Austrian-American celebrities

1. Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Johanna (Geilus) and Fritz Austerlitz, a brewer. Fred entered show business at age 5. He was successful both in vaudeville and on Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele Astaire. After Adele retired to marry in 1932, Astaire headed to Hollywood. ...

2. Barbara Bach

Actress | The Spy Who Loved Me

Barbara Goldbach was born to Howard and Marjorie Goldbach in Queens, New York. Her father was a policeman. She met her first husband Augusto Gregorini in New York while she worked as a model and he was visiting from Italy for business tourism in 1966. Barbara followed him to Italy to be with him ...

3. Bret Baier

Producer | Moms

Bret Baier was born on August 4, 1970 in Rumson, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Moms (2017), House of Cards (2013) and Special Report with Bret Baier (1998). He has been married to Amy Baier since October 9, 2004. They have two children.

4. Brian Baumgartner

Actor | The Office

Brian Baumgartner was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Brian is an actor and producer, known for The Office (2005), License to Wed (2007) and Four Christmases (2008). Brian has been married to Celeste Ackelson since April 26, 2014.

5. Christine Baumgartner

Self | E! Live from the Red Carpet

Christine Baumgartner was born on March 4, 1974. She was previously married to Kevin Costner.

6. Nick Benedict

Actor | The Dukes of Hazzard

Nick Benedict was born on July 14, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (1991) and All My Children (1970). He was married to Michelle Marie Dow and Ginger. He died on July 14, 2023 in Tehachapi, California, ...

7. Helmut Berger

Actor | The Godfather Part III

Helmut Berger - Austrian born film actor, mostly known for starring in Luchino Visconti's films, which are now considered modern classics. Born Helmut Steinberger in Salzburg in 1944, he turned down a prospect of running a family hotel business and went to London where he worked as waiter to pay ...

8. Todd Berger

Actor | It's a Disaster

Todd Berger was born on April 5, 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is a writer and director, known for It's a Disaster (2012), The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022) and Cover Versions (2018).

9. Joe Berlinger

Producer | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Academy Award, eight-time Emmy nominated, and Peabody, DGA, and Sundance winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a pioneering force in nonfiction filmmaking for over three decades. In a recent Bloomberg profile, Berlinger was described as a "true crime hit factory" for Netflix, whose work has "...

10. Mike Binder

Writer | The Comedy Store

Mike Binder was born in 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Comedy Store (2020), Reign Over Me (2007) and The Upside of Anger (2005). He is married to Diane Murphy. They have two children.

11. Zach Braff

Actor | Garden State

Zach Braff was born and raised in South Orange, New Jersey, to Anne Hutchinson (Maynard), a clinical psychologist, and Harold Irwin Braff, a trial attorney. His father is from Russia and Austria, while Zach's mother is from a family with deep roots in New England. Zach attended Columbia High School...

12. David Brenner

Actor | Worth Winning

David Brenner was born on February 4, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Worth Winning (1989), Modern Family (2009) and Theory of a Deadman: Not Meant to Be (2009). He was married to Ruth Davey, Elizabeth Slater and Geraldine (Geri) Judith Leno. He died ...

13. Bill Brown

Self | Alaskan Bush People

Bill Brown was born on December 3, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He was married to Ami Brown and Brenda Faye Britt. He died on February 7, 2021 in Alaska, USA.

14. Julie Caitlin Brown

Actress | Babylon 5

Julie Caitlin Brown was born on January 27, 1961 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and talent agent, known for Babylon 5 (1993), Thoughts of Suicide on an Otherwise Lovely Day (2010) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).

15. Reb Brown

Actor | Space Mutiny

Reb Brown was born on April 29, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Space Mutiny (1988), Uncommon Valor (1983) and Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983). He has been married to Cisse Cameron since September 8, 1979.

16. Vanessa Brown

Actress | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The attractive daughter of Austrian-Jewish émigrés who fled their homeland to Paris in 1937 before coming to the United States, "B" actress Vanessa Brown grew up exceptionally fluent in German, French, Italian and English. She developed an early interest in acting.

Auditioning for Lillian Hellman at...

17. Anne Bruner

Actress | Halloween II

Anne Bruner is known for Halloween II (1981), T.J. Hooker (1982) and Strike Force (1981).

