The Best Actresses and Actors - Born in the 1970s

1. Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and was named after a nearby town, Winona, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Cynthia (Istas), an author and video producer, and Michael Horowitz, a publisher and bookseller. Her father's family is Ukrainian Jewish and ...

2499 points

2. Jared Leto

Actor | Dallas Buyers Club

Jared Leto is a very familiar face in recent film history. Although he has always been the lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and songwriter for American band Thirty Seconds to Mars, Leto is an accomplished actor merited by the numerous, challenging projects he has taken in his life. He is known to be ...

2492 points

3. Fairuza Balk

Actress | The Craft

"Fairuza!" ("Turquoise" in Farsi), her father exclaimed as he saw her blue eyes: Fairuza Alejandra Balk had just been born on May 21, 1974 in Point Reyes, California. Her father, Solomon Ben Feldthouse, was a traveling musician originally from Idaho, and her mother, Cathryn Balk, was a belly dancer...

1979 points

4. Ethan Hawke

Actor | Training Day

Ethan Green Hawke was born on November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas, to Leslie Carole (Green), a charity worker, and James Steven Hawke, an insurance actuary. His parents were students at the University of Texas at the time but divorced when Ethan was 5 years old. His mother raised him alone for the ...

1965 points

5. Amber Smith

Actress | L.A. Confidential

When Anheuser-Busch chose Amber Smith as the spokesperson for its new Michelob Ultra Amber lite beer, it was on a mission. Through posters, life-size standees and Point-of-purchase promotional materials, Amber's image was plastered across the nation. However, it was the 20-city "Meet Amber" tour ...

1853 points

6. Tobey Maguire

Actor | Brothers

Tobias Vincent Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California. His parents were 18 and 20, and not yet married, when he was born. His mother, Wendy (Brown), did advertising, publicity, and acting in Hollywood for years as she coached and managed Tobey. His father, Vincent Maguire, was a cook and ...

1775 points

7. Salvatore Cascio

Actor | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Salvatore Cascio was born on November 8, 1979 in Palazzo Adriano, Sicily, Italy. He is an actor, known for Cinema Paradiso (1988), Everybody's Fine (1990) and Cyber Eden (1992).

1706 points

8. Jennifer Connelly

Actress | A Beautiful Mind

Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to Ilene (Schuman), a dealer of antiques, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. Jennifer grew up in Brooklyn Heights, just across ...

1705 points

9. Matt Damon

Actor | Good Will Hunting

Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a sculptor. His father was of English and ...

1688 points

10. Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Actress | Traffic

Marisol Padilla Sánchez is an American actress born on June 7, in Los Angeles, California, She is known for her profound dramatic roles in L.A. Confidential (1997), Traffic (2000) and Before Night Falls (2000) amongst others. Her mother Daniela Valli, a Mexican Actress and Trapeze Artist, and is ...

1683 points

11. Glenn Fitzgerald

Actor | Flirting with Disaster

Glenn Fitzgerald is an actor of stage, film, and television.

Film roles include: Lonnie, the son of Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin in David O. Russell's cult classic Flirting with Disaster; Neil, the boy at the "key party" that goes home with Sigourney Weaver in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm; the Hasidic ...

1668 points

12. Bronagh Gallagher

Actress | Pulp Fiction

Bronagh Gallagher is an Irish-born singer and actress. Born in 1972 in Northern Ireland, Bronagh became involved in the performing arts, including music and drama during her teenage years. She later joined a local amateur drama group known as the Oakgrove Theatre Company. Bronagh made her screen ...

1641 points

13. Uma Thurman

Actress | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Uma Karuna Thurman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, into a highly unorthodox and internationally-minded family. She is the daughter of Nena Thurman (née Birgitte Caroline von Schlebrügge), a fashion model and socialite who now runs a mountain retreat, and of Robert Thurman (Robert Alexander ...

1507 points

14. Penélope Cruz

Actress | Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to ...

1465 points

15. Kate Winslet

Actress | Titanic

Ask Kate Winslet what she likes about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume that runs the gamut...

1445 points

16. Juliette Lewis

Actress | Natural Born Killers

Juliette Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991). To date, she has worked with some of the most revered ...

1440 points

17. Barry Pepper

Self | 'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp

Barry Robert Pepper was born on April 4, 1970, in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. He has two older brothers named Alex and Doug Pepper. The Peppers didn't stick around Campbell River for too long. They had been building a ship in their backyard for years. When Barry was five years old, ...

