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Warren Beatty

**Henry Warren Beatty**[a] (né **Beaty**; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker whose career spans over six decades. He has been nominated for fifteen Academy Awards, including four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for *Reds* (1981). Beatty is the only person to have been nominated for acting in, directing, writing, and producing the same film, and he did so twice: first for *Heaven Can Wait* (with Buck Henry as co-director), and again with *Reds*.[b]

Eight of the films he has produced have earned 53 Academy nominations, and in 1999, he was awarded the Academy's highest honor, the Irving G. Thalberg Award. Beatty has been nominated for eighteen Golden Globe Awards, winning six, including the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, which he was honored with in 2007. Among his Golden Globe-nominated films are *Splendor in the Grass* (1961), his screen debut, and *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), *Shampoo* (1975), *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), *Reds* (1981), *Dick Tracy* (1990), *Bugsy* (1991), *Bulworth* (1998) and *Rules Don't Apply* (2016), all of which he also produced.

Director and collaborator Arthur Penn described Beatty as "the perfect producer", adding, "He makes everyone demand the best of themselves. Warren stays with a picture through editing, mixing and scoring. He plain works harder than anyone else I have ever seen."[8]
Tom Everett Scott

**Thomas Everett Scott** (born September 7, 1970)[1] is an American actor. His film work includes a starring role as drummer Guy Patterson in the film *That Thing You Do!*, the protagonist in *An American Werewolf in Paris*, and notable roles in *Boiler Room*, *One True Thing*, *Dead Man on Campus*, *The Love Letter*, *Because I Said So*, and *La La Land*.

In television, he is well known for his role as detective Russell Clarke in the television series *Southland*, Charles Garnett in *Z Nation*, and for his recurring roles as Eric Wyczenski in *ER*, Sam Landon in *Beauty & the Beast*, Kevin Duval in *Scream*, William in *Reign*, and Mr. Down in *13 Reasons Why*. He currently stars in the truTV sitcom *I'm Sorry*.
Sean Combs

**Sean John Combs** (born November 4, 1969),[8] also known by the stage names **Puff Daddy**, **P. Diddy**, **Puffy** or **Diddy**, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, record executive, actor and entrepreneur. Combs was born in New York City but was raised in Mount Vernon, New York. He worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Entertainment, in 1993.

Combs' debut album, *No Way Out* (1997) has been certified seven times platinum. *No Way Out* was followed by successful albums such as *Forever* (1999), *The Saga Continues...* (2001) and *Press Play* (2006). In 2009, Combs formed the musical group Diddy – Dirty Money and released the critically well-reviewed and commercially successful album *Last Train to Paris* (2010).

Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and is the producer of MTV's *Making the Band*. In 2018, *Forbes* estimated his net worth at $825 million, making him the second-richest hip hop recording artist, after Jay-Z.[3]
Stan Laurel

**Stan Laurel** (born **Arthur Stanley Jefferson**; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.[1] He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.[2]

Laurel began his career in music hall where he developed a number of his standard comic devices, including the bowler hat, the deep comic gravity, and the nonsensical understatement. His performances polished his skills at pantomime and music hall sketches. He was a member of "Fred Karno's Army", where he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy.[2][3] He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe.[4] Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951. He appeared with his comic partner Oliver Hardy in the film short The Lucky Dog in 1921, although they did not become an official team until late 1927.[5] He then appeared exclusively with Hardy until retiring following his comedy partner's death in 1957.

In 1960, Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Laurel and Hardy ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall in a 2005 UK poll to find the *Comedians' Comedian*.[6] In 2009, a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's home town of Ulverston.
Sarah Paulson

**Sarah Catharine Paulson** (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2017, *Time* named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[1]

A native of Tampa, Florida, Paulson was raised there and later in New York City following her parents' divorce. She began her acting career after high school in New York stage productions before starring in the short-lived television series *American Gothic* (1995–1996) and *Jack & Jill* (1999–2001). She later appeared in comedy films such as *What Women Want* (2000) and *Down with Love* (2003), and drama films such as *Path to War* (2002) and *The Notorious Bettie Page*(2005). From 2006 to 2007, she starred as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series *Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip*, for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2008, Paulson starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film *The Spirit*.

Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays *The Glass Menagerie* in 2005 and *Collected Stories* in 2010. She also starred in a number of independent films, and had a leading role on the ABC comedy series *Cupid* in 2009. She later starred in the independent drama film *Martha Marcy May Marlene* (2011), and received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film *Game Change* (2012).[2] She has featured as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film *12 Years a Slave*, as Abby Gerhard in the 2015 romantic drama film *Carol*, and as Toni Bradlee in the 2017 political drama film *The Post*. Paulson's other films include *Serenity* (2005), *New Year's Eve* (2011), *Mud* (2012), *Blue Jay* (2016), *Ocean's 8* (2018), *Bird Box* (2018), and *Glass* (2019).

