Famous People
301: Penélope Cruz
Name: Penélope Cruz
Birth Name: Penélope Cruz Sánchez
Birthdate: April 28, 1974
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PENÉLOPE CRUZ
Originally getting her star
302: Tom Cruise
Name: Tom Cruise
Birth Name: Thomas Mapother Cruise IV
Birthdate: July 3, 1962
Birthplace: Syracuse, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR TOM CRUISE
After considering and deciding against entering the priest
303: Russell Crowe
Name: Russell Crowe
Birth Name: Russell Ira Crowe
Birthdate: April 7, 1964
Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR RUSSELL CROWE
You could say Sharon Stone "discovered"
304: Joan Crawford
Name: Joan Crawford
Birth Name: Lucille Fay LeSueur
Birthdate: March 23, 1905
Date of Death: May 10, 1977
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JOAN CRAWFORD
After dancing in chorus
305: Daniel Craig
Name: Daniel Craig
Birth Name: Daniel Wroughton Craig
Birthdate: March 2, 1968
Birthplace: Chester, Cheshire, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR DANIEL CRAIG
After a successful career on the British sta
306: Courteney Cox
Name: Courteney Cox
Birth Name: Courteney Bass Cox
Birthdate: Jun. 15, 1964
Birthplace: Birmingham, Ala.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR COURTENEY COX
The youngest of four kids, Cox was a headstrong child wh
307: Marion Cotillard
Name: Marion Cotillard
Birth Name: Marion Cotillard
Birthdate: Sept. 30, 1975
Birthplace: Paris
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MARION COTILLARD
Raised the daughter of two theater-trained parents, Cotillard
308: Abbie Cornish
Name: Abbie Cornish
Birth Name: Abbie Cornish
Birthdate: August 7, 1982
Birthplace: Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ABBIE CORNISH
Cornish's first acting job was playing
309: Sean Connery
Name: Sean Connery
Birth Name: Thomas Sean Connery
Birthdate: Aug. 25, 1930
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SEAN CONNERY
Born to a truck driver living in an Edinbu
310: Toni Collette
Name: Toni Collette
Birth Name: Antonia Collette
Birthdate: Nov. 1, 1972
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR TONI COLLETTE
After appearing in a few small Australian
311: Sacha Baron Cohen
Name: Sacha Baron Cohen
Birth Name: Sacha Baron Cohen
Birthdate: Oct. 13, 1971
Birthplace: London, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SACHA BARON COHEN
Posturing as the black Jamaican gangsta TV intervi
312: George Clooney
Name: George Clooney
Birth Name: George Timothy Clooney
Birthdate: May 6, 1961
Birthplace: Lexington, Ky.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR GEORGE CLOONEY
He's played a guy with wings, a roguish thief, a sea c
313: Julie Christie
Name: Julie Christie
Birth Name: Julie Frances Christie
Birthdate: April 14, 1941
Birthplace: Chabua, Assam, India
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JULIE CHRISTIE
Raised on her father's tea plantation in Indi
314: Hayden Christensen
Name: Hayden Christensen
Birth Name: Hayden Christensen
Birthdate: April 19, 1981
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN
This young Canadian actor
315: Michael Chiklis
Name: Michael Chiklis
Birth Name: Michael Charles Chiklis
Birthdate: Aug. 30, 1963
Birthplace: Lowell, Mass.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MICHAEL CHIKLIS
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Michael Chiklis
316: Don Cheadle
Name: Don Cheadle
Birth Name: Don Cheadle
Birthdate: Nov. 29, 1964
Birthplace: Kansas City, Mo.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR DON CHEADLE
Although his family moved around throughout his childhood, Cheadle
317: Chevy Chase
