page_title: List of Boston University people
section_title: Film, performing arts, television, radio, popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: List of Boston University people / Notable alumni or attendees / Film, performing arts, television, radio, popular culture
caption_attribution_description: w:Jackie Bruno, w:Miss Massachusetts USA 2008, attends a sponsor party at the Sedona lounge in w:Las Vegas, Nevada prior to the w:Miss USA 2008 pageant.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of Boston University.
context_section_description: Alexandra Cooper, radio personality, “Host of Call Her Daddy Podcast”
  Yunjin Kim, actress, Lost, Mistresses, "the Korean Julia Roberts"
  Safdie brothers, Filmmakers, directors of Good Time
  Casey Cott, actor, Kevin Keller on Riverdale, did not graduate
  Samuel Adler, composer
  Uzo Aduba, Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress for the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
  Aesop Rock (born Ian Bavitz) (BFA 1998), hip hop musician
  Jason Alexander (attended SFA 3 years, Hon. 1995), Tony Award-winning actor and Seinfeld character George Costanza
  Fred Allen (attended summer session), entertainer
  Tala Ashe (BFA), actress, Zari Tomaz on Legends of Tomorrow
  Howard Ashman (briefly attended), playwright (Little Shop of Horrors), Tony Award-nominated lyricist (Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid)
  Abhishek Bachchan (CAS 1997, no degree), award-winning Indian actor; husband of actress Aishwarya Rai
  Joan Baez (CFA 1962, no degree), folk singer
  Edwin Barker, Principal Double Bass, Boston Symphony Orchestra
  Tobin Bell (BA), actor best known for Saw movies
  Craig Bierko (BA), actor
  James Billings (CFA 1957 MM), operatic baritone, opera librettist, and opera director
  Ed Bishop, actor, Fulbright Scholar (deceased)
  Nicole Blackman, artist, poet, author, vocalist, Goth icon
  Verna Bloom (BFA 1959), actress, Medium Cool and National Lampoon's Animal House
  Jensen Buchanan, Emmy Award-nominated actress
  Calvin Burnett (MFA 1960), artist
  Raúl Castillo (CFA 1999), Actor best known for his role of Richie Donado Ventura on the HBO series Looking.
  John Cazale, Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, best known for role as "Fredo" in The Godfather
  Michael Chiklis, Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor
  Andy Cohen, Bravo TV executive and host
  Alexis Cruz, actor
  Olivia Culpo, Miss USA 2012 from Rhode Island, Miss Universe 2012
  David Daniels – conductor and author
  Geena Davis (SFA 1979), Academy Award-winning actress
  David de Berry, theater composer, actor
  Peter Del Vecho, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning producer
  Ron Della Chiesa (BA 1959), radio personality
  Emily Deschanel (BFA), actress, Bones; sister of Zooey Deschanel
  Rocco DiSpirito, chef, restaurateur, television personality, The Restaurant
  Aubrey Dollar (no degree), actress
  Rel Dowdell, filmmaker
  Olympia Dukakis (SAR BS 1953, SFA MFA 1957), Academy Award-winning actress
  Bill Duke, actor
  Faye Dunaway, Academy Award-winning actress (BFA 1962) known for Bonnie and Clyde, The Thomas Crown Affair and Network
  Don Ellis, trumpeter and jazz composer
  Brian Fair, lead vocalist for the band Shadows Fall
  Charles Farrell (SMG 1928, no degree), film and TV actor; mayor of Palm Springs, California; has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  Bruce Feirstein, screenwriter (three James Bond movies), and author of Real Men Don't Eat Quiche
  Jason Filardi, screenwriter, Bringing Down The House, 17 Again
  Florian David Fitz, actor
  Greg Fitzsimmons, comedian
  Dan Fogler, actor Balls of Fury and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  Alexandra Fol, composer
  Justine Susanna Gamache (SFA BFA 1994, MFA 1999), lead singer, Freezepop
  Nina Garcia, Fashion Director of Elle Magazine, judge for Project Runway
  David Garrison (BFA), Tony award-nominated actor, Al Bundy's neighbor on Married... with Children
  Richard N. Gladstein (CGS non-degree program 1981, COM BS 1983), Academy Award-nominated film producer
  Paul Michael Glaser, actor (Starsky!) Starsky & Hutch
  Elon Gold, comedian
  Jonathan Goldsmith, actor, "The Most Interesting Man in the World"
  Ginnifer Goodwin, actress Once Upon a Time
  Norman Greenbaum, musician, "Spirit in the Sky"
  Mariel Hemingway, Academy Award-nominated actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
  Michelle Hurd, actress
  Eugene Izotov, Principal Oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  Olivia Jordan, Miss World United States 2013, Top 20 at Miss World 2013. She is also Miss USA 2015 representing Oklahoma.
  Jamie Kaler (CAS BA 1987), actor, My Boys
  Myq Kaplan, comedian
  Shraddha Kapoor, Bollywood actress
  Alex Karpovsky, actor and filmmaker, Girls
  Randi Kaye, CNN reporter
  David E. Kelley (
caption: Jackie Bruno, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2003 and Miss Massachusetts USA 2008
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