in Florida, then headed for Hollywood to work in publicity for the movies, not star in them. Soon after arriving in Hollywood, Kulp was ...

36. Tom Laughlin

Actor | Billy Jack

Tom Laughlin was born on August 10, 1931 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Billy Jack (1971), The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) and The Born Losers (1967). He was married to Delores Taylor. He died on December 12, 2013 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.

37. Mimi Miyagi

Actress | FantASIANy

Mimi Miyagi was born Melody Damayo in Davao City, Philippines, the second of four children. Her parents were strict Seventh Day Adventists, and when the family moved to California, Mimi stayed with them until she reached high-school age, at which time her parents sent her back to the Philippines to...

38. Pat Paulsen

Actor | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Pat Paulsen was a comedian specializing in satire who thrived on television in the late 1960s. The highlight of his career came in the watershed year 1968 when - emulating Gracie Allen''s quixotic 1940 Presidential bid as the Surprise Party candidate - he launched his own campaign for the U.S. ...

39. Howard Stern

Producer | Howard Stern on Demand

Howard Allan Stern was born on January 12, 1954, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, to Rae (Schiffman), an inhalation therapist, and Bernard Stern, who co-owned a cartoon/commercial production studio. His grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Stern's ...

40. Joseph Estrada

Actor | Kumander Alibasbas

Joseph Estrada was born on April 19, 1937 in Manila, Philippines. He is an actor and producer, known for Kumander Alibasbas (1981), Geron Busabos: Ang batang Quiapo (1964) and Hoy, tukso layuan mo ako! (1980). He has been married to Dr Luisa Pimentel Ejercito since 1959. He was previously married ...

41. Ilona Staller

Actress | Senza buccia

Ilona Staller was born on November 26, 1951 in Budapest, Hungary. She is an actress and director, known for Skin Deep (1979), Voglia di donna (1978) and Aszex (1990). She was previously married to Jeff Koons.

42. Alessandra Mussolini

Actress | Sabato, domenica e lunedì

Alessandra Mussolini was born on December 30, 1962 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990), Il tassinaro (1983) and A Special Day (1977). She has been married to Mauro Floriani since October 28, 1989. They have three children.

43. Michael Cashman

Actor | Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Michael Cashman was born on December 17, 1950 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971), EastEnders (1985) and Armchair 30 (1973). He was previously married to Paul Cottingham.

44. Glenda Jackson

Actress | Women in Love

Few in modern British history have come as far or achieved as much from humble beginnings as Glenda Jackson did. From acclaimed actress to respected MP (Member of Parliament), she was known for her high intelligence and meticulous approach to her work. She was born to a working-class household in ...

45. Jello Biafra

Soundtrack | The Manchurian Candidate

Jello Biafra is a compelling, enigmatic public speaker and musician. He has sung for many bands: his first band, Dead Kennedys, was a seminal early punk band and continues to define and influence American punk rock and its beneficiaries. A leader and follower of the "Do It Yourself" punk ethic of ...

46. Stephen Colbert

Writer | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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

47. Franco Zeffirelli

Director | Romeo and Juliet

Franco Zeffirelli is an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was also a senator from 1994 until 2001 for the Italian center-right Forza Italia party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics.

He was known for several of the movies he ...

48. J.G. Hertzler

Actor | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

J.G. Hertzler was born on March 18, 1950 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Zorro (1990) and BioShock (2007).

49. Rajesh Khanna

Actor | Anand

On Stats Alone, The Most Popular Actor In The History Of Cinema!

The only actor to enjoy near God-like status across the length and breadth of India for a quarter century!

Elected in several expert online polls, as The Greatest Actor In The History Of World Cinema !

With 100+ All-Time Blockbusters- 48...

50. Russell Means

Actor | Natural Born Killers

Russell Means was born an Oglala/Lakota Sioux Indian. He was the first national director of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in which role he became prominent during the 1973 standoff with the U.S. government at Wounded Knee. In 1987, he joined the U.S. Libertarian Party and announced his ...

51. Will Rogers

Actor | Steamboat Round the Bend

World-famous, widely popular American humorist of the vaudeville stage and of silent and sound films, Will Rogers graduated from military school, but his first real job was in the livestock business in Argentina, of all places. He transported pack animals across the South Atlantic from Buenos Aires...

