List of American Academy of Dramatic Arts people



Notable alumni 
A
 Walter Abel, 1918
 Jay Acovone, 1978
 Marla Adams, 1958
 Derek Ahonen
 Suzanne Alexander
 Rae Allen, 1947
 Don Amendolia, 1966
 Tige Andrews, 1946
 Kwaw Ansah, 1965
 Carmen Argenziano, 1964
 Katie Aselton, 2004
 Armand Assante, 1969
 Tom Atkins, 1967
 Hank Azaria, 1980

B

 Lauren Bacall, 1942
 Jim Backus, 1933
 Eion Bailey, 1996
 Conrad Bain, 1948
 Brenda Bakke
 Anne Bancroft, 1950
 Diana Barrymore
 Chris Bauer
 Frances Bavier, 1925
 Douglas Carter Beane, 1980
 Graham Beckel, 1972
 Doris Belack, 1945
 Gaston Bell
 Gil Bellows, 1987
 Robby Benson
 Peter Bergman, 1975
 Samuel Bernstein
 Lyle Bettger, 1937
 William Blinn, 1957
 Linwood Boomer, 1977
 Lee Bowman, 1936
 Jocelyn Brando, 1942
 Michael Brandon, 1967
 Laura Branigan, 1972
 Eileen Brennan, 1956
 Lisa Brescia, 1991
 Beth Broderick, 1977
 Adrien Brody, specialized training 1993
 Rose Marie Brown
 Joyce Bulifant, 1958
 Michael J. Burg

C

 J.D. Cannon, 1942
 Dale Carnegie, 1912
 Max Casella, 1987
 John Cassavetes, 1950
 Nick Cassavetes, 1980
 Kim Cattrall, 1974
 Jessica Chastain, 1998
 George Coe, 1956
 Enrico Colantoni, 1985
 Nicholas Colasanto, 1952
 Jennifer Coolidge, 1982
 Amanda Crew
 Hume Cronyn, 1934
 Max Crumm
 Bob Cummings
 Helen Curry

D

 Marc Daniels
 Martin Davidson
 Brad Davis
 Jeremy Davies, 1990
 Johanna Day, 1984
 Cecil B. DeMille, 1900
 William Devane, 1961
 Danny DeVito, 1966
 Colleen Dewhurst, 1947
 Diana Douglas, 1941
 Illeana Douglas, 1983
 Kirk Douglas, 1941
 Cara Duff-MacCormick
 Julia Duffy, 1972
 Nora Dunblane, 1899
 Charles Durning, 1948
 Alexis Dziena

E

 Clare Eames, 1918
 Christine Ebersole, 1975
 Eric Edwards, 1967
 Vince Edwards, 1950
 Ethyl Eichelberger
 David Eigenberg, 1986
 René Enríquez, 1960

F

 James Farentino, 1958
 Gail Fisher, 1958
 Cristina Fontanelli
 Nina Foch, 1942
 Harriet Ford
 Nicole Forester, 1993
 Jorja Fox, 1990
 Elizabeth Franz, 1962
 Deborra-Lee Furness

G

 Troy Garity, 1995
 Sally Gifford
 Gwen Gillen
 Larry Gilliard Jr.
 Joanna Going, 1985
 Joan Goodfellow, 1972
 Ruth Gordon, 1914
 Robert Gossett, 1976
 Bruce Greenwood, 1981
 Luke Grimes, 2004
 Burt Grinstead
 Gugu Gumede, 2012

H

 Leisha Hailey
 Ron Hale, 1967
 Emily Wakeman Hartley
 David Hartman, 1961
 Susan Haskell, 1991
 Anne Hathaway, specialized training 1993
 Dennis Haysbert, 1977
 Florence Henderson, 1953
 Martin Hewitt
 Judd Hirsch, 1962
 Alice Hirson, 1948
 Sterling Holloway, 1923
 David Huddleston, 1958

I

 Lela Ivey

J

 Kate Jackson, 1970
 John James, 1977
 Melissa James Gibson, 1984
 Herbert Jefferson Jr., 1969
 Allen Jenkins, 1922
 Jennifer Jones, 1939