In 2011, Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series *American Horror Story*, playing different characters in each of the show's eight seasons. For her work, she has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and won two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. In 2016, Paulson portrayed real life prosecutor Marcia Clark in the first season of the anthology series *American Crime Story*, subtitled *The People v. O. J. Simpson*, for which she earned critical praise and numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
Stephen Fry

**Stephen John Fry** (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He and Hugh Laurie are the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in *A Bit of Fry & Laurie* and *Jeeves and Wooster*.

Fry's acting roles include a Golden Globe Award–nominated lead performance in the film *Wilde*, Melchett in the BBCtelevision series *Blackadder*, the title character in the television series *Kingdom*, a recurring guest role as Dr Gordon Wyatt on the crime series *Bones*, and as Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller *V for Vendetta*. He has also written and presented several documentary series, including the Emmy Award–winning *Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive*, which saw him explore his bipolar disorder, and the travel series *Stephen Fry in America*. He was also the long-time host of the BBC television quiz show *QI*, with his tenure lasting from 2003 to 2016.

Besides working in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines and written four novels and three volumes of autobiography, *Moab Is My Washpot*, *The Fry Chronicles*, and *More Fool Me*. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 4, starring in the comedy series *Absolute Power*, being a frequent guest on panel games such as *Just a Minute*, and acting as chairman during one series of *I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue*, where he was one of a trio of possible hosts who were tried out to succeed the late Humphrey Lyttelton, Jack Dee getting the post permanently.

Fry is also known for his voice-overs, reading all seven of the *Harry Potter* novels for the UK audiobook recordings, narrating the *LittleBigPlanet* and *Birds of Steel* series of video games, as well as an animated series of explanations of the laws of cricket,[2] and a series of animations about Humanism for Humanists UK.[3]
Tim Robbins

**Timothy Francis Robbins** (born October 16, 1958)[6] is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician. He is known for his portrayal of Andy Dufresne in the prison drama film *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994).

His other roles include Nuke LaLoosh in *Bull Durham* (1988), Jacob Singer in *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Griffin Mill in *The Player* (1992), and Dave Boyle in *Mystic River* (2003), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also directed the films *Bob Roberts* (1992) and *Dead Man Walking* (1995), both of which were well received. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director for *Dead Man Walking.*

For television, he played Secretary of State Walter Larson in the HBO comedy *The Brink* (2015), and in *Here and Now*(2018) portrayed Greg Boatwright.
Vanessa Hudgens

**Vanessa Anne Hudgens** (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in *Thirteen* (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the *High School Musical* film series (2006–08), which brought her significant mainstream success.[1] The success of the first film led to Hudgens' acquiring a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, *V* (2006) and *Identified* (2008).

Since the release of her studio albums and the *High School Musical* franchise, Hudgens has focused on her acting career. She has appeared in the films *Bandslam* (2009), *Beastly* (2011), *Sucker Punch* (2011), *Journey 2: The Mysterious Island* (2012), *Spring Breakers* (2013), *Machete Kills* (2013), and *The Princess Switch (2018)*. She has also played the title role in the Broadway musical *Gigi* in 2015. She has had a role in two of Fox's live musical productions: Rizzo in *Grease: Live* in 2016, and Maureen Johnson in *Rent: Live* in 2019.
Scott Adsit

**Robert Scott Adsit**[2] (born November 26, 1965) is an American comedian, actor and writer. Born on the North Shore of Illinois, Adsit joined the mainstage cast of Chicago's The Second City in 1994 after attending Columbia College Chicago. He appeared in several revues, including *Paradigm Lost* for which he won The Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Comedy.

From 2005–2008, he co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced the Adult Swim stop-motion animation program *Moral Orel*with Dino Stamatopoulos and Jay Johnston. He also voiced several characters and was nominated for an Annie Award for his work as Clay Puppington, Orel's father. After the success of *Moral Orel*, Adsit and Stamatopoulos worked together again on their stop-motion animation series *Mary Shelley's Frankenhole*. Adult Swim ordered ten episodes for its first season, which began airing June 27, 2010, and was canceled in 2012.

