Bopha! 1993 premiere

1. Arsenio Hall

Arsenio Hall was born on February 12, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Coming to America (1988), Coming 2 America (2021) and Harlem Nights (1989).

With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...

3. Lawrence N. Taubman

Producer | Bopha!

Lawrence N. Taubman is known for Bopha! (1993) and Killswitch (2014).

4. Lori McCreary

Producer | Madam Secretary

Lori McCreary was born in Antioch, California, USA. Lori is a producer and executive, known for Madam Secretary (2014), Invictus (2009) and 5 Flights Up (2014).

5. Danny Glover

Actor | Lethal Weapon

Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 35 years.

Glover was born in San Francisco, California, to Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover, postal workers who were also active in civil rights. Glover trained at the Black ...

6. Alfre Woodard

Actress | Star Trek: First Contact

Alfre Woodard was born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the youngest of three children of Constance, a homemaker, and Marion H. Woodard, an interior designer. She was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name written out in gold letters. A former high school ...

7. Marius Weyers

Actor | The Gods Must Be Crazy

Marius Weyers was born on February 3, 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor, known for The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), Blood Diamond (2006) and Gandhi (1982).

8. Maynard Eziashi

Actor | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Maynard Eziashi was born in 1965 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995), The Contract (2006) and Mister Johnson (1990).

9. Michael Chinyamurindi

Actor | George of the Jungle

Michael Chinyamurindi was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is known for George of the Jungle (1997), Congo (1995) and Curious George (2006).

10. Malick Bowens

Actor | Out of Africa

Early in his acting career Malick Bowens met the worldwide renowned director Peter Brook who invited him to join his theater company, ICTR (International Center on Theatrical Research). This meeting led to a long lasting collaboration, which had a great influence on the actor's life and career. The...

11. Sherry Lansing

Producer | Indecent Proposal

Sherry was born in Chicago and pursued an acting career after graduating from Northwestern University. After appearing in two films, Loving (1970) and Rio Lobo (1970), Sherry decided to leave the acting field. In 1974, Sherry joined Talent Associates, as an executive in charge of development. In ...

12. Mike Farrell

Actor | M*A*S*H

Mike is one of four children. His father, Joe, who died in 1956, was a carpenter at Hollywood studios. Mike attended grammar school with Natalie Wood and Ricky Nelson. He entered the Marines in the 1950s for two years. Later, he attended the University of California at Los Angeles and studied ...

13. Shelley Fabares

Actress | The Donna Reed Show

Vibrant, increasingly lovely teen fave Shelley Fabares withstood the test of time by transitioning successfully into adult parts unlike many of her 1960s "teen queen" peers who faded quickly into the memory books. She was born Michele Marie Fabares on January 19, 1944, in sunny Santa Monica, ...

14. Michael Ontkean

Actor | Slap Shot

Michael Ontkean, best known for playing the minor league hockey player Ned Braden in the cult classic Slap Shot (1977), was born on January 24, 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His parents, Leonard and Muriel (née Cooper) Ontkean, were actors. Michael was raised Catholic and attended Catholic ...

15. Sidney Poitier

Actor | In the Heat of the Night

Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. Sidney had little formal ...

16. Joanna Shimkus

Actress | The Virgin and the Gypsy

Joanna Shimkus was born on October 30, 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Zita (1968) and The Uninvited (1969). She was previously married to Sidney Poitier.

17. Robert Guillaume

Actor | Benson

Robert Peter Williams Guillaume was an actor from St. Louis, Missouri who was known for playing Rafiki from The Lion King, Benson DuBois from Soap and Benson, and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls. He had five children from two marriages. He passed away in October 24, 2017 due to prostate cancer ...

18. John Savage

Actor | The Last Full Measure

John Savage is an American actor best known for his roles in The Deer Hunter (1978), The Onion Field (1979), Hair (1979), Salvador (1986), The Last Full Measure (2019), In Dubious Battle (2016), and the television shows Goliath (2016), Twin Peaks (2017), and Dark Angel (2000). He was born in Old ...

