The Fighting Temptations 2003 premiere

1. Beyoncé

Soundtrack | Dreamgirls

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Her mom, Tina Knowles designs their glittering costumes & her dad, Mathew Knowles manages Destiny's Child. Solange, her sister (they're 4 years apart) has released her debut album. She dances with her big sister during DC-3 ...

2. Cuba Gooding Jr.

Actor | Jerry Maguire

Cuba Gooding Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York. His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. His father, Cuba Gooding, was the lead vocalist for the R&B group The Main Ingredient, which had a hit with the song "Everybody Plays The Fool". His ...

3. Mike Epps

Actor | Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Mike Epps was born on November 18, 1970 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Friday After Next (2002) and The Hangover (2009). He has been married to Kyra Robinson Epps since June 23, 2019. They have two children. He was previously ...

4. Steve Harvey

Producer | The Steve Harvey Show

Broderick Stephen Harvey, Sr. is an American television host, actor, writer, producer, and comedian. He hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, the Miss Universe competition, Family Feud Africa, and the arbitration-based court comedy Judge Steve Harvey.

Harvey began ...

5. Wendell Pierce

Actor | The Wire

Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. He is known for roles in HBO dramas such as Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire and trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme; as well as portraying James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, high-powered attorney Robert Zane in Suits, and Michael ...

6. LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Actress | U.S. Marshals

She graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1971. While a student at Spelman (an all-female institution), she met Samuel L. Jackson, who was a student at Morehouse College (the all-male institution affiliated with Spelman), who would later become her husband. She and Jackson have one ...

7. Faizon Love

Actor | Friday

Langston Faizon Santisima is an African-American actor and comedian from Santiago de Cuba known for Wanda from Elf, Big Worm from Friday, Sean "Sweet" Johnson from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Jahmal Abdul Jackson from The Replacements, Bruce the Bear from Zookeeper, Robin Harris from Bébé's Kids...

8. T-Bone

Soundtrack | Never Back Down

T-Bone was born on August 11, 1973 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Never Back Down (2008), I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013) and The Fighting Temptations (2003).

9. Lil' Zane

Actor | BMF: Black Mafia Family

Actor/rapper Lil' Zane was named after his dad and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been writing and rhyming since he was 10. When he was 11 he approached Worldwide Entertainment CEO Kevin Wales outside an Atlanta talent show and told him he wanted to be a star. Zane got his big break on 112's "...

10. Montell Jordan

Soundtrack | Everest

Montell Jordan was born on December 3, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Everest (2015), This Means War (2012) and Multiplicity (1996). He has been married to Kristin Jordan since June 1994. They have four children.

11. Chris Cole

Actor | The Fighting Temptations

Chris Cole is known for The Fighting Temptations (2003).

12. Melba Moore

Actress | All Dogs Go to Heaven

Melba Moore has shot to super-stardom in the early 1970s with her debut album ("I Got Love"), that garnered her a 1971 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, the following year, she also scored with a variety television show that co-starred Clifton Davis. Despite the show's being a modern success, ...

13. Shirley Caesar

Soundtrack | Lovecraft Country

Shirley Caesar was born on October 13, 1938 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Lovecraft Country (2020), The Preacher's Wife (1996) and Rosewood (1997). She has been married to Harold Williams since June 26, 1983.

14. Eddie Levert

Soundtrack | Dragged Across Concrete

Eddie Levert was born on June 16, 1942 in Bessemer, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for Dragged Across Concrete (2018), Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) and Coming to America (1988). He is married to Raquel Capelton. They have one child. He was previously married to Martha Levert.

15. Walter Williams Sr.

Soundtrack | Dragged Across Concrete

Walter Williams Sr. was born on April 25, 1942 in Canton, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Dragged Across Concrete (2018), Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) and The Fighting Temptations (2003).

16. Lourdes Benedicto

Actress | ER

Lourdes Benedicto was born on November 12, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for ER (1994), 24 (2001) and V (2009). She has been married to Matthew Curley since June 9, 2006.

17. Mickey Jones

Actor | Total Recall

Mickey Jones was born on June 10, 1941 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Total Recall (1990), Starman (1984) and Sling Blade (1996). He was married to Phyllis Jean Starr and Sandra Joel Davis. He died on February 7, 2018 in Simi Valley, California, USA.

18. Mae Middleton

Actress | Any Day Now

Mae Middleton is known for Any Day Now (1998) and The Fighting Temptations (2003).

19. Lou Myers

Actor | The Wedding Planner

Lou Myers was born on September 26, 1935 in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wedding Planner (2001), Volcano (1997) and Tin Cup (1996). He died on February 19, 2013 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA.

20. Mitchah Williams

Actor | The Fighting Temptations

Mitchah Williams was born on November 17, 1986 in California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Fighting Temptations (2003), ER (1994) and The Nightmare Room (2001).

