Live with Regis and Kelly (season 17)
November 2004
Table:
Date

Co-Hosts

"Host Chat"[1]

Guests/Segments[2]

November 1

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Nicole Kidman, Seth Meyers, Will Forte

November 2

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jude Law, Laura Prepon, Ruben Studdard

November 3

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Whoopi Goldberg, Tommy Lee, Carly Patterson

November 4

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Matt LeBlanc, Mischa Barton, Rachael Ray

November 5

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Nicollette Sheridan, Jay-Z

November 8

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

David Letterman, Tyra Banks

November 9

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Tom Hanks, Seal

November 10

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys

November 11

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Pierce Brosnan, Adam Brody, Tony Bennett

November 12

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Liam Neeson, Marcia Cross

November 15

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Dan Aykroyd, Los Lonely Boys

November 16

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Tim Allen, Caroline Rhea

November 17

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Nicolas Cage, Dame Edna

November 18

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Renée Zellweger, Clay Aiken

November 19

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Hugh Grant, Rosario Dawson

November 22

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Colin Firth, Paul Reubens, Fantasia Barrino

November 23

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jerry Seinfeld, Ryan Cabrera

November 24

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Colin Farrell, Eric McCormack

November 26

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Kelsey Grammer

November 29

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Peter Gallagher, Kurt Busch, Kenny G, Yolanda Adams

Taking into account the tabular data as well as the supporting evidence provided at the end.

Answer the following question: Of the episodes that had three guests , on which date featured a guest who was once a financial broker like his father ? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Avoid adding external knowledge.