1438 points

18. Jon Seda

Actor | La Brea

Jon Seda's first passion was to be a championship boxer. After taking runner-up in the NJ Golden Gloves, the 1992 Olympics was the next goal. That's when fate stepped in; at his first audition, for Gladiator (1992), he was given a co-starring role! Since then he has branched off into numerous ...

1392 points

19. Grégoire Colin

Director | Lisières

Grégoire Colin was born on July 25, 1975 in Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and director, known for On the Edge (2012), La baie du renard (2009) and Nénette and Boni (1996).

1312 points

20. Wojciech Klata

Actor | Schindler's List

Wojciech Klata was born on January 27, 1976 in Warsaw, Poland. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Schindler's List (1993), Boys Don't Cry (2000) and The Decalogue (1989).

1301 points

21. Gwyneth Paltrow

Actress | Shakespeare in Love

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted producer and director Bruce Paltrow and Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner. Her father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. When Gwyneth was eleven, the family moved to Massachusetts, where ...

1273 points

22. Giuseppe Andrews

Actor | Detroit Rock City

Giuseppe Andrews was born in Key Largo, Florida. His birth name is Joey Murcia Jr, but as he grew up he thought his name sounded too young and changed it to Giuseppe after Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. After his parents divorced, Andrews became interested in acting. He and his father moved to ...

1273 points

23. Leonardo DiCaprio

Actor | Inception

Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...

1255 points

24. Zack Ward

Actor | Freddy vs. Jason

Zack Ward was born in 1970. He wanted to act, but his mom, an actress herself, wanted her son to be normal, and would not let him. Finally, his brother intervened, allowing Zack the chance to act. After a year of the small stuff, he got his first big audition for the '80s classic A Christmas Story ...

1231 points

25. Matt Ross

Director | Captain Fantastic

Matt Ross was born on January 3, 1970 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Captain Fantastic (2016), American Psycho (2000) and Face/Off (1997).

1213 points

26. Ben Chaplin

Actor | The Thin Red Line

With charm to spare and dark, unassumingly handsome looks, British actor Ben Chaplin arrived on the Hollywood scene in smart and sexy fashion with the comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996). While his habit for avoiding mainstream artificiality in favor of small, intense, independent ...

1211 points

27. Dash Mihok

Actor | Ray Donovan

Dashiell Raymond Mihok was born on May 24, 1974 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, to Andrea Mihok (née Cloak) and Raymond Thorne (born Raymond Mihok), both actors, with ties to the New York stage. He is of Czech and British descent. Dash was raised in a trendy artist building. He ...

1211 points

28. Minnie Driver

Actress | Circle of Friends

Minnie Driver was born January 31, 1970 in London and raised in Barbados until she was seven. Her mother, Gaynor Churchward, was a designer and former couture model. Her father, Charles Ronald "Ronnie" Driver, was a businessman. Minnie's mother was her father's mistress while he was still married ...

1205 points

29. Martha Plimpton

Actress | The Goonies

She has show biz in her blood. Martha Plimpton was born November 16, 1970, in New York City to two actors: Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton. Martha began her career at age 8, when her mom had a friend of hers, composer Elizabeth Swados, enroll her in an actors' workshop. At age 10, she got a ...

1194 points

30. Benoît Magimel

Actor | La pianiste

Son of a nurse and a bank employee, Benoît Magimel was born in Paris and grew up there. At age 12, he played Momo in Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988) by Étienne Chatiliez. He stopped his studies at age 16 to become an actor.

But he had a dual personality: on one hand the man of low budget films ...

1172 points

31. River Phoenix

Actor | My Own Private Idaho

River Phoenix was born River Jude Bottom in Madras, Oregon. His mother, Arlyn (Dunetz), a Bronx-born secretary, and his father, John Bottom, a carpenter, met in California in 1968. They worked as itinerant fruit pickers, and later joined the Children of God religious group (John was originally ...

1158 points

32. Agnieszka Krukówna

Actress | Fuks

Agnieszka Krukówna was born on March 20, 1971 in Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Fluke (1999), Farba (1997) and Schindler's List (1993). She was previously married to Radoslaw Fleischer.

1117 points

33. Paula Malcomson

Actress | The Hunger Games

Born in 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Paula Malcomson is an extremely prolific film and television actress with numerous credits to her name. Malcomson began her career in the early 1990s with small parts primarily in film before scoring higher-profiles roles in the Oscar-nominated film The ...