18. James Bruner

Writer | The Delta Force

James Bruner is an Award-Winning screen and television writer/producer known for writing everything from #1 Feature Films to Television romantic dramas. His credits include the iconic hit Chuck Norris films Missing in Action (1984), Invasion U.S.A. (1985) and The Delta Force (1986), and Ice Dreams ...

19. Peter Brunner

Director | Mein blindes Herz

Peter Brunner, born in 1983, is a filmmaker and musician (Cardiochaos) based in Vienna. As the son of a psychoanalyst and a painting therapist, he was a former student of Michael Haneke at the Vienna Film Academy. His debut feature film, "My Blind Heart," premiered at Park City (Slamdance) and in ...

20. Susan Buckner

Actress | Grease

Susan Buckner was born on January 28, 1953 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for Grease (1978), Deadly Blessing (1981) and The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976). She was previously married to Michael R. Josephs.

21. Hans Conried

Actor | Peter Pan

Hans Conried was born in Baltimore and raised both there and in New York City. He studied acting at Columbia University, and played many major classical roles onstage. After having been a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company, he was heard as Prof. Kropotkin on the radio show "My Friend ...

22. Mark Ebner

Transportation_department | The Supernaturals

Mark Ebner was born on September 2, 1959 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Supernaturals (1986), Rich and Acquitted (2016) and We Have Your Husband (2011). He has been married to Michelle Biscotti since August 10, 2014.

23. Linda Eder

Soundtrack | Mrs. Munck

Linda Eder was born in Tucson, Arizona on February 3, 1961 to Georg (from Austria) and Leila (from Norway). She grew up in Brainerd, Minnesota. When she was 16, she started her professional singing career, singing at Holiday Inns with a high school friend. She was later a contestant on Star Search ...

24. Billy Eichner

Actor | Bros

Billy Eichner was born on September 18, 1978 and raised in New York City. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School (NY) in 1996. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he majored in Theater.

He is the star, executive producer and creator of Billy on the Street (2011), a comedy game show ...

25. 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, ...

26. Mike Faist

Actor | West Side Story

Mike Faist, is a Tony Nominated actor from Columbus, Ohio. He moved to New York at 17 to pursue acting. Mike dropped out of the conservatory he was attending after two semester and was selling tickets for Off Broadway plays. Now he is a working actor in the Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen.

27. Mike Fleiss

Producer | Poseidon

Mike Fleiss was born on April 14, 1964 in Fullerton, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Poseidon (2006), Shark Night (2011) and Hostel (2005). He has been married to Laura Kaeppeler since April 6, 2014. They have one child. He was previously married to Daphne Alexandra Vorbeck.

28. Art Fleming

Actor | Airplane II: The Sequel

Art Fleming was born on May 1, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), MacArthur (1977) and International Detective (1959). He was married to Rebecca Lynn, Peggy Ann Ellis and Mildred Lauretta Goodrich. He died on April 25, 1995 in Crystal ...

29. Ken Fuchs

Director | The Bachelor

Ken Fuchs is known for The Bachelor (2002), Celebrity Family Feud (2008) and The Bachelorette (2003).

30. Annabeth Gish

Actress | Mystic Pizza

A versatile actress, Annabeth Gish weathered the transition from child actor to adult, with a variety of dramatic and comedic roles on film and television.

Anne Elizabeth Gish was born on March 13, 1971 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved with her family to Cedar Falls, at the age of two. Her ...

31. George Gobel

Actor | Ellie

Squat, easygoing, crew-cut blond George Gobel was born George Leslie Goebel in Chicago, on May 20, 1919. Of Austrian/Scottish descent, his immigrant father, Hermann Goebel, was a butcher and grocer. Following graduating from Chicago's Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1937, the young man won ...

32. Desiree Gruber

Producer | Project Runway

Desiree Gruber was born in 1969 in the USA. She is a producer and executive, known for Project Runway (2004), Seriously Funny Kids (2011) and Stylista (2008). She has been married to Kyle MacLachlan since April 20, 2002. They have one child.

