The Emperor’s New Groove 2000 premiere

1. Sting

Soundtrack | The Emperor's New Groove

Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee...

2. David Spade

Actor | Joe Dirt

Adept at playing comic brat extraordinaires both on film and TV, David Spade was born on July 22, 1964, in Birmingham, Michigan, the youngest of three brothers. He is the son of Judith J. (Meek), a writer and editor, and Wayne M. Spade, a sales rep, and is of German, English, Irish, and Scottish ...

3. Patrick Warburton

Actor | The Emperor's New Groove

Patrick Warburton is known to many for the role of "Puddy" in the hit NBC comedy "Seinfeld," the laconic, enigmatic, quirky Saab salesman and Elaine's boyfriend. Warburton starred for 7 seasons on the hit CBS comedy "Rules of Engagement" with David Spade, Oliver Hudson, and Megyn Price about two ...

4. Eartha Kitt

Actress | The Emperor's New Groove

An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Kitt's mother was a sharecropper of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Her father's identity is unknown. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine. At 15, she quit high school...

5. Wendie Malick

Actress | The American President

The actress Wendie Malick was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1950 and attended Ohio Wesleyan University, from which she graduated in 1972. The 5-foot, 10-inch beauty was a Wilhelmina model in the 1970s, giving it up to go to work for Buffalo-area Congressman Jack Kemp. She quickly left Washington, ...

6. Kellyann Kelso

Actress | The Emperor's New Groove

Kellyann Kelso is known for The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999) and M.U.G.E.N (1999).

7. Dave Hartley

Music_department | The Emperor's New Groove

Dave Hartley is known for The Emperor's New Groove (2000), The Batman (2022) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).

8. Jimmy Jam

Self | 64th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony

Jimmy Jam was born on June 6, 1959 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for 64th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony (2022). He has been married to Lisa Padilla since June 25, 1994. They have three children.

9. Terry Lewis

Soundtrack | Mo' Money

Terry Lewis was born on November 24, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Mo' Money (1992), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) and Poetic Justice (1993). He has been married to Karyn White since March 31, 1991. They have one child.

10. Mark Dindal

Writer | Chicken Little

Mark Dindal is an American animation film director, writer and voice actor from Columbus, Ohio who is known for directing the comedy classic Disney film The Emperor's New Groove. He is also known for directing Warner Brothers' musical Cats Don't Dance and Disney's Chicken Little. He provided ...

11. Randy Fullmer

Producer | Chicken Little

Randy Fullmer was born on April 27, 1950 in Richland, Washington, USA. He was a producer, known for Chicken Little (2005), Lifeforce (1985) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). He was married to Diana Kuriyama. He died on July 10, 2023 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

12. Don Hahn

Producer | Maleficent

Don Hahn was born on November 26, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Maleficent (2014), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and The Lion King (1994). He has been married to Denise Meara-Hahn since June 12, 1987. They have one child.

13. Antonio Banderas

Actor | The Mask of Zorro

Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.

He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, ...

14. Melanie Griffith

Actress | Working Girl

Melanie Griffith was born on August 9, 1957 in New York City, to then model/future actress Tippi Hedren and former child actor turned advertising executive Peter Griffith. Her parents' marriage ended when she was four years old and Tippi brought Melanie to Los Angeles to get a new start. Tippi ...

15. Sela Ward

Actress | Independence Day: Resurgence

Hallelujah for Sela. Everyone's favorite "Sister" was born Sela Ann Ward, on July 11, 1956, in Meridian, Mississippi. Sela's parents were Annie Kate (Boswell) and Granberry Holland Ward, Jr., an electrical engineer; the three younger children in the family are Jenna (1957), Berry (1959) and Brock (...

16. Jody Watley

Actress | Mystery Men

She's an innovative music maker, a style-forging pioneer: since the mid-90s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as an entrepreneur working in the independent music world as one of the few already-established female best-selling artists to produce, create and own her ...

