The People Behind the Force

1. George Lucas

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 ...

Creator Director (1,2,3,4) Writer (1,2,3,4,5,6) Story (1,2,5,6) Notluwiski Papanoida

2. J.J. Abrams

Producer | Lost

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....

Director (7,9) Writer (7,9) Producer (7,9) Story (9)

3. Rian Johnson

Producer | Knives Out

Rian Johnson was born in Maryland and at a young age his family moved to San Clemente, California, where he was raised. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His first feature film, Brick (2005), was released in 2005 ...

Director (8) Writer (8)

4. Richard Marquand

Director | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Richard Marquand was born on September 22, 1937 in Llanishen, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Nowhere to Run (1993) and Jagged Edge (1985). He was married to Carol Bell and Josephine Marquand. He died on ...

Director (6)

5. Irvin Kershner

Director | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Irvin Kershner was born on April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Southern California film school, Kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for the United States Information Service in the Middle East. He later turned to television, directing...

Director (5)

6. Gary Kurtz

Producer | Star Wars

Gary Kurtz was born on July 27, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), American Graffiti (1973) and The Dark Crystal (1982). He was married to Stephanie Clare Gabriel, Roberta Jimenez and Meredith Marie ...

Producer (4,5)

7. Howard G. Kazanjian

Producer | Demolition Man

Howard G. Kazanjian was born on July 26, 1942 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Demolition Man (1993), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He has been married to Carol Anne Eskijian since May ...

Producer (6)

8. Rick McCallum

Producer | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

As the producer of the three Star Wars prequels - The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith - Rick McCallum has helped bring to the screen some of the most successful independent films of all time.

The global blockbusters are highlights in a career that has seen McCallum ...

Producer (1,2,3)

9. 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 ...

Producer (7,8,9, Rogue, Solo)

10. Bryan Burk

Producer | Lost

Bryan Burk was born on December 30, 1968. He is a producer and writer, known for Lost (2004), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Trek (2009).

Producer (7)

11. Ram Bergman

Producer | Knives Out

Ram Bergman is known for Knives Out (2019), Glass Onion (2022) and Brick (2005).

Producer (8)

12. Michelle Rejwan

Producer | Super 8

As Senior Vice President of Live Action Development & Production, Michelle Rejwan oversees all theatrical and direct-to-consumer live-action content and is responsible for identifying and delivering future projects for Lucasfilm. Working closely with Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, Rejwan ...

Producer (9)

13. Leigh Brackett

Writer | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Leigh Douglass Brackett was born in 1915 in Los Angeles. She was the author of numerous short stories and books regarding science fiction and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by one of her novels that he had his secretary call in "...

Writer (5)

14. 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 ...

Writer (5,6,7, Solo)

15. Jonathan Hales

Writer | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Jonathan Hales was born on May 10, 1937 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), The Scorpion King (2002) and Dempsey and Makepeace (1985).

Writer (2)

16. Michael Arndt

Writer | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Michael Arndt was born on November 11, 1965 in Harris County, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).

Writer (7)

17. Chris Terrio

Writer | Argo

Chris Terrio is an American filmmaker and screenwriter who had written the Ben Affleck film Argo and the Zack Snyder DC Extended Universe films Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League before Joss Whedon rewrote the script during re-shoots when Snyder stepped down as director. ...

Writer (9) Story (9)

18. Derek Connolly

Writer | Safety Not Guaranteed

Derek Connolly is known for Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Jurassic World Dominion (2022) and Jurassic World (2015).

Story (9)

19. Colin Trevorrow

Producer | Safety Not Guaranteed

Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, Colin Trevorrow started making short films when he was 12 years old. He studied film and dramatic writing at New York University. After graduation, he wrote and directed "Home Base" a digital short that became one of the early viral successes on the ...

Story (9)

20. John Williams

Composer | Jurassic Park

As one of the best known, awarded, and financially successful composers in US history, John Williams is as easy to recall as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland or Leonard Bernstein, illustrating why he is "America's composer" time and again. With a massive list of awards that includes over 52 Oscar ...