33. Martin Gruber

Actor | Die Bergretter

Martin Gruber was born on May 16, 1970 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Die Bergretter (2009), Frau Pfarrer & Herr Priester (2016) and Nackt. Das Netz vergisst nie. (2017). He has been married to Corinna Gruber since July 2010. They have one child.

34. Barbara Haas

Actress | The Sopranos

Barbara Haas is known for The Sopranos (1999), Daredevil (2015) and Two Family House (2000).

35. Buddy Hackett

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Brooklyn-born Buddy Hackett was known mainly as a nightclub comic, especially in Las Vegas, where he first performed in 1952 and wound up being one of the biggest headliners in that city's history. Hackett always referred to himself as a "saloon comic" and preferred the intimacy of his stage act--...

36. Mark Harmon

Actor | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Thomas Mark Harmon was born on September 2, 1951, in Burbank, California, to football player and broadcaster Tom Harmon and actress and artist Elyse Knox (née Kornbrath). Harmon played college football and found success as one of TV's hunkiest actors. While many of his roles have relied on good ...

37. Winsor Harmon

Actor | The Bold and the Beautiful

Winsor Harmon is an American actor and former model forever known for his role as "Thorne Forrester" on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Harmon currently has two feature films coming out where he plays the leading man: "Sarogeto" as Michael Stanton, and "Cult Cartel".

Before assuming the role of "Thorne",...

38. Sam Haskell

Producer | Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

Sam Haskell was born on June 24, 1955 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. He is a producer, known for Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (2019), Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2016) and Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015). He has been married to Mary Donnelly Haskell since December 28...

39. Jane Henson

Actress | Run, Run

Jane Henson was born on June 16, 1934 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Run, Run (1965), Great Performances (1971) and Sam and Friends (1955). She was married to Jim Henson. She died on April 2, 2013 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

40. Pat Hingle

Actor | The Quick and the Dead

Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, Florida, the son of a building contractor. His parents divorced when Hingle was still in his infancy (he never knew his father) and his mother supported the family by teaching school in Denver. She then began to travel (with her son...

41. Chuck Huber

Actor | Doragon Bôru Zetto Kami to Kami

Chuck Huber was born on May 8, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013), Dragon Ball Z (1996) and Arbor Day: The Musical (2014). He has been married to Jessica Von Braun since November 25, 2016. He was previously married to Kirsten ...

42. Karina Huber

Actress | The Witness Files

Karina Huber was born on December 31, 1972 in Morrisville, Vermont, USA. She is an actress, known for The Witness Files (1999), Relic Hunter (1999) and Police Call 110 (1971).

43. Billy Jayne

Actor | Just One of the Guys

Billy Jayne was born in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Just One of the Guys (1985), Cujo (1983) and The 'Burbs (1989). He was previously married to April Jayne.

44. Catherine Kellner

Actress | Pearl Harbor

Catherine Kellner was born on October 2, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Pearl Harbor (2001), 200 Cigarettes (1999) and After.Life (2009). She has been married to Reuben Avery since September 22, 2012. They have two children.

45. Minka Kelly

Actress | The Roommate

Minka Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California and she is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist, Rick Dufay, and Maureen Kelly, an exotic dancer and single mother, who often moved with her daughter to different communities before settling in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the time Minka was in...

46. Douglas Knapp

Cinematographer | Dark Star

Doug Knapp is a graduate of University Southern California school of Cinematic Arts (1972). Member of International Cinematograpers Guild, ICG Local 600 (1977 - 2011) as Camera Operator and Director of Photography on hundreds of television shows and feature films. Doug has been filming since the ...

47. Peter Kraus

Actor | Das fliegende Klassenzimmer

Peter Kraus was born on March 18, 1939 in Munich, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Flying Classroom (1954), John Icks, der singende Astronaut (1967) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He has been married to Ingrid Kraus since 1969. They have one child.

48. Lex Lang

Actor | Star Wars Resistance

A producer, director, two-time Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards-honored voice actor, voice match specialist, songwriter, music producer, entrepreneur, poet and philanthropist, Lex Lang is one of Hollywood's most versatile creative personalities.

During college, Lex performed stand-up comedy and ...

49. A.J. Langer

Actress | My So-Called Life

Allison Joy Langer was born in Columbus, Ohio. At age 5, her family moved to the San Fernando Valley, just outside of Los Angeles, where she attended Granada Hills High School. She first began using her initials to join an all-boys baseball team, and the nickname stuck. She was introduced to Ernie ...