Adsit is known for his role as Pete Hornberger, the well-meaning but jaded executive producer, on the NBC sitcom *30 Rock*, which won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2008. In 2014, Adsit voiced the robot Baymax in the Disney animated film *Big Hero 6*, which he reprises in *Big Hero 6: The Series* (2017–present).
Winona Ryder

**Winona Laura Horowitz** (born October 29, 1971), known professionally as **Winona Ryder**, is an American actress. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Following her film debut in *Lucas* (1986), Ryder came to attention with her performance in Tim Burton's *Beetlejuice*(1988). She rose to prominence with starring roles in such films as *Heathers* (1988), *Mermaids* (1990), *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), and *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992). Her career was further enhanced when she garnered critical acclaim and two consecutive Academy Award nominations for her portrayal of socialite May Welland in Martin Scorsese's *The Age of Innocence* (1993) and as Jo March in the film adaptation of *Little Women* (1994). Her other films during this period were *Reality Bites* (1994), *How to Make an American Quilt* (1995), *Alien Resurrection* (1997), and *Girl, Interrupted*(1999), which she also executive produced.

In 2002, Ryder appeared in the critically panned box office hit *Mr. Deeds*, following which her career saw a downturn, and she took a sabbatical from films. In 2009, she returned to the screen after a brief hiatus following her shoplifting arrest, appearing in high-profile films such as *Star Trek*. In 2010, she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards: as the lead actress in *When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story* and as part of the cast of *Black Swan*.[2] She also reunited with Burton for *Frankenweenie* (2012). She currently stars as Joyce Byers in the Netflix series *Stranger Things*, for which she has received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

Ryder's personal life has attracted significant media attention. Her relationship with Johnny Depp in the early 1990s and a 2001 arrest for shoplifting were both constant subjects of tabloid journalism. She has been open about her personal struggles with anxiety and depression. In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honoring her legacy in the film industry.[3]
Thomas Dekker

**Thomas Alexander Dekker** (born December 28, 1987) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as John Connor in *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles*, Adam Conant on *The Secret Circle*, and Zach on *Heroes*.

Dekker did the voice of Littlefoot in *The Land Before Time V-IX* (singing voice in *The Land Before Time V*) and as Fievel Mousekewitz in *An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island* and *An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster*. He played Jesse Braun in the 2010 remake of *A Nightmare on Elm Street*, and Smith in Gregg Araki's film *Kaboom*. Dekker starred as Gregory Valentine in the TV show *Backstrom*.

He has also has written and produced two albums.
Willem Dafoe

**William James** "**Willem**" **Dafoe**[1] (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Dafoe has received multiple awards and nominations, including four Academy Award nominations. Dafoe has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, and Wes Anderson.

Dafoe is a founding member of experimental theater company The Wooster Group, where he acted in several productions. Dafoe made his film debut in *Heaven's Gate* in 1980, but was fired during production. Dafoe had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film *The Loveless* (1982) and then played the main antagonist in *Streets of Fire* (1984) and *To Live and Die in L.A.* (1985). Dafoe received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as Sergeant Elias in Oliver Stone's war film *Platoon* (1986). In 1988, Dafoe played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's *The Last Temptation of Christ* and starred with Gene Hackman in *Mississippi Burning*, both of which were controversial. Following small roles in *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989) and *Wild at Heart* (1990), Dafoe began a six-film collaboration with director Paul Schrader with the drama *Light Sleeper* (1992). Dafoe starred with Madonna in the critically reviled erotic thriller *Body of Evidence* in 1993 and then co-starred in *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), *The English Patient* (1996), *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), and *The Boondock Saints* (1999).

After receiving his second Best Supporting Actor nomination for portraying Max Schreck in *Shadow of the Vampire*(2000), Dafoe played Norman Osborn in the superhero film *Spider-Man* (2002) and played the villains in both *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003) and *XXX: State of the Union* (2005). In 2009, he starred in the experimental film *Antichrist*, one of his three films with Lars von Trier. Dafoe then appeared in *The Fault in Our Stars*, *John Wick*, *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (all 2014), *The Great Wall* (2016), *Murder on the Orient Express*, and *The Florida Project* (both 2017), receiving his third Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in the latter. Dafoe has also had voice-over roles in *Finding Nemo* (2003) and its sequel *Finding Dory* (2016), *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), *John Carter* (2012), and *Death Note* (2017), as well as the video games *Spider-Man* (2002), *Finding Nemo* (2003), *James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing* (2003), and *Beyond: Two Souls* (2013).