21. Samuel L. Jackson

Actor | Pulp Fiction

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), ...

22. Eve

Actress | Barbershop

Eve was born on November 10, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Barbershop (2002), xXx (2002) and Whip It (2009). She has been married to Maximillion Cooper since June 14, 2014. They have one child.

23. Arsenio Hall

Actor | Coming to America

Arsenio Hall was born on February 12, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Coming to America (1988), Harlem Nights (1989) and Coming 2 America (2021).

24. Nona Gaye

Actress | Crash

It was inevitable that Nona Gaye would become a singer - she is the granddaughter of Cuban jazz great Slim Gaillard, the niece of R&B singer/songwriter Frankie Gaye and the daughter of soul legend Marvin Gaye. Signed to Third/Stone Atlantic at 14, Nona released "Love for the Future" in 1992, which ...

25. MC Lyte

Actress | Girls Trip

A philanthropist who has presented almost $900,000 in scholarships over the past seven years, an actress on Power, Queen of the South, SWAT, and more, MC LYTE is ONLY female solo hip hop artist to receive the BET I Am Hip Hop ICON Award. First female to perform hip hop in the White House and first ...

26. Elise Neal

Actress | Hustle & Flow

Elise Neal was born in Memphis, Tennessee and began dancing at age six. She credits her success to her mother, Arletha Neal, who always supported her and drove her to many talent shows and recitals. After moving to New York and quickly booking many off-Broadway shows and musical revivals, she ...

27. Derek Fisher

Actor | The Fix

Derek Fisher was born on August 9, 1974 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is an actor, known for The Fix (2019), Arli$$ (1996) and The Jamie Foxx Show (1996). He was previously married to Candace Fisher.

28. Constance Marie

Actress | George Lopez

Best known for her long-time run on the ABC comedy, "George Lopez," Constance Marie stars next in the upcoming Latinx romantic comedy series, "With Love." Created and written by Gloria Calderon Kellett ("One Day at a Time"), the five hourlong episodes, each of which are set during a different ...

29. Jonathan Lynn

Writer | Clue

Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay created and wrote every episode of the acclaimed BBC political comedy series Yes Minister (1980) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986). The series received numerous accolades including three BAFTA (British Academy) Awards, two Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and two Pye ...

30. Loretha C. Jones

Producer | The Fighting Temptations

Loretha C. Jones is known for The Fighting Temptations (2003), The Equalizer (2021) and The Meteor Man (1993).

31. David Gale

Producer | Election

Known for Election, Varsity Blues, Original Kings of Comedy, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, and Jackass I and II. David ran MTV Films from 1995 to 2006 during which the division released 27 films, including Napoleon Dynamite, Hustle and Flow, Save The Last Dance and Tupac: Resurrection, ...

32. Jeff Pollack

Writer | Above the Rim

Jeff Pollack was born on November 15, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Above the Rim (1994), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) and Monster (2003). He was married to Solange White Pollack. He died on December 23, 2013 in Hermosa Beach, California, USA.

33. Benny Medina

Producer | Hustlers

Benny Medina was born on January 24, 1958 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Hustlers (2019), The Mother (2023) and Shotgun Wedding (2022).

34. Van Toffler

Producer | Æon Flux

Van Toffler was born on December 5, 1958 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for Æon Flux (2005), Election (1999) and Varsity Blues (1999). He was previously married to Cheryl J. Brahen.

35. Elizabeth Hunter

Producer | Jumping the Broom

Elizabeth Hunter is known for Jumping the Broom (2011), Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012) and The Fighting Temptations (2003). She has been married to Jordan Walker-Pearlman since April 25, 2015.

36. Saladin K. Patterson

Producer | Psych

Saladin Patterson Montgomery, Alabama(LAMP(Loveless Academic Magnet Program) Class of 1990) Writer, producer. Mr. Patterson earned an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering graduated from MIT then masters degree in Psychology from Vanderbilt University. He was a writer and producer for the ...

37. Dionne Warwick

Soundtrack | Alive

Dionne Warwick was born on December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Alive (1993), The Happytime Murders (2018) and Bird Box (2018). She was previously married to William Elliott.

38. Mablean Ephriam

Actress | Madea's Family Reunion

Mablean Ephriam was born on April 23, 1949 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Madea's Family Reunion (2006), Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009). She was previously married to Cassuis Paxton.

39. Mae Middleton

Actress | Any Day Now

Mae Middleton is known for Any Day Now (1998) and The Fighting Temptations (2003).

40. Nick Carter

Music_department | A Mighty Heart

Nickolas Gene Carter was born on January 28, 1980 in Jamestown, New York, to Jane Eleonora (Spaulding) and Robert Gene Carter. As a child, he appeared in several television commercials, and, in 1989, auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) (aka "The Mickey Mouse Club"). However, his ...

