People I've seen at TIFF
by davrob84 | created - 13 Sep 2013 | updated - 21 Sep 2015 | Public
1. Jennifer Garner
Actress | Alias
Jennifer Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television series Alias (2001), has come a long way from her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her mother Patricia Ann (née English), a retired English teacher, and her father, Billy Jack ...
2. Ben Affleck
Producer | Argo
Benjamin Géza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to mother Chris Anne (Boldt), a school teacher, and father Timothy Byers "Tim" Affleck, a social worker. Ben has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975...
3. Kevin Spacey
Actor | The Usual Suspects
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. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before obtaining supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in...
4. Kristin Scott Thomas
Actress | Gosford Park
The acclaimed Cornish actress Dame Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall, to Deborah (Hurlbatt) and Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas. Her father was a pilot for the British Royal Navy and died in a flying accident in 1964. Her stepfather, Lt. Cdr Simon Idiens, was also a pilot, ...
5. Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Director | Crooked House
Gilles Paquet-Brenner was born on September 14, 1974 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Crooked House (2017), Sarah's Key (2010) and Dark Places (2015).
6. Adam Wingard
Director | V/H/S
At 19 Adam got his start in feature film making early with his directorial debut Home Sick, a slasher horror film starring Bill Moseley and Tom Toweles. However it was his second effort at 24 years old with the film Pop Skull that garnered him a talent to watch. Made for a budget of around 2000 ...
7. Sharni Vinson
Actress | You're Next
Born in NSW, Australia, Sharni Vinson grew up in Sydney's southern beach suburb of Cronulla. As a teenager, she competed at a National Level in swimming, holding 4 State records throughout high school. Sharni began singing, dancing and acting at a young age, becoming the 3rd generation of ...
8. Todd Solondz
Director | Welcome to the Dollhouse
Todd Solondz was born in Newark, New Jersey. One of his earliest jobs in the film industry was when, as a young man, he worked as a messenger for the Writers' Guild of America. During this time, he wrote several screenplays.
Solondz's first color film with sync sound was the short "Schatt's Last ...
9. Selma Blair
Actress | Cruel Intentions
Throughout her diverse career, Selma Blair has been one of the most versatile and exciting actresses on screen. Blair's longstanding career began with her comedic roles in pop culture classics in the early 2000s. Blair has worked with an array of acclaimed directors including Guillermo del Toro and...
10. Michael Mayer
Director | Out in the Dark
Michael Mayer is known for Out in the Dark (2012), Happy Times (2019) and Fireworks (2011).
11. Nicholas Jacob
Actor | Out in the Dark
Nicholas Jacob is known for Out in the Dark (2012), Sand Castle (2017) and Near Far (2021).
12. Michael Aloni
Actor | Out in the Dark
Michael Aloni was born on January 30, 1984 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an actor and director, known for Out in the Dark (2012), Shtisel (2013) and You Up?.
13. Michael Haneke
Writer | Caché
A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...
14. Tom Tykwer
Writer | Lola rennt
Director, writer, producer and composer Tom Tykwer was born in 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany. He showed an interest in film-making from childhood, making super 8 films from the age of 11. Among his first jobs was working at a local art-house cinema. Tykwer eventually relocated to Berlin, first working...
15. Lilly Wachowski
Writer | The Matrix
Director, writer, and producer Lilly Wachowski was born in 1967 in Chicago, the daughter of Lynne, a nurse and painter, and Ron, a businessman. Lilly was educated at Kellogg Elementary School in Chicago, before moving on to Whitney M. Young High School. After graduating from high school, she ...
16. Lana Wachowski
Writer | The Matrix
Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight ...
17. Stuart Blumberg
Writer | Keeping the Faith
Stuart Blumberg was born on July 19, 1969. He is a writer and actor, known for Keeping the Faith (2000), The Kids Are All Right (2010) and Thanks for Sharing (2012).
18. Michiel ten Horn
Director | Aanmodderfakker
After Ten Horn's debut movie The deflowering of Eva van End, with its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012, film magazine Variety listed Ten Horn as one of 'Ten European directors to watch'.
Michiel ten Horn (1983) graduated in 2007 from the HKU, the University of the arts ...
