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1. Mel Gibson

Actor | Braveheart

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...

2. Sigourney Weaver

Actress | Alien Resurrection

Sigourney Weaver has created a host of memorable characters, both dramatic and comic, ranging from Ripley in Alien to Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist to Gwen/Tawny in Galaxy Quest and most recently, 14-year-old Kiri in Avatar: The Way of Water. With a career spanning over 50 years, Weaver has ...

3. Freddie Fields

Producer | American Gigolo

Freddie Fields was born on July 23, 1923 in Ferndale, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for American Gigolo (1980), Victory (1981) and Glory (1989). He was married to Corinna Tsopei, Cherie Latimer, Polly Bergen and Edith Fellows. He died on December 11, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

4. 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...

5. Cassandra Harris

Actress | For Your Eyes Only

Cassandra Harris was born on December 15, 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for For Your Eyes Only (1981), Remington Steele (1982) and Rough Cut (1980). She was married to Pierce Brosnan, Dermot Harris and William Firth. She died on December 28, 1991 in Los ...

6. Cher

Actress | Moonstruck

The beat goes on ... and on ... and as strong as ever for this superstar entertainer who has well surpassed the half-century mark while improbably transforming herself from an artificial, glossy "flashionplate" singer into a serious, Oscar-worthy, dramatic actress ... and back again! With more ups ...

7. David Geffen

Producer | Little Shop of Horrors

David Geffen was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham and Batya Geffen. He has an older brother Mitchell. Although his grades in school were generally poor, he credits his shopkeeper mother with teaching him his business skills, especially since his father died when Geffen was 16. ...

8. Peter Fonda

Actor | Easy Rider

Peter Henry Fonda was born in New York City, to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario, Canada-born New York socialite Frances Brokaw (born Frances Ford Seymour). He was the younger brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda.

Fonda made his professional...

9. Kari Michaelsen

Actress | Gimme a Break!

Kari Michaelsen was born on November 3, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Gimme a Break! (1981), Hart to Hart (1979) and Saturday the 14th (1981). She was previously married to David A. Waldock.

10. James Brolin

Actor | Traffic

James Brolin is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin.

He is best known for his TV roles such as Stephen Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969-1976), Peter McDermott on ...

11. Jacqueline Bisset

Actress | Bullitt

Jacqueline Bisset has been an international film star since the late '60s. She received her first roles mainly because of her stunning beauty, but over time she has become a fine actress respected by fans and critics alike. Bisset has worked with directors John Huston, François Truffaut, George ...

12. Alexander Godunov

Actor | Die Hard

He was born on Sakhalin Island at the far eastern end of the former Soviet Union and began studying dance at age 9 in the Riga State Ballet School. He later said his mother put him there to prevent his becoming "a hooligan". One of his classmates and friends at the school was Mikhail Baryshnikov. ...

13. Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.

Writer | Your Show of Shows

No one in the broadcast television industry -- in the U.S. or abroad -- will doubt for an instant that Sylvester (Pat) Weaver has been its foremost creative force. He was born in Los Angeles, California, to Elenor Isabel (Dixon) and Sylvester Laflin Weaver. From commercial television's nascent days...

14. Jennifer Jason Leigh

Actress | The Hateful Eight

Jennifer Jason Leigh was born Jennifer Lee Morrow in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of writer Barbara Turner and actor Vic Morrow. Her father was of Russian Jewish descent and her mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry. She is the sister of Carrie Ann Morrow and half-sister of actress Mina ...

15. Gary Busey

Actor | The Buddy Holly Story

A blond-haired, fair-complexioned actor with a toothy grin and capable of an unsettling glint in his eyes, Gary Busey was born in Goose Creek, Texas, and was raised in Oklahoma. He is the son of Sadie Virginia (Arnett), a homemaker, and Delmar Lloyd Busey, a construction design manager. He has ...

16. Jake Busey

Actor | Starship Troopers

Jake spent his childhood in sunny southern California, as well as a plethora of film sets around the country. His childhood similar to a "military brat", a series of strung-together extended-stay location shoots, alternating with tours on the road with his father's various bands and associates. In ...

17. David Naughton

Actor | An American Werewolf in London

David Naughton made his professional debut in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of "Hamlet" in Lincoln Center starring Sam Waterston. Was cast as the lead singer/dancer in the "Be a Pepper" advertising campaign for Dr. Pepper. Starred in John Landis' classic horror film An American ...

18. Douglas Barr

Director | Dead Badge

Douglas Barr was born on May 1, 1949 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Dead Badge (1995), Spaced Invaders (1990) and Secrets of the Mountain (2010). He has been married to Clare Kirkconnell since June 9, 1984. They have one child.

19. Dee Wallace

Actress | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

This attractive, happy go lucky blonde actress, educated at the University of Kansas and a former ballet soloist, first broke into both TV and cinema screens in the mid 1970s and through her appearances in several well remembered horror and sci-fi films, and Dee quickly gained a cult following ...