Dafoe has portrayed several real life figures including T.S. Eliot in *Tom & Viv* (1994), Pier Paolo Pasolini in *Pasolini* (2014) and most recently, Vincent van Gogh in *At Eternity's Gate* (2018), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actornomination, his first in that category.
Tony Danza

**Tony Danza** (born **Antonio Salvatore Iadanza**; April 21, 1951)[1] is an American actor, comedian, singer, television personality, tap dancer, boxer and teacher who starred on the TV series *Taxi* and *Who's the Boss?*, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom *The Tony Danza Show* (not to be confused with his 2004–2006 daytime variety talk show of the same name).
William Fichtner

**William Edward Fichtner Jr.** (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor who has appeared in a number of films and TV series.[1] He is known for his roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on *Invasion* and Alexander Mahone on *Prison Break*. His film appearances include *Heat*, *Contact*, *Armageddon*, *The Perfect Storm*, *Go*, *Crash*, *Blades of Glory*, *Black Hawk Down*, *The Longest Yard*, *Mr. & Mrs. Smith*, *The Dark Knight*, *Date Night*, *The Lone Ranger*, *Elysium*, *Independence Day: Resurgence* and *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*.
Tony Hale

**Anthony Hale** (born September 30, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his role in the Foxcomedy series *Arrested Development* as the neurotic Buster Bluth. He also voiced Forky in the animated comedy *Toy Story 4*. Hale played Gary Walsh on the HBO comedy *Veep* from 2012 until its conclusion in 2019, for which he won the 2013 and 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Kimiko Glenn

**Kimiko Elizabeth Glenn** (born June 27, 1989) is an American actress, singer, and Broadway performer. She is known for portraying Brook Soso in the Netflix series *Orange Is the New Black*, for which she received three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has also successfully portrayed Dawn Pinket in the Broadway musical *Waitress*; Ezor in *Voltron: Legendary Defender*; and provided the voice of the character Peni Parker / SP//dr in *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse*.
Thomas Kretschmann

**Thomas Kretschmann** (pronounced [ˈtoːmas ˈkʁɛtʃman]; born 8 September 1962) is a German actor. He played Lieutenant Hans von Witzland in the 1993 film *Stalingrad*, Hauptmann Peter Kahn in the 2013 film *Stalingrad*, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in *The Pianist*, Hermann Fegelein in *Downfall*, Major Otto Remer in the 2008 film *Valkyrie*, and Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of *King Kong*, and voiced Professor Z in *Cars 2*. He appeared as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Marvel Studios' *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* and *Avengers: Age of Ultron*.
Seth MacFarlane

**Seth Woodbury MacFarlane** (/məkˈfɑːrlɪn/; born October 26, 1973)[1] is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series *Family Guy* (1999–present) and *The Orville* (2017–present), and co-creator of the TV series *American Dad!* (2005–present) and *The Cleveland Show* (2009–2013). He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films *Ted* (2012), its sequel *Ted 2* (2015), and *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014).

MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation.[2] Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television series, including *Johnny Bravo*, *Cow and Chicken*, *Dexter's Laboratory*, *I Am Weasel*, and *Larry & Steve*. He made several guest appearances on TV series such as *Gilmore Girls*, *The War at Home* and *FlashForward*. In 2008, he created his own YouTube series titled *Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy*. He won several awards for his work on *Family Guy*, including four Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year. He occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States, and is an active supporter of gay rights.

MacFarlane has performed as a singer at several venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York and the Royal Albert Hallin London. MacFarlane has released five studio albums, in the same vein of his musical idol Frank Sinatra, beginning with *Music Is Better Than Words* in 2011. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards for his musical work. MacFarlane hosted the 85th Academy Awards in 2013 and was also nominated for Best Original Song for the song "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from *Ted*.

MacFarlane served as executive producer of the Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted *Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey*, an update of the 1980s *Cosmos* series hosted by Carl Sagan. MacFarlane was instrumental in providing funding for the series, as well as securing studio support for it from other entertainment executives.[3]
Ty Burrell

**Tyler Gerald Burrell** (born August 22, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He originally rose to prominence in several roles on Broadway including *Macbeth*, and the off-Broadway plays *Corners*, *The Blue Demon*, *Burn This*, and *Show People*.

His first feature film role was in 2001's *Evolution*. He also appeared in *Black Hawk Down*, *Dawn of the Dead*, *Muppets Most Wanted* and Marvel's *The Incredible Hulk* as Doc Samson. He has since voiced characters in a number of animated films *Mr. Peabody & Sherman*, *Finding Dory* and *Storks*. Burrell had recurring roles on the television series *Out of Practice* and *Back to You*.

