Dante's Peak 1997 premiere
by MikeSeravello-233-985397 | created - 24 Jul 2018 | updated - 30 Aug 2018 | PublicWednesday February 5th, Gibson Amphitheater 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608
1. Linda Hamilton
Actress | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Born in Salisbury, Maryland, USA, following high school Linda studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York. In New York she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg. Her first parts were small parts in TV series, with ...
2. Keely Shaye Brosnan
Director | Poisoning Paradise
Keely Shaye Brosnan is an award-winning broadcast journalist turned award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has nurtured a diverse career covering a wide range of topics, from environmental journalism and animal advocacy to celebrity journalism and apprehending fugitives.
In 2016, Keely made her ...
3. Pierce Brosnan
Actor | Mamma Mia!
Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, to May (Smith), a nurse, and Thomas Brosnan, a carpenter. He lived in Navan, County Meath, until he moved to England, UK, at an early age (thus explaining his ability to play men from both backgrounds convincingly). His father left...
4. Tom Sizemore
Actor | Saving Private Ryan
Tom Sizemore rose in prominence throughout the 1990s, establishing himself as a memorable tough-guy actor, sought by the most respected directors in the business.
Thomas Edward Sizemore, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Judith (Schannault), an ombudsman staff member, and Thomas Edward Sizemore, ...
5. James Woods
Actor | Vampires
James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather ...
6. Alicia Witt
Actress | Dune
Actor and singer-songwriter Alicia Witt has been acting since the age of 7, when she made her film debut in David Lynch's sci fi classic Dune. She will next be seen starring opposite Nicholas Cage in the thriller Longlegs, set for a 2024 worldwide theatrical release. She also just appeared on Fox's...
7. Joely Fisher
Actress | The Mask
In Joely Fisher's recent unflinching memoir, she comes clean and bares her soul about growing up in what she describes as "The Fishbowl".Daughter of Hollywood legendary crooner Eddie Fisher and entertainment icon Connie Stevens, Joely was raised in the Los Angeles area educated in a dozen LA ...
8. Tia Carrere
Actress | Wayne's World
Tia Carrere, born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, was discovered in a grocery store and landed the female lead in the film Aloha Summer. She then moved to Los Angeles and continued her ascent in the acting world as a series regular on General Hospital as well as a string of guest starring roles on ...
9. Jennifer Aniston
Actress | Friends
Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father was Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. Jennifer spent a year of her childhood living in Greece with her family. Her family then relocated to New York City...
10. Tate Donovan
Actor | Argo
Tate Buckley Donovan began making television appearances while still in his teens, most often cast as angst-ridden high schoolers in such made-for-TV films such as Not My Kid (1985) and Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987).
Donovan was born to a large family in Tenafly, New Jersey, the son...
11. Courtney Thorne-Smith
Actress | Ally McBeal
Courtney Thorne-Smith is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Alison Parker on Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal, Cheryl Mabel in According to Jim and her recurring role on Two and a Half Men as Lyndsey McElroy. Thorne-Smith was born in San Francisco, ...
12. 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 ...
13. Lisa Pelikan
Actress | Lionheart
Lisa made her feature film debut as the young 'Julia' in Fred Zinnemann's JULIA sharing the title role with Vanessa Redgrave, her television debut as the ingénue in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of THE COUNTRY GIRL with Jason Robards and Shirley Knight, and her theatrical debut starring as '...
14. Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst
Actress | Beverly Hills Cop III
Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst was born on January 16, 1967 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Alpha Dog (2006) and Bikini Summer III: South Beach Heat (1997).
15. Leila Kenzle
Actress | Identity
Leila Kenzle was born on July 16, 1960 in Patchogue, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Identity (2003), White Oleander (2002) and Mad About You (1992). She has been married to Neil Monaco since April 26, 1994.
16. Cathy Moriarty
Actress | Raging Bull
Bronx-born character actress Cathy Moriarty was just 18 years old, fresh out of high school and had no idea that her life was about to change. Joe Pesci discovered her competing in a bathing-beauty contest at a bar. He invited her to audition for the part of Vikki LaMotta, second wife to champion ...
17. Richard Palmer
Actor | Five on a Treasure Island
Apart from the lead in "Treasure at the Mill" (for the Children's Film Foundation) he didn't get enough opportunity in the cinema. He abandoned his acting career, and many years later was working for IBM. In 2009 he was interviewed in a video made by the Malcolm Savile Foundation, which is ...
18. Ron Perlman
Actor | Hand of God
Ron Perlman is a classically-trained actor who has appeared in countless stage plays, feature films and television productions.
Ronald N. Perlman was born April 13, 1950 in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. His mother, Dorothy (Rosen), is retired from the City Clerk's Office. His father, ...