Music Composer (all episodic films and partial w/ Solo)

21. Gareth Edwards

Visual_effects | Monsters

Gareth James Edwards was born on June 1, 1975 in the English town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Growing up, he admired movies such as the 1977 classic "Star Wars", and went on to pursue a film career. He even cites George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as his biggest influences. Edwards studied BA (Hons) ...

Director (Rogue)

22. Ron Howard

Producer | Arrested Development

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.

Howard ...

Director (Solo)

23. Allison Shearmur

Producer | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Allison Shearmur was born on October 23, 1963 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was a producer, known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and The Hunger Games (2012). She was married to Edward Shearmur. She died on January 19,...

Producer (Rogue, Solo)

24. Simon Emanuel

Producer | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Simon Emanuel was born in Henley on Thames, England, UK. He is a producer and production manager, known for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), The Batman (2022) and The Witcher (2019).

Producer (Rogue, Solo)

25. Chris Weitz

Writer | About a Boy

Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who is known for Antz, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, American Pie, About a Boy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and The Golden Compass. He is married to Mercedes Martinez since 2006 and has three ...

Screenplay (Rogue)

26. Tony Gilroy

Writer | Michael Clayton

Tony Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; and raised in upstate New York. His father, Frank D. Gilroy, was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director, and screenwriter. Tony has penned many films, including The Devil's Advocate (1997) and The Cutting Edge (1992).

Screenplay (Rogue)

27. John Knoll

Visual_effects | Rogue One

In 1986, John Knoll joined Industrial Light & Magic as a Technical Assistant and was soon promoted to Motion Control Camera Operator for Captain EO. After three years of operating, John was called upon to work on the ground breaking digital effects for The Abyss, a film that saw the first use of ...

Story (Rogue)

28. Gary Whitta

Writer | Rogue One

Gary Whitta is known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), After Earth (2013) and The Book of Eli (2010).

Story (Rogue)

29. Jonathan Kasdan

Writer | The First Time

Born September 30, 1979, Jonathan Peter Kasdan's first acting performance in a major motion picture was at the tender age of 3 in "The Big Chill" as the son of Harold, played by Kevin Kline.

Then at age 5, Jonathan Kasdan went on to play an outpost boy in what many critics consider to be the best ...

Screenplay (Solo)

30. Dave Filoni

Producer | The Mandalorian

Dave grew up in Mt. Lebanon, a suburb southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was in the marching band, and was the starting goaltender for half of his senior year on the hockey team. He graduated from high school in 1992 and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1996, where he played club ...

Director (Clone)

31. Catherine Winder

Producer | The Angry Birds Movie

Winder is a Canadian entrepreneur and the CEO/EP of Wind Sun Sky Entertainment https://windsunsky.com a multi-media production company focused on building creator-driven global franchises based in Vancouver. She is also the CEO/Partner of Skybound North Entertainment in partnership with Skybound ...

Producer (Clone)

32. Henry Gilroy

Writer | Star Wars Rebels

Henry Gilroy was born on November 4, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Star Wars: Rebels (2014), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013).

Screenplay (Clone)

33. Steven Melching

Writer | Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Steven Melching was born on February 24, 1968 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), The Batman (2004) and Star Wars: Rebels (2014).

Screenplay (Clone)

34. Scott Murphy

Writer | Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Scott Murphy is known for Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), My Own Worst Enemy (2008) and Last Request (2001).

Screenplay (Clone)

35. Gilbert Taylor

Cinematographer | Star Wars

Gilbert Taylor was born on April 21, 1914 in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Flash Gordon (1980) and The Omen (1976). He was married to Dee Vaughan and Eileen Donnelly. He died on August 23, 2013 ...