17. Gary LeVox

Soundtrack | The Ice Road

Gary LeVox was born on July 10, 1970 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for The Ice Road (2021), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) and To Appomattox (2015). He has been married to Tara LeVox since May 15, 1999. They have two children.

18. Jay DeMarcus

Actor | Hannah Montana: The Movie

Jay DeMarcus was born on April 26, 1971 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), All Shook Up and A Country Christmas (2013). He has been married to Allison DeMarcus since May 15, 2004. They have two children.

19. JoeDon Rooney

Actor | Hannah Montana: The Movie

JoeDon Rooney was born on September 13, 1975 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), To Appomattox (2015) and The Christmas Trap (2018). He was previously married to Tiffany Fallon.

20. Michelle Trachtenberg

Actress | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and started her acting career young; she began appearing in commercials at the age of 3.

She continued to act and dance through her school years, making regular television appearances from the age of 10. She landed a recurring role in the kids' TV show The Adventures...

21. Mimi Rogers

Actress | Ginger Snaps

It's fair to say that after 20 years and over 50 film appearances, Mimi Rogers should be praised for her variety of roles and acting capabilities, not for a brief marriage to a Hollywood star. In the early 1980s she began to carve a niche for herself in Hollywood, appearing on television and in ...

22. Alan Thicke

Soundtrack | Growing Pains

Alan Thicke was born on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Growing Pains (1985), Raising Helen (2004) and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009). He was married to Tanya Callau, Gina Marie Tolleson and Gloria Loring. He died on December 13, 2016 ...

23. Caitlyn Jenner

Actress | Can't Stop the Music

Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born William Bruce Jenner on October 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York and raised in Sleepy Hollow, New York to Esther Jenner & William Jenner. Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Convinced by ...

24. Jo Anne Worley

Actress | Beauty and the Beast

This tall, attractive, rubber-faced, tunnel-mouthed comedienne with the trademark bouffant black hair is a one-of-a-kind commodity and certainly no shrinking violet when it comes to entertaining. Unapologetically, she adores the center stage...and vice versa -- the stage loves her. Like several of ...

25. Teri Garr

Actress | Tootsie

Teri Garr can claim a career in show business by birthright. She was the daughter of Eddie Garr, a Broadway stage and film actor, and Phyllis Garr, a dancer. While she was still an infant, her family moved from Hollywood to New Jersey but, after the death of her father when she was 11, the family ...

26. Estelle Harris

Actress | Toy Story 2

Estelle Harris was an American actress and comedienne, known for her exaggerated shrill and grating comedic voice. She often worked as a voice actress in animation, voicing supporting characters and guest stars. Her best known roles are the obnoxious mother Estelle Costanza in the sitcom "Seinfeld"...

27. Paul Wylie

Self | An Evening of Championship Skating

Paul Wylie was born on October 28, 1964 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for An Evening of Championship Skating (1992), An Evening of Championship Skating (1993) and An Evening of Championship Skating (1996). He has been married to Kate Presbrey since August 14, 1999. They have three ...

28. Simon Baker

Actor | Margin Call

Simon Baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received Australia's prestigious Logie award for Most Popular New Talent. Upon relocating to Los Angeles with his family, Baker was immediately cast in the Academy Award winning film L.A. Confidential (1997).

29. 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, ...

30. Roy Edward Disney

Producer | Fantasia 2000

Roy Edward Disney began working for the Walt Disney Company as an assistant film editor on the True-Life Adventure film in 1954. In 1967, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the company. In 1984, he returned to the company as vice chairman of the board, and head of the animation department....

31. Art Linkletter

Actor | Champagne for Caesar

Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster. He died on May 26, 2010 in Bel-Air, California...

32. Buddy Ebsen

Actor | The Beverly Hillbillies

Buddy Ebsen began his career as a dancer in the late 1920s in a Broadway chorus. He later formed a vaudeville act with his sister Vilma Ebsen, which also appeared on Broadway. In 1935 he and his sister went to Hollywood, where they were signed for the first of MGM's Eleanor Powell movies, Broadway ...

