The Mexican 2001 premiere

1. Brad Pitt

Actor | Fight Club

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri to Jane Etta Pitt (née Hillhouse), a school counselor & William Alvin "Bill" Pitt, a truck company manager. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student ...

2. Julia Roberts

Actress | Pretty Woman

Julia Fiona Roberts never dreamed she would become the most popular actress in America. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou (Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. As a child, due to her ...

3. Lawrence Bender

Producer | Pulp Fiction

Lawrence Bender is a movie producer working in the entertainment industry for 20 years. He helped produce Hollywood films like Reservoir Dogs (1992), Good Will Hunting (1997), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django (2012). Lawrence won 6 Academy Awards with 29 nominations including 3 Best Picture ...

4. Gore Verbinski

Director | Rango

Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...

5. Elizabeth Perkins

Actress | Sharp Objects

Elizabeth Ann Perkins was born on November 18, 1960, in the borough of Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. Her mother, Jo Williams, was a concert pianist and drug treatment counselor, and her father, James Perkins, was a businessman, farmer, and writer. She is of Greek and English descent....

6. Lisa Kudrow

Actress | Friends

Hardly the dumb blonde of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Lisa was born in Encino, California on July 30, 1963. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Belarus, Russia, and ...

7. Thora Birch

Actress | Ghost World

For some people, oatmeal starts the day off right - for Thora Birch, it launched a healthy career in front of the camera. It's hard to believe that the actress, who slunk into stardom with her turn as the disillusioned daughter in American Beauty (1999), is even related to the apple-cheeked blonde ...

8. Jon Voight

Actor | Midnight Cowboy

Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in the war film "Coming Home" (1978). He has also been nominated for the same award other two times. He was first ...

9. Quentin Tarantino

Writer | Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.

In January of...

10. Sheryl Crow

Soundtrack | Tomorrow Never Dies

Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American musician, actress and singer from Kennett, Missouri. She is known for multi-genre songs such as "Soak Up the Sun", "Real Gone", "All I Wanna Do", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Picture" and "My Favorite Mistake". Her songs can be heard in films such as Cars, Kangaroo ...

11. Gwen Stefani

Soundtrack | Trolls

Gwen Renée Stefani was born on October 3, 1969 in Fullerton, California & raised in Anaheim, California. She was one of four children born to Dennis Stefani and Patti Flynn. Her siblings are Eric Stefani, Jill and Todd Stefani. Her father is of Italian descent and her mother's ancestry is English, ...

12. Gavin Rossdale

Actor | Constantine

Gavin Rossdale was born on October 30, 1965 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Constantine (2005), Stealth (2005) and Tank Girl (1995). He was previously married to Gwen Stefani.

13. Jennifer Aniston

Actress | Friends

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father was Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. Jennifer spent a year of her childhood living in Greece with her family. Her family then relocated to New York City...

14. Kyle MacLachlan

Actor | Twin Peaks: The Return

The "boy next door, if that boy spent lots of time alone in the basement", is how Rich Cohen described Kyle MacLachlan in a 1994 article for "Rolling Stone" magazine. That distinctly askew wholesomeness made MacLachlan a natural to become famous as the alter ego of twisted director David Lynch.

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15. 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 ...

16. Lisa Kudrow

Actress | Friends

Hardly the dumb blonde of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Lisa was born in Encino, California on July 30, 1963. Her mother, Nedra S. (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N. Kudrow, is a physician. Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Belarus, Russia, and ...

17. Elizabeth Daily

Actress | Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Elizabeth EG Daily is an American actress, singer, and one of the top talents in the world of voiceover. You might know her in the classics as Dottie from "Peewee's Big Adventure" to "Valley Girl," or the classic "Smelly Cat" episode of Friends. Maybe Candy from The Devil's Rejects.

EG is said to be...

18. Michael Bergin

Actor | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

Michael Bergin is perhaps best known as "Jack 'J.D.' Darius" on the internationally renowned hit series Baywatch (1989). An actor and model, Bergin has been featured in magazines and on billboards around the world. Growing up in the small town of Naugatuck, Connecticut, Bergin never considered ...

19. Stacy Kamano

Actress | Baywatch

With a unique and exotic look, Stacy Kamano makes a stunning addition to the "Baywatch Hawaii" cast this season as local Hawaii lifeguard "Kekoa Tanaka." Since childhood, Stacy has spent considerable time behind the camera as a successful model and actress. Born and raised in Honolulu, Stacy comes ...