Cinematographer (4)

36. Paul Hirsch

Editor | Star Wars

Paul Hirsch, A.C.E. has edited over 40 films, among them the first "Star Wars" written and directed by George Lucas, for which he received an Academy Award in 1978, and "The Empire Strikes Back"; 11 films for Brian De Palma, including "Carrie", "Blowout" and "Mission: Impossible"; four for Herbert ...

Editor (4,5)

37. Marcia Lucas

Editor | Star Wars

Marcia Lucas was born on October 4, 1945 in Modesto, California, USA. She is an editor and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Taxi Driver (1976) and American Graffiti (1973). She was previously married to Tom Rodrigues, George Lucas and George Michael Cooper.

Editor (4,6)

38. Richard Chew

Editor | Star Wars

Richard Chew was born on June 28, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), The Conversation (1974) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). He is married to Liv Torgerson. He was previously married to Barbara ...

Editor (4)

39. Peter Suschitzky

Cinematographer | Dead Ringers

Peter Suschitzky was born on July 25, 1941 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Dead Ringers (1988), Eastern Promises (2007) and Naked Lunch (1991).

Cinematographer (5)

40. Alan Hume

Cinematographer | Lifeforce

Alan Hume was born on October 16, 1924 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Lifeforce (1985), Runaway Train (1985) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). He was married to Sheila Nevard. He died on July 13, 2010 in Chalfont St. Giles, ...

Cinematographer (6)

41. Sean Barton

Editor | Mutant Chronicles

Sean Barton was born on March 29, 1944 in Hampton Court, Surrey, England, UK. He is an editor and assistant director, known for Mutant Chronicles (2008), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Chaos (2005).

Editor (6)

42. Duwayne Dunham

Editor | Twin Peaks

Duwayne Dunham was born on November 17, 1952 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an editor and director, known for Twin Peaks (1990), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). He has been married to Janet Louise Young ...

Editor (6)

43. David Tattersall

Cinematographer | The Green Mile

David Tattersall is well-known as a versatile cinematographer who frequently collaborates with top directors. An expert in both film and digital photography, David is passionate about his art, and is equally at home on feature films and television series in all genres, from big-budget blockbusters ...

Cinematographer (1,2,3)

44. Ben Burtt

Sound_department | WALL·E

Ben Burtt was born in New York, USA. Though he is a writer, an editor and a director, he is best known for his work as a sound designer. Ben has worked on many Pixar and Star Trek movies and all of the Star Wars movies. He is credited for creating Chewbacca's voice and sounds as well as the voice ...

Editor (1,2,3) Commander Dyer

45. Paul Martin Smith

Editor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Paul Martin Smith is known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008). He has been married to Valerie Aikman Smith since 1991.

Editor (1)

46. Roger Barton

Editor | World War Z

Roger Barton began his editorial career working on documentaries and made-for-TV movies including the Emmy award-winning "Indictment: The McMartin Trial." He soon made the transition to motion pictures and in 1997 was an Associate Editor on the decade's biggest blockbuster, "Titanic."

He quickly ...

Editor (3)

47. Dan Mindel

Cinematographer | Spy Game

Dan Mindel was born on May 27, 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Spy Game (2001), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). He has been married to Lisa Fallon since June 6, 1992. They have four children. He ...

Cinematographer (7,9)

48. Maryann Brandon

Editor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Maryann Brandon is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Passengers (2016) and Super 8 (2011).

Editor (7,9)

49. Mary Jo Markey

Editor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Mary Jo Markey is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Super 8 (2011) and Star Trek (2009).

Editor (7)

50. Steve Yedlin

Cinematographer | Looper

Steve Yedlin was born on September 29, 1975 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Looper (2012), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and Knives Out (2019).

Cinematographer (8)

51. Bob Ducsay

Editor | Knives Out

Bob Ducsay is known for Knives Out (2019), Glass Onion (2022) and Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). He was previously married to Gabrielle Ducsay.

Editor (8)

52. Stefan Grube

Editor | 10 Cloverfield Lane

Stefan Grube is known for 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) and Prey (2022).