1115 points

34. Ajay Naidu

Actor | Office Space

Naidu's first professional acting job, which he won from an open call, was a leading role opposite Michael Keaton in the 1986 film Touch and Go (1986). This was followed by an ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) episode, ABC Afterschool Specials: No Greater Gift (1985), where he played Nick Santana, a ...

1094 points

35. 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...

1067 points

36. Alison Folland

Actress | To Die For

Alison Folland was born on August 10, 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and director, known for To Die For (1995), The Happening (2008) and Good Will Hunting (1997).

1066 points

37. Mary Kate Schellhardt

Actress | Apollo 13

Mary Kate Schellhardt grew up in an artistic family. Always in acting class, Mary Kate studied in Chicago at the Piven Theatre Workshop where she developed through the Viola Spolin techniques in theatre games.

At the age of 13, she was discovered by casting director Gail Levin, during a nationwide ...

1063 points

38. KaDee Strickland

Actress | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

KaDee Strickland was born on December 14, 1975 in Patterson, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), Fever Pitch (2005) and The Grudge (2004). She has been married to Jason Behr since November 10, 2006. They have one child.

1051 points

39. John Cho

Actor | Star Trek

John Yohan Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child. His father was a Christian minister. Cho was educated at Herbert Hoover High School at Glendale, before moving on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied English literature. Upon ...

1051 points

40. Toni Collette

Actress | About a Boy

Toni Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress, best known for her roles in The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

Collette was born Toni Collett (she later added an "e") on November 1, 1972, in Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is the first of three...

1048 points

41. Takeshi Kaneshiro

Actor | Shi mian mai fu

The 1/2 Taiwanese and 1/2 Japanese Takeshi Kaneshiro may have started out as a puerile teen idol in the Chinese entertainment scene, but he's since become a proper film star in his own right. Whether by his own design or not, the boyishness that marked his first steps into showbiz has evolved into ...

1026 points

42. Edward Furlong

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Edward Walter Furlong was born in Glendale, California. His mother, Eleanor (Tafoya), is from a Mexican family, and worked at a youth center. Furlong had no acting ambitions until he was approached by casting agent Mali Finn, who was looking for a young actor to play the role of John Connor in what...

1023 points

43. Jason Lee

Actor | Almost Famous

Born in Santa Ana, California in 1970, Jason Lee is an American film photographer, actor, producer, and director. Well known for having been a professional skateboarder during skateboarding's very pivotal late 80s and early 90s, Lee would go on to pursue acting in 1993, working in film, television,...

1023 points

44. Kent Faulcon

Director | Naomi

Kent Faulcon is an actor-writer-director who has been seen in memorable films like "Selma," "War of the Worlds," "Men in Black," and television shows including ABC's hit series "Blackish" and six seasons as a series regular on OWN's "For Better or Worse." His directorial feature debut "Sister's ...

1013 points

45. Pavel Delong

Actor | Daria

Pavel Delong was born on April 29, 1970 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He is an actor and director, known for Daria (2020), House (2008) and Schindler's List (1993).

1008 points

46. 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 ...

1004 points

47. Hong Tao

Actress | Hei yanjing

Hong Tao was born on January 15, 1972 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. She is an actress and producer, known for Hei yanjing (1997), Forgetting to Know You (2013) and A Little Reunion (2019). She has been married to Zheng Xu since 2003. They have one child.

1002 points

48. Dan Wyllie

Actor | Love My Way

Daniel Wyllie is an Australian actor of stage, film and television. Wyllie began acting on the stage and has a wide range of work in the theatre.

Wyllie primarily works in theatre, having appeared in many productions over the past twenty years. He performs frequently with the Sydney company Company ...

1001 points

49. Marco Leonardi

Actor | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

With his starring roles in two of the most popular foreign films of all time, Italian native Marco Leonardi has become one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. Leonardi most recently completed production on two feature films that showcase his diversity as an actor. In Once Upon a Time in ...

996 points

50. Maïwenn

Actress | Polisse

Maïwenn (sometimes credited as Maïwenn Besco or her birth name Maïwenn Le Besco, born 17 April 1976) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter.

Maïwenn Le Besco was born in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, a suburban area east of Paris. Maïwenn is of mixed Breton, Vietnamese, French, ...

983 points

51. Jing Ning

Actress | Xin hai ge ming

Jing Ning was born on April 27, 1972 in Guiyang, Guizhou, China. She is an actress, known for 1911 (2011), Pao Da Shuang Deng (1994) and Red River Valley (1997).

