Hitch 2005 premiere
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1. Will Smith
Producer | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden ...
2. Eva Mendes
Actress | The Other Guys
Eva Mendes is an American actress, model and businesswoman. She began acting in the late 1990s. After a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), she made a career-changing appearance in Training Day (2001). Since then, ...
3. Kevin James
Actor | Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, New York, to Janet (Klein), an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. He was raised in Stony Brook, and attended SUNY Cortland, where he played fullback on the football team...
4. Steffiana De La Cruz
Actress | Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Steffiana De La Cruz was born on August 28, 1974 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Zookeeper (2011) and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015). She has been married to Kevin James since June 19, 2004. They have four children.
5. Amber Valletta
Actress | Gamer
Amber Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA as Amber Evangeline Valletta. She is an actress, producer and model. She began her career as a fashion model. Valletta was married to Olympic volleyball player Chip McCaw with whom she has a son, Auden. Valletta endorsed Democrat President Barack ...
6. Andy Tennant
Director | Fool's Gold
Andy Tennant was born on June 15, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Fool's Gold (2008), Hitch (2005) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002). He has been married to Sharon Johnson since February 13, 1993. They have four children.
7. Julie Ann Emery
Actress | Five Days at Memorial
Actress Julie Ann Emery is best known for her breakout recurring role in "Better Call Saul," AMC's highly buzzed-about prequel to "Breaking Bad." She can be seen as a series regular in AMC's fan favorite, "Preacher." Julie Ann takes on the important role of Lara Featherstone, one of the Grail's ...
8. Jada Pinkett Smith
Actress | The Matrix Revolutions
Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol Grant Pinkett, Jr., a contractor, and Adrienne Banfield-Jones, a nurse. They divorced after only a few months of marriage. Her father is of African-American descent and her mother is of Afro-Caribbean ancestry (from Barbados and ...
9. Howard Stringer
Producer | CBS Reports
Howard Stringer was born in 1942 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He is a producer and director, known for CBS Reports (1959), Wool and Doctor Zhivago.
10. Dave Winfield
Producer | We Play Ball
Dave Winfield, the hard-hitting, Gold Glove outfielder who put together a Hall of Fame career with the San Diego Padres, the New York Yankees, the California Angels and the Toronto Blue Jays (with which he won a World Series Championship in 1992), Minnesota Twins (1993-1994), and Cleveland Indians ...
11. Jerry Stiller
Actor | The Heartbreak Kid
As the short, straight-man counterpart of the stellar husband-and-wife comedy team "Stiller & Meara", Jerry Stiller and wife Anne Meara were on top of the comedy game in the 1960s, a steady and hilarious presence on television variety, notably The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), on which they appeared 36 ...
12. Nick Cannon
Actor | Drumline
Nicholas Scott Cannon is an American television host, rapper, actor, and comedian. Cannon began in television as a teenager on "All That" before going on to host "The Nick Cannon Show", 'Wild 'n Out", 'America's Got Talent", 'Lip Sync Battle Shorties", and "The Masked Singer." He acted in the films...
13. Missy Elliott
Soundtrack | Moulin Rouge!
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Hip-hop emcee and R&B songwriter Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott has become one of the most esteemed figures in contemporary American music, providing material for artists including MC Lyte, Adina Howard, and Jodeci, as well as working as an arranger, producer, talent ...
14. Paula Patton
Actress | Precious
Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (Vanraden) and Charles Patton. Her father is African-American and her mother, who is caucasian, has German, English, and Dutch ancestry. Her family lived across the street from the 20th Century Fox lot when she was growing up and she was a ...
15. Eva Marcille
Actress | The Young and the Restless
Eva Marcille was born on October 30, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), I Think I Love My Wife (2007) and Smallville (2001). She was previously married to Michael Sterling.
16. Jai Rodriguez
Actor | The Producers
Emmy Award-winning television host/actor Jai Rodriguez began his career at age 18 when he was cast in the role of Angel in the critically acclaimed Broadway musical RENT. Jai continued his Broadway career, appearing in shows like The Producers and Spinning Into Butter, and he created and performed ...
17. Tweet
Soundtrack | The Transporter
Charlene Keys, was discovered by then young and unknown Missy Elliott after winning an open audition for Elliot's all-girl group called "Sugar". Missy was a talent like no one had ever seen, and by 1997 she had made it with her chart-topping debut album. Charlene was working with the girl group, ...
18. Venus Williams
Producer | King Richard
Venus Williams is an American professional tennis player. Williams has been ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks. She first reached the No. 1 ranking on February 25, 2002, the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era, and the ...
19. Austin Lysy
Actor | Garden State
Austin Lysy was born on April 19, 1977 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Garden State (2004), Everybody's Fine (2009) and Hitch (2005).
20. Josh Lucas
Actor | Ford v Ferrari
Josh Lucas was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Michele (LeFevre), a nurse midwife, and Don Maurer, an ER doctor.
Lucas' film career began by accident in 1979 when a small Canadian film production shot on the tiny coastal South Carolina island, Sullivan's Island, where Lucas and his family lived. ...
21. Amerie
Actress | First Daughter
Introduced to most of the world in 2005 with the smash single "1 Thing," triple-threat actress / dancer / singer-songwriter-producer Ameriie continues to evolve.
Amerie was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, to Mi Suk, a Korean-born artist, and Charles Rogers, an African-American military man. As a ...
22. Stacie Jones Upchurch
Actress | The Scorned
Stacie Jones Upchurch was born on February 26, 1969 in Colorado, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Scorned (2005), No Mirror Land (2001) and Rylie and Codie's World (2022).