Burrell is best known for his role as Phil Dunphy in the ABC sitcom *Modern Family*, for which he has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011 and 2014 and five Screen Actors Guild Awards: one for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013 and four consecutive awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series shared with the cast from 2011 to 2014.
Stephen Moyer

**Stephen Moyer** (born **Stephen John Emery**; 11 October 1969)[1] is an English film and television actor and director who is best known as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series *True Blood*. He was born in Brentwood, Essex and attended St Martin's, a comprehensive school in Hutton, Essex. His first television role was in 1993 as Philip Masefield in the TV adaptation of the play *Conjugal Rites*, written by actor/playwright Roger Hall.[2][3]

This was followed by the television film *Lord of Misrule*, filmed in Fowey, Cornwall, which also featured Richard Wilson, Emily Mortimer and Prunella Scales. In 1997, Moyer made his big-screen debut landing the lead role in the film adaptation of the long-running comic strip *Prince Valiant* by Hal Foster, working alongside Ron Perlman and Katherine Heigl.[4][5] From 2 October 2017, he starred as Reed Strucker, the lead role in Fox series *The Gifted*.[*citation needed*]
Ted Danson

**Edward Bridge Danson III** (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor and producer who played the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom *Cheers*, Jack Holden in the films *Three Men and a Baby* and *Three Men and a Little Lady*, and Dr. John Becker on the CBS sitcom *Becker*. He also starred in the CBS dramas *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* and *CSI: Cyber* as D.B. Russell.[2][3] Additionally, he plays a recurring role on Larry David's HBO sitcom *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, starred alongside Glenn Close in legal drama *Damages*, and was a regular on the HBO comedy series *Bored to Death*. In 2015 he starred as Hank Larsson in the second season of FX's black comedy-crime drama anthology *Fargo*. Since 2016, he has played the afterlife architect Michael in the NBC sitcom *The Good Place*.

During his career, Danson has been nominated for 17 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two; ten Golden Globe Awardsnominations, winning three; one Screen Actors Guild Award; and one American Comedy Award and has been awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. He was ranked second in *TV Guide*'s list of the top 25 television stars.[4] Danson has also been a longtime activist in ocean conservation. In March 2011, he published his first book, *Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them*, written with journalist Michael D'Orso.
Stanley Tucci

**Stanley Tucci** (/ˈtuːtʃi/; born November 11, 1960) is an American actor, writer, producer, and film director.[2][3] Involved in acting from a young age, he made his film debut in 1985's *Prizzi's Honor*, and played a wide variety of supporting roles in many major Hollywood film productions. He has also played as lead actor in a number of films, starting with lead billing in the 1996 film *A Modern Affair*.

He has won three Emmy Awards: one for the 1998 TV movie *Winchell*, in which he played the title role; one for a guest appearance on the TV series *Monk*; and one for being a producer of the web series *Park Bench with Steve Buscemi*. Tucci was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in *The Lovely Bones* (2009). He was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, for *The One and Only Shrek!*.[4]
Susannah York

**Susannah Yolande Fletcher** (9 January 1939[1] – 15 January 2011), known professionally as **Susannah York**, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including *Tom Jones* (1963) and *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* (1969), formed the basis of her international reputation.[2] An obituary in *The Telegraph* characterised her as "the blue-eyed English rose with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the sensuality of the swinging sixties", who later "proved that she was a real actor of extraordinary emotional range".[3]

York's early films included *The Greengage Summer* (1961) and a Golden Globe-nominated role in *Freud* (1962). She went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and win the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* She also won the 1972 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for *Images*. Her other film appearances included *Sands of the Kalahari* (1965), *The Killing of Sister George*(1968), *Battle of Britain* (1969), *Jane Eyre* (1970), *Zee and Co.* (1972), *Gold* (1974), *The Maids* (1975), *Conduct Unbecoming* (1975), *Eliza Fraser* (1976), *The Shout* (1978), *The Silent Partner* (1978), and *Superman* (1978). She was appointed an Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1991.[4]
Zhang Ziyi

**Zhang Ziyi** ([ʈʂáŋ tsɨ̀.ǐ]; Chinese: 章子怡; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress and model.

Her first major role was in *The Road Home* (1999). She later gained international recognition for her role in Ang Lee's *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.

In the West, Zhang is best known for her appearances in *Rush Hour 2* (2001), *Hero* (2002), and *House of Flying Daggers*(2004). Her most critically acclaimed works are *Memoirs of a Geisha* (2005), which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; and *The Grandmaster*(2013), for which she won 12 different Best Actress awards to become the most awarded actress for a single film.[1]

From 2004 to 2010, Zhang ranked in the Top 5 of Forbes China Celebrity 100 list every year. In 2008, she was awarded with the Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema award at the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival. In 2013, she received the French Cultural Order at the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Zhang most recently appeared in the J.J. Abrams-produced Netflix film *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018) and *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), a sequel to the franchise reboot film *Godzilla*.
Sid Caesar

**Isaac Sidney Caesar** (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: *Your Show of Shows*, which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, *Caesar's Hour*, both of which influenced later generations of comedians.[1] *Your Show of Shows* and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between the years 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in movies; he played Coach Calhoun in *Grease* (1978) and its sequel *Grease 2* (1982) and appeared in the films *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), *Silent Movie* (1976), *History of the World, Part I* (1981), *Cannonball Run II* (1984), and *Vegas Vacation* (1997).