19. Tina Majorino
Actress | Napoleon Dynamite
Tina Majorino has been charming audiences on the silver screen from a young age. In 1994, she made her feature film debut in Touchstone's When A Man Loves a Woman playing Meg Ryan & Andy Garcia's daughter, followed quickly that same year by New Line's Corrina, Corinna (opposite Whoopi Goldberg and ...
20. Anne Ramsay
Actress | A League of Their Own
Anne Ramsay was born on September 11, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for A League of Their Own (1992), Planet of the Apes (2001) and The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014).
21. Alexondra Lee
Producer | Fall River
Alexondra Lee was born in The Poconos, Pennsylvania. She was a professional ballet dancer with The New York City Ballet for 8 years and performed in Lincoln Center's The Nutcracker, Coppelia and Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as dancing with Baryshnikov. Alexondra gained fame as an actress by ...
22. Elie Samaha
Producer | Battlefield Earth
Elie Samaha was born on May 10, 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a producer and actor, known for Battlefield Earth (2000), The Boondock Saints (1999) and The Art of War (2000). He was previously married to Tia Carrere.
23. Maeve Quinlan
Actress | Not Easily Broken
Born in Chicago from Irish parent, blonde, tall and very beautiful, Maeve Quinlan entered in the professional tennis circuit at age 16, appearing in several major tournaments and eventually reaching seed position #95 in world rankings, before turning to acting; she has starred in many films in ...
24. Roger Donaldson
Director | The World's Fastest Indian
Roger Donaldson was born on November 15, 1945 in Ballarat, Australia. He is a director and producer, known for The World's Fastest Indian (2005), No Way Out (1987) and Species (1995). He is married to Marliese Schneider. He was previously married to Susan Hockley.
25. Gale Anne Hurd
Producer | The Terminator
Gale Anne Hurd was born on October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Stanford University, she joined New World Pictures as executive assistant to Roger Corman, the company president. She worked her way up through various administrative positions and eventually became ...
26. Jonathan Hensleigh
Writer | Armageddon
One of the most prolific screenwriters in the action/adventure genre, Jonathan started his career writing episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) for George Lucas and ABC. He wrote Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), re-conceived from his original spec script "Simon Says". He followed ...
27. Sean Brosnan
Actor | My Father Die
Sean Brosnan is the son of Cassandra Harris (d. 1991) and Pierce Brosnan, who was married to Cassandra from 1977 until her death on 28 December, 1991. He has a half/adopted sister and half/adopted brother, Charlotte Brosnan and Christopher Brosnan (daughter and son of Cassandra and Dermot Harris, ...
28. David Lipper
Actor | Dante's Peak
David grew up in Montreal, Canada where by the age of 18, he starred in the CTV daily soap opera, Time of Your Life. 75 episodes later, David decided to leave the show to finish his degree in Musical Theater at Emerson College in Boston, where he graduated on-time by overloading courses. In 1991 he...
29. Grant Heslov
Producer | Argo
Grant Heslov was born on May 15, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Argo (2012), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) and The Ides of March (2011). He is married to Lysa Heslov. They have two children.
30. Bill Bolender
Actor | RoboCop 2
Bill Bolender was born on November 14, 1940 in the USA. He is an actor, known for RoboCop 2 (1990), Dante's Peak (1997) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
31. Jamie Renée Smith
Actress | Animal Kingdom
Jamie Renée Smith was born on April 10, 1987 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Animal Kingdom (2016), Hidden Canyons (2020) and Merry Happy Whatever (2019).
32. Stan Shaw
Actor | The Monster Squad
Stan Shaw was born on July 14, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Monster Squad (1987), Cutthroat Island (1995) and Daylight (1996). He has been married to Dr. Zoe Shaw since June 30, 1994. They have four children.
33. Howard Weitzman
Actor | Thank You for Smoking
Howard Weitzman was born on September 21, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and legal representative, known for Thank You for Smoking (2005), Murder One (1995) and Murder in the First (2014). He was married to Margaret Weitzman and Stacey Winkler. He died on April 7, 2021 in ...
34. Ed Begley Jr.
Actor | A Mighty Wind
Ed Begley Jr. was born on September 16, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A Mighty Wind (2003), Pineapple Express (2008) and Whatever Works (2009). He has been married to Rachelle Carson-Begley since August 23, 2000. They have one child. He was previously ...
35. Lynn Redgrave
Actress | Gods and Monsters
Actress of both the English and American stage and screen, Lynn Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, England, into one of the world's most famous acting dynasties. As the daughter of Rachel Kempson and Sir Michael Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, and granddaughter of Roy...
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