Editor (9)

53. Michael Giacchino

Composer | Star Trek

Michael Giacchino is an American composer of music for films, television and video games.

Giacchino composed the scores to the television series Lost, Alias and Fringe, the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and many films such as The Incredibles (2004), Star Trek (2009), Up (2009), ...

Music Composer (Rogue)

54. John Powell

Composer | How to Train Your Dragon 2

John Powell was born on September 18, 1963 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), Happy Feet (2006) and Shrek (2001). He was previously married to Melinda Lerner.

Music Composer (Solo)

55. Greig Fraser

Cinematographer | Dune

Greig Fraser was born on October 3, 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Dune (2021), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). He is married to Jodie Fried. They have three children.

Cinematographer (Rogue)

56. John Gilroy

Editor | Rogue One

John Gilroy was born on June 24, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Nightcrawler (2014) and Pacific Rim (2013).

Editor (Rogue)

57. Jabez Olssen

Editorial_department | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Jabez Olssen was born on August 5, 1975 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is an editor and producer, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).

Editor (Rogue)

58. Col Goudie

Editor | Rogue One

Col Goudie BFE, is a feature film editor with a career spanning over 40 years. Editing everything from 16mm film to Digital 65mm, and has cut films in big studios, hotel rooms and even tin shacks. Most recently, known for editing "Tetris" (2023), Roald Dahl Biopic "To Olivia" (2021), "Rogue One: A ...

Editor (Rogue)

59. Bradford Young

Cinematographer | Arrival

Bradford Young is an American cinematographer. His feature films as director of photography include White Lies, Black Sheep (2007), Pariah (2011), Restless City (2011), Middle of Nowhere (2012), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), Mother of George (2013), and Arrival (2016).

In January 2017, Young ...

Cinematographer (Solo)

60. Pietro Scalia

Editor | Gladiator

Though he's cut celluloid for some of the best in the business, chances are many film lovers wouldn't even recognize the name Pietro Scalia in a lineup of Hollywood's best film editors. Born in Sicily in 1960, Scalia resided in Switzerland before heading to Los Angeles to continue his education. ...

Editor (Solo)

61. Mark Hamill

Actor | Star Wars

Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - a role he reprised in Star Wars: Episode VII - ...

Luke Skywalker

62. Harrison Ford

Actor | Raiders of the Lost Ark

Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Minsk, ...

Han Solo (older)

63. Alden Ehrenreich

Actor | Hail, Caesar!

Alden Ehrenreich is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's film Tetro (2009), and appeared in Coppola's subsequent film Twixt (2011).

In 2013, he starred as Ethan Wate in the film adaptation of the novel Beautiful Creatures (2013). He then played the stepson of ...

Han Solo (younger)

64. Carrie Fisher

Actress | Star Wars

Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California, to singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return ...

Princess Leia Organa

65. James Earl Jones

Actor | Rogue One

Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...

Darth Vader (voice only)

66. David Prowse

Actor | Star Wars

David "Dave" Prowse was born into a working class family on 1 July, 1935 in Bristol, England, UK. He was raised by his mother and never knew his father. As a child, David was disadvantaged and a poor student, he found a passion for bodybuilding and weight training in his early teens, as a young ...

Darth Vader (costume only)

67. Peter Cushing

Actor | Star Wars

Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was ...

General Moff Tarkin

68. Alec Guinness

Actor | Star Wars

Alec Guinness was an English actor. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence...

Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi (older)

69. Ewan McGregor

Actor | Moulin Rouge!

Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents ...

Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi (younger)

70. Jake Lloyd

Actor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Jake Matthew Lloyd Broadbent is an American former actor. He is most famous for playing Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)." Directed by George Lucas, the movie became the second-highest-grossing film worldwide at the box office, behind only "Titanic (1997)."

Lloyd...

Anakin Skywalker (Child)

71. Hayden Christensen

Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Hayden Christensen was born April 19, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His parents, Alie and David Christensen, are in the communications business. He is of Danish (father) and Swedish and Italian (mother) descent. Hayden grew up in Markham, Ontario, with siblings Kaylen, Hejsa, and ...

