Writers
by ls-56-985065 | created - 10 Aug 2020 | updated - 1 day ago | Public
1. 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 ...
2. Tony Danza
Actor | Don Jon
Tony Danza is an American actor, perhaps best known for starring on some of television's most beloved and long-running series, including "Taxi" (1978-1983) and "Who's the Boss?" (1984-1992).
Danza was born in Brooklyn, New York to Anne (Cammisa), a bookkeeper, and Matty Iadanza, a garbageman. His ...
3. Terry Gilliam
Writer | Brazil
Terry Gilliam was born near Medicine Lake, Minnesota. When he was 12 his family moved to Los Angeles where he became a fan of MAD magazine. In his early twenties he was often stopped by the police who suspected him of being a drug addict and Gilliam had to explain that he worked in advertising. In ...
4. Sasheer Zamata
Actress | Michelle Obama's Breaking Point
Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and This American Life. She serves as ACLU's Celebrity Ambassador for Women's Rights. She hosts a live variety show called Sasheer Zamata Party Time...
5. Nicole Byer
Actress | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Born August 29, in Middletown Township, New Jersey, US, Nicole Byer is an American comedian, actress, and television host, best known for hosting the bake-off competition show Nailed It! (2018). She moved to New York City in the early 2000s and worked as a waitress to support herself. She found she...
6. Lil Rel Howery
Actor | Vacation Friends 2
Comedian, actor, writer, and producer Lil Rel Howery is a movie star. His role as TSA agent Rod Williams in the Oscar-winning instant classic Get Out (2017), written and directed by Jordan Peele ushered Howery into superstar status. His keen ability to mesh humor and honor resonated so deeply with ...
7. Sacha Baron Cohen
Actor | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born...
8. John Lynch
Actor | Black Death
John Lynch was born on December 26, 1961 in Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Black Death (2010), The Secret Garden (1993) and Best (2000). He was previously married to Mary McGuckian.
9. Sarah Podemski
Actress | Reservation Dogs
Sarah Podemski is an award winning Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi multidisciplinary artist from Toronto. She is passionate about recreating the Indigenous narrative that has been misrepresented since the beginning of cinema. She can be seen pulling double duty on television. She stars in the critically ...
10. Melissa Villaseñor
Actress | Hubie Halloween
Melissa Villaseñor was born on October 9, 1987 in Whittier, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Hubie Halloween (2020), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
11. Judd Apatow
Producer | Girls
Judd Apatow is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and comedian. He directed The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This is 40, Funny People, Trainwreck and The King of Staten Island. He also developed the television shows Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Girls, Love and Crashing. He is ...
12. Jameela Jamil
Actress | DC League of Super-Pets
Jameela Alia Jamil was born on February 25, 1986 in Hampstead, London, England. She was discovered at 22 years old when she was teaching English in London, UK. Her first job in media was a main host on T4, the UK's leading youth entertainment show where she made a name for herself interviewing ...
13. Radha Blank
Producer | The Forty-Year-Old Version
Radha Blank is a proud Native New Yorker, Performer and Writer for TV, stage and film. Her plays include HappyFlowerNail, Casket Sharp, nannyland and the critically acclaimed SEED which The Huffington Post called "fresh, lively...and poetic". She's a Helen Merrill Playwriting Award recipient, an ...
14. Bradley Whitford
Actor | Get Out
Bradley Whitford's credits in film, television and theater include work with some of the most noted writers, directors and playwrights in the arts, and constitute a career worthy of a Juilliard-trained actor -- which he is. But stardom is something else altogether, and it remained elusive, at least...
15. Valerie Perez
Actress | The Adventures of Paula Peril
Valerie Perez is known for The Adventures of Paula Peril (2014), Paula Peril: Trapped in the Flames (2007) and Paula Peril: The Invisible Evil (2010).
16. Abigail Spencer
Actress | Mad Men
Actress, writer, and producer on both the big and small screen, Abigail Spencer is quickly making a name for herself in Hollywood.
Spencer was seen in Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), a prequel take on The Wizard of Oz (1939), alongside James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and ...
17. Zerlina Maxwell
Writer | Zerlina.
Zerlina Maxwell is known for Zerlina (2021), Flip the Script with Liz Plank (2015) and The Choice from MSNBC (2022).
18. Trae Crowder
Actor | Communin' with the Void
Trae Crowder is known for Communin' with the Void (2019), Untitled WellRED Project and Veronica Mars (2004).