959 points

52. Labina Mitevska

Actress | Jas sum od Titov Veles

Labina Mitevska was born in 1975 in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. She studied in the faculty of Art and Archaeology at the University of St. Kiril and Metodi (Skopje) as well at the European Film College (Denmark) and the University of Arizona's Department of Art History. She started her ...

944 points

53. Jacob Vargas

Actor | Mr. Iglesias

Jacob Vargas began his acting career when he was discovered breakdancing in a schoolyard at age 12. His introduction to acting came with a bit part as a breakdancer on the hit TV show Diff'rent Strokes (1978). In 1995 he won the very first ALMA Award (for Emerging Artist of the Year) for his work ...

935 points

54. Chang Chen

Actor | Wo hu cang long

Chang Chen, an international renowned actor, first earned his attention at the age of 14 when he took the lead role in A Brighter Summer Day. Since then, he was nominated three times at the Golden Horse Awards, and several times for best actor at the Berlinale and the Cannes Film Festival. He won ...

910 points

55. Jennifer Lien

Actress | Star Trek: Voyager

Jennifer Anne Lien was born on August 24, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She has an older sister and an older brother. Jennifer knew that she wanted to act from a young age. Encouraged by her English and drama teachers, she began performing in a summer theater and festivals at the age of 13. She ...

878 points

56. Ethan Suplee

Actor | Remember the Titans

Ethan Suplee has established himself over the past few decades as an actor of considerable talent and accomplishment. His diverse and eclectic resume ranges from hilarious roles in such comedies as Mallrats (1995) and Without a Paddle (2004) to hauntingly dramatic performances in intense features ...

878 points

57. Antonio David Lyons

Actor | Monster

Antonio David Lyons was born on December 20th in Hollywood, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Book of Negroes (2015), American History X (1998), Hotel Rwanda (2004) and The Sum of All Fears (2002).

His artistic universe straddles the globe with one foot planted firmly in both ...

878 points

58. Alex Sol

Actor | Taking Lives

Alex Sol was born in 1973. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Taking Lives (2004), American History X (1998) and The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002).

878 points

59. Keram Malicki-Sánchez

Actor | Texas Chainsaw 3D

Keram Malicki-Sanchez is an actor, filmmaker, musician/film composer and also noted new media producer/consultant who has been invited to speak at conferences across North America about the future of tech, social media, immersive technology and the intersection of technology and the arts. He is the...

878 points

60. Jordan Marder

Actor | American History X

Jordan Marder was born on April 11, 1973 in Westchester County, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for American History X (1998), Lord of Illusions (1995) and Virtuosity (1995).

878 points

61. Danso Gordon

Actor | American History X

A native of Canada, Gordon was born in Toronto and lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia before coming to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Always the class clown growing up, Gordon somehow knew he would turn his knack for making kids laugh (and driving teachers crazy) into a way of life. His first ...

878 points

62. Keith Odett

Actor | The Strip

Keith Odett was born on November 24, 1971 in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Strip (1999), Act Like a Movie Star (2013) and Post Star (2011).

878 points

63. Wes Bentley

Actor | American Beauty

Wes Bentley is an American actor who first became well-known via his role in the Oscar-winning film American Beauty (1999), in which he played the soulful, artistic next-door neighbor Ricky Fitts. He also portrayed game-maker Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games (2012), and co-stars in Lovelace (2013) ...

868 points

64. Mena Suvari

Actress | American Beauty

Mena Alexandra Suvari was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the youngest of four children. She is the daughter of Ando Suvari, a psychiatrist, and the former Candice Chambers, a nurse. Mena's first name comes from her British aunt named after the "House of Mena" Hotel (at the base of the pyramids in ...

868 points

65. Ara Celi

Actress | Machete

Ara Celi was born on May 31, 1974 in El Paso, Texas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Machete (2010), American Beauty (1999) and Bruce Almighty (2003). She has been married to Robert Godines since 2000. They have two children.

868 points

66. Marissa Jaret Winokur

Actress | Bupkis

Marissa Jaret Winokur was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Bupkis (2023), What We Do in the Shadows (2019) and Celebrity Big Brother (2018). She has been married to Judah Miller since October 7, 2006. They have one child.

868 points

67. Brian Bloom

Actor | The A-Team

Brian Bloom is an American actor and writer known for playing Brock Pike in The A-Team, Captain America, Daredevil, Bullseye, the Silver Surfer and the Punisher in several Marvel games and cartoons, Kleiver in Jak and Daxter, Black Mask in Batman: Arkham Origins, Nick Reyes in Call of Duty: ...