19. Tomer Pawlicki
Actor | Rembrandt en ik
Tomer Pawlicki was born on April 22, 1986 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an actor, known for Rembrandt en ik (2011), Flikken Maastricht (2007) and Rampvlucht (2022).
20. Brandon Cronenberg
Director | Possessor
Brandon Cronenberg was born on January 10, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for Possessor (2020), Infinity Pool (2023) and Antiviral (2012).
21. Caleb Landry Jones
Actor | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Caleb Landry Jones is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class, Jeremy Armitage in Get Out, Red Welby in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Ty Carter in The Outpost, Jeff in Finch, and Martin Bryant in Nitram. His accolades include a Cannes Film ...
22. Neil Jordan
Writer | The Crying Game
Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.
23. Brian De Palma
Director | Body Double
Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...
24. Rachel McAdams
Actress | The Notebook
Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel became involved with acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 ...
25. Matteo Garrone
Director | Dogman
Matteo Garrone was born in Rome in 1968. He is the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone, and a photographer. In 1996 he won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette (1996), that became one of the three episodes of his first feature film Land in Between ...
26. Asghar Farhadi
Writer | Forooshande
Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...
27. Liza Johnson
Director | The Last of Us
Liza Johnson is known for The Last of Us (2023), Return (2011) and In the Air (2009).
28. Kristen Wiig
Actress | Bridesmaids
Kristen Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, to Laurie J. (Johnston), an artist, and Jon J. Wiig, a lake marina manager. She is of Norwegian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, English, and Scottish descent. The family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, before ...
29. Sami Gayle
Actress | Vampire Academy
Actress Sami Gayle stars as "Nicky Reagan-Boyle" on CBS' cop drama Blue Bloods.
Gayle began her acting career as Baby June in the off-Broadway production of "Gypsy," starring Patti LuPone. She then reprised her role when the production transferred to Broadway shortly thereafter. Gayle later ...
30. Alexandre Aja
Director | Haute tension
Alexandre Aja was born on August 7, 1978 in Paris, France. He is a producer and director, known for High Tension (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and Piranha 3D (2010). He is married to Laïla Marrakchi.
31. Joe Hill
Writer | The Black Phone
Joseph Hillstrom King or Joe Hill is an American writer born in Hermon, Maine. He is the son of writer Stephen King and Tabitha King. Joe published his first book (a collection of horror stories called '20th Century Ghosts') in 2005:. It won the Bram Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Award for ...
32. Daniel Radcliffe
Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe. His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, ...
33. Juno Temple
Actress | Atonement
Juno Violet Temple was born in London, England, into a showbiz family, the daughter of producer Amanda Temple and film director Julien Temple. She was named 'Juno' after her parents took a visit to the Grand Canyon during pregnancy and found they were standing on a butte of Cape Final known as Juno...
34. Manuel Martín Cuenca
Director | Caníbal
Manuel Martín Cuenca was born on November 30, 1964 in Almería, Almería, Andalucía, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Cannibal (2013), The Daughter (2021) and The Motive (2017).
35. Antonio de la Torre
Actor | Balada triste de trompeta
Antonio studied journalism, but he always knew he wanted to be an actor. He worked as a sports journalist in Canal Sur Radio and Television. During this period, he often traveled to Madrid so he could assist to the Cristina Rota acting school. His first role in cinema was in Los peores años de ...
36. Olimpia Melinte
Actress | Caníbal
Olimpia Melinte was born in Iasi, Romania, on November 7, 1986. She is an actress, known for Cannibal (2013), My Baby (2013), Seven Acts of Mercy (2011), Killing Time (2012) and Cele ce plutesc (2010).
Born on November 7, 1986, in Iasi, Romania, Olimpia Melinte has always wanted to be an actress. ...
37. Richard Ayoade
Writer | Submarine
Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. He studied Law at Cambridge university, and followed in the footsteps of British Comedy legends like Monty ...
38. Jesse Eisenberg
Actor | The Social Network
Curly haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or ...
39. Mia Wasikowska
Actress | Alice in Wonderland
Mia is an Australian actress, born and raised in the country's capital, Canberra. She is the daughter of photographers Marzena Wasikowska and John Reid. Her mother is Polish and her father is an Australian of British ancestry. She has an older sister, Jess, and a younger brother, Kai. At age eight,...
