Fast & Furious 2009 premiere

1. Justin Lin

Justin Lin is a Taiwanese-American film director whose films have grossed $2 billion worldwide. He is best known for his work on Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious 3-6 and Star Trek Beyond. He is also known for his work on television shows like Community and the second season of True ...

2. Vin Diesel

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' ...

3. Paul Walker

Actor | The Fast and the Furious

Paul William Walker IV was born in Glendale, California. He grew up together with his brothers, Caleb and Cody, and sisters, Ashlie and Amie. Their parents, Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor, and Cheryl (Crabtree) Walker, a model, separated around September 2004. His grandfather, William ...

4. Michelle Rodriguez

Actress | Fast & Furious 7

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a housewife, and Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a U.S. Army solider. Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. Michelle always knew she was ...

5. Jordana Brewster

Actress | Fast & Furious 7

Raven-haired beauty Jordana Brewster was born on April 26, 1980 in Panama City, Panama. Her mother, Maria João Leal de Sousa, is a Brazilian-born model who appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1978. Her father, Alden Brewster, is an American-born investment banker, who has English, ...

6. John Ortiz

Actor | Silver Linings Playbook

John Ortiz was born on November 21, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Gangster (2007) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). He is married to Jennifer Ortiz. They have one child.

7. Laz Alonso

Actor | Avatar

Chosen as one of Variety's "Top Ten Actors to Watch" and part of the new breed of leading men in Hollywood, Laz Alonso is starring in Amazon Prime's series THE BOYS. He can also be seen playing opposite Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba in their new series LA'S FINEST. He previously starred opposite...

8. Sung Kang

Actor | Furious 6

Sung-Ho Kang is a Korean-American actor and producer from Clarkston, Georgia who is widely known for playing Han Lue from the Fast & Furious series of films and Better Luck Tomorrow. He also acted in Raya and the Last Dragon, Pearl Harbor, Ninja Assassin and Obi-Wan Kenobi. He is married to Miki ...

9. Neal H. Moritz

Producer | The Fast and the Furious

Neal H. Moritz is an American film and television producer who was born on June 6, 1959. After graduating from college at Westwood, he earned a master's degree in 1985, which led to a startup of his own production company Neal Moritz Productions. He had a production deal with Paramount Pictures. ...

10. Michael Fottrell

Production_manager | The Fate of the Furious

Michael Fottrell is known for The Fate of the Furious (2017), Central Intelligence (2016) and Live Free or Die Hard (2007).

11. Chris Morgan

Producer | Fast & Furious 7

Chris Morgan is known for Furious 7 (2015), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and Furious 6 (2013).

12. Alison Brie

Actress | GLOW

Alison Brie was born in Hollywood, California, to Joanne (Brenner), who worked at a non-profit child care agency, and Charles Terry Schermerhorn, a musician and entertainment reporter. Her mother is Jewish and her father has Scottish, Dutch, English, German, and Norwegian ancestry. Brie grew up in ...

13. James Kyson

Actor | Preacher

One of today's most exciting & versatile actors, voted by Buzzfeed as a Top 10 Asian-American Leading Man, and by TV Guide as "Hollywood's 25 Hottest", James is next appearing in the feature Year 2, and was recently seen in Netflix movie Yes Day, and the HBO show Lovecraft County. He recently guest...

14. 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...

15. Jeremy Sumpter

Actor | Peter Pan

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter was born on February 5, 1989 in Monterey, California, to Sandra (Johnson) and Gary Sumpter. He was raised in his mother's hometown, Mount Sterling, Kentucky. At a young age, he enjoyed mountain climbing and play with his friends like any other normal kid, but when he ...

16. Jamie Chung

Actress | Big Hero 6

Jamie Chung was born and raised in California, the daughter of Korean parents. She studied Economics at the University of California, Riverside. Chung's break came in 2004, when she was working in a sports bar. MTV held auditions for The Real World (1992) there, she tried out, and was successful, ...

17. Bai Ling

Actress | Red Corner

Bai Ling is recognized for unbridled freedom and creativity, Bai Ling has become undoubtedly one of the world's most diverse and captivating actresses! Born in the city of Cheng Du in southern China, Bai Ling began her career at age of 14. She enlisted In the Chinese People's Liberation Army, where...

18. Michel Gondry

Director | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. When he was young, Gondry wanted to be a painter or an inventor. In the 80s he entered in an art school in Paris where he could develop his graphic skills and where he also met friends with whom he created a pop-rock band ...

19. Briana Evigan

Actress | Step Up 2: The Streets

Briana was born on October 23rd, in Los Angeles, California. Her nationality is American and ethnicity is mixed (Polish and Italian). Born to actor Greg Evigan, and Dancer Pam Evigan, raised with her two siblings, music producer Jason Evigan, and actress Vanessa Evigan. This Husky-Voiced Evigan ...

20. Michael Jai White

Actor | Black Dynamite

Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White ...

21. Gal Gadot

Actress | Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model. She was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland, Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia who Hebraized their name from 'Greenstein' to sound less European). She served in the IDF for two years, and won the Miss Israel title in ...

22. Matthew Marsden

Actor | Rambo

British actor/singer/Producer Matthew Marsden began his acting career in the UK and rose to stardom from his role on the long-running ITV series Coronation Street (1960), as Chris Collins. He left the show to pursue a music and acting career in the US and hasn't looked back since.

Since moving to ...

23. Shar Jackson

Actress | Good Burger

Sharisse Jackson was born on August 31, 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Costa Mesa, California. Jackson is of African American and Cherokee descent on her mother's side and Puerto Rican and Mexican descent on her father's. Shar has been acting since she was three and enrolled in the Al ...

