Actors Who’ve Played a Lawyer
by gleekout29 | created - 13 Jun 2022 | updated - 4 months ago | Public
1. Johnny Sibilly
Actor | Hacks
Johnny Sibilly is an actor, producer, and advocate based in Los Angeles. In 2018, Sibilly made waves with his role of Costas Perez on FX's groundbreaking show "Pose," created by Ryan Murphy. Sibilly is an ardent champion for Latinx and LGBTQ+ rights, and has grown a sizable following online, known ...
2. Martha Madison
Actress | One Mississippi
Martha Madison was born on July 27, 1977 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for One Mississippi (2015), Days of Our Lives (1965) and To the Beat! (2018). She has been married to A.J. Gilbert since August 25, 2007. They have one child.
3. Carolyn Hennesy
Actress | Big Nate
Carolyn Hennesy was born on June 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Big Nate (2022), Cougar Town (2009) and General Hospital (1963). She was previously married to Donald Agnelli.
4. Cynthia Nixon
Actress | Sex and the City 2
Cynthia Nixon was born in New York City on April 9, 1966, to Anne Elizabeth Knoll, an actress, and Walter E. Nixon, Jr., a radio journalist. She has German and English ancestry. Nixon made a memorable film debut in Little Darlings (1980). Her Broadway credits include "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," "...
5. 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).
6. Jack Falahee
Actor | How to Get Away with Murder
Jack Falahee was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he performed in the several stage productions. Since graduation, Falahee appeared in films and television shows, before his breakout role as Connor Walsh in the Shonda ...
7. Conrad Ricamora
Actor | How to Get Away with Murder
CONRAD RICAMORA is an award-winning actor-singer-writer. He will next be seen as a series regular in the Hulu comedy "How To Die Alone," created and co-starring Natasha Rothwell. He was a series regular for six seasons opposite Viola Davis on ABC's "How To Get Away With Murder." He was also a ...
8. Matthew McConaughey
Actor | Interstellar
American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is ...
9. Tom Cruise
Actor | Top Gun
In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...
10. Susan Sarandon
Actress | Thelma & Louise
It was after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for Joe (1970). Chris Sarandon, who ...
11. Denzel Washington
Actor | Fences
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at ...
12. Matt Damon
Actor | Good Will Hunting
Matthew Paige Damon was born on October 8, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Kent Damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University. Matt has an older brother, Kyle, a sculptor. His father was of English and ...
13. Dylan McDermott
Actor | The Practice
A Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee, Dylan McDermott has proven his talent in film, television, and theater. He was born Mark Anthony McDermott in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Diane (Marino) and Richard McDermott. Diane was 15 and Richard was 17 when Dylan was born. Richard earned money by ...
14. Phylicia Rashad
Actress | The Cosby Show
Phylicia Rashad was born in Houston, Texas to African-American parents Vivian Elizabeth (Ayers), a poet and art director, and Andrew Arthur Allen, an orthodontist. As a child, Phylicia, her older brother Andrew (called Tex), and younger sister, dancer and actress Debbie Allen, lived in Mexico. She ...
15. Reese Witherspoon
Producer | Wild
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...
16. Mark Schneider
Actor | Babylon 5
Born in Jersey City and raised in New York, Mark graduated SUNY Stony Brook and while studying a year at the University of Manchester in England, traveled throughout Europe and the Mid East with a backpack, inspiring his need to investigate what makes us all so different, yet all so much the same, ...
17. Michelle Clunie
Actress | Queer as Folk
Michelle Clunie spent much of her childhood performing in plays, operas and recitals as an actress, dancer and violinist. She was awarded a scholarship to The Academy of Professional Ballet where she studied and apprenticed throughout her teenage years. At 19 years old she sold her violin for $200 ...
18. Eben Ham
Actor | Criminal Minds
Eben Ham grew up in Martinez, CA. His love for theater started after high school when he was cast as Sebastian in a production of Twelfth Night at the Benicia Dinner Theater. From there he trained at Diablo Valley College before transferring to UCLA where he graduated with a B.A. in Theater Arts. ...
19. Dean Scofield
Dean Scofield was born on January 12, 1957 in Alhambra, California, USA. He is an actor and casting director, known for The Cooler (2003), Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004) and Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002).
20. Jesus Ruiz
Actor | S.W.A.T.