33. Sharon Baird

Actress | Land of the Lost

Sharon Baird, best known as Mousketeer "Sharon" on The Mickey Mouse Club (1955), was born in Seattle, Washington, on August 16, 1943 (her brother, Jimmy Baird, also had an acting career, although it was shorter than Sharon's). She took ballet lessons as a child, and showed an aptitude for dancing, ...

34. Bobby Burgess

Soundtrack | The Dodge Dancing Party

Bobby Burgess was born on May 19, 1941 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Lawrence Welk Show (1955), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and The Donna Reed Show (1958). He has been married to Kristie Ann Floren since February 14, 1971. They have four children.

35. Marty Sklar

Writer | EPCOT

Marty Sklar was born on February 6, 1934 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for EPCOT (1967), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and After the Fair: The Legacy of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair (2014). He was married to Leah. He died on July 27, 2017 in Hollywood Hills, ...

36. Dick Nunis

Self | Tomorrowman

Dick Nunis was born on May 30, 1932 in Cedartown, Georgia, USA. He died on December 13, 2023.

37. Tim Disney

Director | Blessed Art Thou

Tim Disney is known for A Question of Faith (2000), American Violet (2008) and Oliver & Company (1988). He has been married to Neda Pourang since May 22, 2010. He was previously married to Martha Hackett.

38. Abigail Disney

Producer | The Armor of Light

Abigail E. Disney is an Emmy-winning director and producer, philanthropist and the CEO and president of Fork Films. An active supporter of peacebuilding, she is passionate about advancing women's roles in the public sphere. Abigail's films and series focus on social issues and spotlight ...

39. Susan Disney Lord

Producer | Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Susan Disney Lord is known for Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022), Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014) and The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019).

40. Kristina Graefe

Actress | Tücken des Alltags

Kristina Graefe is known for Tücken des Alltags (1992).

41. Barry Bostwick

Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tall (6' 4"), agile, energetic, and ever-so-confident as both actor and singer, especially on the award-winning Broadway stage, Barry Bostwick possesses that certain narcissistic poise, charm and élan that reminds one instantly (and humorously) of a Kevin Kline -- both were quite brilliant in their...

42. Peter Brown

Actor | Foxy Brown

Peter Brown got into acting when he was in the army by organizing a theater group on base to occupy his spare time while stationed in Alaska. After his discharge he enrolled in the acting program at UCLA, and starting in the mid-1950s found employment in many of the western films and series being ...

43. Corey Burton

Actor | Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Corey Burton is an American voice actor with Asperger's. He is known for voicing Mole in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return, Captain Hook in Return to Neverland and Kingdom Hearts, Count Dooku in various Star Wars media whenever Christopher Lee is unavailable, Hugo Strange in ...

44. Iseluleko Ma'at El 0

Actor | Bad Boys II

Kiko Ellsworth is an American film and television actor. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California to Lorna and Andrew Ellsworth. He is of African, American Indian (mother), Israeli, French and Creole (father) descent. He is married to Massachusetts State native, Christine Carlo, whom he ...

45. Nancy Lee Grahn

Actress | General Hospital

Nancy Lee Grahn was born on April 28, 1956 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for General Hospital (1963), Santa Barbara (1984) and Babylon 5 (1993).

46. Erin Hershey

Actress | Port Charles

Hershey's previous television credits include ABC's (2005) sitcom pilot, Marsha Potter Gets a Life (2005), NBC's (2004) sitcom pilot, D.O.T.S. (2004), co-host finalist for ABC's The View (1997), ABC's Port Charles (1997), The Paranormal Borderline (1996) and Pandora's Clock (1996). She was also ...

47. John Ingle

Actor | Heathers

John Ingle was born on May 7, 1928 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Heathers (1988), General Hospital (1963) and Death Becomes Her (1992). He was married to Grace-Lynne Martin. He died on September 16, 2012 in Altadena, California, USA.

48. Richard Kind

Actor | Argo

Richard Kind, a Drama Desk Award winner and Tony nominee for the Broadway hit The Big Knife, is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who continues to redefine the term character actor. Kind is starring as Sam Meyers in the Amazon Original Series Red Oaks (2014). He appeared in the ...

