Famous People
51: Michelle Williams
Name: Michelle Williams
Birth Name: Michelle Ingrid Williams
Birthdate: Sept. 9, 1980
Birthplace: Kalispell, MT
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MICHELLE WILLIAMS
Before she became a recognizable household fa
52: Tom Wilkinson
Name: Tom Wilkinson
Birth Name: Thomas Jeffery Wilkinson
Birthdate: Dec. 12, 1948
Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR TOM WILKINSON
Born into a long line of urban farme
53: Forest Whitaker
Name: Forest Whitaker
Birth Name: Forest Steven Whitaker
Birthdate: July 15, 1961
Birthplace: Longview, Texas
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR FOREST WHITAKER
Whitaker's career got off to an auspicious start;
54: Rachel Weisz
Name: Rachel Weisz
Birth Name: Rachel Weisz
Birthdate: Mar. 7, 1971
Birthplace: London, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR RACHEL WEISZ
At the age of 14, she turned down a large role in Richard Gere's K
55: Hugo Weaving
Name: Hugo Weaving
Birth Name: Hugo Wallace Weaving
Birthdate: April 4, 1960
Birthplace: Austin, Nigeria
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR HUGO WEAVING
Hugo Weaving has a really interesting heritage (born in N
56: John Wayne
Name: John Wayne
Birth Name: Marion Robert Morrison
Birthdate: May 26, 1907
Date of Death: June 11, 1979
Birthplace: Winterset, Iowa
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JOHN WAYNE
Raised the son of a pharmacist
57: Naomi Watts
Name: Naomi Watts
Birth Name: Naomi Watts
Birthdate: Sept. 28, 1968
Birthplace: Shoreham-by-Sea, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR NAOMI WATTS
Although she's thought of as a member of the Australian ac
58: Emma Watson
Name: Emma Watson
Birth Name: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson
Birthdate: April 15, 1990
Birthplace: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR EMMA WATSON
Born to two English lawyer parent
59: Denzel Washington
Name: Denzel Washington
Birth Name: Denzel Washington Jr.
Birthdate: Dec. 28, 1954
Birthplace: Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR DENZEL WASHINGTON
One of the first of his generation's African-
60: Paul Walker
Name: Paul Walker
Birth Name: Paul William Walker IV
Birthdate: September 12, 1973
Birthplace: Glendale, CA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PAUL WALKER
This California blonde broke in to the biz as a model i
61: Christopher Walken
Name: Christopher Walken
Birth Name: Ronald Walken
Birthdate: March 31, 1943
Birthplace: Queens, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHRISTOPHER WALKEN
Often cast in the roles of unbalanced, villainous char
62: Mark Wahlberg
Name: Mark Wahlberg
Birth Name: Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg
Birthdate: June 5, 1971
Birthplace: Dorchester, Mass.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MARK WAHLBERG
It's hard to imagine a guy who once went by th
63: Vince Vaughn
Name: Vince Vaughn
Birth Name: Vincent Anthony Vaughn
Birthdate: March 27, 1970
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minn.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR VINCE VAUGHN
After a rough, losing beginning as a struggling act
64: Liv Tyler
Name: Liv Tyler
Birth Name: Liv Tyler
Birthdate: July 1, 1977
Birthplace: New York
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR LIV TYLER
The daughter of Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and model Bebe Buell, Tyler thought
65: Chris Tucker
Name: Chris Tucker
Birth Name: Christopher Tucker
Birthdate: Aug. 31, 1972
Birthplace: Atlanta, Ga.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHRIS TUCKER
Known for his high-pitched comic delivery (it's been said he &
66: John Travolta
Name: John Travolta
Birth Name: John Joseph Travolta
Birthdate: Feb. 18, 1954
Birthplace: Englewood, N.J.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JOHN TRAVOLTA
Coming from a theater and television background, Travol
67: Spencer Tracy
Name: Spencer Tracy
Birth Name: Spencer Bonaventure Tracy
Birthdate: April 5, 1900
Date of Death: June 10, 1967
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisc.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SPENCER TRACY
Enlisted in the Nav
68: Marisa Tomei
Name: Marisa Tomei
Birth Name: Marisa Tomei
Birthdate: Dec. 4, 1964
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MARISA TOMEI
Captivated by the Broadway shows that her theater-loving parents to
69: Justin Timberlake
Name: Justin Timberlake
Birth Name: Justin Randall Timberlake
Birthdate: Jan. 31, 1981
Birthplace: Memphis, Tenn.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Justin Timberlake can't get a break. His fi
70: Uma Thurman
Name: Uma Thurman
Birth Name: Uma Karuna Thurman
Birthdate: April 29, 1970
Birthplace: Boston, Mass.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR UMA THURMAN
If any actor's real life rivals Hollywood fiction, it's hers.