868 points

68. Symba

Actress | L.A. Confidential

Originally from Gulfport, Mississippi, Symba realized at a very early age that she wanted to be an actress - and her first break came after winning the "Miss Teen All-American" pageant in Miami. A New York-based modeling agent spotted her there and asked her to move to the Big Apple. Later, in 1991...

867 points

69. Agnieszka Wagner

Actress | Schindler's List

Agnieszka Wagner was born on December 17, 1970 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), Letters to Santa (2011) and Quo vadis (2001).

865 points

70. Maja Ostaszewska

Actress | Jack Strong

Maja Ostaszewska was born on September 3, 1972 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Jack Strong (2014), The Haven (1998) and Schindler's List (1993).

865 points

71. Agnieszka Korzeniowska

Actress | Schindler's List

Agnieszka Korzeniowska was born in 1970 in Chrzanów, Malopolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), Niedzielne igraszki (1983) and Na dobre i na zle (1999).

865 points

72. Sarah Ripard

Actress | The Sixth Sense

As an artist and entrepreneur, and never to shy away from challenging topics, Sarah Ripard's diverse body of work reflects her passion to continue collaborating with high caliber filmmakers and artists who examine and deepen an awareness of the human condition, the world, and have the vision and ...

864 points

73. Liisa Repo-Martell

Actress | Lars and the Real Girl

Liisa Repo-Martell was born in February 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Lars and the Real Girl (2007), The English Patient (1996) and Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006).

857 points

74. Shane Meier

Actor | Needful Things

Shane began his film career when he was 12, as Clint Eastwood's son in Unforgiven (1992). He got a chance to play his childhood idol on television by portraying a "young MacGyver" for a few of episodes of MacGyver (1985). He was short-listed, and brought to Los Angeles by Steven Spielberg to ...

857 points

75. Josh Charles

Actor | Dead Poets Society

Joshua Aaron Charles is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on Sports Night; Will Gardner on The Good Wife, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations; and his early work as Knox Overstreet in Dead Poets Society. He is the son of Allan Charles, an advertising ...

848 points

76. Dylan Kussman

Actor | Jack Reacher

A professional actor since 1985, Dylan got his big break as Richard Cameron in "Dead Poets Society". He has since appeared in numerous feature films, including "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken", "Jack Reacher", "Flight", "X2", and "The Way of the Gun", and has worked alongside such cinematic luminaries...

848 points

77. Allelon Ruggiero

Actor | Dead Poets Society

Allelon Ruggiero has been a professional actor since 1988 when he played Stephen Meeks, one of the "dead poets" from Peter Weir's classic, "Dead Poets Society". He finished out his acting training at the Performing Arts School of Philadelphia after "Dead Poets" wrapped, and went on to study film at...

848 points

78. Kurt Leitner

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Kurt Leitner was born in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Kurt is a production manager and actor, known for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), The Creator (2023) and Down Low (2023).

848 points

79. Gael García Bernal

Actor | Mozart in the Jungle

Gael García Bernal was born in Guadalajara to Patricia Bernal, an actress/model & José Ángel García, an actor/director. His stepfather's cinematographer Sergio Yazbek. He began his acting career as a child, working w/ his parents in a variety of plays. At 14, he starred in a soap opera called El ...

843 points

80. Vanessa Bauche

Actress | Amores perros

Vanessa Bauche was born on February 18, 1973 in Mexico. She is an actress and producer, known for Amores Perros (2000), The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) and The Mask of Zorro (1998).

843 points

81. Ricardo Dalmacci

Actor | Amores perros

Ricardo Dalmacci was born on January 14, 1972 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for Amores Perros (2000), Prisionera (2004) and Alta tensión (1997).

843 points

82. Humberto Busto

Actor | Oso Polar

Humberto Busto was born on June 23, 1978 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor and director, known for Polar Bear (2017), Diablero (2018) and El Chapo (2017).

843 points

83. Christopher Serrone

Actor | Goodfellas

Christopher Serrone was born in 1976 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Goodfellas (1990), Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011) and Pumpkinhole (2022).

843 points

84. Valerie Chow

Actress | Chung Hing sam lam

Valerie Chow was born in Hong Kong as Ka-Ling Chow, the only daughter of a well-off family. In 1991, she won Miss Hong Kong Pageant as the first runner up. She went back to Hong Kong University to finish her law degree before returning, in 1993, to her acting career.