Name: Chevy Chase
Birth Name: Cornelius Crane Chase
Birthdate: Oct. 8, 1943
Birthplace: Woodstock, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHEVY CHASE
A class clown prankster whiz, Chevy Chase was valedictorian
318: Charlie Chaplin
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Birth Name: Charles Spencer Chaplin
Birthdate: April 16, 1889
Date of Death: December 25, 1977
Birthplace: London, England, UK
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Growing u
319: Jackie Chan
Name: Jackie Chan
Birth Name: Kong-sang Chan
Birthdate: April 7, 1954
Birthplace: Hong Kong
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JACKIE CHAN
Martial arts master Chan spent his early years apart from his parents l
320: Michael Cera
Name: Michael Cera
Birth Name: Michael Austin Cera
Birthdate: June 7, 1988
Birthplace: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MICHAEL CERA
The middle brother of two sisters raised just out
321: James Caviezel
Name: James Caviezel
Birth Name: James Patrick Caviezel
Birthdate: Sept. 26, 1968
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, WA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JAMES CAVIEZEL
After years of bit parts and unrecognizable guest
322: Jim Carrey
Name: Jim Carrey
Birth Name: James Eugene Carrey
Birthdate: Jan. 17, 1962
Birthplace: Newmarket, Ontario
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JIM CARREY
Jim Carrey is yet another comedian imported from Canada. Ra
323: Steve Carell
Name: Steve Carell
Birth Name: Steven Carell
Birthdate: Aug. 16, 1963
Birthplace: Acton, Mass.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR STEVE CARELL
Carell originally planned to be a lawyer, but his obvious comic gif
324: Nicolas Cage
Name: Nicolas Cage
Birth Name: Nicholas Kim Coppola
Birthdate: Jan. 7, 1964
Birthplace: Long Beach, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR NICOLAS CAGE
Determined not to coast to success on the coattails of
325: Amanda Bynes
Name: Amanda Bynes
Birth Name: Amanda Laura Bynes
Birthdate: April 3, 1986
Birthplace: Thousand Oaks, CA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR AMANDA BYNES
The precocious Bynes got her big break on her first audit
326: Steve Buscemi
Name: Steve Buscemi
Birth Name: Steven Buscemi
Birthdate: Dec. 13, 1957
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR STEVE BUSCEMI
Interested in acting since high school, Buscemi moved to Manhatt
327: Sandra Bullock
Name: Sandra Bullock
Birth Name: Sandra Annette Bullock
Birthdate: July 26, 1964
Birthplace: Arlington, Va.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SANDRA BULLOCK
Unlike today's young starlets, Sandra Bullock actual
328: Pierce Brosnan
Name: Pierce Brosnan
Birth Name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan
Birthdate: May 16, 1953
Birthplace: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PIERCE BROSNAN
Almost as soon as his plane from Eng
329: Adrien Brody
Name: Adrien Brody
Birth Name: Adrien Brody
Birthdate: April 14, 1973
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ADRIEN BRODY
Brody's climb to success has been a long one. The New York City n
330: Adam Brody
Name: Adam Brody
Birth Name: Adam Jared Brody
Birthdate: December 15, 1979
Birthplace: San Diego, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ADAM BRODY
While employed at Blockbuster Video, future O.C. heartthrob
331: Matthew Broderick
Name: Matthew Broderick
Birth Name: Matthew Broderick
Birthdate: Mar. 21, 1962
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MATTHEW BRODERICK
His long-time relationship with Neil Simon and his
332: Marlon Brando
Name: Marlon Brando
Birth Name: Marlon Brando Jr.