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin ( /ˈriːdʒɪs ˈfɪlbɪn/ ; born August 25 , 1931 ) is an American media personality , actor , and singer , known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s . After graduating from the University of Notre Dame , he served in the Navy and got his television start serving as a page for the Tonight Show in the 1950s . Philbin gained his first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop 's sidekick on The Joey Bishop Show . Sometimes called ( alternatively attributed to James Brown ) the hardest working man in show business , Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera . His trademarks include his excited manner , his New York accent , his wit , and his irreverent ad-libs . Philbin is most widely known as the host of the New York City-based nationally syndicated talk show Live ! with Regis and Kathie Lee starting in 1988 , which became Live ! with Regis and Kelly starting in 2001 , and continued on with former football player Michael Strahan after Philbin 's departure in 2011 . Philbin debuted and hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , Million Dollar Password , and the first season of America 's Got Talent .
Kelly Maria Ripa ( born October 2 , 1970 ) is an American actress , dancer , talk show hostess , and television producer . Ripa portrayed Hayley Vaughan on the ABC daytime soap opera , All My Children , between 1990 and 2002 . She is the co-host of the syndicated morning talk show , Live ! with Kelly and Ryan , in various formats since 2001 . She also played Faith Fairfield on the ABC sitcom , Hope & Faith , from 2003 to 2006 . Ripa and her husband , Mark Consuelos , own a New York-based production company , Milojo . In 2014 , The Hollywood Reporter named her one of the Most Powerful People in Media .
Nicole Mary Kidman AC ( born 20 June 1967 ) is an Australian actress and producer . She has won many awards including an Academy Award , two Primetime Emmy Awards , five Golden Globe Awards , and a Screen Actors Guild Award . She was listed among the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2006 , 2018 , and 2019 . Time magazine twice named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world , in 2004 and 2018 . Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the 1983 films Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits . Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film Dead Calm and the miniseries Bangkok Hilton . In 1990 , she made her Hollywood debut in the racing film Days of Thunder , opposite Tom Cruise . She went on to achieve wider recognition with lead roles in Far and Away ( 1992 ) , Batman Forever ( 1995 ) , To Die For ( 1995 ) , and Eyes Wide Shut ( 1999 ) . Kidman won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying the writer Virginia Woolf in the drama The Hours ( 2002 ) . Her other Oscar-nominated roles were as a courtesan in the musical Moulin Rouge ! ( 2001 ) and emotionally troubled mothers in the dramas Rabbit Hole ( 2010 ) and Lion ( 2016 ) . Kidman 's other film credits include The Others ( 2001 ) , Cold Mountain ( 2003 ) , Dogville ( 2003 ) , Birth ( 2004 ) , Australia ( 2008 ) , The Paperboy ( 2012 ) , Paddington ( 2014 ) , Destroyer ( 2018 ) , Aquaman ( 2018 ) , and Bombshell ( 2019 ) .
Seth Adam Meyers ( born December 28 , 1973 ) is an American comedian , writer , producer , actor , and television host . He hosts Late Night with Seth Meyers , a late-night talk show that airs on NBC . Prior to that , he was a cast member and head writer for NBC 's Saturday Night Live ( 2001-2014 ) and hosted the show 's news parody segment , Weekend Update .
Orville Willis Forte IV ( /ˈfɔːrteɪ/ ; born June 17 , 1970 ) is an American actor , comedian , writer and producer . His work includes being a cast member on Saturday Night Live , and the creator and star of the sitcom The Last Man on Earth . After obtaining a history degree at the University of California , Los Angeles , and becoming a financial broker like his father , Forte changed his career path to comedy and took classes with the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings . He soon found he favored writing best , and he worked as a writer on That '70s Show , before he auditioned for Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) . He joined SNL in 2002 , spending eight years as a cast member on the show , where he performed offbeat sketches . His most famous role on the show led to a feature film adaptation , MacGruber ( 2010 ) , that preceded his departure from the program . Forte took various roles in comedy films , before starring in the drama film Nebraska ( 2013 ) . Forte created , wrote and starred in the television sitcom , The Last Man on Earth , which aired on Fox from 2015 to 2018 . He was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards , for acting and writing for the series .
David Jude Heyworth Law ( born 29 December 1972 ) is an English actor . He has received multiple award nominations including for two Academy Awards , four Golden Globes Awards , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two British Academy Film Awards . In 2007 , he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government , in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts . Born and raised in London , Law started acting in theatre . After finding small roles in feature films , Law gained recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella 's The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999 ) , for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award . He found further critical and commercial success in Enemy at the Gates ( 2001 ) , Steven Spielberg 's A.I . Artificial Intelligence ( 2001 ) and Sam Mendes ' Road to Perdition ( 2002 ) . He gave an acclaimed performance in the war film Cold Mountain ( 2003 ) , earning him Academy Award , Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations . Law went on to star in several commercially unsuccessful films , including Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ( 2004 ) and Alfie ( 2004 ) . He then starred in romantic comedies Closer ( 2004 ) and The Holiday ( 2006 ) which were well-received . He also portrayed Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes ( 2009 ) and Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows ( 2011 ) . In the 2010s , Law appeared in Repo Men ( 2010 ) and had supporting roles in Contagion ( 2011 ) and the 3D film Hugo ( 2011 ) .
Laura Helene Prepon ( born March 7 , 1980 ) is an American actress , director and author . She rose to fame with her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show ( 1998-2006 ) . She is also known for her portrayal of Alex Vause in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black ( 2013-2019 ) . Prepon made her film debut in 2001 with the independent drama Southlander . Her other films include the romantic drama Come Early Morning ( 2006 ) , the comedy Lay the Favorite ( 2012 ) , the thriller The Girl on the Train ( 2016 ) , and the drama The Hero ( 2017 ) .
Christopher Ruben Studdard ( born September 12 , 1978 ) is an American R & B , pop and gospel singer and actor . He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R & B Vocal Performance for his recording of Superstar . In the years following Idol , Studdard has released seven studio albums , including his platinum-selling debut , Soulful , and the top-selling gospel follow-up , I Need an Angel . He is most well known for his recording career , which has produced hits including Flying Without Wings , Sorry 2004 , and Change Me , but he has also segued into television and stage work . Most notably , he starred as Fats Waller in a national tour revival of Ai n't Misbehavin ' , which spawned a Grammy-nominated soundtrack . In 2013 , Studdard appeared as a contestant on the fifteenth season of weight-loss competition show The Biggest Loser . He later signed to Verve Records and collaborated with the label 's chairman , David Foster , on Studdard 's sixth studio album , Unconditional Love , in 2014 . That album received strong reviews as a return-to-form and included a tour with Lalah Hathaway . In 2018 , Studdard , who has long been compared to R & B singer Luther Vandross , released a cover album called Ruben Sings Luther and launched his Always & Forever national tour . He made his Broadway theatre debut in December 2018 in Ruben & Clays First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show ( aka Ruben & Clays Christmas Show ) at the Imperial Theatre .