40. Jean-Marc Vallée
Director | C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jean-Marc Vallée was a Canadian filmmaker, editor and screenwriter from Montreal. He directed Black List, C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria, Wild, Dallas Buyers Club, Los Locos, Loser Love and Café de Flore. He also created the HBO shows Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects. He was married to Chantal ...
41. Mariana Chenillo
Director | Cinco días sin Nora
Mariana Chenillo was born on July 23, 1977 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is a director and writer, known for Nora's Will (2008), Paradise (2013) and Sucedió en un día (2010).
42. Andrés Almeida
Actor | Y tu mamá también
Andrés Almeida is known for And Your Mother Too (2001), Time Share (2018) and Lost Paradise (2016).
43. Daniela Rincón
Actress | The Experiment
Daniela Rincón is known for The Experiment (2020), Paradise (2013) and Noches con Platanito (2013).
44. Atom Egoyan
Director | The Sweet Hereafter
Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, he was raised in Western Canada. Both his parents were painters, and he planned to be a playwright, but after making a short film, he became hooked on telling stories visually. Returned to ethnic "homeland" when he filmed Calendar (1993) in Armenia. Won attention ...
45. Beeban Kidron
Director | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
She came to prominence with the much lauded adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical novel 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'. Since then she's directed feature films, television dramas and documentaries. In 2008, she founded the charity called Filmclub with Lindsay Mackie. It has since ...
46. Denis Villeneuve
Director | Dune
Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director and writer. He was born in 1967, in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. He started his career as a filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada. He is best known for his feature films Arrival (2016), Sicario (2015), Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), ...
47. John Wells
Producer | The Company Men
John Wells is one of the most prolific writers, directors and producers for television, film and the stage. Over the past two decades, Wells has been a creative force behind some of primetime's biggest hit series, including ER, The West Wing, Third Watch and China Beach. He is currently Executive ...
48. Paul Haggis
Writer | Crash
Paul Haggis established himself over twenty years with an extensive career in television, before his big break into features arrived when he became the first screenwriter to garner two Best Film Academy Awards back-to-back for his scripts: "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood, ...
49. Moran Atias
Actress | Third Person
Moran Atias was born on April 9, 1981 in Haifa, Israel. She is an actress and producer, known for Third Person (2013), The Next Three Days (2010) and Mother of Tears (2007).
50. Adrien Brody
Actor | The Pianist
Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He accompanied his mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making him feel comfortable in front of the ...
51. Abdellah Taïa
Director | L'armée du salut
Abdellah Taïa is known for Salvation Army (2013), The Road to Love (2001) and Black Screen (2014).
52. Thomas Imbach
Producer | Mary Queen of Scots
Thomas Imbach was born on December 19, 1962 in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is a producer and director, known for Mary Queen of Scots (2013), Happiness Is a Warm Gun (2001) and Day Is Done (2011).
53. George MacKay
Actor | 1917
George MacKay was born in 1992 in Hammersmith, London, England, to Kim Baker, a British costume designer, and Paul Christopher MacKay, an Australian stage/lighting manager, from Adelaide. One of his grandmothers is from Cork, Ireland.
At the age of ten, George was scouted to audition for a role in ...
54. Saoirse Ronan
Actress | Hanna
Saoirse Una Ronan was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, to Irish parents, Monica Ronan (née Brennan) and Paul Ronan, an actor. When Saoirse was three, the family moved back to Dublin, Ireland. Saoirse grew up in Dublin and briefly in Co. Carlow before moving back to Dublin ...
55. Bruce La Bruce
Director | Gerontophilia
Bruce La Bruce was born on January 3, 1964 in Southampton, Ontario, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for Gerontophilia (2013).
56. Katie Boland
Actress | Lolz-ita
Katie Boland was born on February 14, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Lolz-ita (2017), Long Story, Short (2013) and The Master (2012).
57. Mariana Rondón
Writer | Pelo malo
Mariana Rondón was born on May 8, 1966 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. She is a writer and director, known for Bad Hair (2013), Postales de Leningrado (2007) and A la medianoche y media (2000).