71: Billy Bob Thornton
Name: Billy Bob Thornton
Birth Name: William Robert Thornton
Birthdate: Aug. 4, 1955
Birthplace: Hot Springs, Ark.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR BILLY BOB THORNTON
The oddball Academy Award winner was on t
72: Emma Thompson
Name: Emma Thompson
Birth Name: Emma Thompson
Birthdate: April 15, 1959
Birthplace: London
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR EMMA THOMPSON
Born into a family of actors, Thompson graduated from Cambridge Univer
73: Charlize Theron
Name: Charlize Theron
Birth Name: Charlize Theron
Birthdate: Aug. 7, 1975
Birthplace: Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHARLIZE THERON
The world's been fascinated with this 5-foo
74: Elizabeth Taylor
Name: Elizabeth Taylor
Birth Name: Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Birthdate: Feb. 27, 1932
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Although Taylor was born and rais
75: Audrey Tautou
Name: Audrey Tautou
Birth Name: Audrey Tautou
Birthdate: Aug. 9, 1976
Birthplace: Beaumont, France
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR AUDREY TAUTOU
She appeared in a dozen small films in her native France befor
76: Channing Tatum
Name: Channing Tatum
Birth Name: Channing Matthew Tatum
Birthdate: Apr. 26, 1980
Birthplace: Cullman, Al.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHANNING TATUM
Born in a small Alabama town and raised in a bayou on
77: Quentin Tarantino
Name: Quentin Tarantino
Birth Name: Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Birthdate: March 27, 1963
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tenn.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR QUENTIN TARANTINO
Tarantino penned his first screenplay, Tr
78: Tilda Swinton
Name: Tilda Swinton
Birth Name: Katherine Matilda Swinton
Birthdate: Nov. 5, 1960
Birthplace: London
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR TILDA SWINTON
Known as an artistic rebel for her unique and unusual career
79: Hilary Swank
Name: Hilary Swank
Birth Name: Hilary Ann Swank
Birthdate: July 30, 1974
Birthplace: Lincoln, Neb.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR HILARY SWANK
Swank began pounding the pavement for screen roles at 16, but i
80: Mena Suvari
Name: Mena Suvari
Birth Name: Mena Adrienne Suvari
Birthdate: Feb. 9, 1979
Birthplace: Newport, R.I.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MENA SUVARI
Although she never planned to go into show business (she wante
81: Barbra Streisand
Name: Barbra Streisand
Birth Name: Barbara Joan Streisand
Birthdate: April 24, 1942
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR BARBRA STREISAND
One of the most commercially and critically suc
82: Meryl Streep
Name: Meryl Streep
Birth Name: Mary Louise Streep
Birthdate: June 22, 1949
Birthplace: Summit, N.J.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MERYL STREEP
It sure would be great to have a little anecdote here about ho
83: David Strathairn
Name: David Strathairn
Birth Name: David Russell Strathairn
Birthdate: Jan. 26, 1949
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR DAVID STRATHAIRN
After working off and on in theater for yea
84: Sharon Stone
Name: Sharon Stone
Birth Name: Sharon Vonne Stone
Birthdate: March 10, 1958
Birthplace: Meadville, Pennsylvania
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SHARON STONE
Sharon Stone's high school teachers were convinced
85: Ben Stiller
Name: Ben Stiller
Birth Name: Ben Stiller
Birthdate: Nov. 30, 1965
Birthplace: New York City
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR BEN STILLER
With two comedian parents, it's no surprise son Ben followed in their
