Sonic X Episode 62 - An Underground Odyssey (2005 - Warner Bros. Animation, TMS Entertainment, Amblin Television, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, American Zoetrope and Dino De Laurentiis Company)

1. Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...

Director and Writer

2. John Landis

Director | The Blues Brothers

John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "...

Director

3. Alan Burnett

Producer | Batman Beyond

Alan Burnett was born in 1949 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Batman Beyond (1999), Superman: The Animated Series (1996) and The Batman (2004).

Producer

4. Liz Holzman

Art_department | Pinky and the Brain

Liz Holzman was born on February 9, 1953 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a producer, known for Pinky and the Brain (1995), Animaniacs (1993) and The Zeta Project (2001). She died on August 11, 2014 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Producer

5. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...

Producer

6. Sofia Coppola

Actress | The Godfather Part III

Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and ...

Producer

7. Dino De Laurentiis

Producer | Le notti di Cabiria

Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, extra, propman, or any other job he could get in the film industry. His persistence paid off, and by the time he reached his 20th birthday he already had one produced film under his belt. After serving ...

Producer

8. Martha De Laurentiis

Producer | Firestarter

Martha De Laurentiis formed the Dino De Laurentiis Company (DDLC) in 1980 with her partner and husband, Dino De Laurentiis. Over the past 33 years, Martha produced, executive produced, and co-produced over 40 films and miniseries. Now known as the De Laurentiis Company, the enterprise has overseen ...

Producer

9. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

Executive Producer

10. Simon Kinberg

Producer | The Martian

Simon Kinberg is a British film producer, director and screenwriter who is known for producing the X-Men films, Fant4stic, Logan, the Deadpool films, Cinderella and The Martian. He directed Dark Phoenix, the finale of the X-Men Beginnings films. He created Star Wars Rebels, an animated series set ...

Executive Producer

11. Jerry Bruckheimer

Producer | Top Gun: Maverick

Jerry Bruckheimer is a film and television producer born on September 21, 1943 in Detroit. He graduated from high school in 1961 before it was moving to Arizona. He started his career in 1968 to produce television commercials and advertising for the firm BBD&O in New York.

He left the commercial ...

Executive Producer

12. Phil Lord

Writer | The Lego Movie

Philip A. Lord is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Christopher Miller. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Into the Spider-Verse is ...

Executive Producer

13. Christopher Miller

Writer | The Lego Movie

Christopher Miller is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Philip A. Lord. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the ...

Executive Producer

14. Andrew Kevin Walker

Writer | The Killer

Andrew Kevin Walker was born on August 14, 1964 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Killer (2023), Se7en (1995) and Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023).

Writer

15. David Hayter

Actor | X-Men

David Hayter was born on February 6, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA as David Bryan Hayter. He is known for writing the screenplays to X-Men (2000), X-Men 2 (2003), and Watchmen (2009). He is best known as the voice of Solid Snake in the English versions of the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

Writer

16. Stephen McFeely

Writer | Avengers: Endgame

Stephen McFeely was born on February 24, 1970 in Walnut Creek, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He is married to Jennifer Cotteleer.

Writer

17. Christopher Markus

Writer | Avengers: Endgame

Christopher Markus was born on October 16, 1969 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has been married to Claire Saunders since October 22, 2011.

Writer

18. Yuji Naka

Producer | ChuChu Rocket!

Yuji Naka was born on September 17, 1965 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for ChuChu Rocket! (1999), Burning Rangers (1998) and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001).

Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator

19. Hirokazu Yasuhara

Writer | Two Worlds Collide: Chaotic Fusion

Hirokazu Yasuhara was born on October 12, 1965 in Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Two Worlds Collide: Chaotic Fusion, Fatal Labyrinth (1991) and Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994).

Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator

20. Naoto Ohshima

Director | Burning Rangers

Naoto Ohshima was born on February 26, 1964 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Burning Rangers (1998), Two Worlds Collide: Chaotic Fusion and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003).

Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator

21. Harry Gregson-Williams

Composer | Shrek

Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood's most sought-after and prolific composers whose long list of film and television credits underscore the diverse range of his talents. He most recently wrote the music for "The Last Duel" and "House of Gucci" both directed by Ridley Scott. In addition, he ...

Original Themes from "Sonic X"

Also Song Producer and Arranger for "Gotta Go Fast"

22. James Horner

Music_department | Titanic

James Horner began studying piano at the age of five, and trained at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before moving to California in the 1970s. After receiving a bachelor's degree in music at USC, he would go on to earn his master's degree at UCLA and teach music theory there. He ...

Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor and Producer

23. Peter Afterman

Music_department | The Trial of the Chicago 7

Peter Afterman is known for The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), Juno (2007) and Get on Up (2014).

Music Supervisor

24. Margaret Yen

Music_department | Juno

Margaret Yen is known for Juno (2007), Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and Pacific Rim (2013).

Music Supervisor

25. Kris Zimmerman

Casting_director | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Kris Zimmerman was born on December 12, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She is a casting director, known for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), Regular Show (2010) and Mad Max (2015). She was previously married to Patric Zimmerman and Carlton Salter.

Casting and Voice Director

26. Wes Gleason

Casting_director | Batman: The Killing Joke

Wes Gleason grew up in Melbourne, FL and is of Irish, Russian, German, and Puerto Rican descent. He attended the University of Florida and spent two summer internships working for DreamWorks in Los Angeles, CA. Wes began his career as a voice director in video games for companies such as Bethesda, ...

Casting and Voice Director

27. Ruth Lambert

Casting_director | Lilo & Stitch

Ruth Lambert is known for Lilo & Stitch (2002), Bumblebee (2018) and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023).

Celebrity Casting, C.S.A.

28. Jen Rudin

Casting_director | The Princess and the Frog

Jen Rudin has been married to Andy Finkelstein since June 4, 2016.

Celebrity Casting, C.S.A.

29. James Marsden

Actor | Hairspray

James Paul Marsden, or better known as just James Marsden, was born on September 18, 1973, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Kathleen (Scholz) and James Luther Marsden. His father, a distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University, and his mother, a nutritionist, divorced...

as Sonic the Hedgehog Sr (voice)

30. Kristen Bell

Actress | Frozen

Kristen Anne Bell (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and is the daughter of Lorelei (Frygier), a nurse, and Tom Bell, a television news director. Her ancestry is Polish (mother) and German, English, Irish, and Scottish (father). ...

as Miles "Tails" Prower (voice)

31. Jacqueline Obradors

Actress | Six Days Seven Nights

Actress Jacqueline Obradors is currently enjoying the success of her latest feature, 'Palm Springs,' in which she appears with Andy Samberg and Oscar-winner JK Simmons. Just like the record-breaking summer temperatures of the titular city, the film broke records after a bidding war ensued dating ...

as Amy Rose (voice)

32. Kevin Michael Richardson

Actor | Mortal Kombat

Well-known, king-sized actor and voice artist Kevin Michael Richardson was born in Bronx, New York. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works.

Richardson is a classically trained actor. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school...

as Knuckles the Echidna, Metarex Viper, Terrador the Earth Guardian (voice)

33. Spencer Breslin

Actor | The Cat in the Hat

Spencer Breslin was born on May 18, 1992 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Cat in the Hat (2003), The Kid (2000) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006).

as Chris Thorndyke (voice)

34. Aria Noelle Curzon

Actress | The Prince of Egypt

Aria Noelle Curzon was born on December 8, 1987 in Hollywood, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) and The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997). She was previously married to Alex...

as Cream the Rabbit (voice)

35. Jeffrey Tambor

Actor | Transparent

Jeffrey Tambor starred in Amazon Studios hit series TRANSPARENT, playing family patriarch "Mort Pfefferman," who over the course of the show becomes the unforgettable "Maura." Tambor's groundbreaking performance earned him two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award and a Critics' Choice ...

as Ignitus the Flame Guardian (voice)