49. Melissa Kite

Actress | House M.D.

Melissa Kite is known for House M.D. (2004), Big Love (2006) and 12 Days a Stripper (2014).

50. John Lasseter

Writer | Toy Story 2

Although born in Hollywood, John and his twin sister Johanna were raised in Whittier near Los Angeles. His parents were Jewell Mae (Risley), an art teacher, and Paul Eual Lasseter, a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. His mother's profession contributed to his interest in animation and ...

51. George Meyers

Air Force One

George Meyers was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and grew up in the neighboring town of Stewartsville, NJ. He attended Stewartsville Elementary School, Phillipsburg High School and Lebanon Valley College. After graduating college George moved into New York City to begin his acting career. While ...

52. Colin Mochrie

Self | Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Colin Andrew Mochrie was on born November 30, 1957, in Kilmarnock, Scotland. His father, an airline maintenance executive, moved the family to Montreal, Canada, in 1964, and finally to Vancouver in 1969. When asked about his childhood, Mochrie said he tended to be a bit of a loner because of moving...

53. Jason Munoz

Actor | Star Trek: Hidden Frontier

Jason Michael Muñoz (born 8 April 1980) is an actor who portrayed Starfleet officer Jason Muñoz for the fan film series Voyages of the USS Angeles and Star Trek: Hidden Frontier. He guest starred as a Vulcan in the Star Trek: Odyssey series finale "Tossed Upon the Shore". He was also associate ...

54. Charles Murphy

Self | Disney's California Adventure TV Special

55. Kate Rodger

Actress | General Hospital

Kate Rodger is known for General Hospital (1963), Alphonso Bow (2010) and Gilmore Girls (2000).

56. Brad Sherwood

Self | Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Bradley Sherwood was born on the 24th November, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, and later, grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He began acting at the age of eight. He graduated from Wright State University with a BFA in Acting and, soon thereafter, took his talents to Hollywood. His first real role was on ...

57. Deni Tyler

Self | Disney's California Adventure TV Special

Deni Tyler is known for Disney's California Adventure TV Special (2001).

58. Rico Vega

Actor | Lucas Entertainment

59. James Winburn

Stunts | Escape from New York

James Winburn was born on October 18, 1937. He was an actor and director, known for Escape from New York (1981), Tron (1982) and Colors (1988). He died on November 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

60. Jacklyn Zeman

Actress | General Hospital

Jackie began training for the classic ballet at age 5. She was accepted into the New Jersey Dance Company at age 15, and accepted a scholarship from New York University at age 15 to pursue a major in dance. The dark-haired beauty decided to try acting, and has become a staple of daytime drama (aka ...

61. David Carradine

Actor | Kill Bill: Vol. 2

David Carradine was born in Hollywood, California, the eldest son of legendary character actor John Carradine, and his wife, Ardanelle Abigail (McCool). He was a member of an acting family that included brothers Keith Carradine and Robert Carradine as well as his daughters Calista Carradine and ...

62. Keith Carradine

Actor | Nashville

It seems the second generation of acting Carradines -- David, Keith and Robert -- are proudly continuing the family tradition and begetting a third generation of talent. The dynasty began with veteran Hollywood patriarch John Carradine, the son of a surgeon and a correspondent for the Associated ...

63. Adrienne Frantz

Actress | The Bold and the Beautiful

An accomplished actor, singer and songwriter, Adrienne Frantz made a name for herself on television playing the character of Amber Moore on two CBS daytime dramas throughout the 1990s and 2000s. An outgoing only child, by age three Adrienne Danielle Frantz was holding private dance recitals in her ...

64. Johnny Rzeznik

Soundtrack | City of Angels

John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik was born in Buffalo, New York, to Edith (Pomeroy) and Joseph Rzeznik, a bar proprietor and postal clerk. He is the youngest of five children, and has Polish (father) and English and German (mother) ancestry. From early on in his life, John found that his parents were ...

