# List of Jewish American entertainers

This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.

## Actors (film and TV) & artists

Organized by birth decade

### 2000s

* Odessa Adlon (born 2000), actress
* Asher Angel (born 2002), actor and singer
* Emma Berman (born 2008), actress
* Eitan Bernath (born 2002), television personality (The Drew Barrymore Show)
* Bhad Bhabie (born 2003), rapper
* Andrew Barth Feldman (born 2002), actor
* Aidan Gallagher (born 2003), actor (The Umbrella Academy)
* Ariana Greenblatt (born 2007), actress
* Damian Hurley (born. 2002), actor
* BLP Kosher (born Benjamin Landy Pavlon, 2000), rapper
* Julia Lester (born 2000), actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
* Jaren Lewison (born 2000), actor (Never Have I Ever)
* Milo Manheim (born 2001), actor
* David Mazouz (born 2001), actor
* Joshua Rush (born 2001), actor (Andi Mack)
* Noah Schnapp (born 2004), actor (Stranger Things)

### 1990s

* Sabrina Carpenter (born 1999), singer, actress
* Mac Miller (1992–2018), American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
* Gracie Abrams (born 1999), singer
* Ariela Barer (born 1997), actress
* Skyler Gisondo (born 1996), actor (Vacation, Santa Clarita Diet)
* Madison Beer (born 1999), singer
* Doja Cat (born 1995), American rapper, singer-songwriter
* Sofia Black-D'Elia (born 1991), actress
* Ben Levi Ross (born 1998), actor
* Jonah Bobo (born 1997), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)
* Ben Platt (born 1993), Broadway star, actor, singer-songwriter (Dear Evan Hansen, The Politician)
* Cameron Boyce (1999–2019), actor (Jessie)
* Max Burkholder (born 1997), actor
* Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996) film/TV actress, singer (Jewish father)
* Timothée Chalamet (born 1995), actor
* Emory Cohen (born 1990), actor
* Flora Cross (born 1993), film actress (Bee Season)
* Spencer Daniels (born 1992), actor
* Zoey Deutch (born 1994), actress
* Beanie Feldstein (born 1993), actress (Lady Bird, Booksmart)
* Julia Garner (born 1994), actress
* Zachary Gordon (born 1998), film actor (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
* Alexander Gould (born 1994), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)
* Teo Halm (born 1999), actor
* Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film/TV actor
* David Corenswet (born 1993) film/TV actor (Jewish father)
* Noah Kahan (born 1997), singer
* Hunter King (born 1993), actress, (The Young and the Restless)
* Kira Kosarin (born 1997), actress (The Thundermans)
* Logan Lerman (born 1992), film/TV actor (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
* Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)
* James Maslow (born 1990), actor/singer
* Blake Michael (born 1996), actor
* Ezra Miller (born 1992), film actor
* Ian Nelson (born 1995), actor
* Nicola Peltz (born 1994), actress
* Ryan Potter (born 1995), actor
* Charlie Puth (born 1991), singer-songwriter
* Nathalia Ramos (born 1992), Spanish-born American actress (Bratz: The Movie)
* Sarah Ramos (born 1991), TV actress (American Dreams)
* Ben Rosenfield (born c. 1992/93), actor
* Odeya Rush (born 1997), Israeli-born American
* Daryl Sabara (born 1992), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)
* Halston Sage (born 1993), actress
* Larry Saperstein (born 1998), actor (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
* Eden Sher (born 1991), actress, The Middle TV series
* Adiel Stein (born 1991), film actor (Stolen Summer)

