page_title: Palisades Charter High School
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Palisades Charter High School / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Mitchell Schwartz, a player on the National Football League.
context_page_description: Palisades Charter High School is an independent charter secondary school in Los Angeles, California, United States. The public high school serves the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highlands, Kenter Canyon, and portions of Brentwood. Residents in Topanga, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, may attend Palisades or Taft High School.
  The school serves grades 9 through 12. Formerly directly administered by the Los Angeles Unified School District, the school is now an independent charter school. Its current enrollment numbers 2,903 students. Many students travel long distances to attend Palisades Charter High, which is one of the most highly ranked public high schools in the Los Angeles area.
  In 2005, Palisades was recognized as a California Distinguished School. In 2015, Palisades was named one of America's Best High Schools by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report.
  Paul Revere Charter Middle School students are allowed to attend as a feeder school.
context_section_description: Pali is the alma mater of many notable individuals, including
  J.J. Abrams '84 – director, screenwriter, and television show creator
  Alex Alben '76 – author, columnist, internet executive
  Amy Alcott '75 – Hall of Fame golfer
  Scott Alexander – screenwriter
  David Baerwald '78 – composer, songwriter, musician, producer
  A. Scott Berg '67 – Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
  Jeanie Buss '79 – president and co-owner of Los Angeles Lakers, serves on NBA's board of governors
  Brian Dailey '69 – artist and international security
  Peter DeLuise – actor
  Dane Elkins (born 1999) – professional racquetball player
  Chip Engelland - '79 - Duke University basketball player, NBA coach
  Roy Fegan '79 – actor, Hollywood Shuffle and The Five Heartbeats
  Chris Ferguson – poker player
  Michael Freedman '69 – Fields Medal in mathematics
  Richard Gelinas '65 – Nobel Prize biologist (Medicine 1993)
  Alex Greenwald – actor and musician
  Rusty Hamer '64 - actor
  Susanna Hoffs '76 – member of The Bangles
  Willa Holland – actress
  David Holt winter '64 – musician with multiple Grammy Awards for bluegrass and traditional music
  Raffi Hovannisian, '77 – first Foreign Minister of the independent Armenia
  Elizabeth Keifer '79 – actress
  Steve Kerr '83 – five-time NBA champion as a player, three-time NBA champion as a coach of Golden State Warriors
  Perry Klein (born 1971) - American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons
  Jennifer Jason Leigh – Oscar-nominated actress and director
  Ahmad Ali Lewis – hip-hop artist, member of 4th Avenue Jones
  Daniel S. Loeb – hedge fund manager
  Lauren London - actress
  Ricci Luyties- professional indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player, head coach of UC San Diego Tritons women's team
  Jeff Madsen – poker player, former youngest winner of World Series of Poker bracelet
  Ron Mael and Russell Mael – musicians (the band Sparks)
  Michael Medved '65 – film critic, radio host, commentator
  Penelope Ann Miller '81 – Tony Award and Golden Globe-nominated actress
  Jon Moscot '09 – American-Israeli major league baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
  Deroy Murdock '82 – syndicated columnist, political commentator
  Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson – musicians, formerly of chart-topping early '90s band Nelson
  David Newman – film score composer '71
  Michael Newman – former lifeguard and firefighter, Baywatch actor
  Thomas Newman '73 – film score composer
  Eddy Oh - musician, member of JJCC
  Philip Price '78 – musician, lead singer of the band Winterpills
  Redfoo (Stefan Kendal Gordy) - musician, member of LMFAO
  David Roback – musician, Rain Parade, Opal, Mazzy Star.
  Stephen Rosenbaum '83 – two-time Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor
  Antonio Sabàto Jr. (born 1972) – Italian-American model, actor, and aspiring politician
  Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal – former Doublemint Twins and sisters of Katey Sagal
  Katey Sagal – Married with Children and Sons of Anarchy actress
  Michael Sandel '71 – professor at Harvard
  Jay Schroeder '79 – former NFL quarterback – Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Raiders, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals
  Geoff Schwartz – former NFL offensive lineman – Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants
  Mitchell Schwartz – 3-time all-pro NFL offensive lineman – Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs
  Adam Shankman '82 – director and choreographer
  Stephen Silberkraus – Nevada State Assemblyman, District 29
  Tony Sills – PGA Tour golfer
  Amy Smart – actress
  Alan Smolinisky – entrepreneur, real estate investor, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers
  Kent Steffes – Olympic gold medalist, beach volleyball (1996), professional beach volleyball player
  Randy Stoklos '78 - professional beach volleyball player
  Ted Stryker '89 – KROQ-FM DJ
  Syd – DJ producer and singer
  Hallie Todd '79 – actress (maiden name: Hallie Eckstein)
  Michael Trope '69 – trial lawyer, co-founder of Trope and Decarolis; previous sports agent
  Kiki Vandeweghe '76 – UCLA and NBA forward, general manager of Denver Nuggets
  David Wallechinsky '65 – author and essayist
  Chris Watts '82 – visual effects supervisor
  Forest Whitaker '79 – 
caption: Mitchell Schwartz
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