Birth Place Matching "Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Heather Graham
Actress | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Heather Joan Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Joan (Bransfield), a schoolteacher and children's book author, and James Graham, an FBI agent. She and her sister, actress Aimee Graham, were raised by their strictly Catholic parents. They relocated often, as a result of their father's ...
2. Rachel Brosnahan
Actress | House of Cards
Rachel Brosnahan was born in in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1990 and is an American actress. She is best known for her role as 'Midge' Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) for which she has won two Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television ...
3. Jessica Szohr
Actress | Two Night Stand
Szohr was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and is of Hungarian and one quarter African American ancestry. Szohr played soccer, served on the student council, and was part of the cheerleading squad while in school. She started a cleaning company with a friend, cleaning their teachers' houses.
Szohr...
4. David Giuntoli
Actor | Grimm
David Giuntoli was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the son of Mary and David Giuntoli. David was educated at St. Louis University High School and moved on to Indiana University Bloomington, where he graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in International ...
5. Gene Wilder
Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
When he was 11 he wanted to be a comedian like Sid Ceasar then when he was 15 and saw Lee J Cobb in 'Death of a Salesman' he decided he would be a comedy actor. and found that Mel Brooks was a great influence on his screen writing. He combined both talents with directing in'The World's Greatest ...
6. 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). ...
7. Jane Kaczmarek
Actress | Pleasantville
Jane grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her mother, Evelyn, was a school teacher. Her father, Edward, is a former Defense Department employee. She is the oldest of four children. Her brothers, Jim & Bill, are a teacher and an entrepreneur respectively. Her sister, Mary, works for an Internet company....
8. Paris Berelc
Actress | Do Revenge
Paris was born & raised in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Paris started in dance at the age of 4 then competed in gymnastics for 9 years. She started a modeling career when she was 9 with Ford Models Chicago then begun an acting career a few years later. Paris moved to LA at the age of 14 to ...
9. Spencer Tracy
Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg
Spencer Tracy was the second son born on April 5, 1900, to truck salesman John Edward and Caroline Brown Tracy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While attending Marquette Academy, he and classmate Pat O'Brien quit school to enlist in the Navy at the start of World War I. Tracy was still at Norfolk Navy Yard...
10. Salome Jens
Actress | Green Lantern
Salome Jens was born on May 8, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for Green Lantern (2011), Cats & Dogs (2001) and Seconds (1966). She was previously married to Lee Leonard and Ralph Meeker.
11. Deidre Hall
Actress | Days of Our Lives
Deidre Hall has emerged as one of America's most beloved actresses, who delighted her fans in August 1991, when she returned to NBC-TV's number one daytime program, Days of Our Lives (1965). Hall created the role of "Dr. Marlena Evans" in 1976, a character whose popularity has created a furor and a...
12. Kelly McCreary
Actress | Grey's Anatomy
Kelly McCreary was born on July 10, 1981 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Grey's Anatomy (2005), Castle (2009) and Baby, Baby, Baby (2015). She has been married to Pete Chatmon since May 2019.
13. David Lowery
Editor | A Ghost Story
David Lowery is an American writer and director. He is best known for The Green Knight (2021), Pete's Dragon (2016), A Ghost Story (2017) and Pioneer (2011). He has been making movies since he was seven years old, but his first work to be widely seen was the short film A Catalog Of Anticipations (...
14. Eric Szmanda
Self | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 15: All Dolled Up
Eric Szmanda is an American actor best known for his role of forensic investigator "Greg Sanders" on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". Eric was born and raised in Wisconsin where he was active in school plays and community theatre. He moved to LA at the age of 19 to study acting at the American ...
15. Marc Alaimo
Actor | Total Recall
Marc Alaimo was born on May 5, 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for Total Recall (1990), Tango & Cash (1989) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
16. Dan Harmon
Writer | Rick and Morty
Dan Harmon was born on January 3, 1973 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is best known as the creator, writing, and producer for Community (2009) and Rick and Morty (2013). He also is known for writing and producing earlier works such as Computerman (2003), and Laser Fart (2004). He was previously ...
17. Jeana Keough
Actress | The Beach Girls
Jeana Keough was born on September 18, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for The Beach Girls (1982), History of the World: Part I (1981) and 10 to Midnight (1983).