Anakin Skywalker (Adult)

72. Sebastian Shaw

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Though primarily a stage actor, Sebastian Shaw appeared in some forty film and television productions from 1930 to 1991. Born in Holt, Norfolk, England, he first appeared on stage as a child in 1913, graduating to lead roles by the late 1920s. It was in 1930 that he made his first film appearance in...

Anakin Skywalker (Return of the Jedi only, appears as Force Ghost, and when Luke takes Vader’s helmet off)

73. Anthony Daniels

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Initially not a science fiction fan, theatre actor Anthony Daniels was persuaded by his agent to meet George Lucas for the casting of C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). He went on to perform the character, both his voice and body in the suit, for all the episodic Star Wars films ...

C-3PO

74. Kenny Baker

Actor | Time Bandits

Kenny Baker was born on August 24, 1934 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Elephant Man (1980). He was married to Eileen Baker. He died on August 13, 2016 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.

R2-D2

75. Peter Mayhew

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Peter Mayhew was born on May 19, 1944 in Barnes, London, England, to Constance Elizabeth (Yeates) and Walter Henry Mayhew. Later resident in Texas, this former resident of Yorkshire, England, was working as a hospital attendant at the King's College Hospital in London when film producer Charles H. ...

Chewbacca AKA Chewie

76. Billy Dee Williams

Actor | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams on April 6, 1937 in New York City. Billy Dee has notched up an impressive array of film and television appearances over the past 50+ years. He is easily best known to international film audiences as the roguish Lando Calrissian in the last two ...

Lando Calrissian (older)

77. Donald Glover

Actor | Solo: A Star Wars Story

The multi-talented Donald Glover is a writer, actor, musician, comedian, producer and director, who performs under the stage names Childish Gambino and mcDJ. He was born Donald McKinley Glover at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. His mother, Beverly (...

Lando Calrissian (younger)

78. Frank Oz

Actor | The Muppet Show

Frank Richard Oznowicz was born in Hereford, England to puppeteers Frances and Isidore Oznowicz. His family moved to Montana in 1951, eventually settling in Oakland, California. As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice puppeteer at Children's Fairyland amusement park. He is one of the primary ...

Master Yoda (voice)

79. Jeremy Bulloch

Actor | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Jeremy Bulloch was born on February 16, 1945 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, the son of Aziz Diane (Meade) and McGregor Bulloch, an aeronautical engineer. He was the middle of three siblings, along with three older half-brothers from his mother's earlier marriage. Even at the age of ...

Boba Fett (costume) Captain Jeremoch Colton Lt. Sheckil

80. Jason Wingreen

Actor | Archie Bunker's Place

Character actor Jason Wingreen was born on October 9, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City. The son of a Jewish tailor father, Wingreen grew up in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens. Jason attended John Adams High School and majored in English and Speech at Brooklyn College (he initially planned on...

Boba Fett (original voice)

81. Daniel Logan

Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Daniel Logan, born in New Zealand, started acting when he was 10 years old. He got his break when Auckland children's rugby teams were being scouted to find a boy for a TV commercial. After auditioning with hundreds of other young rugby players, Daniel got the part, his first acting role, playing a...

Boba Fett (younger)

82. Temuera Morrison

Self | Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand actor.

After training in drama under the New Zealand Special Performing Arts Training Scheme. One of his earliest starring roles was in the 1988 film Never Say Die, opposite Lisa Eilbacher. In 1994, he received attention for his role as the violent and abusive...

Boba Fett (voice 2004-present) Jango Fett Commander Cody Commander Gree Commander Odd Ball Commander Thire Commander Appo

83. Ian McDiarmid

Actor | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Ian McDiarmid was born on August 11, 1944 in Carnoustie, Tayside, Scotland. He studied for a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of St. Andrews, but eventually found that his calling was in theatre. He went to the Royal Academy in Glasgow, where he received the prestigious gold...