52. Roseanne Barr

Producer | Roseanne

Firebrand Roseanne Barr has long been one of America's funniest and most controversial comedians.

She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Helen (Davis), a cashier and bookkeeper, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr, a salesman. Her family was Jewish, and had moved to the U.S. from Russia, Lithuania, ...

53. Rubén Blades

Actor | Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Rubén Blades was born on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, Panama. He is an actor and composer, known for Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), The Counselor (2013) and Safe House (2012). He has been married to Luba Mason since 2006. He was previously married to Lisa Lebenzon.

54. Sonny Landham

Actor | Predator

An actor with a powerful physique, booming voice and who has played several "Native American" characters, Sonny Landham first broke into mainstream film with a bit part as a police officer in the subway. He ends up getting tripped when Michael Beck throws the baseball bat at his legs, in Walter ...

55. Tiririca

Actor | Escolinha do Barulho

Tiririca was born on May 1, 1965 in Itapipoca, Ceará, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Escolinha do Barulho (1999), Tiririca: Qual É... Qual Foi? (1996) and Romeu e Julieta (2003).

56. Clay Aiken

Self | The Runner-Up

Clayton Holmes Grissom was born on November 30, 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Faye Aiken Parker and Vernon Grissom. When Clay was a teenager, he had a love for teaching and helping young children and later on studied to became a school teacher. When he was about 23 years old, a longtime ...

57. Craig X. Rubin

Actor | Weeds

Craig X Rubin was born and raised in Southern California. He graduated from Beverly Hills High and then UCLA. Craig is married to Tara Rubin aka "Mrs. X" to her friends. Together they have seven children. When Craig is not acting he can be found at the family church in Pasadena teaching at their ...

58. George Takei

Actor | Star Trek

George Takei was born Hosato Takei in Los Angeles, California. His mother was born in Sacramento to Japanese parents & his father was born in Japan. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he & his family were relocated from Los Angeles to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Later, they were ...

59. Gary Kroeger

Actor | Saturday Night Live

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

60. Angelyne

Actress | Earth Girls Are Easy

The quintessential blonde bombshell, Angelyne has impacted Hollywood and the world with her iconic billboards. They have been featured in blockbuster movies such as Volcano, Get Shorty, The Day After Tomorrow, Be Cool, Terminator: Genesys, and in television shows like Moonlighting, The Simpsons, ...

61. Gallagher

Writer | Gallagher: The Maddest

Gallagher was born on July 24, 1946 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Gallagher: The Maddest (1983), Gallagher: Over Your Head (1984) and Gallagher: Overboard (1987). He was married to Geralyn Ann Hines and Deedra Kay Higgins. He died on November 11, 2022 in ...

62. Ralph Waite

Actor | The Waltons

Ralph Waite was born in White Plains, New York on June 22, 1928. Educated at Bucknell University where he graduated with a BA degree, Waite existed rather aimlessly as a young adult while trying to find his way in the world. Occupations came and went, including social worker, religious editor for ...

63. Jimmy Morales

Actor | Looking for Palladin

Jimmy Morales was born on March 18, 1969 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He is an actor, known for Looking for Palladin (2008) and Fe (2011).

64. Ron White

Actor | Horrible Bosses

Ron White was born on December 18, 1956 in Fritch, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Horrible Bosses (2011), Sex and the City 2 (2010) and Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003). He has been married to Margo Rey since October 13, 2013. He was previously married to Barbara Dobbs ...

65. Doug Stanhope

Actor | Louie

Doug Stanhope was born on March 25, 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Louie (2010), The Road Dog (2023) and Roseanne (1988). He has been married to Renee Morrison since March 26, 2002.

66. Dick Gregory

Actor | The Hot Chick

Dick Gregory was born on October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Hot Chick (2002), The Leisure Seeker (2017) and Reno 911! (2003). He was married to Lillian Gregory. He died on August 19, 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

67. Melissa Gilbert

Actress | Little House on the Prairie

Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress, television director, producer, politician, and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she ...

