Surviving Christmas 2004 premiere
by thatgalaredcarpeteventguy | created - 31 Aug 2020 | updated - 31 Aug 2020 | PublicThursday October 14th, TCL Chinese Theatre 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
1. 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...
2. James Gandolfini
Actor | The Sopranos
James Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, to Santa (Penna), a high school lunchlady, and James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a bricklayer and head school janitor. His parents were both of Italian origin. Gandolfini began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival ...
3. Jann Carl
Actress | Captain America
Jann Carl was born on May 19, 1960 in Carthage, Missouri, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Captain America (1990), Bulworth (1998) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). She has been married to David Sears since September 3, 1988. They have two children.
4. James Denton
Actor | Desperate Housewives
The second of three children born to a dentist and his wife in Nashville, Tennessee, Denton grew up in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, attended Goodlettsville High School, briefly played basketball at a junior college, then went on to graduate with honors from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, ...
5. Giuliana Rancic
Actress | 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Giuliana DePandi was born in Naples, Italy in 1975. Her family moved to the United States, namely Washington D.C., during her childhood. Fluent only in Italian, Giuliana prides herself on the fact that she taught herself English by watching day-time soaps and other television shows.
After graduating...
6. Bob Goen
Actor | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Born and raised in Long Beach, California, Bob Goen graduated with a degree in telecommunications and film at San Diego State University in 1976. The following year, he later used his college radio experience to land a part-time job at KFOX radio in Long Beach, which led to his first full-time job ...
7. Josh Zuckerman
Actor | Austin Powers in Goldmember
Josh Zuckerman was born on April 1, 1985 in Stanford, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Surviving Christmas (2004) and Feast (2005).
8. Tyler Hoechlin
Actor | Road to Perdition
Tyler Lee Hoechlin is an American actor. Initially earning recognition for starring as Michael Sullivan Jr. in the 2002 film Road to Perdition, Hoechlin went on to star as Martin Brewer on 7th Heaven between 2003 and 2007. In television, he is also known for portraying Derek Hale on Teen Wolf and ...
9. Bill Macy
Actor | The Jerk
Bill Macy was born on May 18, 1922 in Revere, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jerk (1979), Maude (1972) and Analyze This (1999). He was married to Samantha Harper and Judith Janus. He died on October 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
10. Jason Mewes
Actor | Clerks
New Jersey born and bred actor, who burst onto cinema screens in 1994, playing the grass smoking, fast talking, foul mouthed and over sexed,...but very likable "Jay" in Kevin Smith's hilarious low budget hit Clerks (1994). The off beat & philosophical drug dealing characters of "Jay and Silent Bob"...
11. Kevin Smith
Producer | Clerks
Kevin Patrick Smith was born in Red Bank but grew up in Highlands, New Jersey, the son of Grace (Schultz) and Donald E. Smith, a postal worker. He is very proud of his native state; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. Kevin is of mostly German, with some Irish and English, ancestry.
His ...
12. Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
Actress | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith was born on April 7, 1971 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006) and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019). She has been married to Kevin Smith since April 25, 1999. They have one child.
13. Christina Applegate
Actress | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Christina Applegate was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to record producer/executive Robert Applegate and singer-actress Nancy Priddy. Her parents split-up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings from her father's re-marriage - Alisa (b. October 10, 1977) and Kyle (b. July 15...
14. Jennifer Morrison
Actress | House M.D.
Jennifer Marie Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest child of teachers David and Judy Morrison. She was raised in Arlington Heights, IL, with a younger sister and brother. She attended the same school her parents taught at, Prospect High School. As a child, she did some work as a model...
15. Catherine O'Hara
Actress | A Mighty Wind
Canadian actress, writer, and comedian, Catherine O'Hara gained recognition as one of the original cast members on the Canadian television sketch comedy show SCTV (1976). On the series, she impersonated the likes of Lucille Ball, Tammy Faye Bakker, Gilda Radner, Katharine Hepburn, and Brooke Shields...
16. Betty Thomas
Self | Howard Stern
Betty Thomas was born July 27, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating from Ohio University with a BA in fine arts. Initially sidetracked, Betty first taught school in Chicago but found herself restricted and needing more of an open forum for self-expression than a classroom. She found herself drawn...
17. Jenno Topping
Producer | Ford v Ferrari
Jenno Topping was born in Sagaponack, New York, USA. She is known for Ford v Ferrari (2019), Hidden Figures (2016) and St. Vincent (2014). She is married to Chris Moore. They have three children.
18. Mike Mitchell
Actor | Monsters vs. Aliens
Mike Mitchell was born in Oklahoma City to parents, Robert Mitchell, and Julia Baker. He graduated from Putnam City North High School, having been deeply involved with their arts programs. He then left behind his hometown and moved to Los Angeles to attend the California Institute of the Arts. ...
19. Mary Margaret O'Hara
Soundtrack | Museum Hours
Mary Margaret O'Hara was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is known for Museum Hours (2012), Maudie (2016) and Black Widow (2005).
20. Alan McHugh
Actor | Taggart
Alan McHugh is known for Taggart (1983), Dear Green Place (2006) and Outlander (2014).
21. Marianne Curan
Actress | Matilda
Marianne studied theatre at Catholic Univ. and NY's Circle in the Square and also got a degree Broadcast Journalism at the Univ. of Maryland. Her first love being comedy she was head writer, producer and performer with DC's satirical troupe, Gross National Product and co-created their Scandal Tours...