### 1980s

* Dianna Agron (born 1986), actress and singer
* Eddie Kaye Thomas (born Edward Kovelsky; 1980), actor (American Pie, Scorpion)
* Jonathan Ahdout (born 1989), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)
* Jack Antonoff (born 1984), singer-songwriter, record producer (Member of the bands FUN, Bleachers & Steel Train)
* Skylar Astin (born Skylar Astin Lipstein; 1987), actor and singer
* Justin Baldoni (born 1984), actor (Everwood)
* David "Lil Dicky" Andrew Burd (born 1988), rapper and comedian
* Rachel Bloom (born 1987), actress, singer and comedy writer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
* Alison Brie (born 1982), actress (Community, The LEGO Movie and GLOW)
* Amanda Bynes (born 1986), film actress and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)
* Lizzy Caplan (born 1982), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)
* Chanel West Coast (born 1988), TV personality, rapper, singer
* Lauren Cohan (born 1982), film/television actress (Supernatural)
* Matt Cohen (born 1982), film/TV actor
* Alexa Davalos (born 1982), actress
* John Francis Daley (born 1985), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)
* Kat Dennings (born 1986), film/TV actress
* Daveed Diggs (born 1982), actor, rapper
* Drake (musician) (born 1986), rapper/musician
* Lena Dunham (born 1986), actress/writer/director (Girls)
* Zac Efron (born 1987), film/TV actor (Efron's paternal grandfather was Jewish, and Efron has referred to himself as Jewish)
* Alden Ehrenreich (born 1989), actor
* Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)
* Ben Foster (born 1980), actor
* Jon Foster (born 1984), film/TV actor (Stay Alive)
* Shayna Fox (born 1984), voice actress
* Dave Franco (born 1985), actor
* Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor
* Andrew Garfield (born 1983), British and American actor
* Rafi Gavron (born 1989), British and American actor
* Gideon Glick (born 1988), actor
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), film/TV actor
* Max Greenfield (born 1980), film/TV actor
* Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), film actor (Brokeback Mountain)
* Armie Hammer (born 1986), actor (has identified himself as "half Jewish")
* Erin Heatherton (born 1989), model and actress
* Simon Helberg (born 1980), TV actor and comedian (The Big Bang Theory)
* Jonah Hill (born 1983), film actor
* Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress (Jewish mother)
* Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director
* Jeremy Jordan (born 1984), stage/musical film/television actor (Jewish mother)
* Lucian Kahn (born 1982), musician (Schmekel)
* Avriel Kaplan (born 1989), musician/songwriter (vocal bassist of a cappella group Pentatonix, founder of musical group Avriel & the Sequoias)
* Jonathan Keltz (born 1988), Canadian and American actor
* Ethan Klein (born 1985), internet personality
* Zoe Kravitz (born 1988), actress, model and singer
* Mila Kunis (born 1983), TV actress (That '70s Show, Family Guy)
* Adam Lamberg (born 1984), actor (Lizzie McGuire)
* Adam Lambert (born 1982), singer and runner-up on American Idol
* Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes, Disturbia, Transformers)
* Samm Levine (born 1982), film/TV actor
* Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress and professional gymnast
* Alex D. Linz (born 1989), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)
* Lauren London (born 1984), actress (ATL)
* Jessica Manley (born 1985), actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
* Eli Marienthal (born 1986), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)
* Scott Mechlowicz (born 1981), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)
* Sara Paxton (born 1988), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)
* Josh Peck (born 1986), actor (Drake & Josh)
* Ashley Peldon (born 1984), film/TV actress
* Courtney Peldon (born 1981), film/TV actress
* Alisan Porter (born 1981), film and stage actress and singer
* Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-born film actor (V for Vendetta)
* Laura Prepon (born 1980), film/TV actress (That '70s Show)
* Nikki Reed (born 1988), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)
* Emmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer-songwriter
* Daniela Ruah (born 1983), Portuguese-American actress
* Ben Savage (born 1980), actor
* Ben Schwartz (born 1981), actor, writer, comedian
* Jason Schwartzman (born 1980), actor and member of the band Phantom Planet
* Jason Segel (born 1980), film/TV actor
* Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), film/TV actress and singer (The Sopranos)
* Jenny Slate (born 1982), actress/comedian
* Jussie Smollett (born 1982), actor (Empire)
* Jurnee Smollett-Bell (born 1986), actress (True Blood)
* Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), film/TV actress (Big Day)
* Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), TV actress
* Lauren Storm (born 1987), TV actress (Flight 29 Down)
* Khleo Thomas (born 1989), film actor (Holes)
* Ashley Tisdale (born 1985), actress and singer (High School Musical)
* Michelle Trachtenberg (1985-2025), film/TV actress
* Joseph Trohman (born 1984), musician (Fall Out Boy)
* Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)
* Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)
* Mara Wilson (born 1987), film actress (Matilda)
* James Wolk (born 1985), actor
* Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)
* Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), Russian-born film/TV actor
* Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)