19. Jon Abrahams
Actor | Scary Movie
Jon Avery Abrahams is an American actor. His most notable film roles include Bobby in Scary Movie (2000), Denny Byrnes in Meet the Parents (2000), and Dalton Chapman in the House of Wax (2005). Abrahams was born in New York City. He attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn. Abrahams' great-uncles ...
20. Kay Cannon
Producer | 30 Rock
Kay Cannon is a screenwriter, actress and producer, best known for Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017). She is also known for her work on NBC's 30 Rock (2006) and the Netflix Original Series Girlboss (2017).
Cannon has won three Writers Guild of America Awards ...
21. John Carpenter
Writer | The Fog
John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...
22. Mary Pat Gleason
Actress | Intolerable Cruelty
Mary Pat Gleason was born on February 23, 1950 in Lake City, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Intolerable Cruelty (2003), The Crucible (1996) and A Cinderella Story (2004). She died on June 2, 2020 in Burbank, California, USA.
23. Christine Taylor
Actress | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Christine Taylor is an American actress from Allentown, Pennsylvania. She is known for acting in The Brady Bunch film series and for her collaborations with American filmmaker, actor and comedian Ben Stiller. She acted in Zoolander, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, Zoolander 2 and many more. She ...
24. Sarah Wayne Callies
Actress | The Walking Dead
Actor, director, and writer Sarah Wayne Callies most recently starred in the ABC series "The Company You Keep". On the comedy front, Sarah appeared as Anita Dyck in the breakout comedy series, "Letterkenny." Prior to that, Sarah starred in the NBC series "Council Of Dads." Sarah is best known for ...
25. Lydia Cornell
Actress | Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lydia Cornell, a women & children's advocate whose great-great grandmother was Harriet Beecher Stowe, is also an award-winning director, writer, actor, and recovery speaker (with 29 years of sobriety.)
With 20-34 million viewers Tuesday nights on ABC prime time, and more in worldwide syndication, ...
26. Kathleen Rose Perkins
Actress | The Island
Kathleen Rose Perkins grew up in New Baltimore, Michigan, a small town 40 miles north of Detroit. The sister of four older brothers, she enjoyed her alone time making up plays and putting them on for people in the neighborhood. This inevitably led to a high school career in which she was very ...
27. Vanessa Born
Actress | Bosch
Vanessa Born was born in Granite Bay, California, USA. Vanessa is an actor and producer, known for Bosch (2014), Better Things (2016) and Ray Donovan (2013).
28. Presciliana Esparolini
Actress | Mayans M.C.
Presciliana Esparolini is known in the acting community as "a strong willed actor whose work alone is worth a ticket to the show".
Born and raised in San Francisco's Mission District, Presciliana began performing at the age of five. She danced with San Francisco's Academy of Ballet for seven years ...
29. Madia Hill Scott
Actress | For Life
Madia Hill always knew that she'd leave Texas behind. The eldest child of a Liberian/Lebanese expatriate mother and an American father whose family endured several military tours, Madia found her strength and purpose in her love for the performing arts. As a young girl, she booked regular national ...
30. Sasha Wexler
Actress | Sound of My Voice
Sasha Wexler was born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is known for Sound of My Voice (2011), Xeno and Ray Donovan (2013).
31. Carrie Finn
Actress | Elephant
Carrie Finn was born on October 15, 1988 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Elephant (2003), The Roommate (2011) and The Mentalist (2008).
32. Christy Williams
Actress | Ray Donovan
Christy is an accomplished actress and voice talent based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked on major film, television, commercial, and voice-over projects including a recurring role opposite Jon Voight on Showtime's Ray Donovan.
Christy is also the founder of Sinc Studios and hosts BIRTH, a...
33. Cheryl Texiera
Actress | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Cheryl Texiera is an actress/writer/producer most known for playing Katy Hart on Disney's Girl Meets World and Jane Ponderosa on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. In 2012, she began creating her own content and opened the production company: CrazyChic Productions. Her directorial debut, Mama's ...
34. Keith Robinson
Actor | Trainwreck
Keith Robinson is known for Trainwreck (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020) and Apt. 2F (1997).