36. Freddy Rodríguez

Actor | Planet Terror

Freddy Rodríguez was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Planet Terror (2007), Poseidon (2006) and Harsh Times (2005). He has been married to Maria Elsie Rivera since December 23, 1995. They have two children.

as Sparx the Dragonfly (voice)

37. Jerry O'Connell

Actor | Stand by Me

Jerry O'Connell was born in New York City, to Linda (Witkowski), an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, a British-born advertising agency art director. He spent his early years in Manhattan, with his parents and younger brother, Charlie O'Connell, who is also an actor. He is of one half Irish, one ...

as Terra (voice)

38. 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 ...

as Aqua (voice)

39. Russi Taylor

Actress | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

Russi Taylor was an American voice actress from Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the official voice of Minnie Mouse from 1986 until her death from colon cancer in 2019. She also voiced a lot of minor characters from The Simpsons including Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri. Grey DeLisle-Griffin ...

as Cheese the Chao (voice)

40. Mae Whitman

Actress | One Fine Day

Mae was born in Los Angeles, California to Pat Musick, a voice artist, and Jeffrey Whitman, a personal manager and set construction coordinator. She began her career with a voice-over for a Tyson Chicken commercial. Whitman attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school in Los Angeles.

Whitman...

as Cosmo the Seedrian (voice)

41. Jonathan Adams

Actor | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

"This fall, Jonathan Adams stars opposite Lacey Chabert in the Hallmark Channel film "The Sweetest Christmas".

Audiences will recognize Jonathan as "Chuck Larabee", the neighbor/cohort of Tim Allen, on "Last Man Standing", the ABC Series on which he appeared for the past four seasons.

Prior to that ...

as Dark Oak (voice)

42. Kari Wahlgren

Actress | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

Kari Wahlgren is an American actress from Kansas. She is most well-known for voicing Kitana and Mileena from Mortal Kombat, Starfire from Injustice 2, Velma Green the Spider Queen from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Kagami Hiiragi from Lucky Star, Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire ...

as Galaxina (voice)

43. Kate Higgins

Actress | Ralph Breaks the Internet

Catherine Davis Higgins is an American voice actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in English-language versions of anime, most notably as Sakura Haruno in the Naruto franchise, Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury in the Viz dub of Sailor Moon (1992), Saber in the Fate/stay night (2006), and ...

as Daisy (voice)

44. Catherine Sutherland

Actress | The Cell

Catherine was born in Sydney, New South Wales Australia in 1974. She was a model and actress in Sydney before being brought over to Los Angeles for the series, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Her interests include singing/songwriting, dancing, piano, horse riding, scuba diving, hiking, aerobics, ...

as Starla (voice)

45. Michelle Pfeiffer

Actress | The Fabulous Baker Boys

Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California to Dick and Donna Pfeiffer. She has an older brother and two younger sisters - Dedee Pfeiffer, and Lori Pfeiffer, who both dabbled in acting and modeling but decided against making it their lives' work. She graduated from Fountain Valley High ...

as Chrysanthemum (voice)

46. Grey Griffin

Actress | Batman: Arkham City

Grey Griffin was born in Fort Ord, California. She is a singer and well-known voice actress. She was raised by her grandmother through her difficult childhood because her mother was a drug addict. Her grandmother was a singer and performed often with Tito Puente. Grey was highly interested in goth ...

as Blue Typhoon Computer, Additional Voices (voice) (as Grey DeLisle)

47. Steve Blum

Actor | Star Wars Rebels

With hundreds of V/O credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of "Spike Spiegel" from Cowboy Bebop, "Wolverine" from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more),...

as Additional Voices (voice)

48. Dee Bradley Baker

Actor | American Dad!

Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: ...

as Additional Voices (voice)

49. Peter Renaday

Actor | Assassin's Creed

Peter Renaday is an American voice actor from Louisiana who voiced in several animated projects and video games including Assassins Creed, Evil Con Carne, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Country Bear Jamboree, The Aristocats, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, The Princess and the Frog, Ninja ...

as Metarex Base Voice, Additional Voices (voice)

50. Bill Fagerbakke

Actor | SpongeBob SquarePants

William Fagerbakke is an American actor known for voicing Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, Broadway from Gargoyles and playing Dauber in Coach. He is also known for his roles in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, Jennifer's Body, Lloyd in Space, ...

as Metarex Viper, Additional Voices (voice)

51. Bruce Thomas

Actor | Legally Blonde

Bruce Thomas was born on May 17, 1961 in the USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Legally Blonde (2001), Son of Batman (2014) and Hall Pass (2011).

as Master Eraqus (voice) (uncredited)

52. Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actor | The Master

Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport to Marilyn (Loucks), a lawyer and judge, and Gordon Stowell Hoffman, a Xerox employee, and was mostly of German, Irish, English and Dutch ancestry. After becoming involved in ...

as Master Xehanort (voice) (uncredited)

53. Jim Henrikson

Music_department | Apocalypto

Jim Henrikson is known for Apocalypto (2006), Avatar (2009) and Titanic (1997). He was previously married to Nancy Fogarty.

Supervisign Music Editor

54. Michael K. Bauer

Music_department | Avatar

Michael K. Bauer is known for Avatar (2009), Warcraft (2016) and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).

Music Editor (as Michael Bauer)

55. Dick Bernstein

Sound_department | Avatar: The Way of Water

Dick Bernstein is known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Apocalypto (2006) and Avatar (2009).

Additional Music Editor

56. Philip Tallman

Music_department | The Crowded Room

Philip Tallman is known for The Crowded Room (2023), Cruella (2021) and Promising Young Woman (2020).

Additional Music Editor

57. Barbara McDermott

Music_department | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Barbara McDermott is known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021).

Assistant Music Editor

58. Ian Underwood

Music_department | Blade Runner

Ian Underwood was born on May 22, 1939 in New York, USA. He is a composer, known for Blade Runner (1982), No Way Out (1987) and Aliens (1986).

Synthesizer Programmer

59. Randy Kerber

Music_department | The Eddy

Randy Kerber is an accomplished composer, orchestrator and keyboard player with a prolific recording career in film, television, and pop music. He began his first national tour with Bette Midler in 1977, at the age of 19. Kerber was nominated for an Oscar in 1986, along with Quincy Jones and others...

Synthesizer Programmer and Orchestrator

60. Bruce Babcock

Composer | Matlock

Applauded by Aaron Copland, inspired by Desmond Tutu, and mentored by Hugo Friedhofer and Earle Hagen, Bruce Babcock has spent his working life composing music for the musicians of Los Angeles. Successful in both film and television, and the concert hall, he is known for vibrant, sonorous, ...

Orchestrator

61. Edward Karam

Music_department | War of the Worlds

Edward Karam was born on August 28, 1929 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a composer, known for War of the Worlds (2005), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).

Orchestrator (as Eddie Karam)

62. Jon Kull

Music_department | I, Robot

Jon Kull is known for I, Robot (2004), Avatar (2009) and Krampus (2015).

Orchestrator

63. David Slonaker

Music_department | Spider-Man

David Slonaker is known for Spider-Man (2002), Planet of the Apes (2001) and The Avengers (1998).

Orchestrator

64. Conrad Pope

Music_department | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Conrad Pope is known for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012). He is married to Nan Schwartz.

Orchestrator

65. Jim Honeyman

Music_department | I, Robot

Jim Honeyman is known for I, Robot (2004), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and Logan (2017).

Orchestrator

66. Sandy De Crescent

Music_department | Jurassic Park

Sandy De Crescent is known for Jurassic Park (1993), Minority Report (2002) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).

Orchestra Contractor

67. Peter Rotter

Music_department | Avatar

Peter Rotter is known for Avatar (2009), Deadpool (2016) and Frozen (2013).

Orchestra Contractor

68. Bobbi Page

Actress | License to Wed

Bobbi Page is known for License to Wed (2007), The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).

Vocal Contractor

69. Bob Bornstein

Music_department | Star Trek: Generations

Bob Bornstein was born on May 14, 1928 in New Jersey, USA. He is known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). He was married to Audrey Lowell Bornstein and Audrey Lowell . He died on February 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, ...