### 1970s

* Dave Annable (born 1979), actor
* Shiri Appleby (born 1978), Israeli/American film/TV actress (Roswell)
* David Arquette (born 1971), film actor
* Eric Balfour (born 1977), actor
* Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), film actress (Invincible)
* Justin Bartha (born 1978), film actor (National Treasure, The Hangover)
* Amber Benson (born 1977), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
* Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), TV, film, and stage actress
* Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor
* Mayim Bialik (born 1975), actress (Blossom)
* Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz, 1971), actor, comedian and comedy writer
* Selma Blair (born Selma Bleitner, 1972), film actress, raised w/ Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)
* Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, writer, and comedian
* Caprice Bourret (born 1971), fashion model and actress, often known by her first name
* Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)
* Tamara Braun (born 1971), soap opera actress
* Adam Brody (born 1979), actor (The O.C.)
* Adrien Brody (born 1973), film actor (The Pianist)
* Sarah Brown (born 1975), actress
* Brooke Burke (born 1971), TV personality and model
* Scott Caan (born 1976), film actor, son of James Caan
* Josh Charles (born 1971), stage, film, and TV actor
* Emmanuelle Chriqui (born 1977), film/TV actress
* Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), film and TV actress (Requiem for a Dream)
* Eric Dane (born 1972), actor
* Erin Daniels (born Erin Cohen, 1973), actress
* Brad Delson (born 1977), guitarist for the band Linkin Park
* Dustin Diamond (1977–2021), actor (Saved by the Bell)
* Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)
* Corey Feldman (born 1971), film actor, 1980s teen idol
* James Franco (born 1978), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man)
* Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976), actress and director (Punky Brewster)
* Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress, writer, director, filmmaker, comedian, singer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
* Goapele (born 1977), singer-songwriter
* Elon Gold (born 1970), comedian, TV actor, writer, and producer
* Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978), film/TV actress (Big Love)
* Seth Green (born 1974), actor, writer, and TV producer
* Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), film/TV actor (Prime)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), Golden Globe-nominated actress
* Corey Haim (1971–2010), Canadian-born film actor
* Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress/comedian
* Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)
* Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress
* Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro, 1973), actress and TV presenter
* Cole Hauser (born 1975), film actor
* Jason Hervey (born 1972), actor (The Wonder Years)
* Kate Hudson (born 1979), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
* Oliver Hudson (born 1976), film/TV actor
* Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)
* Chris Kattan (born 1970), comedian (Saturday Night Live)
* Joel Kinnaman (born 1979), Swedish and American actor (Jewish mother)
* Nick Kroll (born 1978), Comedian/Actor
* Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-born actress
* Boris Kodjoe - actor
* Lisa Kushell (born 1971), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)
* David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor (NUMB3RS)
* Adam Levine (born 1979), musician (Maroon 5)
* Jenny Lewis (born 1976), musician and former child actress
* Michael Lucas (born 1972), Russian-born porn star
* Jamie Luner (born 1971), actress (Melrose Place)
* Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein, 1979), film/TV actress (American Pie, Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll)
* Gabriel Macht (born 1972), film actor
* Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller, 1979), singer and rapper
* Idina Menzel (born 1971), actress, singer-songwriter
* Marisol Nichols (born 1973), actress (Jewish biological father)
* Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress and singer
* Adam Pascal (born 1970), actor (Rent)
* Amanda Peet (born 1972), film actress
* Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Bottom, 1974), film actor (Walk the Line)
* Liberty Phoenix (born Liberty Bottom, 1976), actress
* Rain Phoenix (born Rain Bottom, 1972), actress/musician
* River Phoenix (born River Bottom, 1970–1993), film actor
* Summer Phoenix (born 1978), actress and model
* Pink (born Alecia Moore, 1979), singer and actress
* Dave Portnoy (born 1977), founder of (Barstool Sports)
* Carla Gugino (born 1971), film actress (Spy Kids and San Andreas)
* Josh Radnor (born 1976), actor (How I Met Your Mother)
* Leah Remini (born 1970), actress (The King of Queens)
* Simon Rex (born 1974), actor and model
* Michael Rosenbaum (born 1972), film/TV actor (Smallville)
* Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein, 1972), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross
* Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer
* Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live)
* Winona Ryder (born Winona Horowitz, 1971), film actress
* Antonio Sabato Jr. (born 1972), actor and model
* Sarah Saltzberg (born 1976), Broadway theater actress
* Andy Samberg (born David Andrew Samberg, 1978), comedian; part of group The Lonely Island; Saturday Night Live
* Fred Savage (born 1976), actor and TV director (Wonder Years)
* Miriam Shor (born 1971), film/TV actress (Big Day)
* Sarah Silverman (born 1970), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer
* David Moscow (born 1974), actor (Jewish from his father side)
* Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)
* Ione Skye (born Ione Skye Leitch, 1971), English-born actress
* Lindsay Sloane (born Lindsay Sloane Leikin, 1977), actress
* Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-born actress (Crash)
* Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
* Jordana Spiro (born 1977), TV actress (My Boys)
* Corey Stoll (born 1976), actor
* Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and co-creator of South Park
* Danny Strong (born 1974), film/TV actor
* Tara Strong (born 1973), voice actress (My Little Pony, The Fairly OddParents)
* Jonathan Togo (born 1977), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)
* Mageina Tovah (born Mageina Tovah Begtrup, 1979), actress
* Kevin Weisman (born 1970), film/TV actor
* Jennifer Westfeldt (born 1971), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)
* Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), film, TV, and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)
* Noah Wyle (born 1971), film/TV actor
* Nikki Ziering (born Natalie Schiele, 1971), model and actress
* Jason Zimbler (born 1977), actor (Clarissa Explains It All)
* Ethan Zohn (born 1973), Survivor: Africa winner and actor
* Arianne Zuker (born Arianne Zuckerman, 1974), soap opera actress