19. 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 ...

20. Blair Underwood

Actor | Deep Impact

A true multi-hyphenate, Blair Underwood is enjoying success in film, television and theatre, as an actor, director and producer. Underwood recently returned to Broadway starring opposite David Alan Grier in the Pulitzer Prize winning drama "A Solider's Play" for director Kenny Leon and the ...

21. Howard Hesseman

Actor | WKRP in Cincinnati

Howard Hesseman was a leading counter-culture figure since the late 1960s. He was a member of the improv group, "The Committee", for a decade in the 1960s/1970s. A character actor for many years on different television shows since the 1960s, he took small parts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960), ...

22. Steven Seagal

Actor | On Deadly Ground

Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his mother had English, German, and distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. The enigmatic ...

23. Jasmine Guy

Actress | Harlem Nights

Actress-dancer-director Jasmine Guy has enjoyed a diverse career in television, theatre and film. She began her professional career at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. Jasmine starred on Broadway in the original productions of Beehive and Leader of the Pack, and reprised hit...

24. Anthony Robbins

Actor | Shallow Hal

Anthony Robbins was born on February 29, 1960 in Glendora, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Shallow Hal (2001), Sound of Freedom (2023) and Man's Search for Meaning. He has been married to Sage Bonnie Humphrey since October 14, 2001. They have one child. He was previously ...

25. Joe Pesci

Actor | Goodfellas

Compact Italian-American actor Joe Pesci was born February 9, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey, to Mary (Mesce), a part-time barber, and Angelo Pesci, a bartender and forklift driver. Pesci first broke into entertainment as a child actor, and by the mid-1950s, was starring on the series "Star Time Kids"....

26. Robert Stack

Actor | Written on the Wind

"Straight Shooting" -- whether skeet shooting, or portraying Eliot Ness -- Robert Stack always told it like it was, and shot straight. Born in Los Angeles, California, the younger son of James Langford Stack (1860-1928), the owner of an advertising agency, and Mary Elizabeth Modini Wood (1891-1975)...

27. Rosemarie Stack

Actress | The Big Bluff

Rosemarie Bowe frequently turned heads with her flashing turquoise eyes, sultry mane of black hair and sparkling personality. Effortlessly diverting attention from the scenic location spots of her mid-'50s film adventures and dramas, her stroll before the cameras was short--it was over within a few...

28. Perry Leff

Producer | Love It or Leave It

Perry Leff was a producer, known for Love It or Leave It (1971). Perry was married to Abbe Lane. Perry died on May 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

29. Abbe Lane

Actress | Twilight Zone: The Movie

Singer and actress Abbe Lane made a splash in the 50s and 60s with revealing costumes and a seductive style of dancing. Far removed from her sultry Latin image, she was born Abigail Francine Lassman in Brooklyn, of Jewish parentage. Abbe began performing on radio from the age of four and first ...

30. Alison Eastwood

Actress | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Alison Eastwood was born on May 22, 1972 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Absolute Power (1997) and The Mule (2018). She has been married to Stacy Poitras since March 15, 2013. She was previously married to ...

31. Claudia Haro

Actress | Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Claudia Haro is known for New Nightmare (1994), With Honors (1994) and Casino (1995). She was previously married to Garrett Warren and Joe Pesci.

32. Jacqueline Bisset

Actress | Bullitt

Jacqueline Bisset has been an international film star since the late '60s. She received her first roles mainly because of her stunning beauty, but over time she has become a fine actress respected by fans and critics alike. Bisset has worked with directors John Huston, François Truffaut, George ...

33. Nino Cerruti

Costume_department | The Jewel of the Nile

Nino Cerruti was born on September 25, 1930 in Biella, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor and costume designer, known for The Jewel of the Nile (1985), V.I. Warshawski (1991) and A Few Days with Me (1988). He was married to A C. He died on January 15, 2022 in Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy.

34. 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 ...