Music Preparation

70. Simon Rhodes

Music_department | Skyfall

Simon Rhodes is known for Skyfall (2012), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

Score Recording and Mixing Engineer (Recorded and Mixed at Todd-AO Scoring Stage, Studio City, CA)

71. Tony Hinnigan

Music_department | Apocalypto

Attended St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in Glasgow in the 1970's . James McAvoy also attended this school in the 1990's. This school has quite a few famous alumnus, including footballers, actors , singers, composers and broadcasters . It originally opened in 1957 , but was demolished after the ...

Ethnic Woodwnds (Featured Musicians)

72. Kazu Matsui

Music_department | Willow

Kazu Matsui is known for Willow (1988), Mighty Joe Young (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005).

Ethnic Woodwnds (Featured Musicians)

73. Dean Parks

Music_department | Shooter

Dean Parks is known for Shooter (2007), Four Brothers (2005) and Nope (2022).

Guitars (Featured Musicians)

74. George Doering

Music_department | The Maze Runner

George Doering is known for The Maze Runner (2014), Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).

Guitars (Featured Musicians)

75. Carole Bayer Sager

Soundtrack | The Spy Who Loved Me

Carole Bayer Sager was born on March 8, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a composer, known for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Arthur (1981) and Junior (1994). She has been married to Robert A. Daly since June 8, 1996. She was previously married to Burt Bacharach and Andrew Sager.

Music and Lyrics for "Gotta Go Fast"

76. David Foster

Music_department | St. Elmo's Fire

David Foster was born on November 1, 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is a composer and producer, known for St. Elmo's Fire (1985), The Bodyguard (1992) and The Secret of My Success (1987). He has been married to Katharine McPhee since June 28, 2019. They have one child. He was ...

Music & Lyrics and Song Producer & Arranger for "Gotta Go Fast"

77. Linda Thompson

Soundtrack | The Bodyguard

Linda Thompson was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended Kingsbury High School where she was Homecoming Queen, and after graduation, she attended Memphis State University for 4 years, majoring in English and Drama. Linda was named Miss Tennessee Universe 1972, Miss Liberty Bowl, Miss Shelby ...

Music and Lyrics for "Gotta Go Fast" (as Linda Thompson-Foster)

78. Mark Mothersbaugh

Composer | Thor: Ragnarok

Graduate of Woodridge High School in Peninsula, Ohio.

Attended Kent State University (1970-73) in Kent, Ohio, to focus on attaining an art degree. While at Kent State Mothersbaugh met Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis, who ultimately joined him in forming the 1970-80s avant-garde band Devo.

Awarded an ...

Music and Lyrics for "Gotta Go Fast"

79. Gerald Casale

Soundtrack | Tank Girl

Gerald Casale was born on July 28, 1948 in Ravenna, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Tank Girl (1995), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995) and Casino (1995). He has been married to Krista Napp since September 11, 2015.

Music and Lyrics for "Gotta Go Fast"

80. Smash Mouth

Soundtrack | Wild Things

Smash Mouth is known for Wild Things (1998), Mystery Men (1999) and Inspector Gadget (1999).

Song Performer for "Gotta Go Fast"

Smash Mouth appears courtesy of Interscope Records

81. Michael Bublé

Soundtrack | Spider-Man 2

Multi-platinum artist Michael Bublé grew up near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was introduced to swing music and old standards by his grandfather, who offered his services for free as a professional plumber to musicians who were willing to let Michael sing a couple of songs with them on ...

Song Performer for "Gotta Go Fast"

Michael Bublé appears courtesy of 143 Records / Reprise Records

82. Trevor Horn

Soundtrack | Toys

Trevor Horn was born on July 15, 1949 in Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Toys (1992), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and Wanted (2008). He was previously married to Jill Sinclair.

Song Producer and Arranger for "Gotta Go Fast"

83. Jochem Van Der Saag

Sound_department | Great Performances

Jochem Van Der Saag is known for Great Performances (1971), Barbra Streisand: Cry Me a River (Live at the Bon Soir) (2022) and Chris Botti & The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (2022).