22. Udo Kier
Actor | Hunters
Beginning his life with the same flair for the dramatic that would come to define his career, Udo Kier was born in Köln, Germany near the end of the 2nd world war. The hospital was bombed and buried Kier and his mother in the rubble. Both survived, and Kier would later move to London as a young ...
23. David Selby
Actor | Falcon Crest
Tall (6'3"), darkly handsome, seriously-looking David Selby, highly regarded for his villainous work on both daytime and nighttime soap classics, was born on February 5, 1941, in Morgantown, West Virginia. He attended West Virginia University and graduated with both B.S. and M.A. degrees from West ...
24. Stephanie Faracy
Actress | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Stephanie Faracy was born on January 1, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), Temple Grandin (2010) and Sideways (2004).
25. Stephen Root
Actor | Barry
Stephen Root, one of today's most prolific character actors, is currently starring in HBO's hit series Barry, for which he received a Best Supporting Actor Emmy Nomination. Barry has been nominated for multiple Emmy's and Golden Globes, and has been renewed through season four. Stephen recently ...
26. Sy Richardson
Actor | Repo Man
Sy Richardson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Chicago Illinois. He attended fourteen elementary schools, five high schools and three colleges before he figured it out. An artist is a free spirit and boredom is a breath away from than death. He is married to a former Blue Satin model. Sy ...
27. Tangie Ambrose
Actress | In Plain Sight
Tangie Ambrose was born on June 4, 1967 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and cinematographer, known for In Plain Sight (2008), A House Divided (2019) and A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996).
28. Peter Jason
Actor | 48 Hrs.
Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Peter Jason was born on July 22, 1944, in Hollywood, CA, and grew up in Balboa. He attended Newport Beach Elementary School, Horace Ensign Junior High and Newport Harbor High School. He originally planned on being a football player, but fell in love...
29. Ray Buffer
Actor | Into the Wild Frontier
Ray Buffer (born 1969 as Raymond Ernest Buffer, Jr.,) is an American actor and singer. He was born and raised in Greenacres, Florida, and is the son of Delana (Hawks), a homemaker and housekeeper, and Raymond Ernest Buffer, Sr. A landscaper. His ancestry is European. He was adopted by the Buffer's ...
30. Phill Lewis
Actor | Heathers
Phill Lewis was born on February 14, 1968 in Uganda. He is an actor and director, known for Heathers (1988), City Slickers (1991) and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005). He is married to Meagn Benton. They have two children.
31. Hailey Noelle Johnson
Actress | Daddy Day Care
Hailey Noelle Johnson was born on December 12, 1997 in San Diego, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Daddy Day Care (2003), Friends with Money (2006) and Surviving Christmas (2004).
32. Sean Marquette
Actor | 13 Going on 30
Sean Rodriguez Marquette, at the age of five, landed his first series role on the Emmy award winning daytime soap, "All My Children". He was born in Dallas, Texas, lived in New Jersey and New York during his role on this soap, and then moved to California.
His film and TV credits are extensive. Sean...
33. Sonya Eddy
Actress | Inspector Gadget
Sonya Eddy, a native of Concord, California, graduated from UC Davis. During her intense studies she began her acting career in the West Coast premiere of "Zora, Is My Name!" (written by the award-winning actress Ruby Dee). Sonya performed several roles in "Zora" including Big Sweet - a bawdy blues...
34. Tom Kenny
Actor | SpongeBob SquarePants
Tom Kenny grew up in East Syracuse, New York. When Tom was young he was into comic books, drawing funny pictures and collecting records. Tom turned to stand-up comedy in Boston and San Francisco. This led to appearances on every cable show spawned by the stand-up epidemic of the '80s and '90s as ...
35. Harry Elfont
Writer | Josie and the Pussycats
Writer/director Harry Elfont met partner, writer/director Deborah Kaplan, at NYU film school. In a strange coincidence, they discovered that their parents were friends and that they both attended neighboring high schools in Philadelphia. They have written and directed numerous projects over the ...
36. Deborah Kaplan
Writer | Surviving Christmas
Writer/director Deborah Kaplan met partner, writer/director Harry Elfont, at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' prestigious film school. In a strange coincidence, they discovered that their parents were friends and that they both attended neighboring high schools in Philadelphia. Kaplan had spent time...
37. Jennifer Ventimilia
Writer | Surviving Christmas
Jennifer Ventimilia was born on May 20, 1966 in Somerville, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Surviving Christmas (2004), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and Rio (2011).
38. Joshua Sternin
Writer | Surviving Christmas
Joshua Sternin was born on December 3, 1966 in Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Surviving Christmas (2004), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and Rio (2011). He is married to Paige Scurti Sternin.
39. Randy Edelman
Music_department | The Last of the Mohicans
Randy Edelman was born on June 10, 1947 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992), xXx (2002) and Anaconda (1997). He has been married to Jackie DeShannon since June 3, 1976. They have one child.
40. Peter Lyons Collister
Camera_department | The Amazing Spider-Man
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Collister attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and started his career as a 2nd unit DP on such films as "The Blue Lagoon", "Summer Lovers" and "Blame it on Rio". He has worked as cinematographer on numerous well-known blockbuster films including "Halloween 4: ...
41. Tom Priestley Jr.
Camera_department | Deep Impact
Tom Priestley Jr. is known for Deep Impact (1998), Runaway Train (1985) and Double Team (1997).
42. Craig McKay
Editor | The Silence of the Lambs
Craig McKay is known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993) and Reds (1981). He is married to Patricia Knack McKay. They have one child.
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