68. Dan Bilzerian

Actor | Lone Survivor

A venture capitalist by trade, Dan Bilzerian (a.k.a. "Blitz") has made a name for himself as a high-stakes poker player, thrill seeker and, more recently, Hollywood actor. His lavish lifestyle, penchant for danger and carefree attitude has gotten him attention around the world as an international ...

69. Merlin Miller

Producer | Jericho

Merlin Miller is known for Jericho (2000), A Place to Grow (1995) and Prime Target (1991).

70. Glenn Jacobs

Actor | See No Evil

Glenn Thomas Jacobs better known by the ring name Kane, is an American politician, actor, and professional wrestler. He has been the Republican Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee since 2018. He is signed to WWE.

He began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992, wrestling in...

71. Stacey Dash

Actress | Clueless

Stacey Dash was born in the Bronx, New York. Stacy knew that she wanted to act, and from an early age began to act professionally. She made regular appearances on The Cosby Show (1984), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), and also St. Elsewhere (1982). At 21 she made her feature film debut in Enemy...

72. Steven Zirnkilton

Actor | The Rugrats Movie

Steven Zirnkilton was born on August 18, 1958 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for The Rugrats Movie (1998), Murderville (2022) and Too Cold to Swim (2018). He has been married to Stephanie Gott since 1984. They have two children.

73. Helen Gahagan

Actress | She

This beautiful Broadway singer and actress appeared in only one film, portraying the forever-young ice goddess ("she who must be obeyed"), the title character in RKO's 1935 adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's tale, She (1935), opposite Randolph Scott. In the latter 1940s, having entered politics, she ...

74. Edward M. Davis

Actor | Adam-12

A thirty-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department (1948-1978), he served as that agency's chief from 1969 to 1978

During his tenure as police chief his office provided technical advice / assistance for the TV series "Dragnet" and "Adam-12."

After retirement from the force he served as a ...

75. Barry Gordon

Actor | A Thousand Clowns

Barry Gordon was born on December 21, 1948 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for A Thousand Clowns (1965), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) and Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993). He has been married to Dr. Gail Schaper-Gordon since 1993. They have two ...

76. Katie Price

Actress | Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

Katie Price was born on May 22, 1978 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress and executive, known for Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017), Dream Team (1997) and Footballers' Wives (2002). She has been married to Kieran Hayler since January 16, 2013. They have two children. She was ...

77. Gracie Allen

Actress | A Damsel in Distress

Gracie Allen was born on July 26, 1895 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for A Damsel in Distress (1937), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) and The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939). She was married to George Burns. She died on August 27, 1964 in ...

78. Cynthia Nixon

Actress | Sex and the City 2

Cynthia Nixon was born in New York City on April 9, 1966, to Anne Elizabeth Knoll, an actress, and Walter E. Nixon, Jr., a radio journalist. She has German and English ancestry. Nixon made a memorable film debut in Little Darlings (1980). Her Broadway credits include "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," "...

79. Kimberlin Brown

Actress | The Young and the Restless

Born in Hayward, California as Kimberlin Ann Brown, Brown made daytime television history by successfully crossing over her character from the number one daytime drama The Young and the Restless (1973) to The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) causing the latter show's ratings to skyrocket in the early ...

80. Jimmie Davis

Soundtrack | The Devil All the Time

American politician and songwriter who appeared in a number of films. Davis was born in the now-nonexistent town of Beech Springs, Louisiana, the son of sharecroppers. He and his ten siblings lived in dire poverty, but Davis paid his way through Louisiana College and Louisiana State University as a...

81. Charles Farrell

Actor | 7th Heaven

Popular Hollywood leading man of late silents and early talkies. He is best remembered for his teaming with Janet Gaynor in 12 screen romances between 1927 and 1934. He retired from films in the early 1940s, but TV audiences of the 1950s would see him as Gale Storm's widower dad in the popular ...

82. Vic Gilliam

Actor | Nowhere Man

Vic Gilliam was born on July 21, 1953 in Dover, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Nowhere Man (1995), Leverage (2008) and Follow the Prophet (2009). He died on June 17, 2020.

83. Gilbert R. Hill

Actor | Beverly Hills Cop

Gilbert R. Hill was born on November 6, 1931 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994). He was married to Delores Hooks. He died on February 29, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

84. Morgan Mason

Producer | Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Morgan Mason was born on June 26, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Sandpiper (1965) and No Secrets (1991). He has been married to Belinda Carlisle since April 12, 1986. They have one child.