50. David Langer

Self | Emergency NYC

David Langer, MD, is the chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital and Vice President of neurosurgery for Northwell Health's Western Region. He is Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Internationally recognized as an ...

51. Helga Lehner

Actress | Corrida pour un espion

Helga Lehner was born on January 5, 1944 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Code Name: Jaguar (1965), 24 Hours to Kill (1965) and À belles dents (1966).

52. Camryn Manheim

Actress | The Practice

Camryn grew up in Peoria, Illinois before moving to Long Beach California for middle school. She went on to receive a B.F.A. from U.C. Santa Cruz and then went on to earn a M.F.A from New York University in 1987. Her mother, Sylvia (Nuchow), was a schoolteacher, and her father, Jerry, was a math ...

53. Peter Marr

Actor | The Real Luke Skywalker

Peter is a comic, writer and producer in Los Angeles with a background in cinematography and construction. He can drop spot-on voice impressions like Easter eggs throughout a set, has a general B contractors license and the ability to teach log gamma curves and bit-depth to anyone. Laugh. Build. ...

54. Debra Mayer

Actress | Half Past Twelve at Night

Debra Mayer was born on July 8, 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Half Past Twelve at Night (2013), Blood Dolls (1999) and Speck (2002). She died on May 5, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

55. Ken Mayer

Actor | Little Big Man

Ken Mayer was born on June 25, 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Little Big Man (1970), Space Patrol (1950) and Jack the Giant Killer (1962). He died on January 30, 1985 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

56. Tammy Faye Bakker

Soundtrack | The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Tammy Faye Bakker was born on March 7, 1942 in International Falls, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000), Roseanne (1988) and The Drew Carey Show (1995). She was married to Roe Messner and Jim Bakker. She died on July 20, 2007 in Loch Lloyd, Missouri, USA.

57. Kevin Moser

Actor | Major League: Back to the Minors

Kevin Moser is an American actor in film, television, voiceover and theater. A character chameleon who is equally skilled at drama and comedy. Kevin is known for his extensive dialect work. Born in Southern California and raised in a military family, Kevin has a Bachelor of Theatre Arts from the ...

58. Lindsey Moser

Actress | Magic Mike XXL

Lindsey Moser was born on June 7, 1984 in Matthews, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Magic Mike XXL (2015) and The Leisure Seeker (2017).

59. Heidi Mueller

Actress | Passions

Heidi Mueller was born on January 29, 1982 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Passions (1999), Vile (2011) and Funny or Die Presents... (2007). She has been married to DeMarco Murray since June 20, 2015. They have one child.

60. Brian Muller

Actor | Bridge and Tunnel

Brian Muller is known for Bridge and Tunnel (2021), The Deuce (2017) and Blue Bloods (2010).

61. Craig T. Nelson

Actor | Coach

Craig T. Nelson was born on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Coach (1989), The Incredibles (2004) and The Family Stone (2005). He has been married to Doria Cook-Nelson since 1987. He was previously married to Robin McCarthy.

62. Haley Joel Osment

Actor | The Sixth Sense

Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting.

Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, to Theresa (Seifert), a teacher, and actor Eugene ...

63. Kellie Pickler

Soundtrack | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Kellie Pickler was born in Albemarle, North Carolina to Cynthia Morton and Clyde "Bo" Raymond Pickler, Jr. Cynthia left when Kellie was 2 but was then granted custody for two years. Kellie was returned to her grandparents at age 12. Her father was in and out of jail throughout her childhood and she...

64. Amy Pietz

Actress | Caroline in the City

Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American actress, known for her roles on television. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for her role as "Annie Spadaro" in the NBC sitcom, Caroline in the City (1995) (1995-1999). ...

65. Noam Pitlik

Director | Barney Miller

Noam Pitlik was born on November 4, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Barney Miller (1975), Taxi (1978) and Fitzwilly (1967). He was married to Susan Whittaker, Linda Hirsch and Jesse Blostein. He died on February 18, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, ...

