Pretty Persuasion 2005 (LA) premiere
by thatgalaredcarpeteventguy | created - 17 May 2021 | updated - 17 May 2021 | PublicTuesday August 9th, ArcLight Cinemas - Hollywood 6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
1. Evan Rachel Wood
Actress | Thirteen
Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. She has two older brothers--Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV, who has also acted. ...
2. Johnny Lewis
Actor | AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the middle of three siblings, Johnny began performing from the age of 5 at a small performing arts school, making his debut as a Chanukah candle.
Pursuing the acting profession, he appeared with success in many TV and film projects, handling both drama and...
3. Lauren C. Mayhew
Actress | Raise Your Voice
Lauren Courtney Mayhew was born on 27 November 1985 in Tampa, Florida to David Mayhew, an orthopaedic surgeon and Sharon Mayhew, a nurse. She has a sister named Briana, who was born in 1988. Lauren started in acting at the age of 9 when she was a finalist in the national Wilhemnia contest. A judge,...
4. Mike Erwin
Actor | The Haves and the Have Nots
Mike Erwin is an American actor from Georgia who is known for providing the voice of Jak from the Jak and Daxter video game franchise for the PlayStation, Colin Hart from Everwood, a teenage Bruce Banner from Ang Lee's Hulk, Speedy from Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited and Kevin Graham from...
5. Navid Negahban
Actor | Aladdin
Born in Mashhad, Iran, Navid Negahban's passion for acting led him to Germany where he spent eight years before embarking on Hollywood. Dubbed as "the man of a thousand faces," he garnered critical acclaim for his role "Abu Nazir" on the Emmy® Award-winning series Homeland. His quiet and composed ...
6. Amy Smart
Actress | Starship Troopers
Amy Smart was born in Topanga Canyon, California to Judy, who worked at a museum, and John Boden Smart, a salesman. She has German, English, and Irish ancestry.
Smart was a relatively new arrival when she first gained notice for her supporting roles in the 1999 hit teen films Varsity Blues (1999) and...
7. Josh Zuckerman
Actor | Austin Powers in Goldmember
Josh Zuckerman was born on April 1, 1985 in Stanford, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Surviving Christmas (2004) and Feast (2005).
8. Sarah Silverman
Actress | Wreck-It Ralph
Sarah Silverman was most recently the host of the two-time Emmy-nominated weekly topical series, I Love You America, which streamed on Hulu and also received a Writers Guild Awards nomination.
Silverman is currently working on a musical adaptation of her 2010 memoir and New York Times Bestseller ...
9. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr.
Actor | The Sarah Silverman Program.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr. was born on August 23, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007), Monster Night (2006) and Americanizing Shelley (2007).
10. Wilmer Valderrama
Actor | That '70s Show
Wilmer Valderrama has amassed an extensive acting resume in film and television that solidified him in Hollywood as a sought-after leading man. Valderrama starred in Fox's sci-fi series Minority Report (2015) as Will Blake, a new police detective on the force. The series, which also starred Meagan ...
11. Constance Zimmer
Actress | UnREAL
Constance Zimmer is well-known for playing a number of standout characters in notable projects. Starting in 2005, and for six seasons, she played the role of "Dana Gordon' on HBO's critically acclaimed series "Entourage," she reprises that role when Warner Bros. released the "Entourage" film on the...
12. Selma Blair
Actress | Cruel Intentions
Throughout her diverse career, Selma Blair has been one of the most versatile and exciting actresses on screen. Blair's longstanding career began with her comedic roles in pop culture classics in the early 2000s. Blair has worked with an array of acclaimed directors including Guillermo del Toro and...
13. Adi Schnall
Actress | Pretty Persuasion
Adi Schnall was born on March 7, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Pretty Persuasion (2005) and Remnants of Auric Healing (2004).
14. Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Producer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was born on September 7, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) and Mystic Pizza (1988). He was married to Patricia Strawn, Peggy Elliott and ...
15. Liz Goldwyn
Art_department | Tomorrowland
Liz Goldwyn is known for Tomorrowland (2015), Star Trek Beyond (2016) and Skyscraper (2018).