Presently listed on IMDB by Glory of the top 95 most influential Puerto Ricans, Jesus Ruiz was born third of four children into a Puerto Rican family and grew up on the Lower East Side of New York City. As a child, Jesus loved to perform, not only was he a visual artist, but a musician as well. ...
21. Alex Wexo
Actor | Straight Outta Compton
Alex Wexo was Born in Boston, Mass. At the age of 5 his parent's moved to London, England where for the next 10 year's he went to school. Graduating from High School and determined to see the world, Alex left home and moved to Edinburgh, Scotland. There he did numerous odd job's bouncing in Night ...
22. Ramon O. Torres
Actor | A Little Family Drama
Ramon O. Torres is known for A Little Family Drama (2024), Last Ferry (2019) and Minor Premise (2020).
23. Sarah Paulson
Actress | 12 Years a Slave
Sarah Paulson was born on December 17, 1974 in Tampa, Florida, to Catharine Gordon (Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. She spent most of her early years in New York and Maine, before settling in Manhattan to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the High School for Performing Arts. ...
24. Gary Rubenstein
Actor | 9-1-1
Gary Rubenstein was born in Bridgeport Ct. He started his acting career doing theater in Massachusetts then moved to Minneapolis where he got his first paid acting job in an industrial film and then ,after touring in a children's show in New Jersey, moved to Los Angeles. He is best know for his ...
25. Kailena Mai
Actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kailena Mai was born in Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington School of Drama. She had wanderlust after college, traveling and writing about the people she encountered. In her 20's she moved to Hollywood to continue the career path of a storyteller. She resides in the LA area ...
26. Monica Parks
Actress | Cold Monsters
Monica Parks is an actress, known for Light Girls. Her professional career began in New York City working off-Broadway, in regional theatre and as a member of the Circle Repertory Company Lab. She later returned to St. Louis working for several years with the St. Louis Black Repertory Company and ...
27. Christian Jules Le Blanc
Actor | In the Heat of the Night
Christian Jules Le Blanc was born on August 25, 1958 in North Carolina, USA. He is the son of Major Andre Victor Le Blanc (a veteran) and Alice Le Blanc. He grew up in a large family, being the second eldest of eight children. As a teen, he attended Jesuit High School and later went on to receive a...
28. India de Beaufort
Actress | Run Fatboy Run
India de Beaufort was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Run Fatboy Run (2007), Slumberland (2022) and Kimi (2022). She has been married to Todd Grinnell since August 29, 2015. They have one child.
29. John Larroquette
Actor | Night Court
John Bernard Larroquette, is an all-around American actor known for his roles in both drama and comedy. He became well-known as Deputy District Attorney Dan Fielding in the NBC sitcom "Night Court" (1984-1992; 2023-present), a role that earned him four straight Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor...
30. Mark Zimmerman
Actor | The Thomas Crown Affair
Mark Zimmerman was born on April 19, 1952 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Delivery Man (2013) and Law & Order (1990).
31. Sonny Vellozzi
Julius Richard ("Sonny") Vellozzi was born April 14, 1953, in the Philadelphia (PA) neighborhood known as South Philly. His dad Sal was a local entertainer and inspired Sonny to go into show business. Sonny took up the guitar and belonged to many cover bands in the 1960s and 1970s. The acting bug ...
32. Dan Cordle
Producer | Possession
Dan Cordle is known for Possession (2012), Reeds (2005) and FBI: Most Wanted (2020).
33. Anne Lockhart
Actress | The Time Traveler's Wife
Actress, writer, producer, and director Anne Lockhart can look back over 100 years to trace her theatrical roots.
She was born Anne Kathleen Maloney on September 6, 1953 in New York City and grew up in Brentwood, California. Born to one of theatre's leading families, she is the fourth generation of ...
34. Jessica Serfaty
Actress | Ride
Jessica Serfaty was born on April 4, 1991 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Ride (2018), FML (2016) and Ryde (2017). She was previously married to Ididia Serfaty.
35. Anne-Marie Martin
Writer | Twister
Anne-Marie Martin was born on November 11, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Twister (1996), Sledge Hammer! (1986) and Prom Night (1980). She was previously married to Michael Crichton.
36. Tina Huang
Actress | Rizzoli & Isles
Tina Huang was born in Dallas, Texas, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Rizzoli & Isles (2010), The Night Shift (2014) and Shameless (2011).
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