66. Edward Platt

Actor | North by Northwest

Forever and fondly remembered as Don Adams' foil on the popular Mel Brooks/Buck Henry spy series Get Smart (1965), character actor Ed Platt (also billed as Edward C. Platt) had been around for two decades prior to copping that rare comedy role. Born in Staten Island, New York, on Valentine's Day, ...

67. John Ratzenberger

Actor | Cheers

John started the improvisational duo group, "Sal's Meat Market", in Bridgeport, Connecticut with fellow actor and friend Ray Hassett. He was later affiliated with the ensemble group, "The Downtown Cabaret". Coincidentally, he was a friend of Susan Ryan, the mother of Meg Ryan. A mutual friend, also...

68. Carl Reiner

Writer | The Dick Van Dyke Show

Carl Reiner is a legend of American comedy, who achieved great success as a comic actor, a director, producer and recording artist. He won nine Emmy Awards, three as an actor, four as a writer and two as a producer. He also won a Grammy Award for his album "The 2,000 Year Old Man", based on his ...

Creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show”

69. Rob Reiner

Actor | All in the Family

Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.

As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...

70. Rob Riggle

Actor | The Daily Show

Comedian, actor and United States Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Robert Allen Riggle, Jr. was born April 21, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Sandra (Shrout) and Robert Allen Riggle, who worked in insurance. Riggle has amassed notable television credits and has also earned roles in many ...

71. Catt Sadler

Actress | Goliath

Catherine Ann Sadler is an Emmy-winning journalist who was recently named by the Los Angeles Times as One of the Top 10 Next Broadcasters of Our Generation. She can be seen on E! News and hosting a number of E! specials and high-caliber red carpet events.

A graduate of Indiana University as a ...

72. Tom Schmid

Actor | Scrubs

Tom Schmid is known for Scrubs (2001), Days of Our Lives (1965) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).

73. Frederick Schultz

Producer | Minor Premise

Frederick Schultz is known for Minor Premise (2020), Stay Awake (2022) and James White (2015).

74. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

75. Katherine Schwarzenegger

Self | Timeless style of DVF

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt was born on December 13, 1989 at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California as Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger. She's an American author who has written 3 self-help books on subjects like self-image, forgiveness & finding direction after college. She has also ...

76. Patrick Schwarzenegger

Actor | Gen V

Patrick Schwarzenegger was born September 18, 1993, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He graduated USC with a degree in Business and a minor in cinematic arts. Patrick started studying acting with Nancy Banks while at college. He is known for being GoldenBoy in GenV (2023), as ...

77. David Schwimmer

Actor | Friends

Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Schwimmer was encouraged by a high school instructor to attend a summer program in acting at Northwestern University. Inspired by that experience, he returned to Northwestern where he received a bachelor's degree in speech/theater. In 1988, along with ...

78. John Steiner

Actor | Caligola

This tall, blond, thin British character actor portrayed some of the most memorable villains of Italian cinema during the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Cheshire, England in 1941, Steiner got his start in films after school with small parts in British productions. Among them was 'The Persecution and ...

79. Nancy Steiner

Costume_designer | Lost in Translation

Nancy Steiner is known for Lost in Translation (2003), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and Safe (1995).

80. Kathy Wagner

Actress | Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Has worked as an actress since the age of 3, until she attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1995. She graduated in May 1999 and went back to acting with a role in COME ON GET HAPPY: The Partridge Family Story.

81. Richard Wagner

Soundtrack | Watchmen

Richard Wagner was a German composer best known for his operas, primarily the monumental four-opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen". He was born Wilhelm Richard Wagner on May 22, 1813, in Leipzig, Germany. He was the ninth child in the family of Carl Wagner, a police clerk. Richard was only six ...

82. Peggy Webber

Actress | Macbeth

Peggy Webber started her career at age two and a half, performing during intermissions in silent movie theaters. She started working in radio at age 11; by 18, she was writing, producing and directing early television shows; at 21, she won the award that was later known as the Emmy for her drama ...

83. Rod Webber

Director | I Thought You Finally Completely Lost It

Rod Webber was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for I Thought You Finally Completely Lost It (2008), My America (2011) and Milkweed (2013). He is married to Lauren Pespisa.