35. Cathryn Dylan Ortiz
Actress | Ray Donovan
Cathryn Dylan Ortiz is a Mexican American actress who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA by her mother, Actress Ana Alicia Ortiz, and father, Producer Gary R. Benz. Cathryn grew up on the stage and the soccer field. She received her BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama where she...
36. Samaire Armstrong
Actress | It's a Boy Girl Thing
Samaire Rhys Armstrong is an American actress and fashion designer. She is known for her roles in Stay Alive, The O.C., It's a Boy Girl Thing, and as Juliet Darling in the ABC television series, Dirty Sexy Money. She has appeared on television as Elaine Richards in the ABC fantasy-drama ...
37. Sandy Martin
Actress | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sandy Martin began her acting career at the age of 15 touring the country with Martha Raye in Good-bye Charley. After several East Coast touring productions she settled in New York City. Martin began working in many of New York City's esteemed theatres: Lincoln Center, La Mama, Ensemble Studio ...
38. Jenny Leonhardt
Actress | Room 104
Jenny Leonhardt was born in Fort Worth, Texas as Jennifer Gilmartin to Patti (Harris), a ballet dancer from Fort Worth, and David Gilmartin, an economist from Tulsa, OK. She has two sibling, an older sister, Alice and a younger brother, Aaron. The family moved when she was six months from Texas to ...
39. Asia Argento
Actress | Land of the Dead
Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into a family of actors and filmmakers, both occupations which she has herself pursued. She made her debut when she was only nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni (1985). In 1988 she had the leading role in Cristina Comencini's first film, Zoo (1988)...
40. Jess King
Stunts | Inception
Jess King is known for Inception (2010), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).
41. Joanna Canton
Actress | Masters of Sex
Joanna Canton's career boasts an impressive list of television credits. Her first series regular role was given to her by "American Horror Story" creator Ryan Murphy, in a pilot that he wrote and directed for Warner Bros. She has also starred in pilots for ABC, CBS, and USA. Joanna first became ...
42. Katie Walder
Actress | Gilmore Girls
Katie Elizabeth Walder is the youngest of 5 children - 2 brothers and two sisters. She started acting at a young age in musicals and plays in school, and did some print work as a young teen in such magazines as Teen and YM. She went on to study theatre in college, and upon moving to NYC after ...
43. Adrienne Kress
Actress | American Gods
Adrienne Kress is known for American Gods (2017), Lost Girl (2010) and Ryan Gosling Must Be Stopped (2014).
44. Yetide Badaki
Actress | Rise
Yetide Badaki is an actress, writer and producer known for This Is Us, American Gods and Call of Duty Infinite Warfare. She wrote, produced and starred in Hollywoodland. Yetide was born and raised in Nigeria and has also lived in England, Canada and the United States. She was nominated for Joseph ...
45. Amy Sedaris
Actress | Elf
Amy Louise Sedaris is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series Strangers with Candy (1999-2000) and the prequel film Strangers with Candy (2005), which she also wrote.
Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series The...
46. Samantha Quan
Producer | Red Rocket
Samantha Quan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Samantha is an actor and producer, known for Red Rocket (2021), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) and The Florida Project (2017).
47. Zuleikha Robinson
Actress | Hidalgo
Zuleikha Robinson was born in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Hidalgo (2004), The Merchant of Venice (2004) and Homeland (2011). She was previously married to Sean Doyle.
48. Keegan-Michael Key
Actor | Keanu
Keegan-Michael Key was born in Southfield, Michigan and raised in Detroit. He was adopted as a child by a black father and a white mother. In 1989, he graduated from Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. Key attended the University of Detroit Mercy as an undergraduate and earned his ...
49. Jordan Peele
Writer | Nope
Jordan Peele is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director, writer, actor, producer, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions. Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," was a critically acclaimed blockbuster, recognized with four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The film would earn Peele the ...
50. Nyima Funk
Actress | Key and Peele
Nyima Funk was born on March 22, 1975 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Key and Peele (2012) and Teachers (2016). She has been married to Joshua Funk since November 25, 2000. They have two children.
51. Brianna Brown
Actress | Spider-Man 2
Minnesota-born Brianna Brown began acting in elementary school and local community productions. After high school and a brief stint at St. Olaf College, Brianna moved to Los Angeles when she was 19 to pursue an acting career full-time. She snagged a part in the pilot show for Judd Apatow's quirky, ...