### 1960s

* Tony Goldwyn (born 1960), actor (paternal grandfather was Jewish)
* Paula Abdul (born 1962), singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer
* Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), singer-songwriter
* Steven Adler (born 1965), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
* Patricia Arquette (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress
* Hank Azaria (born 1964), film/TV actor, director, comedian, and voice artist
* David Alan Basche (born 1968), actor
* Randall Batinkoff (born 1968), film/TV actor (For Keeps?)
* Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park)
* Troy Beyer (born 1964), film director, screenwriter, and actress
* Craig Bierko (born 1964), film/TV actor (Cinderella Man)
* Jack Black (born 1969), film actor and musician
* Lisa Bonet (born 1967), film/TV actress (The Cosby Show)
* Matthew Broderick (born 1962), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)
* Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
* Max Casella (born 1967), actor (Doogie Howser)
* Scott Cohen (born 1964), film/TV actor
* Mindy Cohn (born 1966), TV actress (The Facts of Life)
* Nika Futterman (born 1969), actress and singer
* David Cross (born 1964), actor/comedian
* Dean Devlin (born 1962), former actor, now producer and screenwriter
* Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg, 1961), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)
* Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actor and musician (Iron Man)
* David Duchovny (born 1960), film/TV actor (The X-Files)
* Lisa Edelstein (born 1967), actress (House)
* Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor/director
* Dan Futterman (born 1967), actor and screenwriter
* Jeff Garlin (born 1962), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
* Brad Garrett (born Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld, 1960), actor and comedian
* Willie Garson (1964–2021), actor
* Gina Gershon (born 1962), film actress
* Jami Gertz (born 1965), film/TV actress
* Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), former child actress, two terms as president of Screen Actors Guild
* Judy Gold (born 1962), stand-up comedian and actress
* Bill Goldberg (born 1966), former wrestler; wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), film/TV actor
* Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress and dancer (Dirty Dancing)
* Arye Gross (born 1960), film/TV actor
* Greg Grunberg (born 1966), film/TV actor (Heroes)
* Annabelle Gurwitch (born 1961), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie
* Jessica Hecht (born 1965), film/stage actress
* Beth Hirsch (born 1967), singer-songwriter
* Monica Horan (born 1963), TV actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
* Helen Hunt (born 1963), actress
* Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman, 1966), soap opera actor (General Hospital)
* Lesli Kay (born Lesli Pushkin, 1965), actress (As the World Turns); had first individual girl's bat mitzvah in West Virginia
* Heather Paige Kent (born 1969), TV actress
* Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor
* Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress (Friends)
* Juliet Landau (born 1965), actress (Ed Wood), daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
* John Lehr (born 1967), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)
* Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Lee Morrow, 1962), Hollywood film actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), actress (Seinfeld)
* Joshua Malina (born 1966), film and stage actor
* Camryn Manheim (born 1961), actress (The Practice)
* Cindy Margolis (born 1965), actress/model; in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as the "most downloaded" person in 1999
* Julianna Margulies (born 1966), film/TV actress (ER)
* Marc Maron (born 1963), comedian, film/TV actor
* Brett Marx (born 1964), actor (The Bad News Bears); great nephew of the Marx Brothers
* Marlee Matlin (born 1965), actress (Children of a Lesser God)
* Debra Messing (born 1968), actress (Will & Grace)
* Dina Meyer (born 1968), film/TV actress (Saw films)
* Ari Meyers (born 1969), actress (Kate & Allie)
* Rob Morrow (born 1962), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)
* Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress
* Sean Penn (born 1960), film actor (Mystic River, Milk)
* Jeremy Piven (born 1965), actor (Entourage)
* Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor
* Ted Raimi (born 1965), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi
* David Bryan (Born 1962), born David Rashbaum, musician and songwriter
* Adam Rich (born 1968), child actor (Eight is Enough)
* Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor and screenwriter
* Adam Sandler (born 1966), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician
* Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, and screenwriter
* Bitty Schram (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress
* Liev Schreiber (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor
* Scott Schwartz (born 1968), child actor (A Christmas Story and The Toy)
* David Schwimmer (born 1966), Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)
* Sam Seder (born 1966), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director
* Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), Emmy-nominated actress
* Ally Sheedy (born 1962), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)
* Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), film/TV actor
* Helen Slater (born 1963), film actress and singer-songwriter (title role in Supergirl)
* Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress
* Fisher Stevens (born Stephen Fisher, 1963), actor (Succession)
* Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
* Ben Stiller (born 1965), Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and film director
* Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish-born Metallica drummer
* Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-born film/TV actor (Monster-in-Law)
* Steven Weber (born 1961), film/TV actor (Wings)
* Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor (Party of Five)
* Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)

### 1950s

* Caroline Aaron (born 1957), actress and producer
* Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan, 1959), actor, comedian, writer, director
* Adam Arkin (born 1956), film, TV, and stage actor
* Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, film director, and film producer
* Ellen Barkin (born 1954), actress
* Roseanne Barr (born 1952), actress, comedian, writer and television producer
* Robin Beck (born 1954), singer-songwriter, record producer
* Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal, 1956), actor, former teen idol
* Mike Binder (born 1958), screenwriter, film director, and actor
* Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones)
* Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), Golden Globe-winning film actress, writer of books for children
* Fran Drescher (born 1957), actor, producer, writer, comedian
* Danny Elfman (born 1953), musician, composer
* Wayne Federman (born 1959), comedian, actor, author (Maravich)
* Tovah Feldshuh (born 1952), actress, singer, and playwright
* Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor, author, and singer
* Deb Filler (born 1954), actress, comic, singer and writer
* Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)
* Al Franken (born 1951), comedian, actor, author, radio host, and U.S. Senator
* Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), film actor
* Steve Guttenberg (born 1958), actor
* Mary Hart (born 1950), actress and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight)
* Amy Irving (born 1953), actress
* Toni Kalem (born 1956), film/TV actress, screenwriter, and director
* Carol Kane (born 1952), actress
* Julie Kavner (born 1950), film/TV actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)
* Richard Kind (born 1956), actor
* John Landis (born 1950), actor, director, writer, and producer
* Carol Leifer (born 1956), comedian and actress
* Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden, 1950), broadcaster (Good Morning America)
* Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress and director (Thirtysomething)
* Larry Miller (born 1953), stand-up comedian, actor
* Don Most (born 1953), actor (Happy Days)
* Judd Nelson (born 1959), actor and screenwriter (The Breakfast Club, Billionaire Boys Club)
* Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), theater, TV, and film actress
* Laraine Newman (born 1952), comedian and actress
* Ken Olin (born 1954), actor, director and producer
* Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), actor of stage and screen, and singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs
* Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress
* Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor (Gilmore Girls)
* David Paymer (born 1954), character actor
* Ron Perlman (born 1950), film/TV actor (Hellboy)
* Kevin Pollak (born 1957), actor, impressionist, and comedian
* Paul Reiser (born 1957), actor, author, and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)
* Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952–2023), aka Peewee Herman
* Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild
* David Lee Roth (born 1954), singer/musician
* Katey Sagal (born 1954), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)
* Bob Saget (1956–2022), actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host
* Richard Schiff (born 1955), actor (The West Wing)
* Steven Seagal (born 1952), actor, screenwriter, producer, martial artist, and musician
* Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor, and writer
* Jane Seymour (born Joyce Frankenberg, 1951), English-born film/TV actress
* Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), TV/movie actress
* Paul Stanley (born 1952), guitarist for KISS
* Howard Stern (born 1954), radio/TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author
* Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor
* Robert Trebor (born Robert Schenkman, 1953), actor (Hercules, Xena)
* Debra Winger (born 1955), actress
* Leslie Hoffman (born 1955), actress-stuntwoman
* Mare Winningham (born 1959), film/TV actress
* David Wohl (born 1953), actor