18. Jacob Latimore
Actor | Vanishing on 7th Street
Hailed by Variety, Indiewire and The Wrap as an exciting breakout star, Jacob Latimore is quickly emerging as one of the most talented and versatile actors of his generation.
Recently Latimore drew strong critical acclaim for his star turn as Bo in 2016 Sundance Film Festival favorite SLEIGHT, ...
19. David Zucker
Writer | Airplane!
Born on October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost, 1990) Zucker and longtime friend, Jim (Hot Shots, 1991) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood's (or at least Wisconsin's) most successful filmmakers.
Starting ...
20. Nancy Olson
Actress | Sunset Blvd.
Milwaukee-born Nancy Ann Olson was the daughter of Henry, a physician, and Evelyn Olson, and educated at the University of Wisconsin. Discovered on stage after transferring to California's UCLA, the pretty, peaches-and-cream blonde was quickly signed by Paramount Studios in 1948 and almost ...
21. Charlotte Rae
Actress | The Facts of Life
Charlotte Rae was born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the middle daughter of three sisters, between Beverly and Mimi. Her parents, Esther (nee Ottenstein) and Meyer Lubotsky, were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her father owned an automobile tire business. Her mother had been ...
22. Robert Easton
Actor | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Robert Easton was born on November 23, 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Working Girl (1988) and Red Heat (1988). He was previously married to June Bettine Grimstead. He died on December 16, 2011 in Toluca Lake, ...
23. Jeffrey Dahmer
Self | Dateline NBC
One of the USA's most notorious serial killers, Jeffrey Dahmer was born and raised in Bath Township, Ohio, a middle-class suburb of Akron. Much has been made of his childhood tendencies -including cases of cruelty to animals- but to outward appearances, at least, he seemed to be a normal child. As ...
24. Tom Laughlin
Actor | Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin was born on August 10, 1931 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Billy Jack (1971), The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) and The Born Losers (1967). He was previously married to Delores Taylor. He died on December 12, 2013 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
25. Paul Shenar
Actor | Scarface
Attractive, dark-featured character actor with a voice like thunder, and eyes like a wolf, who was featured in less than sympathetic roles throughout his career. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Albert Paul Shenar attended the University of Wisconsin. Soon after graduation, he relocated to ...
26. Aimee Graham
Actress | Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
Aimee Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and Jackie Brown (1997).
27. George Tillman Jr.
Producer | The Hate U Give
After seeing the films, COOLEY HIGH and TAXI DRIVER, Milwaukee, Wisconsin native George Tillman, Jr. became inspired to make films of his own. In 1994, George wrote and directed his first feature film, SCENES FOR THE SOUL. It was shot entirely in Chicago, using local talent and resources. The film,...
28. Brad Rowe
Actor | Shelter
Brad Rowe was born on May 15, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Shelter (2007), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and God Bless America (2011). He has been married to Lisa Fiori since September 18, 1999. They have one child.
29. John Ridley
Producer | 12 Years a Slave
John Ridley is the author of seven published novels, the most recent, What Fire Cannot Burn from Warner Books and The Drift from Knopf. His first novel, Stray Dogs, was made into the feature film U Turn (1997) directed by Oliver Stone and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, and Nick Nolte. ...
30. Bob Uecker
Actor | Major League
Bob Uecker's first career was professional baseball. He played six seasons in the majors (1962-1967), playing catcher for three different National League teams: Braves (Milwaukee, WI, and Atlanta, GA), Cardinals (St. Louis, MO), and Phillies (Philadelphia, PA). His batting, never stellar, declined ...
31. Sarah Sokolovic
Actress | Big Little Lies
Sarah Sokolovic was born on May 9, 1980 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for Big Little Lies (2017), Homeland (2011) and Every Secret Thing (2014).
32. Jerry Zucker
Producer | Airplane!
Jerry Zucker was born on March 11, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Airplane! (1980), Ghost (1990) and Top Secret! (1984). He has been married to Janet Zucker since May 1987. They have two children.
33. Chip Zien
Actor | Howard the Duck
Chip Zien was born on March 20, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for Howard the Duck (1986), United 93 (2006) and The Siege (1998). He is married to Susan Pillarre. They have two children.
34. Pamela Britton
Actress | D.O.A.