41. Erica Campbell

Actress | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Multi-Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and Nationally Syndicated Radio Host, Erica Campbell, is one of the most respected inspirational recording artists in music. She has released two solo albums as well as seven albums with her sister as part of the dynamic duo "Mary Mary." Campbell has ...

42. Chloe Bailey

Actress | Praise This

Chloe Bailey was born on July 1, 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Praise This (2023), Last Holiday (2006) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

43. Wayne Brady

Actor | Foodfight!

Wayne Brady was born in Columbus, Georgia and lived in Orlando, Florida. At 16, Brady had already decided on a career in the military. Little did he know that a chance performance in a high school play would garner him not only rave reviews but also permanently alter his long-range plans. Soon, he ...

44. Faith Evans

Soundtrack | Girls Trip

Faith Evans was born on June 10, 1973 in Lakeland, Florida, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Girls Trip (2017), Puff Daddy Feat. Faith Evans & 112: I'll Be Missing You (1997) and The Fast and the Furious (2001). She has been married to Stevie J since July 17, 2018. She was ...

45. Angie Stone

Actress | The Hot Chick

Angie Stone was born on December 18, 1961 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Hot Chick (2002), Ride Along (2014) and The Fighting Temptations (2003).

46. Ann Nesby

Soundtrack | Beverly Hills Cop III

A consummated actress, entertainer, songwriter and vocalist are a few of the creative attributes that describe and are possessed by Ann Nesby.

With a thespian career spanning over two decades she has worked alongside a who's who list of incomparable talents in the world of theater, film, and music.

...

47. Regina King

Actress | Ray

Regina King was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gloria, a special education teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. She began her career in the television show 227 (1985), followed by a role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). She began to be recognized by a mainstream audience after her role as Cuba ...

48. Tisha Campbell

Actress | Little Shop of Horrors

Tisha Michelle Campbell was born on October 13, 1968 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma & raised in Newark, New Jersey. Her first TV appearance was at the age of 8 on episode #006 of the PBS show, The Big Blue Marble (1974). The show featured stories on the life and culture of children from around the ...

49. Yolanda Adams

Soundtrack | The Sum of All Fears

Yolanda Adams was born on August 27, 1961 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Sum of All Fears (2002), Honey (2003) and Ride Along 2 (2016). She was previously married to Timothy Crawford Jr. and Troy Mason.

50. Dave Winfield

Producer | We Play Ball

Dave Winfield, the hard-hitting, Gold Glove outfielder who put together a Hall of Fame career with the San Diego Padres, the New York Yankees, the California Angels and the Toronto Blue Jays (with which he won a World Series Championship in 1992), Minnesota Twins (1993-1994), and Cleveland Indians ...

51. Sumner Redstone

Self | Nightline Up Close

Viacom Chairman Sumner Murray Redstone was the multi-billionaire who was the leading shareholder of media conglomerate Viacom and CBS Corp.

He was born Sumner Murray Rothstein on May 27, 1923, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Michael Rothstein, created National Amusements, a chain of three ...

52. Sherry Lansing

Producer | Indecent Proposal

Sherry was born in Chicago and pursued an acting career after graduating from Northwestern University. After appearing in two films, Loving (1970) and Rio Lobo (1970), Sherry decided to leave the acting field. In 1974, Sherry joined Talent Associates, as an executive in charge of development. In ...

53. F. Gary Gray

Director | Set It Off

Felix Gary Gray is an African-American music video director, film producer and film director from New York City known for directing films such as Friday, Men in Black: International, Be Cool, The Fate of the Furious, Set It Off, The Negotiator, Straight Outta Compton and The Italian Job. He ...

54. Nick Cannon

Actor | Drumline

Nicholas Scott Cannon is an American television host, rapper, actor, and comedian. Cannon began in television as a teenager on "All That" before going on to host "The Nick Cannon Show", 'Wild 'n Out", 'America's Got Talent", 'Lip Sync Battle Shorties", and "The Masked Singer." He acted in the films...

55. Jamie Foxx

Actor | Collateral

Jamie Foxx is an American actor, singer and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the biographical film Ray (2004). The same year, he was nominated for the Academy...

56. Justin Guarini

Actor | From Justin to Kelly

Justin Guarini was born in Columbus, Georgia, on October 28, 1978.

Dad Eldrin Bell is a former Atlanta police chief and Clayton County (Ga.) Commission Chair. Chief Bell is first cousin to acclaimed actor Samuel L. Jackson's wife, LaTonya.

Stepfather Jerry Guarini is a retired Navy physicist.

Mom ...