Caesar was considered a "sketch comic" and actor, as opposed to a stand-up comedian. He also relied more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. Unlike the slapstick comedy which was standard on TV, his style was considered "avant garde" in the 1950s. He conjured up ideas and scene and used writers to flesh out the concept and create the dialogue. Among the writers who wrote for Caesar early in their careers were Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner, Michael Stewart, Mel Tolkin, Selma Diamond, and Woody Allen. "Sid's was the show to which all comedy writers aspired. It was the place to be," said Steve Allen.

His TV shows' subjects included satires of real life events and people—and parodies of popular film genres, theater, television shows, and opera. But unlike other comedy shows at the time, the dialogue was considered sharper, funnier, and more adult-oriented. He was "...best known as one of the most intelligent and provocative innovators of television comedy," who some critics called *television's Charlie Chaplin* and *The New York Times* refers to as the "...comedian of comedians from TV's early days."[2]

Honored in numerous ways over 60 years, he was nominated for 11 Emmy Awards, winning twice. He was also a saxophonist and author of several books, including two autobiographies in which he described his career and later struggle to overcome years of alcoholism and addiction to barbiturates.
Uzo Aduba

**Uzoamaka Nwanneka** "**Uzo**" **Aduba**[1] (/ˈuːzoʊ əˈduːbə/; born February 10, 1981)[2] is an American actress. She is known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix original series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2019), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2015, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015.[3] She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role, the other being Ed Asner for the character Lou Grant.[4]
Stockard Channing

**Stockard Channing** (born **Susan Williams Antonia Stockard**; February 13, 1944) is an American actress. She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film *Grease* (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series *The West Wing* (1999–2006). She is also known for originating the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of *Six Degrees of Separation*, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

A 13-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and seven-time Tony Award nominee, she won the 1985 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of *A Day in the Death of Joe Egg*, and won Emmy Awards for *The West Wing*and *The Matthew Shepard Story*, both in 2002. She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2004 for her role in *Jack*. Her film appearances include *The Fortune* (1975), *The Big Bus* (1976), *The Cheap Detective* (1978), *Heartburn* (1986), *Up Close & Personal* (1996), *Practical Magic* (1998), and Woody Allen's *Anything Else* (2003). She also played the recurring role of Veronica Loy on the CBS drama *The Good Wife* (2012–16).
Sebastian Stan

**Sebastian Stan** (born August 13, 1982) is a Romanian-American[2] actor. On television, he has played Carter Baizen in *Gossip Girl*, Prince Jack Benjamin in *Kings*, Jefferson in *Once Upon a Time*, and T.J. Hammond in *Political Animals*. The latter earned him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.

Stan gained wide recognition for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with 2011's *Captain America: The First Avenger* and later also in *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), *Ant-Man*(2015), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Black Panther* (2018), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), and *Avengers: Endgame*(2019). In 2015, he co-starred in Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama *Ricki and the Flash* and Ridley Scott's science fiction film *The Martian*. Two years later, he portrayed Jeff Gillooly in the biopic *I, Tonya*.
Scarlett Johansson

**Scarlett Ingrid Johansson** (/dʒoʊˈhænsən/; born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She is the world's highest-paid actress, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, has made multiple appearances in the *Forbes*Celebrity 100, and is the recipient of several awards, including a Tony Award and a British Academy Film Award.

Born and raised in Manhattan, New York City, Johansson aspired to be an actress from a young age and first appeared on stage in an Off-Broadway play as a child. She made her film debut in the fantasy comedy *North* (1994), and gained early recognition for her roles in *Manny & Lo* (1996), *The Horse Whisperer* (1998), and *Ghost World* (2001). She shifted to adult roles in 2003 with her performances in *Lost in Translation,* which won her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and *Girl with a Pearl Earring*. She was nominated for Golden Globe Awards for these films, and for playing an estranged teenager in the drama *A Love Song for Bobby Long* (2004), and a seductress in the psychological thriller *Match Point*(2005). Other works during this period include the mystery thriller *The Prestige* (2006) and the comedy-drama *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* (2008), and the albums *Anywhere I Lay My Head* (2008) and *Break Up* (2009), both of which charted on the *Billboard* 200.