58. Samantha Castillo
Actress | Pelo malo
Samantha Castillo, Venezuelan actress, was born on March 12th, 1980, in Los Teques, Venezuela.
Her acting career began more than 20 years ago, Samantha has a Bachelors degree in Arts from Central University of Venezuela, and additional acting training in different techniques and schools in Venezuela...
59. Arie Posin
Director | Over My Dead Body
Arie Posin is known for Over My Dead Body (2002), The Chumscrubber (2005) and The Face of Love (2013).
60. Annette Bening
Actress | American Beauty
Annette Bening was born on May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest of four children. Her family moved to California when she was young, and she grew up there. She graduated from San Francisco State University and began her acting career with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, ...
61. Scott Haze
Actor | Child of God
Scott Haze was named one of Variety's 10 Actors To Watch For 2013. Since its inception 15 years ago, Variety's "10 Actors to Watch" program has become a key showcase celebrating the finest acting talents from all corners of the globe. Past talented that have been spotlighted include Adrien Brody, ...
62. Adam MacDonald
Director | Backcountry
Adam MacDonald is a writer/director, born in Montreal, now residing in Toronto. His directorial works include three short films: Sombre Zombie (2005) and In the Dominican (2010) His feature length debut, Backcountry (2015). -- had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where...
63. Anthony Therrien
Actor | Les faux tatouages
Anthony Therrien is known for Fake Tattoos (2017), Corbo (2014) and Jusqu'à ce que tu meures (2023).
64. Fab Filippo
Director | Sort Of
Fab Filippo was born on November 30, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Sort Of (2021), Save Me (2017) and Billable Hours (2006). He has been married to Robin Payne since 2006.
65. Noah Baumbach
Writer | The Squid and the Whale
Born in Brooklyn in 1969 Noah Baumbach is the son of two film critics, Georgia Brown and Jonathan Baumbach (also a writer). His studies at Vassar College were the subject of his first film (made as he was 26 years old), Kicking and Screaming (1995). His second major picture, made ten years later, ...
66. Amanda Seyfried
Actress | Les Misérables
Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking ...
67. Naomi Watts
Actress | Mulholland Dr.
Naomi Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), Pink Floyd's road manager. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. Her father died when she was seven and she ...
68. Ben Stiller
Producer | Tropic Thunder
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).
His parents made no real...
69. Adam Driver
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas. His stepfather is a Baptist minister. His ancestry includes...
70. Richard Gere
Actor | Chicago
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. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high ...
71. Jena Malone
Actress | The Neon Demon
Jena Malone was born in Reno, Nevada, raised in Sparks, Nevada; two cities that have merged together over time, to Deborah Malone and Edward Berge. Her grandfather owned a casino, Karl's Silver Club, in Reno. She was raised by her mother and her mother's partner. Beginning as a child actress, and ...
72. Colman Domingo
Actor | Lincoln
In 2023, Mr. Domingo was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play as a producer for the Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham. Colman won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor Drama for his role as Ali in the HBO series Euphoria. Domingo has been honored with the inaugural Denver Film ...
73. Oren Moverman
Writer | The Messenger
Oren Moverman was born on July 4, 1966 in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel. He is a producer and writer, known for The Messenger (2009), Love & Mercy (2014) and Bad Education (2019).
74. Ramin Bahrani
Producer | 99 Homes
Ramin Bahrani was born on March 20, 1975 in North Carolina, USA. He is a producer and director, known for 99 Homes (2014), The White Tiger (2021) and Fahrenheit 451 (2018).
75. Andrew Garfield
Actor | Hacksaw Ridge
Andrew Russell Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother, Lynn, and American father, Richard Garfield. When he was three, he moved to Surrey, U.K., with his parents and older brother. He is of English and Polish Jewish heritage. Andrew was raised in a middle class family, ...
76. Michael Shannon
Actor | Take Shelter
Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon.
Shannon began his professional stage career in Chicago. His ...
77. Laura Dern
Actress | Jurassic Park
Laura Dern was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets and the movie industry from infancy, and obtained several bit parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern lost contact with her father for ...
78. Noah Lomax
Actor | The Tale
Noah Lomax was born on November 7, 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor, known for The Tale (2018), 99 Homes (2014) and Safe Haven (2013).