### 1940s

* Bob Balaban (born 1945), actor and director
* Richard Belzer (1944–2023), stand-up comedian, writer, and actor
* Daniel Benzali (born 1946), actor, singer
* Raye Birk (born 1943), actor
* Lewis Black (born 1948), stand-up comedian and actor
* Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein, 1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor
* James Caan (1940–2022), film, stage, and TV actor (The Godfather)
* Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and TV actress
* Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon, 1941–), actor and author
* Gene Simmons (born 1949), guitarist for KISS
* Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld, and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), actor (The Goodbye Girl)
* Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941), singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet, also appeared in several films
* Bob Einstein (1942–2019), writer and comedian known as Super Dave
* Richard Elfman (born 1949), film director, writer, and actor
* Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician, singer-songwriter, cultural critic, author, columnist, writer, and co-founder of the famous jazz-rock duo Steely Dan
* Peter Friedman (born 1949), actor (Succession)
* Harrison Ford (born 1942), actor
* Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013), actress
* Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer-songwriter
* Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943), actor (Starsky & Hutch)
* Scott Glenn (born 1941), actor
* Christopher Guest (born 1948), comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member
* Goldie Hawn (born 1945), film actress, director, and producer
* Dan Hedaya (born 1940), character actor
* Sandy Helberg (born 1949), actor
* Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein, 1948), actress
* Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash, 1946–2018), professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
* Billy Joel (born 1949), singer-songwriter, and musician
* Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), actress of film, TV, and theater
* Gabe Kaplan (born 1945), actor, comedian, and professional poker player
* Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian; devout Jewish parents
* Judy Kaye (born 1948), singer and actress
* Lainie Kazan (born Lanie Levine, 1940), actress and singer
* Robert Klein (born 1942), stand-up comedian and occasional actor
* Kevin Kline (born 1947), stage and film actor
* Richard Kline (born 1944), actor and TV director
* Sherry Lansing (born 1944), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress
* Vicki Lawrence (born 1949), actress, comedian, and singer.
* Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director
* Richard Lewis (1947-2024), comedian and actor
* Judith Light (born 1949), actress (Who's the Boss?)
* Peggy Lipton (1947-2019), TV actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)
* Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor
* Janet Margolin (1943-1993), actress
* Richard Masur (born 1948), actor
* Bette Midler (born 1945), singer, actress, and comedian
* David Proval (born 1942), actor (The Sopranos)
* Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)
* Harold Ramis (1944–2014), director, actor, writer, and producer
* Lou Reed (1942–2013), musician, singer-songwriter
* Rob Reiner (born 1947), actor, director, producer, writer
* Peter Riegert (born 1947), film/TV actor
* Jill St. John (born 1940), actress
* Garry Shandling (1949–2016), comedian and actor
* Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer
* Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, and radio host
* Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter
* Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
* Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Rocky), maternally Jewish
* Barbra Streisand (born 1942), two-time Academy Award-winning singer, actress, director, writer and producer
* Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/TV actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)
* Jessica Walter (1941–2021), film/TV actress (Arrested Development)
* Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress
* Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film, and TV actress
* Victor Raider-Wexler (born 1943), actor
* Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlick, 1949), actor (Happy Days)
* Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer, and author (Happy Days)

### 1930s

* Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935), film director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian
* Alan Arkin (1934–2023), film actor, director
* Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books
* Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor and film director
* Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen, 1937), film/TV actress, editor, producer, and director
* Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"
* Roger C. Carmel (1932–1986), actor
* Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932–2021), TV actress (The Young and the Restless)
* Herb Edelman (1933–1996), actor
* Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938), film/TV actor
* Andre Gregory (born 1934), actor-writer-director, known for My Dinner with Andre
* Charles Grodin (1935–2021), actor and cable talk show host
* Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)
* Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), two-time-Oscar-winning actor
* Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor
* Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor
* Larry King (1933–2021), television host
* Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek)
* Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021), African-American actor; son of Cameroonian Crown Prince (role in Alien)
* Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–1991), actor, producer, and director
* Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
* Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932–2023), actress
* Linda Lavin (1937-2024), stage, film, and TV actress
* Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz, 1935–2024), singer and actor (The Carol Burnett Show)
* Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz, 1933–1998), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's TV show host
* Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931), actor and TV director (Barney Miller)
* Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film/TV actress
* Mark Margolis (1939-2023), actor
* Linda Marsh (born 1939), actress
* Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1928–2021), stand-up comedian/actor
* Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), film director and actor
* Art Metrano (1936–2021), actor
* Shelley Morrison (1936-2019) American actress to Jewish-Sephardic parents.
* Barry Newman (1938–2023), actor
* Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor; played Spock on Star Trek
* Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
* Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director
* Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, 1933–2014), comedian, actress, talk show host
* George Segal (1934–2021), film and stage actor
* Susan Strasberg (1938–1999), actress (In Praise of Older Women)
* Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), Oscar-winning English/American film actress and sex symbol
* Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933–2016), actor and comedian