Caryn Elaine Johnson ( born November 13 , 1955 ) , known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg ( /ˈwʊpi/ ) , is an American actor , comedian , author , and television personality . She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award , a Grammy Award , an Academy Award , and a Tony Award . She is also the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting . Goldberg 's breakthrough came in 1985 for her role as Celie , a mistreated woman in the Deep South , in Steven Spielberg 's period drama film The Color Purple , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award . For her performance in the romantic fantasy film Ghost ( 1990 ) as Oda Mae Brown , an eccentric psychic , Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a second Golden Globe , her first for Best Supporting Actress . In 1992 , Goldberg starred in the comedy Sister Act , earning a third Golden Globe nomination , her first for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . She reprised the role in Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit ( 1993 ) , making her the highest-paid actress at the time . Her other film roles include Made in America ( 1993 ) , Corrina , Corrina ( 1994 ) , The Lion King ( 1994 ) , The Little Rascals ( 1994 ) , Boys on the Side ( 1995 ) , Theodore Rex ( 1995 ) , Ghosts of Mississippi ( 1996 ) , How Stella Got Her Groove Back ( 1998 ) , Girl , Interrupted ( 1999 ) , For Colored Girls ( 2010 ) , Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 2014 ) , Nobody 's Fool ( 2018 ) , and Furlough ( 2018 ) . In television , Goldberg is known for her role as Guinan on Star Trek : The Next Generation and for co-hosting and moderating the talk show The View since 2007 .
Thomas Lee Bass ( born October 3 , 1962 ) is an American musician and founding member of Mötley Crüe . As well as being the band 's long-term drummer , Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem , and has pursued solo musical projects .
Carly Patterson Caldwell ( born February 4 , 1988 ) is an American singer , songwriter and former artistic gymnast . She was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics , the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics , and is a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame .
Matthew Steven LeBlanc ( /ləˈblɒŋk/ ; born July 25 , 1967 ) is an American actor and comedian . He is best known for his portrayal of dim-witted yet well-intentioned womaniser Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends and in its spin-off series Joey . For his work on Friends , LeBlanc received three Emmy Award nominations . He has also starred as a fictionalized version of himself in Episodes ( 2011-2017 ) , for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received four additional Emmy Award nominations . He co-hosted Top Gear from 2016 to 2019 . As of 2019 [ update ] , he plays Adam Burns in Man with a Plan .
Mischa Barton ( born 24 January 1986 ) is a British-Irish-American film , television , and stage actress . She began her career on the stage , appearing in Tony Kushner 's Slavs ! and took the lead in James Lapine 's Twelve Dreams at New York City 's Lincoln Center . She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the American soap opera All My Children ( 1996 ) , and voicing a character on the Nickelodeon cartoon series KaBlam ! ( 1996-97 ) . Her first major film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs ( 1997 ) , a drama co-starring Sam Rockwell . She appeared in major pictures such as the romantic comedy Notting Hill ( 1999 ) and M. Night Shyamalan 's psychological thriller The Sixth Sense ( 1999 ) . She also starred in the indie crime drama Pups ( 1999 ) . Barton later appeared in the independent drama Lost and Delirious ( 2001 ) and guest-starred as Evan Rachel Wood 's girlfriend on ABC 's Once and Again ( 2001-02 ) . She played Marissa Cooper in the Fox television series The O.C . ( 2003-06 ) , for which she received two Teen Choice Awards . The role brought Barton into mainstream fame , and Entertainment Weekly named her the It Girl of 2003 .
Rachael Domenica Ray ( born August 25 , 1968 ) is an American television personality , businesswoman , celebrity cook and author . She hosts the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray , and the Food Network series 30 Minute Meals . Other programs to her credit include Rachael Ray 's Tasty Travels , $ 40 a Day , Rachael Ray 's Week In A Day and the reality format shows Rachael vs . Guy : Celebrity Cook-Off , and Rachael Ray 's Kids Cook-Off . Ray has written several cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept , and launched a magazine Every Day with Rachael Ray , in 2006 . Ray 's television shows have won three Daytime Emmy Awards .
Nicollette Sheridan ( born November 21 , 1963 ) is an English-American actress , writer and producer . She began her career as a fashion model , before landing a role in the short-lived ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls in 1984 . The following year , she starred in the romantic comedy film The Sure Thing . Sheridan is best known for her roles on television . From 1986 to 1993 , she played Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing , for which she won two Soap Opera Digest Awards . She later had leading roles in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries , including Lucky Chances ( 1990 ) , Virus ( 1995 ) , and The People Next Door ( 1996 ) . She has also made a number of feature film appearances , including roles in Noises Off ( 1992 ) , Spy Hard ( 1996 ) , Beverly Hills Ninja ( 1997 ) , and Code Name : The Cleaner ( 2007 ) . In 2004 , Sheridan began starring as Edie Britt in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives , a role she played until 2009 , for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe award . She portrayed Alexis Carrington in The CW primetime soap opera reboot Dynasty from 2018 to 2019 .
Shawn Corey Carter ( born December 4 , 1969 ) , known professionally as Jay-Z ( stylized as JAY-Z ) , [ a ] is an American rapper , songwriter , producer , entrepreneur , and record executive . He is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time . Born and raised in New York City , Jay-Z first began his musical career after founding the record label Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995 , and subsequently released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in 1996 . The album was released to widespread critical success , and solidified his standing in the music industry . He has gone on to release twelve additional albums , which have all attained generally positive critical reception and commercial success , including The Blueprint ( 2001 ) and The Black Album ( 2003 ) . Jay-Z has also released the full-length collaborative albums Watch the Throne ( 2011 ) and Everything Is Love ( 2018 ) with Kanye West and wife Beyoncé , respectively . Outside of his musical career , Jay-Z has also attained significant success and media attention for his career as a businessman . In 1999 , he founded the clothing retailer Rocawear , and in 2003 , he founded the luxury sports bar chain 40/40 Club . Both businesses have grown to become multi-million dollar corporations , and allowed Jay-Z to fund the start-up for the entertainment company Roc Nation , which was founded in 2008 . In 2015 , he acquired the tech company Aspiro , and took charge of their media streaming service Tidal , which has since become the world 's third-largest online streaming company . Jay-Z is one of the world 's best-selling music artists , with over 50 million albums and 75 million singles sold worldwide . He has won a total of 22 Grammy Awards , the most by a rapper , and holds the record for the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 , with 14 .