79. Daniel Barnz
Director | Cake
Daniel Barnz was born on May 7, 1970 in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Cake (2014), Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) and Beastly (2011).
80. Adriana Barraza
Actress | Babel
Adriana Barraza was born on March 5, 1956 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. She is a director and actress, known for Babel (2006), Blue Beetle (2023) and Drag Me to Hell (2009). She has been married to Arnaldo Pipke since April 29, 2005. She was previously married to Carlos Valsagna.
81. Richard Glatzer
Writer | Still Alice
Richard Glatzer was born on January 28, 1952 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Still Alice (2014), Quinceañera (2006) and Colette (2018). He was married to Wash Westmoreland. He died on March 10, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
82. Wash Westmoreland
Director | Still Alice
Hailing from Leeds, England, Westmoreland earned his college degree in Politics at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and soon after moved to America to pursue filmmaking. His 2014 film, "Still Alice," starring Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin and Kate Bosworth, saw Moore win ...
83. Lisa Genova
Writer | Still Alice
Lisa Genova was born in 1970. She is a writer, known for Still Alice (2014), Every Note Played and Have You Heard About Greg? (2021).
84. Denys Arcand
Writer | Les invasions barbares
One of Québec's most politically aware filmmakers, Denys Arcand studied history at Université de Montréal, where he co-directed Seul ou avec d'autres (1962) with Denis Héroux and co-written with Stéphane Venne. He joined the National Film Board (NFB) in 1963, where his feature-length documentary on...
85. Denise Robert
Producer | Les invasions barbares
Denise Robert was born in 1954 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a producer and actress, known for The Barbarian Invasions (2003), The Confessional (1995) and Father and Guns (2009). She is married to Denys Arcand.
86. Éric Bruneau
Actor | Les amours imaginaires
Bruneau began studying acting in 2000, training at Theatre at Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe, a Canadian theater school. He pursued his theatrical training at the National Theater School of Canada, where he studied from 2002 to 2006. During his third year at the National School, Bruneau was one of the ...
87. Melanie Merkosky
Actress | Le règne de la beauté
Melanie Merkosky was born on April 7, 1980 in Canada. She is an actress, known for An Eye for Beauty (2014), Virgin River (2019) and Buddy Games: Spring Awakening (2023).
88. Yves Jacques
Actor | Les invasions barbares
Yves Jacques was born on May 10, 1956 in Québec, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for The Barbarian Invasions (2003), The Decline of the American Empire (1986) and Napoléon (2002).
89. 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 ...
90. Gaspar Noé
Director | Enter the Void
Gaspar Noé is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in France. He is the son of Luis Felipe Noé, an Argentinian artist. He directed I Stand Alone, Irréversible, Enter the Void, Love, Climax, Carne, Lux Æterna, Sodomites and Vortex. His films are known for having a sensory overload ...
91. Karl Glusman
Actor | Love
Karl Glusman was born on January 3, 1988 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Love (2015), Devs (2020) and Watcher (2022). He was previously married to Zoë Kravitz.
92. Bryan Cranston
Actor | Breaking Bad
Bryan Lee Cranston was born on March 7, 1956 in Hollywood, California, to Audrey Peggy Sell, a radio actress, and Joe Cranston, an actor and former amateur boxer. His maternal grandparents were German, and his father was of Irish, German, and Austrian-Jewish ancestry. He was raised in the Canoga ...
93. John Goodman
Actor | 10 Cloverfield Lane
John Stephen Goodman's an American film, TV & stage actor. He was born in Affton, Missouri to Virginia Roos (Loosmore), a waitress and saleswoman & Leslie Francis Goodman, a postal worker who died when he was a small child. He's of English, Welsh & German ancestry. He's best known for his role as ...
94. Patrick Huard
Actor | Bon Cop, Bad Cop
Patrick Huard is an actor, comedian, filmmaker, author, emcee, director and producer. Having recently celebrated his 20 years in the business and his 40th birthday, he has an impressive record of achievements to his credit. He has appeared in 15 feature films, including La Vie après l'Amour, Nez ...
95. Mark Sawers
Director | No Men Beyond This Point
Mark Sawers is known for No Men Beyond This Point (2015), Camera Shy (2012) and Shoes Off! (1998).
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