52. Lindsey Stoddart
Actress | The Ring
Lindsey Poinsett Stoddart was born in Carmel, California though she spent most of her childhood in Palos Verdes before moving to La Quinta, Ca. during her freshman year of high school. After graduating Palm Desert High School in 1992, Lindsey moved back to Los Angeles to pursue a modeling career. ...
53. Agam Darshi
Actress | DMZ
AGAM DARSHI is an award winning actress, writer and director working internationally in TV, Film and Theater.
She worked with Ava DuVernay's series DMZ for HBOMAX, as Mia Franklin working opposite Rosario Dawson. She also starred in Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta's newest film FUNNY BOY based ...
54. Amanda Crew
Actress | Silicon Valley
Amanda Catherine Crew was born in Langley, British Columbia. Her mother is a legal secretary and her father is a telecommunication worker. Amanda attended Brookswood Secondary School in Langley. She began her acting career when she was cast in the musical Dragon Tales during her fourth grade in ...
55. Jennifer Robertson
Actress | Schitt$ Creek
Jennifer Robertson was born on November 24, 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Schitt's Creek (2015), Twitches (2005) and Comedy Inc. (2002).
56. Jenny Mollen
Actress | Kidnapping Caitlynn
Jenny Mollen was born in Phoenix, Arizona to a family of doctors. Her work in local theater led to experiences with The Old Globe in San Diego, California, The Idywild School, and the renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. For College Jenny attended UCLA's School of theater, film,...
57. Maila Nurmi
Actress | Vampira
The original glamour ghoul herself, "Vampira", of late night 1950s television, was actually born Maila Syrjäniemi (later changed to the easier surname Nurmi) on December 11, 1922 in Gloucester, Massachusetts (not Finland as she often claimed). Her uncle was the multiple Olympic medal runner Paavo ...
58. Emerald Fennell
Writer | Saltburn
Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first ...
59. Pam Grier
Actress | Jackie Brown
Pam Grier was born in Winston-Salem, NC, one of four children of Gwendolyn Sylvia (Samuels), a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier Jr., an Air Force mechanic. Pam has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s. Her career started in 1971, when Roger Corman of New World Pictures launched ...
60. Miranda July
Writer | Me and You and Everyone We Know
Filmmaker Magazine rated her #1 in their "25 New Faces of Indie Film" in 2004!
She is a performance artist and published short story writer. Since becoming a filmmaker, her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) has won several film awards.
Daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard ...
61. Hamish Linklater
Actor | The Big Short
Hamish Linklater is an American actor. He is known for playing Matthew Kimble in The New Adventures of Old Christine, Andrew Keanelly in The Crazy Ones, and Clark Debussy in Legion. He is the son of dramatic vocal trainer Kristin Linklater. In 2021, he starred as Father Paul in the Netflix horror ...
62. Claudio Fragasso
Writer | Troll 2
Born in Rome. His father gave him a passion for cinema, taking him to Cinecittà as a child. At the age of ten, the British brother-in-law, director of documentaries for the London BBC, gave him a camera in super 8. He began to shoot many films, involving his friends. He does everything by himself, ...
63. Martin Mull
Actor | Clue
Offbeat funnyman Martin Mull was born on August 18, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of three children of Betty, an actress and director, and Harold Mull, a carpenter. He was raised in Ohio. The blond-maned, blue-eyed comedian with the sad, droopy mustache first came in contact with the arts ...
64. Brea Grant
Director | 12 Hour Shift
Brea Grant was born in Marshall, Texas and attended high school at Marshall Public High School. She earned an MA at the University of Texas in Austin. Her first television acting job was on Friday Night Lights. She went on to play characters on Dexter and Heroes. She now resides in Los Angeles.
65. Kate Berlant
Actress | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
Kate Berlant is an actress, stand-up comedian, and writer who was recently profiled by The New York Times as a "magnetic improvisational comic" at the forefront of experimental comedy. Kate was named a New Face at the 2014 Montreal Comedy Festival and was one of Comedy Central's Top Ten Comics to ...
66. Jacqueline Novak
Actress | The Remarkable & Mysterious Jacqueline Novak
Jacqueline Novak is a comedian whose Off-Broadway, one-woman stand-up show, "Get on Your Knees" is a New York Times "Critic's Pick." Recognized by the Times on "Best Theater of 2019" and "Best Comedy of 2019" lists, the show has been extended four times in New York City and earned Jacqueline a ...