20. Christopher Stone

Actor | The Howling

Christopher Stone was an occasional lead and supporting actor in films and on television throughout the 1980s and early 90s. He achieved his first major role as "Dr. Pooch Hardin" on the 1970s TV series The Interns (1970), and made occasional appearances in made-for-TV movies and guest-starring on ...

21. Carla Ferrigno

Actress | Black Roses

Carla Ferrigno was born on May 24, 1949. She is an actress and manager, known for Black Roses (1988), The Adventures of Hercules (1985) and The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983). She has been married to Lou Ferrigno since May 30, 1980. They have three children.

22. Lou Ferrigno

Actor | The Incredible Hulk

An internationally famous and well respected bodybuilder / actor, Lou Ferrigno first appeared on TV screens in 1977 as the musclebound title character of The Incredible Hulk (1978), the alter ego of meek scientist David Banner. Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951 and as a child ...

23. Mary Hart

Actress | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Mary Hart was born on November 8, 1950 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), The Great Buck Howard (2008) and Swing Vote (2008). She has been married to Burt Sugarman since April 8, 1989. They have one child. She was ...

24. Mary Frann

Actress | Newhart

Mary Frann was born Mary Frances Luecke on February 27, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri. She became a child model and acted in television commercials. At the age of eighteen she won the title of America's Junior Miss. She attended Northwestern University where she studied drama. She dropped out of ...

25. John Cookman

26. Clare Kirkconnell

Actress | Dead Heat

Clare Kirkconnell is a painter who shows her work primarily in San Francisco, California. She has been married to writer-director Douglas Barr since 1984. They have one son born in 1989. After college, she spent several years as a fashion model traveling the world from bases in New York and Paris. ...

27. Bill Kerr

Actor | Gallipoli

In the 1950s, Bill Kerr was one of Tony Hancock's regular sidekicks in the popular radio series 'Hancock's Half Hour'. In the first series he was smarter than Tony, but as the series progressed he became more and more stupid and childlike, regularly calling Tony 'Tubb'. Despite remaining on the ...

28. Michael Murphy

Actor | Manhattan

Michael Murphy was born in Los Angeles, California, to Georgia Arlyn (née Money), a teacher, and Bearl Branton Murphy, a salesman. After a hitch in the Marine Corps, Murphy attended the University of Arizona, Tucson, and then went to U.C.L.A. for his California teaching credential. From 1962 to ...

29. Linda Hunt

Actress | The Year of Living Dangerously

Linda Hunt is a veteran character actress who had only just begun acting in motion pictures when director Peter Weir required her peculiarities to animate one of cinema's most esoteric characters, Billy Kwan, the intellectual and virtuous Chinese-Australian dwarf and photographer, in the Australian...

30. Noel Ferrier

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Noel Ferrier was born on December 20, 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor and producer, known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Eliza Fraser (1976) and Paradise Road (1997). He was married to Suzanne de Berenger. He died on October 16, 1997 in Sydney, Australia.

31. Bembol Roco

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Bembol Roco was born on November 20, 1953. He is an actor and director, known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Dirty Affair (1990) and Babangon ako't dudurugin kita (1989).

32. Paul Sonkkila

Actor | Daybreakers

Paul Sonkkila was an actor, known for Daybreakers (2009), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and Gallipoli (1981). He died in April 2016 in Australia.

33. Ali Nur

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Ali Nur is known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).

34. Dominador Robridillo

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Dominador Robridillo is known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).

35. Joel Agona

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Joel Agona is known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).

36. Mike Emperio

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Mike Emperio is known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).

37. Bernardo Nacilla

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Bernardo Nacilla is known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and Mortal (1976).

38. Domingo Landicho

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Domingo Landicho was born on August 4, 1939 in Taal, Batangas, Philippines. He was an actor and writer, known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Bulaklak ng Maynila (1999) and Kubrador (2006). He died on July 29, 2021 in the Philippines.

39. Hermino De Guzman

Actor | The Year of Living Dangerously

Hermino De Guzman is known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Buddies (1983) and Tanamera - Lion of Singapore (1989).

40. Kuh Ledesma

Actress | The Year of Living Dangerously

Kuh Ledesma was born on March 16, 1955 in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. She is an actress, known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), My Husband's Lover (2013) and Tinimbang ang langit (1982).

41. Peter Weir

Director | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Peter Weir was born on August 21, 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Way Back (2010) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children.

42. David Williamson

Writer | Gallipoli

David Williamson was born on February 24, 1942 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer and producer, known for Gallipoli (1981), Face to Face (2011) and Travelling North (1987). He is married to Kristin Williamson.

43. Maurice Jarre

Composer | Lawrence of Arabia

Unlike many musicians who started to learn music while still in their childhood, Maurice Jarre was already late in his teens when he discovered music and decided to make a career in that field. Against his father's will, he enrolled at Conservatoire de Paris where he studied percussions, ...

44. Russell Boyd

Cinematographer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Russell Boyd was born on April 21, 1944 in Victoria, Australia. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Gallipoli (1981).

45. William M. Anderson

Editor | Gallipoli

William M. Anderson was born on March 12, 1948 in Belfast, Ireland. He is an editor, known for Gallipoli (1981), The Truman Show (1998) and Dead Poets Society (1989).