### 1920s

* Marty Allen (1922–2018), stand-up comedian and actor
* Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927-2023), singer and actor
* Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1922–2009), actress
* Ed Asner (1929–2021), actor
* Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–2014), film and stage actress
* Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter
* Harry Belafonte (1927–2023), singer, actor, and activist
* Shelley Berman (1926–2017), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor
* Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway, and TV actor
* Theodore Bikel (1924–2015), character actor, folk singer, and musician
* Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor
* Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days)
* Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926), director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian
* Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–1966), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist
* Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress
* Sid Caesar (1922–2014), comic actor and writer
* Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926–2022), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer
* Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor
* Bill Dana (1924–2017), comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor
* Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) (converted to Judaism), entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"
* Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
* Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor
* Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer; father of Carrie Fisher
* Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director
* Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker, 1924–2003), stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer
* Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–2017), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)
* Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1928–2022), actress (Seinfeld)
* Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne, 1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor; British and American films
* Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky, 1922–2016), film/TV actor
* Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–1965), actress, singer
* Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor
* Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor
* Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor
* Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), filmmaker, photographer
* Harvey Lembeck (1923–1982), comedic actor
* Martin Landau (1928–2017), film/TV actor
* Al Lewis (born Albert Meister, 1920–2006), actor (Grandpa Munster)
* Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, 1926–2017), comedian, actor, and charity fund-raising telethons
* Bill Macy (1922–2019), actor
* Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–1981), Polish-born (Jewish family) film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
* Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
* Anne Meara (1929–2015), comedian and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller, converted to Judaism
* Dick Miller, (1928–2019), character actor
* Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer, and model, converted to Judaism.
* Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor
* Jerry Paris (1925–1986), actor and Emmy-winning director (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
* Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), actress (The Facts of Life)
* Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg, 1920–2004), comic actor
* Carl Reiner (1922–2020), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian
* Regina Resnik (1922–2013), opera singer and actress
* Don Rickles (1926–2017), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy
* Fred Sadoff (1926–1994), actor in South Pacific
* Mort Sahl (1927–2021), stand-up comedian and actor
* Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)
* Simone Signoret (1921–1985), Academy Award-winning French actress
* Jerry Stiller (1927–2020), comedian and actor
* Mel Tormé (1925–1999), actor, musician, known as "The Velvet Fog", jazz singer-songwriter
* Marilyn Tyler (1926–2017), opera singer
* Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), film/TV actor (The Godfather)
* Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift, 1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-winning actress

### 1910s

* Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor
* Martin Balsam (1919–1996), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
* John Banner (1910–1973), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes)
* Carol Bruce (born Shirley Levy, 1919–2007), band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress
* Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor
* Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel, 1918-1961), film actor, singer and song writer ––
* Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacob, 1911–1976), Academy Award-nominated film actor
* Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, 1916–2020), actor (Spartacus)
* Elissa Minet Fuchs (born Elise Minette Levy; 1919–2023), ballerina
* John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–1952), actor
* Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–1990), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress
* Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts
* Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1911–1987), film actor, singer and comedian
* Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Kiesler, 1914–2000), actress, invented early form of spread spectrum communications technology, a key to modern wireless communication
* Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, 1910–2005), character actor
* Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–1977), stage and film actor
* Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor
* Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress
* Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–1980), singer and actress, performer on Broadway
* Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–1994), singer and actress
* Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–1999), film actress
* Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor
* Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor
* Arnold Stang (1918–2009), American comic actor typically cast as a bespectacled but arrogant and loud-mouthed con artist
* Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–2012), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s
* Eli Wallach (1915–2014), film, TV and stage actor
* Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director
* Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor

### 1900s

* Stanley Adams (1907–1994), lyricist and songwriter
* Stella Adler (1901–1992), actress and acting teacher
* Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor (Chico and the Man)
* Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor
* Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms
* Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges)
* Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voice actor and comedian, "The Man of a Thousand Voices", created voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble
* Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein, 1901–1975), Canadian American actor and comedian
* Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, 1909–1986), film actor
* Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Hesselberg, 1901–1981), actor, won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony, and an Emmy)
* Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)
* Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film actor and director
* John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann, 1902–1988), actor; won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
* Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz, 1903–1952), one of the Three Stooges
* Sam Levene (1905–1980), Russian/American stage and film actor
* Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–1964), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)
* Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers
* Sandy Meisner (1905–1997), actor and acting coach; developed acting methodology known as the "Meisner Technique"
* Ritz Brothers (Al, Jimmy, and Harry Ritz, 1901–1965, 1904–1985, 1907–1986 respectively), Jewish comedy team
* Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), actress (Gilligan's Island)
* Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg, 1901–1982), actor, director, and acting teacher in theater and film, who according to author Mel Gussow "revolutionized the art of acting"

### 1890s

* Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, 1894–1974), comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, TV, and film actor
* Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress
* Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer
* George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor
* Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer-songwriter, actor
* Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977), Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type
* Anthony Frome, (born Abraham Feinberg, 1899–1986), singer, the "Poet Prince of the Air Waves".
* Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress
* Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz, 1897–1975), "leader" of the Three Stooges
* Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz, 1895–1955), member of the Three Stooges
* Sam Jaffe (born Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984), Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor
* Irving Kaufman (born Isidore Kaufman, 1890–1976), singer, recording artist, and vaudeville performer
* Francis Lederer (1899–2000), Czech-born American actor
* Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor
* Paul Lukas (1895–1971), Hungarian American film actor
* Groucho Marx (born Julius Marx, 1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own
* Gummo Marx (born Milton Marx, 1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers
* Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895–1967), Austrian-born American Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor
* Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress
* Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV
* Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor
* Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol

### 1880s

* Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre
* Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "vamp"
* Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Ullman, 1883–1939), actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his silent films
* Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), singer and actor
* Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers
* Harpo Marx (born Adolph Marx, 1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers
* Sophie Tucker (born Sonya Kalish, 1884–1966), actress, singer, and comedian
* Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor
* Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), character actor in silent films during the 1920s; also appeared on stage and in early sound films (All Quiet on the Western Front)
* Ed Wynn (born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, 1886–1966), comedian and actor

### Pre–1880s

* Alla Nazimova (born Miriam Leventon, 1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer
* Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939), Ukrainian-born American singer, actor, Yiddish theater icon
* Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), Russian-born American actor, Yiddish theater
* Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, dancer, painter, and poet; converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands

## Comedians

* Dan Ahdoot, finalist Last Comic Standing, 2004
* Dave Attell (born 1965), stand-up comedian; host of Insomniac with Dave Attell
* Victor Borge (born Børge Rosenbaum, 1909–2000), humorist and concert pianist
* Andrew Ginsburg (born 1979), comedian, actor, and three-time champion bodybuilder
* Adam Friedland (born 1986), comedian, podcaster, host of The Adam Friedland Show
* Tom Lehrer (born 1928), satirist, musician
* Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz), see "Actors"
* Robert Schimmel (1950–2010), stand-up comedian;
* Danny Sexbang (born 1979), member of musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party
* Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
* Eric Andre (born 1983), actor, host on the Eric Andre Show, absurdist comedian
* Marc Maron (born 1963), stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor
* Vitaly Zdorovetskiy (born 1992), Russian American comedian, prankster, actor, and Youtube personality

## Film/television directors and producers

* J. J. Abrams (born 1966), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer
* Woody Allen (born 1935), Oscar winning screenwriter, director and actor
* Eleanor Antin (born 1935), photographer, author, and artist working with video, film, performance, and drawing
* Judd Apatow (born 1968), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer
* Alan Arkin (1934-2023), Academy Award winning film actor, director
* Danny Arnold (1925–1995), actor/director
* Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), film director, screenwriter and producer
* Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), film director and animator
* Noah Baumbach (born 1969), film screenwriter and director
* Henry Bean (born 1945)
* Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor/film director
* Curtis Bernhardt (1899–1981, Germany)
* Mike Binder (born 1958), director, writer and actor in film and TV
* Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), film actor, writer and director
* Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
* John Brahm (1893–1982, Germany)
* Albert Brooks (born 1947), film actor, writer and director
* James L. Brooks (born 1940), TV and film writer, producer and director
* Mel Brooks (born 1926), writer, director and actor of film, TV and stage
* Richard Brooks (1912–1992), film director and producer
* William Castle (1914–1977), film director and producer
* Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), Academy Award-winning film writers, directors, producers and editors
* George Cukor (1899–1983), Academy Award-winning film director and producer
* Michael Curtiz (1886–1962), Academy Award-winning film director
* Jules Dassin (1911–2008), once blacklisted writer and director of film
* Maya Deren (1917–1961), Film writer, director and actress
* Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), Academy Award-winning film director and producer
* Stanley Donen (1924–2019), film producer and director
* Richard Donner (1930–2021), film director, producer and sometimes actor
* Robert Downey Sr. (1935–2021), film writer and director
* Samuel Fuller (1912–1997), film writer, director and actor
* Keith Gordon (born 1961), film actor, director and writer
* Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director
* James Gray (born 1969), film writer and director
* Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film director and actor
* Bud Greenspan (1926–2010), director of documentaries on sports
* Christopher Guest (born 1948), see "Actors" above
* Todd Haynes (born 1961), film writer and director
* Amy Heckerling (born 1954), film director
* Max Hechtman (born 1997), narrative and documentary filmmaker
* Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), film producer and director
* Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), film director and producer
* Agnieszka Holland (born 1948 in Poland)
* Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), writer and director in film
* Henry Jaglom (born 1938), writer, director and actor in Independent film
* Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), film director and producer, musician, and entrepreneur; brother of Eugene Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki
* Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), film director, writer, and producer, and author; brother of Andrew Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki
* Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, 1974), Jewish father
* Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), film writer and director
* Jake Kasdan (born 1975), film writer and director
* Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), film writer and director
* Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950), film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG
* Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director and screenwriter
* Henry Koster (1905–1988), film director
* Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), director
* Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
* John Landis (born 1950), movie actor, director, writer, and producer
* Fritz Lang (1890–1976, Austria, mother born Jewish)
* Andy Lassner (born 1966), Colombian-American television producer
* Norman Lear (1922–2023), film and television director
* Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), film director
* Barry Levinson (born 1942), producer, writer and director of film and TV
* Shawn Levy (born 1968), film producer and director
* Albert Lewin (1894–1968), film writer, producer and director
* Jerry Lewis (1926–2017), film actor, writer and director
* Doug Liman (born 1965), film and TV producer and director
* Jonathan Littman (born 1962/1963) television producer
* Lynne Littman (born 1941), film and television director and producer
* Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film director originally from Germany
* Michael Lucas (born 1972, USSR)
* Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film writer, producer and director
* David Mamet (born 1947), writer and director of stage and screen
* Michael Mann (born 1943), film director, screenwriter, producer
* Elaine May (born 1932), film, TV and stage writer, director and actress
* Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), see "Actors" above
* Lewis Milestone (1895–1980), film director and producer
* John Milius (born 1944)
* Meredith Monk (born 1942), composer, performer, theater director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer
* Errol Morris (born 1948), documentary filmmaker
* Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director
* Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor, writer, singer-songwriter, poet, and photographer
* Ken Olin (born 1954), see "Actors" above
* Marcel Ophüls (born 1927), documentary filmmaker, son of Max Ophüls
* Max Ophüls (1902–1957, Germany), father of Marcel Ophüls
* Frank Oz (born 1944), writer, actor and director of film and TV
* Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998), film director and producer
* Jerry Paris (1925–1986), Emmy-winning television director (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Happy Days)
* Larry Peerce (born 1930), film writer and director
* Arthur Penn (1922–2010), film director and producer
* Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), film producer, director, actor and writer
* Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), film writer and director
* Otto Preminger (1905–1986), film producer, director and actor
* Bob Rafelson (born 1933), film writer-director
* Irving Rapper (1898–1999), British-born film director
* Brett Ratner (born 1969)
* Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director
* Jay Roach (born 1957), film director, producer and screenwriter, converted to Judaism
* Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer
* Julian Schnabel (born 1951)
* Steve Sekely (1899–1979), Hungarian-born film director
* George Sidney (1916–2002), film director, known for MGM films
* Joan Micklin Silver (1935–2020)
* Bryan Singer (born 1965)
* Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)
* Robert Siodmak (1900–1973)
* Barry Sonnenfeld, director
* Steven Spielberg (born 1946)
* Edgar Ulmer (1904–1972, Austria-Hungary)
* Josef von Sternberg (1894, Austria–1969)
* Erich von Stroheim (1885, Austria–1957)
* Robin Washington (born 1956)
* Claudia Weill (born 1947), film and theater director, educator, cinematographer
* Harvey Weinstein (1952)
* Billy Wilder (1906–2002)
* William Wyler (1902, Germany–1981)
* Fred Zinnemann (1907, Austria–1997)
* David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), parody directors, producers