In 2010, Johansson debuted on Broadway in a revival of *A View from the Bridge*, which won her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress, and began portraying Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She voiced an intelligent computer operating system in the 2013 comedy-drama *Her* and played an alien in the 2013 science fiction film *Under the Skin* and a woman with psychokinetic abilities in the 2014 science fiction action *Lucy*. Her films have grossed over $5 billion in North America and over $14.3 billion worldwide, making Johansson the third-highest-grossing box-office star of all time both domestically and worldwide.

As a public figure, Johansson is a Hollywood sex symbol. She is a prominent celebrity brand endorser, and also supports various charities and causes. She has been married twice, to the Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds from 2008 to 2011 and the French businessman Romain Dauriac, with whom she has a daughter, from 2014 to 2017.
Sharon Stone

**Sharon Vonne Stone** (born March 10, 1958)[*citation needed*] is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award and has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

After modelling in television commercials and print advertisements, she made her film debut as an extra in Woody Allen's comedy-drama *Stardust Memories* (1980). Her first speaking part was in Wes Craven's horror film *Deadly Blessing*(1981), and throughout the 1980s, Stone went on to appear in films such as *Irreconcilable Differences* (1984), *King Solomon's Mines* (1985), *Cold Steel* (1987), *Action Jackson* (1988), and *Above the Law* (1988). She found mainstream prominence with her part in Paul Verhoeven's action film *Total Recall* (1990).

Stone became a sex symbol and rose to international recognition when she starred as Catherine Tramell in another Verhoeven film, the erotic thriller *Basic Instinct* (1992), for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She received further critical acclaim with her performance in Martin Scorsese's crime drama *Casino* (1995), garnering the Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Stone received two more Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in *The Mighty* (1998) and *The Muse* (1999). Her other notable film roles include *Sliver* (1993), *The Specialist* (1994), *The Quick and the Dead* (1995), *Last Dance* (1996), *Sphere* (1998), *Catwoman* (2004), *Broken Flowers* (2005), *Alpha Dog* (2006), *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), *Bobby* (2006), *Lovelace* (2013), *Fading Gigolo* (2013), and *The Disaster Artist* (2017). In 1995, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2005, she was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

On television, Stone has had notable performances in the mini-series *War and Remembrance* (1987) and the made-for-HBO film *If These Walls Could Talk 2* (2000). She made guest-appearances in *The Practice* (2004), winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2010). She has also starred in the series *Agent X* (2015), *Mosaic* (2017), *The New Pope* (2019) and *Ratched* (2020).
Stephen Tobolowsky

**Stephen Harold Tobolowsky** (born May 30, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for film roles such as annoying insurance agent Ned Ryerson in *Groundhog Day*[1] and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in *Memento*, as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry (*Deadwood*), Bob Bishop (*Heroes*), Sandy Ryerson (*Glee*), Stu Beggs (*Californication* and *White Famous*), and Action Jack Barker (*Silicon Valley*).

Tobolowsky has a monthly audio podcast, *The Tobolowsky Files*, of autobiographical stories of his acting and personal life.[2] In 2015, he co-hosted a short-lived second podcast, *Big Problems – An Advice Podcast*, with David Chen.[3] He has also authored three books: *The Dangerous Animals Club*, *Cautionary Tales*, and *My Adventures With God*.[4]
Suzanne Pleshette

**Suzanne Pleshette** (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress and voice actress.[1] Pleshette started her career in the theatre and began appearing in films in the late 1950s and later appeared in prominent films such as *Rome Adventure* (1962) and Alfred Hitchcock's *The Birds* (1963). She later appeared in various television productions, often in guest roles, and played Emily Hartley on *The Bob Newhart Show* from 1972 until 1978, receiving several Emmy Award nominations for her work. She continued acting until 2004, which was four years before her death at age 70.
Virginia Madsen

**Virginia G. Madsen** (born September 11, 1961)[2] is an American actress and producer. She made her film debut in *Class*(1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago. She later moved to Los Angeles. In 1984, David Lynch cast her in the science fiction film *Dune* (1984) as Princess Irulan. Madsen was cast in a series of successful teen movies, including *Electric Dreams* (1984), *Modern Girls* (1986), and *Fire with Fire* (1986).

She is most known for her role as Helen Lyle in the horror film *Candyman* (1992); and for her performance as Maya in Alexander Payne's film *Sideways* (2004), for which she received numerous awards and nominations, including nominations for the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film appearances include *Long Gone* (1987), *Gotham* (1988), *The Hot Spot* (1990), *Ghosts of Mississippi* (1996), *The Rainmaker* (1997), *A Prairie Home Companion* (2006), *The Astronaut Farmer* (2007), *The Haunting in Connecticut* (2009), *Red Riding Hood*(2011), *All the Wilderness* (2014), and *Joy* (2015).