35. Elizabeth Berkley

Actress | Showgirls

Elizabeth Berkley was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, to Jere, a gift basket business owner and Fred Berkley, a lawyer. She has an older brother, Jason (b. 1969). Her family is Jewish. By five, she was taking tap and jazz classes with Barbara Fink and ballet classes at Detroit Dance Company. ...

36. Sandi Schultz

Actress | Assignment

Sandi Schultz is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and UCT Drama School. Highlights of her earlier stage career include a year-long run as Magenta in the original South African production of The Rocky Horror Show, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream. On ...

37. Barney Rosenzweig

Producer | Cagney & Lacey

Barney Rosenzweig was born on December 23, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Cagney & Lacey (1981), The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990) and Twice in a Lifetime (1999). He has been married to Sharon Gless since May 4, 1991. He was previously married to ...

38. Sharon Gless

Actress | Burn Notice

Few actresses have the distinction of being recognized and revered worldwide for multiple iconic roles in groundbreaking television shows. Sharon Gless is one of them.

Generations of TV viewers know and love the remarkable characters brought to life by this standout multi Emmy and Golden Globe ...

39. Henry Winkler

Actor | The Waterboy

Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his ...

40. Stacey Winkler

Casting_department | Safe

Stacey Winkler was born on November 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Safe (1995), The Touch (2005) and As Told by Ginger (2000). She has been married to Henry Winkler since May 5, 1978. They have two children. She was previously married to Howard Weitzman.

41. Jed Weitzman

Self | Biography

42. Max Winkler

Director | Flower

Max Winkler was born on August 18, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Flower (2017), The King of Central Park (2006) and Jungleland (2019). He has been married to Jessica Barden since March 2021. They have one child.

43. Zoe Winkler

Self | Extra

Zoe Winkler has been married to Rob Reinis since June 27, 2009. They have three children.

44. Mick Fleetwood

Actor | The Running Man

Mick Fleetwood was born on June 24, 1947 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for The Running Man (1987), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Triple Frontier (2019). He was previously married to Lynn Frankel, Sara Recor and Jenny Boyd.

45. Jerry Van Dyke

Actor | Coach

He had that same genuine likability factor, owned that same trademark lantern jaw and was just as appealing and gifted as his older brother, Dick Van Dyke, but, for decades, Jerry Van Dyke bore the brunt of his brother's overwhelming shadow.

Six years younger than brother Dick, the comic actor was ...

46. Robyn Lively

Actress | Teen Witch

Robyn Elaine Lively Johnson is an American actress. She is known for her role in the film Teen Witch (1989) and for her roles in the TV shows Doogie Howser, M.D.; Twin Peaks; Savannah; and Saving Grace. Robyn Lively was born into a family of actors in Powder Springs, Georgia; her mother, adoptive ...

47. Neil Patrick Harris

Actor | How I Met Your Mother

Neil Patrick Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 15, 1973. His parents, Sheila Gail (Scott) and Ronald Gene Harris, were lawyers and ran a restaurant. He grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a small town 120 miles south of Albuquerque, where he first took up acting in the fourth grade. ...

48. Patti LaBelle

Soundtrack | Miami Vice

Patti LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Patti began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer of the band Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. A decade later the group changed their name to Labelle and recorded the hit song "Lady Marmalade". Patti...

49. Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds

Soundtrack | Ghostbusters II

Kenneth Brian Edmonds better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written and produced over 26 number-one R&B hits throughout his career and has won 12 Grammy Awards. He was ranked number 20 on NME's 50 of The Greatest Producers Ever list.

50. Pebbles

Soundtrack | Beverly Hills Cop II

Pebbles was born on August 29, 1964 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and License to Drive (1988). She has been married to Excel Sharieff since 2012. She was previously married to Otis Nixon...

51. Vidal Sassoon

Make_up_department | Rosemary's Baby

Vidal Sassoon was born on January 17, 1928 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Wild Affair (1965) and Be My Guest (1965). He was married to Rhonda Holbrook, Jeanette Hartford-Davis, Beverly Adams and Elaine Wood. He died on May 9, 2012 in Los Angeles, ...