20. Julie Benz

Actress | Dexter

Julie Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on May 1, 1972. Julie's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in ...

21. Richard Coca

Actor | The Mexican

Richard Coca was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for The Mexican (2001), Minority Report (2002) and The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996).

22. David Krumholtz

Actor | Oppenheimer

David Krumholtz is an American actor and comedian. He played Mr. Universe in Serenity, Charlie Eppes in the CBS drama series Numb3rs, and starred in the Harold & Kumar and The Santa Clause film franchises. Krumholtz was born in Queens, New York City. He is the son of Michael, a postal worker, and ...

23. Beverley Mitchell

Actress | 7th Heaven

Rising to fan-magazine fame through her stint as Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven (1996), Beverley was born in Arcadia, California. Before her most famous role, Beverley started her career off with a well-known temper tantrum, alongside her mother, in the middle of a shopping mall. A talent agent heard ...

24. Julie Moran

Actress | Independence Day

Julie Moran was born on January 10, 1962 in Thomasville, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Independence Day (1996), All Good Things (2010) and Criminal Minds (2005). She has been married to Rob Moran since April 12, 1987. They have two children.

25. Nancy O'Dell

Actress | Scream 3

Nancy O'Dell began her broadcast career as a reporter and anchor at WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She later worked as morning news anchor and crime reporter at WCBD-TV. While in Charleston, O'Dell's reports on the lenient police approach to DUI cases led to a State Law Enforcement ...

26. Julio Macat

Cinematographer | Home Alone

Julio Macat was born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 20, 1957, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1971, at the age of 14. Macat attended Beverly Hills High School and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Macat began his career at the age of 19 working as a camera technician at Filmart. ...

27. Leonor Varela

Actress | Blade II

Leonor Varela was born on December 29, 1972 in Santiago de Chile, Chile, the daughter of Leonor Palma, a massage therapist, and Francisco Varela (Francisco Javier Varela Garcia), a biologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher. Her family fled to Costa Rica, leaving behind the dictatorship of Augusto ...

28. Michel Stern

Self | 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Michel Stern has been married to Lisa Kudrow since May 27, 1995. They have one child.

29. Lori Petty

Actress | Tank Girl

After this feisty, highly offbeat actress from Chattanooga, Tennessee, broke into TV in the 1980s, she immediately set herself apart from the norm with a prime role as new owner Bud Cort's female friend in the bizarre mini-movie Bates Motel (1987). This rather inauspicious beginning would also set ...

30. Julie Dreyfus

Actress | Inglourious Basterds

Julie Dreyfus was born in Paris, France. After studying interior design, she moved to Japan as a young adult and made her debut on Japanese T.V. She became fluent in Japanese and English and appeared in several American movies as well. She is very well known in Japan but is also known ...

31. Caroline Rhea

Actress | The Perfect Man

Caroline Rhea was born on April 13, 1964 in Westmount, Québec, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Perfect Man (2005), Christmas with the Kranks (2004) and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996).

32. Ever Carradine

Actress | The Requiem Boogie

Ever Carradine was born on August 6, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Requiem Boogie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and Bubble Boy (2001). She has been married to Coby Brown since October 1, 2005. They have two children.

33. John Aniston

Actor | Days of Our Lives

John Aniston was born on July 24, 1933 in Crete, Greece. He was an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Search for Tomorrow (1951) and Journeyman (2007). He was married to Sherry Rooney and Nancy Dow. He died on November 11, 2022 in the USA.

34. Sherry Rooney

Actress | Search for Tomorrow

Sherry Rooney was born on February 14, 1946 in Bell Canyon, California. She is an actress, known for Search for Tomorrow (1951), The Fall Guy (1981) and Love of Life (1951).

35. Sherman Augustus

Actor | Virus

Sherman Augustus was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Virus (1999), The Foreigner (2003) and Colors (1988).

36. Alecia Guzman

Actress | Baywatch

Alecia Guzman is known for Baywatch (1989), Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997) and Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998).

37. Jeffrey Katzenberg

Producer | Shrek

Jeffrey Katzenberg was born on December 21, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Shrek (2001), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Just Like Heaven (2005). He has been married to Marilyn Katzenberg since 1975. They have two children.

38. Guy Ritchie

Director | Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...