She starred as Congresswoman Kimble Hookstraten in the first season of the ABC political drama series *Designated Survivor*.[3]
Tom Hiddleston

**Thomas William Hiddleston** (born 9 February 1981) is an English actor, film producer, and musician. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Born in London, England, he earned a double first in Classics at the University of Cambridge and later proceeded to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. At the beginning of his career, he appeared in West End productions of *Cymbeline* (2007) and *Ivanov* (2008). He won the Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his role in *Cymbeline* and was also nominated for the same award for his role as Cassio in *Othello* (2008). Hiddleston starred as the title character in a production of *Coriolanus* (2013-2014) winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor and receiving a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Actor. He made his Broadway debut in a 2019 revival of *Betrayal*.

Hiddleston made his film debut in the drama Unrelated (2007). He came to wider public attention when cast as Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in *Thor* (2011), *The Avengers* (2012), *Thor: The Dark World* (2013), *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019). In 2011, he won the Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He has also appeared in Steven Spielberg's *War Horse* (2011), *The Deep Blue Sea* (2011), Woody Allen's romantic comedy *Midnight in Paris* (2011), the 2012 BBCseries *Henry IV* and *Henry V*, and the romantic vampire film *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013). In 2015, he starred in Guillermo del Toro's *Crimson Peak*, Ben Wheatley's *High Rise,* and played the troubled country music singer Hank Williams in the biopic *I Saw The Light*. The film *Kong: Skull Island* (2017) marked his first big-budget leading role outside MCU.

He starred in and was an executive producer of the AMC / BBC limited series *The Night Manager* (2016), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited Series, and won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.
Shirley Jones

**Shirley Mae Jones** (born March 31, 1934)[1] is an American singer and actress. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known musical films, such as *Oklahoma!* (1955), *Carousel*(1956), and *The Music Man* (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in *Elmer Gantry* (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series *The Partridge Family* (1970–74), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.
Terry Crews

**Terry Alan Crews** (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, activist, artist, and former American footballplayer. Crews played Julius Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom *Everybody Hates Chris*. He hosted the US version of the game show *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire* and starred in the BET reality series *The Family Crews*. He appeared in films such as *Friday After Next* (2002), *White Chicks* (2004), *Idiocracy* (2006), *Blended* (2014), and the *Expendables* series. Since 2013, he has played NYPD Sergeant Terry Jeffords in the sitcom *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*. He is currently hosting *America's Got Talent* in 2019, following his involvement in the same role for the program's spin-off series *America's Got Talent: The Champions* from January 2019.

Crews played as a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins, as well as in the World League of American Football with Rhein Fire, and college football at Western Michigan University.

Crews, a public advocate for women's rights and activist against sexism, has shared stories of the abuse his family endured at the hands of his violent father. He was included among the group of people named as *Time* Magazine's Person of the Year in 2017 for going public with stories of sexual assault.[1]
Stacy Keach

**Walter Stacy Keach Jr.** (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and voice actor. He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer, which he played in numerous stand-alone television films and at least three different television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1984.

He has also performed as a narrator for programs including CNBC'S *American Greed* (2008–) and various educational television programs. Comedic roles include his role in the Fox sitcom *Titus* (2000–2002) as Ken, the father of comedian Christopher Titus, and as Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's films *Up in Smoke* (1978) and *Nice Dreams* (1981). He has appeared as the lead in films such as *Fat City* and *The Ninth Configuration*. His most recent recurring roles include two seasons as Henry Pope, the warden, in the series *Prison Break* (2005–2007); "Pops", the father of the main character from the boxing drama *Lights Out* (2011); the elderly father Bob on the sitcom *Crowded* (2016); and the father of Matt LeBlanc's protagonist Adam on *Man With A Plan* (2016–). Keach won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the television miniseries *Hemingway* (1988). In 2015, Keach was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and in 2019, he was honored a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Woody Strode

**Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode** (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first African American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in *Spartacus* in 1960. He served in the United States Army during World War 2.
Tony Todd

**Anthony Tiran "Tony" Todd** (born December 4, 1954) is an American actor, voice artist, and film producer, best known for portraying Sergeant Warren in *Platoon* (1986), Kurn in *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1990–1991), Ben in *Night of the Living Dead* (1990), the titular character in the *Candyman* horror trilogy (1992–1999), William Bludworth in the *Final Destination* franchise (2000–2011), Dan in *The Man From Earth* (2007) and as the voice of The Fallen in *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009).