57. Victoria Rowell

Actress | Dumb and Dumber

Victoria Rowell is an award-winning actress, international lecturer, holds two 'honorary' doctorates - a teacher, advocate, mother, and former foster youth. She has been recognized by 193 members of Congress for advocacy work on behalf of education, arts, foster and adoptive youth and parents as ...

58. Paula Fortunato

Des nouvelles du bon Dieu

Paula Fortunato was born on May 15, 1962 in Toms River, New Jersey, USA. She is known for Des nouvelles du bon Dieu (1996). She was previously married to Sumner Redstone.

59. Jonathan Dolgen

Jonathan Dolgen was born on April 27, 1945 in Queens, New York, New York, USA. He was married to Susan. He died on October 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

60. Sugar Shane Mosley

Actor | Knockout

Former IBF Lightweight Champion (8 title defenses, all by KO); former WBC Welterweight Champion (3 title defenses, all by KO); former WBA Light Middleweight Super Champion; former WBC Light Middleweight Champion; former "The Ring" magazine Light Middleweight Champion; former WBC Interim ...

61. LeVar Burton

Actor | Star Trek: Generations

LeVar Burton was born on February 16, 1957 in Landstuhl, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998). He has been married to Stephanie Cozart Burton since October 3, 1992. ...

62. Rob Friedman

John Wick: Chapter 2

Rob Friedman is known for John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Blair Witch (2016) and The Shack (2017).

63. Mandie Taketa

Actress | Manband! The Movie

Mandie Taketa was born on March 3, 1976 in Hawaii, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Manband! The Movie (2007), American Music Awards 2022 (2022) and Untitled Wayne Brady & Family Project/Hulu. She was previously married to Wayne Brady.

64. Duane Martin

Actor | Scream 2

Duane Martin is a triple threat in Hollywood and has proven himself as a true maverick with a career that expands beyond Hollywood. Not only do his good looks and impeccable comedic timing earn him respect in the acting arena, but he is an accomplished writer and producer.

Duane was last seen ...

65. Anna Maria Horsford

Actress | Minority Report

Anna Maria Horsford was born and raised in Harlem, New York. Her parents immigrated to the United States from the island nation Antigua & Barbuda, in the West Indies (then a British colony), during the 1940s. Anna grew up not really feeling American but not West Indian either, just somewhere in ...

66. Shirley Gooding

67. Orlando Brown

Actor | Major Payne

Orlando Brown was born on December 4, 1987 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Major Payne (1995), Thirteen (2003) and Safe Harbor (1999).

68. Damon Elliott

Soundtrack | The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Damon Elliott is known for The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), Small Soldiers (1998) and The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). He has been married to Nicole since January 23, 2016. They have two children. He was previously married to Tamali.

69. Flex Alexander

Actor | Snakes on a Plane

Flex Alexander was born on April 15, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Snakes on a Plane (2006), One on One (2001) and The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007). He has been married to Shanice since February 14, 2000. They have two children.

70. Shanice

Soundtrack | Boomerang

Shanice Wilson has been singing since she was only 7 months old and throughout the years she just kept getting better and better. At the age of 8, she was picked to sing in a Kentucky Fried Chicken Commercial with the legendary Ella Fitzgerald and and was also a first prize winner on the talent tv ...

71. Darrell Vanterpool

Actor | Big Fish

Darrell Vanterpool was born on April 13, 1994 in the USA. He is an actor, known for Big Fish (2003), Surface (2005) and The Fighting Temptations (2003).

72. Nigel Washington

Actor | The Fighting Temptations

Nigel Washington is known for The Fighting Temptations (2003), S T U D E N T S (2013) and Glam Divos (2023).

73. Fred Jerkins

Soundtrack | Blue Streak

Fred Jerkins is known for Blue Streak (1999), Honey (2003) and Widows (2018).

74. Loretta Devine

Actress | Crash

Equally at home on stage and on screen, award-winning actress Loretta Devine has created some of the most memorable roles in theatre, film and television.

Devine first captured national attention in the role of Lorrell, one of the three original "Dreamgirls" in Michael Bennett's classic ...

75. Mechelle McCain

Actress | 35 and Ticking

Mechelle McCain is known for 35 and Ticking (2011), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and The Game (2006). She was previously married to Mike Epps.

76. Kim Director

Actress | The Deuce

Kim Director is an American actress best known for her work in films from director Spike Lee, including Inside Man and the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It. Kim played the character Shay on HBO's The Deuce from David Simon & George Pelecanos. The Deuce stared James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhall. ...

77. Sharon Stone

Actress | Basic Instinct

Sharon Stone was born and raised in Meadville, a small town in Pennsylvania. Her strict father was a factory worker, and her mother was a homemaker. She was the second of four children. At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania, and at that same age, entered Edinboro ...