23. Michael Rapaport
Actor | Deep Blue Sea
New Yorker through and through, Michael Rapaport was born on March 20, 1970, in Manhattan, to June Brody, a radio personality, and David Rapaport, a radio program manager. He is of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.
Rapaport moved to Los Angeles to try stand-up comedy following high school ...
24. Nathan Lee Graham
Actor | Zoolander
Nathan Lee Graham was born on September 9, 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Zoolander (2001), Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and Zoolander 2 (2016).
25. Grandmaster Dee
Actor | GrandMaster Dee LIVE
Grandmaster Dee is known for GrandMaster Dee LIVE (2020), Whodini: Rap Machine (1983) and Whodini: Big Mouth (1985).
26. Jonessa Monique
Self | Making the Band 2
27. Tatyana Ali
Actress | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Tatyana Marisol Ali was born on January 24, 1979, in North Bellmore, New York, to Sonia, a nurse from Panama, and Sheriff Ali, a retired police officer from Trinidad. At the age of four, she started singing and got a taste of fame when she begged her mother to take her to an audition for Sesame ...
28. Mona Scott-Young
Producer | The Legend of Pinky Pinky
Mona Scott-Young is known for The Legend of Pinky Pinky, Handyman and Stevie J & Joseline Go Hollywood (2016). She has been married to Shawn Young since July 21, 2005. They have two children.
29. Chip McAllister
Producer | Pizza & Karaoke
Chip McAllister was born on October 2, 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Pizza & Karaoke (2010), The Greatest (1977) and Precious Time (2008). He has been married to Kim McAllister since 1985. They have three children.
30. James Lassiter
Producer | Seven Pounds
James Lassiter is known for Seven Pounds (2008), Hitch (2005) and The Harder They Fall (2021).
31. Russell Simmons
Producer | The Nutty Professor
Russell Simmons was born on October 4, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Nutty Professor (1996), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) and It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010). He was previously married to Kimora Lee Simmons.
32. Doug Belgrad
Producer | Gran Turismo
Doug Belgrad is known for Gran Turismo (2023), Charlie's Angels (2019) and The Pope's Exorcist (2023).
33. Jonathan Kadin
Jonathan Kadin is known for Bad Boys for Life (2020), Step Brothers (2008) and 21 Jump Street (2012).
34. Amy Pascal
Producer | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Amy Pascal is an American film producer and executive for Sony Pictures. She produced several Spider-Man films and spin-offs including the Venom film series, the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, the Jumanji sequels, Little Women and The Post. She got acclaim for producing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...
35. Michael Lynton
Self | Sunday Morning Shootout
Mr. Lynton has served on our board of directors since April 2013 and has been Chairman of our board of directors since September 2016. Mr. Lynton served as Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sony Entertainment Inc., an international entertainment company, from April 2012 until...
36. Matt Tolmach
Producer | Morbius
Matthew Tolmach is an American film producer who is known for producing Sony films including The Amazing Spider-Man duology starring Andrew Garfield, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland, Rough Night, the Jumanji sequels and Sony's Spider-Man Universe, a series of ...
37. Teddy Zee
Producer | Hitch
Teddy Zee is known for Hitch (2005), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and Life or Something Like It (2002).
38. Geoffrey Ammer
Producer | In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands
Geoffrey Ammer was born on April 6, 1950 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (1990) and The Making of Alan Parker's Film 'the Commitments' (1991). He was married to Mia. He died on September 9, 2012 in Santa Monica, ...
39. DJ Jazzy Jeff
Actor | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
DJ Jazzy Jeff was born on January 15, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), Strange Days (1995) and The Parent Trap (1998). He has been married to Lynette C. Jackson since July 31, 2010. They have two children.
40. Paul Mooney
Actor | Bamboozled
Paul Mooney was born on August 4, 1941 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Bamboozled (2000), Brewster's Millions (1985) and Pryor's Place (1984). He was married to Yvonne Mooney. He died on May 19, 2021 in Oakland, California, USA.
41. Adam Arkin
Director | Get Shorty
Adam Arkin was born on August 19, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Get Shorty (2017), A Serious Man (2009) and Sons of Anarchy (2008).
42. Robinne Lee
Actress | National Security
Robinne Lee (born July 16, 1974) is an American actress and author. She made her screen debut in the 1997 independent film Hav Plenty, and later has appeared in films National Security (2003), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Hitch (2005), Seven Pounds (2008), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), and Fifty ...
43. Jeffrey Donovan
Actor | Burn Notice
Jeffrey Donovan was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, son to single mother Nancy Matthews. Nancy raised him and two of his brothers, while having trouble financially supporting herself and her family. They were reportedly living on welfare, had trouble paying electric bills, and often moved to a new...
44. Kevin Sussman
Actor | Burn After Reading
Kevin Sussman was born on December 4, 1970 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Burn After Reading (2008), Killers (2010) and Almost Famous (2000).
45. Ato Essandoh
Actor | Jason Bourne
Ato Essandoh was born on July 29, 1972 in Schenectady, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Jason Bourne (2016), Garden State (2004) and Blood Diamond (2006).
47. George Fenton
Composer | Groundhog Day
George Fenton was born on October 19, 1949 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Groundhog Day (1993), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) and The Bounty Hunter (2010).
48. Troy Takaki
Editor | Sweet Home Alabama
Troy Takaki is known for Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Hitch (2005) and You (2018).
49. Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Editor | Fool's Gold
Tracey Wadmore-Smith is known for Fool's Gold (2008), Open Range (2003) and The Salton Sea (2002).
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