85. Christopher Mitchum

Actor | Un verano para matar

Christopher Mitchum is the second son of actor Robert Mitchum destined, like older brother James Mitchum, to follow in the footsteps of his famous dad. Chris grew up avoiding the limelight and was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (1962-1966), attending Dublin's Trinity College as part of ...

86. Diane Neal

Actress | Ann Rule's Circle of Deception

Diane Neal was born in Alexandria, Virginia. She moved to Littleton, Colorado, when her father was promoted to the position of federal attorney in Denver. She is the youngest of three daughters. Diane was a pre-med major in University, before leaving to pursue modeling, thus allowing her to travel ...

87. Park Overall

Actress | Empty Nest

Originally from Greeneville, Tennessee, Parker Overall toured East Tennessee with a children's theater group before heading to New York and a career on the professional stage. Numerous off-off-Broadway productions of such plays as "The Seagull" and "The Skin of Our Teeth" preceded her performance ...

88. J. Stephen Peace

Producer | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

Steve Peace was born to two teachers in San Diego. After attending Bonita Vista High School, where he was a standout athlete and student body president. After graduation, he attended the University of California-San Diego, majoring in political science. He married his wife, Cheryl, in 1973. He has ...

89. Steven Michael Quezada

Actor | Breaking Bad

A veteran of New Mexico's steadily rising film industry, Steven studied Theatre at Eastern New Mexico University.

He portrayed DEA Agent Steven Gomez on the Emmy-winning television series Breaking Bad on AMC. Steven has also appeared in television series such as Wildfire, Crash, and In Plain Sight. ...

90. Tex Ritter

Actor | Song of the Gringo

Tex Ritter was born on January 12, 1905 in Murvaul, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Song of the Gringo (1936), High Noon (1952) and Varsity Blues (1999). He was married to Dorothy Fay. He died on January 2, 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

91. Antonio Sabato Jr.

Actor | The Big Hit

Antonio Sabato Jr. was born on February 29, 1972 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for The Big Hit (1998), The Three Stooges (2012) and Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009). He was previously married to Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes and Tully Jensen.

92. Jack Valenti

Self | This Week

Texas born, Harvard educated, Jack Valenti has led several lives; a wartime bomber pilot, advertising agency founder, political consultant, White House Special Assistant, movie industry leader. In his current role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America,...

93. Ted Williams

Actor | The Game Done Changed

Ted Williams was born on September 22, 1957 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Game Done Changed (2017), My Crazy Ex (2014) and Houseless (2013).

94. Noble Willingham

Actor | Walker, Texas Ranger

Noble Willingham appeared in more than 30 feature films, including Up Close & Personal (1996), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), Chinatown (1974), City Slickers (1991), and The Distinguished Gentleman (1992).

He was born in the small town of Mineola, Texas, east of Dallas. After graduating from...

95. Jodie Moore

Actress | Perfect

Actress and stripper Jodie Moore hails from Queensland, Australia. Moore began her career in the adult entertainment industry as a stripper in 1996. Jodie toured as a feature dancer in strip clubs in both Australia and other nations in the Pacific Rim. She started posing nude for men's magazines in...

96. Ronnie Kroell

Self | Make Me a Supermodel

Ronnie Kroell was born on February 1, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Make Me a Supermodel (2008), Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011) and Into the Lion's Den (2011).

97. Christopher Guest

Actor | This Is Spinal Tap

U.S.-born actor, director, writer, musician, and composer best known for his mockumentaries, poking fun at heavy metal music, small town theatre, dog shows, folk music and film-making itself, Christopher Haden-Guest was born February fifth, 1948, in New York City. His mother, Jean Pauline (Hindes),...

98. Perry F. Caravello

Actor | Windy City Heat

Perry F. Caravello is known for Windy City Heat (2003), Bird's Eye Witness and The Bank Job (2007).

99. Ami Horowitz

Director | U.N. Me

Ami Horowitz is known for U.N. Me (2009), Fleeing California (2020) and PragerU (2010).

100. Ben Glieb