65. Mackenzie Phillips

Actress | American Graffiti

Mackenzie Phillips was known for her role in the 1973 hit movie American Graffiti (1973). Two years later, she got the role that changed her life in the 1975 sitcom One Day at a Time (1975). The show was an instant success, and everything was going well until the third season was launched, when she...

66. Shane Fontayne

Soundtrack | Me and Will

Shane Fontayne is known for Me and Will (1999), Amy's Orgasm (2001) and The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2008).

67. Cheri Oteri

Actress | Scary Movie

Cheri Oteri was born on September 19, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, graduating from Archbishop Prendergast High School, then moved to Los Angeles when she was 25, where she worked in Promotions for A&M records for 4 years and joined up with the ...

68. Jennifer Blanc-Biehn

Actress | Dark Angel

Jennifer Blanc, also known as Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, was born and raised in New York City, by her mom, Jenise Blanc. At the tender age of 10, Jennifer was on Broadway in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs", working alongside Jonathan Silverman, Fisher Stevens and Robert Sean Leonard. Jennifer's ...

69. Allan McKeown

Producer | Tracey Takes On...

Allan McKeown was born on May 21, 1946 in Ealing, Middlesex, London, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Tracey Takes On... (1996), Get Carter (1971) and Lovejoy (1986). He was married to Tracey Ullman. He died on December 24, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

70. Tracey Ullman

Actress | The Tracey Ullman Show

Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman) is a multiple award-winning television, stage and film actress who performs as a comedian, singer, dancer, as well as works as a screenwriter, producer, director, author, and businesswoman. She holds dual British and American citizenship.

Ullman's early appearances ...

71. Johnny McKeown

Actor | Fainaru fantajî XII

Johnny McKeown was born on August 6, 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Final Fantasy XII (2006), The Good Place (2016) and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (2017).

72. David Yeager Jr.

Actor | Youngstown: I'll Be Your Everything

David Yeager Jr. was born on June 15, 1976. He is an actor, known for Youngstown: I'll Be Your Everything (1999), Youngstown: I'll Be Your Everything - Version 2 (1999) and DreamChaser Tour (2002).

73. James Lee Dallas

Producer | Twinkle Time: Fun in the Sun

James Lee Dallas was born on February 7, 1975. He is a producer and actor, known for Twinkle Time: Fun in the Sun (2013), Twinkle Time Web Series (2012) and Twinkle Time & Friends.

74. Samuel Lopez Jr.

Actor | Youngstown: I'll Be Your Everything

Samuel Lopez Jr. was born on September 8, 1977. He is an actor, known for Youngstown: I'll Be Your Everything (1999), Youngstown: I'll Be Your Everything - Version 2 (1999) and DreamChaser Tour (2002).

75. Alitzah

Actress | Just Dance by Twinkle Time

Alitzah is an actress and producer, known for Just Dance by Twinkle Time (2017), Boy Meets World (1993) and Sanchez of Bel Air (1986).

76. Amy Sue Hardy

Actress | Boy Meets World

Amy Sue Hardy is known for Boy Meets World (1993) and The Power of One: The Pokemon 2000 Movie Special (2000).

77. Stacey Harper

Actress | 13 Going on 30

Stacey Harper was born in 1977 in Herndon, Virginia, USA. She is known for 13 Going on 30 (2004), Starsky & Hutch (2004) and Gigli (2003).

78. Jennie Kwan

Actress | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

Jennie Kwan was born on September 9, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021), .hack//G.U. Last Recode (2017) and Suzume (2022). She is married to Matthew Todd Garrett. She was previously married to Andrew Verona.

79. Dick Van Dyke

Actor | Mary Poppins

Dick Van Dyke was born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel Victoria (McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman. His younger brother was entertainer Jerry Van Dyke. His ancestry includes English, Dutch, Scottish, German and Swiss-German. Although he had ...

80. Mickey Rooney

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

Mickey Rooney was born Joe Yule Jr. on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. He first took the stage as a toddler in his parents vaudeville act at 17 months old. He made his first film appearance in 1926. The following year, he played the lead character in the first Mickey McGuire short film. ...