84. Amy Weber

Actress | Transmorphers

Amy Marie Weber is an American actress, model, film producer, singer, real estate broker and former professional wrestling valet. She is best known for her time in WWE as a WWE Diva on the show Smackdown. Amy was also a star on the hit F/X show "Son of the Beach" produced by Howard Stern. She ...

85. Ben Weber

Actor | Twister

Ben is known for his work as an actor in film (Kissing Jessica Stein, The Broken Hearts Club, Gunshy, Twister) and television (Six Feet Under, Miss Match, Sex & the City, Law & Order). He currently appears on the WB's "Everwood" as guidance counselor Chris Beels. Ben is also a writer and director; ...

86. Dewey Weber

Actor | Showgirls

Dewey Weber was born on December 30, 1971 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Showgirls (1995), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) and Melrose Place (1992).

87. Steven Weber

Actor | The Shining

This Queens-born actor has certainly proven himself adept at everything from quirky comedy to flat-out melodrama earning TV stardom in the early 1990's and maintaining a strong foothold on stage, film and TV in its aftermath.

Steven Robert Weber was born on March 4, 1961, to Fran (Frankel), a ...

88. Ned Wertimer

Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Ned Wertimer was born on October 27, 1923 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) and Bad Company (1972). He was married to Skyne Uku. He died on January 2, 2013 in Valley Village, Los Angeles, ...

89. Haskell Wexler

Cinematographer | Medium Cool

Two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler was adjudged one of the ten most influential cinematographers in movie history, according to an International Cinematographers Guild survey of its membership. He won his Oscars in both black & white and color, for Who's Afraid of ...

90. Robert Wightman

Actor | American Gigolo

Robert Wightman was born on December 29, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for American Gigolo (1980), Stepfather 3 (1992) and The Waltons (1972).

91. Brian Wimmer

Actor | A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Brian Wimmer was born on October 1, 1959 in Orem, Utah, USA. He is an actor and director, known for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), Tank Girl (1995) and Flipper (1995).

92. John Barrymore

Actor | Twentieth Century

John Barrymore was born John Sidney Blyth on February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An American stage and screen actor whose rise to superstardom and subsequent decline is one of the legendary tragedies of Hollywood. A member of the most famous generation of the most famous theatrical ...

93. Shelley Berman

Actor | You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Shelley Berman began studying acting shortly after he was honorably discharged from the US navy. He enrolled as a drama student at Chicago's Goodman Theater, where he met Sarah Herman, another aspiring thespian. They fell in love and were married in 1947. After graduating from the Goodman Theater, ...

94. Susan Denberg

Actress | Frankenstein Created Woman

After becoming immersed in the 60s high life of drugs and sex, Denberg left show business and returned to Austria. News interviews at the time show a depressed Denberg in the company of her mother, at home in Klagenfurt. These news items, repeated in fan periodicals for years, gave the impression ...

95. Melissa Gilbert

Actress | Little House on the Prairie

Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress, television director, producer, politician, and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she ...

96. Sara Gilbert

Actress | Poison Ivy

Sara Gilbert was born on January 29, 1975, as Sara Rebecca Abeles at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, California, to Barbara Cowan and Harold Abeles. Barbara was previously married to the late Paul Gilbert. At the age of six, when Sara saw her sister Melissa Gilbert get a star...

97. Hugh Herbert

Actor | The Black Cat

Former stage actor and playwright - he wrote over 150 plays and vaudeville sketches - Hugh Herbert went, in the early 1930s to Hollywood, as a comedian. In the 1930s he worked mostly for Warner Bros., impersonating often eccentric millionaires, tycoons and dimwitted professors. In a few movies he ...

98. Arthur Hiller

Director | Love Story

Arthur Hiller was born on November 22, 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Love Story (1970), The Hospital (1971) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). He was married to Gwen Hiller. He died on August 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

99. Perry King

Actor | The Day After Tomorrow

Perry King was born on April 30, 1948 in Alliance, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Mandingo (1975) and Class of 1984 (1982).

100. Sylvia Miles

Actress | Midnight Cowboy

Sylvia Miles was an American actress, born and raised in Greenwich Village, New York City. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, without ever winning the Award.

Miles was born under the name "Sylvia Scheinwald". Her parents were furniture maker Reuben Scheinwald ...