Chow's career kicked off with a ...

840 points

85. Candela Peña

Actress | Princesas

Candela Peña was born on July 14, 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is an actress and director, known for Princesses (2005), All About My Mother (1999) and Take My Eyes (2003).

838 points

86. Eloy Azorín

Actor | Todo sobre mi madre

Eloy Azorín was born on February 19, 1977, in Madrid. He is the humourist Eloy Arenas's son. Thanks to him, he knows the show business from the inside out. His first appearance in cinema was as the main character of Como un relámpago (1996) where he shared credits with Santiago Ramos and ...

838 points

87. Yael Barnatán

Actress | Todo sobre mi madre

Yael Barnatán was born in 1976 in Spain. She is an actress and assistant director, known for All About My Mother (1999), Matar al ángel (2004) and Hospital Central (2000). She is married to Ezequiel. They have two children.

838 points

88. Elizabeth Regen

Actress | Léon

Elizabeth Regen is an American actress best known for her role as Rita Nash in the television sitcom Whoopi, appearing in 22 episodes from 2003-2004.

She made her screen debut in the 1994 feature film The Professional, playing the ill fated sister of the main protagonist, Mathilda (played by Natalie...

838 points

89. Adam Busch

Actor | Léon

Attended the East Meadow Public School System. In High School he stole the leads of all the plays. He was in Theatre Guild. Graduating in 1996, he was voted Most-Dramatic in the Senior Superlatives although he spent much of senior year in Florida filming The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1996). He ...

838 points

90. Kate Hudson

Actress | Almost Famous

Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from ...

837 points

91. Liz Stauber

Actress | Almost Famous

Liz Stauber was born in Indianapolis to Dan Stauber, a mental health administrator, and Paula Jones, a respected psychotherapist and daughter of civic leader Vel Ryder. The couple divorced while Liz and her sister Christine were young. Liz got her first acting role as a small child in Indianapolis ...

837 points

92. Jimmy Fallon

Writer | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon was born in 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, to Gloria (Feeley) and Jimmy Fallon. He is of Irish, German, and Norwegian descent. He was raised in Saugerties, New York, which is in upstate New York. He has performed stand up, impressions and characters across the country, in some of the ...

837 points

93. Marlon Wayans

Actor | White Chicks

Marlon Wayans is an American actor, writer and comedian. He is known for playing Tyrone C. Love in Requiem for a Dream, Shorty Meeks from Scary Movie, Marcus Anthony Copeland II from White Chicks and Thunder from Marmaduke. He played Drake Winston/Robin in deleted scenes of Batman Returns and ...

837 points

94. Trine Dyrholm

Actress | Dronningen

Trine Dyrholm was born on April 15, 1972 in Odense, Denmark. She is an actress and director, known for Queen of Hearts (2019), Love Is All You Need (2012) and In a Better World (2010).

834 points

95. Jason Hervey

Actor | Back to the Future

Jason Hervey was born April 6th, 1972 in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Alan & Marsha Hervey, brother of Scott. At the age 4, Jason began his career appearing in over 250 commercials for some of Americas favorite brands. Before long, his visibility from the various commercials lead him ...

834 points

96. Maia Brewton

Actress | Adventures in Babysitting

Maia Brewton was born on September 30, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Back to the Future (1985) and Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990). She has been married to Lara Spotts since 2008. They have two children.

834 points

97. Damon Whitaker

Actor | First Daughter

Damon Whitaker was born on October 21, 1970 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for First Daughter (2004), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) and Mr. Holland's Opus (1995).

831 points

98. Rahul Khanna

Actor | Bollywood/Hollywood

Rahul Khanna was born on June 20, 1972 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. He is an actor, known for Bollywood/Hollywood (2002), Wake Up Sid (2009) and The Emperor's Club (2002).

827 points

99. Jude Law

Actor | The Talented Mr. Ripley

Jude Law is an English actor. Law has been nominated for two Academy Awards and continues to build a prolific body of work that spans from early successes such as Gattaca (1997) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) to more recent turns as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes:...

826 points

100. Pernilla Allwin

Actress | Fanny och Alexander

Pernilla Alwin is a Swedish actress born on 4 September 1970. Her major film role came under the direction of Ingmar Bergman in the acclaimed masterpiece Fanny and Alexander (1982), where she played Fanny (also in the extended miniseries as well). Ver natural instincts are all evident while playing...

824 points