## Models

* Brooke Burke, TV personality and model
* Yael Markovich, Israeli/American model/beauty queen
* Antonio Sabato Jr., model and actor
* Lindsey Vuolo, model and Playboy Playmate
* Bar Refaeli, model

## TV and radio presenters

* Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger) (born 1940), network TV host of Sabado Gigante, filmed in Miami
* Monty Hall (1924–2017), network TV host of Let's Make a Deal game show
* Mary Hart (born 1950), see "Actors" above
* Daryn Kagan (born 1963), host of CNN Live Today
* Larry King (1993–2021), network TV interviewer
* Matt Lauer (born 1957), co-host on The Today Show
* Bernard Meltzer (1916-1998), network radio psychologist advising call-in listeners on variety of problems
* Al Michaels (born 1944)
* Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976), carpenter on Trading Spaces
* Maury Povich (born 1939), network TV host analyzing relationship problems
* Sally Jessie Raphael (born 1935), network radio psychologist
* Joan Rivers (1933–2014), talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedian, and celebrity
* Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist who covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio
* Jerry Springer (1944-2023), host of The Jerry Springer Show
* Mike Wallace (1918–2012), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent
* Barbara Walters (1929–2022), media personality, regular fixture on morning TV shows (Today and The View), evening news magazines (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News, as the first female evening news anchor
* Dr. Ruth Westheimer (1928-2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.

## Producers and directors (theater)

Persons listed with a double asterisk (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asterisk (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asterisk (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.
* Herb Alpert, producer, and composer, songwriter, lead singer, and horn player with Tijuana Brass
* Boris Aronson, set designer, costume designer and lighting designer
* George Axelrod, producer and director
* Julian Beck and Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
* David Belasco, producer and director
* Michael Bennett, director & producer, choreographer, dancer **
* Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972
* Robert Brustein, producer, writer, director, critic, educator
* Abe Burrows, director ***
* Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman, founders of Open Theatre
* Paddy Chayefsky, director
* Heinrich Conried, theatre owner/operator and producer
* Norman Corwin, director
* Clive Davis, producer
* Cy Feuer, producer, director and theatre owner/operator **
* Ron Field, director ***
* David Geffen, producer **
* Leonard Goldberg, producer
* Arthur Hammerstein, producer and director (uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II)
* Oscar Hammerstein I, producer and theater director/operator (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
* Oscar Hammerstein II, producer and director
* Ben Hecht, idiosyncratic screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist; known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood"
* Sidney Howard, producer and director
* George Jessel, see "Actors (Theater)" above
* Robert Kalfin, producer, director, writer **
* Mickey Katz, see "Actors (Theater)" above
* George S. Kaufman, producer, director, and theater owner/operator
* Michael Kidd, director and producer
* Alan King, see "Actors (Theater)" above
* James Lapine, director and librettist
* Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter, and producer of taboo breaking sitcom All in the Family; also created Maude and The Jeffersons
* Ernest Lehman, producer
* Sam Levene, see "Actors (Theater)" above
* Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway producer, Lucille Lortel Theatre named after her
* Sanford Meisner, founder of Neighbourhood Playhouse
* David Merrick, producer and director **
* Lorne Michaels, comedian, writer, director, producer, the sole creator, writer, director and producer of Saturday Night Live; also produced film and TV projects that spun off from it
* Arthur Miller, playwright
* Mitch Miller, producer
* Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961), fashion designer
* Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director
* Toby Orenstein, producer and founder of Toby's Dinner Theatre, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, and the Young Columbians
* Joseph Papp a.k.a. Joe Papp, founded the non-profit NYC Public Theater **
* Marc Platt, producer
* Harold Prince, director **, ***
* Elmer Rice, director and producer
* Jerome Robbins, producer and director ***
* Billy Rose, director, producer, and theater operator
* Morrie Ryskind, director
* Rebecca Schull, actress
* Shubert family, producers and theater owners **
* Anna Sokolow, director
* Steven Spielberg, film director, producer
* Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman, co-founders of the Group Theatre
* Julie Taymor, director ***
* Bob Weinstein, producer, screenwriter
* Harvey Weinstein, producer
* Efrem Zimbalist Jr., see "Actors (Theater)" above
* David Zippel, director

## Circus

* Paul Binder, co-founder, ringmaster and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus
* Abe Goldstein, regarded as "the Greatest Irish Cop Clown" in the business and worked for Ringling Bros. and other circuses
* Benjamin Krause, owner/operator of Krause Greater Shows