24. Larenz Tate

Actor | Crash

Larenz Tate was born on the west side of Chicago to Larry and Peggy Tate, the youngest of three brothers. His brothers are actors Larron Tate and Lahmard J. Tate. In 1984, Larenz and his family moved to California. It was while living in California that Larenz's parents got him and his brothers ...

25. John Singleton

Writer | Boyz n the Hood

Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three ...

26. Ian Ziering

Actor | Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

Ian Ziering (pronounced 'EYE-an, Zare-ring') was born on March 30, 1964, and was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. By the mid-1970s, young Ian was landing spots in national commercials at the age of 12, which led to roles in various soap operas and stage plays, most notably Guiding Light (1952), ...

27. Pharrell Williams

Soundtrack | Hidden Figures

Pharrell Williams was born on April 5, 1973 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Hidden Figures (2016), Despicable Me 2 (2013) and Despicable Me (2010). He has been married to Helen Lasichanh since October 12, 2013. They have four children.

28. Chad Hugo

Soundtrack | Austin Powers in Goldmember

Chad Hugo was born on February 24, 1974 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Death Race (2008) and Taxi (2004).

29. Marc Shmuger

Producer | Lucy

Marc Shmuger was born on June 27, 1958. He is a producer and writer, known for Lucy (2014), The Circle (2017) and Anna (2019).

30. David Linde

Producer | Arrival

David Linde is CEO of Participant, the leading global media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires and compels social change. Linde is responsible for leading the Company's overall strategy, content creation, advocacy, operations, strategic investments and acquisitions. Participant's ...

31. Adam Fogelson

Producer | Adrift

Leads all aspects of film development, production, marketing, distribution and home entertainment for STXfilms. Former Chairman of Universal Pictures, where he was involved in films including Ted, Bridesmaids, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Snow White and the Huntsman, Identity Thief, Pitch Perfect, The ...

32. Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson

Actor | The A-Team

Quinton Ramone "Rampage" Jackson is an American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional wrestler, who most recently fought in the Bellator MMA. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and unified the Pride Middleweight Championship belt. Due to his eccentric personality and ...

33. Mirtha Michelle

Actress | Fast & Furious

Mirtha Michelle is an actress and writer born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on January 17th. At five years old her parents, Jose and Mirtha moved the family to Miami, Florida. She grew up in a very close-knit family, also consisting of her older sister Cathryn and younger brother Jose Angel....

34. Maasai Singleton

Writer | gen:LOCK

Maasai Singleton is known for Gen: Lock (2018), Transformers: Earthspark (2022) and Transformers: Cyberverse (2018).

35. Neil Brown Jr.

Actor | SEAL Team

Born in a rough neighborhood to strict, but loving parents. Neil Brown, Jr, who was a gifted martial artist and self proclaimed "knucklehead ", received his first role in film purely by chance, when a producer Patty Thomas Robinson walked into his karate Dojo looking for a kid to be in the TV ...

36. Sleepy Brown

Soundtrack | Captain Marvel

Sleepy Brown is known for Captain Marvel (2019), Smokin' Aces (2006) and xXx: State of the Union (2005).

37. Gina Hiraizumi

Actress | Hawaii Five-0

Gina Hiraizumi recurs on Season 3 of the hit HBO Max series, Doom Patrol (2019). An adaptation of the DC Universe series, she brings to life "The Quiz," a passionate, fearless enigma that viewers are alternately introduced to as the Japanese speaking "Sachiko." The most powerful force of the ...

38. Art Hsu

Actor | The FP

Art Hsu an American actor. He is best known for playing the emcee and mystical hype man KCDC in The FP indie film series, and the main antagonist Johnny Vang in Crank: High Voltage opposite Jason Statham. He was born in New York City, and studied acting at the East West Players Theater in Los ...

39. Robert Miano

Actor | Fast & Furious

Robert Miano was born in New York City and raised in the South East Bronx around when Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra played for the New York Yankees. In school, Robert joined the Glee Club and realized that he had a gift for singing. At the age of 15, he started his showbiz career when a talent agent ...

40. Brian Tyler

Music_department | Avengers: Age of Ultron

Brian Theodore Tyler is an American composer, conductor, arranger and producer known for his film, television and video game scores. In his 24-year career, he has scored Transformers: Prime, Eagle Eye, The Expendables trilogy, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron with Danny Elfman, Now You See Me, ...

41. William Romeo

Actor | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Albert Romeo Williams grew up in Houston, Texas where he flourished in the arts including dance, theater and martial-arts. William's hard work and tenacity earned him a 2nd degree Black Belt and won him various accolades in kickboxing. But, Houston could not tame William and he set his sights on ...

42. Maya Stojan

Actress | Castle

Maya Stojan was born on June 28, 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland. She is an actress and producer, known for Castle (2009), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) and Fatal Affair (2020).

43. Kevin Huvane

Self | This Changes Everything

Kevin Huvane was born on November 7, 1958 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is a talent agent and actor.

44. Zulay Henao

Actress | Fighting

Zulay Henao was born in Medellin, Colombia. Zulay is an actor and producer, known for Fighting (2009), Takers (2010) and Boy Wonder (2010).

45. Efren Ramirez

Actor | Mad Families

Efren Ramirez has been working as a professional actor for many years. Initially, his career consisted of guest star appearances on television, as he appeared in diverse roles on "E.R.", "AMERICAN DAD", "JUDGING AMY", "THE DISTRICT", "MAD TV", and "SCRUBS."

However, it was his memorable portrayal of...

46. Sterling Knight

Actor | 17 Again

Sterling Knight was born and raised in Houston, Texas, who discovered his passion for acting at an early age of 10. He appeared on various plays through out his school years and had his big film break as a supporting role on 17 Again (2009) as Alex O'Donnell. In his first leading television role, ...