Sheer Palpatine AKA The Emperor AKA Darth Sidious

84. Liam Neeson

Actor | Kinsey

Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. He was raised in a Catholic household. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an ...

Qui-Gon Jinn

85. Natalie Portman

Actress | Black Swan

Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)).

Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on June 9, 1981, in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Avner Hershlag, an Israeli-born doctor, and Shelley Stevens, an ...

Queen Padme Amidala

86. Ahmed Best

Actor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Ahmed Best is an African-American actor, musician and dancer. He gained recognition for portraying Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). He would later reprise the role in the rest of the prequel trilogy, video games and cartoons as well as Robot Chicken Star Wars ...

Jar Jar Binks

87. Pernilla August

Actress | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Pernilla August started acting as a child, performing in plays at Vår teater and at school. In 1979 she was accepted at the Statens scenskola to study acting professionally. Director Ingmar Bergman took note of her early and cast her as a nanny in his Fanny and Alexander (1982).

In 1982 she got ...

Shme Skywalker

88. Samuel L. Jackson

Actor | Pulp Fiction

Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...

Mace Windu

89. Oliver Ford Davies

Actor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Eminent English actor Oliver Ford Davies began his career in academia. The son of a teacher, he studied at Merton College, Oxford University, where he became president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and performed on stage with the experimental Theatre Club at the age of twenty. After ...

Sio Bibble

90. Hugh Quarshie

Actor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Hugh Quarshie was born on December 22, 1954 in Accra, Ghana. He is an actor and director, known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Highlander (1986) and Nightbreed (1990). He is married to Annika Sundström.

Captain Panaka

91. Ray Park

Actor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Ray Park was born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He moved with his parents, younger brother and sister to London, UK, at the age of seven. Ray always wanted to be in the movies, and be like their heroes. He also began to nurture a love for martial arts from the age of seven, when his father's fondness ...

Darth Maul (costume)

92. Peter Serafinowicz

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Peter Szymon Serafinowicz is an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as the title character in the 2016 live-action series of The Tick, Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004) and as the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). He has...

Darth Maul (voice)

93. Terence Stamp

Actor | The Limey

Terence was born in London and spent his early years watching American films and dreamed of being like the stars on the screen, He was awarded a scholarship for the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. In his second year, during an audition, Peter Ustinov signed him for the title role in Billy ...

Finis Valorum

94. Keira Knightley

Actress | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born ...

Sabe

95. Silas Carson

Actor | Trust

Silas Carson (b: 1964) is an English actor who has spent most of his life living in London. He trained at The Drama Centre, London, and works extensively on stage and screen. He has played many classical roles in the theatre, including at The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal National Theatre ...

Nute Gunray Ki-Adi-Mundi Antidar Williams

96. Jerome St. John Blake

Actor | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Jerome Blake debuted as an actor with a part as one of the knights guarding Sean Connery in First Knight (1995). After playing a succession of roles, Nick Dudman Creature effects supremo called him to say: "I'm doing Star Wars now". After Jerome congratulated him, Nick simply said "Do you want to ...

Rune Haako

97. Christopher Lee

Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it ...

Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus

98. Leeanna Walsman

Actress | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Leeanna Walsman was born in Sydney, Australia, to Bob and Elaine Walsman. She has an older brother David. She quit school at the age of 16 to become an actress. She has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows . One of the most famous is Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), where ...

Zam Wesell

99. Jimmy Smits

Actor | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Jimmy L. Smits is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s-1990s legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s-2000s police drama NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on the political drama The West Wing, and for appearing in Switch (1991), My Family...

Bail Organa

100. Rose Byrne

Actress | Spy

Rose Byrne was born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia. She is the daughter of Jane, a primary school administrator, and Robin Byrne, a semi-retired statistician and market researcher.

She landed her first role in a movie, Dallas Doll (1994), when she was 15 years old.

Since then, Rose has appeared in a ...

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