67. Natasha Rothwell
Writer | Saturday Night Live
Natasha Rothwell was born on October 18, 1980 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), The Characters (2016) and Insecure (2016).
68. Rachel Feinstein
Actress | Trainwreck
Rachel Feinstein is known for Trainwreck (2015), I Feel Pretty (2018) and Top Five (2014). She has been married to Peter Brennan since September 8, 2018.
69. Zina Wilde
Actress | Billions
Zina Wilde was born in 1980 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Billions (2016), Madoff (2016) and Chuck (2016).
70. Gene Wilder
Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
When he was 11, he wanted to be a comedian like Sid Caesar. 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...
71. Aisling Bea
Actress | This Way Up
Aisling Bea is an actor, stand-up comedian, and writer from Ireland. In 2020 she won a BAFTA for Breakthrough Talent for her television series This Way Up, in which she also starred. In 2014 she won the British Comedy Award for Best Female TV Comedian. She trained at LAMDA (The London Academy for ...
72. Erin Pineda
Actress | American Princess
Erin Pineda was born on August 25, 1980 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for American Princess (2019) and Grace and Frankie (2015).
73. Dick Gautier
Actor | Transformers
Dick Gautier was born on October 30, 1931 in Culver City, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Transformers (1984), G.I. Joe (1985) and Get Smart (1965). He was married to Tess Hightower, Barbara Stuart and Beverly J. Gerber. He died on January 13, 2017 in Arcadia, California,...
74. Jessica Chobot
Actress | CelebriD&D
Jessica Chobot serves as the host for Nerdist News, Nerdist News Talks Back and Nerdist News: WTFridays over at Nerdist. She is the host of ESL's Player Vs Player on Hulu, and host/creator of the Bizarre States podcast on iTunes.
Jessica spent the first half of her career at IGN Entertainment where ...
75. Paul F. Tompkins
Actor | BoJack Horseman
Started out in stand-up comedy in 1986 at The Comedy Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was half of a duo with the late Rick Roman. Dropped out of Temple University. Moved to Los Angeles in 1994. Met actor Jay Johnston through their mutual friend, Adam McKay, and created a live sketch show...
76. Stephen Merchant
Producer | Extras
Stephen James Merchant is an English actor, comedian, director, presenter and writer.
Alongside Ricky Gervais, Merchant was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001-2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras (2005-2007) and Life's Too Short (...
77. Emily Mortimer
Actress | Mary Poppins Returns
British actress Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to writer and barrister Sir John Mortimer and his second wife, Penelope (née Gollop). She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School in West London, and it was whilst there she began acting. Mortimer moved on from ...
78. Jess Salgueiro
Actress | Frasier
Jess Salgueiro comes from her Portuguese-Canadian heritage, with her parents, John and Maria Salgueiro, moving from Alcanena and Santa Bárbara DE Nexe, respectively. Jess has two sisters, Julie and Nancy.
Salgueiro's talents extend beyond acting. She also earned writing credits for the short film "...
79. Amanda Plummer
Actress | Pulp Fiction
The daughter of Canadian actor Christopher Plummer and American actress Tammy Grimes, Amanda Plummer was born in New York City on March 23, 1957. Her breakthrough role came when she starred opposite Robin Williams in The Fisher King (1991). However, Plummer may be best remembered for her work in ...
80. Dick Gregory
Actor | The Hot Chick
Dick Gregory was born on October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Hot Chick (2002), The Leisure Seeker (2017) and Reno 911! (2003). He was married to Lillian Gregory. He died on August 19, 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
81. Alan Tudyk
Actor | Rogue One
Alan Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, but grew up in Plano, where he attended Plano Sr. High. In 1990, he went on to study drama at Lon Morris Jr. College. While there, he was awarded the Academic Excellence Award for Drama. He was also named Most Likely to Succeed and Sophomore Beau. During this ...
82. Marc Menchaca
Actor | Ozark
Marc Menchaca was born on October 10, 1975 in San Angelo, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Ozark (2017), Homeland (2011) and She's Lost Control (2014). He has been married to Lena Headey since October 8, 2022.
83. Roisin Conaty
Actress | GameFace
Roisin Conaty is an actress, comedian and writer from London. She is best known for GameFace (2017) which she created and stars in, Ricky Gervais' film David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) and Man Down (since 2013). A celebrated stand-up, Roisin won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 for Best...