81. 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 ...

82. Tiffani Thiessen

Actress | Alexa & Katie

Tiffani Amber Thiessen was born on January 23, 1974 in Long Beach, California to Robyn Ernest, a homemaker & Frank Thiessen, a park designer. She grew up in Long Beach with her parents and her brothers, professional cyclist Todd (born August 1, 1968) and Schyler (born May 10, 1977). When Tiffani ...

83. David Cassidy

Actor | The Partridge Family

David Cassidy was born on April 12, 1950 in Manhattan, to Jack Cassidy, a very skilled actor and singer, and Evelyn Ward, an actress. By the time he was five, his parents were divorced and Jack had married actress Shirley Jones, an actress who in 1955 had just made Oklahoma! (1955). When David was ...

84. Martin Landau

Actor | Ed Wood

Oscar-winning character actor Martin Landau was born on June 20, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. At age 17, he was hired by the New York Daily News to work in the promotions department before he became a staff cartoonist and illustrator. In his five years on the paper, he served as the illustrator for ...

85. Tom Arnold

Actor | True Lies

Tom Arnold was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Linda (Graham) and Jack Arnold. After his parents divorced, he was raised by his father. In 1983, he got his first taste of stand-up comedy when he performed at open microphone nights at the University of Iowa. Tom's comedy career had its ups and downs over ...

86. Dennis Haskins

Actor | Saved by the Bell

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Before pursuing a television career Dennis has worked as a music manager, agent and concert promoter. Among his customers were Tom Jones and Gregg Allman. He wrote a guide for actors called "Rating the Agents". On screen he had guest roles in series like The Twilight...

87. Dennis Miller

Actor | The Net

Dennis Miller was born on November 3, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Net (1995), Joe Dirt (2001) and Murder at 1600 (1997). He has been married to Ali Espley since April 10, 1988. They have two children.

88. Holden Miller

Producer | Night Sky

Holden Miller was born in 1990. He is a producer and writer, known for Night Sky (2022), RSVP (2024) and Eavesdropping (2019).

89. Marlon Miller

Son of Dennis Miller and Ali Espley.

90. Whoopi Goldberg

Actress | Ghost

Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in...

91. Tim Allen

Actor | Toy Story

Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (Fox) and Gerald M. Dick. His father, a real estate salesman, was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game, when Tim was eleven years old...

92. Marlee Matlin

Actress | CODA

Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.

Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop...

93. Ali Espley

Self | Mr. Miller Goes to Washington Starring Dennis Miller

Ali Espley has been married to Dennis Miller since April 10, 1988. They have two children.

94. 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 ...

95. Fran Drescher

Writer | The Nanny

Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher was born on September 30, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York to Sylvia Drescher, a bridal consultant & Mort Drescher, a naval systems analyst. Fran attended Hillcrest High School in New York with another now-famous name, Ray Romano. She was a studious girl and was ...

96. Carol Alt

Actress | Private Parts

The third of four children born to Anthony Alt and Muriel Alt, Carol Alt was raised in East Williston, NY. She began her modeling career after she was spotted waiting tables during her freshman year at Hofstra University, which she attended on an ROTC scholarship. She dropped out of school to move ...

97. Tyra Banks

Actress | Coyote Ugly

Tyra Banks was born on December 4, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Coyote Ugly (2000), Tropic Thunder (2008) and America's Next Top Model (2003).

98. Drew Carey

Producer | The Drew Carey Show

Drew Carey was born on May 23, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Drew Carey Show (1995), Robots (2005) and Jack and Jill (2011).

99. Marina Anderson

Actress | The Red Maple Leaf

Marina Anderson is a noted actress, voice-over artist, writer, producer, makeup artist, acting coach, personal manager and career consultant. Marina has ventured in practically every facet of the entertainment industry in front of and behind the camera.

She was singly responsible via her efforts as ...

100. Sue Shifrin

Actress | Superman

Sue Shifrin was born on April 16, 1949 in Miami, Florida, USA. She is a composer and actress, known for Superman (1978), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and The Pirate Movie (1982).