page_title: List of people from Texas
section_title: Film, theater and television
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Texas / Entertainment / Film, theater and television
caption_attribution_description: Matt Stone at The Amazing Meeting on January 20, 2007
context_page_description: The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.
context_section_description: A
  F. Murray Abraham (born 1939), Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actor
  Farrah Abraham (born 1991), reality television personality, actress
  Candice Accola (born 1987), actress best known as Caroline Forbes on The Vampire Diaries
  Amy Acker (born 1976), actress
  Jensen Ackles (born 1978), actor, Smallville, Supernatural
  Sunrise Adams (born 1982), actress
  Norman Alden (1924–2012), actor
  Kevin Alejandro (born 1976), actor
  Richard Alexander (1902–1989), actor
  Debbie Allen (born 1950), actress, choreographer, director, producer
  Joshua Allen (born 1989), dancer, 2008 winner of So You Think You Can Dance
  Krista Allen (born 1971), actress
  Marshall Allman (born 1984), actor, Prison Break, True Blood
  John A. Alonzo (1934–2001), cinematographer
  René Alvarado (born 1979), actor
  Audrey Marie Anderson (born 1975), actress, Kim Brown on The Unit
  Wes Anderson (born 1969), director, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums
  Dana Andrews (1909–1992), actor, The Best Years of Our Lives, Laura
  Andrew Arbuckle (1887–1938), actor
  Macklyn Arbuckle (1866–1931), actor
  Michael Arden (born 1982), actor
  Melissa Archer (born 1979), actress
  Kelly Asbury (born 1960), story artist, director, writer, Shrek 2
  Frank Ashmore (born 1945), actor
  Tex Avery (1908–1980), animator, cartoonist, director
  B
  Lorri Bagley (born 1973), actress, model, Veronica's Closet, Ice Age
  G. W. Bailey (born 1944), actor, M*A*S*H, Police Academy
  Joe Don Baker (born 1936), actor, Charley Varrick, Walking Tall
  Kathy Baker (born 1950), Emmy-winning actress, Picket Fences, Boston Public
  Paul Baker (1911–2009), actor, director, educator; founded Dallas Theater Center
  Greg Baldwin (born 1960), actor, Avatar: The Last Airbender
  Taylor Ball (born 1987), actor
  Reginald Ballard (born 1965), character actor, comedian, The Bernie Mac Show, Martin
  Bob Banner (1921–2011), television producer, writer, director
  Matt Barr (born 1984), actor
  Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress, Suddenly Susan, Barney Miller, Double Trouble
  Skye McCole Bartusiak (1992–2014), actress
  Texas Battle (born 1980), actor, Marcus Walton on The Bold and the Beautiful
  Jim Beaver (born 1950), actor, Ellsworth on Deadwood
  Madge Bellamy (1899–1990), actress
  Crystal Bernard (born 1961), actress and singer, television series Wings
  Angela Bettis (born 1973), actress
  Nicole Bilderback (born 1975), actress
  Francelia Billington (1895–1934), actress in silent films
  Gil Birmingham (born 1966), actor, Billy Black in The Twilight Saga
  Dustin Lance Black (born 1979), Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer
  Alexis Bledel (born 1981), actress, starred in Gilmore Girls
  Dan Blocker (1928–1972), actor, "Hoss Cartwright" on Bonanza
  Joan Blondell (1906–1979), Academy Award-nominated actress
  Don Bluth (born 1937), animator, studio owner, An American Tail, The Land Before Time
  Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor, game-show host
  Spencer Boldman (born 1992), actor
  John Boles (1895–1969), actor
  Matthew Bomer (born 1977), actor, Tru Calling, White Collar
  Powers Boothe (1949-2017), actor, Deadwood, Tombstone, Southern Comfort
  Jesse Borrego (born 1962), actor, Fame, 24, Dexter
  Michael Bowen (born 1953), actor, Jackie Brown, Magnolia, Lost
  Rob Bowman (born 1960), film and television director, The X-Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Lombardo Boyar (born 1973), actor, The Bernie Mac Show
  Richard Bradford (born 1937), actor, Man in a Suitcase, The Untouchables
  Abby Brammell (born 1979), actress, Tiffy Gerhardt on The Unit
  Eve Brent (1929–2011), actress
  Mary Brian (1906–2002), actress
  Tammie Brown (born 1980), actor, drag queen, musician
  Larry Buchanan (1923–2004), film director, producer, writer
  Samantha Buck (born 1974), actress, Law & Order Criminal Intent
  Betty Buckley (born 1947), film and Tony Award-winning stage actress, singer
  Norman Buckley (born 1955), television director and editor
  Carol Burnett (born 1933), actress, comedian, The Carol Burnett Show
  Brooke Burns (born 1978), actress, model
  Marilyn Burns (1949–2014), actress, starred in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
  Wendell Burton (born 1947), actor, The Sterile 
caption: Matt Stone
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