84. Jonathan Banks
Actor | Mudbound
Versatile veteran character actor Jonathan Banks was born in Washington, D.C. in 1947. While growing up he always had an interest in acting and stage work, so decided to pursue a career in entertainment. To this day he is a very accomplished stage actor. While acting in film, he usually plays ...
85. Burt Young
Actor | Rocky
Burly, talented character actor who remained consistently busy playing "rough edged" or scary characters, often on the wrong side of the law. Young was born on April 30, 1940, in New York City, the son of a high school shop teacher. He is of Italian descent. Young received his dramatic arts ...
86. Linda Marsh
Actress | America America
Linda Marsh was born in New York City. Her father was a physician and her mother was an off-Broadway actress and producer. After attending Bennington College, she appeared in three short-lived off-Broadway productions. In 1963, despite having only two TV episodes to her credit, she was selected by ...
87. Howard Hesseman
Actor | WKRP in Cincinnati
Howard Hesseman was a leading counter-culture figure since the late 1960s. He was a member of the improv group, "The Committee", for a decade in the 1960s/1970s. A character actor for many years on different television shows since the 1960s, he took small parts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960), ...
88. Cristin Milioti
Actress | Palm Springs
Cristin Milioti was born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She has Jewish, Italian, Belgian, Czech, and Irish ancestry, and calls her family "Olive Garden Italian." In middle school, she found her love of acting at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in New York. She attended Cherry Hill High School ...
89. Ken Marino
Actor | Wanderlust
Ken Marino was born on December 19, 1968 in Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Wanderlust (2012), The State (1993) and The Ten (2007). He has been married to Erica Oyama since October 8, 2005. They have two children.
90. Adam Scott
Actor | Parks and Recreation
Adam Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California, the son of Anne and Dougald Scott. He has two older siblings, Shannon and David. Scott has said that his brother David "looks like me but is far more cerebral and inherited the intellect of our parents," both of whom are retired teachers. He graduated ...
91. Ronny Chieng
Actor | M3GAN
Ronny Chieng is a Chinese comedian and actor born in Malaysia and raised in New Hampshire and Singapore. He started performing stand-up in 2009 after graduating with a dual degree in Law and Commerce from The University of Melbourne, Australia. His act caught the attention of the esteemed Montreal ...
92. Nasim Pedrad
Actress | Despicable Me 2
Nasim Pedrad (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress and comedian best known for her five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975) from 2009 to 2014. She has since gone on to co-star in sitcoms such as Mulaney (2014), Scream Queens (2015), People of Earth (2016), and New Girl ...
93. Bo Martynowska
Actress | Designated Survivor
Bo Martynowska is a Slavic-Canadian artist born on the Baltic island of Uznam 27/09/1991. Martynowska is a graduate of Humber College's Arts program and later majored in Psychology at York University in Toronto. Bo is best known for her role as Temperance Hudson on The CW's Nancy Drew and Tiffany ...
94. Anja Savcic
Actress | Loudermilk
Anja Savcic is an actor and producer, known for Loudermilk (2017), Big Sky (2020) and Ricky Stanicky (2024). Anja is married to Jeremy Laurie.
95. Sam Richardson
Actor | Veep
Sam Richardson is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series Veep (2012-2019), co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series Detroiters (2017-2018) alongside Tim Robinson, and playing various ...
97. Caitlin Fowler
Actress | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Caitlin Fowler is known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), 30 Rock (2006) and The Dance Lesson (2019).
98. Charlie Day
Producer | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Charles Peckham Day was born in New York City, NY, and raised in Middletown, Rhode Island. His parents are both music teachers - his mother, Mary (Peckham), is a piano teacher, and his father, Dr. Thomas Charles Day, was a professor of music at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. ...
99. Jenny Slate
Actress | Obvious Child
Jenny Sarah Slate is an American actress, comedian, and author. Born and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, Slate was educated at Milton Academy and studied literature at Columbia University, where she became involved in the improvise and comedy scene. She lent voice performances to the animated ...
100. Daniella Pineda
Actress | Jurassic World Dominion
Daniella Pineda is a Mexican-American actress, writer, and comedian from Oakland, California.
In January 2013 it was announced that she was cast as the witch Sophie for season 4 episode 20 of The CW's hit series The Vampire Diaries. This episode serves as a backdoor pilot for a possible spin-off ...
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