Birthdate: April 3, 1924
Date of Death: July 1, 2004
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MARLON BRANDO
Considered to be the greatest
333: Zach Braff
Name: Zach Braff
Birth Name: Zachary Ivan Braff
Birthdate: April 6, 1975
Birthplace: South Orange, NJ
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ZACH BRAFF
Like most struggling actors in Hollywood, Braff waited tables
334: Kate Bosworth
Name: Kate Bosworth
Birth Name: Catherine Anne Bosworth
Birthdate: Jan. 2, 1983
Birthplace: Los Angeles
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KATE BOSWORTH
Whether riding a horse or riding a wave, there's no mista
335: Orlando Bloom
Name: Orlando Bloom
Birth Name: Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom
Birthdate: Jan. 13, 1977
Birthplace: Canterbury, Kent, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ORLANDO BLOOM
At 16, Bloom joined London's Nati
336: Cate Blanchett
Name: Cate Blanchett
Birth Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett
Birthdate: May 14, 1969
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CATE BLANCHETT
After graduating from Sydney's prestigious N
337: Lucas Black
Name: Lucas Black
Birth Name: Lucas York Black
Birthdate: Nov. 29, 1982
Birthplace: Speake, AL
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR LUCAS BLACK
Lucas made his film debut with a small part in the Kevin Costner fil
338: Jack Black
Name: Jack Black
Birth Name: Thomas Black
Birthdate: Aug. 29, 1969
Birthplace: Hermosa Beach, CA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JACK BLACK
Jack Black had been a character actor for years before finally hitt
339: Rachel Bilson
Name: Rachel Bilson
Birth Name: Rachel Sarah Bilson
Birthdate: Aug. 25, 1981
Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR RACHEL BILSON
Rachel Bilson has acted on stage and television sinc
340: Jessica Biel
Name: Jessica Biel
Birth Name: Jessica Claire Biel
Birthdate: March 3, 1982
Birthplace: Ely, Minn.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JESSICA BIEL
Jessica Biel came into our households as goodie-goodie Mary Cam
341: Paul Bettany
Name: Paul Bettany
Birth Name: Paul Bettany
Birthdate: May 27, 1971
Birthplace: Harlesden, London, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PAUL BETTANY
Aimless, ambitionless and disenfranchised as a teen, Pa
342: Halle Berry
Name: Halle Berry
Birth Name: Halle Maria Berry
Birthdate: Aug. 14, 1966
Birthplace: Cleveland
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR HALLE BERRY
Disproving the Hollywood adage that models can't act, the former man
343: Gael Garcia Bernal
Name: Gael Garcia Bernal
Birth Name: Gael Garcia Bernal
Birthdate: Nov. 30, 1978
Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR GAEL GARCIA BERNAL
His celebrity began as a teen heartthrob on
344: Annette Bening
Name: Annette Bening
Birth Name: Annette Bening
Birthdate: May 29, 1958
Birthplace: Topeka, Kan.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ANNETTE BENING
Success came to Annette Bening later than some actresses when s
345: Maria Bello
Name: Maria Bello
Birth Name: Maria Elaina Bello
Birthdate: April 18, 1967
Birthplace: Norristown, Pa.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MARIA BELLO
While majoring in politcal science at Villanova, an acting c
346: Kristen Bell
Name: Kristen Bell
Birth Name: Kristen Anne Bell
Birthdate: July 18, 1980
Birthplace: Detroit, Mich.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KRISTEN BELL
Due to stage fright, Kristen Bell nearly missed her cue to go
347: Jason Behr
Name: Jason Behr
Birth Name: Jason Nathaniel Behr
Birthdate: Dec. 30, 1973
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minn.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JASON BEHR
Behr made the best of a small reccuring role on TV's Dawso
348: Kate Beckinsale
Name: Kate Beckinsale
Birth Name: Kate Beckinsale
Birthdate: July 26, 1973
Birthplace: London
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KATE BECKINSALE
As an adolescent, the shy, smart and rather aloof Beckinsale had
349: Warren Beatty
Name: Warren Beatty
Birth Name: Henry Warren Beaty
Birthdate: Mar. 30, 1937
Birthplace: Richmond, Va.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR WARREN BEATTY
Known in Hollywood as a celebrated Casanova whose love life
350: Jason Bateman
Name: Jason Bateman
Birth Name: Jason Kent Bateman
Birthdate: Jan. 14, 1969
Birthplace: Rye, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JASON BATEMAN
Jason Bateman became a teen idol in the mid-1980s as Ricky Schr
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