39. Ricky Schroder

Actor | Black Cloud

He was born Richard Bartlett Schroder, Jr., in Staten Island, New York on April 13th, 1970. His mother, Diane Schroder was an employee at AT&T, which is also the same company that employed his father, Richard Bartlett Schroder, Sr.

Eventually working his way up to management from being a telephone ...

40. Andrea Schroder

Producer | Paid Vacation

Andrea Bernard Schroder was born and raised in a large family in Canada. As a young girl, Andrea spent the weekends painting her room, sewing drapes, or making her own clothes from vintage fabrics. At age 18, she met and married her husband, actor Ricky Schroder. Andrea is a producer for film/...

41. John Baldecchi

Producer | The Mexican

Mr. Baldecchi is the CEO of Digital Riot Media (DRM), a media strategist and content producer. DRM has built a slate of movies and episodic shows focused on new forms of distribution. Digital Riot's current feature productions include the Netflix feature 'Sandkings' based on the George RR Martin ...

42. Cecilia Montiel

Production_designer | The Mask of Zorro

Cecilia Montiel was born in 1955 in Lima, Peru. She is a production designer and art director, known for The Mask of Zorro (1998), The Mexican (2001) and Desperado (1995).

43. Ahmet Zappa

Producer | The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Ahmet Zappa is a true multi-hyphenate. He is an entrepreneur, NY Times Best Selling Author, film & television screenwriter, director, producer, musician, toy & game inventor, and the radio talk show host of Rocktails on SiriusXM. Focusing on the intersection of entertainment and technology, Zappa ...

44. James Woods

Actor | Vampires

James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather ...

45. Hilary Rowland

Actress | The Lesbian Guide for Idiots

Hilary Rowland is known for The Lesbian Guide for Idiots (2015) and The 10th Annual YTV Achievement Awards (1999).

46. Laura Kimley

47. Marilyn Katzenberg

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Marilyn Katzenberg was born on April 2, 1948. Marilyn is a writer and producer, known for The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998) and Happily Ever After (1985). Marilyn is married to Jeffrey Katzenberg. They have two children.

48. Diva Zappa

Actress | Pledge This!

Diva Zappa was born on July 30, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Pledge This! (2006), The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (2010) and Next Exit (2022).

49. J.H. Wyman

Producer | Fringe

J.H. Wyman was born in Oakland, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Fringe (2008), Almost Human (2013) and Debris (2021).

50. J.K. Simmons

Actor | Whiplash

J.K. Simmons is an American actor.

He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music).

He had ...

51. Bob Balaban

Actor | Gosford Park

Bob Balaban was born on August 16, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Gosford Park (2001), A Mighty Wind (2003) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He has been married to Lynn Grossman since April 1, 1977. They have two children.

52. Michael Cerveris

Actor | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Born on November 6, 1960 in Bethesda, Maryland, US, he is an American actor and singer, best known for his role in Fringe (2008) and his many appearances on Broadway theatre stages. His father, also called Michael Cerveris, was a professor of music and his mother, Marsha (née Laycock), was a dancer...

53. Castulo Guerra

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

An actor with an international flair and a distinguished voice, Cástulo Guerra was born in Córdoba, Argentina, August 24, 1945, to Cástulo Guerra and María Sola, and was nicknamed Pericles by medical students at the pension where they lived. He grew up in pre-Andean Salta in northern Argentina. In ...

54. Gene Hackman

Actor | The French Connection

Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Anna Lyda Elizabeth (Gray) and Eugene Ezra Hackman, who operated a newspaper printing press. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch (German), English, and Scottish ancestry, partly by way of Canada, where his mother was born. After ...

55. Christopher Ball

Producer | Donnie Darko

Christopher Ball is known for Donnie Darko (2001), The Prestige (2006) and The Skulls (2000).

56. Alan Silvestri

Composer | The Polar Express

In his ongoing, decades-long career as a composer, Alan Silvestri has blazed an innovative trail with his exciting and melodic scores, winning the applause of Hollywood and movie audiences the world over. With a credit list of over 100 films Silvestri has composed some of the most recognizable and ...

57. Dariusz Wolski

Cinematographer | The Martian

Dariusz Wolski is a Polish film and music video cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Tide (1995), Dark City (1998), the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Martian (2015) and All the Money in the World (2017).

Many of his ...

58. Craig Wood

Editor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Craig Wood is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and Rango (2011).