David Michael Letterman ( born April 12 , 1947 ) is an American television host , comedian , writer , and producer . He hosted late night television talk shows for 33 years , beginning with the February 1 , 1982 , debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC , and ending with the May 20 , 2015 , broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS . In total , Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show , surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late night talk show host in American television history . In 1996 , Letterman was ranked 45th on TV Guide 's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time . In 2002 , The Late Show with David Letterman was ranked seventh on TV Guide 's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . He is also a television and film producer . His company , Worldwide Pants , produced his shows as well as The Late Late Show and several prime-time comedies , the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond , now in syndication . Several late-night hosts have cited Letterman 's influence , including Conan O'Brien ( his successor on Late Night ) , Stephen Colbert ( his successor on The Late Show ) , Jimmy Fallon , Jimmy Kimmel , John Oliver , and Seth Meyers . Letterman currently hosts the Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman .
Tyra Lynne Banks ( born December 4 , 1973 ) , also known as BanX , is an American television personality , producer , businesswoman , actress , author , model , and occasional singer . Born in Inglewood , California , she began her career as a model at the age of 15 , and was the first woman of African-American descent to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue , on which she appeared thrice . She was a Victoria 's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005 . By the early 2000s , Banks was one of the world 's top-earning models . Banks began acting on television in 1993 on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , and made her film debut in Higher Learning in 1995 . In 2000 she had major roles such as Eve in Disney Channel 's Life-Size and Zoe in the box-office hit Coyote Ugly . She had small roles in the romantic film Love & Basketball ( 2000 ) and horror film Halloween : Resurrection ( 2002 ) , and appeared in television series Gossip Girl and Glee . In 2003 , Banks created and began presenting the long-running reality television series America 's Next Top Model , which she executive produced and presented for the first twenty-two seasons , until the series ' cancellation in October 2015 . She remained executive producer for the revival of the series , and enlisted Rita Ora as host for the twenty-third cycle before reassuming the duties herself for the twenty-fourth cycle . Banks was the co-creator of True Beauty , and had her own talk show , The Tyra Banks Show , which aired on The CW for five seasons and won two Daytime Emmy awards for Outstanding Talk Show Informative . She co-hosted the talk show FABLife for two months . In 2017 , Banks replaced Nick Cannon as host of America 's Got Talent for its 12th season .
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks ( born July 9 , 1956 ) is an American actor and filmmaker . Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash ( 1984 ) , Bachelor Party ( 1984 ) , Big ( 1988 ) , Turner & Hooch ( 1989 ) , A League of Their Own ( 1992 ) , Sleepless in Seattle ( 1993 ) , Forrest Gump ( 1994 ) , Apollo 13 ( 1995 ) , You 've Got Mail ( 1998 ) , The Green Mile ( 1999 ) , Cast Away ( 2000 ) , Road to Perdition ( 2002 ) , Cloud Atlas ( 2012 ) , Captain Phillips ( 2013 ) , Saving Mr. Banks ( 2013 ) , Sully ( 2016 ) , and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ( 2019 ) . He has also starred in the Robert Langdon films , and he voices Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series . He is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide , and he is widely regarded as an American cultural icon . Hanks has collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films to date : Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) , Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) , The Terminal ( 2004 ) , Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) , and The Post ( 2017 ) , as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers , which launched Hanks as a successful director , producer , and screenwriter . In 2010 , Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries The Pacific . Hanks ' films have grossed more than $ 4.9 billion at U.S. and Canadian box offices and more than $ 9.96 billion worldwide , making him the fifth-highest-grossing actor in North America . His awards include a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for his role in Philadelphia ( 1993 ) , as well as a Golden Globe Award , an Academy Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , and a People 's Choice Award for Forrest Gump ( 1994 ) . Hanks is one of only two actors to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years , Spencer Tracy being the other . In 2004 , he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) . In 2014 , he received a Kennedy Center Honor , and in 2016 , he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama , as well as the French Legion of Honor .
Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel ( born 19 February 1963 ) , known professionally as Seal , is a British musician , singer , and songwriter . He has sold over 20 million records worldwide , with his first international hit song , Crazy , released in 1991 ; his most celebrated song , Kiss from a Rose , was released in 1994 . Seal has won multiple awards throughout his career , including three Brit Awards ; he won Best British Male in 1992 , as well as four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award . As a songwriter , he received two Ivor Novello Awards for Best Song Musically and Lyrically from the British Academy of Songwriters , Composers , and Authors for Killer ( 1990 ) and Crazy ( 1991 ) . He was a coach on The Voice Australia in 2012 and 2013 , and returned to Australia to work as a coach in 2017 .
Salma Hayek Pinault ( /ˈhaɪɛk/ , Spanish : [ ˈsalma ˈxaʝek ] ; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez ; September 2 , 1966 ) is a Mexican and American film actress and producer . She began her career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa and starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros ( Miracle Alley ) for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award . In 1991 , Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in films such as Desperado ( 1995 ) , From Dusk till Dawn ( 1996 ) , Wild Wild West , and Dogma ( both 1999 ) . Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 film Frida , as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo , for which she was nominated for Best Actress for the Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award , and which she also produced . This movie received widespread attention and was a critical and commercial success . She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special for The Maldonado Miracle in 2004 , and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series after guest-starring in the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty in 2007 . She also guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock from 2009 to 2013 . In 2017 , she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role in Beatriz at Dinner . Hayek 's recent films include Grown Ups ( 2010 ) , Puss in Boots ( 2011 ) , Grown Ups 2 ( 2013 ) , Tale of Tales ( 2015 ) , The Hitman 's Bodyguard ( 2017 ) and Like a Boss ( 2020 ) .
Alicia Augello-Cook ( born January 25 , 1981 ) , known professionally as Alicia Keys , is an American musician , singer , composer and actress . A classically-trained pianist , Keys was composing songs by age 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Columbia Records . After disputes with the label , she signed with Arista Records , and later released her debut album , Songs in A Minor , with J Records in 2001 . The album was critically and commercially successful , producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single Fallin ' and selling over 16 million copies worldwide . The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002 . Her second album , The Diary of Alicia Keys ( 2003 ) , was also a critical and commercial success , spawning successful singles You Do n't Know My Name , If I Ai n't Got You , and Diary , and selling eight million copies worldwide . The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards . Her duet My Boo with Usher became her second number-one single in 2004 . Keys released her first live album , Unplugged ( 2005 ) , and became the first woman to have an MTV Unplugged album debut at number one . Alicia Keys was given the honor of hosting the Grammys two times in a row ( 2019-2020 ) . Her third album , As I Am ( 2007 ) , produced the Hot 100 number-one single No One , selling 7 million copies worldwide and earning an additional three Grammy Awards . In 2007 , Keys made her film debut in the action-thriller film Smokin ' Aces .
Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE ( /ˈbrɒsnən/ ; born 16 May 1953 ) is an Irish-American actor , film producer , activist , and environmentalist . Born in Ireland , Brosnan became a naturalised American citizen . After leaving comprehensive school at age 16 , Brosnan began training in commercial illustration , then went on to train at the Drama Centre in London for three years . Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele ( 1982-1987 ) , which blended the genres of romantic comedy , drama , and detective procedural . After the conclusion of Remington Steele , Brosnan appeared in films such as the Cold War spy film The Fourth Protocol ( 1987 ) and the comedy Mrs. Doubtfire ( 1993 ) . In 1994 , Brosnan became the fifth actor to play the secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series , starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 ( GoldenEye , Tomorrow Never Dies , The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day ) . He lent his likeness for Bond in the video games GoldenEye 007 , The World Is Not Enough , James Bond 007 : Nightfire and James Bond 007 : Everything or Nothing , providing his voice for the latter . During this period , he also took the lead in other films including the epic disaster adventure film Dante 's Peak ( 1997 ) and the remake of the heist film The Thomas Crown Affair ( 1999 ) . Since leaving the role of Bond , he has starred in such films as the musical/romantic comedy Mamma Mia ! ( 2008 ) , the Roman Polanski-directed political thriller The Ghost Writer ( 2010 ) and the action spy thriller The November Man ( 2014 ) . In 1996 , along with Beau St. Clair , Brosnan formed Irish DreamTime , a Los Angeles-based production company . In later years , he has become known for his charitable work and environmental activism .
Adam Jared Brody ( born December 15 , 1979 ) is an American actor , writer , musician , and producer . He is known for his role as Seth Cohen on the 2003 television series The O.C . Brody has appeared in the films Mr. & Mrs. Smith ( 2005 ) , Thank You for Smoking ( 2006 ) , In the Land of Women ( 2007 ) , Jennifer 's Body ( 2009 ) , Cop Out ( 2010 ) , Scream 4 ( 2011 ) , Lovelace ( 2013 ) , Life Partners ( 2014 ) , Sleeping with Other People ( 2015 ) , StartUp ( 2016 ) , and Shazam ! ( 2019 ) .
Anthony Dominick Benedetto ( born August 3 , 1926 ) , known professionally as Tony Bennett , is an American singer of traditional pop standards , big band , show tunes , and jazz . He is also a painter , having created works under the name Anthony Benedetto that are on permanent public display in several institutions . He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria , Queens , New York . Born and raised in Astoria to an Italian-American family , Bennett began singing at an early age . He fought in the final stages of World War II as a U.S. Army infantryman in the European Theater . Afterward , he developed his singing technique , signed with Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with Because of You in 1951 . Several top hits such as Rags to Riches followed in early 1953 . He then refined his approach to encompass jazz singing . He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings , Bennett Sings . In 1962 , Bennett recorded his signature song , I Left My Heart in San Francisco . His career and personal life experienced an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era . Bennett staged a comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s , putting out gold record albums again and expanding his reach to the MTV generation while keeping his musical style intact .
Liam John Neeson OBE ( born 7 June 1952 ) is a Northern Irish actor . He has been nominated for a number of awards , including an Academy Award for Best Actor , a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama . Empire magazine ranked Neeson among both the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History and The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time . In 1976 , Neeson joined the Lyric Players ' Theatre in Belfast for two years . He then acted in the Arthurian film Excalibur ( 1981 ) . Between 1982 and 1987 , Neeson starred in five films , most notably alongside Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins in The Bounty ( 1984 ) , and Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons in The Mission ( 1986 ) . He landed a leading role alongside Patrick Swayze in Next of Kin ( 1989 ) . Neeson rose to prominence when he starred as Oskar Schindler in Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) . He has since starred in other successful films , including the drama Nell ( 1994 ) , the historical biopic Michael Collins ( 1996 ) , the 1998 film adaptation of Victor Hugo 's Les Misérables , the epic space opera Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace ( 1999 ) , the biographical drama Kinsey ( 2004 ) , the superhero film Batman Begins ( 2005 ) , the action thriller series Taken ( 2008-2014 ) , the survival film The Grey ( 2011 ) , and the historical drama Silence ( 2016 ) . He also provided the voices of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy ( 2005-2010 ) and the titular monster in A Monster Calls ( 2016 ) .
Marcia Anne Cross ( born March 25 , 1962 ) is an American actress . She began her career on daytime soap operas such as The Edge of Night , Another World , and One Life to Live before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on Knots Landing . From 1992 to 1997 , she starred as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place . Cross played the role of the conservative housewife Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives ( 2004-12 ) , for which she was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy , and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series . She also recurred as President Claire Haas on the ABC series Quantico .
Daniel Edward Aykroyd , CM OOnt ( /ˈækrɔɪd/ AK-royd ; born July 1 , 1952 ) is a Canadian actor , producer , comedian , musician , and filmmaker who was an original member of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players on Saturday Night Live ( 1975-1979 ) . A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL , the Blues Brothers , turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film The Blues Brothers . He conceived and starred in Ghostbusters ( 1984 ) , which spawned a sequel and eventually an entire media franchise . In 1990 , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy . He starred in his own sitcom , Soul Man ( 1997-1998 ) . Aykroyd is also a businessman , having co-founded the House of Blues chain of music venues and the Crystal Head Vodka brand .
Los Lonely Boys are an Mexican American power trio from San Angelo , Texas . They play a style of music they call Texican Rock n ' Roll , combining elements of rock and roll , Texas blues , brown-eyed soul , country , and Tejano . The band consisted of three brothers : Henry ( guitar , vocals ) , Jojo ( bass , vocals ) , and Ringo ( drums , vocals ) Garza . They follow the tradition of their father , Ringo Garza , Sr. , who formed a band with his brothers called the Falcones . The Falcones played conjunto music in South Texas during the 1970s and 1980s . The debut single for Los Lonely Boys , Heaven , was a number-one hit on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004 . In 2009 , they signed to an Austin-based indie label , Playing in Traffic Records , and released an EP , 1969 and three albums under their LonelyTone imprint , Keep On Giving : Acoustic Live ! , Rockpango , and their newest release , Revelation .