Pamela Britton was born Armilda Jane Owen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her mother was Ethel Owen, a prominent stage, radio and early television actress. Pam first used Gloria Jane Owen as her stage name, but not wanting to trade on her mother's reputation, chose Pamela from a British book, and then ...
35. Eduard Franz
Actor | The Thing from Another World
Born Eduard Franz Schmidt in Milwaukee, WI, this stern-faced character actor had originally planned to be a commercial artist, but a stint with a local theatrical troupe set him on the road to an acting career. In 1925 he moved to New York City and joined up with a Greenwich Village theatrical ...
36. Mary Gallagher
Actress | Flightplan
Mary Gallagher is an actor, stand-up comedian and writer. She is best known for appearances on Friends, The West Wing and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as well as films, including Flightplan and How Do You Know.
Originally from Elm Grove, Wisconsin, Mary graduated from The University of ...
37. Jeannie Gaffigan
Writer | The Jim Gaffigan Show
Jeannie Gaffigan was born on March 9, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015), My Boys (2006) and Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape (2018). She has been married to Jim Gaffigan since July 26, 2003. They have five children.
38. Joyful Drake
Actress | Unthinkably Good Things
Joyful Drake was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her love for performing began at a young age, earning her two State Speech Performance Titles for reciting and delivering a re-enactment of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech and President Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."...
39. Pat O'Brien
Actor | Some Like It Hot
Although he came to be called "Hollywood's Irishman in Residence"--and, along with good friends James Cagney, Allen Jenkins, Frank McHugh and a few others were called "The Irish Mafia"--and he often played Irish immigrants, Pat O'Brien was US-born and -bred. As a young boy the devoutly Roman ...
40. Trixie Mattel
Producer | Wish You Were Queer
Trixie Mattel was born on August 23, 1989 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Wish You Were Queer, American Horror Story (2011) and Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns (2014).
41. Mark Borchardt
Actor | Coven
Mark Borchardt was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started making films at the age of fourteen with a super-8 camera that he bought from a garage sale for $40. After serving three years in the military he continued his cinematic endeavors at the local university. In the mid-nineties he ...
42. Ray Corrigan
Actor | Pals of the Saddle
Ray Corrigan was a physical culturist and very good athlete. He began working in Hollywood, as a physical fitness trainer for movie stars. Bit parts in 1932 led to action roles in the Undersea Kingdom (1936) and The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936), the same year he began his role as Tucson Smith in...
43. Candice Michelle
Actress | WWF SmackDown!
Candice Michelle was born on September 30, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary 1999-2009 (2009). She has been married to Ken Gee Ehrlich since May 7, 2005. They have three children.
44. Jeff Doucette
Actor | Doctor Dolittle
Jeff Doucette was born on November 25, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Doctor Dolittle (1998), Splash (1984) and Bedazzled (2000). He has been married to Saba Moor-Doucette since July 2003. He was previously married to Kathleen Kelley.
45. Gustavo Carr
Actor | Bring It On: All or Nothing
Film and television actor, singer, model and dancer with the worlds greatest Pop stars Gustavo Carr is from Irvine, CA by way of Milwaukee, WI. He started working in the entertainment industry as a dancer at a young age landing his very first audition for a television commercial dancing with MC ...
46. Michael Maize
Actor | Mr. Robot
Michael Maize was born on December 1, 1974 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Mr. Robot (2015), Happy! (2017) and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022).
47. Charlie Finn
Actor | Super Troopers
Charlie Finn was born on September 18, 1975 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for Super Troopers (2001), The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and Castle (2009).
48. Greg Eagles
Actor | Metal Gear Solid
Greg Eagles is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has forged a career as an actor both in front of the cameras as well as in Voice Overs. He has acted in a number of television roles in such series as "The Shield" "The Riches" "NYPD Blue" and "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" And has recurred on ...
49. Robert Casper
Actor | Simon & Simon
American general purpose actor, busy on television between the early 60s and the late 80s. Casper joined a travelling children's theatre straight out of high school. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942, serving in India, Burma and China. Upon his discharge, he perfected his craft at the ...
50. Eric Benét
Soundtrack | The Brothers
Eric Benét was born on October 15, 1966 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Brothers (2001), Snap (2022) and A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996). He has been married to Manuela Testolini since July 31, 2011. They have two children. He was previously married ...