K

 Florence Kahn
 Garson Kanin, 1933
 John Karlen, 1958
 Grace Kelly, 1949
 Elizabeth Kemp
 Sally Kirkland, 1961
 Elias Koteas, 1983
 Stepfanie Kramer, 1977

L

 Casey LaBow, 2007
 Caroline Lagerfelt, 1969
 Ron Leibman, 1958
 Sam Levene, 1927
 Matthew Lillard, 1990
 Howard Lindsay, 1908
 Cleavon Little, 1967
 John Lone, 1978
 Marion Lorne, 1904
 Lucille Lortel, 1921
 James Luisi, 1958

M

 Taylor Mac
 Harriet E. MacGibbon
 Rosie Malek-Yonan
 Randolph Mantooth
 Mrinalini Sarabhai
 Marie-Noelle Marquis
 Robin Mathews, 1994
 Melanie Mayron, 1972
 Stephen McHattie, 1968
 George Meeker, 1922
 Leonard Melfi
 Ioannis Melissanidis
 Dina Merrill, 1944
 Justine Miceli, 1982
 Judson Mills, 1991
 Katherine Moennig, 1998
 Frank Morgan, 1914
 Michael Mosley
 Elizabeth Montgomery, 1953
 Agnes Moorehead, 1929
 Frank Morgan, 1914
 Anita Morris, 1962
 Carrie-Anne Moss, 1988
 Don Murray, 1948
 Louis Mustillo, 1983

N

 Mary Nash
 Novella Nelson, 1961
 Eric Nenninger, 1999
 Hayley Marie Norman

O

 Pat O'Brien
 Michael O'Keefe, specialized training 1974
 Keito Okamoto, 2020
 Jim O'Rear
 Timothy Omundson
 Glenn Ordway
 Kelly Overton, 1999
 Catherine Dale Owen

P

 Angel Parker, 1999
 Sarah Paulson, specialized training 1992
 Jimmy Pardo
 Donna Pescow, 1975
 Alex Pettyfer, specialized training 2004
 Michael Pitt, specialized training 1998
 Rick Polizzi, 1983
 Billy Pollina
 Tom Poston, 1947
 William Powell, 1913
 Dory Previn, 1943

R

 Robert Redford, 1959
 Nicolas Winding Refn
 Joe Regalbuto, 1970
 Don Rickles, 1948
 Thelma Ritter, 1922
 Jason Robards, 1948
 Jason Robards Sr., 1911
 Eric Roberts
 John Roberts, 1991
 Edward G. Robinson, 1913
 Zuleikha Robinson, 1997
 Hayden Rorke, 1932
 Charlotte Rothwell
 Gena Rowlands, 1952
 Paul Rudd, 1991
 Rosalind Russell, 1929

S

 Melanie Safka
 Gary Sandy, 1968
 John Savage, 1969
 John Saxon
 Diana Scarwid, 1975
 Kathryn Leigh Scott, 1966
 Joseph Schildkraut, 1913
 William G. Schilling, 1969
 Annabella Sciorra, 1980
 Adam Scott, 1993
 Kim Shaw
 Brooke Smith
 Jaclyn Smith, 1966
 Keith Randolph Smith, 1986
 French Stewart, 1985
 Timothy D. Stickney, 1985
 Slavko Sobin
 Ezra Stone, 1935
 Kevin Sussman
 Loretta Swit, 1959
 Eric Szmanda, 1996

T

 Renée Taylor, 1951
 Ron Taylor, 1975
 Ernest Thomas, 1974
 Gene Tierney
 Gary Tomlin, 1971
 Constance Towers, 1952
 Spencer Tracy, 1923
 Claire Trevor, 1929
 Manu Tupou

V

 Scott Valentine, 1980

W

 Robert Walker, 1939
 M. Emmet Walsh, 1961
 Lucille Watson, 1902
 Peter Weller, 1972
 Karimah Westbrook
 Shannon Whirry
 Warren William, 1915
 August Wittgenstein

Z

 Helena Zachos
 Constance Zimmer, 1990

Notable faculty 

 David Dean Bottrell
 Karen Hensel
 Sandy Martin
 Ian Ogilvy
 Scott Reiniger
 Timothy D. Stickney
 Sara Mildred Strauss

Notes and references

American Academy of Dramatic Arts