Timothy Alan Dick ( born June 13 , 1953 ) , known professionally as Tim Allen , is an American actor and comedian . He is known for playing Tim The Toolman Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement ( 1991-1999 ) and Mike Baxter on the ABC/FOX sitcom Last Man Standing ( 2011- ) . He also voices Buzz Lightyear for the Toy Story franchise and played Scott Calvin and Santa Claus in the Santa Clause film trilogy ( 1994-2006 ) . Allen 's other films include For Richer or Poorer ( 1997 ) , Jungle 2 Jungle ( 1997 ) , Galaxy Quest ( 1999 ) , Big Trouble ( 2002 ) , Christmas with the Kranks ( 2004 ) , The Shaggy Dog ( 2006 ) , Wild Hogs ( 2007 ) , Redbelt ( 2008 ) , and Crazy on the Outside ( 2010 ) .
Caroline Rhea ( born April 13 , 1964 ) is a Canadian stand-up comedian voice actress and actress who is best known for her role as Hilda Spellman on the ABC show Sabrina the Teenage Witch . She has performed numerous comedy specials , including three one-hour standup specials for HBO , Showtime , and Bravo . She is also known as the voice of Linda Flynn-Fletcher on the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb and as a regular on Hollywood Squares with her friend Whoopi Goldberg . Rhea was chosen by Rosie O'Donnell as the new hostess of her syndicated talk show ( renamed The Caroline Rhea Show ) and hosted the reality television show The Biggest Loser on NBC for the first three seasons . She appears regularly on ABC 's Match Game with Alec Baldwin and is reprising her roles as Eugenia Scrimmage in the Bruno & Boots movie franchise and Noleta Nethercott in A Very Sordid Wedding . She later returned to Disney Channel on the series Sydney to the Max playing the role of Judy .
Nicolas Kim Coppola ( born January 7 , 1964 ) , known professionally as Nicolas Cage , is an American actor and filmmaker . Cage has been nominated for numerous major cinematic awards , and won an Academy Award , a Golden Globe , and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas ( 1995 ) . During his early career , Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish ( 1983 ) , Valley Girl ( 1983 ) , Racing with the Moon ( 1984 ) , Birdy ( 1984 ) , Peggy Sue Got Married ( 1986 ) , Raising Arizona ( 1987 ) , Moonstruck ( 1987 ) , Vampire 's Kiss ( 1989 ) , Wild at Heart ( 1990 ) , Fire Birds ( 1990 ) , Honeymoon in Vegas ( 1992 ) , and Red Rock West ( 1993 ) . Cage received an Academy Award , a Golden Globe , and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas ( 1995 ) before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films , such as The Rock ( 1996 ) , Face/Off ( 1997 ) , Con Air ( 1997 ) , Snake Eyes ( 1998 ) and City of Angels ( 1998 ) . In October 1997 , Cage was ranked No . 40 in Empire magazine 's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list , while the next year , he was placed No . 37 in Premiere 's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood . He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation ( 2002 ) . He also directed the film Sonny ( 2002 ) , for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival . Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire ( 2000 ) and The Life of David Gale ( 2003 ) . He has also appeared in National Treasure ( 2004 ) , Lord of War ( 2005 ) , Bad Lieutenant : Port of Call New Orleans ( 2009 ) , and Kick-Ass ( 2010 ) . Films such as Ghost Rider ( 2007 ) and Knowing ( 2009 ) were box office successes .
Dame Edna Everage , often known simply as Dame Edna , is a character created and performed by Australian comedian Barry Humphries , known for her lilac-coloured or wisteria hue hair and cat eye glasses or face furniture , her favourite flower , the gladiolus ( gladdies ) and her boisterous greeting : Hello , Possums ! As Dame Edna , Humphries has written several books including an autobiography , My Gorgeous Life , appeared in several films and hosted several television shows ( on which Humphries has also appeared as himself and other alter-egos ) . Humphries has regularly updated Edna , originally a drab Melbourne housewife satirising Australian suburbia . Then he caused the Edna character to adopt an increasingly outlandish wardrobe after performances in London in the 1960s through which his Edna character grew in stature and popularity . She is also well-known for her outlandish spectacles . Barry Humphries has claimed that they were inspired by the glasses worn by Melbourne eccentric , beautician , radio broadcaster , actor and dancer Stephanie Deste , as were many other aspects of Dame Edna 's personality . Following film appearances and an elevation to damehood in the 1970s , the character evolved to Housewife and Superstar , then Megastar and finally Gigastar . Throughout the 1980s and 1990s , Dame Edna became increasingly known in North America after multiple stage and television appearances . Edna describes her chat-shows as an intimate conversation between two friends , one of whom is a lot more interesting than the other . The character has been used to satirise the cult of celebrity , class snobbery , and prudishness and is often used by Humphries to poke fun at the political leaders and fashions of the times . Her exuberant persona and scathing commentary on society and celebrity , as well as her habit of treating celebrities like ordinary people ( on her television shows ) and ordinary people like celebrities ( in her stage shows ) have become signatures . Although Humphries freely states that Edna is a character he plays , Edna refers to Humphries as her entrepreneur or manager .
Renée Kathleen Zellweger ( /rəˈneɪ ˈzɛlwɛɡər/ ; born April 25 , 1969 ) is an American actress and producer . She has received numerous accolades , including two Academy Awards , four Golden Globe Awards , and two BAFTA Awards . Zellweger was one of the world 's highest-paid actresses by 2007 and was named Hasty Pudding Theatricals ' Woman of the Year in 2009 . Born in Texas , Zellweger studied English Literature at UT Austin . Initially aspiring to a career in journalism , she was drawn to acting following her brief work on stage during college . Following her film debut with a minor role in Richard Linklater 's Dazed and Confused ( 1993 ) , Zellweger 's first starring role came with the slasher film Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation ( 1994 ) . She rose to prominence with starring roles in Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) , One True Thing ( 1998 ) , Me , Myself and Irene ( 2000 ) , and Nurse Betty ( 2000 ) , winning her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for the lattermost . For her portrayals of Bridget Jones in the romantic comedy Bridget Jones 's Diary ( 2001 ) and Roxie Hart in the musical crime drama Chicago ( 2002 ) , she garnered consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress . She reprised her role as Jones in two equally successful sequels , Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reason ( 2004 ) and Bridget Jones 's Baby ( 2016 ) . Zellweger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a loquacious farmer in the epic drama Cold Mountain ( 2003 ) , and followed this with her portrayals of Mae Fox in Cinderella Man ( 2005 ) and author Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter ( 2006 ) . After starring roles in smaller scale films , such as Appaloosa ( 2008 ) and Case 39 ( 2009 ) , she had a six-year hiatus from the screen . In 2019 , Zellweger starred in the Netflix anthology series What/If and garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of Judy Garland in the biopic Judy , winning the Academy Award for Best Actress .
Clayton Holmes Clay Aiken ( born Clayton Holmes Grissom ; November 30 , 1978 ) is an American singer , television personality , actor , politician , and activist . He first gained fame when he came in second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003 . His debut album , Measure of a Man , released in October 2003 , went multi-platinum . He released four more albums on the RCA label : Merry Christmas with Love ( 2004 ) , A Thousand Different Ways ( 2006 ) , the Christmas EP All is Well ( 2006 ) , and On My Way Here ( 2008 ) . Since then he has released two more albums , both with Decca Records : Tried and True ( 2010 ) and Steadfast ( 2012 ) . Aiken has also had eleven tours in support of his albums . In all , he has sold over 5 million albums , and is the fourth-highest-selling American Idol alumnus . Aiken co-wrote a bestselling memoir in 2004 , Learning to Sing . In 2004 he also had a televised Christmas special , A Clay Aiken Christmas . During much of 2008 he appeared on Broadway in the musical comedy Spamalot , in the role of Sir Robin . In 2010 he hosted the PBS special Tried & True Live ! . He has also had numerous cameo and guest appearances on TV shows .