16. Brian Herzlinger
Director | My Date with Drew
Brian Herzlinger was born on February 19, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for My Date with Drew (2004), Meet My Valentine (2015) and Twinkle All the Way (2019).
17. Danny Comden
Actor | Volcano
Danny Comden was born on April 10, 1969 in Beverly Hills, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Volcano (1997), Pretty Persuasion (2005) and Sol Goode (2003).
18. Elisabeth Harnois
Actress | Keith
Elisabeth was born in Detroit in 1979 and grew up in Los Angeles. An actress since the age of 3, she co-starred at the age of 5 in two movies (One Magic Christmas (1985) and Where Are the Children? (1985)). She did numerous TV commercials until being chosen by Disney Productions to star as Alice in...
19. 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 ...
20. Marcos Siega
Producer | Dexter: New Blood
Marcos Siega was born on June 8, 1969 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Dexter: New Blood (2021), You (2018) and The Flight Attendant (2020).
21. Ira David Wood IV
Actor | One Tree Hill
Ira David Wood IV was born on November 20, 1984 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for One Tree Hill (2003), Down in the Valley (2005) and Once and Again (1999).
22. Cody McMains
Actor | Not Another Teen Movie
Cody McMains was born on October 4, 1985 in Pasadena, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Bring It On (2000) and Everwood (2002).
23. Christopher Thornton
Actor | Sympathy for Delicious
Christopher Thornton was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father is an amateur opera singer who gave Christopher his first taste of the actor's life when he would have his son accompany him to rehearsals at a local church theatre. Christopher first acted onstage when he majored in ...
24. Skander Halim
Writer | The Unicorn
Skander Halim is known for The Unicorn (2019), Pretty Persuasion (2005) and Raising Expectations (2016).
25. Tina Holmes
Actress | Six Feet Under
Tina Holmes grew up in New York City and Connecticut. An Ivy League girl, she attended Yale University for two years followed by a move to Paris, France studying French literature at the Sorbonne. After returning to the U.S., Holmes entered Brown University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts ...
26. Ron Livingston
Actor | The Conjuring
Ronald Joseph Livingston was born on June 5, 1967 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Linda (Rinas), a Lutheran pastor, and Kurt Livingston, an aerospace engineer. He has three siblings, Nick, John Livingston, also an actor, and Jennifer Livingston, a TV news personality at CBS/WKBT in La Crosse, Wisconsin. ...
27. Jennifer Egan
Writer | The Keep
Jennifer Egan was born on September 7, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a writer, known for The Keep, Manhattan Beach and A Visit from the Goon Squad. She has been married to David Herskovits since June 25, 1994. They have two children.
28. Kevin Starr
Actor | The Purest Blue
Kevin Starr is known for The Purest Blue (2010), Soul for Sale (2011) and Re-inventing Bonaduce (2009).
29. David Sutcliffe
Actor | Gilmore Girls
David Sutcliffe was born June 8, 1969 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He grew up in Grimsby and St. Catharines, Ontario. His childhood and teen years were spent dedicated to sports. He began acting while attending the University of Toronto when a lower-back injury forced him to quit the varsity...
30. Gilad Benamram
Composer | Fauda
Gilad Benamram was born in Israel. He is a composer and writer, known for Fauda (2015), Suspicion (2022) and Kfulim (2015).
31. Scott Armstrong
Stunts | Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Scott Armstrong is known for Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018), Skyfall (2012) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).
32. Branden Williams
Actor | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Branden Williams was born on October 13, 1974 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), Mean Creek (2004) and Mystery Men (1999).
33. Kat Dennings
Actress | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Kat Dennings was born Katherine Victoria Litwack in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, to Ellen (Schatz), a speech therapist and poet, and Gerald Litwack, a molecular pharmacologist. She is the youngest of five children. Her family is of Russian Jewish descent. Kat was predominantly ...
34. 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 ...
35. Michael Eisner
Producer | Glenn Martin DDS
For four decades, Michael Eisner has been a leader in the American entertainment industry. He began his career at ABC, overseeing shows including Happy Days, Barney Miller, and Roots. He became president of Paramount Pictures in 1976, turning out hit films including Raiders of the Lost Ark, ...
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