Song Producer for "Gotta Go Fast"

84. Michael McDonald

Soundtrack | The 40 Year Old Virgin

Michael McDonald was born on February 12, 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), No Way Out (1987) and Twister (1996). He has been married to Amy Holland since May 21, 1983. They have two children.

Music & Lyrics and Song Performer for "Yah Mo B There"

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

85. James Ingram

Soundtrack | Junior

As a sophomore at the University of Akron, he left town to come to Los Angeles with his band, Revelation Funk. The band broke up shortly after arriving in L.A. Shortly afterward, Ingram started working with Ray Charles as a piano player.

After Quincy Jones heard James Ingram's voice on "Just Once," ...

Music & Lyrics and Song Performer for "Yah Mo B There"

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

86. Rod Temperton

Soundtrack | The Color Purple

Rod Temperton was born on October 9, 1949 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Color Purple (1985), Running Scared (1986) and Boiler Room (2000). He was married to Kathy. He died on September 25, 2016 in London, England, UK.

Music and Lyrics for "Yah Mo B There"

87. Quincy Jones

Producer | The Color Purple

Considered to be one of the greatest minds in music and television history, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. was born on March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Sarah Frances (Wells), a bank executive, and Quincy Delight Jones, Sr., a carpenter.

Jones found his love for music while he was ...

Music and Lyrics for "Yah Mo B There"

88. Elton John

Soundtrack | Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Sir Elton John is one of pop music's great survivors. Born 25 March, 1947, as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, he started to play the piano at the early age of four. At the age of 11, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. His first band was called Bluesology. He later auditioned (...

Music for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"

89. Tim Rice

Soundtrack | Aladdin

A prolific lyricist and librettist, Tim Rice was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, in the fall of 1944. Rice pursued his university education at Lancing College and, briefly, at l'Universite de Paris - Sorbonne. He was considering a legal career around the time that he met Andrew Lloyd Webber in ...

Music for "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"

90. Benjamin Melniker

Producer | National Treasure

Benjamin Melniker was born on May 25, 1913 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer, known for National Treasure (2004), Batman & Robin (1997) and Batman Begins (2005). He was married to Shirley Gross and Jean Brody. He died on February 26, 2018 in Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, New York, ...

Special Thanks

91. Michael E. Uslan

Producer | National Treasure

Michael E. Uslan was born on December 15, 1950 in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for National Treasure (2004), The Batman (2022) and Batman & Robin (1997).

Special Thanks

92. Kathleen Kennedy

Producer | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Eight-time Academy Award®-nominated, Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most successful and respected producers and executives in the film industry today. As President of Lucasfilm, she oversees the company's three divisions: Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. In 1992, she ...

Special Thanks

93. Frank Marshall

Producer | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frank was born in Glendale, California to musician Jack Marshall. He entered the film world when his parents invited him to a birthday party for the daughter of directing legend John Ford in 1966. There, he met Peter Bogdanovich and soon agreed to work on his first film, Targets (1968), later ...

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94. George Clooney

Actor | The Ides of March

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...

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95. Anna Paquin

Actress | The Piano

Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.

She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved ...

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96. Heather Graham

Actress | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Heather Joan Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Joan (Bransfield), a schoolteacher and children's book author, and James Graham, an FBI agent. She and her sister, actress Aimee Graham, were raised by their strictly Catholic parents. They relocated often, as a result of their father's ...

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97. Kevin Kline

Actor | Wild Wild West

Kevin Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Margaret and Robert Joseph Kline, who owned several stores. His father was of German Jewish descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. After attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Kline studied at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1972, ...

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98. Lawrence Kasdan

Writer | The Big Chill

Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He directed Body Heat, Grand Canyon, The Big Chill, Silverado and Dreamcatcher. He wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Bodyguard, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story. He is ...

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99. George Lucas

Writer | Star Wars

George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...

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100. Roland Emmerich

Writer | Independence Day

Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original ...

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