Hugh John Mungo Grant ( born 9 September 1960 ) is an English actor and film producer . Grant has received a Golden Globe , a BAFTA , and an Honorary César for his work . As of 2018 [ update ] , his films have grossed a total of nearly US $ 3 billion worldwide from 29 theatrical releases . He first received attention after earning the Volpi Cup for his performance in the film Maurice ( 1987 ) but achieved international success after appearing in Four Weddings and a Funeral ( 1994 ) . He used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s , delivering comic performances in films such as Notting Hill ( 1999 ) and Mickey Blue Eyes ( 1999 ) . For Four Weddings and a Funeral , Grant won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role . Grant 's starring role in the popular Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994 made him one of the best known figures in 1990s ' British popular culture , and he was seen as a charming , vulnerable , witty romantic lead . By the turn of the 21st century , he had established himself as a leading man , skilled with a satirical comic talent . In the early 2000s he expanded his oeuvre with critically acclaimed turns as a cad in Bridget Jones 's Diary ( 2001 ) , About a Boy ( 2002 ) , Love Actually ( 2003 ) , and American Dreamz ( 2006 ) . He later played against type with multiple roles in the epic sci-fi drama film , Cloud Atlas ( 2012 ) . He is also known for appearing in period pieces such as The Remains of the Day ( 1993 ) and Sense and Sensibility ( 1995 ) . Most recently , he received critical acclaim for his portrayals of St. Clair Bayfield in Florence Foster Jenkins ( 2016 ) ; Phoenix Buchanan , an antagonist in Paddington 2 ( 2017 ) ; and Jeremy Thorpe in the BBC One miniseries A Very English Scandal ( 2018 ) .
Rosario Isabel Dawson ( born May 9 , 1979 ) is an American actress and singer . She made her feature film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids . Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game ( 1998 ) , Josie and the Pussycats ( 2001 ) , Men in Black II ( 2002 ) , Rent ( 2005 ) , Sin City ( 2005 ) , Clerks II ( 2006 ) , Death Proof ( 2007 ) , Unstoppable ( 2010 ) , and Top Five ( 2014 ) . Dawson has also provided voice-over work for Disney , Warner Bros. , DC Comics , and Viacom 's Nickelodeon unit . For her role in Rent , Dawson won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture ; for her role in Top Five , she was nominated for the Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy . Dawson is also known for having several roles in comic book adaptations including Gail in Sin City ( 2005 ) and Sin City : A Dame to Kill For ( 2014 ) , providing the voices of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Barbara Gordon / Batgirl in The Lego Batman Movie , as well as her portrayal of Claire Temple in five of the Marvel/Netflix series : Daredevil ( 2015-2016 ) , Jessica Jones ( 2015 ) , Luke Cage ( 2016-2018 ) , Iron Fist and The Defenders ( both 2017 ) .
Colin Andrew Firth CBE ( born 10 September 1960 ) is an English actor who has received an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , two BAFTA Awards , and three Screen Actors Guild Awards , as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival . In 2010 , Firth 's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper 's The King 's Speech won him the Academy Award for Best Actor . Identified in the late 1980s with the Brit Pack of rising , young British actors , it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice that he received more widespread attention . This led to roles in films , such as The English Patient , Bridget Jones 's Diary , for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award , Shakespeare in Love , and Love Actually . In 2009 , Firth received widespread critical acclaim for his leading role in A Single Man , for which he gained his first Academy Award nomination , and won a BAFTA Award . Firth played secret agent Harry Hart in the 2014 film Kingsman : The Secret Service and the 2017 sequel Kingsman : The Golden Circle . In 2018 , he co-starred in the musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns and the following year he appeared in the war film 1917 . Firth 's films have grossed more than $ 3 billion from 42 releases worldwide . In 2011 , he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , and was also selected as one of the Time 100 . Firth has campaigned for the rights of indigenous tribal people and is a member of Survival International . He has campaigned on issues of asylum seekers , refugees ' rights , and the environment . He commissioned and co-authored a scientific paper on a study into the differences in brain structure between people of differing political orientations .
Paul Reubens ( /ˈruːbənz/ ; né Rubenfeld ; born August 27 , 1952 ) is an American actor , writer , film producer , game show host , and comedian , best known for his character Pee-wee Herman . Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s , and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor . In 1982 , Reubens began appearing in a show about a character he had been developing for years . The show called The Pee-wee Herman Show , ran for five sold-out months , and HBO produced a successful special about it . Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and , for the next decade , Reubens was completely committed to his character , doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee . His feature film , Pee-wee 's Big Adventure ( 1985 ) , directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton , was a financial and critical success , and soon developed into a cult film . Its sequel , Big Top Pee-wee ( 1988 ) , was less successful . Between 1986 and 1990 , Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning children 's program Pee-wee 's Playhouse . Thereafter , Reubens decided to take a sabbatical from Pee-wee . In July 1991 , Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult theater in Sarasota , Florida . The arrest set off a chain reaction of national media attention that changed the general public 's view of Reubens and Pee-wee . The arrest postponed Reubens ' involvement in major projects until 1999 , when he appeared in several big-budget projects including Mystery Men and Blow , and Reubens started giving interviews as himself rather than as Pee-wee .
Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor ( born June 30 , 1984 ) , known professionally by her mononym Fantasia , is an American R & B singer , songwriter , actress and author . She rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004 . Following her victory , she released her debut single , I Believe , which debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . Subsequently , she released her debut album , Free Yourself , which went on to be certified Platinum by the RIAA and earned Barrino three Grammy nominations in 2006 . In 2006 , she released her second album , Fantasia , which featured the single When I See U which topped the Billboard Hot R & B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for eight weeks . This album was certified Gold by the RIAA and received three Grammy nominations in 2008 . She then played the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple , for which she won a 2007 Theatre World Award . Her third studio album , Back to Me , was released worldwide on August 24 , 2010 and features the single Bittersweet , which peaked in the top ten on the R & B chart . The single won her a Grammy for Best Female R & B Vocal Performance . As of February 2012 , Barrino has sold 3,842,000 albums and 2,425,000 tracks in the United States . In 2012 , VH1 ranked her number 32 out of the 100 Greatest Women in Music . On April 18 , 2013 , Barrino returned to American Idol singing Lose to Win .
Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( /ˈsaɪnfɛld/ SYNE-feld ; born April 29 , 1954 ) is an American comedian , actor , writer , producer , and director . He is known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld , which he created and wrote with Larry David . The show aired on NBC from 1989 until 1998 , becoming one of the most acclaimed and popular sitcoms of all time . As a stand-up comedian , Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy . In 2005 , Comedy Central named Seinfeld the 12th Greatest Stand-up Comedian of All Time . Seinfeld produced , co-wrote and starred in the 2007 film Bee Movie . In 2010 , he premiered a reality series called The Marriage Ref , which aired for two seasons on NBC . Seinfeld is the creator and host of the series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee on Netflix . He is married to author and philanthropist Jessica Seinfeld , with whom he has three children .
Ryan Frank Cabrera ( born July 18 , 1982 ) is an American singer-songwriter and musician . Cabrera began as a lead singer for the Dallas band Rubix Groove before pursuing his solo career . Following the 2001 release of independent album Elm St. , he released his first major-label album , Take It All Away , on August 17 , 2004 . Earlier in the year , Cabrera had become known for his up-tempo pop-rock single On the Way Down . On the Way Down was then followed by Cabrera 's second single , True ; and his third single 40 Kinds of Sadness .
Colin James Farrell ( /ˈfærəl/ ; born 31 May 1976 ) is an Irish actor . Farrell appeared in the BBC drama Ballykissangel in 1998 , made his film debut in the Tim Roth-directed drama The War Zone in 1999 , and was discovered by Hollywood when Joel Schumacher cast him as the lead in the war drama Tigerland in 2000 . He then starred in Schumacher 's psychological thriller Phone Booth ( 2003 ) where he plays a hostage in a New York city phone booth , and the American thrillers S.W.A.T . ( 2003 ) and The Recruit ( 2003 ) , establishing his international box-office appeal . During that time , he also appeared in Steven Spielberg 's science fiction thriller Minority Report ( 2002 ) and as the villain Bullseye in the superhero film Daredevil ( 2003 ) . After starring in the independent films Intermission ( 2003 ) and A Home at the End of the World ( 2004 ) , Farrell headed Oliver Stone 's biopic Alexander ( 2004 ) and Terrence Malick 's The New World ( 2005 ) . Roles in Michael Mann 's Miami Vice ( 2006 ) , the adaptation of John Fante 's Ask the Dust ( 2006 ) , and Woody Allen 's Cassandra 's Dream ( 2007 ) followed , underscoring Farrell 's popularity among Hollywood writers and directors ; however , it was his role in Martin McDonagh 's In Bruges ( 2008 ) that earned him a Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . Farrell starred in the black comedy film Horrible Bosses ( 2011 ) , for which he received critical praise , along with the comedy-horror film Fright Night ( 2011 ) and the sci-fi action film Total Recall ( 2012 ) , both remakes , and McDonagh 's second feature , the black comedy crime film Seven Psychopaths ( 2012 ) . He also starred in the Niels Arden Oplev action film Dead Man Down ( 2013 ) , and as Travers Goff in the period drama Saving Mr. Banks ( 2013 ) . In 2014 , Farrell starred as Peter Lake in the supernatural fable Winter 's Tale , an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Mark Helprin . In 2015 , he starred as Detective Ray Velcoro in the second season of HBO 's True Detective , and also starred in the film The Lobster , for which he was nominated for his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . In 2016 , he played Percival Graves in the Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them .
Eric James McCormack ( born April 18 , 1963 ) is a Canadian-American actor and singer known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace , Grant MacLaren in Netflix 's Travelers and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the American crime drama Perception . Born in Toronto , McCormack started acting by performing in high school plays . He left Ryerson University in 1985 to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival , where he spent five years performing in numerous stage productions . For much of the late 1990s , he lived in Los Angeles and had minor roles . He made his feature film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film The Lost World . McCormack appeared in several television series , including Top Cops , Street Justice , Lonesome Dove : The Series , Townies , and Ally McBeal . McCormack later gained worldwide recognition for playing Will Truman in Will & Grace , which premiered in September 1998 . His performance has earned him six Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations , ultimately winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001 . Aside from appearing in television , he made his Broadway debut in the 2001 production of The Music Man and starred in the 2005 film The Sisters . Following the series conclusion of Will & Grace in 2006 , McCormack starred as the leading role in the New York production of Some Girl ( s ) . He starred in the television miniseries The Andromeda Strain ( 2008 ) and returned to television in 2009 in the TNT drama Trust Me , which was cancelled after one season . Also in 2009 , McCormack was cast in the science-fiction movie Alien Trespass .
Allen Kelsey Grammer ( born February 21 , 1955 ) is an American actor , voice actor , comedian , singer , producer , director , writer and activist , best known for his two-decade-long portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcoms Cheers and Frasier . He also produced the sitcom Girlfriends , which aired on UPN and The CW . Grammer has won five Primetime Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , one Daytime Emmy Award and one Tony Award ; additionally , he has also worked as a television producer , director , and writer .
Peter Killian Gallagher ( born August 19 , 1955 ) is an American actor , musician and writer . Since 1980 , Gallagher has played roles in numerous Hollywood films . He is best known for starring as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series The O.C . from 2003 to 2007 , recurring role as Deputy Chief William Dodds on Law & Order : Special Victims Unit , and Nick on the Netflix series Grace & Frankie . He also played CIA Director Arthur Campbell on Covert Affairs .
Kurt Thomas Busch ( born August 4 , 1978 ) is an American professional stock car racing driver . He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series , driving the No . 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Chip Ganassi Racing . He is the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion , and currently the longest-tenured active driver in the Cup Series - having made his first start in 2000 . He is the older brother of two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch . The brothers are second-generation racing drivers ; their father , Tom , won several NASCAR-sanctioned events . Busch has driven for Stewart-Haas Racing , Furniture Row Racing , Phoenix Racing , Penske Racing , and Roush Racing in his Cup career , which began in 2000 . The winner of thirty-one Cup career races , Busch was driving for Roush Racing when he won the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship . Busch also races on an opportunity permitting basis in the Pro Stock division of NHRA . When Busch won the Cup Series Championship in 2004 , it was the first-ever season using the Chase for the Cup points format . With a 2006 win in the Busch Series , Busch became one of only 31 drivers to win races in all three of NASCAR 's top divisions : the Cup Series , the Xfinity Series , and the Camping World Truck Series . Busch is also a Daytona 500 winner , accomplishing the feat in 2017 .
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick ( born June 5 , 1956 ) , better known by his stage name Kenny G , is an American jazz saxophonist . His 1986 album , Duotones , brought him commercial success . Kenny G is one of the best-selling artists of all time , with global sales totaling more than 75 million records .
Yolanda Yvette Adams ( born August 27 , 1961 ) is an American gospel singer , record producer , actress , and radio host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show . She has sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide according to SoundScan . Adams is known as the Queen of Contemporary Gospel Music and the First Lady of Modern Gospel . Variety dubbed Adams as the Reigning Queen of Urban Gospel . On December 11 , 2009 , Billboard named her the No . 1 Gospel Artist of the last decade In the same chart , her album Mountain High.Valley Low was acknowledged as the best gospel album .