86: Julia Stiles
Name: Julia Stiles
Birth Name: Julia O'Hara Stiles
Birthdate: March 28, 1981
Birthplace: New York
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JULIA STILES
A precocious kid, Julia Stiles made her acting debut at age 11 w
87: Sylvester Stallone
Name: Sylvester Stallone
Birth Name: Sylvester Enzio Stallone
Birthdate: July 6, 1946
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SYLVESTER STALLONE
Sylvester "Sly" Stallone is best
88: Steven Spielberg
Name: Steven Spielberg
Birth Name: Steven Allan Spielberg
Birthdate: Dec. 18, 1946
Birthplace: Cincinnati, OH
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR STEVEN SPIELBERG
One of filmdom's most prolific and influential w
89: Kevin Spacey
Name: Kevin Spacey
Birth Name: Kevin Spacey Fowler
Birthdate: July 26, 1959
Birthplace: South Orange, N.J.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KEVIN SPACEY
Spacey's acting career had a modest beginning, with the
90: Sissy Spacek
Name: Sissy Spacek
Birth Name: Mary Elizabeth Spacek
Birthdate: Dec. 25, 1949
Birthplace: Quitman, Texas
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SISSY SPACEK
Growing up a bit of a Texas tomboy, Spacek decided on an
91: Mira Sorvino
Name: Mira Sorvino
Birth Name: Mira Katherine Sorvino
Birthdate: Sept. 28, 1967
Birthplace: Tenafly, N.J.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MIRA SORVINO
Born in an affluent northern New Jersey suburb, Sorvino
92: Ian Somerhalder
Name: Ian Somerhalder
Birth Name: Ian Joseph Somerhalder
Birthdate: Dec. 8, 1978
Birthplace: Covington, La.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR IAN SOMERHALDER
Somerhalder may not have had the most memorable rol
93: Will Smith
Name: Will Smith
Birth Name: Willard Christopher Smith Jr.
Birthdate: Sept. 25, 1968
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR WILL SMITH
After the success of his hip-hop duo, DJ Jazzy Jef
94: Frank Sinatra
Name: Frank Sinatra
Birth Name: Francis Albert Sinatra
Birthdate: Dec. 12, 1915
Date of Death: May 14, 1998
Birthplace: Hoboken, N.J.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR FRANK SINATRA
Best known as the legendar
95: Jessica Simpson
Name: Jessica Simpson
Birth Name: Jessica Ann Simpson
Birthdate: July 10, 1980
Birthplace: Abilene, Texas
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JESSICA SIMPSON
At 12, she was turned down for the Mickey Mouse Club
96: Martin Scorsese
Name: Martin Scorsese
Birth Name: Martin Scorsese
Birthdate: Nov. 17, 1942
Birthplace: Queens, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MARTIN SCORSESE
A graduate of NYU's film school, Scorsese began his career
97: Jason Schwartzman
Name: Jason Schwartzman
Birth Name: Jason Francesco Schwartzman
Birthdate: June 26, 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JASON SCHWARTZMAN
A Wes Anderson discovery, Schwartzma
98: Liev Schreiber
Name: Liev Schreiber
Birth Name: Isaac Liev Schreiber
Birthdate: Oct. 4, 1967
Birthplace: San Francisco
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR LIEV SCHREIBER
Schreiber's childhood was eccentric, to say the least. A
99: Peter Sarsgaard
Name: Peter Sarsgaard
Birth Name: John Peter Sarsgaard
Birthdate: March 7, 1971
Birthplace: Belleville, Ill.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PETER SARSGAARD
More of a character actor recognized by face rathe
100: Susan Sarandon
Name: Susan Sarandon
Birth Name: Susan Abigail Tomalin
Birthdate: Oct. 4, 1946
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SUSAN SARANDON
Though she had no aspirations to become an actress, th
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